Touched by an Angel
Fallen Angela
TV Flash files “Fallen Angela” as hour 4 of 211 in the TV Flash guide — Touched by an Angel (1994–2003) on CBS, season 1, episode 4, aired 1994-10-19, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 211 in the Touched by an Angel guide, hour 4 of 11 in season 1. It aired 1994-10-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Tough Love” (S01E03). Next is “Cassie's Choice” (S01E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Monica must learn to overcome her fear of water when she lives next door to Angela Evans.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Fallen Angela sit in the Touched by an Angel guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 211 — hour 4 of 11 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did Touched by an Angel S01E04 air?
Fallen Angela aired 1994-10-19 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is it preachy?
Faith-based comfort drama: weekly crises as ministry, but built to play as appointment TV rather than a lecture you had to sit through.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Angels with case files and handkerchief ratings: Della Reese’s wisdom voice, Roma Downey’s hush, and CBS faith drama as appointment comfort. Spiritual television that treated strangers’ crises as weekly ministry without becoming a lecture you had to sit through. Nineties network sincerity at industrial scale — tearful, sturdy, and proof that grace could still win a mainstream hour.
Flash: angels with case files, handkerchief ratings, Della Reese's wisdom voice already the brand that made a CBS hour feel like a hush you showed up for. Developed primarily under Martha Williamson's stewardship (1994–2003), with John Masius in the creator file, the series made Roma Downey's hush and Reese's voice synonymous with the genre. John Dye's Andrew, later Valerie Bertinelli's Gloria. Angels arrive as ordinary people to help humans through crises with gentle miracles. **Grace as a mainstream hour**, not…
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- John Dye as Andrew
John Dye’s Andrew completed Touched by an Angel’s case-file trinity — Della Reese’s wisdom voice, Roma Downey’s hush, CBS faith drama as appointment comfort. Angels with handkerchief ratings, strangers’ crises as weekly ministry without…
- Valerie Bertinelli as Gloria
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