523.重蹈覆轍 ( Full Circle )

播出時間：2012.09/27(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★★★★★

（感謝劇評人劉鴻輝提供中文內容相關資料）

角色：
Kate Prescott：凱特裴斯考
Thomas：小湯
Dylan：狄倫
Lester Page：萊斯特裴吉
 

劇情大意：

本集為第二季第21集『眾矢之的』（Blood and Sand）續集，描述遭全鎮誤指殺人，百口莫辯的小湯，離鄉背井三年後返家的情景。三年來其母凱特裴斯考一直盼望兒子歸來，而今小湯終於返鄉，還帶著兒子迪倫。沉浸在愛子歸鄉又成為袓母的喜悅中，凱特甚至願意出錢幫助小湯做小本生意，以展開新生。然而一直冷眼旁觀的蒙妮卡，卻覺得小湯的行為頗為可疑，並提醒凱特勿過度相信兒子。但凱特聽不進去，一味相信並支持兒子。小湯真的改變了嗎？他返鄉真正的目的又是什麼？

 

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

Guest Cast: 

Kate Valerie Harper
Thomas Anthony Michael Hall
Dylan Justin Cooper
  Lester Monté Russell
Charlotte Gwen McGee
Molly Brooke Marie Bridges
J.J. Vince Melocchi

 

Monica re-enters the life of a former assignment, Kate Prescott, who has spent the last few years of her life waiting for her son, Thomas, to return home. When Monica was last with the Prescotts, Thomas had been falsely accused of murdering a young woman, and Kate doubted her son's innocence. Later, Thomas was cleared, and Kate has since felt guilty for not trusting her son. Now, Kate's neighborhood is being leveled to make way for a highway, but she won't sell her house to the government, wanting to remain there in case Thomas should return. Monica appears to Kate to tell her that her prayers have been answered, that Thomas is returning home. Thomas arrives at the house with a surprise, his seven-year old son Dylan. At first Thomas seems to have changed his shady ways and accepted responsibility as a father, but Monica learns he is doing drugs and tries to warn Kate. Kate is unwilling to believe the truth about her son, and she finally agrees to sell the house. While taking a walk in the park, Kate tries to encourage Thomas to buy a coffee cart from Tess, as a means to start making some money. Thomas, however, is more interested in working a deal with an old drug buddy. Thomas tells Kate that he needs the government money to buy a coffee cart, and Kate, seeing this as a second chance to trust her son, gives it to him. Instead he arranges to use the money to conduct the drug deal. Kate spends more time with Dylan, learns that his mother was abusive, and appeals to Thomas to spend a little more time with his son. Thomas reads Dylan the story of David and Goliath, a story they both enjoy because it involves a little guy who stands up to a big problem. The next day Thomas goes to the park to meet his contact, and Dylan goes him as well. Tess arrives at the Prescott house and tells Kate that Thomas said he wasn't interested in the coffee carts. Kate feels stupid for having trusted him again, and she and Monica rush to the park to find him in the middle of the deal. They arrive to find Thomas being arrested by undercover cops. Dylan throws a stone at one of the cops, giving Thomas a chance to flee. While trying to stop Thomas, Kate is accidentally shot by a cop, yet Thomas continues to run. At the hospital Kate is rushed into surgery, and Andrew pleads with her to cling to life. Monica finds Thomas walking on the railroad tracks, despairing over his actions, and contemplating suicide. As a train draws near, Monica reveals herself to be an angel and tells him that God is willing to give him another chance, that by taking his life he will be taking part of his mother's and his son's lives with him. Thomas, asking God for another chance, steps off the tracks. At the hospital, Kate's surgery is successful. Thomas asks Kate for a second chance and, knowing that he has had an authentic encounter with God, she is willing to give him one. Before the police arrest Thomas, he hugs Dylan, telling him that he must go and "fight Goliath."

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519.童年夢魘 ( Jagged Edges )

播出時間：2012.9/13(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)

人物：
Natalie：娜妲莉
Lily：百合
Amanda：亞曼妲
Doug：道格
劇情大意：
本劇內容頗如劉家昌名曲『小丑』所云：「起幕時歡樂送到你眼前，落幕時狐獨留給自己。…是他的辛酸化作喜悅，呈現給你。」本集內容包含親情與心理，錯綜複雜，縱橫交錯。令人觀而時而捏把冷汗，又一掬不忍之淚！內心飽受童年夢魘糾纏的喜劇演員，人前笑語如珠，人後失魂落魄，頹喪憔悴。唯有上帝浩瀚無邊的愛，能驅散一切陰霾，使人生重新綻放陽光，再度雲蒸霞蔚！

