505.此情可問天 ( I Do )

播出時間:2012.7/26(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:
Eddie:艾迪
Michael:麥可
Stephanie:黛菲
Nancy:南詩

劇情大意:
戀愛與婚姻亦是上帝最美好的恩賜之一。濃情蜜意或許浪漫動人,然而幾經磨難後仍仰望上帝且堅貞不移的愛情,才真正高貴並冰清玉潔!即將步上紅毯的情侶,大喜當日飛來橫禍,愛情、親情、手足之情面對空前艱鉅的磨難與考驗。一切是否會有起色,使家庭恢復融洽,有情人終成眷屬?

本集中文劇名取用曾與華人影壇之光李安導演合作『理性與感性』(Sense and Sensibility)之英國影壇才女艾瑪湯普遜(Emma Thompson)之奧斯卡封后作<此情可問天>(Howards End)。此劇名一針見血地道出全劇主旨,唯在主耶穌基督裡的愛情方存至永恆。

原本打算私奔的情侶麥可與黛菲,在麥可的母親南詩阻止下,決定舉辦正式婚禮。一切進行順利的當兒,麥可卻在大喜之日前往婚禮途中發生車禍,昏迷不醒,情況堪憂。黛菲傷心之餘不放棄希望;南詩則因丈夫的死,消極地認為麥可也沒救,全然不抱希望。希望與絕望,周旋在性命垂危的麥可身邊。他的情形是否會好轉?這對新人的感情又能否開花結果?

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

Guest Cast:
Nancy Patty Duke
Michael Mark Kiely
Stephanie Hillary Danner
Eddie Maury Sterling
Dr. Evans Richard Penn

Monica tries to determine God's greatest gift to humans and hypothesizes that it might be marriage - the wedding of two people. Tess reminds her that a marriage is much more than a wedding ceremony. Stephanie and Michael are planning to elope with Michael's younger brother, Eddie, in tow, when Nancy, Michael's mother, finds out and demands that they have a traditional wedding. Stephanie and Michael relents and Monica and Tess note that this family runs like a dictatorship. While Stephanie is trying on dresses at
Tess' dress shop, Eddie gives Michael a special gift, their deceased father's favorite tie, reworked as a bowtie so Michael can wear it at the wedding. At the bachelor party, Monica pops out of the cake, and befriends Eddie, who asks her to be his date for the wedding. On the day of the wedding, Stephanie and Nancy receive news that Michael and Eddie have been in a car accident. They rush to the hospital, Stephanie still in her wedding dress, to find Eddie fine, but Michael in a coma. Nancy scolds Eddie because he was driving the car and Monica suggests he work through his guilt and sorrow through prayer. Nancy makes Michael's medical decisions on her own, angering Stephanie and Michael. As surgery begins Andrew takes Michael's soul out of the operating room and into a forest where they discuss his future. Andrew tells Michael that if he lives, he will be handicapped. Not wanting to burden his family, Michael asks God to let him die. In the chapel, Monica helps Eddie to pray, putting his brother's fate in the hands of God. Stephanie sits with Michael after surgery, speaking her marriage vows to him. Andrew allows Michael to see this and he decides he wants to live, and gives Stephanie a sign. But at Nancy's request the doctors disconnect the life support system. Nancy tells Stephanie that she is doing what is best, that she kept her own husband on life support for three months, and she has always regretted prolonging his pain. Tess helps Stephanie to forgive Nancy for always keeping her at arms' length, a defense she created when her husband shot himself. Stephanie goes to the chapel to pray for Michael. Nancy goes to Michael to say goodbye. Andrew appears to her in the hospital room, and Nancy breaks down, proclaiming that she hates God, and asking what he wants from her. Andrew tells her that God wants her to give up control of her and everyone else's lives. Nancy joins Stephanie and Eddie in prayer for Michael. Others from the hospital join them in the chapel to pray. A doctor reports that Michael is going to live. Stephanie and Michael, in a wheelchair, finally marry.

