Monica (Touched by an Angel)

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Full Name	Monica
Alias(es)	No information
Origin	Touched by an Angel
Occupation	Search and rescue (formerly) Case Worker Angel
Powers / Skills	Healing Flying Telepathy Immunity to pain Teleportation Knowledge of people's memories Assorted angel powers
Hobby	Experiencing Earth's customs. Assisting people and helping to improve their lives
Goals	To bring hope to various people or help out in various painful situations that they have.
Family	God (creator)
Friends / Allies	Tess Andrew Gloria Sam Claire Al Clara Celeste Ruth The Angel of Angels Phil Rafael Taylor Nearly all of the people she has for assignments
Enemies	Satan Kathleen (formerly)
Type of Hero	Hope Bringing Angel

Monica is the titular protagonist of the long-running drama-fantasy series Touched by an Angel. She's a case worker angel who's regularly sent on "cases" or "assignments" to help out numerous assorted people who are dealing with either some kind of tragedy or dealing with some other kind of difficult situation they're in.

She was portrayed by Roma Downey in possibly her most iconic role.

Personality

Monica is just as good-hearted and loving as one would expect an angel to be. She's very patient and understanding makes her very approachable for various people to discuss some of their issues. Although Monica's one of many angels created by God for the purpose of bringing hope and guidance, she's been shown to deeply enjoy her role although she may often go against orders when she feels like she has her own method for helping one out. This can make her a bit prideful as she overestimates her abilities and may leap before properly thinking, although she nearly always acknowledged when she's messed up. She's also good with children, as she's shown to be gentle and creative. She loves coffee and its smell.

Heroic Acts

In General

• On a regular basis, she'd bring hope to various people or help out in various painful situations that they have, console them when they're upset or provide guidance for how to handle the issue. She'd even reveal she was an angel while giving them proof and state that God loved them and will/had answer(ed) their prayer(s).
• Monica's shown to be very patient and gentle towards children and she'd occasionally play the role of a guardian or babysitter or substitute teacher, and loves looking out for them
• While she rarely ever prevents any tragedies or troubling issues from occurring and almost never get directly involved in her assignments' lives, she plays a key role in helping the people learn to handle their problems, often by giving them helpful advice or encouraging the people to make the right choices, after revealing her angel status when they're at their lowest point.

The Past

• As a search and rescue angel, Monica would save the lives of various people who were either in peril or suffering near-fatal pain.
  • She saved Earl Rowley's life when he suffered a near-fatal blow from an opposing solider his age in the Vietnam War by bandaging him up and giving him what was intended to be a second chance and encouraging him to let his guard down and share his new life.
  • As a search-and-rescue angel, she catches a boy (Jesse Bell) in mid-air and took him to the ground safely when he falls off the roof.
• Near Christmas 1909, Monica would help out Mark Twain with his daughter Jean
  • she put out a fire on Mark Twain’s Christmas tree, before it burned
  • When Mark Twain’s daughter Jean dies, Monica comes to console Twain, while discussing her background as one of God’s angels, and God reason for creating humanity. Unfortunately, Twain wasn’t in the mood to worship God after what happened.
  • She’d notice Jean’s gift that was never opened, and would have Helen deliver the message – a song for his favorite Longfellow Christmas poem, with the verses Twain could never find, finally giving Mark Twain the closure and satisfaction he wanted.
  • When Paul Ratcliff was on death row, he couldn't remember what had happened that night (due to being high) -- or the fact that he had killed Lauren Crayton -- so he asked God for clarification and suddenly Monica was there, who told him that God loved him and restored his memory, allowing him to remember that he did drugs that day, getting scared for some reason, and Mrs. Crayton trying to get him to listen. Then, after killing her over a misunderstanding, Ratcliff remorsefully begged for Monica to kill him, but instead she had him remember Mrs. Crayton laying in her deathbed, using asking the lord to forgive him during her final moments-- leading him to realizing just how loving and forgiving she was, which affected him all the way to the present day.
• On October 30, 1938, Monica delivered the message “fear not” to various people when they got scared and paranoid and went on a frenzy after hearing Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” broadcast. She'd later pop into a church intending to give her message a scared, large gathered crowd, only for the people to think she was a Martian and ran away. Then later that day, after some encouragement from Tess, Monica would try to sooth Leonard Pound’s nerves after he finds out his father died, being depressed over being unable to do so. Although, it later turns out that Monica wasn't intended to help Leonard, rather she was let his friend Penny grieve with him.

Season 1

• The Southbound Bus.
  • When she comes across a boy stealing someone else's money (not yet knowing the boy was her case) she has the boy return the money.
  • She protects David from a group of bullies who try to steal his backpack and scares them off by taking their knife away and tossing it in the air, where it disappears in mid-air.
  • Upon finding out David's mother ran away around the same time his sister died, she tries to find her so she could reunite her with the family, even though it meant abandoning her post and leaving Tess to look after David.
  • She tries to stop a fugitive from running from her past
  • Upon discovering David's real mother Christine, she tells her that David missed her and the difficulties he faced since his sister's death, and that she had to forgive herself, accept what she did in the past and return to her home. And despite initially being too nervous to face her family again, Christine would not to long afterwards decide to go back
• Show Me the Way Home.
  • As the substitute assistant baseball coach, she's far more supportive and patient towards the players than Coach Earl Rowley was. She'd even tell Earl not to put so much pressure on the kids.
    • She understood that Earl was forcing his team to keep their guard up at all times due to his own experience in a war. But she also recognizes he didn't actually want to protect them from the same fate, rather he wanted someone else to pay.
  • While substituting for the history teacher (who was on jury duty) her lesson was about encouraging the students to fight back against bullies and corrupt systems when necessary (using the Boston Tea Party and Rosa Parks as examples),  despite the possible risks.
    • Although, she still discourages Peter from punching the coach, even if he was being callous.
  • Although she calls Earl out for wasting his second life provided by her and taking out his anger on everyone else while he's in the hospital, she still recognizes that Earl was scared of dying alone and encouraged Laura to talk with him about Peter being on the team and still believing Earl could see eye-to-eye with him.
• Tough Love.
  • Saves Elizabeth from crashing to the ground on a ladder, by catching the ladder
  • As Elizabeth Jessup's assistant, Monica would realize Elizabeth was a smoker and an alcoholic –  the latter of which was making her act irrational and tearing her apart from her daughter Sydney and granddaughter Beth. Monica would console Sydney and the two of them would get Elizabeth some help at the New Hope Center.
  • When Elizabeth drunkenly sets her house on fire with one of her cigarettes, Monica shows up and saves Beth's life as she bravely carries Beth through tree fire and takes her to a hospital. And this was after Elizabeth fired her from being her assistant.
    • Then when Elizabeth reencounters Monica, realizes she burnt the house and showed extreme remorse for it, Monica informs her she nearly forgot who she was trying to achieve so much and consoles Elizabeth. She also enables Elizabeth to rebond with her daughter.
• Fallen Angela.
  • When Monica overhears Angela Evans being beaten up by Marshall, she saves Angela puts on some robes to cover her body and hair, and with a fake accent, kicks one of the duo out of the room, buying Angela time to escape.
    • When she goes to see Angela (as herself) she consoles her upon learning she was being blackmailed and even more after hearing the full story.
  • She would encourage Angela to settle things between Marshall and tell him she was no longer under his control, before he could let the secret out. It unfortunately didn't work as he had more incriminating files.
    • So then she encourages Angela to tell her husband the truth about her situation so she wouldn't have to feel so guilty, and he could help her out, rather than her trying to escape her problems by going to sea.
  • When Angela tries to commit suicide by drowning herself at sea, Monica's able to change her mind about doing so, telepathically putting thoughts in her head and having her see how her close ones would react if she died
    • Then when Angela decides she wants to live, Monica continues using her angel powers to communicate with her and saves Angela from the middle of the ocean, even though Monica had a fear of water.
• Cassie's Choice.
  • She helps teenager Cassie Peters stay calm during her unexpected pregnancy using the latter's love of classical music
  • She understood Cassie's pain in having to make a decision between raising her new baby or giving it away
  • Then later on when Cassie felt responsible for the baby getting sick and nearly dying, Monica would insist Cassie was a good mother for putting the baby's needs before her own and informs her they she had a bright future (with some usage of angel foresight)

