本集為第八季第12集『此生無憾』的前篇。蒙妮卡受派幫助資深記者，同時也是普立茲文學獎得主的麗莎杰瑟撰寫遲遲未完成的回憶錄。麗莎職業生涯出類拔萃，曾與各國名人來往，公眾形象光鮮亮麗。然而私下她嗜酒成癮，對此問題毫不在乎，對女兒雪妮的規勸馬耳東風。雪妮請專業人士提供協助，竟遭母親轟出門。母女關係產生裂痕，麗莎仍執迷不悟，我行我素。憂心忡忡的蒙妮卡該如何幫助她？麗莎究竟會改變嗎？
Monica serves as the personal assistant to Elizabeth Jessup, a prominent journalist, and the angel soon learns that her new assignment has a serious drinking problem. At a birthday dinner for her granddaughter Beth, Liz has too much to drink, which prompts her own daughter Sydney to take the child home. Soon afterwards, the newswoman makes a spectacle of herself while giving a speech at the Mayor's Centennial kick-off. This incident causes Sydney to stage an intervention for her mother with the help of Anita, a counselor at the New Hope Center. But this action backfires and an enraged Liz orders her guests to leave. The next day, Monica returns to work and learns that the journalist started drinking to fit in with her male counterparts. The angel convinces her employer to visit the New Hope Center. However, upon seeing Anita, Liz loses her temper and storms out of the building. Although Sydney refuses to let Beth have contact with her grandmother, the child sneaks out to see Liz anyway. While Beth is playing, Liz accidentally sets the house on fire with a cigarette. Monica rescues the little girl, whose grandmother was too drunk to comprehend what happened. At the hospital, an irate Sydney confronts her mother for leaving Beth inside the house to die. Returning to the wreckage to find a music box her granddaughter cherishes, Liz encounters Monica, realizing the angel was the one who saved Beth. Encouraged by Monica's revelation, Liz returns to the New Hope Center and attends a counseling session where she learns that Sydney herself is a recovering alcoholic.
