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Tess and Monica arrive at the
offices of NNT Television to pay a visit to T.K. McKenna, a
network executive who once dreamed of "being the best" and now
only wants "to be first." As T.K. is bragging about the ratings
on a show featuring a hijacked bus which explodes, Monica arrives
in T.K.'s office. But T.K. is not surprised, telling Monica that
people drop in to tell him things all the time and that he has no
idea who they are. Monica then tries to sell him on the idea of a
show about angels in which the angels are sent by God who loves us
all. McKenna wants to know more and Monica tells him that like
some of his visitors, angels are often undercover. We then see a
series of clips from previous episodes where the angels play a
variety of roles. T.K. then dismisses Monica and the idea. As
Monica leaves, T.K. is told by another executive that 76% of
people believe in angels. Outside, Tess tells Monica to change
the heart of the man in order to change the network. T.K. finds
Monica outside of the building and convinces her to "pitch" her
idea to another group of executives who immediately start to tear
apart her angel premise. When they say they need a more "edgy"
show, we see clips of previous episodes where Monica experiences
shootings, bombings, car crashes and assassination attempts.
Monica then tells them about how the angel of death, Andrew, takes
people home to Heaven rather than killing them. The executives
don't seem to understand and Monica leaves the room in disgust.
Monica runs into Irene, T.K. 's secretary as she is leaving to
catch a bus. Irene tells her that T.K. once dreamed of being a
writer and wrote a very good script. Later, as Monica ruminates
on how to approach T.K., Tess tells her to comfort him, that a bus
was hi-jacked and blown up. T.K. responds to the tragedy by
trying to cover his responsibility to the Board of Directors.
Hoping to change the image of the network, he asks Monica to pitch
him the angel show again. When he says the angels don't have
enough attitude, we see clips of Tess in action. When T.K. begins
to complain about the whereabouts of Irene, Monica informs him
that she was on the bus that was blown up. Crushed, T.K. throws
everyone out of his office. Andrew hands Monica T.K. 's original
script and tells her that Irene wanted T.K. to have it. When T.K.
asks where the angels were for Irene, Monica tells him there are
angels for everyone. We then see a series of guest angels.
Monica tells T.K. that God exists, hands him his script and asks
him to take a leap of faith and follow his dream of writing. T.K.
then pitches his simple show about a family trying to live well to
his fellow executives, refusing to take no for an answer.
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