For all the wholesome family values throwbackness of the ‘90s CBS family dramas, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman was about a woman who was somehow simultaneously a working single mom and a childless professional and Touched By An Angel was really as New Age and more therapeutic than Christian

thinking about Touched by an Angel

I remember I used to watch that as a kid with my parents, which is kinda weird looking back, with a Catholic-as-in-nationality dad and a Protestant-less-as-Christian-than-not-Catholic mom.

I remember Walker, Texas Ranger too but not so much Dr. Quinn. And Sears commercials.

Anyway, once in LA I went to a Koch-funded libertarian screenwriting seminar because of course I did, and one of the speakers was I believe Valerie Woods

who was a heavyset New Agey black woman, and as I heard her speak was like “omg, this is how they firmed up the voice of Tess”, Monica’s supervisor

that show was pretty Christian and post-Christian at the same time in a way that was really 90s, remember Andrew, the ambiguously gay Angel of Death?

Remember the devil version of Monica? Monique? Also played by Roma Downey?

Remember how she actually showed up the same week (Feb 21-23, 1999) as “Vamp Willow” in BTVS Doppelgangland and there was just something in the water like “oh let’s do the hot predatory evil version of our nice redhead girl this week”

Oh wow it was filmed in Salt Lake City? Of course it was!