- Rhetta and Grace's shared dream shocks them both and puts them on the trail of an unknown woman, the team tries to determine if an old woman's story of self defense is true, and Leon doubts the strength of his faith.
- Rhetta tells Grace what her family is doing to help get the governor's attention about pardoning Leon. They walk into a convenience store. There's a gunshot, the glass breaks and Grace slumps to the ground, hit. Clay walks up and gets something from a nearby vending machine. He doesn't hear Rhetta's screams. Grace wakes up on her couch. There's knocking at her door. It's Rhetta, panicked. She just had a horrible dream about Grace. They compare notes. Same convenience store. Grace had a red sucker and everything. They had the same dream. Grace tries to chalk it up to them both having watched the violent "Godfather" last night. And then Rhetta notices a red sucker in Grace's hair.
As Rhetta picks the sucker out they notice a few discrepancies. Clay wasn't in Rhetta's and there was no dog in a yellow mustang. Grace also saw a young black woman with a nose ring. Rhetta saw the man who shot her, a white guy with blond hair. It's just like when she met Leon, it was a dream for him but real for her. In Rhetta's dream they weren't talking about Leon. Grace finds the shirt she was wearing in the dream and gives it to Rhetta to test.
Leon is brought into the death house. Earl is there. He wants to talk about a couple friends of his that he'll be meeting soon. Leon has less than 35 hours left. Earl tells Leon he'll meet two angels who will ask him about his religion.
Grace visits Clay on his way to school. Clay thinks it'll take a miracle to save Leon. He hides a tape from Grace.
Ham looks over his divorce papers. It's final. Bobby and Butch check on him, feigning concern. They've already posted a dating profile of him - naked.
Grace and Rhetta visit the convenience store from their dream. The girl with the nose ring is there. Rhetta faints and the girl runs.
Grace revives Rhetta, who tells her that Leon wants to see her. Grace remembers what Earl said a few weeks ago about "it all starting to unfold." She thinks he meant this.
Grace says the nose ring girl had a bloody nose in her dream. She fishes out the trash bag, asking Rhetta to go through it. She thinks if she finds the girl, her life will change forever.
Grace finds the guys at a murder scene. An elderly woman killed a young male intruder. Grace tells Ham she's going to take some time off. She checks that he's doing ok. They hold hands secretly for a minute.
Johnny visits with Leon, telling him he thinks the governor will meet with him. Leon wishes he'd made the video begging for clemency like Johnny asked. Johnny tells Leon to pray. Leon thinks his faith isn't strong enough because he's scared. Johnny says that just makes him human.
The elderly woman, Mrs. Wilson, tells Butch about killing the intruder. Her grandson was staying with her because her husband died recently and she'd been hearing noises. She came home on her way to Bingo to get her glasses and heard a noise. She grabbed her shotgun, "Baby" from the hall closet and saw the intruder. She told him if he moved she'd blast him. He did, so she did. Then Bobby comes in saying there was a similar shooting at her house a while ago. He asks about it. Grace goes through a mug book looking for the nose ring girl. She and Ham talk about the fact Mr. Wilson killed an intruder with "Baby" five years ago. Ham tells Grace he didn't live up to the idea he had of himself. He went to church on Sunday and the sermon was about broken promises. He asks Grace if she believes in heaven and hell. She asks if he believes in angels. She does.
Grace goes home, calling for Earl, but it's Clay. The TV is on. He borrowed one of her tapes, like the one his dad has. It's of his baptism. They watch it. Clay asks who Earl is.
As Grace keeps watching the tape she sees Leon at the baptism party, chatting with her sister Mary Francis.
Grace visits Rhetta in the lab. She thinks the intruder's shirt doesn't quite have the right blood stains on it. Rhetta found a bloody tissue in the trash. Traces of meth. She worked with a sketch artist to get a drawing of the man she saw shoot Grace in her dream. He has a scar on his face. Grace has one of the nose ring girl, plus a drawing of a lion's head decal that was on their truck. It belongs to a local high school.
Grace is frustrated Earl isn't coming by. She's a little freaked out by everything.
Butch and Bobby talk to Mrs. Wilson's son. He's mad they questioned his mother for six hours and are now talking to his son.
Ham talks to the grandson, who knew where she kept her jewelry. He knows about the "Make My Day" law, his grandmother taught him. Her son says the family's been trying to move her, as has a mall developer. She's the lone hold out in the neighborhood. The other intruder killed was also an electrician like the latest victim. The team, minus Grace, tries to figure out just what happened. Henry the coroner says the victim died with his arms at his sides.
Grace looks over mug shots on the computer at work. Earl finally appears. He says he knows God has a plan for her, Leon, Rhetta and nose ring girl, but he doesn't know what it is. Grace says she's scared. She's one of 12,700,000-some in the history of the world who ever got their own last chance angel. Earl says God doesn't make mistakes.
Grace visits Leon. He knew Mary Francis (whose last name was Norman). He met her one night when he stopped to change her tire in the rain. He says she was a nice lady. Grace tells him she was her sister.
Grace shows the tape to Rhetta, who can't believe it.
Grace calls the governor's secretary every 15 minutes, asking to speak with him. Then she tries someone who knows the secretary. She used to date one of his security guards, but he moved to Canada. Grace gets someone to fax the governor's itinerary to her.
The guys and Perry keep working the case. Mrs. Wilson had bad eyesight, which might explain why she thought Jackson Judd was raising his hands. Butch comes in saying that Mr. Wilson, who was hit by a bus six days ago, was counseling someone at church - Judd.
Ham's now-ex Darlene drops in, with a copy of the beefcake dating profile of him. She's upset. He apologizes for it, and everything. Darlene asks if he's sure he loves "her." He says yes. She asks if "she" loves him. He doesn't know. Grace calls.
Grace waits for an SUV. She gets out and stops it with her badge, saying she needs to talk to him. She knows the security guard who approaches her. He hated Canada. He listens to her plea and lets Grace in the car for a chat.
Rhetta and Johnny tell Leon that Grace talked to the governor, who said he'd take what she said into consideration. They're sure Grace is coming to be his one visitor before he dies. He gives Rhetta a letter to give to his son. As the guard ends the visit, he thanks them. Rhetta hugs him good-bye, saying she's praying for him. Johnny tells him Allah is by his side.
The boys and Perry tell Mrs. Wilson they think her husband told Judd about their valuables. She remembers that her husband used to ask how many robberies it would take for her to leave her house. They think her husband meant to be there in case anything went wrong.
Leon takes his last shower and prays.
Back in his cell, he marks the wall with his blood. Earl watches. The guard tells him his last visitor is there. Grace. They talk through the door. She tells him she knows his son, a good kid. Grace tells him she blew it, she wanted to help. Leon gives her one of his last meal onion rings. Then he gives her his comb. They hold hands until the guard breaks it up.
Grace hears the sounds of all the prisoners kicking their doors. Leon has to be dragged from his cell to the chamber.
Grace is the only witness on his side. Leon says his last words: "I deserve death, but I'm afraid of it. I'd ask for mercy but I don't deserve it, the pain I caused is unforgivable. I'm sorry. Allah, please forgive me."
They begin injecting the drugs. Leon shouts "no" and thrashes. Grace, through glass, whispers to him to look at her. His head jerks around the room until he finally finds her and relaxes, calm. As the monitors shows his heart stopped, Earl comes over and kisses his head. They pronounce him dead.
Grace takes the sketch of the young man with the scar. It has an address written on it. She knocks on the door. The woman with the nose ring answers. Grace introduces herself. "My name is Grace, I know an angel named Earl. Do you?"
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