Touched by an Angel (TV Series)

Rock 'n' Roll Dad (1996)

Della Reese: Tess

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• Tess : It's a music video, and I use the word music very loosely.

• Tess : Let me guess: rock'n'roll is dead and the Angel of Death has come to bring us the glad tidings.

• [first lines] 

  Monica : [reading gravestones]  "Rest in peace"..."Rest in peace"..."Rest in peace."

  Tess : Well, most of the time that's the only rest that anybody ever gets.

• Monica : [of cemeteries]  If people knew what was waiting for them, they wouldn't make these places so sad.

  Tess : Well, grieving is a very powerful thing, Miss Wings. It's a good thing. It's a healthy thing. It's a healing thing. And it helps you get rid of a lot of pain. But It's something you should go through, not something you should hold onto.

  Monica : I don't understand why human beings hold onto things that hurt.

  Tess : Well, it's like if you give up the pain, you give up the person you've lost. It's a hard lesson, but there's only one way to learn it.

• Tess : [watching him dance]  Andrew, what're you doin' to yourself?

  Monica : Lookin' good!

• Andrew : I'm one of his biggest fans.

  Tess : Well, you're his silliest.

• Tess : [of rock]  Music.

  [scoffs] 

  Tess : She's been a little cranky since the death of swing.

  Andrew : Yes, and I'm still grieving, so don't you give me any trash, Mr. Angel Boy.

• Dylan Mateos : I'm sorry, if you're making a delivery go to the service entrance; no autographs or pictures, please; and if you haven't announced yourself at the gate I must ask you to leave.

  Tess : I am your new nanny.

  Dylan Mateos : I didn't have an old nanny.

  Tess : Well, you got a new one now. Let me talk to your mother.

  Dylan Mateos : I'm sorry, if you're making a delivery go to the service...

  Tess : Back off... and get your mama.

  Dylan Mateos : OK...

  Tess : ...And what are you snickering at?

  Monica : You have such a wonderful way with children, Tess. They respond so well to you.

  Tess : You keep that up and watch how I respond to *you*, Miss Wings.

• Dylan Mateos : God is dead.

  Tess : Says who?

  Dylan Mateos : My dad.

  Tess : Is that so; well, I'd like to see his research.

• Tess : This is a beautiful letter. God loves good penmanship.

  Dylan Mateos : I figured.

• Dylan Mateos : Monica says when you're mad you should write a letter to God.

  Samantha Mateos : That is so lame.

  Tess : Well, lame or not, it would do you good; you'd be surprised at what He can write back.

  Dylan Mateos : Ya gotta have good handwriting, though.