• The Heart of the Matter.
  • When Charles Hibbard accidentally gives $20,000 to Robin Dunwoody (which was given to a different woman with the same name) and the latter frivolously spends some of the money, Monica helps Charles in getting the money back and amending his mistake by convincing Robin to return most of her stuff.
  • Upon realizing Charles was a hypochondriac and that his "heart attacks" were actually fake from his constant fear of the future, she tells him that he was simply making excuses for himself to hide and suggests that he shared his life with Monica and be more open with her.
• An Unexpected Snow.
  • When Susana and Megan accidentally crash on the road and get into an argument, she and Tess would help settle them down and bring them together by having them stay in a fancy house Monica magically created and attend Thanksgiving dinner. This would also have the two of them bond, and Megan to discover something about Susana.
  • Later when Megan got depressed over her boyfriend turning out to have already been married to Susana, and therefore can't be with her, Monica tells Megan she'd have to accept the truth and that she could find another good lover whom she doesn't have to date in secret.
• Manny.
  • When a boy who claimed to be an Ecuadorian immigrant named Manny arrived at the Archibald residence just to be with Harrison Trowbridge Archibald IV – who was apparently benefacted by him – Monica convinced Harrison to reluctantly take him in and not call the police on him, especially after finding out his mother was dead.
    • Then when Monica discovered the boy stole another identity, his real name was Luis, and he did all this because he wanted a family to call his own and a place to stay after living in the hospital, Monica sympathizes with Luis, but tells him that he shouldn't have to lie in order to find a home and urges him to tell the family the truth.
    • She also comes to Luis' defense when Harrison threatens to call the police, saying Luis never hurt anyone and was alone
  • After working as a party coordinator for Harrison Trowbridge Archibald IV for two weeks and hearing about the truth relating to the family's false wealth illusion and how reasonably heartbroken Harrison was over the revelation, he settles him down, telling him that his family legacy being a lie wasn't the end of the world and that regardless of his status or background, he's still basically the same person.
  • Then she leads Harrison to where Luis was hiding, so the two could patch things out and reconcile.
• Fear Not!
  • When Serena got stuck in mid-air due to the lever for the ropes holding her up getting jammed, she'd secretly use her powers to make the lever work properly, allowed Serena to be brought down safely and indirectly saving her life
  • Upon finding out why Joey was afraid of the night, and had a mental condition, she has Wayne go easy on him.
  • When Serena starts dying from her incurable heart condition, Monica would appear alongside Tess and Adam (an angel of death) as they made Serena's final moments calm and comforting as Adam brings her to heaven, with Monica having Wayne sing "Silent Night" to Serena knowing it was her favorite.
  • She arrives at Joey's crying plea of hoping to honor his dying friend's wish of playing her role in the Christmas with her stuffed animal, despite his fears of the dark. She also consoles him when he discusses regret over trashing the set and how much he'll miss Serena.
  • She manages to reason with Wayne over his frustration with Joey telling Wayne that Joey needed hope from him, especially as he's losing Serena, and to know that Wayne cared about him
  • She encourages Joey to face his fear of the dark and keep his promise to Serena by attending the pageant, even giving him her stuffed bear.
• There But for the Grace of God.
  • When she's stripped her angel powers as part of a case to be able empathize with a poor, weak man from his level (and two other homeless people) and help him out, she'd show empathy for Zack's trauma from a war, and Pete Taylor's story of how his business shut down, he lost his health insurance and not long after, his wife got cancer and eventually died and he was forced out of his house.
  • She and a man named Zack help out an old lady who dropped her papers in the middle of the street, by picking the papers up
  • As she learned a lesson about treating Pete as a person rather than a case, she'd apologize for how she previously treated him and had him place his feet in some water from a bowl, which would heal his wounds as Monica regained her powers.
• The Hero.
  • Upon hearing that Sheriff James Mackey's partner died in a robbery shooting from a teenage boy and James himself regretfully shot the juvenile delinquent (who was robbing the place, had everyone on the ground and held a gun to a woman's face), Monica insisted it wasn't James' fault his partner died and that he risked his life to save him and also saved countless other people. (Granted, this would turn out to be false, but still)
  • She tries to reason with James that he was putting to much pressure on his son Matthew to be top of his class and he never got to relax or enjoy the perks of being a teenager
  • When Matthew nearly commits suicide by shooting himself in the head with his father's gun, Monica would arrive in his hospital room and heal him, while telling him he had a bright future.
    • Then when she goes in the room a second time, she reads his thoughts and understood he was under too much pressure to be the best and that his suicide attempt was due to feeling like his father would kill him if he found out he bombed his test. She'd also advise Matthew that he worked out his issues with his father.
    • …And she tells James that his son was in the hospital from attempted suicide due to Matthew being unable to face him with the truth of being caught cheating, due to James' high standards. She tells James that Matthew needed to know his father truly loved him for who he was, and not just because of his high grades and accomplishments.
  • She also called James Mackey out for lying about being the savior in the shootout, taking credit for his late partner's sacrifice, and making his son Matthew feel like James was more skilled than he actually was. She'd then encourage James to tell his son the truth about what really went down and set the record to everyone even if it meant giving up his fame.

