Touched by an Angel

What are you doing here?

I don't know, but I'm sure glad to see you.

What kept you?

What are you saying?

Do you know where you are?

Well, yes.

"801 Cedar Street, Jacksonville."

Terry Hayman... Though he doesn't much

look like a kindergarten teacher to me.

For heaven's sakes!

801 Cedar Street, Jacksonville, Illinois.

Not Jacksonville, Florida.

Honestly, am I my angel's keeper?

Come on, let's go!

Terry Hayman is standing

in the middle of her bedroom

at this very moment, packing!

And you've got to get there

before she leaves her husband

and runs off with the tax man!

Well, that's funny.

I could have sworn that I heard "Florida."

And if anybody needs an angel... Tess.

Something tells me

he needs to start with a housekeeper.

Are you coming?

Every day is a chance to start over, my friend.

Police! Freeze!

Don't move or we shoot!

Hold it right there! I said "Freeze!"

Drop it!

Drop it! Put your hands up!

I-I'm sorry... if I'd known the bag was important, I'd...

Shut up! Keep your hands above your head!

We know what you're doing now!

Hold still!

I don't know who she is!

I haven't done anything, man!

Just shut up!

Okay, lady!

You are under arrest.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you

in a court of law.

So, this, uh, Tess, is your partner.

I guess she's really more of a supervisor.

Supervisor?

Sounds like you've got quite an organization going.

Well, you have to be organized in this business.

Of course, I wasn't too organized tonight.

So, were you delivering or picking up?

Picking up?

Were you picking up for Tess or dropping off?

Well, I-I, um...

I was meeting her there.

Well, actually, I wasn't meeting her there.

You see, I was supposed to meet her

at 801 Cedar Street, Jacksonville, Illinois,

not Florida.

You see? I wrote it down.

But I... I forgot to put down the state.

It gets so confusing, you know...

States, borders, countries... It's such a human thing.

I know I should pay more attention, but...

it's so hard to take borders seriously in my work.

You've got no I.D., no known address,

no yellow sheet, no fingerprints on file...

no nothing.

How long have you and Tess been running

your little drug operation?

Oh, you think I'm a drug person?

Yeah, well...

call me crazy.

Maybe it was the two kilos you were holding when we met.

Oh, but I didn't know what was in that bag, sir.

Been there, heard that, Monica.

No, you see, the man looked so miserable lying there.

I just thought I would tidy up a wee bit.

You know, before I left for Illinois and...

cheer him up.

You were going to Illinois.

Jacksonville.

I told you... I got the states confused.

See, there's a woman named Terry waiting for me

at 801 Cedar Street.

She needs me right now.

She's a kindergarten teacher.

Who knows how many lives

this could change?

I hope this isn't going to go on much longer.

I just pray that Tess went on ahead.

Monica, do you understand that you've been arrested

on a charge of drug trafficking?

Yes... well, I do now.

Thank goodness we got that straightened out.

Look, lady, we don't have anything

straightened out here!

Now, let's forget this fairy tale

about Illinois and the wrong house

and Tess, the mystery chick.

What were you doing at Bobby Shore's house

at 3:00 a.in. This morning

holding two kilos of cocaine?

Are you a dealer or a buyer?

I'm not either.

Dealer or buyer, Monica?

I-I was there because...

Yeah?

Because I'm an angel.

How long have you been an angel?

All of my life.

How long is that?

Forever.

Have you sold drugs forever?

No!

An angel would never, ever do that.

So, you're not an angel when you were selling drugs.

Yes... no.

Do you understand why you're here?

Yes, I do.

Very good. Could you tell me?

Because I didn't leave when Tess told me to.

And who's Tess?

Well, she's an angel, too.

Like you?

No.

She's taller.

Case dismissed.

Next case, please.

Case number 96-20664-CFA,

People v. Melina Karan.

Prostitution, possession of a controlled substance,

resisting arrest.

Will counsel approach the bench, please?

All right, so what are we talking?

I've got an assault coming up.

But he was just breaking into a candy machine.

They can't send him up for that.

Carter? Hmm.

He was going to drop that candy machine on somebody's head.

But he didn't. Oh, for God's sake,

the man was shot down over the DMZ.

Now, no one understands what kind of hell

we were going through out there.

But I will tell you what:

You drop the charges on Carter

and I will give you the warrant

and Diaz pleads battery on the St. Marks girl.

Battery? Rape?

You can't prove it.

I'm gonna try, counselor.

Case dismissed. So...

Next case!

Let's move this along, please.

Case number 96-206

75-CFA, People v. Monica Doe.

Charged with possession

of cocaine for sale with intent to distribute...

I'm gonna put this one away. I'll talk to him later.

Uh, I've got a date.

This offer runs out at, uh, 4:00.

Hard to believe you got a Purple Heart.

I had to replace the one I lost.

Oh.

Ms. Monica Doe?

You have no last name?

Uh, not officially, Your Honor.

Do you have a lawyer here to represent you?

Um...

Yes, I do, sir.

And... where is he... or she?

He's right here, sir.

Oh, Sam!

I'm so glad to see another angel.

They sent someone

from Special Services.

It must be pretty serious, huh?

I'm not here to represent you, Monica.

What?

You went to the wrong address.

You set a serious chain of events into motion.

Now, all we can do is just stand back

and watch it play itself out.

Sam, there's something very wrong here.

I can't seem to do anything except be here.

All of my special gifts are gone.

And you're the first contact

I've had from anyone in the realm.

And the last for a while, I'm afraid.

What?!

Ms. Doe,

have you any representation?

Uh, I guess not, Your Honor.

God turns everything around all the time,

so something good got to come out of this.

I just can't tell you when, that's all.

And remember...