302.天籟之音 (A Joyful Noise)

播出時間：1/19(四)23:10.2011(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：
Adam Litowsky：亞當李度斯基
Melissa：椅莉莎
Katie：凱蒂
Clara：克拉娜

大意：
純真可愛的小女孩梅莉莎，能聽見天使純潔優美、繞樑三日的歌聲。母親擔心她心智失常，遂求助於兒童心理醫師亞當李度斯基。數度診查之後，亞當斷定椅莉莎心智異常。某雷雨交加的深夜，梅莉莎爬上住處附近一教堂塔頂，遇見一位名為克拉娜的中年婦人，並向她傾訴因聽見天使歌聲而受誤解的心事。受派至亞當的診所協助的蒙妮卡與安德烈，冷靜旁觀之下逐漸明白亞當因著喪女之痛，對梅莉莎的診斷無非是情緒反應，而非實際體會她的心情。梅莉莎心情起伏如何？亞當如何痛失愛女？至今仍悲不自勝的他，會有何舉動？克拉娜又是誰？三位天使們又會如何幫助梅莉莎與亞當？

短評：
聖經有云：「普天下當向耶和華觀呼！」（詩篇100：1）並「凡有氣息的都當讚美耶和華！」（詩篇150：6）這一集感人無比的內容，明明指出三項真理：1. 當保有一顆赤子之心。2. 祂醫好傷心的人，裹好他們的傷處。（詩篇147：3）3. 神是配得稱頌讚美的！劇末亞當雖因喪女之痛而險些服藥自盡，但在蒙妮卡勸慰下，內心得蒙主愛醫治，告別憂傷；而椅莉莎純真的信心，更是每位基督徒該有的，也是神所喜悅的。劇末在克拉娜鼓勵下，蒙妮卡引吭高唱貝多芬的＜快樂頌＞，天使們氣勢磅礡的合唱接續，迴響四周，上達天聽。不論咱們自認歌聲如何，若持守一顆敬畏、真誠愛主的心，在祂聽來就是最美的歌聲！因祂本為大，當受極大讚美！（詩篇145：3）-------------------------------------------------------------------劇評人劉鴻輝)

Monica begins working with Dr. Adam Litowski, a child psychiatrist haunted by an event from his past that is influencing his treatment of Melissa Houghton, a young girl who claims to hear the voices of angels. While exploring a nearby church's bell tower late on a rainy night, Melissa encounters Clara, a mysterious stranger who escorts her home. Convinced that the girl is possibly schizophrenic, Adam prescribes medication. Monica, however, knows Melissa is telling the truth and becomes more concerned when Andrew shows her that the doctor's daughter, Katie--whose birthday he plans to celebrate--is deceased. Adam denies that her death has affected his diagnosis of Melissa's "illness." Her mother, Emily is distressed by her reaction to the medication and is incensed when the doctor mistakenly calls Melissa, "Katie." Shaken by the turn of events and by Andrew's realistic mural of the rustic cabin where Katie died, Adam heads there intending to commit suicide. Monica intercedes by revealing herself and showing the doctor how his daughter died--she fell off the cabin's roof while trying to rescue a bird's nest from the chimney. The angel tells him Katie is safe and happy because God sent an archangel named Clara to handle her transition. Days later, Melissa escorts Adam to the bell tower where she had previously met Clara, who reappears to the trio. The archangel assures the doctor his daughter felt no pain and saw only beauty at the time of her death. Clara also advises Melissa that though she is off medication it will be harder for her to hear the angels, but she should never stop listening for them.

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301.英雄本相 (Sins Of The Father)

播出時間：1/18(三)23:10.2011(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★★★★★

大意：

年輕路德狄克因殺人罪受判無期徒形，但絲毫不感羞愧，且被少不更事的弟弟山姆視為英雄。兄弟倆的母親因此完全對神失去信心，認為禱告不蒙垂聽。對於山姆逐漸誤入歧途，自甘墮落，傷心之餘莫可奈可。而身陷禁錮的路德，萬萬沒想到隔壁牢房的死囚威利，竟然就是幼年棄家而去的生父。路德冥頑不靈，威利心似鐵石，山姆執迷不悟，母親悲嘆奈何。入監教化路德的蒙妮卡，究竟該如何使路德明瞭謬誤，棄暗投明？死刑將近的威利，心態是否會改變？血氣方剛的山姆，是否會越陷越深？且看三位忠心事主的天使如何翻轉一切。

