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Continuation
of Touched By An Angel (episode 501). Part two of this two-part
episode picks up with Nathaniel having been abducted by Sandra
Mills, the woman whose husband and son were killed in the car
accident due in large part to Joe Greene's reckless driving. Sandra
now realizes the futility of her kidnapping plot and that she could
wind up in hot water. Nathaniel empathizes with Sandra. He won't
tell the authorities she kidnapped him. Nathaniel tells the
detective he went with Sandra voluntarily but the marks on his
wrists show otherwise. But since their stories match and with no
hard evidence, Sandra is off the hook. Meanwhile, Claire visits
Darlene, the prisoner on death row who she is going to teach to
read. Claire suggests making a tape, something to leave her
daughter, Christy. Claire gives Darlene a letter from Dinah. In it,
Dinah asks to visit Darlene, hoping she can have some influence on
her parents. Russell is against it, but Claire convinces Russell
that Dinah's request fits in with the family's mission to help
others. While visiting Darlene, Dinah talks about her own near-death
experience (Take Back the Night, episode 207) and the unique
position Darlene is in to say goodbye to her loved ones. Darlene's
mother appeals to Claire (since her own daughter wants nothing to do
with her), convinced she can get a stay of execution. Claire relays
the message to Darlene, but Darlene is determined to spare her
daughter the spectacle of the ordeal. Darlene recounts the abuse she
suffered at the hands of an alcoholic mother, the reason she remains
unwilling to have any contact with her. Sandra attends an Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting but leaves abruptly, returning home only to find
that her own alcohol supply has been depleted. When Sandra breaks
into her office to get more alcohol, Tess is waiting and gets tough
with her, asking how many angels it's going to take before she faces
her alcohol problem, asks God for help and tells the Greenes the
whole story. Sandra visits the Greenes and admits she was drinking
long before the accident. Sandra assumes some share of the
responsibility for the accident that claimed her husband and son's
lives. And most important, Sandra tells the Greenes that she has
forgiven Joe. That evening, hours before Darlene's execution, Dinah
is still troubled that Darlene hasn't made peace with her mother.
Claire takes Dinah back to the prison where Darlene dictates a poem
to her mother, one step closer to the healing and forgiveness they
both so desperately need. Claire delivers the letter to Darlene's
mother, awaiting the final hours before Darlene's execution outside
the prison.
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