514.情比兄弟深 ( My Brother’s Keeper )

播出時間:2012.8/29(三)23:10播出(次日下午14:00重播)
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★

角色:
Jett: 傑特
Will: 威爾
Howard: 霍華
劇情大意:
自幼一起長大的傑特和威爾,是情同手足的好朋友,在威爾的父親霍華的調教下,兩人都熱愛滑雪。傑特的父母在一場大火中喪生後,傑特就和威爾同住。為彌傑特友的遺憾,威爾從未使出真本事,讓傑特贏得許多比賽。一天清早兩人發生口角,外出滑雪一決高下時,傑特不慎發生意外,傷及脊椎而無法行走。心灰意冷之餘,傑特萌生自殺念頭,並要求威爾幫助。傑特會從此自暴自棄嗎?威爾是否會使出真本事,展現真我呢?兩人的友誼是否能繼續下去呢?

Teleplay by: Jennifer Wharton
Story by: Hoot Maynard and Jennifer Wharton
Directed by: Peter H. Hunt
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.
Guest Cast:

Jett David Lascher
Will Sean Murray
Howard Jack Blessing
Bud Brian Patrick Clarke
Reporter Rod Zundel
Television Announcer Jim Lampley

Tess and Monica arrive in Park City, Utah as the World Cup Qualifier Ski race is about to begin. As Tess and Monica watch over two of the contestants, Jett Rudin and Will Heller, Tess explains that the two boys have been friends for their entire life but that their friendship is about to change. Although both boys are competitive, Will has never beaten Jett. Jett is the center of attention, even to Will's father who taught both of them to ski. Monica approaches Jett for an interview, the angle of which would be the friendship of Jett and Will. Meanwhile, Will's father, Howard is more interested in securing an endorsement deal for Jett than in his own son. When Monica interviews Will, his jealousy rises and he tells her there will be a new "top dog" on the mountain the following day. At the qualifying round the next day, Jett sets a new record and warns Will about a dangerous curve on the course. Fueled by his desire to finally beat Jett, Will ignores Jett's advice, skids around the curve and loses his place on the World Cup first team. At the lodge later that night, Monica questions Will off the record. Will then tells her the story of how Jett's parents were killed in a fire when they were ten years old. The two had been having a cigarette smoking competition in the basement of Jett's house before they fled when his parents arrived home. When Jett woke up the next morning after spending the night with Will, his parents were dead. Will then gave Jett a red bandana he had wanted for winning the smoking competition and resigned himself to never beat Jett at anything again. Jett enters, having overheard the story, and denies that Will ever let him win anything. The two argue and decide to settle the issue by racing down the mountain as the sun comes up. As the boys race, Jett loses control and tumbles down the mountain. When Jett regains consciousness, it is apparent that his spinal cord has been damaged and that he may never walk again. Howard scolds Will when he learns they were racing. "You have never beaten Jett at anything... Why would you start now?" Will then goes back to the mountain, finds the red bandana that Jett lost during his accident and returns it to Jett.
Jett now remembers the argument and asks Will to help kill himself. Will says he'll have to think about it, but as he exits, he takes pills off of an unguarded tray and ducks into another hospital room where Monica is waiting for him. Monica reveals herself to be an angel, and asks Will to pray... and to not hold back any longer, not from his gift of skiing nor from his friendship with Jett. Will then goes to his father and tells him how he had let Jett win until he thought he was losing his father. Howard tells him he's proud of him and that he could never lose him. Will then returns to Jett, refuses to help him die and tells him about Monica being an angel. When Jett rebukes him, Will tells him he loves him and leaves the room. Andrew then reveals to Jett, telling him that he has a death wish because he feels responsible for his parents' death. When Andrew tells him he should protect his friendship with Will, Jett gives him the red bandana and asks him to give it to Will. Will puts on his friend's bandana and wins the World Cup Giant Slalom as Jett watches proudly from his hospital bed.