Season 2

• Interview with an Angel
  • Although Dr. Joe Patcherik was reasonably upset with Ethan Parker – as Ethan killed his kids in a car accident while he was drunk – to the point where he refused to do a transplant that could save his life, Monica points out that sometimes innocent people are going to die, and he can't play God. She'd later also advise him to put his grudge aside and go through the transplant so Ethan could have a chance at living.
  • She'd call out the interviewer for repeatedly wishing Ethan Parker dead, even if he was guilty of (accidental) murder
• Trust
  • While working with Zack Bennett as his police partner in training, Monica would help Zack chase down a suspicious man and allow Zack to take him in, but she was shown to feel concerned over him taking the suspect's pill stash and lying about it.
  • When Zack got into a serious drug addiction – which was making him forgetful and violent and to the point that it interfered with him catching a crook – Monica advises Zack to let someone else handle the case and deal with his addiction. Then as Zack explains that he was using the pills to get rid of his near-death experience, Monica responds that pills were damaging his life and tearing him apart from everyone.
  • Monica give Zack some encouragement despite his doubt, helps him deal with his addiction, and plays a big role in Zack reconciling with his wife and ex-partner
• Sympathy for the Devil
  • While she's rightfully upset at her ex-friend Kathleen for turning to the dark side and essentially betraying her, she holds very little hostility towards her and even tries reasoning with her and reminiscing about their past.
  • Although she understands why Matt Duncan doesn't want to see his father, she points out his hypocrisy in lying to his son David about his grandfather Ty, despite lying being the reason Matt and Ty parted ways. She wanted Matt to be willing to allow his father to make up for his actions. Then when Matt got angry at his father for Daniel nearly getting attacked by a bull, Monica breaks up the fight by revealing she was sent to save their souls and that their family generational anger would pass down to future descendants unless they got over it now. An inspirational speech would actually get the duo to put their differences aside.
  • She saved Matt from getting rammed by a bull.
• The Driver
  • She tries to heal a teenage boy when he's accidentally rammed by Debra Willis' car, and has him taken to the hospital.
  • When she notices some scars on Debra's arm and learns that Debra's mother was a total perfectionist who was never satisfied with Debra's strong efforts, she sympathizes with her and understands part of her pain.
  • Monica disobeyed the rule where angels couldn't force a human to choose life or death, by forcing Debra to back out from committing suicide and telling her that she knew about the voice in her head, and it would only go away if she stopped being so obsessed with being the perfect daughter her mother wanted.
• Angels on the Air
  • When Monica learns Sandy's divorce was the reason she puts on a sarcastic, careless persona on the radio to vent out her frustration, and her daughter Claire doesn't want to be the center of attention, she shows concern for Claire's position, especially when the latter gets humiliated.
  • She saves Claire from being harassed by Monty by sending him somewhere far away where he couldn't bother her.
  • When Claire tries to run away out of frustration from her mother, Monica detects that she still has some love for her mother and tells her she can't use her pain as an excuse to hurt other people, since she'd just hurt herself. She also informs her that her mother was in her own pain as well, which she had pushed aside for her
• In the Name of God
  • Unlike Tess, Monica doesn't let her anger get the best of her, despite the corruption and hypocrisy behind Frank Littleton's organization
  • When Tess gets taken off her duties for taking her anger out on a white supremacy leader and one of her closest friends, Monica tries to defend Tess before learning the reason
  • When Joanne Glassberg gets caught in a car bomb, Monica helps her out and saves her life. And while she's in the hospital, she reminds Joanne that people would live in fear unless she took a stand against them.
    • She also encouraged the nearby neighbor Jerry to do his part, claiming "evil thrives when good people do nothing"
  • She and Sam would cleanup the xenophobic graffiti on the walls.
  • She, Sam, Jerry and Tess would all stand up to Frank Littleton (actually Satan in disguise), and despite Monica never having faced Satan head-on before, she tells Tim Satan used his pain, fear and hate to talk him into killing someone, and plays a role in convincing Tim to cast him out.
• The Reunion
  • She tries to help out with Megan Brooks' issues with AIDS and insists she can't turn everyone away who wanted to help.
  • …then when Megan expresses to herself how she was scared of dying from her condition, Monica explained that Clarisse and Sam – her family – had to be able to make their own choices, but promised that Megan wouldn't die alone, and that she and Sam just needed the courage to hold on to their love
• Operation Smile
  • Although she initially looked down upon Glitter/Ginger, seeing her as little more than a stripper, Monica would realize Ginger was a stripper because she was trying to earn tips for an operation with her deformed daughter.
  • She takes care of Emily with an unfinished nose and mouth and babysat her when Ginger was at work. She'd also chew Ginger out for being so overprotective towards her daughter by keeping her indoors and not allowing her to be with any friends just because people were scared of her deformed face, and disobeyed her rules mainly because she thought Emily deserved to be treated better.
  • While she does get furious at Ginger and tells her in no uncertain terms she disapproved of the way she raised her daughter, it was mostly justified as Ginger was using her sinful past as excuse to shun her daughter from the world, viewing her as a punishment she's paying, something Monica calls her out on.
• The Big Bang
  • She finds a $100 bill lying around, but rather than keeping it for herself, she goes to the bank and tries to either return it to its owner or put it in the lost and found.
  • During the bank robbery, Monica tries to no avail to talk the main hitman out of endangering everyone.
    • When she finds out the man was mainly robbing the bank so he and her wife Alison could get enough money to make up for what they’d lose as Alison would get laid the two of the lose their insurance due to being kicked off their last job, Monica would try to keep Alison calm with her baby she was planning on having. Then, she later tells Alison the faith made her strong and that her baby had to be born for that reason
  • He gets Max Chamberlain to find a stored package his father (the previous owner) left behind for him, and reminds him that even though his mother had left him, things were still okay as his father’s faith got him through the trouble.
• Unidentified Female
  • When Jennifer accidentally kills Alex. and spends weeks in shock and denial after being accused of killing him intentionally, Monica reveals that she was intended to make a difference, by being a witness to the murder and being able to back up his companion, and that Jennifer wanted to know that she mattered.
  • She was shown to be comforting Alex and giving him an assuring speech during his last few moments of life – something usually reserved for Angels of Death
• The Feather
  • She’d encourage Wayne to confront his estranged brother about the truth of what really went down rather than his myth.
    • When Charles threatens to call the police on Wayne about the missing $20,000 and have him arrested, Monica informs Wayne the God gave him faith for a reason and once again, advises him to follow God’s path and end Charles’ scam.
    • She'd personally show up in the church and reveal that as an angel she was sent by God as a Christmas present to the faithful people of the church who were generous and selfless to lesser people. She also addresses that they abused the gift by choosing to listen to Charlie's fake preaches and seek out the feather and fame instead of addressing an abandoned baby and listening to God.
    • She praises Joey on having a kind enough heart to look after the abandoned baby, and she's able to have Charles see the error of his ways, and holds no hostility towards him despite the lies he told. She'd ultimately play a role in Charles reconnecting with his brothers.
• The One That Got Away
  • When Monica learns Doug Richards had committed suicide after he was apparently caught cheating for a law exam and his widowed wife Lisa was so depressed that she never remarried and insists he didn't cheat, Monica consoles Lisa
  • She'd have Mark Monford look at Doug's final letter before his suicide, and has him recall the day of the final exam where Mark helped Susan Duplain sneak into the computer system for testing, and unintentionally allowed Susan to frame Doug for plagiarism using Doug's account, much to his shock. Monica was basically warning Mark about how deceptive Susan was, how she didn't truly love him and how ruthless she'd be towards getting her judge role.
• ‘Til We Meet Again
  • She and Andrew would soothe the fears of dying patriarch Joe Carpenter as they promise to look after him and help him down the path and inform him he has nothing to fear.
  • When Kim Carpenter finds out she wasn't actually her father's daughter – but rather the result of affairs her mother was having with her father's former partner – and just wanted to feel comfortable in the family, Monica informs her that she will feel like part of the family soon enough.
  • Upon revealing the true reason she and Tess were in their house, Monica would inform the Carpenter family that their bond was almost broken under the strain of their secret as everyone in the family was dysfunctional as a result of it (Kate was always trying to protect her mother and missed out on the joys of being a sister, Chris' suspicions about his mother affected how he viewed his wife, Kim knew something was off about her and never fit in with the family but never quite knew what, and the parents were the most nervous trying to hide the secret affair and act like Kim was born the same way as her siblings). Having the family's insecurities out in the open would allow everyone to make amends and be closer together.
• Rock n Roll Dad
  • After telling Jon Mateos his wife Evie had died on a car crash on a wet road, she'd take him to the hospital room she was being kept in and allowed him to spend some final moments with his dead wife
    • She'd also help their Dillon grieve his mother's death, and informs him that God was still alive – contrary to his father's claims – and would answer him
  • When Joe gets cranky and impatient after his wife's death and some drinking and meth, Monica tries to make sure he stays off the addiction and settles down before he self-destructs and ruins his relationships with his kids and close ones. Even after Jon fires her, Monica returns in her angel form at his lowest point to remind him that Evie was concerned about him glorifying darkness, ridiculing God and taking hope away from his listeners. Then she states his wife's death was no excuse for his best part of himself to die with her, shut himself off from his kids, or refuse to let them grieve.
• Indigo Angel
  • As Sam Brown's MC for his club, she tries to help bring the club back in business and believes in his stories of the past when few else did. Even with Sam's medical conditions, she encourages his grandson Zach not to send Sam away (Even if it was for help) or sell the club down as it was his dream and his faith kept him alive
  • Upon learning that the mysterious Countess that saved the club back in the 60s during its lowest point was none other than Tess, she'd get a better idea of what her intended message was
• Jacob’s Ladder
  • Even though Monica went to the wrong address by mistake, she still decides to help the man in the house by cleaning up his messy house and saying "Every day is a chance to start over, my friend".
  • When she’s placed in a room with a lady named Claire who also claims she’s an angel, the two of them quickly become close. Even when Monica had all of her charges dropped in court, she wanted to return to the mental hospital – knowing she wouldn’t be released for at least 5-15 years – to help out Claire with her war trauma.