504.友情與正義 ( What Are Friends For? )

播出時間:2012.7/25(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:
Carrie Carver:嘉莉卡福
Tom:湯姆
William Hamsted (Billy):威廉韓斯德(比利)
Sam:山姆
Emily:愛蜜莉

劇情大意:
友情是上帝最美婕的恩賜之一,然而好友若觸法,身為朋友應依法檢舉或徇私護短?答案為何人心自知,但要做出正確的選擇可是難上加難。本集透過市長一名市長參選人面對昔日同窗好友違法該如何抉擇,為「好朋友」作出看似無情但正確的定義。

奧林匹亞市長參選人嘉莉卡福,風評良好,勝算在握。大學同學會的晚上,與現為高中老師的老友比利重逢。一夜,暫住在嘉莉家中的比利,以與未成年少女發生性行為遭到逮捕。嘉莉原本相信老友清白,但調查案情後發現比利確實犯案。陷入兩難的嘉莉,究竟會如何抉擇?

Written by: Martha Williamson
Directed by: Peter H. Hunt
Produced by:

Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen &
R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:

Carrie Carver Sheila Kelley
Sam Carver John James
Tom Wren T. Brown
Young Tom Paul Taylor
Young Carrie Kim Wimmer
Billy Erich Anderson
Young Billy Brandon Karrer

The angels arrive in the life of mayoral candidate Carrie Carver to help her learn a valuable lesson about friendship. Monica arrives as Carrie's speechwriter when Carrie is called away by a message from an old college friend. Monica tells her "truth is the best spin." Carrie arrives at Frodo's, her old college hangout to find Tom, who is waiting to hear the news of his most recent cancer test. Andrew is acting as a bartender, not knowing whether or not he will be escorting Tom. Carrie then resumes her campaign, formally announcing her candidacy for the office of mayor. Carrie then goes to her college reunion with Sam and Monica. Carrie then sees her old friend Billy. Sam looks on with controlled concern as Carrie and Billy dance to their old college song. As Carrie, Billy, and Tom, "The Terrible Threesome" give an reunion performance, Tess tells Andrew and Monica "Sometimes memories keep people harmonizing long after the music is over." Carrie tells Billy she'll pull some strings at the Board of Education to get him a job and also tells Sam she let him know he can stay in the basement until he gets on his feet. Carrie tells sam she was never in love with Billy. The campaign rolls on and Billy begins a job as a high school teacher. While Carrie uses the restroom at a local high school, she overhears two students talking about Billy and one threatens to make him "pay" for giving her a "C." When Sam and Carrie arrive at home that night, Billy has prepared a candlelight dinner for them. The police then arrive with a warrant for Billy's arrest on charges of sexual misconduct with a minor. As Sam advises Carrie to distance herself in the aftermath of the arrest, Monica again advocates the truth. Carrie stands by Billy. Tom is his lawyer and explains the severity of his situation: a 17 year old student claims he tried to seduce her but refuses to say anything more due to client privelege. Carrie cashes in her bonds to make bail for Billy, explaining how Billy came to her fathers funeral when she needed him. She makes a statement of support of Billy and learns that the incident allegedly happened in her own home. Sam questions Billy's intentions. Carrie then speaks to Tom, asking why he didn't tell her about Billy's case. Tom refuses to say any more but informs Monica that anyone can read the police report. Monica and Carrie read the police report and Carrie comes to know that Billy actually did have relations with the girl in question. Carrie then confronts Billy and he confirms, claiming she said she was 18. Billy asks Carrie to help him, to tell that she heard the girl threaten him. She says she'll have to think about it. She then realizes that perhaps Billy wasn't such a good friend. Not wanting to betray her friend, Carrie has a dilemma of conscience and Monica reveals herself to be an angel, telling Carrie to not lie for Billy and let him fall so that God can eventually help him.

503.知音相惜 ( Only Contact )

播出時間:2012.7/19(週四)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:
Donnie Mankuso: 唐尼曼庫索
Cameron: 卡麥倫
Ferdie: 傅迪

人高馬大,患輕微自閉症的公園管理員傅迪看似愚笨古怪,常受鎮民指指點點,實際上木訥憨直,且對火車十分了解,並與新任棒球教練唐尼之子卡麥倫一拍即合。一夜,傅迪的宿舍遭幾名少年蓄意縱火而焚毀,唐尼勉強答應收容傅迪。但在唐尼對之不解與鎮民蜚短流長之下,傅迪的處境陷入危機。與卡麥倫之間的友情能否持續下去呢?