513.天使影集 (The Messenger and the Message)

播出時間:2012.8/22(四)23:10播出(次日下午14:00重播)
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★

角色:
Terence K. McKenna:泰倫‧K‧麥肯納
Irene:艾琳
劇情大意:
<與天使有約>中諷刺電視節目以商業利益為取向,節目插科打諢,譁眾取寵為主題的,以本集與第八季的『藍天使』(The Blue Angel)莫屬。電視既作為大眾接收資訊、新聞、新知與休閒的主要管道,所受的直接影響自不容小覷。本集中蒙妮卡在電視臺中與其總裁與臺內編劇們的雞同鴨講與爾後總裁心態的積極改變,明顯諷刺了上述可嘆的事實與電視工作者皆應擁有的態度。本集並配合內容數度插入過去一~四季許多片段,大大提高精彩度與說服力。

全國電視網董事長麥肯納過去曾夢想成為編劇,如今放棄夢想,轉而追逐金錢名利,並自豪於臺內收視率最高的節目「爆炸集錦」。蒙妮卡受派至全國電視網,向麥肯納提議製作以天使為主題的影集,內容多樣,有刺激也有溫情,卻不為麥肯納接受,臺內編劇們也多著重商業考量,對蒙妮卡的提議興趣缺缺。直到遭逢一個巨變,使麥肯納大受打擊,更面臨外界撻找的壓力。究竟發生了什麼事?麥肯納會如何應對?這個巨變對全國電視網又會帶來什麼改變呢?

Written by: R.J. Colleary
Directed by: Noel Nosseck
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
T.K. McKenna Alan Rosenberg
Irene Conchata Ferrell
Network Executive Kathy Molter
Writer #1 Cary Odes
Writer #3 Del Hunter-White
Writer #6 Jim Anzide

Tess and Monica arrive at the offices of NNT Television to pay a visit to T.K. McKenna, a network executive who once dreamed of "being the best" and now only wants "to be first." As T.K. is bragging about the ratings on a show featuring a hijacked bus which explodes, Monica arrives in T.K.'s office. But T.K. is not surprised, telling Monica that people drop in to tell him things all the time and that he has no idea who they are. Monica then tries to sell him on the idea of a show about angels in which the angels are sent by God who loves us all. McKenna wants to know more and Monica tells him that like some of his visitors, angels are often undercover. We then see a series of clips from previous episodes where the angels play a variety of roles. T.K. then dismisses Monica and the idea. As Monica leaves, T.K. is told by another executive that 76% of people believe in angels. Outside, Tess tells Monica to change the heart of the man in order to change the network. T.K. finds Monica outside of the building and convinces her to "pitch" her idea to another group of executives who immediately start to tear apart her angel premise. When they say they need a more "edgy" show, we see clips of previous episodes where Monica experiences shootings, bombings, car crashes and assassination attempts. Monica then tells them about how the angel of death, Andrew, takes people home to Heaven rather than killing them. The executives don't seem to understand and Monica leaves the room in disgust. Monica runs into Irene, T.K. 's secretary as she is leaving to catch a bus. Irene tells her that T.K. once dreamed of being a writer and wrote a very good script. Later, as Monica ruminates on how to approach T.K., Tess tells her to comfort him, that a bus was hi-jacked and blown up. T.K. responds to the tragedy by trying to cover his responsibility to the Board of Directors. Hoping to change the image of the network, he asks Monica to pitch him the angel show again. When he says the angels don't have enough attitude, we see clips of Tess in action. When T.K. begins to complain about the whereabouts of Irene, Monica informs him that she was on the bus that was blown up. Crushed, T.K. throws everyone out of his office. Andrew hands Monica T.K. 's original script and tells her that Irene wanted T.K. to have it. When T.K. asks where the angels were for Irene, Monica tells him there are angels for everyone. We then see a series of guest angels. Monica tells T.K. that God exists, hands him his script and asks him to take a leap of faith and follow his dream of writing. T.K. then pitches his simple show about a family trying to live well to his fellow executives, refusing to take no for an answer.
Tess and Monica arrive at the offices of NNT Television to pay a visit to T.K. McKenna, a network executive who once dreamed of "being the best" and now only wants "to be first." As T.K. is bragging about the ratings on a show featuring a hijacked bus which explodes, Monica arrives in T.K.'s office. But T.K. is not surprised, telling Monica that people drop in to tell him things all the time and that he has no idea who they are. Monica then tries to sell him on the idea of a show about angels in which the angels are sent by God who loves us all. McKenna wants to know more and Monica tells him that like some of his visitors, angels are often undercover. We then see a series of clips from previous episodes where the angels play a variety of roles. T.K. then dismisses Monica and the idea. As Monica leaves, T.K. is told by another executive that 76% of people believe in angels. Outside, Tess tells Monica to change the heart of the man in order to change the network. T.K. finds Monica outside of the building and convinces her to "pitch" her idea to another group of executives who immediately start to tear apart her angel premise. When they say they need a more "edgy" show, we see clips of previous episodes where Monica experiences shootings, bombings, car crashes and assassination attempts. Monica then tells them about how the angel of death, Andrew, takes people home to Heaven rather than killing them. The executives don't seem to understand and Monica leaves the room in disgust. Monica runs into Irene, T.K. 's secretary as she is leaving to catch a bus. Irene tells her that T.K. once dreamed of being a writer and wrote a very good script. Later, as Monica ruminates on how to approach T.K., Tess tells her to comfort him, that a bus was hi-jacked and blown up. T.K. responds to the tragedy by trying to cover his responsibility to the Board of Directors. Hoping to change the image of the network, he asks Monica to pitch him the angel show again. When he says the angels don't have enough attitude, we see clips of Tess in action. When T.K. begins to complain about the whereabouts of Irene, Monica informs him that she was on the bus that was blown up. Crushed, T.K. throws everyone out of his office. Andrew hands Monica T.K. 's original script and tells her that Irene wanted T.K. to have it. When T.K. asks where the angels were for Irene, Monica tells him there are angels for everyone. We then see a series of guest angels. Monica tells T.K. that God exists, hands him his script and asks him to take a leap of faith and follow his dream of writing. T.K. then pitches his simple show about a family trying to live well to his fellow executives, refusing to take no for an answer.