• Out of the Darkness
  • When Steve Bell recovers from a five-year coma and needs to adjust to the changes, Monica would serve as his unofficial physical therapist, helping him when he was back on his feet with crutches.
  • Upon Monica realizing she was the indirect cause of Steve Bell getting the car accident and subsequent coma – by taking his car keys off the rack to look at an angel when he was looking for them – Monica takes responsibility for her mistake and shows great remorse for what she did. She'd even explain to Steve what had happened to him on the day of the accident, who she was and apologize for landing him in that situation. Unfortunately, Steve gets angry at her for being the cause of his position, making Monica doubt herself to the point where she temporarily abandons her case.
  • After Monica finally grasps Al's advice about moving past your mistakes but being able to bear the consequences of said mistakes, she'd confront Steve saying he lost his family even before the accident and force him to remember how he'd yell at his son and beat him up with a wooden spoon for petty reasons. She also recognized that he himself was a victim of the treatment from his father as a child (who in turn was a victim from his mother as a child). And learning of how he was the reason Jesse was on the roof, brought him to tears and made him strive to end the family cycle of domestic abuse, even symbolically destroying the wooden spoon he and his ancestors used.
• Lost and Found
  • She gained a part time job in a center for missing children. She'd help investigator Frank Champness to find information and look for a missing boy named Craig Cooper
  • She consoles Frank when he accidentally goes to the wrong address and misses a case, and especially when she learns about a previous missing child case Frank had messed up 15 years prior that he was still troubled by.
  • Using a lead she got from the janitor and a couple of other witnesses, Monica, Frank and his partner Don Dudley manage to locate Craig and bring him to the station for his mother to bring him in.
  • When Frank’s reaching his breaking point due to Kathleen’s influence, Monica reveals her angel status and reveals that Kathleen was feeding off Frank’s guilt and manipulating him with lies, which led to Frank telling her to leave as he learns Kathleen didn’t truly love him. She also informs Frank that although he may not always be able to help every child, failure shouldn’t stop him from doing his job.

• Dear God
  • Upon reading some letters addressed to God from a 7-year-old girl named Tanya and learning someone was hurting her, she was willing to abandon her case with Max in order to help out Tanya. Although Monica's still forced to stay with Max, she “accidently” brought him to lunch near Tanya and her father’s place (where he later sees first-hand just how abusive Sandy is to Tanya and how the latter was in a desperate position with her sick father), and insisted that he received Tanya’s letters for a reason and had to help her.
  • When Max feels guilty about not helping Tanya to the point where he skips work, and reveals he had lost faith in God ever since his family died in gas chambers, Monica claimed there was a God and that Max surviving the Holocaust and him and Tanya ending up together was basically a second chance to save someone close to him.
• Portrait Of Mrs. Campbell
  • She helps April Campbell redesign the room for her upcoming baby.
  • When Miriam Campbell develops aplastic anemia, she tries to find a match (a relative) for a bone marrow transplant.
  • She’d approach April and tell her not to be afraid that her mother and/or future daughter wouldn’t make it due to having God’s protection. Then she indirectly leads April to discover a secret about her mother-in-law having another son years ago.
• The Quality Of Mercy
  • She’d encourage Marshall Redding to play the part of Hamlet in the Shakespeare play due to similarities with the character and to get him close to his father
  • When Marshall finally learns the true reason his family moved away from New York, but still refuses to forgive his father Joel Redding for having the affair despite him being in a desperate position, Monica tells Marshall he can’t judge his father based his mistake or how he saw him, but would have to look past his error and forgive him.
• Flesh and Blood
  • When Thomas Prescott gets found innocent for a murder he supposedly committed on a girl and most of the town gang up on him thanks to London Page, Monica supported his mother Kate when nobody else would and protects Thomas from the angry mob
    • She also consoles Kate after she gets furious at her son for stealing Megan’s jewelry and seemingly killing her for it, and turned him into the police only to find out too late he indeed wasn’t the killer. Kate felt like she had failed her son, but Monica insisted that everyone made mistakes.
• Birthmarks
  • When Whit gets torn apart from his kids due to forcing them into his old-fashioned ways and being unwilling to raise an upcoming baby or letting them raise it, and they lose their chance to have a surrogate baby shortly afterwards, Monica helps them out on making a decision with Jolene and the baby, and plays a part in Wilt changing his demeanor and being willing to take the baby in.
• Statute of Limitations
  • Monica would remind Claudia Bell that she had been private for 30 years and has her relive the day Morgan and her date went to prom, which Claudia despite doesn’t want to remember due to feeling responsible for the incident. She reminds Claudia that even with her past incident she doesn’t always have to feel so scared and ashamed of herself.

