Episode
Touched by an Angel: The Root of All Evil
Overview
An elderly priest tries to stop a planned bank robbery after learning of the impending crime from the would-be thief during confession. Helping the priest is Gloria, who is assigned to the case.
Details
- Series
- Touched by an Angel
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2003-01-25
- Runtime
- 48 min
Episode context
The Root of All Evil is Episode 12 in Season 9 of Touched by an Angel. It aired on 2003-01-25. The runtime is 48 min.
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Episode 11: Private Eyes
The angels must persuade a lonely private investigator to return a runaway girl—who's like a daughter to him—to her real father.
Episode 13: A Time for Every Purpose
When a man becomes gravely ill and needs someone to care for him, the angels try to reunite him with his estranged brother, to whom he hasn't spoken in 12 years.
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Episode 14: And a Nightingale Sang
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Episode 9: Remembering Me (2)
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Episode 15: As It Is In Heaven
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Episode 8: Remembering Me (1)
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Episode 16: Song For My Father
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Episode 17: The Good Earth
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Episode 6: Jump!
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Episode 18: Virtual Reality
A 17-year-old boy is accused of intentionally running down a prostitute with a car in an effort to extend the thrill of playing a violent videogame in which he committed a similar crime. Tess is the judge in the case, Andrew is the boy's defense attorney and Rafael is the prosecutor.