Written by:

Ken LaZebnik
Directed by:

Tim Van Patten
Produced by:

Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen &
R.J. Visciglia, Jr.
Guest Cast:

Donnie Joe Regalbuto
Cameron Brendon Ryan Barrett
Ferdie Tait Smith
Harvey Rondell Sheridan
Gloria Marsha Kramer
Anne Sondra Currie
Roger Steve Vinovich
When a widower named Donnie Mancuso is having problems communicating with his son, Cameron, the angels arrive to help them learn from the least likely of souls, an autistic man by the name of Ferdie. Misunderstood all of his life, Ferdie lives in a shack on the edge of a baseball field in Cicero, Illinois. Although harmless, the townspeople are unaware of his autism and think of Ferdie merely as “weird.” Cameron befriends Ferdie, who shares his love of trains. Donnie, a former professional ball player, pushes Cameron to work harder at baseball as a way of making friends. Cameron falls prey to peer pressure and participates in a prank that inadvertently results in the burning of Ferdie’s shack. Monica appeals to Cameron’s conscience, and he convinces his father to let Ferdie live with them until his shack can be rebuilt. While living with Donnie and Cameron, Ferdie behaves strangely but Donnie pays little attention because he seems harmless. Donnie finds Ferdie in the basement using his deceased wife’s train set and forbids him to do so again. The meaning of this is lost on Ferdie, who cannot recognize Donnie when he’s not wearing glasses, nor Cameron when he’s not wearing his ball cap. Ferdie, being Autistic, latches on to certain aspects of people’s appearance in order to recognize them. The day of the championship game Ferdie gets upset when Cameron takes his cap off, and tries to forcibly replace it, unintentionally hurting another player. The confused and angry townspeople drive Ferdie off the field, but Cameron finally realizes Ferdie’s unique method of viewing the world. The championship game continues until Cameron, who is preoccupied with Ferdie, strikes out, losing the game. Donnie blames Cameron for letting the team down and Cameron leaves to find Ferdie, the only friend he connects with. When Donnie and the other townspeople catch up to Cameron at a train yard, he tries to explain, with Andrew’s help, how Ferdie views the world but Donnie refuses to listen. Cameron says he would rather live in a train car with Ferdie than with his father. Monica consoles Ferdie in the train car while Tess reveals herself to Donnie who, ashamed of his behavior, is sitting alone in the dugout. Tess reminds him of how his wife loved trains and how she saw the good in him when no one else would, just as Cameron sees the good in Ferdie. Donnie understands he needs to view the world through Cameron and Ferdie’s eyes, and the three return home to play with the train set and make plans for a train trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

502.冒牌天使 ( Miles to Go Before I Sleep )

播出時間:2012.7/19(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:
Arthur: 亞瑟
Candy: 坎蒂
Jo: 喬
Rita: 莉妲
Henry Richards: 亨利理察茲


蒙妮卡、安德烈與黛絲受派至一所醫院開導末期病患,發現醫院裏有「死亡天使」的傳聞。然而,安德烈自已就是死亡天使,不可能有第二個。而傳說中的死亡天使所拜訪過的病患,竟一個接一個失去生存意志。三位天使們見狀況不妙,決定聯手查出背後真相。

Written by:
Ken LaZebnik
Directed by:

Tim Van Patten
Produced by:

Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen &
R.J. Visciglia, Jr.