Season 3

• A Joyful Noise
  • She believed that the voices Melissa was hearing in her head we real, when Mr. Litowski didn’t, and was willing to have Melissa interact with her baby brother, not sharing Litowski’s fears that Melissa would react poorly
  • Upon learning that Melissa was indeed hearing voices (angels’ voices) in her head, simply wanted her brother to hear them as well while he was still young, and even meet a kind old woman who knows about the angels, Monica trusted that Melissa wasn’t delusional or ill, and prevented Litowski from giving her medication, insisting that Melissa had a belief in God
  • After learning Adam Litowski was pessimistic over his daughter’s premature death, she shows him how she died, and tells them there was nothing he could have done and he’d have to find peace within himself and find the will to help out other kids, rather than carry his burden
• Random Acts
  • When Danielle Dawson and Lucas force Mike O'Connor (with Lucas threatening to shoot him) to let them use his car, and make him drive them to various place for his sprees, Monica wouldn’t understand how the two of them could do something like this, but she’d remain close by Mike’s side promising not to leave him and guiding him through the situation so he’d avoid being shot.
    • She’d also play an indirect role in Danielle not wanting to hurt Mr. O’Connor, and feeling guilt for her crimes
  • She tries to free Mike O’Connor after he was shoved into his own back trunk, but after failing, she felt extremely bad for his position, and consoles him when he felt he was to blame for students being murders and dope addicts. Then she’d have Mr. O’Connor listen to the mysterious tape that was actually a thank you video from the students for his 20th anniversary as a teacher. It would slowly reignite his passion for his job and make him want to live.
  • She blamed herself for being unable to save Mr. O'Connor from being shot and felt extremely bad for the man.
  • Aware that Robbie Hawkins had information about his teacher that may be able to help him, Monica shows him that O’Connor was willing to stick his neck out for him despite his sternness, and states that the least he could do was show show the police the footage he got on camera to try and help O'Connor even if it meant getting in trouble.
• Sins of the Father
  • For the most part, she was able to tolerate Luther Dixon’s rudeness and keep an upbeat demeanor. And while listening to Dixon’s story about how he got in a gang in order to gain respect in the hood – stealing parts of automobiles, selling them for money, and then advancing to buying and selling firearms –  and taught his little brother what he knew, she claimed that if his friends respected and wanted to be like him, they’d behave like him and likely end up in prison next to him. She was especially concerned with his brother Samuel as he looked up to Luther.
  • She’d ask if Dixon had anyone he looked up to, to which he’d respond that his father had "stripes" and he wanted to be like him as a child, only for the father to one day leave him. Then after learning the man in the cell next to Luther’s was actually his estranged father, she’d talk with the man while he was doing push-ups and encourage him to “leave some truth behind for [his] sons” before he was executed, or at least talk to Luther so he wouldn’t have to be alone and Samuel could live his own life.
  • She’d console Luther when his father’s about to be executed, saying that he still loved his father even if he didn’t want to admit it, but also addressing their similarities (i.e. abandoning their loved ones) and calling him out for shattering his victims’ lives and landing himself in prison, telling Luther he had to talk his brother Samuel out of killing someone and telling the truth about the dangers and tragedies of gang life.
  • She was shown to feel terrible for Luther Dixon being in prison for the rest of his life, considering some of what he went through.
• Written in Dust
  • When Henry Moskowitz gets trapped within a canyon, and his grandfather Sam tries to save him, only to get trapped in the canyon as well and get himself killed, Monica would appear to Henry and tell him he could still make peace with God with his faith that was passed down to him like his grandfather would have wanted
• Secret Service
  • When she becomes an agent for secret service – an organization dedicated to saving lives – she’d work with the competitive Marty wanting to protect presidential candidate John Hammond, while not caring about praise or prizes for her achievements like Marty.
  • She actually manages to save Hammond’s life from his would-be-assassin, but feels bad about being unable to save Ulysses Dodd from being shot.
  • Monica understands that Marty was in a dilemma between being on the presidential detail and gaining the attention she’d always yearned for, or giving away one of her kidneys to save her closest friend’s life, though at the cost of her dream job, and she would express how Ulysses needed Marty but respected her decision over what she’d ultimately do. Though thanks to Monica, Marty would choose to give up her dream job, help out Ulysses, quit the secret service and finally enjoy a normal life.
• Groundrush
  • When an FBI agent arrest Scott Walden for murder Monica would regularly come to Scott's defense (knowing about his selfless acts) insisting there was some kind of mistake, prior to learning the truth.
  • While she'd play a role in Scott Walden's escape from police custody, she did so because she viewed Scott as a local hero and thought he was being taken in for a crime he didn't commit, not to mention she was completely heartbroken over Scott's murder accusations being correct.
  • Despite still being in disbelief over Scott lying to her, she was still willing to hear out his real story and had him face his past. She'd even show sympathy upon learning his sister was raped
• The Sky Is Falling
  • She consoles Leonard Page over the death of his beloved wife Grace, and has him take some pills to hold off his pain and try help him out.
  • After having Leonard think back to his painful memory of his father's death on Halloween 1938, and personally thinking back to her failed attempt to help him herself, she'd realize she wasn't meant to help him then, so his friend Penny could console him. Then, upon realizing Leonard would grow up, and marry her only for her to eventually pass away, Monica realized she was intended to help Leonard grieve for his wife, and remind him of the promise he made to her all those years ago.
• Something Blue
  • She helps out Alison with preparations for her and Kevin's wedding, and she'd prove to be extremely sufficient in her position taking care of nearly every end.
  • She blesses God (i.e: her creator/master) for Alison and Kevin’s wedding, and later on she, Tess and Andrew would reveal they were looking after them since their engagement, claim they wouldn’t have to be alone during or after their marriage, and help to rebond the duo love and affection for each other.
• Into the Light
  • She helps console and provide for a sick, dying girl named Amy Ann, while allowing her to listen to Elvis music upon her request, and informs James Block about Amy Ann having dead parents and living in the St. Vincent group home. She’d also make sure Amy Ann had a special, memorable 14th birthday before she died.
  • She’d also come to Mr. Block’s aid during some of his heart attacks, and try to reason with him, reminding him of all the selfless acts he had done recently to try getting in heaven, rather than actually honoring God. She’d Inform him that he’d have to let God hear him, and that he was given a second chance because he wasn’t ready to go into the light, or to know him without seeing him as a stranger. This in turn would lead to Mr. Block becoming very remorseful and even willing to be there for Amy Ann.
• Homecoming
  • She supports Julia Fitzgerald and tries to help her get out of her addiction to drugs. She tells Julia that she could have a future that wasn't on the street.
  • She encouraged Julia to talk about her personal issue, and upon hearing Julia’s story of 8-9 years ago she fell in love with a damaged man who disappeared one day, before Julia gave birth to a boy who she had trouble taking care of due to getting addicted to drugs and arrested, and Joe tricking her into signing away her rights to her own child, Monica would gave Julia a hug out of sympathy. She also assures her that despite her selling her son away, she should address everything she gave away for the sake of others, including her son.
  • She assures Julia that it’s okay to shed tears over being upset over not being able to see her son, even saying that tears can be good.
• The Journalist
  • When Rocky McCann realizes she was being tipped fake news stories and had endangered two innocent, caring foster parents, Rocky would attempt to miss her shift for the news, not wanting to do any more damage, but Monica would assured her that being right about something didn’t necessarily bring her closer to the truth, and claimed she didn’t necessarily have to seek the negatives, just because of what she had done in the past. This would lead to Rocky later doing another report, admitting her misjudgment and restoring the Widdenbergs' good names.
• The Violin Lesson
  • She shows sympathy for Tony DuBois when he reveals he had AIDS and was dying from it, but also encouraged him to spend his Christmas with his family and tell them about his condition
  • She encouraged Jordan DuBois to put aside his perfectionist ways and high expectations of his son and find peace with him before he succumbs to his AIDS.
    • Then after Jordan’s wooden violin gets destroyed, Monica reminds him it was never going to be perfect anyway, and that just because his son Tony was a gift from an angel, didn’t mean he had to be perfect either. He simply had to be his own person, instead of what Jordan specifically wanted.
• Forget Me Not
  • She tries to come to Charlotte Perkins’ aid when she’s deeply concerned about her
  • Though Sara was upset with her mother for not wanting her pursue her own career, Monica still had Sara hear the doctor out, especially since he found out Mrs. Perkins had a brain tumor and her life/stability was at risk. And she’d suggest to Sara that she helped her mother out, and remind her that despite all of her disputes she’s had, her mother looked out for her.
  • She and Tess informed Sara of what actually occurred on the night she was waiting in the hospital, and that her mother did what she did to ensure Sara got the surgery for her eye she needed, even sacrificing her self-esteem and own photographing career. This would show Sara that her mother did look out for her
  • When Sara was still skeptical about Monica and Tess being legit angels, and felt it was too late to patch things up with her mother, Monica and Tess would ensure her it wasn’t too late, as her spirit was still in there waiting for forgiveness. Sara would take their advice and make amends with her bedridden mother.
• Crisis of Faith
  • She helps out Pastor Daniel Brewer when he loses his faith in God due to the death of his son Luke, and assures him that Luke knew that the father loved him despite the former getting angry with him earlier. She also reminded Daniel that he had free will, despite God’s influence, and that Daniel had to accept responsibility for his role in Luke’s death before he could receive the full forgiveness needed to heal. This would lead to Daniel reassuring Kelly that she wasn’t at fault and promising to help her out with her own problem.
• Angel of Death
  • When newbie Celeste hides away, due to her fear of humans, Monica reassures her that she has plenty of time to understand, and helps out by giving her some pointers from her experience as a case worker
  • When she realizes Eric Weiss had panicked to the point where he barely makes it out of his escaping trick, and learns about how he felt guilty and traumatized about something that happened to his brother, Monica shows concern for his well-being and didn’t want him to do his escape trick TV special, as she didn’t think he was fit for it after what happened on stage.
  • Then when he goes through with his special dangerous risky escape anyway, Monica’s deeply worried for him when Eric’s still in the fridge underwater, worried he might be dead, and wanting to help him.
  • She and Celeste informed Eric that even though he felt over what happened to his brother, and he wasn’t at fault for what happened to him or his mother, blaming himself for what went down and wanting to keep it all a secret made him unable to see the truth. Then Monica tells Eric that his brother Petey, in fact, didn’t die in the refrigerator, but rather his father kidnapped him to tear the family apart.
• Clipped Wings
  • When Monica goes into a psychiatrist’s office, mistaking it for her evaluation, she talks with a file clerk named Jodi (actually Kathleen in disguise), discussing her past helping people, talking about their interests and even understanding Jodi’s unhappiness with her job. Then, when Monica learns from Andrew that she had gone into the wrong room, she apologizes for the mix-up, but still sympathizes with Jodi’s concerns about her job (unaware that Jodi was actually Kathleen in disguise). And when “Jodi” tells Monica she felt like Monica understood her better than the doctor, Monica decides to stay behind as she felt like Jodi needed her. (Too bad it was all a ploy from Kathleen, who was taking advantage of Monica’s empathic side.
  • Monica prays to God and asks him to forgive Kathleen for what she did, stating she was lost and walked away from his grace, and that despite being on the dark side, she couldn’t forget his grace, love and mercy. She didn’t care about what happened to herself – or even regaining her angel powers, or getting demoted, she just wanted Kathleen to get a second chance. Keep in mind, this was right after Kathleen had tricked her into missing her evaluation and losing her powers in the first place.
  • She personally tells the Angel of Angels that she didn’t care if she got demoted, or forced into an embarrassing position, and that “[she’d] rather be a doorkeeper in the house of [her] God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness“, and that she’d never shut God out of her heart. This, alongside the fact that she placed another before herself twice earlier that day (once with a friend, and once with an enemy), led to Monica passing her evaluation and having her duties expanded.
  • When Kathleen gets denied a promotion as a caseworker for the demonic side, Monica offers Kathleen the chance to turn back to the light and return to God, and this time, Kathleen actually reforms herself.

