Touched by an Angel: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Touched by an Angel Season 2.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Promised Land
Sep 15, 1996 · 48 min
Monica is downcast because she failed one of her assignments, but Tess tells her to buck up because the cavalry's on the way. After being laid off from his factory job in North Ca
A Joyful Noise
Sep 21, 1996 · 48 min
Monica begins working with child psychiatrist Adam Litowski. He is treating a young girl who claims to hear the voices of angels.
Random Acts
Sep 22, 1996 · 48 min
Fed up with the attitude of his students, Mike O'Connor questioned the significance of his twenty-year teaching career.
Sins of the Father
Sep 29, 1996 · 48 min
Monica poses as a journalist to interview Luther Dixon, a teenager on death row. Meanwhile, Tess and Andrew try to help Valerie Dixon prevent Luther's younger brother Samuel from
Written In Dust
Oct 6, 1996 · 48 min
Henry Moskowitz, an archaeologist on a dig at a Navajo excavation site, receives a surprise visit from his grandfather. Still angry that his late parents disapproved of his marriag
Secret Service
Oct 13, 1996 · 48 min
Marty Dillard, an overachieving Secret Service agent, is at odds with Monica, assigned as an agent to protect a Presidential candidate. While off duty, Marty befriends Ulysses Dod
Groundrush
Oct 27, 1996 · 48 min
Scott Walden, the charitable owner of a small aviation company, is arrested by the FBI and charged with an eighteen-year-old murder.
The Sky Is Falling
Nov 3, 1996 · 48 min
On Halloween, renowned author Leonard Pound is grief stricken regarding his wife's recent death. His son Allan has hired Monica to attend to the widower, who has lost the will to
Something Blue
Nov 10, 1996 · 48 min
Tess, Monica, and Andrew are coordinating the wedding of a young couple. The arrival of the bride's estranged father causes her to have second thoughts about the nuptials.
Into the Light
Nov 17, 1996 · 48 min
After a near-death experience du to a heart attack, criminal James Block realizes he must change his ways and initiates a campaign of goods works. Neither Tess nor Monica are impr
Homecoming (I)
Nov 24, 1996 · 48 min
Monica, Tess, and Andrew help a down-on-her-luck prostitute who stays drunk more than anything else. While getting cleaned up, she must confront her past which caused her to become
The Journalist
Dec 1, 1996 · 48 min
Monica and Andrew must help an investigative reporter and the elderly couple with four foster children whose lives were affected by her expose on them alleging child abuse.
The Violin Lesson
Dec 22, 1996 · 48 min
Monica must help violin maker Jordan Du Bois finish a violin he started thirty years earlier on the day his son was born. Jordan doesn't realize his son Tony has come home for the
Forget Me Not
Jan 12, 1997 · 48 min
Sara Perkins rebels against her over protective mother by hiring Monica as her new photography assistant. Though the angel understands that the woman has covertly taken a freelanc
Smokescreen
Jan 19, 1997 · 48 min
Tess represents a group of former employees in a class-action suit against family-owned Fairchild Tobacco. Her opposing counsel is Marc Hamilton, who has accepted this assignment
Crisis of Faith
Feb 2, 1997 · 48 min
After a near-fatal car collision, Reverend Daniel learns that the accident caused his son's death. Wrapped in a cocoon of guilt, the Reverend shuts himself off from all loved ones,
Angel of Death
Feb 9, 1997 · 48 min
Tess instructs Celeste, a new angel, on her first assignment, Eric, an illusionist. Eric decides to attempt the most dangerous escape of his career. With the help of Monica, Celest
Clipped Wings
Feb 16, 1997 · 48 min
Monica is due for her angel evaluation. She runs into Kathleen, a fallen angel who tricks Monica into another meeting room. Andrew and Tess wait for Monica in the right place. The
Amazing Grace (I)
Feb 23, 1997 · 48 min
Tess revisits the Greenes. She tells them God says Josh needs to go with Tess. Josh has to help Monica see, since she is temporarily blinded. They travel to a city filled with tens
Labor of Love
Mar 9, 1997 · 48 min
Meg Salter, a New York pediatrician, decides to surprise her husband by boarding his flight to Paris. On the plane she discovers her husband Brian is accompanied by his eight-month
Have You Seen Me?
Mar 16, 1997 · 48 min
Hank sees a picture of a missing child on a milk carton and realizes it is his younger brother. Monica helps him find out he was adopted. Tess and Andrew must help the real father
Last Call
Mar 30, 1997 · 48 min
A small Chicago bar is just the place for big dreams as God gives Monica the task of granting one pub patron a miracle. Monica is surprised to learn that nobody wants this once in
Missing In Action
Apr 13, 1997 · 48 min
George is an old army veteran from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, who thinks he has nothing left to live for. He has also been removed from six separate retirement homes. Monica is assi
At Risk
Apr 27, 1997 · 48 min
The angels try to help troubled teens that commit crimes by matching them up to disabled children.
Full Moon
May 4, 1997 · 48 min
A convicted rapist is released from prison on parole and decides to seek his victim's forgiveness.
An Angel by Any Other Name
May 10, 1997 · 48 min
The angels are in a small town, where a group home opens their doors to children with Down’s Syndrome. The neighbor across the street finds these children disturbing.
Inherit the Wind
May 11, 1997 · 48 min
A father is disappointed in his son, Kevin, who parties and squanders money as a way of life. When the father dies, Kevin finds out he is cut out of the will and his inheritance. K
A Delicate Balance
May 18, 1997 · 48 min
A gifted gymnast wants her overbearing mother to focused more on her neglected son, who ends up in a serious situation.