在咖啡廳擔任喜劇演員的娜妲莉，在父親道格過世後回到老家整理東西。初為人母的娜妲莉，對親生女兒百合卻頗為冷淡。道格死前在車庫留下一個盒子，裡頭裝有娜妲莉童年時的物品。但她卻不怎麼願意整理屋中的一切，也沒興趣找出盒子。同時她又得到通知，她一直以為童年時就已過世的母親亞曼妲，居然還活著，且一直在醫院接受心理治療。失喪已久的母親，與父親留下的盒中物，勾起娜妲莉極力想遺忘的過去。娜妲莉童年時究竟有何不堪的遭遇，造成她心中揮之不去的夢魘？她是否能一掃過去的陰霾，與母親重修舊好呢？

Andrew helps an older man, Doug, clean out his garage, searching for a box he wants to give to his daughter, Natalie. Doug has a heart attack, and as he is dying, Andrew assures him that God's angels will be on hand to deliver the box to Natalie. When Natalie, a stand-up comic, hears of Doug's death, she returns home with her infant daughter Lily to organize her father's things. Natalie begins to have flashbacks about her deceased mother, and how when Natalie was young, she would play the piano incessantly. Andrew tries to persuade Natalie to help him clean the garage and find the box, but she is unwilling to go into the garage. To get a break from her intense memories, Natalie goes to a comedy club to perform. Meanwhile, at a local hospital, Monica and Tess talk about how Natalie will react to learning her father's secret -- that Amanda, her mother, is not dead, but has been institutionalized for many years. Natalie, indeed, is shocked to learn this and that Amanda, after a slow recovery from mental illness, is almost ready to return home. Natalie goes to the hospital to meet Amanda, who convinced herself Natalie was dead, and, though she doesn't realize Natalie is her daughter, the visit makes her very nervous and she begins to play the piano feverishly. This frightens Natalie and she quickly leaves the hospital. Back at the garage, Natalie discovers the box, which contains a metronome. As the metronome begins to tick, Natalie accidentally closes the garage door, triggering a horrifying memory about how, when she was seven, Amanda locked Natalie and herself in the garage with the motor running. By the time Andrew arrives Natalie fully recollects that her mother tried to kill her.

Monica explains Amanda's illness -- how after she lost a baby Amanda blamed herself to the point of illness, and how she wanted to die, but didn't want to leave Natalie behind. Natalie returns to the hospital and with the angels' help, convinces Amanda that she is still alive. Overjoyed, Amanda moves to hug Natalie, but Natalie, unable to handle the emotion, flees to the comedy club. While onstage, though, Natalie has a nervous breakdown. Monica reveals herself to be an angel, and comforts Natalie, telling her that God loves her, and that she must break down the fake life she has created to protect herself, before God can help her build a new life. Natalie admits her fear -- that she inherited her mother's illness. She was scared to love her own baby -- now she knows why. Later, Natalie, recuperating at the hospital from the breakdown, performs her stand-up routine for the other patients while Amanda watches proudly. Natalie introduces Amanda to her granddaughter and tells her mother that she inherited something very important from her -- her sense of humor.

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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.

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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.

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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

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423.選美風波( Perfect Little Angel)

播出時間：2012.6/28(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:
Tracy：崔西
Nick：尼克
Ashley：艾希莉
Raphael：拉斐爾

本事：
本集以選美為主題，令人想起珊卓布拉克同樣以選美為主題的動作喜劇＜麻辣女王＞(Miss Congeniality)。不同的是，本劇透過參加選美的女主角，呈現出動人至深的母愛！

身為兼職修車技工的崔西因為急需一大筆錢，決定參加科羅拉多州選美好贏得高額獎金，卻因沒有贊助人而受到拒絕及眾人的嘲諷。急迫之時，黛絲、蒙妮卡、安德烈與拉斐爾等四名天使自願擔任她的贊助人，使他順利參賽。然而，卻在比賽途中發現崔西極力隱藏了一個可能將令她失去選美后冠的大秘密。究竟是什麼秘密？崔西為何急需大筆金錢？選美又會有何結果？

Teleplay by: Susan Cridland Wick
Story by: Susan Cridland Wick and Ann Elder & Jeannine Tree
Directed by: Terrence O’Hara
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
Rafael Alexis Cruz
Tracy Beringer Ele Keats
Nick Beringer Seth Adkins
Gayle Victoria Mallory
Ashley Ashley Thompson