Guest Cast:

Donnie Joe Regalbuto
Cameron Brendon Ryan Barrett
Ferdie Tait Smith
Harvey Rondell Sheridan
Gloria Marsha Kramer
Anne Sondra Currie
Roger Steve Vinovich

When a widower named Donnie Mancuso is having problems communicating with his son, Cameron, the angels arrive to help them learn from the least likely of souls, an autistic man by the name of Ferdie. Misunderstood all of his life, Ferdie lives in a shack on the edge of a baseball field in Cicero, Illinois. Although harmless, the townspeople are unaware of his autism and think of Ferdie merely as “weird.” Cameron befriends Ferdie, who shares his love of trains. Donnie, a former professional ball player, pushes Cameron to work harder at baseball as a way of making friends. Cameron falls prey to peer pressure and participates in a prank that inadvertently results in the burning of Ferdie’s shack. Monica appeals to Cameron’s conscience, and he convinces his father to let Ferdie live with them until his shack can be rebuilt. While living with Donnie and Cameron, Ferdie behaves strangely but Donnie pays little attention because he seems harmless. Donnie finds Ferdie in the basement using his deceased wife’s train set and forbids him to do so again. The meaning of this is lost on Ferdie, who cannot recognize Donnie when he’s not wearing glasses, nor Cameron when he’s not wearing his ball cap. Ferdie, being Autistic, latches on to certain aspects of people’s appearance in order to recognize them. The day of the championship game Ferdie gets upset when Cameron takes his cap off, and tries to forcibly replace it, unintentionally hurting another player. The confused and angry townspeople drive Ferdie off the field, but Cameron finally realizes Ferdie’s unique method of viewing the world. The championship game continues until Cameron, who is preoccupied with Ferdie, strikes out, losing the game. Donnie blames Cameron for letting the team down and Cameron leaves to find Ferdie, the only friend he connects with. When Donnie and the other townspeople catch up to Cameron at a train yard, he tries to explain, with Andrew’s help, how Ferdie views the world but Donnie refuses to listen. Cameron says he would rather live in a train car with Ferdie than with his father. Monica consoles Ferdie in the train car while Tess reveals herself to Donnie who, ashamed of his behavior, is sitting alone in the dugout. Tess reminds him of how his wife loved trains and how she saw the good in him when no one else would, just as Cameron sees the good in Ferdie. Donnie understands he needs to view the world through Cameron and Ferdie’s eyes, and the three return home to play with the train set and make plans for a train trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

501.盡釋前嫌 ( Vengeance is Mine )

播出時間:2012.7/11.12(週三、週四)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:
Russell Green:羅素葛林
Claire:可莉
Joe:喬
Josh:喬許
Dana:黛娜
Hattie:海蒂
Erasmus:艾拉瑪
Nathaniel:納森
Sandra Mills:珊卓米爾斯
Matthew:馬太
Darlene:妲琳
鏈接:
(上集)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HjSE4v914
(下集)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNvhxYxSPwY
大意:
第三季首集『尋找應許之地』與『奇異恩典』、第四季中『浪子歸鄉』中登場的葛林一家人在此集中再度與觀眾見面。這也是『浪子歸鄉』的續集,藉由車禍喬葛林出獄後,葛林一家人與受害少婦珊卓米爾斯雙方情形的發展,引出「饒恕」的寓意。

珊卓米爾斯因丈夫與長子車禍喪生悲不自勝。一意報復的她,不斷寫恐嚇信寄給肇事駕駛喬葛林,導致與倖存么兒馬太關係惡化,無心工作,終遭革職。蒙妮卡化身馬太的小學老師,首堂課上給全班以家中廢棄物做理想城市模型的作業。馬太透過自己的作品表露心中苦楚,在珊卓失業當夜一場大爆炸中受重傷…

另一方面,羅素原欲再度上路旅行,可莉卻感到要留在原地有所貢獻,而進入監獄輔導受刑人,認識了女囚妲琳,與她展開一段感人的情誼。就此同時,喬葛林之子納森遭報復心切的珊卓綁架…

可莉持續入監輔導妲琳,並在女兒黛娜的要求下攜之同行。兩人建議她為愛女留下紀念。此時妲琳的生母出現欲與她見面,妲琳因幼年時母親棄已不顧,至今憤恨難平,不願饒恕母親…

