All language subtitles for Touched By An Angel s08e21 For All the Tea in China

I love you so much.

Good morning, Lady Barrington.

Yes, yes, it is a good morning, isn't
it? I believe I'm going to take my

breakfast down there this morning,
Monica.

Of course, ma 'am.

Has the weather changed?

They say it might snow.

Oh. Well, we shall just have to carry
on, won't we?

When you walk down the road, heavy

burden, heavy load, I will ride

and I will walk with you.

I'll walk with you till the sun don't
even shine.

Walk with you.

Every time I tell you I'll walk with you
Believe

me I'll walk with you

Remember me?

Wow. You turned out to be quite a pretty
little girl.

It's amazing, isn't it?

First year in heaven.

The afternoon you were born.

And tonight...

Tonight you're in

China on your very first adventure.

Now everybody finds their families in a
different way, so we're just going to

sit right here and wait for yours.

It may take some time.

Your parents are in America, and they
don't actually know about you yet.

Is there anything about snow in there?

Let's see.

Monica mentioned snow this morning. She
seems like a very pleasant sort. Don't

you think so, Sarah? I like her very
much. She does twice the work in half

time somehow.

Really? Is that true, Edmund?

Her performance has been quite
satisfactory, Your Ladyship.

Well, does she make a good cup of tea?
We shall have to find that out.

I'll put that on the to -do list.

right after the annual report and the
stockholders' meeting.

Sarah, dear, how are you feeling today?

Quite well, thank you.

Edmund, would you be kind enough to go
to the kitchen and assist Monica in

making her first pot of tea?

The one thing that I really like about
America is that they don't waste time

getting to the point.

So, let's have it.

The in vitro didn't work again.

I'm so sorry, dear.

Well, it's a good thing that Monica's
making tea.

A cup of tea will do you the world of
good, you know.

Grandmother, you're starting to quote
your own tea commercials.

And why not? It's absolutely true.

A good cup of tea and... Time to think.

And who knows?

By this time next month, you'll be ready
to try again.

It's been six hours.

Doctor said it would take at least that
long for the blood test to come back.

Come on. Let's take a walk.

You know what happened?

Really. If we never got pregnant.

You mean if we adopted?

Mm -hmm.

Well, my grandmother would swoon, and
then she would rave on and

on about 500 years of Barrington English
blood.

And then she would make a cup of tea.
Make a cup of tea. A cup of tea will do

the world good, my dear.

And as for me, if the

only... new and precious thing that we
ever create together is our happy

marriage.

I will consider myself a very lucky man.

I love you.

Now we shall see if Edmund has taught
you well.

There we go.

Very nice.

Quite good, actually.

But this isn't Barrington tea.

No, ma 'am. I took the liberty of
brewing my own blend of tea leaves.

Really?

Do I detect a hint of... What is that,
tarot?

Coffee, ma 'am. Just a hint.

Ah, an entrepreneur.

We shall have to keep our eye on you,
Monica.

Yes, ma 'am.

Would you be kind enough to inform my
granddaughter -in -law that it's tea

Americans never quite grasp the
importance of it, you know.

Yes, ma 'am.

Excuse me, Mrs. Barrington. Tea is
served.

There are some things that a cup of tea
can't fix, you know?

Yes, I know.

Where are you from?

Oh, well, I've worked all over the
world.

As a maid?

As a maid or a teacher.

Sometimes a nanny. Those are always my
favorite.

You must love children.

Yes, I do.

You must have noticed these last weeks
that I've been taking fertility shots.

Yes. Well, we've gone through in vitro
five times, and we found out today it

isn't working.

Well, that must tell you something,
then.

I guess so.

May I ask you a question?

Do you want to be pregnant, or do you
want to be a mother to a child?

Do you need to give life, or is it
enough just to give love?

We've thought a lot about adoption, but
it's complicated.

I believe that children are a gift from
God, and if you're ready to accept that

gift, he can handle the complication.

Well, God obviously doesn't know Lady
Penelope Barrington.

Good morning, little one.

You see,

everything's going just fine. We're
right on schedule.

They're naming you Megway.

Do you know what that means?

It means rose.

Hi,

I'm Gloria.

So what's next?

Well, fill out the application, start
getting your dossier together, and read

these.

Every country has different
requirements.

What's the home study?

Well, we assign an adoption caseworker
to your family, and he or she comes to

your house, interviews everybody who
lives there, and basically makes sure

your home is a fit place to raise a
child.

