When Andrew arrives
at a hospital to escort an elderly Mr. Richards to Heaven, Mr.
Richards makes Andrew promise to help someone else in the hospital,
someone whose soul is dying. Mr. Richards directs Andrew to the
bible he is leaving behind which, he insists, will answer Andrew’s
questions. Andrew meets up with Monica and Tess who are at the
hospital to minister to the patients, but no one knows the
whereabouts of Mr. Richards’ Bible. Complicating matters, Rita
Lasky, a terminally ill woman with no will to live, claims to have
seen the Angel of Death and that it told her to "hurry up and die."
Monica tells Rita God would never ask someone to give up, and that
if an angel says something that is not from God, then it’s not an
angel. Meanwhile, Andrew is caring for John Minore, a young man
with brain cancer, who has faith that he will be miraculously
healed. Arthur Bowers, a kind-hearted orderly, tells John about
Rita's angel-sighting and insists that there is an angel in the
hospital. When Rita wakes up from her medicated sleep, she rebuffs
Monica's attempt to convince her that the angel is a fraud. Before
the rumor can settle, John Minore claims to have been visited by the
Angel of Death, who told him not to be afraid of his imminent
death. Andrew pleads with John not to give up on life but John is
convinced that he will die in surgery. As the patients’ will to
live dwindles, Tess continues to search for Mr. Richards’ missing
bible, hoping for some clue as to the identity of the pseudo-angel.
Monica questions the skeptical head nurse, Jo, who denies having
anything to do with the angel. Monica goes to Rita and reveals
herself as a real angel as Rita professes her need to speak to her
estranged sister. Tess finds the shredded Bible in a trash
dumpster, and as the angels sift through the pages, the “Angel of
Death” visits John again. The angels chase down the false angel,
revealing that it is really Arthur Bowers in a costume. Arthur
tries to escape, but Andrew is everywhere he turns, finally
revealing his identity. Andrew gives him the verse from Mr.
Richards’ Bible. "I will seek that which was lost and return that
which was driven away." Andrew questions Arthur about his troubled
past, and takes Arthur home to make amends with his estranged
mother. Arthur explains to his mother that, years ago, he left
Toby, his late brother, alone on the day he died and has since been
suffering from guilt, trying to fix everyone but himself. Arthur’s
mother forgives him but tells him he must forgive himself. Arthur
admits his false identity to John Minore and introduces Andrew as
the real Angel of Death. Andrew asks John to cling to life and John
enters surgery with a hopeful attitude. Monica helps Rita make
peace with her sister before Andrew delivers her to Heaven