512.重返天倫 ( Fools for Love )

播出時間:2012.8/22(三)23:10播出(次日下午14:00重播)
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★

Sarah:莎拉
Jesse:傑西
Sam:山姆

劇情大意:
本集猶如經典警匪電影『我倆沒有明天』(Bonnie and Clyde)與聖經「浪子回頭」故事的結合,也深入刻畫女人天生的母愛。愛女馬耳東風,執意與男友私奔,而不斷望女歸鄉的母親;遭男友惡意拋棄,自認無法養育孩子,又不忍將之離棄的少女,回想要找回孩子卻遍尋不著…貫穿全劇的中心主旨,正是上帝賦予女人天生的母愛,引領迷子歸家!若問世上有哪份愛與主愛相似?母愛是唯一的答案!

年輕貌美,對愛情充滿憧憬的莎拉,不顧母親的一再告誡和堅決反對,與熱戀中的男友傑西離家出走,打算到加州。途中,莎拉產下女兒艾碧,不知節制的傑西又將錢財揮霍殆盡。現實問題與經濟壓力,迫使傑西步入岐途,至終拋棄莎拉而去。心碎又無依無靠的莎拉該何去何從?分道揚鑣的兩人,各自的人生又會如何發展?

2008年由安潔麗娜裘莉主演,改編自真實事件,全球廣受好評的電影『陌生的孩子』(Changeling)中,獨子失蹤心碎不已的母親聲嘶力竭地悲喊:「我要孩子回來!」一言道盡身為人母對孩子無盡的愛與痛徹心扉的冀望與等待…聖經亦云:若百頭羊中有一隻走失,牧羊人也不辭千里地要尋回失羊。相信神對於背棄祂而去的兒女們,也同樣吶喊著:我要孩子回來!主愛長闊長深,難以測度…離神遠去的朋友,快回應神的呼喊,早日重返天倫吧!


Guest Cast:

Sam Paul Winfield
Sara Paige Moss
Jesse Joey Lawrence
Joan Sharon Madden
Chris James Calvert
Harry Robert David Hall