*譯者劉鴻輝短評：

本集頗似第八季第八集＜狂徒淚＞與美國女演員蘇珊莎蘭登主演的奧斯卡封后之作＜越過死亡線＞(Dead Man Walking)。神無與倫比的慈愛與祂永恆不變的真理，才是教化犯人最好的方法。我個人參與過更生團契監獄服事，也數度隨黃明鎮牧師入監教化，對這一集內容很能體會。重重上鎖的門，共穌都能打開；重重封閉的如鐵之心，主愛都能融化…劇中蒙妮卡一無所懼的入監，顯明完全的愛除去一切懼怕。對路德一段嚴辭厲色的責備，顯明了愛之深，責之切，更展現聖經真理：神所愛的，祂必管教。（教伯來書12:6）並祂不放棄任何人，透過天使將愛傳至其心，並也及時挽回陞落邊緣的山姆。

人物：
Willis：威利
Luther：路德
Sam：山姆
Johnson：強森

Monica poses as a journalist to interview Luther Dixon, a teenager on death row. During their conversations, Willis, the prisoner in the adjacent cell often eavesdrops, interjecting his unwanted opinions on Luther's situation. Meanwhile, Tess and Andrew try to help Valerie Dixon prevent her younger son, Samuel from "gang banging." Despite Luther's incarceration, Sam looks up to him as a role model. Monica correctly surmises that the boys' father--despite abandoning the family during Valerie's second pregnancy--has negatively influenced both of their lives. The angel is astonished to learn that Willis, who is sentenced to die shortly for a murder he committed, is Luther and Samuel's father. Tess informs Monica that years earlier she had tried to dissuade Willis from running with a gang but had been ignored. Monica then reveals herself to Willis and convinces him to tell Luther that he is his father. Luther initially rejects Willis and rails at him for leaving his mom to fend for herself. The condemned prisoner, however, apologizes and admonishes his son to listen to Monica because his failure to heed another angel's earlier warnings landed him on death row. The caseworker subsequently reveals herself to the teen, urging him to tell Samuel he regrets the murder he committed and is not a worthy role model. Monica uses her angelic powers to temporarily free Luther from jail to stop his brother from murdering Pastor George, who has incurred the wrath of a gang by preaching against violence. After Willis' execution, Tess comforts a bereaved Valerie who fears both of her sons will follow in their father's footsteps. The angel advises her to cling to God and let Him help her guide Samuel's life. Andrew escorts the boy into the church where he embraces Valerie--the cycle of violence finally broken.

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223.冷暖人間 (Spin Off)

---(本集亦為另一影集《尋找應許之地》之第一集)

播出時間：12/15(三)23:10.2011(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：
Russell Green：羅素葛林
Claire：可莉
Josh：喬許
Dinah：黛娜
Hattie；海蒂
Erasmus：艾拉瑪
Joe：喬
Rebecca Cousins：蕾蓓嘉卡遜

大意：
因工廠倒閉而失業的中年男子羅素葛林帶著一家老小來到菊苣溪，準備與當地一名醫師同住，並為他建築商業地產。未料該名醫師驟逝，遂暫住於母親海蒂的老友艾拉瑪家中。艾拉瑪古道熱腸，視羅素一家如親家人。在他家中，羅素驚見失聯已久的弟弟喬的幼子納森，對他亦視如己出。沒工作、無法回家、到菊苣溪原本的希望落空，使羅素情緒複雜，難以平復。世態炎涼，人情冷暖中，羅素該何去何從？全家將來又會如何？天使們在這其中又扮演什麼角色？

Monica is downcast because she has failed on one of her assignments, but Tess tells her to buck up because the cavalry's on the way. The two angels watch as Russell Greene and his family pass by in a Suburban truck towing an Airstream trailer. After being laid off from his factory job in North Carolina, Russell packed up his wife, two children and mother to head to her home town, Chicory Creek, Kentucky where an old friend, Doc Rogers has promised to give Russell a job. They arrive, however, just in time for the doctor's funeral. Erasmus Jones, another family friend, allows the Greenes to pull the trailer in his yard while Russell determines his next move.