• Amazing Grace
  • When Monica temporarily becomes blind for a "Watch and Wait" assignment, and has to rely on Josh to be her eyes for the time being, she doesn’t complain about it and was even willing to help Josh out, even advising him to look with more than just his eyes.
  • Monica appears to Michael Burns at his lowest, understanding how Michael wanted to be part of a family, as well as his guilt for various people getting shot.
• Labor of Love
  • She brings Olivia Marland to a hospital in New York when she’s feeling ill, and promises to take care of her baby.
  • She informs Meg Salter that even if she wasn’t able to attend when her husband had a baby with another woman, it wasn’t too late to be a mother to the child, and be there for her, and to mend her marriage with her husband.
• Have You Seen Me?
  • In what may be one of the largest cases they’ve done, Monica was assigned to look after Hank Monroe where she posed as a food server, while Tess looked after the parents as Mrs. Monroe’s partner, and Andrew looked after office building workers Ray Bishop and Grant
    • Hank Monroe would talk to her how he saw a picture on a milk carton about a missing kid that looked exactly like his little brother, and Monica would encourage Hank to talk to his parents about how he felt. Then when Hank finds a check to Pioneer Legal Services, she and Hank go to the office where Ray worked and ask for answers involving adoption, where it’s revealed Noah was actually adopted.
• Last Call
  • When Monica’s given an assignment to provide a single miracle to a person of her choice at a tavern, she’s extremely conflicted over who to choose as she noticed nearly everyone was in a desperate and/or miserable state. And while she’s initially mocked for claiming she was an angel, she’s able to prove she was the real deal to the people in the tavern and ultimately goes through with giving out the miracle.
  • Mr. Burns would express his guilt over shooting Noah years ago and wanted to do anything to make up for it. He asked for Noah to be healed, but Monica stated that simply healing Noah wouldn’t change the past, and it wasn’t the miracle he needed, but rather he’d need Noah’s forgiveness so they could both be healed.
• Missing in Action
  • She’s temporarily transformed into a senile senior to be able to empathize with George Zarko, and she actually manages to gain a good connection with him, and bring him joy for the first time in a very long time.
  • When George nearly gets kicked out of the Spring Valley retirement home, Monica comes to his defense, being willing to hold full responsibility for him.
  • After reverting back to her youthful age and revealing her true state, she expresses that she found joy in being old, and that he was definitely not worthless, and would never truly live until he opened up with the truth, leading George to confess to everyone that he wasn’t actually a colonel and he lied about it to feel like he mattered
• At Risk
  • She, Tess and Andrew would take part in an experimental work program – with Monica as the coordinator for the program – and look over a group of juvenile delinquents, having them do a program that needed volunteers for a project at a facility as an attempt to get the convicts to be more helpful: Namely they’d have the juvies help out a bunch of disabled kids.
  • She spends time with a girl named Kelly who had cerebral palsy and encourages Jason DeLee to do the same as they were both outcasts who were looked down upon, and despite a rough start, Jason and Kelly would actually bond smoothly.
  • When Jason sneaks off and tries to steal another car, Monica approaches him, and when Jason explains how he didn’t want attachments, commitments or responsibilities due to not feeling like he belonged in the world, Monica assured him that God was there for him, and that Kelly was his miracle.
  • She brings Jason’s mother to the program to show her that Jason was helping out a special child
• Full Moon
  • She becomes a counselor for Sarah Bingham and her daughter Lorrin, understanding Sarah’s concern for her daughter’s safety and worrying when he realizes Sarah’s hiding a dark secret, especially after finding out she had been raped in the past.
  • Sympathizes with Sarah’s troubles, but encourages her to tell her husband about the rapist’s parole, then when she does and the husband doesn’t handle it well, and attacks the former rapist who was trying to go straight, Monica tells the husband that hiding anger didn’t make it or the fear go away.
  • After revealing herself as an angel to Sarah, she informs her that even though God couldn’t actually stop Carl from harming her that night, he reminded him of his once innocent soul. She also stated that even though she was protective over her daughter, not wanting her to be harmed, she forgot what it was like to feel loved.
• An Angel By Any Other Name
  • She investigates who could have been in Carolyn Sellers’s car and nearly damaged it and harmed a girl, while posing as a mail lady.
  • She compliments Taylor for the work he and his friends did for Carolyn and her garden, and when Taylor gets upset for his lack of progress for Carolyn, Monica encourages him to keep helping her, telling him he’d have to be patient and not judge her
  • When Carolyn refuses to get prepared for the committee coming to meet her, Tess and Monica would encourage her to prepare anyway, and were shown with pleased looks when Taylor gives her an encouraging speech, and even take part in it.
• Inherit the Wind
  • She helps Kevin Greeley find Joseph Wells, serving as a guide while having him complete his own work to regain his inheritance.
  • She and Tess provide Kevin with a bible that was meant to be his inheritance from his late father, informing him that riches didn’t always come in dollars. Unfortunately, it doesn’t make him feel any better and just makes him angry at God.
  • She would tell Kevin his father left him with a lot, take him to his father’s hometown near a burned down orphanage and inform him his father was abandoned at the side of the road with only a blanket and a bible, which was why the bible was being given to him – which he forgot to give him until the final moments of his life.
  • She plays an indirect role in Kevin looking after an orphaned baby and getting a job to earn the money to provide for it.
• A Delicate Balance
  • She’d become a temporary trainer and spotter, to look over the various gymnasts, paying special attention to Rebecca Browner with how seriously she took practice, and warning her not to get distracted.
  • She consoles Rebecca after she misses out on an interview, and shows empathy when the former explains how her mother moved away almost instantly after her father passed, saying it wasn’t too late to simply have fun
  • Encourages Rebecca to get back up after she slips and falls during her gymnastics tournament.