Sara Parker, a successful big city district attorney, is forced to come to terms with her past when an ex-boyfriend, Jesse, is arrested and she must interrogate him. Rather than face Jesse, who still has some strange kind of hold over her, Sara retreats to a pub for some sanctuary. Monica, who is waiting tables at the bar while Tess serves drinks, offers to listen to Sara’s story. Sara is reluctant at first, but then proceeds to tell Monica her story of ten years ago: As a 17 year-old high schooler, Sara meets Jesse, a handsome troublemaker. Much to her mother’s disdain, Sara and Jesse fall in love and, when he suggests they move to California to start a new life, Sara agrees. Sara is worried when she finds a gun in Jesse’s glove compartment, but when Jesse says it’s for protection she’s too blinded by love to disagree. Soon, however, their money runs out, their relationship sours, and to make matters worse Sara learns she is four months pregnant. In order to get some money Jesse robs a liquor store. Sara meets Andrew who, posing as a hitchhiker, tries to convince her to return home. Sara, unwilling to admit she has made a mistake, stays with Jesse. The baby is born at a motel and Sara names her Abby. Sara and Jesse meet Sam, posing as a motel owner, who lets them stay at his motel and offers to let Sara phone home. A furious Jesse refuses and storms out of the room. When he returns, Jesse is in a much better mood and explains to Sara that he met a man who sells babies on the black market, and who will give them $10,000 for Abby. Sara is horrified and rather than let this happen, she takes Abby while Jesse is asleep, and leaves her in a church sanctuary with a note. Sara has a change of heart and realizes she can’t leave her baby, but when she returns to the church Abby has already been taken. When Sara goes back to Jesse he hits her and leaves. Sam takes care of Sara, helping her to get back on her feet, and ultimately through law school.
Back in present-day, Sara admits to Monica that Sam was the closest thing to an angel she has ever known. Monica tells her that she’s right, that Sam is an angel, and that her, Tess, and Andrew are angels as well. Sara can’t believe that God can love her after all that she has done, but Monica reminds her of the story of the prodigal son and how God waits for his children to return. Sara admits that she wants to return both to God and to her home, and with this choice Jesse’s spell over her is broken. When she returns home, Sara’s mother is overjoyed, but tells her of a little girl named Abby, whom Andrew had brought to her ten years ago, after she was abandoned in a church. Having reunited Sara with both her mother and daughter, the angels drive off, their mission complete.

511.聖誕頌歌 (An Angel on the Roof )

播出時間:2012.8/16(三)23:10播出(次日下午14:00重播)
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★
(感謝劇評人劉鴻輝先生提供中文資料)

人物:
Charley Knot:查理諾特
Jorge:霍海
Marisol:瑪莉莎
Bart:巴特
Jasper:傑斯伯
Mel:梅爾
Carl:卡爾
Raphael:拉斐爾

劇情大意:
<與天使有約>全九季中,每一季都有一至兩集聖誕故事。繼第一季的『榮光奏鳴曲』、第二季的『妖言惑眾』、第三季的『小提琴課程』、第四季的『聖誕快樂』之後,本季此集透過數名小人物的故事交錯組成,全劇仿照耶穌基督的降生過程,編劇瑪莎威廉遜的巧思顯而易見,使人觀而感動無比。譯者取中文劇名的靈感,則取自近代英國大文豪查爾斯‧狄更斯出版於1843年的社會批判小說『聖誕頌歌』(A Christmas Carol)。

平安夜當晚,蒙妮卡受派至德州納華斯鎮,告訴沙漠之星汽車旅館老闆查理諾特他將得到奇蹟。查理固執又愛喝酒,且有嚴重自殺傾向;在艾爾帕索,一對墨西哥夫婦霍海與瑪莉莎即將迎接新生兒,在天使拉斐爾引導下來到沙漠之星汽車旅館投宿;同時,三位卡車司機梅爾、傑斯伯與巴特載運各自貨物往不同的方向走。半路起了風暴,漫天風沙中三人迷途之際,天上一道明光帶領他們也來到沙漠之星。這些看似彼此毫無關聯的小人物不約而同來到同一地點,將為查理的聖誕節帶來前所未有的溫暖與喜悅,共譜悠揚動人的聖誕頌歌!

Written by: Ken LaZebnik
Directed by: Stuart Margolin
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.
Guest Cast:

Rafael Alexis Cruz
Marisol Justina Machado
Charley George Grizzard
Bart Jerome Butler
Jasper Tom Hodges
Mel Adrian Sparks
Carl Michael Harney
Jorge Greg Serano
Charley, an aging south Texas motel owner, gets a Christmas Eve visit from Monica, who tells him not to fear, because she brings him tidings of great joy. Charley in a drunken daze, thinks the beautiful glowing angel before him is merely a hallucination, and begins a dialogue with this “vision” as he decorates his Desert Star Inn for the holiday. Monica tells Charley that he will receive a miracle this Christmas Eve, and he, somewhat skeptical, hypothesizes about what this will be. He hopes it will be a new star, something he has been waiting quite a long time to see through his high-powered telescope from the roof of the inn. Meanwhile, Tess serves coffee to three lonely truckers who celebrate the holiday at a truck stop. As they leave, Tess points them to the inn, but the truckers muse at the thought of spending an evening at the dilapidated motel. Elsewhere, Jorge and Marisol, a young Mexican couple, illegally across the border, panic when pregnant Marisol begins to show signs of an early labor. Rafael arrives telling them that they are needed to help someone this evening. When he says he is from their village in Mexico, they go with him. In another part of the state Andrew sits on border patrol with Carl, a cynical deputy, who is anxious to catch some “illegals.” Monica, still glowing atop the motel roof, stirs up a dust storm, which makes driving difficult for the truckers. At Tess’ instruction via CB, they head towards a light in the desert, the light Monica exudes, and the only thing visible on the stormy landscape. Rafael, Jorge, and Marisol, driving through the storm, run out of gas. They, too, see the light and begin to follow it. When the three arrive at the inn, Charley, obviously prejudiced against Mexicans, at first refuses to give them a room, and rather than call a doctor, he calls the border patrol. Carl and Andrew head for the motel.
Charley reveals to Monica the reason why he is so bitter: as a young man he traveled in Mexico and fell in love with a young woman named Estrella, whose parents wouldn’t allow them to marry. Later Estrella’s father told Charley that the heartbroken Estrella killed herself. Charley tells Monica that he intends to do the same as soon as he sees a new star, something no one else has ever seen. Monica pleads with Charley to do something that will “make the angels sing,” and become a man with faith in the God who loves him. Marisol gives birth to the child as the truckers draw near, and Monica and Rafael proclaim this child to be the miracle, something which no man has ever seen. The baby girl is named Estrella, after Marisol’s grandmother, the same woman Charley loved, who is alive and well in Mexico. When Charley hears this news he has a change of heart and when Carl and Andrew arrive to arrest any illegal aliens, Charley hides everyone by working them into his nativity scene, including Tess as a shepherd and the truckers as the three wise men. As Charley makes plans to visit his old love in Mexico, Monica and Tess bid everyone “Peace On Earth and Goodwill to Men.”

510.破鏡重圓 ( The Peacemaker )

播出時間:2012.8/15(三)23:10播出(次日下午14:00重播)
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★

人物:
Mark Tanner:馬克唐納
Scott:史老特
Michelle:蜜雪兒
Ivan Lepinski:艾文‧里賓斯基
(感謝劇評人劉鴻輝先生提供中文資料)

劇情大意:
「婚姻」一直是<與天使有約>的重點主題之一。本集融合親子、婚姻與家庭等三大主題,絲絲入扣地呈現家庭圓滿與夫婦真愛的無比可貴!

曾經沉迷毒癮,如今浪子回頭的馬可,獲得紐約大學入學許可,前景一片看好。但他的父母史考特與蜜雪兒的婚姻卻岌岌可危,極有可能離婚。某日,蜜雪兒在馬可的褲子口袋中發現一張寫著陌生人名字與見面時間的字條,緊接著夫婦倆的對錶也不翼而飛。蜜雪兒直覺反應馬可故態復萌,重蹈覆轍。就在此時,又發生一場令人痛徹心扉的劇變,使夫婦倆哀戚欲絕,終日以淚流面,婚姻更加陷入危機。馬可真的故態復萌?而究竟發生什麼事,使夫婦倆如此痛不欲生?這對怨偶的婚姻是否真覆水難收?或終將破鏡重圓,再續情緣?

Written by: Christine Pettit
Directed by: Peter H. Hunt
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.
Guest Cast:

Scott Tanner Bruce Boxleitner
Michelle Tanner Melissa Gilbert
Mark Tanner Zack Graham
As part of his application to New York University, seventeen year-old Mark Tanner videotapes the morning coffee ritual that his parents, Scott and Michelle, began during his recovery from a recent drug addiction. Although all appears well, Andrew warns Tess and Monica not to waste any time with this case. Scott arrives at the police precinct where he is a hostage negotiator to meet his new partner, Monica and nvites her to dinner. When Scott is paged by the precinct during dinner, Michelle lashes out, blaming Scott for always choosing his work over his family. Later, as Michelle rifles through her "Memory Box," Mark enters. She shows him the wrist watch Scott gave her for their first anniversary but adds that he meant to have it engraved. When Mark asks if they are going to be okay after he goes off to college, she reassures him but her face registers doubt. As she exits, Mark finds divorce papers in the memory box and becomes angry with his mother. Later, while painting a portrait of her most recent client, Tess, Michelle confides that she had considered divorce earlier in their marriage and had not gotten rid of the divorce papers. Tess urges her to do so and she returns to the memory box to find that the watch she had shown Mark is now gone. Beginning to suspect that Mark may have stolen the watch to pay for drugs, her suspicions are further compounded when she interrupts him while he has a secretive phone conversation. Michelle then calls Scott to discuss her fears but he is interrupted by a hostage situation at a bank robbery. When the robbery is over, it is learned that Mark was killed by the robbery while trying to withdraw money from his college fund.
Desolate after losing their son, Scott and Michelle blame each other. When a message from a man named Ivan is found on Mark's answering machine, both Scott and Michelle are convinced this person was Mark's drug dealer and both become obsessed with finding the man while deciding to get a divorce. Tess and Monica then intervene by showing Scott and Michelle the videotape Mark had made and it turns out to be a plea for them to work out their problems. Andrew then arrives with Ivan who is not a drug dealer but rather a video editor. Mark had taken his parents' home videos to Ivan to have them edited together to show them how much love they truly have for one another. Now understanding the error of their ways, Scott and Michelle vow to stay together.