Monica and Tess meet their next assignment, Tracy Beringer, as she receives some very bad news via a letter in her mailbox. The nature of the news is unclear, however Tracy needs money very badly, telling her boss at the auto repair shop where she works that she needs the money for college tuition. When she sees an ad in the paper for the Miss Colorado pageant, she tries to sign up, but one of the many stipulations is that the young ladies must have a sponsor. Tracy, who desperately needs the pageant prize money, is upset until Monica, Tess, Rafael, and Andrew agree to be her sponsors, crowning her Miss Unincorporated Area #579. As they begin to prep Tracy for the pageant the angels discover a few strange things about her: she never lets anyone inside of her apartment, she tells people that her parents died in a boating accident (then later says it was a train accident), and she plays the piano very well, but lacks the passion required of a truly great pianist. On the night of the pageant all is going well for Tracy, until her landlord shows up and takes Monica to Tracy's apartment revealing a little boy named Nick babysitting himself. Monica takes Nick to the pageant and, Tracy, upset that the angels know she's a single mom, tells them that she wants to win the pageant so that she'll have the money to put Nick through a surgery to repair a hole in his heart. It's also revealed that Tracy's parents are not dead, she actually ran away from home when she found out she was pregnant.

Realizing that Tracy doesn't think God loves her, Monica and Tess reveal themselves, reminding her of God's love and encouraging her to trust God with her son's life. When it comes time to be interviewed for the pageant Tracy, realizing that nothing good can come from a lie, tells the audience that she is a single mom and embraces Nick on the stage, thereby solidifying her journey into truth. The audience, including Andrew and Rafael, applauds. Later Tracy receives a load of mail from people who have heard her story offering help with Nick's surgery. One of the letters is from Tracy's parents who want her to come home. Tracy calls her parents and the angels, their task complete, depart.

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Posted in: 母親,金錢,秘密,第四季

420.兄弟情深 ( How Do You Spell Faith ? )

播出時間：2012.6/20(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)

中文劇名：

角色：
Aaron：艾倫
Mary：瑪麗
Michael：麥可

本集不但內容一如往常地感人，還能增加觀眾英文字彙能力與語源知識！好學的小學生艾倫相當喜歡拼字，年紀雖小卻識得許多對同齡學生而言晦澀難懂的詞彙，令受派擔任其拼字輔導老師的蒙妮卡相當欣賞。在家中艾倫很受哥哥麥可的疼愛，但與母親瑪麗感情不睦，不認同艾倫愛拼字的習慣。某日，艾倫報名參加中西區拼字比賽，麥可大力支持鼓勵，卻不幸車禍身亡。瑪麗傷心欲絕，艾倫更難過地不願再拼字，也放棄了參加比賽。天使們會怎麼幫助這對母子，讓瑪麗肯定艾倫的才華，也讓艾倫重拾對語言的熱情，持續學習？

Written by: Michael Glassberg

Directed by: Bethany Rooney

Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:

Aaron Noah Fleiss

Mary Bess Armstrong

Michael Jesse Raynes

Coach Higby Gregg Daniel

Monica and Tess arrive in the life of a single mother, Mary, to help her reconcile her relationship with her son, Aaron. Herself a former athlete, Mary relates to her eldest son, Michael, who is the star wrestler of Olympus High School. Aaron, on the contrary, is more cerebral and spends the majority of his time spelling out words to hide the pain he feels for not having a father and not being closer to his mother. While the entire school supports Michael's wresting efforts, Aaron is ignored by virtually everyone except his brother, who has become something of a father to him. When Tess encourages Aaron to take the test to qualify for the Midwest Regional Spelling Bee, Aaron reluctantly agrees and Michael is quick to support him. When Michael is killed on route to a wrestling competition, Mary is less able to relate to Aaron and her distance causes him to leave home in search of his father. Following the address on letters from his father that were given to him by Michael, Aaron goes to Minnesota. Once there, Aaron meets Andrew who is acting as a cab driver. When Andrew and Aaron arrive at his father's address, they find only an empty parking lot. Looking closely at the postmarks on the letters Michael had given him, Aaron realizes that his brother had been sending him the letters and that his father doesn't really care about him. Andrew convinces Aaron to return to his mother but they are still separated by their different personalities. Tess tells Mary that although she and Aaron have differing abilities, what he needs is her love. Mary tries to tell Aaron how proud she is of him but Aaron is still unwilling to open up to his mother. Andrew reveals himself to Aaron and tries to make him understand how much his mother loves him. Andrew encourages Aaron to turn to God who will never desert him like his father did. Finally understanding how much he is loved, Aaron reconciles with his mother and showcases his spelling talent by winning the Midwest Regional Spelling Bee. (JU)

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