Complicating matters further is the fact that his brother, Joe skipped town, leaving Nathaniel, a nine-year old son, with Erasmus. Disappointed that the American dream has gone sour for him, Russell takes his wife, Claire's advice and prays for guidance. Unseen, Tess and Monica watch and realize that Russell is their man. The next day, Dinah prompts Erasmus to tell her father about Doc Rogers' "unfinished business"--the late doctor was visited by two angels who had come to help him save Chicory Creek. She thinks that since Russell doesn't have a job, he can travel to New York and try to persuade a big-city doctor to return to her home town and open up a clinic. Although he is skeptical, Claire talks her husband into making the trip, and Erasmus asks him to tell Dr. Rebecca Cousins that "her Daddy loves her." On the bus, Russell sits next to Monica, unaware of her true identity. In New York, he meets Dr. Cousins and chides her for abandoning the community that scraped together and helped put her through medical school. On the return trip to Chicory Creek, Russell discovers he has lost his bus ticket and only has enough money to get to Hensen. Disgusted with the "United States of Greedy People," Russell meets Tess, who spearheads a collection from the passengers to get him all the way back home. Once they get off the bus, she reveals herself, telling him that God wants his family to discover America and help others along the way.

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222.永恆一瞬間 (Birthmarks)

播出時間：12/15(三)23:10.2011(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★★★★★

人名:

Whit: 魏特
Michael: 麥可
Penny: 珮妮
Jolene: 瓊琳
「 不論是婆媳或公媳問題，或成人間任何爭執與不悅，孩子都是無辜的。不論自已生育或透過代理孕母產子，孩子皆應當疼愛、呵護。因孩子不論以何種方式來到世上，都不改變他們是上帝奇妙創造的事實。上帝既然愛他們，咱們就不應有任何異樣眼光。因「兒女是耶和華所賜的產業，所懷的胎是祂的賞賜。」（詩篇127:3）本劇公媳為透過代理孕母產子而相持不下，公公不是出言不遜羞辱媳婦與代理孕母就是冷戰，但其實上刀子口下隱藏著豆腐心，劇末承認對孩子關愛的片段極其感人。麥可病末羸弱與孕母產子過程的交織片段，更是全劇最高潮。至終麥可雖被上帝接回天家，孩子額頭一個吻狀胎記，卻象徵麥可無盡的父愛，並他已與愛子共享永恆…正如詩篇90篇有云，千年在神看來如已過的昨日與夜間的一更。這永恆的一瞬間，令人感動莫名！神的作為永遠帶著超乎常人想像的美意！」------ 影評__影集翻譯劉鴻輝

大意:
正值盛年卻不幸罹癌的麥可 ，將不久於人世的他，亟欲在死前擁有孩子，無奈妻子珮妮雖能懷孕卻無法足月，因此請一名叫瓊琳的少婦當代理孕母，為他們生下孩子，瓊琳也欣然同意。然而，麥可身為陶匠的父親魏特知道後大為震驚，堅決反對，憤怒指稱如此懷子方式違反自然法則，並出言侮辱瓊琳腹中的寶寶。公公與媳婦陷入冷戰；麥可夾在兩最愛的親人間不知如何是好；瓊琳傷心之餘不知去向。眼見孩子誕生與麥可死期將近，天使們該怎麼翻轉局面？魏特是否會改變態度？麥可又能否親眼見證兒子誕生？

Michael Russell is dying of cancer, a fact his father finds hard to accept. A potter by trade, Whit is skeptical of technology and persuaded his son to leave city life for the family farm once his illness was diagnosed. Unbeknownst to Whit, Michael and Penny have undergone gamete fertilization, a process enabling Jolene to be the surrogate mother for their baby. Believing the pregnancy to be unnatural, Whit vows to have no part in raising his grandchild. Subsequent to one of his tirades, Jolene disappears. As Michael's health deteriorates, the situation looks increasingly grim, especially when Andrew, the Angel of Death, arrives. Using a clever metaphor, Monica gently convinces Whit to accept the non-traditional pregnancy. Michael dies just as his son is born, and as his bereaved family visits the grave, Tess arrives in the Cadillac with Jolene and the baby in tow. The surrogate gives the infant to his mother, who laments that Michael never got a chance to hold his son. Tess comforts Penny by pointing out that he has a birthmark--a kiss from his father.