509.吾愛吾母 ( The Wind Under My Wings )

播出時間:2012.8/9(周四)23:10播出(次日下午14:00重播)
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★

(感謝劇評人劉鴻輝先生提供中文資料)

角色:
Dolores Chapin:德莉柴賓
Emma:艾瑪
Jenny:珍妮
Mr. Miller:米勒先生
劇情大意:
「親情」一直是<與天使有約>重點主題之一,本集亦然。透過一位事業有成的法官對母親之間的感情,提醒觀眾真當趁父母健在時由衷盡孝,維繫與父母良好的關係;同時也道出不論兒女多大,事業、家庭多庭成功,依舊掛念兒女的天下父母心!上帝為父的心,之於我們必定也是如此!

法官德莉柴賓與母親艾瑪感情甚為親密。艾瑪曾是二戰時期的女性飛行員,相當肯定並支持德莉,德莉對母親也仍有依賴。一日,德莉獲州長提名為州最高法院法官,就在此令人興奮的同時,艾瑪開始產生失憶現象,先是找不到回家的路,爾後做事又失誤連連,頹喪之餘想放棄一切。德莉無法接受母親年老的事實,害怕失去母親而難過。這真會是艾瑪人生的盡頭嗎?德莉心中的恐懼又會如何被化解?

片名靈感來源:經典名片『吾愛吾師』(To Sir, Wih Love)
Written by: Rosanne Welch
Directed by: Stuart Margolin
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:

Emma Marion Ross
Dolores Veronica Hamel

Old Mr. Miller Oscar Rowland

When Andrew arrives in the court of Judge Dorrie Chapin to notify her that she is the governor's first choice to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat, Dorrie and her ever-dependable mother, Emma, are overjoyed. Having met Tess while sitting in the gallery of her daughter's courtroom, Emma invites Tess and Dorrie's new assistant, Monica over for dinner to celebrate. Later that afternoon, Emma is the subject of show and tell in the classroom of Dorrie's daughter, Jenny, and tells of her days as one of the only female pilots, the Lady Tigerettes, during World War II. When Emma and Jenny get lost on the way home after leaving Jenny's school, it is apparent that Emma is beginning to show the first signs of aging. The angels attempt to tell Dorrie that her mother is simply getting older but Dorrie is unwilling to accept that her steadfast mother is faltering. Dorrie tries to rationalize the situation, suggesting that her mother will be fine with lifestyle changes and vitamins until Emma falls asleep in the courtroom, waking to not recognize her own daughter. Tess again appeals to Dorrie, telling her that her mother still has important work to do. Dorrie then goes to her mother's house to find her affairs in shambles; bills are unpaid, important prescriptions are unfilled and the insurance has lapsed. When Emma catches Dorrie snooping through her things, the issue comes out into the open and Emma reiterates what the angels had said earlier, she is getting older and simply can't keep up anymore. Still confused as to how she will cope without the support of her mother, Dorrie hears a custody case involving the welfare of an elderly man, Mr. Miller. After hearing his children argue over whether or not to put him in a nursing home, Mr. Miller appeals to them both to live their own lives and to visit him often. Dorrie then breaks down in her chambers as Andrew arrives to tell her that the governor needs to know if she will accept her appointment to the supreme court. Dorrie initially refuses the appointment, fearing that she simply cannot go on without her mother's support. Emma is also resigned to give up all of her duties rather than just limiting her schedule. The angels then reveal to both Emma and Dorrie, telling them to give up their fears of being alone, of growing old, of losing each other, because God will never leave either of them. Monica tells Emma that God has another task for her; together with the other surviving Flying Tigerettes, she is commissioned to share her wartime experiences so as to ensure against future wars. As Emma departs on her nationwide Tigerettes bus tour, Dorrie enters the Supreme Court where she will now serve proudly as a State Supreme Court Justice.

