Tập
Touched by an Angel: Episode 21
Tóm tắt
Sarah and James Berrington are unable to conceive a child. They have tried everything, including in-vetro fertilization. Nothing works. When their final pregnancy test comes out negative, Sarah weeps, devastated. On the other side of the world, a Chinese woman staggers down a dark road with a small bundle in her arms. Finally she comes to the gate of a building and lays her bundled baby against it. As snow starts to fall, and the woman walks away from her child, she cries out in anguish. Back at the gate, Gloria cuddles the baby in her arms, waiting for morning. In New York, at the home they share with his grandmother, Lady Penelope Berrington, James and his wife consider adoption. Though they that Penelope will react poorly to decision, they decide to visit an adoption counselor. Everything seems to be in order, but they will need to be evaluated in home by a case worker. They take a series of pamphlets about adopting from various corners of the globe and return home to loo
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Touched by an Angel
- Mùa
- Mùa 8
- Tập
- Tập 21
- Ngày phát sóng
- 2002-05-05
- Thời lượng
- 48 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 21 là tập 21 trong Season 8 của Touched by an Angel. Tập này phát sóng ngày 2002-05-05. Thời lượng là 48 min.
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