Season 4

• The Road Home
  • While posing as a social services conselor, she reassures a young woman whose husband and 13-year old son Ryan died in a car crash, and 9-year old son Matthew was in critical condition.
  • She tells Joe Greene to not constantly run from things, but rather to stand and face his life, along with the fact that his spirit was given of power and love, and that he wasn’t the only man who was scared to face themselves and those they loved. She encourages him to face the truth about his role in the car crash.
• Great Expectations
  • She became a Lamaze coach and would lead an execrise where future mothers and fathers would practice communication with each other. Unfortunately, it did very little to help them out.
  • When Bill McNabb refused to turn up to class or have anything to do with the baby that would have Down syndrome, Monica was willing to have Tess look after the baby, and she’d reassure a nervous Joanne that despite her making a difficult decision, noone could blame her for it.
  • After Joanne gets shot and is placed in critical condition with the baby, Monica promises her that Bill and Monica herself would be there for her, and that Bill loved her.
• Nothing But Net
  • Monica became a new tutor for Darnell Thomas and his basketball team, giving them pointers for how to play
  • She reassures Ruth that although she was only observing for her assignment and made a mistake, she’d have her chance to make a difference, and still doesn’t hold any hostility toward her despite her unintentionally making the case more difficult, and
• Children of the Night
  • She shows extreme sympathy for the “family” of runaway homeless adolescents who had to rely on themselves and live on the streets, feeling bad that she couldn’t directly help them out.
  • When encountering “China” (alias for a runaway homeless girl) she tries to encourage her to have a normal teenage life and make friends, and back out of being a runaway, and she’d bond with her while learning the origin of her alias and that she was a poet. She actually makes progress with her, too bad she’d die later that day.
  • She cries tremendously over China’s death, especially after learning about her past and hopes. She personally felt responsible for it and blamed herself for being unable to save the child.
  • She reasons with Ally, first by telling her about China’s death and giving her China’s journal, then showcasing just how miserable the other runaways were, encouraging her to return to her family before she suffered the others’ fates, and revealing that despite her father leaving her for another woman, he came back for the family, but was missing Ally.
• Jones vs. God
  • When Justinian Jones sues God for a drought in his town and tries to place him on trial, Tess would take the case representing God with Monica as her witness.
  • She would list examples of when some of the people in the courtroom was benefitted from God. (as a 14-year old, “Stretch” was be shortest man in the room, and thought he’d be humiliated for the rest of his life, but was able to save a little girl trapped in a cave thanks to his body being the right size to stretch through that tiny gap; Mayor Hoigard saw a beautiful sunset, and sweet smelling air, making her feel at peace for the first time since her husband died; etc.)
  • When God denies Mr. Jones’ request for rain, Monica points out that none of the people in the courtroom asked him for guidance or direction, and that although he allowed the drought, they were all responsible for their faith, and that he was willing to give them a lot of gifts if they gave him a chance.
  • When Mr. Jones sat alone, depression about the impending auction, Monica would talk with him telling him that “no” had several different meanings, and that God did have a plan, as Mr. Jones needed the community even more than he needed rain.
• The Pact
  • Although she agree to take Rafael’s place in his assignment, once she returned to her original assignment and realized her case involved pessimistic teenage girls with AIDS, she’d apologize for abandoning the case.
  • As a camp counselor, Monica would tell Erin that winning their softball game wasn’t important, but rather being supportive and working together mattered.
  • She helps out Kim when she collapses abruptly on the softball field.
  • When Erin, Nicki, Melanie, and Abby Fontaine were about to commit suicide via harmful pill mixture, Monica and Andrew would tell them that God wanted them to live, but only they could make the choice, and that they each had a reason to live, but if they killed themselves, they’d never know. She assured them that even if they didn’t make it, their souls were the real lives. This slowly convinces Erin and Abby to choose to live.
  • When Nicki still wants to commit suicide due to having lymphoma, Monica encourages Erin to talk Nicki out of it.
• Sandcastles
  • Rafael and Monica would find a letter in a bottle to God from a someone named Scooter Fisher saying his mother was going to die, so the two of them decided to become Scott’s angels. Monica, in particular, loved children.
  • She wanted to help out some of the pessimistic townspeople who didn’t believe in God, and felt bad over having to leave them
  • She saves a mechanic (Lee Fisher) from getting crushed by a car, by catching it in mid-air.
  • She was willing to forgive all of the people who had assumed God had abandoned them in the past, assuring them God still loved them
  • Upon realizing Benjamin Parker was Scooter Fisher, she approaches him with his letter from 50 years ago. And despite him not wanting to listen to her, Monica was still willing to listen to him, and after hearing his story about God apparently wasn't there for him, Monica reveals God did comfort and aid him, despite him not believing.
• My Dinner with Andrew
  • When Andrew has to restore a run down room in a building for a dinner date/assignment with Kate Calder, Monica and Tess would help Andrew out, with Monica in particular, serving as a waitress.
• Charades
  • As Libby Glaser's assistant, she'd show sympathy for Libby's late father being on the Hollywood blacklist and mostly unremembered, and she'd show even more sympathy later on when she finds out Budd's old friend Clive framed him for being a communist, essentially ruining his career and that Budd committed suicide out of shame from his betrayal.
  • She's able to get Libby to back out of damaging Clive's career out of anger, and face the truth about her birth in a non-hostile way, the way Budd couldn't.

• The Comeback
  • When Amanda Revere starts to get a crack in her voice and gets worried about her broadway reputation being damaged, Monica would reveal her angel status to her and inform her that what Amanda wanted (her voice back) wasn’t necessarily what she needed. She knew Amanda was a very hard worker, but also that she had abandoned her family and friends in Kansas City, and was secretly miserable on the inside. Monica encouraged Amanda to use cracked voice as an opportunity to make amends with Lillian Bennett and support Lillian’s daughter Allison’s dream.
• Venice
  • As part of her assignment, she accompanies strict nearly-blind widow Annie Dyole, trying to become a close friend of hers
    • Monica notices a VR tape about Venice, Italy Annie had, and a reads postcard that Annie’s father sent her about the wonders of Venice, so she offers to provide her some joy by taking Annie to Venice before she went blind, though unfortunately, Annie still goes blind before she can go.
    • She continued to nurture and provide for Annie after the latter went blind.
    • Despite initally believing rumors about how Annie supposedly killed her newly-wed husband, she (with motivation from Tess) would ask for Annie’s perspective on the event, and upon learning Tommy’s disappearance was an accident on her part that was out of her control.
    • Monica and Tess would encourage Annie to open up with the truth to Emily Vincent, Markus Cavanaugh and Russell Brewsterabout what actually happened with Tommy and explain how she didn’t kill him (they faked his death while Tommy left town and secretly gave her gifts, and claimed she’d send for her to leave as well). Then Monica herself would explain that Tommy was unfaithful with her and had several wives after her, never keeping any promises.
    • She, along with Tess and the others would make things up to Annie by setting up a room to like to semi-experience her dream of Venice.
• It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  • She soothes Joey's fears when he's worried for Wayne's safety, by telling Joey a story about one of her past assignments, which involved Mark Twain and her coming his aid during his darkest hour.
  • Joey worries that Wayne may be dead, and he gains a distrusting of God, leading to Andrew and Monica reminding him that Christmas was a season of miracle – both major and minor.
  • She would encourage Joey to not live his life and fear

• Deconstructing Harry
  • While not as directly involved as usual with the case, she’d still provide Tess with information about Doris Bernstein, and try to insure that Doris and Stella Applegate would re-encounter each other at the right time,
• The Trigger
  • She arrives at the Craig residence as an officer when Linda Craig's badly hurt and suggests having her taken to the hospital.
  • She advises Holly to open up about her sister Linda’s issues, telling her that hiding a problem makes things worse, and that she should be there for Linda, instead of getting angry over Ray Craig and his instability.
  • She has Ray and Linda's kids taken into Child Services after Holly shoots Ray. Although Monica takes Holly in for questioning, she's still willing to hear out Holly's perspective and reasoning.
  • She comforts Linda after the death of her husband, assuring her that noone wanted this to happen, and wondering if Holly said something that upset her, wanting to mend Linda’s relationship with who was left.
  • After revealing she knows about the cycle of abuse that didn’t start with Linda’s husband Ray, and that Linda and Holly’s father was also extremely abusive and uncaring, she has Linda talk her pain with “the closet” and provide empathy for Linda and her sister’s troubled past. Even hugging her when Linda remorsefully cries over what she did.
  • She brings Linda to the station room were her sister Holly was so the two of them could explain their issues and make up.
• Doodlebugs
  • When Tess messes up on a case and fails to help out a little boy who ran away, Monica applies her reading from Plato to the situation with the boy and deduces that he went into the dark – or rather the empty church – allowing Tess to help and the others out.
• Redeeming Love
  • She pulls Lydia back when the latter’s about to jump of balcony to her suicide, and after becoming her new roommate, offers to clean up the room.
  • She tries to talk Lydia out of stealing money from her parents and her cocaine addiction
  • After Lydia gives birth to a baby, which ends up with cocaine in its blood due to Lydia’s cocaine addiction, Monica’s corcerned for the baby’s health
  • When Lydia tries to steal her baby daughter from the hospital while drunk and under the influence, Monica’s deeply concerned when Lydia can’t remember where she put the baby, and frantically searches for her
  • She encourages Lydia to clean her body and soul, and desperately tries to get Lydia to go through the next few days without drugs for the baby’s sake. Then after reassuring Lydia that she and God would help her out, Monica would settle Lydia’s nerves by singing a song the latter used to sing in Sunday School, while at the same time cleansing her spirit, and curing her condition.
• Flights of Angels
  • Monica agrees to look over Sally’s boys when Sally’s husband Richard is in poor condition, dealing with his paintings, and at risk of dying of Lou Gehrig
  • She comforts the boys after they learn about how their father was going to die soon.
• Breaking Bread
  • After being hired as Matt Colletti’s baking assistant, Monica helps out around the bakery
  • When hearing about Steven Evalgia being hospitalized in a coma and Jeffrey’s similar pain, Monica shows sympathy for Jeffrey’s situation.
  • She spreads the word about Andrew’s neighborhood meeting for updates and informing people about how to deal with hate groups, by handing out fliers to most of the townspeople.
  • She volunteers to help organize a community group to fight against the white supremacy group.
  • After Matt confesses to seeing the attack, and that the devil himself was also involved in overlooking the event, Monica believed Matt when nobody else did, especially considering she himself knows how the devil operates.
  • She takes Matt out of his bakery seconds before it blows up and catches fire in a massive explosion, saving his life.
  • He supports Mr. Colletti when he’s stand up to the devil against the hate group, and is one of his many followers who takes a stand with/behind him.