另一方面,納森遭珊卓綁架後,從與之談話中明暸珊卓的苦情,因?同情而不願告訴家人。珊卓欲再度酗酒時,黛絲出現予以開導,解其心結,並向葛林家人和盤托出,饒恕喬之犯行。同時,在可莉與黛娜不斷勸勉下,妲琳終在臨刑前饒恕生母,盡釋前嫌。
Written by:
Steven Phillip Smith
Directed by:
Victor Lobl
Produced by:
Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen &
R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
Russell
Gerald McRaney
Claire
Wendy Phillips
Hattie
Celeste Holm
Josh
Austin O'Brien
Dinah
Sarah Schaub
Nathaniel
Eddie Karr
Erasmus
Ossie Davis
Joe
Richard Thomas
Sandra Mills
Karen Sillas
Matthew Mills
Courtland Mead
Lyle
Michael Flynn
Valerie
Jennifer Echols
Darlene
Tracey Gold

In a previous episode of "Promised Land," Joe Greene caused the death of a father and son in an automobile accident. In this two-part crossover episode with the cast of Promised Land, the angels arrive to help the surviving wife and son.
As the one year anniversary of Joe's tragic car accident approaches, the Greene family is in Springville. After seeing Joe depart for Turkey where he is intent on working, Russell is eager to get back on the road while Claire has a sense that she has work still to do in Springville. As strange letters begin to arrive for Joe, Claire volunteers to teach reading on death row at the local prison and meets Darlene, a young woman convicted of killing a man while on a drug-crazed binge. As Claire and Dinah try to help Darlene come to terms with her daughter and mother before she is executed, the angels learn that the letters to Joe have been sent by Sandra Mills, who is abusing alcohol and neglecting her son, Matthew, in the aftermath of her husbands death at Joe's hand.
Tess works as an efficiency consultant at Sandra's office and tries to convince her to stop drinking and face her grief but Sandra is soon fired for drinking on the job. Meanwhile, Monica is Matthew's teacher and tries to help Matthew as his mother's drinking problem worsens. As the date of Darlene's execution approaches, Claire and Dinah convince her of the need to reconcile with her daughter and mother. Much less able to deal with her own grief, Sandra ignores the pleas of Monica and continues to drink and Matthew is near fatally wounded in a gas explosion. Sandra then writes another threatening letter to Joe Greene. Part one concludes as Sandra kidnaps Nathaniel at gunpoint, threatening to kill him if her own son does not survive the explosion.

(II)
Teleplay by:

Burt Pearl
Story by: Jon Andersen
Directed by:
Peter Hunt
Produced by:
Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen &
R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
Arthur Chad Lowe
Rita Margot Kidder
Jo Elaine Kagan
John Minore Johnny Green
Candy Samaria Graham
Judy Bowers Carrie Snodgress
Young Arthur Logan Robbins
Young Toby Scott E. Cox

When Andrew arrives at a hospital to escort an elderly Mr. Richards to Heaven, Mr. Richards makes Andrew promise to help someone else in the hospital, someone whose soul is dying. Mr. Richards directs Andrew to the bible he is leaving behind which, he insists, will answer Andrew’s questions. Andrew meets up with Monica and Tess who are at the hospital to minister to the patients, but no one knows the whereabouts of Mr. Richards’ Bible. Complicating matters, Rita Lasky, a terminally ill woman with no will to live, claims to have seen the Angel of Death and that it told her to "hurry up and die." Monica tells Rita God would never ask someone to give up, and that if an angel says something that is not from God, then it’s not an angel. Meanwhile, Andrew is caring for John Minore, a young man with brain cancer, who has faith that he will be miraculously healed. Arthur Bowers, a kind-hearted orderly, tells John about Rita's angel-sighting and insists that there is an angel in the hospital. When Rita wakes up from her medicated sleep, she rebuffs Monica's attempt to convince her that the angel is a fraud. Before the rumor can settle, John Minore claims to have been visited by the Angel of Death, who told him not to be afraid of his imminent death. Andrew pleads with John not to give up on life but John is convinced that he will die in surgery. As the patients’ will to live dwindles, Tess continues to search for Mr. Richards’ missing bible, hoping for some clue as to the identity of the pseudo-angel. Monica questions the skeptical head nurse, Jo, who denies having anything to do with the angel. Monica goes to Rita and reveals herself as a real angel as Rita professes her need to speak to her estranged sister. Tess finds the shredded Bible in a trash dumpster, and as the angels sift through the pages, the “Angel of Death” visits John again. The angels chase down the false angel, revealing that it is really Arthur Bowers in a costume. Arthur tries to escape, but Andrew is everywhere he turns, finally revealing his identity. Andrew gives him the verse from Mr. Richards’ Bible. "I will seek that which was lost and return that which was driven away." Andrew questions Arthur about his troubled past, and takes Arthur home to make amends with his estranged mother. Arthur explains to his mother that, years ago, he left Toby, his late brother, alone on the day he died and has since been suffering from guilt, trying to fix everyone but himself. Arthur’s mother forgives him but tells him he must forgive himself. Arthur admits his false identity to John Minore and introduces Andrew as the real Angel of Death. Andrew asks John to cling to life and John enters surgery with a hopeful attitude. Monica helps Rita make peace with her sister before Andrew delivers her to Heaven