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221.眾矢之的 (Flesh and Blood)

播出時間：2012.1/5(四)23:10.2011(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:
Kate Prescot: 凱特裴斯考
Thomas: 湯姆
Lenard Page: 雷諾裴吉
Megan Page: 梅根裴吉
Mr. Reynolds: 雷諾茲先生
Mrs. Angeli: 安潔莉太太

大意:
本集為第五季第23集『重蹈覆轍』的前篇。

一座平靜的小鎮上，年輕貌美的少女梅根裴吉在自家慘遭歹徒闖入殺害，一位叫凱特裴斯考的婦女，她的獨生子湯姆被指為嫌犯，但他堅決否認犯案。經過法庭審理無罪獲釋後，死者的父親雷諾裴吉難以接受，喪女之痛加上心頭盛怒，使他興起全鎮驅逐湯姆。但無論外界撻伐與輿論如何對待湯姆，凱特堅信兒子的清白。然而某天晚上，湯姆的母親凱特竟在他的房內發現梅根的珠寶！剎那間，她對兒子的信心瞬間瓦解，心痛不已…。
兇案過程為何？湯姆究竟有沒有殺人？案情會有何發展？眼看湯姆成為眾矢之的，黛絲與蒙妮卡會如何介入？一切又是否能水落石出，還給雷諾父女一個公道?

Monica befriends Kate Prescott, whose son has been accused of a brutal murder. Angered by Thomas' acquittal, Leonard Page--the victim's father--tries to force the Prescotts to leave town. Tess advises the man to let God avenge his daughter's death, but he refuses to listen, even when Kate herself begs him to stop the vendetta. When she discovers some of the victim's belongings in Thomas's room, however, she doubts his innocence and issues a statement to the press. He responds by leaving town. But once the police apprehend the real murderer, Kate despairs because of her betrayal. Revealing herself, Monica tells the distraught mother her mistake was trusting evidence rather than faith. Tess meanwhile returns to Page's house, urging him to let the healing process begin. Afterwards, Monica wonders what will become of Kate's son. Tess reveals that Mrs. Angeli, the kindly bus driver who gave Kate moral support during the trial is herself an "advance angel" who will watch over Thomas as he starts his new life in Los Angeles.

鏈接:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhuyhy3jjS4&feature=related

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Posted in: 刑案,真相,秘密,第二季,親子

220.不堪回首 (Statue of Limitations)

播出時間：2012.1/4(三)23:10.2011(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:
Morgan Bell: 瑪歌貝爾
Claudia: 柯洛蒂
Jonathan: 約納生
Mrs. Joanna White: 瓊安懷特太太

大意:
瑪歌貝爾為人氣八卦節目『瑪歌貝爾秀』主持人，她的姐姐柯洛蒂為節目策畫與製作人，在所居公寓中操控一切，從不拋頭露面，瑪歌也完全照姐姐吩咐行事。該節目風格辛辣，詢問敏感問題，刺探他人隱私毫不留情，使許多來賓受到傷害。某次瑪歌在節目上訪問懷特夫婦，觀眾當中一名少女當場表示懷特太太為其生母，自幼遭到拋棄，導致懷特太太心臟病發，病情堪慮。該事件引起軒然大波，造成姐妹不睦，原本親密的感情蒙上陰影。也使她們被迫面對一段塵封已久，不堪回首的過往…

The angels are assigned to The Morgan Bell Show, a tabloid talk show, with Monica having the plum job of assisting Claudia Bell, the program's embittered producer and Morgan's sister. A dark secret from the Bells' past forged their unhealthy symbiotic relationship; the glamorous Morgan is the on-air talent while the obese Claudia calls the shots from seclusion. Morgan's attempt to focus on uplifting topics backfires when an "all-American" mother is confronted by an illegitimate daughter raised in foster homes. The woman has a heart attack, and Morgan is irate that Claudia engineered the situation. Working together, the angels uncover the mystery of the Bells' own past, but inform the sisters God can forgive any sin, no matter how long ago it was committed. Morgan and Claudia publicly confess their misdeeds, asking their victims and the television audience for forgiveness.

