Tess returns to the town of a previous assignment and she and Monica help JOANNE open an AIDS hospice. Joanne is injured in a bomb blast and Tess is brought face to face with a white supremacy group headed by her previous assignment TIM. Tess' anger causes her to be replaced by another angel, SAM. Monica is able to enlist the help of a nosey neighbor JERRY and the angels do battle with Satan who's posing as a politician. Tess and Monica reveal themselves to Tim and show him that he was motivated by fears stretching back to childhood. Together they drive Satan out of the community.