425.青春的迷思 (God and Country)

播出時間:2012.7/05(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:
Greg:奎格
Jill:吉兒
Candice:甘蒂絲
Liz:莉茲

大意:
奎格與吉兒是對恩愛的高中情侶,感情發展順利,並相喲畢業後完成終身大事。然而,當兩人介紹彼此母親甘蒂絲與莉茲認識後,甘蒂絲竟毫無理由地禁止奎格再與吉兒交往。在此同時吉兒發現母親少女時的日記,發現母親當時謊唐的行徑,憤而與奎格相約參與校園舞會後至旅館,不顧彼此母親知道後可能的反應。翌晨,奎格送吉兒回家,吉兒爬上二樓時不慎跌落送醫急救。一段塵封已久的舊怨,一個在死亡邊緣的生命,一段面臨危機的愛情…天使們會如何介入,使雙方明白謬誤?吉兒是否會存活?

Written by: Jennifer Wharton & R.J. Colleary
Directed by: Terrence O’Hara
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
Rafael Alexis Cruz
Liz Alley Mills
Greg Corbin Allred
Candace Karen Austin
Jill Mercedes McNab
Katie Senta Moses
Doctor David Kirk Chambers

The pressure to abstain from sex before marriage is almost as great for teenagers Greg and Jill, as the pressure from their mothers to be perfect students. Greg’s mother, Liz, owns a flower shop, and doesn’t like Greg seeing Jill, claiming it affects his grades and will jeopardize his ability to get into college. Jill’s mother, Candace, still dealing with issues from her own past, demands complete chastity from her daughter. It is Monica and Tess’ assignment to make sure these relationships don’t self-destruct. Meanwhile Andrew, as a DJ, encourages the high schoolers to respect themselves and their bodies. Rafael, as a student teacher, fends off infatuated girls. Monica, as a substitute teacher, holds a meeting to plan the upcoming prom and chaperones Liz and Candace meet. Although they deny knowing each other, it is clear they have a history together. The truth is Liz and Candace were friends in high school, until Candace, who slept around quite a bit, stole Liz’s boyfriend. The enmity over this event hasn’t yet subsided, and Candace asks Liz not to tell Jill about her past. Liz agrees but only if she will forbid Jill from dating Greg. Tess, as an assistant at the flower shop, obviously disapproves of this idea. Greg and Jill, though very upset and confused, respect their mothers’ wishes, until Jill learns her mother’s secret—that while preaching chastity she lived an unchaste lifestyle as a teenager. Jill determines to do all the things her mother has told her not to do and she sneaks out to meet Greg at the prom.
Greg and Jill plan to go to a hotel and have sex after the prom, but Monica tries to stop them. However, they don’t listen to Monica and go to the hotel. The next morning, Greg drops Jill off at her house and leaves. As Jill climbs to her bedroom window, she falls and is unconscious. Later in the hospital, a distraught Greg tells the mothers that he and Jill spent the night together and Liz becomes upset. Greg can’t believe that his mother is more concerned about his sex life than about his girlfriend whose life hangs in the balance. Tess and Monica appear at the hospital, reveal themselves as angels and ask the mothers, for the sake of their children, to resolve their differences and make peace. The mothers decide to give one another a second chance and give their blessing to Greg and Jill’s relationship. Andrew reveals that Jill will recover and the families rejoice in the news.