508 詩篇151篇 (Psalm 151)

播出時間:2012.8/8(三)23:10播出(次日下午14:00重播)
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★
(感謝劇評人劉鴻輝先生提供中文資料)

角色:
Audrey Carmichael:奧黛麗卡麥可
Petey:小彼
Cornelia (Celine):柯妮莉(席琳)
劇情大意:
根據<與天使有約>執行製作人兼編劇瑪莎威廉遜表示,本集為<與天使有約>最受影迷歡迎的故事之一,劇中對生命的禮讚與謳歌,以及神賦予生命那無限的盼望,在劇中表露無遺!正如聖經中耶穌的應許:「復活在我,生命也在我。信我的人,就算死了,也必復活。凡活著信我的人,必永遠不死。」(約翰福音11:25)神要擦去我們一切的眼淚。不再有死亡,也不再有悲哀、哭號、疼痛,因為以前的事都過去了!(啟示錄21:4)上帝無遠弗屆、無垠無涯、無可測度的愛與永生無窮的盼望,在如此應許中彰顯地淋漓盡致!願一切讚美與感恩歸與神!

享譽國際,家喻戶曉的歌手
席琳狄翁在本劇中客串演出。戲份雖不多,但頗具畫龍點睛之效。她在劇中演唱會上所唱的歌曲,正強調切莫喪志,擁抱希望的積極意涵。

成熟懂事的小彼身患絕症將不久人世,在離世前有許多想做的事,在蒙妮卡的鼓勵下列成清單。其中包括幫助母親奧黛麗完成在他出生時寫下的歌曲「詩篇151篇」。當初奧黛麗的作曲動機,是覺得聖經「詩篇」中的150首詩都不足以形容心中的喜樂,後來卻一直沒有完成。在蒙妮卡、安德烈與黛絲的幫助下,清單上的事項都一一達成。但他最掛心的詩篇151篇卻遲遲沒有完成。奧黛麗會不會再次提筆,完成這首稱頌神的讚美詩呢?而它又會是怎樣的一首詩呢?


Written by: Martha Williamson
Directed by: Sandor Stern
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
Audrey Wynonna Judd
Petey Joseph Cross
Celine (Cornelia) Mika Boorem
Celine Dion as herself
Eric Frederic Lane
Monica, Tess, and Andrew celebrate Monica’s one-hundredth assignment with a cake in a park. In the same park Audrey, a single mother who writes commercial jingles, celebrates her son Petey’s birthday. Petey tries to blow out his candles but is racked with coughing, an effect of his disease, Cystic Fibrosis. Monica arrives at Petey and Audrey’s home as a prospective border and she meets Celine, Petey’s best friend who is Celine Dion’s number one fan. Celine introduces Monica to Audrey and Monica moves into their home. Petey plays a song for Monica on tape that Audrey began to write when Petey was born but has since been unable to finish. When he collapses on his way home from school, Petey is rushed to the hospital where, upon his release, he and Celine overhear some nurses saying he doesn’t have much time left to live. Petey tells Audrey, who is having trouble accepting the fate of her little boy, that when he dies, he wants to die at home. Petey, with Monica’s help, begins to compile a list of the things he wants to do before he dies. His items include: Learn to play the piano, find a home for Fluffy (his pet iguana), find someone to sing with Mom, find someone to shovel the snow. With Tess and Andrew’s help these things come to pass (Tess agrees to take care of the iguana). Petey and the angels move on to the more tricky items on the list, including introducing Celine to the real Celine Dion. Celine is blindfolded and taken to a concert hall to meet Celine Dion in her dressing room before the show. Celine Dion tells Petey and Celine, who is in shock, that she will sing a special song for them. Later during the concert she sings “Love Can Move Mountains” to the children. At the end of the concert Petey becomes very sick and, at the hospital, Audrey comes to the realization that Petey will soon die. Celine, with Tess’ help, resolves to help make it possible for Petey to die at home, another item on his list, and they visit the HMO in hopes of getting a medical waiver allowing this. When they are denied Tess demands to see the manager, who happens to be Celine’s father. When he says he cannot make an exception to a rule, even for Petey, Celine returns to his office in a gown and pearls, and sings “Love Can Move Mountains.” She pleads with her father to prove he loves Petey and he pulls some strings. Petey is brought home and, while he sleeps, Audrey discovers his list, including the wish that Audrey would finish her song. Audrey tries to finish the song, but breaks down in tears when she can’t get past the first verse. Monica reveals herself to Audrey, comforts her, and asks her to tell the whole world about Petey’s love with her song. Audrey works all night to finish the song, and in the morning wakes Petey, telling him to cross that item off his list. Petey is taken outside to find many neighbors gathered to perform Audrey’s finished song, “The 151st Psalm,” the main chorus of which proclaims, “For as long as I shall live I will testify to love!” Petey tells Andrew, “It is finished,” and the young boy dies as the crowd continues to sing his song. Monica crosses the final item off of Petey’s list: “Go to Heaven.”

