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In Tess and Monica are on hand to witness their next assignment, Jim
Sullivan, get fired from his job as a construction foreman. Trying
to warn the project managers of potential safety hazards, Jim
instead incurs their wrath. Tess reminds Monica that humans value
themselves for what they do, rather than for who they are. In light
of this, the angels must keep Jim from making any desperate
decisions. Unable to find more construction work, Jim takes a
low-paying job as a limousine driver and worries that he will be
unable to financially support his wife and two daughters. As the
bills pile up, Jim does make a desperate decision. Taking his
co-worker's advice, Jim decides to drive a questionable but
generously-tipping client around for the evening. Monica, the limo
dispatcher, warns against it, but the promise of quick cash is too
tempting to refuse. Stuart Deane, Jim's passenger, is secretive
about his business and appointments. Jim learns too much when Deane
leaves their last stop firing a gun. Deane tips Jim handsomely,
threatens his family if he goes to the police, and leaves. Jim
remains silent about the incident until Monica arrives with another
undercover federal officer and questions him about Deane's
involvement in the previous night's murder. Jim refuses to talk to
the agents, but when two of Deane's men threaten his family, he
agrees to testify against Deane and enter the Witness Protection
Program. Jim's wife, Shawn, is upset, but believing Jim to be
without fault, is supportive of his decision. Tess, another federal
agent, outlines their new living adjustments -- they will be moved
to another state, be given new names and records, and will never
return to their former lives. Most painfully, they will have to say
a final goodbye to Shawn's father, Charles, who lives in the local
nursing home. Andrew, an orderly there, agrees to take good care of
Charles. At the Sullivan's temporary home at a hotel, Monica and the
other agents remain on a 24 hour protective watch. Shawn is upset
when Jim admits that he previously knew of Deane's reputation and
thus destroyed the family's identity and safety for some extra cash.
Later, Tess reminds a much calmer Shawn about her marriage vows and
the importance of forgiveness. Despondent, Jim believes he has lost
his family. Monica then reveals herself as an angel and tells Jim
that God will be a good shepherd as promised, faithfully leading Jim
and his family through the valleys ahead. Monica shows Jim two
newspaper stories: the first about Stuart Deane, the second, about
the lives saved at the construction site as a result of Jim's safety
recommendations. Now inspired, Jim visits Stuart Deane in prison who
again threatens him if he testifies. Jim tells Deane that even
though his family will go into hiding, they will always have their
identities as God's children. Jim gives Deane a bible and suggests
he read it, beginning with Psalm 23. As the reconciled family
prepares for their new life, they are ecstatic to learn that Tess
has arranged a new identity for Carl, who will enter the program to
be with them as well.
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