Touched by an Angel
Trust
TV Flash files “Trust” as hour 13 of 211 in the TV Flash guide — Touched by an Angel (1994–2003) on CBS, season 2, episode 2, aired 1995-09-30, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E02: listed hour 13 of 211 in the Touched by an Angel guide, hour 2 of 24 in season 2. It aired 1995-09-30 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Interview with an Angel” (S02E01). Next is “Sympathy for the Devil” (S02E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Monica becomes a rookie cop to help a policeman who is returning to duty after being shot and is addicted to pain pills. She tries to help him regain his confidence and recover from drug addiction.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Trust sit in the Touched by an Angel guide?
S02E02 is listed hour 13 of 211 — hour 2 of 24 in season 2, season 2 episode 2.
When did Touched by an Angel S02E02 air?
Trust aired 1995-09-30 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…
Filed against
- Roma Downey as Monica
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- Della Reese as Tess
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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
Valerie Bertinelli’s Barbara Cooper grew up in One Day at a Time’s Indianapolis apartment — Bonnie Franklin’s newly divorced Ann, Schneider’s tool-belt chorus, women’s lib as weekly multi-cam — then walked Touched by an Angel’s…