(感謝本影集翻譯劉鴻輝先生提供節目相關資訊)

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219.皆大歡喜 (The Quality of Mercy)

播出時間：12/29(四)23:10/2011(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★★★★★

角色名稱：
Joel Redding：約爾瑞汀
Sally：莎莉
Marshall：馬修
Bebe Manero：碧碧馬奈洛
Karen：凱倫

內容大意：
曾是知名日間連續劇演員的約爾瑞汀，受木橋學院聘任為客座教授，並為社區募款活動演出莎翁戲劇。約爾的兒子馬修相當崇拜父親，對戲劇也充滿熱情。某晚，馬修來到校內劇院，竟發現父親與一名女學生擁吻，父子關係出現裂痕。約爾的妻子莎莉又在此時於家中跌倒撞擊到頭部，引起嚴重血腫。莎莉是否會有起色？約爾與馬修父子倆能否言和？且看三位天使們從中協助，使一切最終能皆大歡喜。

編按／譯者劉鴻輝表示：「這一集翻譯起來有些困難，劇中有多處莎士比亞戲劇對白，正規洗練，時而鏗鏘有力，時而華麗的詞藻造成翻譯上很大的挑戰。原文劇名The Quality of Mercy出自莎翁戲劇＜威尼斯商人＞(The Merchant of Venice)。此集中有出自＜殉情記＞（即＜羅密歐與茱麗葉＞）、＜馬克白＞、＜亨利五世＞、＜暴風雨＞、＜哈姆雷特＞等經典莎翁名劇的對白，編導將這些對白插入適切的情境中，用心與巧思清楚可見。蒙妮卡在劇末現身開導人時，所說的第一段話也是＜威尼斯商人＞的對白。為了與充滿莎翁氣息的內容對應，我也以他知名喜劇為本集命名，即你所見的＜皆大歡喜＞（All’s Well That Ends Well）。黛絲在劇末也引用這劇名，形容美好的結局。」

Joel Redding is a former soap-opera star who is coming to terms with middle age and life after television. He, his wife, Sally and son, Marshall have moved to a small town trying to regain a semblance of normal family life. While helping with a college theatre's fund raiser, Monica, Tess, and Andrew witness tension between Joel, the play's director and Marshall, the play's star. Matters are further complicated when the aging actor initiates an affair with one of his teenage ingenues. During one of Joel's extracurricular trysts, Sally slips while hanging a picture and seriously injures herself. Marshall finds his mother, calls for help, and gets her to the hospital. After authorizing the doctor to perform a risky surgical procedure, the teen rails at Joel when he finally returns from his rendezvous. Tess reveals herself to the guilt-ridden husband, admonishing him to be faithful to his wife and son. Back at the theatre, Joel tries to apologize to his son and admits he didn't quit the soap opera but was fired because of his age. Marshall is still reluctant to forgive until Monica's revelation that he must see his father as a man, rather than as a hero to be worshipped. Sally's surgery is successful, the production is a triumph, and the family is reunited.

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218.愛在心裡口難開 (The Portrait of Mrs. Campbell)

播出時間：2012.1/4(三)23:10.2011(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：
Marian Campbell：瑪蓮坎伯
April：艾璞
Neil：尼爾
Tommy：小唐
Georgette：瓊潔


大意：
流產三次終於成功懷孕，即將產下孩子的少婦艾璞，因身為海軍軍官的丈夫尼爾軍務在身，整整半年不在家，故讓她與母親瑪蓮同住，以便照應。瑪蓮看似強勢，對這個媳婦百般挑剔，處處與她作對。婆媳之間常有摩擦，針鋒相對。某晚在一場爭吵中，瑪蓮突然昏倒，緊急送醫後發現她罹患再生不良性貧血，急需進行骨髓移植。艾璞不顧有孕之身冒險嘗試，發現骨髓匹配。瑪蓮卻擔心危及寶寶，寧死不肯接受。究竟瑪蓮為何不願接受能存活的機會？她心中隱藏著什麼祕密？她是否真的如此厭惡媳婦？艾璞又能否順利產下孩子？

Joel Redding is a former soap-opera star who is coming to terms with middle age and life after television. He, his wife, Sally and son, Marshall have moved to a small town trying to regain a semblance of normal family life. While helping with a college theatre's fund raiser, Monica, Tess, and Andrew witness tension between Joel, the play's director and Marshall, the play's star. Matters are further complicated when the aging actor initiates an affair with one of his teenage ingenues. During one of Joel's extracurricular trysts, Sally slips while hanging a picture and seriously injures herself. Marshall finds his mother, calls for help, and gets her to the hospital. After authorizing the doctor to perform a risky surgical procedure, the teen rails at Joel when he finally returns from his rendezvous. Tess reveals herself to the guilt-ridden husband,

admonishing him to be faithful to his wife and son. Back at the theatre, Joel tries to apologize to his son and admits he didn't quit the soap opera but was fired because of his age. Marshall is still reluctant to forgive until Monica's revelation that he must see his father as a man, rather than as a hero to be worshipped. Sally's surgery is successful, the production is a triumph, and the family is reunited.

