播出時間：2012.9/20(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★★★★★
（感謝劇評人劉鴻輝提供中文內容相關資料）
角色： Nick Stratton：尼克史崔頓 Am-Ngac Nguen：阮愛梅 Cadao：葛堯 Del：戴爾 Lang：阿蘭
大意： 本集卡司陣容相當堅強。除平常的三位天使之外，好萊塢知名女星茱莉亞羅伯茲(Julia Roberts)的哥哥艾瑞克羅伯茲(Eric Roberts)主演（兄妹倆簡直一個模子印出來的！），飾演一所成衣廠老闆。他曾經歷越戰，連綿烽火在他心中留下的陰影揮之不去，間接發作到手下一名越南女工身上。本集細細描述越戰在人心中留下的陰影，也檢討越南移民在美國生活與工作中種種不平等的狀況，耐人尋味，值得一看再看。 少年時期曾參與越戰的尼克史崔頓，如今經營叔叔生前留下的成衣廠，手下有一群到美國追尋美國夢的越南女工。然而成衣廠經營不善，財務遇到重大困難，即將面臨倒閉。女工們在工廠惡劣的環境與過分的工作量下，還得忍受尼克因過去受到的傷害而隨時爆發的怒氣。究竟尼克在越戰前後曾經歷什麼痛苦與傷害？他的成衣廠還有生存的希望嗎？這群越南女工在美國的前途又如何呢？
Written by: Christine Pettit & Rosanne Welch Directed by: Bethany Rooney Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr. Guest Cast: Nick Stratton Eric Roberts Am-Nhac Jennifer Paz Cadao Toshi Toda Lang Kieu Chinh Young Nick Joshua Keaton Del John Colella Nick Stratton, owner of Stratton Apparel, hires Vietnamese women to work in his sweatshop because they are willing to work for little pay. Monica's assignment is to help Nick, a "good man with a bad attitude." Nick hires Monica as his accountant the same day that Am-Nhac Nguyen starts at the factory, pressing pants on a faulty steam press. Am-Nhac and the other women are willing to work for Nick because he will pay for citizenship classes if they meet their rigorous daily quotas. Tess, who teaches the class, tells Am-Nhac that her father, Cadao, can attend as well. The next day Nick, under pressure from his clients, raises the quotas, and Am-Nhac, in a hurry to meet hers, severely burns her arm. Nick fires Am-Nhac because her injury will slow her down. Monica asks Nick why he is so hard on his workers, and Nick tells her his story. As a soldier, Nick helped a captured Vietnamese boy escape. Nick knew the boy was not Viet Cong because he had a peace symbol, an American fad, tattooed on his shoulder. Nick was court-martialed for aiding the enemy and returned to the U.S. a war criminal. His uncle left the factory to him when he died. Monica convinces Nick to let Am-Nhac keep her job. Am-Nhac, with Tess' help, works through the night to meet her quota. When Cadao picks her up, Nick sees the tattoo on his shoulder, a peace symbol. Nick realizes that Cadao is the boy he helped escape, and the person, Nick believes, who is responsible for ruining his life. Meanwhile, Tess teaches her students about how the early Americans protested against British rule, and Am-Nhac decides to protest the dangerous working conditions at the factory. The plan backfires, however, when Nick fires everyone.
When Andrew, posing as an I.R.S. agent, explains that Nick owes the government several thousand dollars in back taxes, Nick plants a time bomb in the factory. Before he can leave, however, one of the rickety shelves collapses, trapping Nick. Seconds before the bomb is to detonate, the timer stops ticking and Monica appears to Nick. She tells him that God loves him and is proud of him for saving the young man's life. Nick asks God to forgive him for the hatred he has lived with for so long. The clock begins ticking again and when Nick screams for help, Am-Nhac arrives with Cadao, who diffuses the bomb. Nick asks Am-Nhac for forgiveness and reveals that he is the soldier who helped Cadao in Vietnam. Am-Nhac and Cadao are happy to finally be able to thank him for his act of kindness. Later, Nick attends the swearing-in ceremony for Am-Nhac and her Cadao, finally United States citizens.
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