Thank you. Thank you. Oh, our ladyship's
going to love that.

I will not have a complete stranger
walking into my home and inspecting me

I was a mackerel.

Grandmother. It's outrageous.

She said it was a casual... I suppose
they'll ask me all sorts of impertinent

questions as to, did I spank your father
when he was three?

And the answer is, yes, I did.

He kicked the bicker in the shins and I
gave him a good wallop.

But I'll not... Apologize for that. This
is more about me and James and how we

live and where we live and whether we'll
be good parents.

Well, of course you'll make good
parents. So you're saying you think we

adopt? Well, I'd just rather that you
didn't.

But I think you know that.

I mean, I don't suppose that in 1783
Lord Geoffrey of Barrington ever

that his glorious bloodline of British
aristocracy would end in America.

with a home inspection by a clipboard
-carrying caseworker. I know, and I

feel... Let me finish, Sarah, please.

If this is something you must do, then I
suppose you will do it.

But personally, I feel that if you would
both just stop working so hard at

trying to make babies and relax a
little, you might be surprised at what

happen.

And that's all I have to say on the
subject.

Well, I think we'll at least move
forward with the next step.

Monica, there will be two for dinner.
I'm not hungry.

Yes, ma 'am.

Their names are James and Sarah.

I haven't met them yet, but I hear
they're wonderful people.

God picked them out just for you.

Andrew, what's the matter?

There's been a complication.

The representative from the adoption
agency is here, madam.

Ah, the Grand Inquisitor.

My name is Tess. Penelope Barrington.

Please, won't you have a seat?

Oh, yes, but could you just give me a
moment to admire this marvelous house?

Oh, yes, please.

This house has many happy memories.

I raised my son here, and when he died,
I raised my grandson here.

And started a business of your own, too,
I understand. Yes, although James

handles everything for me.

I simply enjoy having the fun of
meddling and intruding at will.

It must be exciting to think of raising
another generation of Barringtons in

this place.

Yes.

Please excuse me when I see what's
happened to the children.

When peace like a river attendeth my

way, When sorrows like sea billows

roll,

Whatever my lot thou hast taught me to
say,

It is well, it is well with my soul.

It is well.

It is well.

With my soul.

With my soul.

It is well.

It is well.

With my soul.

Oh, that was very nice.

Such a marvelous old hymn. And you
harmonized beautifully.

Oh, thank you.

You know, I haven't sung that song
since... Well, it was a long time ago.

I hear someone playing the piano.

Oh, yeah.

My name is Tess.

So nice to meet you.

I'm James, and this is Sarah.

How are you? Hello.

Well, shall we get started? I really
can't believe we're doing this.

Please. Thank you.

We have the birth certificate, the
health certificate, and the marriage

certificate. Oh, and I will have to
interview anyone else in your household

will have daily contact with your child.

Good heavens.

Is that really necessary?

I mean, really all you're doing is
investigating your options, aren't you?

Grandma, I thought we were clear. This
is what we want to do. If we're

we're going to adopt a baby from
somewhere.

Ah, that reminds me. Because of your
ages and your length of marriage, your

options for country of origin have been
narrowed down to Korea and China.

Uh, China.

I don't think we have a pamphlet from
there.

It sounds very interesting. I've always
wanted to go to China. Oh, I would think

you, being in the tea business, would
have gone often.

No, we've never imported tea from China.

Grandma has a... Does anyone find it
ironic that any reprobate on the street

become a parent, and yet good people
like you and Sarah have to be

like criminals before you can be trusted
with a child?

That's the process.

Well, I'm not very impressed with the
process.

Grandma.

Do you have everything you need from me?

I do.

Well, then, will you please excuse me?

You almost ruined it for us today. What
the hell were you thinking?

Don't use that tone of voice with me,
James.

And I'll tell you exactly what I was
thinking.

I couldn't believe that things had
gotten this far with you children.

We're not children.

We're almost 40 years old. We can't get
pregnant.

There are plenty of kids out there who
need good parents without us running

around like...

Science experiments just to satisfy our
own vanity. I'm not interested in your

vanity. I'm interested in your heritage.
And quite frankly, the image of plenty

of children out there.

Oh, it makes me cold with fear.

James, really, I mean, there's enough
money in this family to solve this

with the aid of doctors if necessary.

