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Touched By an Angel Season 9 Episode 7

Bring On The Rain

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AIRED: 11/9/02

Natalie Tate is trying to keep her life in very neat catagories. She wants to go to Yale, she wants to be like her friends, and she doesn't want anyone to know that she lives in a trailer with her mother, Annie, on the other hand thinks her daughter is; smart, studious, polite, and completely honest. And what Annie doesn't know will hurt her. Ever since they moved to town, Natalie has been passing herself as wealthy. She tells her friends and pretty much anyone who asks, that her mother is in Paris on business. But apart from these deceptions, she is trying hard to make something of her life. She is building a realtionship with her boyfriend, Ben, and she is taking the SAT's as often as she can in an effort to earn a scholarship. Annie, menwhile, is trying her hardest just to keep the two of them afloat. She works as a cocktail waitress at a trashy bar. She also plans to start selling cosmetics door-to-door in an effort to help her daughter along ti a brighter future. She is so set on focusing her energies on Nataliem that when he daughter asks for a cell phone, Annie allows herself to be convinced. Despite their serious lack of financial security, she buys one. It is though this generous act, that Annie finally learnssome of the truth. When Natalie forgets her cell phone, Annie answers it and discovers that instead of going to an honor society meeting, Natalie had planned a date with Ben. Rather than admit lying. Natalie rages at her mother for invading her privacy. Things are not going well between the two of them, and it is obvious to Monica, who has just moved in to the trailer next door. The next day, while selling her cosmetics, Annie comes across a snobby woman named Rebecca. Rebecca is Ben's mother, and Annie is still at the house when Natalie arrives with her boyfriend. She's shocked to see her mother there, and tries to ignore her. To her relief, Rebecca whisks her off to get her hair done for a college recruitment party. Later on, back at the trailer, Monica urges them to talk to each other. Natalie admits her lies, and the reasons for them. She is embarrassed. All she wants to do is fit in. Annie is still hurt, but she understands some of her daughters feelings. She tries to get Monica to help her become the woman that Natalie says is her mother. Monica refuses. She thinks that one deception can not be fixed by another. Annie decides to do it anyway. She shows up at the party in second-hand designer clothes, and talks on about Paris. Natalie is motrified, even more so when her mother blows it. The only way to salvage the situation is for the angels to convince both mother, and daughter, to be true to themselves and to each other. They go back inside, without pretense, and talk to the college representatives.moreless

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Roma Downey	Monica
John Dye	Andrew (Episode 23-9)
Della Reese	Tess
Valerie Bertinelli	Gloria (8-9)

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Billy Aaron Brown	Ben	Guest Star
Ashley Johnson	Natalie	Guest Star
Nancy Everhard	Rebecca	Guest Star

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QUOTES (3)
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- Natalie: Mom?
  Annie: Oh, here I'm your mom. You've lied to me, and apparently you've been lying to Ben. Just wait and see when he finds out that you don't have any-
  Natalie: Class?
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- Annie: I love you baby.
  Natalie: I love you too Mama.
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- Annie: She lied to me, Monica. She flat out lied to me.
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- Music:
  Bring On The Rain by Jo Dee Messina
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- Della Reese did not appear in this episode.
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- Annie (Jo Dee Messina) works at a restaurant called "Thunderbird," a reference to Messina's hit "Silver Thunderbird" off her "I'm Alright" album.
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