Touched by an Angel (TV Series)

'Til We Meet Again (1996)

Della Reese: Tess

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• Tess : I will never get over how humans find ways to grieve.

• Tess : [of Monica and Andrew]  It's gonna be a long night but you have got the best angels in the business working on this.

• Tess : That's the trouble with secrets, sweetie. If you let somebody in your heart, they're gonna find out what's in there.

• Elizabeth Carpenter : Will someone please explain what's going on?

  Tess : Well, first, in case it's still not clear, I am not an interior decorator, and Monica is not a nurse.

• Kate Carpenter : I'm confused.

  Tess : Well, that's abundantly clear. But - God is not the author of confusion. He likes to write happy endings.

• Chris Carpenter : Then, Dad is OK and this is some kind of miracle?

  Tess : Well, technically this is what we call a special dispensation. Your father is going to die, Chris. And you can conclude from the presence of the angels that: this is not a bad thing. Or at least it doesn't have to be.

• Tess : There's a moment when humans remove themselves from this place, and get down to the business of dying. You see, his spirit is straining to remove itself from a body that won't release him.

  Elizabeth Carpenter : Is he in pain?

  Tess : Oh, no, no. The pain's all gone; there's more death here than life.

  Kate Carpenter : The other angel. Is he here?

  Monica : Yes, Andrew is here. And he's in touch with that part of your father's spirit that you can't communicate wtih.

• Tess : It is Mr. Carpenter's time.

  Monica : Andrew is here. Why do you need me?

  Andrew : [tossing the football to himself]  Well, what's a good receiver without a good passer?

• Tess : God has sent us here to bring your father home. To be perfectly accurate, there's another angel that will escort him when the time comes. But, all of us, we've got a lot of business to take care of before then.