• God and Country
  • While invisible to mortals, she secretly helps out Rafael with his assignment Tomás Parades.
  • After an incident where Rafael attacked Tomás and they get in trouble for it – and Tomás gets confinement, Monica appears to Tomás as the SJA who would represent Tomas, and tries to have a conversation with him about why he was hostile towards his father while learning he had a missing brother in Bosnia, and gently calling him out for his unnecessary anger on well-meaning people
  • Monica went to Colonel Walls telling him that detaining the soldiers was severe for a common fistfight, and he had only 72 hours to justify Tomás’ confinement – especially since he was Walls’ son.
  • She gives condolences for the death of Colonel Walls’ corporal son Paul but encourages Walls to not keep comparing Tamos to Paul, as the former wanted to be loved for who he was, and for his father to be there for him. She’d also encourage Walls to open up to his family and reconnect.
• How Do You Spell Faith?
  • She volunteers to be Aaron Gibson’s spelling tutor, partially as a way to be a companion/friend to him as he was mostly an outcast
  • She consoles Aaron over his brother’s tragic death and encourages him to not back out of the spelling contest just because he was sad.
• Seek and Ye Shall Find
  • Although she hit her head leading her to forget who she was and her faith in God, she’s still mostly friendly and showed sympathy for everyone’s plights -- including a man whose wife was murdered.
  • She’d ask Sueellen how come she would rather move to a certain place where nobody knows her than, just because her idol was born there, rather than returning home with her husband. She’d state that Skeeter loved her very much which would lead her to go home with her husband.
  • She’d regain her memories and self-identity after Effie forgave Monica for seemingly stealing her money and gave it to her for her troubles. And when hearing about her Effie wanted to see a real-life angel, Monica would reveal her angel status to her, and thank you for her act of forgiveness and restoring her memories.
  • When Paul Ratcliff's about to be executed, Monica appears to the Dr. Crayton and begs him to show mercy and forgive him as a means of achieving peace in his own life, considering he was remorseful over what he has done. This would lead to Dr. Crayton hold off execution and doing just that.

• Cry, and You Cry Alone
  • She suggests to Maury Salt that he owed it to his fans to put on a great show, and encourages him to try working together with his partner Ed Yablonsky, although it didn’t work out the first time, and she’s forced into becoming Maury’s new partner. Even then, she’d continue encouraging Maury to make amends with Ed and talk out his problems with him before Ed passed away.
  • As Maury’s new comedy partner, she was hesitant on using suggestive terms and phrases as punchlines, not wanting to be too rude or offensive. And would encourage the people stop to help others in order to help themselves.
• Perfect Little Angel
  • She helps Tracy Beringer sign up and prepare for a beauty pageant so the latter could win the prize money to help with an issue (she in particular got an attractive dress for Tracy to wear)
  • She drives Tracy to her place when the latter’s car brakes down.
  • When Monica finds out Tracy had a son she was having trouble handling and leaving home alone due to how difficult it was for her to get money – to the point where Tracy couldn’t hire a babysitter), Monica suggests that Tracy could go to a government agency. And while she understood why Tracy want to win the pageant money to get surgery for her son, she still encouraged her to stop running from her truth about herself, and allow her to help mind her and her family’s broken heart.
  • She and Tess sympathize with Tracy’s plights and rough beginnings, but strongly recommend that she be more truthful about herself and stop living a series of lies, and accept that nothing was perfect. Thus, they’re responsible for Tracy admitting she was an unwed mother and her issue, despite the risk of disqualification from the pageant. She‘d even help Tracy (who’s real name was Sarah Cunnings) reconnect with her estranged parents.
• Elijah
  • She helps Jacob Weiss put out a fire in an apartment, buy lifting an end of a water-filled tub onto the fire.
  • When Jacob’s son gets fatally shot and he despeatrely tries to get help for a chance to heal him, Monica assures Jacob he simply had to trust in God for a chance for his son to be spared from death. Jacob does so, and his son indeed gets spared.
• Last Dance
  • As the new faculty advisor, she listens to Jill as she expresses her feelings about Greg, how she wanted to be with him in the future and complains about her mother restricting her from being with him. She’d also encourage Jill not to give up on her dreams.
  • As Tess and Monica reveal themselves as angels, they’d ask Jill and Greg’s mothers, for the sake of their children, to resolve their differences and make peace, and stop being stop restrictive over their kids.
• The Spirit of Liberty Moon
  • When she discovers that Liberty Moon International Management was working with Tanner Toys, she informs Edward Tanner – the company’s CEO – about the about the issue, so that Jean Chang could do something about it and look into it, and encouraged Edward to stand up and speak out.
  • She helps Jean sneak past security so she could enter her home country without being recognized and arrested, as a way to possibly see her husband and/or daughter again.
  • She repeatedly helps Jean avoid arrest from the Chinese police.
  • She was willing to stay behind in prison with Jean, and she Jean and physically shields Jean when she is attacked by other prisoners, taking the painful blows herself. Then when the prisoners throw her down from the top of a staircase, Monica promises Jean that she’d tell her daughter the truth about her mother.

Season 5

• Miles to Go Before I Sleep
  • When Rita Lasky -- a terminally ill woman with and death seeker -- claims to have seen the Angel of Death which told her to "hurry up and die." Monica assures Rita that God would never someone to give up, and that whoever said the claim wasn't a real angel. She then tries to explain that the angel was a fraud with good intentions but the wrong methods, although Rita didn't lesson.
    • She'd also reveal herself as a real angel as a way to prove her point and state that she was loved, and that her estranged sister was still for her and hadn't forgotten about her, and help Rita make amends with her sister just before dying.
  • She investigates when a fake "Angel of Death" makes some hospital patients lose their will to live.
• Saving Grace
  • When she and Tess discover that Sandra was writing the ominous letters to Joe, and became and alcoholic after her husband and older son's deaths, she goes to Sandra at her workplace to address her alcoholism. Then she reappears near her house, and encourages Sandra to abandon her drinking problem and face reality while sober. Unfortunately, she doesn't listen to her and assumes it was a prank.
  • She encourages Nathaniel to tell someone about the dangerous situation Sandra placed him in, as even if she lost her husband and sons, it didn't make it okay for her to take out her anger on others.
• What Are Friends For?
  • TBA
• Only Connect
• The Lady of the Lake
• Beautiful Dreamer
• I Do

Season 6

TBA

Season 7

TBA

Season 8

TBA

Season 9

TBA

Trivia

• "The Root of All Evil" and "The Show Must Not Go On", both from the ninth and final season, are the only two episodes in the entire series where Monica's absent, although for the former episode Monica at least appears in stock footage.

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