Episode
Touched by an Angel: The Comeback
Overview
When parental superstition threatens the career of a budding Broadway actress, the angels step in to redirect the faith of both mother and daughter.
Details
- Series
- Touched by an Angel
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1997-11-23
- Runtime
- 48 min
Episode context
The Comeback is Episode 10 in Season 4 of Touched by an Angel. It aired on 1997-11-23. The runtime is 48 min.
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Episode 9: Charades
Monica and Tess expose the truth of a Hollywood blacklisting scandal when they're sent to aid a powerful, Tinseltown agent.
Episode 11: Venice
Crushed by the accidental death of her husband 35 years earlier, Annie Doyle struggles to cope with the gradual loss of her eyesight. The angels befriend the ostracized woman and lead her to redemption.
More episodes from this season
Episode 8: My Dinner With Andrew
Substituting for a fellow angel, Andrew unwittingly draws a bidding war at a bachelor auction for charity. The angels serve up an elegant meal and an important life lesson.
Episode 12: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
When a developmentally disabled man's brother disappears into a blizzard on Christmas Eve, Monica comes to comfort him by reliving her experience with the famed author Mark Twain.
Episode 7: Sandcastles
Monica and Rafael have a day off and go to the beach. Their vacation is cut short when they find a message in a bottle from someone asking for help.
Episode 13: Deconstructing Harry
Harry Applegate is forgiven after Monica and Tess bring his wife and his mistress together shortly after his death. The angels help them find it in their hearts to allow God to repair their pain and move on.
Episode 6: The Pact
The communal gathering breeds desperation at a summer camp for HIV-positive girls. The angels act quickly to stop the girls from contemplating their suicide pact.
Episode 14: The Trigger
Linda is graduating from law school. Her sister Holly comes for the ceremony. Holly learns her sister is being physically abused by her husband. The angels and Holly must help the husband to control his anger and Linda and the children to heal.
Episode 5: Jones vs. God
A distraught farmer in a drought-stricken community files suit against God. Tess arrives to defend, and Monica to testify. The trial teaches the farmer and everyone else in town the value of being good neighbors, and also drives home a stern lesson about the inherent folly of theodicy – an attempt to judge God by human standards.
Episode 15: Doodlebugs
When a widowed minister of a small town loses his faith, he rediscovers it when a series of mysterious phone calls lead to the entire town regaining hope.
Episode 4: Children of the Night
The angels must help some homeless children who have banded together to be a family. They need a secure place to live and to find their faith again.
Episode 16: Redeeming Love
Monica tries to help a young mother overcome her drug addition. Meanwhile, Tess must help the parents learn not to enable their daughter in her drug life. The woman has to learn to be a real mother to her child.