507.有夢最美 (Beautiful Dreamer)

播出時間:2012.8/02(三)23:10播出(次日下午14:00重播)
頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★
(感謝劇評人劉鴻輝先生提供中文資料)

角色:
Calvin:凱文
Angela:安琪拉
Abraham Lincoln:亞伯拉罕‧林肯
Mary Lincholn:瑪麗‧林肯
John Wilkes Booth:約翰‧威爾克斯‧布斯
Davey:大衛
Sam:山姆

劇情大意:
有道是「人因有夢想而偉大」。一名看似平庸的黑人小男孩,竟懷抱著眾所不知的鴻鵠大志!本劇內容極其特殊,古今交錯,精彩絕倫,是<與天使有約>相當罕見的古裝劇。蒙妮卡、安德烈、山姆等三名天使身著古裝亮相,與亞伯拉罕‧林肯總統、總統夫人瑪麗、槍殺林肯的刺客約翰‧威爾克斯‧布斯等歷史人物共同登場。劇中蒙妮卡對林肯總統現出原出原貌時一段義正辭嚴、無比慷慨激昂的言語乃全劇高潮之一。而林肯遇刺前後的過程,則引出劇末這名小男孩不為人知的雄心壯志!

黛絲到華盛頓林肯小學擔任代課老師,在學生的志願報告中,驚見一名來自單親家庭的黑人學生凱文,未來的志願竟是當職業殺手!於是黛絲說了個故事給學生們聽。內容乃關於林肯總統在遇剌前的一場夢、遇剌後的光景,與兇手在行剌前後的心態和最終下場。這個故事對凱文的心境會產生什麼樣的衝擊?黛絲會如何開導凱文?凱文真正的志願又是什麼?


Written by: Glenn Berenbeim And Martha Williamson
Directed by: Peter H. Hunt
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:

Sam Paul Winfield
Booth Reg Rogers
Lincoln David Selby

Mary Christine Healy
Calvin Mitchah Williams

Tess substitutes at a school in Washington D.C. and asks the students what they want to be when they grow up. One of the children, Calvin, tells the class he wants to be an assassin. Tess tells Calvin that being an assassin is nothing to be proud of and to prove it Tess tells the class the story of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. On April 14, 1865 Sam and Andrew arrive in post-Civil War Washington. Sam tells Andrew, then a caseworker, of his next assignment, Mr. Booth. Andrew meets Booth backstage at Ford's Theater, where stagehands are busily preparing for the evening's play. At the White House, Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary make plans to attend the play. Monica, currently working in Annunciations, arrives as Mrs. Lincoln's seamstress. While Monica fits her dress, Mrs. Lincoln confides in Monica her worry for her husband's health, especially in light of a recent dream the President has had. That afternoon Andrew approaches Booth in a saloon outside the theater, and after a political discussion, comes to realize the depth of Booth's hatred for Lincoln. Andrew realizes Booth plans to kill the President. Meanwhile, Monica speaks to the President about his dream. Lincoln realizes that Monica is an angel and he tells her of the dream, in which he sees his corpse laying in the White House. Monica comforts Lincoln, and assures him that, whatever lies ahead, his work will be continued. The Lincoln's go to the theater. Booth, having a few drinks before the show, is delighted to learn that Lincoln's bodyguard is also in the saloon. Andrew struggles over stopping Booth from killing Lincoln, but Sam tells him they cannot interfere with a human's free will. Booth shoots Lincoln and flees the theater. Later Andrew appears to Booth in the barn he is using as a hideout, revealing himself to be an angel, and tells Booth that he did not act according to God's will, but that God offers Booth forgiveness. Booth is shot by a soldier and dies, unable to ask God for forgiveness. Andrew reports back to Sam, who informs him that God has a new job for him. God wants Andrew to be An Angel of Death, and his first assignment is to escort Lincoln home. Back in present-day, Tess takes young Calvin to the Lincoln Memorial, where he admits what he really wants to be when he grows up - the President of the United States.

 
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