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Posted in: 生產,病痛,婆媳,第二季

217.孤星淚 (Dear God)

播出時間：12/15(三)23:10.2011
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：
Max：麥斯
Tanya：譚雅
Sandy：珊蒂
Ms. Raphael：拉斐爾女士

蒙妮卡與安德烈受派至一所郵局，認識了服務30年的員工麥斯。麥斯孤僻冷漠，自我封閉，不愛與他人往來，並時常回覆兒童寄給上帝的信件，信中卻否定神的存在。其中一名叫譚雅的小女孩所寫的信，麥斯回覆了一、兩封就不再理會。在好奇心驅使下，三位天使將譚雅的信一一拆閱，才知道她的父親病重將死，她又常受其女友虐待，處境令人同情。幾經蒙妮卡勸說，麥斯堅持不願介入。譚雅的命運會如何？究竟麥斯過去曾有何悲痛的遭遇，以致對神完全失去信心與盼望？且看三位天使們抽絲剝繭…


Note: John Dye became a series lead starting with this episode.

While working at the post office, Monica meets Max, who is responsible for handling "dead" letters addressed to Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and God. A Holocaust survivor, Max answers children's letters to God by telling them there is no God and not to place their faith in a fantasy. One little girl, Tanya Brenner, continues sending God letters, even though Max only answered the first one and ignored the rest. Andrew, who has met the child, and Monica entice Tess to ask God if they can read the letters. After receiving permission, they learn that Tanya's father is very ill and that his girlfriend, Sandy has been abusing the girl. Monica is outraged and wants to help, but Tess reminds her that Max, not Tanya is her assignment. Taking matters into her own hands, Monica arranges for Max to see a drunken Sandy hit the girl. Following this encounter, Max follows her home, where her dying father beseeches the postal worker to find Tanya a new home. Shaken, Max runs away. When he doesn't show up for work the next day, Monica goes to visit him. Tanya has disappeared and Max is wracked with guilt.

The angel reveals herself and gently persuades him to do something. He decides to look for the girl, finding her at her late father's apartment. While treating Tanya to a meal at the diner, Max is spotted by policemen and arrested for suspicion of kidnapping. Monica visits a despondent Max in jail, informing him that men, not God were responsible for the Holocaust. When Andrew emerges on the scene, Max remembers seeing him at the Auschwitz barracks in 1944. The Angel of Death reminds Max of his father's faith, revealing that he died on his feet praising God and asking Him to walk with his son. Overcome by memories, the postal worker weeps. Meanwhile, Tess persuades the diner owner to tell the police Max did not abduct Tanya but was trying to help her. Once that matter is cleared up, Max applies to be her foster father, so the two of them can become a family. As Monica, Tess, and Andrew watch unseen, Max opens a mysterious package that contains a pair of children's shoes--his own--with the carved inscription "Lieber Gott," German for "Dear God."

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Posted in: 父親,兒童,病痛,秘密,第二季

216.陰魂不散 (Lost and Found)

播出時間：12/14(三).2011
頻道：GOOD TV (ch15)
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★☆
思索指數★★★★★

內容簡介
Frank Chapness：范克察普奈
Kathleen：凱瑟琳
Don Dudley：唐德利
Mrs. Cooper：古柏太太
Craig Cooper：克雷古柏
Brian：伯恩

在第二季第一集『挑撥離間』出現過的邪惡天使凱瑟琳，本集中化身為某失蹤兒童中心調查員范克察普奈的女友，表面上溫柔體貼，實際上暗中利用范克15年前未曾尋獲失蹤兒童伯恩葛遜的愧疚感，讓范克飽受兒童厲聲指責或哭喊求救的幻象與惡夢陰魂不散地糾纏，直將他逼向盡頭。受派至此失蹤兒童中心協助的三位天使們，見范克受凱瑟琳這般戲弄、陷害，會如何幫助范克擺脫糾纏，重拾希望，並擊退狡黠多端，蛇蠍心腸的凱瑟琳？

Monica and Tess are assigned to Detective BOB CHAMPNESS (Bill Nunn) at the Center for Missing Children. Champness is very good at this job, but is haunted by his failures: the children who have died or have simply never been found. Andrew, the Angel-of-Death, is also taking his shift at the center. Andrew is intrigued by computers, and shows Monica how computer simulated age progression works.