424.回頭是岸(Elijah)

播出時間:2012.7/04(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:
Jake:傑克
Tyler:泰勒
Elaine:伊蓮
Michael:麥可
Lisa:麗莎

大意:
「因為那夜我要巡行埃及地,把埃及地一切頭生的,無論是人是牲畜,都擊殺了,又要敗壞埃及一切的神。我是耶和華。這血要在你們所住的房屋上作記號;我一見這血,就越過你們去。我擊殺埃及地頭生的時候,災殃必不臨到你們身上滅你們。」(聖經 出埃及記12:12~13)這段聖經章節一針見血地道出本集令人深思的內容,致命禍忠中至高上帝高闊高深的慈愛依舊彰顯無遺…

為富不仁的惡房東傑克魏斯因蓄意忽視大樓租戶的安全,也不肯修繕水電等問題,因此被法官判處至傑克自己名下的危樓中居住十四天的刑罰。期間正逢猶太教徒的逾越節,身為猶太人,傑克卻早已背棄傳統,對童年時父親一切教導嗤之以鼻。直到傑克受人設計,社區肖小意欲謀財害命,駕車逃逸的同時開槍射擊,傑克之子麥可不幸中槍倒地。醫院遙遠,孤立無援的傑克該怎麼辦?命在旦夕的麥可能否存活?傑克又是否會明瞭過去自身的荒唐,明白父親當年的用心,而及時回頭?

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

Guest Cast:
Jake Bruce Davison
Tyler George Gore, II
Bonita Melody Garrett
Elaine Doris Belack
Michael Jeremy Foley
Lisa Jeannie Elias
Young Elaine Nealla Gordon
Young Jake Justin Jon Ross
Leader Cleandre Norman
Sol Jack Laufer

Jacob Weiss, a bitter slum lord, is sentenced to spend two weeks in one of his own tenements and the angels arrive to help him understand the error of his ways. As the code enforcement officer, Monica quickly educates Jake on the changes that will need to be made but he is intent on trying to go around the law, offering her a bribe. He then continues to try any legal means of avoiding his punishment until his mother and son urge him to come to Passover dinner which coincidentally falls on the eve when his incarceration is to begin. He then approaches the judge and makes a religious plea. Unfortunately for Jake, the judge attends the very synagogue where he claims to be devout and, having never seen Jake there, firmly refuses. Jacob then attempts to hide from the police at his mother's apartment but is picked up in the midst of the Passover meal. Tess meets Jake as he arrives for his internment and places an ankle monitor on his leg to ensure that he does not leave. Jake then settles in to the abysmal conditions of his own tenement and meets a savvy neighborhood kid, Tyler, who arranges to bring him the things he needs in exchange for money. Jake then begins to hear a haunting song and starts to remember where all his troubles began... with the death of his father. In a rare moment of sentiment, Jake then calls his son Michael but is quickly interrupted by a fire in his apartment. With Monica's help, Jake extinguishes the fire but is forced to move to the only other vacant apartment, that which he lived in when his father was alive.
Once there, Andrew appears, telling Jake he is there to help him remember. Jake then dreams back to the day his father died and to his explanation of the Passover and its message of freedom for all people. When Jake is awakened by Tyler, he is even more desperate to escape the pain of his own memories and offers Tyler more money to find someone who can remove his ankle monitor. Jake calls his wife from whom he is separated to ask for the money, but she steadfastly refuses. His son, Michael, overhears his mother and brings Jake his Bar Mitzvah money. While Jake is being robbed of the money by the supposed monitor remover, Michael is shot. Unable to get help from the neighbors he has abused, Jake listens to Monica and follows his pious father's example. He smears the blood of his son on his door and sings the song of "Elijah" while Tess sings "Go Down Moses" as Andrew, the Angel of Death, passes over the house.

Bruce Davison was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this episode.

 
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