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* [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]]: "Promised Land", which would lead to a 3-season series of the same name (which followed Touched on Sunday nights.)
* [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]]: "Promised Land", which would lead to a 3-season series of the same name (which followed Touched on Sunday nights.)
* [[Pregnant Hostage]]: One episode had a bank heist where the robber ordered the pregnant bank teller to go into the safe-deposit area to grab a valuable item. [[It Got Worse|Then a gas leak explosion traps her]] in there and he [[Subverted Trope|orders the other hostages to help him dig her out.]] It turns out [[Zig Zagged Trope|he's her husband and the]] ''[[Zig Zagged Trope|father]]'' [[Zig Zagged Trope|of her baby]] - they were desperate for money and planned it together.
* [[Pregnant Hostage]]: One episode had a bank heist where the robber ordered the pregnant bank teller to go into the safe-deposit area to grab a valuable item. [[It Got Worse|Then a gas leak explosion traps her]] in there and he [[Subverted Trope|orders the other hostages to help him dig her out.]] It turns out [[Zig Zagged Trope|he's her husband and the]] ''[[Zig Zagged Trope|father]]'' [[Zig Zagged Trope|of her baby]] - they were desperate for money and planned it together.
* [[Reckless Gun Usage]]: One character breaks just about [[Useful Notes/Gun Safety|all the rules]] -- carelessly waving a loaded [[WW 2]]-era pistol around, pointing it straight at a friend, and then removing the magazine without clearing the chamber. After all that, how unlucky is it for said gun to [[What a Senseless Waste of Human Life|get knocked off a desk, unintentionally fire, and]] [[I Just Shot Marvin in the Face|shoot someone right in the heart]]?
* [[Reckless Gun Usage]]: One character breaks just about [[Gun Safety|all the rules]] -- carelessly waving a loaded [[WW 2]]-era pistol around, pointing it straight at a friend, and then removing the magazine without clearing the chamber. After all that, how unlucky is it for said gun to [[What a Senseless Waste of Human Life|get knocked off a desk, unintentionally fire, and]] [[I Just Shot Marvin in the Face|shoot someone right in the heart]]?
* [[Recurring Character]]: Several other angels. Out of the many "assignments" the angels take on, mentally challenged Joey and his brother Wayne show up multiple times after their introduction in Season One, and appear in the [[Grand Finale]].
* [[Recurring Character]]: Several other angels. Out of the many "assignments" the angels take on, mentally challenged Joey and his brother Wayne show up multiple times after their introduction in Season One, and appear in the [[Grand Finale]].
* [[Rousseau Was Right]]: One of the repeated themes was that humans are born with a great capacity for love, forgiveness, mercy, and charity, and simply need to be reminded of it occasionally.
* [[Rousseau Was Right]]: One of the repeated themes was that humans are born with a great capacity for love, forgiveness, mercy, and charity, and simply need to be reminded of it occasionally.
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