Monica discovers that KATHLEEN (Jasmine Guy), a Dark Angel, is Bob's new girl friend, and is pushing Bob to the breaking point. She distracts him from his cases and undermines all the good he has done for missing children, pushing him close to quitting his job. In a dueling revelation scene, Monica defeats Kathleen and brings Bob back from the influence of evil. Then, with the help of Andrew's age progression expertise, Monica helps Bob solve a 15 year old missing child case.

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Posted in: 邪惡,兒童,第二季

215.恍如隔世 (Out of Darkness)

播出時間：12/8(三).2011
頻道：GOOD TV (ch15)
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★☆
思索指數★★★★★

角色：
Steve Bell：史迪貝爾
Bonnie：玻妮
Matthew：馬太
Jesse：小傑
Al：艾兒（危機調停組天使）

一個雪花紛飛的日子裡，史迪原本偕同好友馬太送給妻子玻妮兩人一同製作的禮物，卻感到在樓上的兒子小傑沒動靜。夫婦倆上樓查看，竟看見小傑跌落屋頂。夫婦倆驚惶失惜地下樓，小傑居然毫髮無損。經歷虛驚一場，史迪想外出為兒子買冰淇淋，不幸路上發生車禍，就此昏迷五年。醒來後人事全非，恍如隔世…


What happens if you go into a coma, wake up five years later and discover you've lost everything that mattered to you? When we open STEVE (Brad Whitford) is celebrating the opening of he and his partner MATTHEW's (David Morin) architectural firm. Then his son falls off the roof, but is miraculously unhurt. Monica caught him, and unseen to the family, she also examines an angel key chain. This causes Steve to take his second car, a dumpy little model, and he's thrown out in an accident.
When Steve wakes up, five years have passed, and we learn that his wife BONNIE (Jane Kaczmarek) has fallen in love with Matthew. Thinking he was a permanent vegetable, she's divorced Steve. Steve's house looks completely different, even his dog doesn't remember him. Steve reacts in rage, he breaks up Bonnie and Matthew's impending nuptials. Monica meanwhile feels so badly about causing all this trouble that she steps away from her assignment. AL (Brenda Vaccaro) is dispatched to talk sense into her. What is revealed is that Steve had carried on a legacy of abuse: there was a wooden spoon that he had been beaten with and he had been beating his son with. When he finally confronts this secret, he's able to forgive himself, let go of his rage and let Bonnie get on with her life.

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Posted in: 苦難,第二季,意外

214.迷途天使 (Jacob’s Ladder)

播出時間：12/7(三).2011
頻道：GOOD TV (ch15)

感動指數★★★★★

情節指數★★★★★☆

思索指數★★★★★

第214集角色：

Detective Cates：凱茲警長

Jake Stone：傑克史東

Sue Cheney：蘇契尼

Ellen Shraeder：愛蘭薛德

Terry Hayman：泰瑞海曼

Bobby Shore：巴比瀟

Dr. Arrovitz：艾洛維醫師

Judge Stanley Webster：史丹利韋伯斯特法官

某夜凌晨三點，蒙妮卡跑錯任務地點。正要離開時，瞥見地上一個紙袋，正拾起的那一剎那，一群警察破門突襲，不分青紅皂白逮捕了她與酣睡的屋主。蒙妮卡在接受警方偵訊時，才知道紙袋中有兩公斤古柯鹼！隨後因表明天使身分，法院判定送州立精神病院「治療」，與一名為珂蕾的女子為室友。珂蕾內向寡言，見人就如臨大敵般喊救命。蒙妮卡原本的任務地點與內容為何？珂蕾的真實身分為何？故事又會有何出人意料的進展？

聖經重點經節：人為朋友捨命，人的愛心就沒比這個更大的。（約15：13）

As Monica studies a sleeping man in a run-down apartment, Tess appears and informs her she's in the wrong place--801 Cedar in Jacksonville, Florida rather than Jacksonville, Illinois. After using her angelic powers to tidy the apartment, Monica stoops to pick up a bag under the bed when the police burst in. The bag she's holding is full of cocaine, and the police arrest her. During interrogation, her claim that she's an angel makes her a candidate for a mental hospital. At her arraignment, Monica alone can see Sam, the angel from special services. He tells her the simple mistake of going to the wrong address has set events in motion that have to play out, but no matter what happens God will never leave nor forsake her. Monica is assigned a court-appointed attorney, Jake Stone, a Vietnam veteran and hardened cynic. He tries to convince her to plead guilty but mentally ill. She refuses, however, and insists on a competency hearing. In the meantime, Monica is remanded to a psychiatric hospital where she shares a room with Claire, who also claims to be an angel but keeps repeating the phrase, "May Day." At the hearing, Jake produces Terry Hayman, the woman from Jacksonville, Illinois that Monica was supposed to help. Terry describes her encounter with Tess, which corroborates Monica's story. The judge declares her competent to stand trial, but anxious to avoid placing angels on trial is ready to dismiss charges based on a legal technicality. A skeptical Jake tells her a real angel would resemble Claire, whom he met in Vietnam. During the fall of Saigon, Jake attempted to rescue a little girl, May Ling, nicknamed "May Day." As he helicoptered away, the girl fell from his grasp but was rescued by Claire. Realizing that Claire is indeed an angel, Monica asks to return to the mental hospital. There, Monica helps Claire remember who she is. In turn, the newly restored angel helps Jake resolve his anger toward God. Returning to 801 Cedar Street, Monica and Tess learn that the building is going to become a home for orphans and child survivors of trauma and run by Executive Director May Ling Gustafson.

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Posted in: 毒品,苦難,真相,第二季,精神,警匪

213.藍調人生 (The Indigo Angel)

播出時間：12/1(四).2011
頻道：GOOD TV (ch15)
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★☆
思索指數★★★★★

內容簡介
角色與譯名
Sam Brown：山姆伯朗
Zack／Isaac：柴克／艾沙克

古道熱腸，善良敦厚的山姆伯朗，年輕時在紐約初聞藍調後，愛不釋手之餘開了「靛藍夜總會」，以熱情洋溢的音樂與暖人心扉的熱情接待每位顧客，也吸引許多知名藍調音樂家紛至沓來，成為他畢生的朋友。如今山姆年老體衰，孫子柴克有意賣掉夜總會，將爺爺帶回紐約照顧。然而山姆堅持在「伯爵夫人」指示前，絕不輕言關閉一生苦心經營的夜總會。柴克卻認為袓父心智失常，「伯爵夫人」與過往名人不過是其泛泛空想。眼見袓孫相持不下，天使們會如何幫助柴克明瞭袓父一生的心血？「伯爵夫人」究竟是誰？他充滿悠揚藍調的一生，有何令人重溫再三，難以忘懷的回憶？

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Written by: Glenn Berenbeim & R.J. Colleary
Directed by: Jon Andersen
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen, and Robert J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
Andrew John Dye
Sam Brown Hal Linden
Zach Brown Geoffrey Nauffts
Al Jarreau as himself
B.B. King as himself
Dr. John as himself
Al Hirt as himself

Club Indigo, once St. Louis' premier blues and jazz club, has fallen hard times. Its owner, SAM (Hal Linden), is getting on and his grandson ZACH (Geoffrey Nauffts) arrives to convince his grandfather to sell the club and move into a nursing home. Sam resists. He's always told Zach that "The Countess" told him "do nothing, 'til you hear from me" and he's sticking to those words. Zach assumes that Sam has embroidered the past greatness of the club, and that he's made up stories of all the jazz greats who played there and were friends. Especially that story about "The Countess"--the mysterious singer who arrived in the sixties and put the club back on the map.

Whether these stories are true or not, it's apparent that Sam should really be in a nursing home--he's losing his memory as well as his physical well-being. But Sam has always had an open-mic night on Mondays, and despite his grandson's protests, proceeds to hire Monica to M.C. Monday's open-mic performance. When we see that Andrew, the Angel-of-Death, is a border in Sam's basement, we sense that Monday's open-mic night might be his last. Zach tricks Sam into signing a power of attorney agreement so that he can do what he thinks is best for his grandfather. But then, to Zach's astonishment, the singer Al Jarreau shows up--Sam's stories were all true, including the one about "The Countess".

We see in a flashback that "The Countess" was actually Tess. The final open-mic night is a triumph: a packed house gets to hear music and tributes to Sam from B.B. King, Dr. John, and Al Hirt. And then "The Countess" makes a return appearance. She brings down the house, as Sam passes away. Zach reconsiders selling Club Indigo; instead he'll transform it to The Sam Brown Blues Museum.

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Posted in: 老人,家庭,第二季,藍調