Instead of rolling the dice and letting
some stranger pull a child out of a

house. I can't believe I'm hearing this.
All I'm saying is that you should

consider your lineage.

Adoption is a last resort.

And we haven't exhausted our options.

We?

This is not your baby, Grandma. And this
is not your decision.

I love you.

But this 19th century British empire
mentality only works in the tea

You can't impose that elitist class
system crap on human beings. And I will

damned if I let you lay that on my
child.

A violinist, really?

Well, just look at those hands.

She could be a surgeon.

Hmm. Now there's a thought.

Just imagine.

Someone walked down that road and did
the hardest thing she's ever had to do.

Say goodbye to you, little one.

Just to give you a chance at a better
future.

Don't cry.

I know it's cold.

But your parents will be here soon.

You should prepare yourself, Gloria.

Sometimes humans get lost on the way to
a miracle.

Ken, I'm so glad to see you again.

I believe I owe you an apology.

Well, thank you very much, but I'll get
right to the point.

James and Sarah's application for
adoption was not approved.

Oh, what a shame.

Yes, it is.

The household background checks came
back this morning from immigration and

FBI. And according to them, Lady
Penelope of Barrington never

immigrated to the United States from
England or any other British territory.

And if she had, she'd be 130 years old.

Shall I tell them or will you?

It's going to take very long. I'm
actually pretty busy right now.

Well, business can wait.

There's something that I need to tell
you.

Please don't leave.

I want you to hear this too.

Your ladyship.

We weren't approved, were we?

No.

And I am at fault.

I knew it.

James, parents need to know how to
listen.

This is a good chance to practice.

Here we go, baby.

They couldn't find any evidence of me
immigrating to the United States.

And there was very good reason for that.

Lady Barrington never immigrated.

Gladys Pickett did.

Who's Gladys Pickett?

I am.

I was found by Lord and Lady Barrington
in an orphanage outside London in 1941.

I was 16 years old, and they took me in
as their maid.

They were wonderful people, aristocratic
in the best sense.

And despite the fact that they lived
modestly, they had none of their fortune

left. They had no children and no living
relatives.

Only an orphan girl who cooked. and
cleaned for them and absolutely adored

In the evenings, I used to make a big
pot of tea and we'd all sit around the

fireplace and Lord Barrington would tell
us stories about their lives and about

the lives of their ancestors.

And you know, at the end of the night,
he would say to me, Gladys, that's one

for your grandchildren.

I can't even believe that.

A little left judging.

And a little more listening.

They were very old, of course.

They died before the end of the war.

There was very little notice made of it.

But the bank got their little millhouse
and I returned to London.

And it was there that I fell in love
with the most marvellous man.

He was a brave and kind American pilot.

Your grandfather, James.

He was shot down just a month before the
end of the war.

How awful.

Yes, yes, it was.

I was a war widow with a new baby and no
money.

But the one thing I knew how to do was
to make the perfect cup of tea.

So Gladys Pickett made her way to
America where I opened a tea shop.

And I called it Lady Barrington's.

I bought a few impressive anonymous
portraits and put them on the wall and

they were my ancestors.

And I regaled the customers with stories
that Lord Barrington had told me.

And do you know something we just took
off?

Suddenly I was a corporation.

And you know, in a strange way, I was.

Lady Beddington?

No, you weren't. It helped me to raise
my son and to make

a better life for my family. And it was
also one way to remember those two

people who deserve to be remembered.

I know that it was a deception, but I
don't believe that I ever

dishonored their name.

Maybe not.

But you dishonored yourself, and you
dishonored your parents, whoever they

And me, whoever I am.

Would you care for a fresh pot of tea,
Your Ladyship?

Thank you, Edmund, but you don't have to
call me that anymore.

I'm not a lady.

I beg to differ, milady.

Thank you.

You know, Tess, this has been the most
difficult thing that I've ever done.

And yet, I feel a most wonderful sense
of relief.

Of course you do.

You haven't been yourself for 50 years.

What am I going to do about James?

You've already told him who you are not.

Now you need to tell him who you are.

Working for a hypocritical liar, Monica.

Better get out before she tells you
you're the queen of Sweden or something.

person is more than the sum of their
ancestors, Mr. Barrington.

You're a man of integrity, well
-educated and much loved, and that's not

your ancestors were aristocrats.

That's true because your grandmother
raised you that way.

Where are you going?

We are going to stay at a hotel until we
find a place of our own. Oh, no, James,

please. We should have done it long ago.

Oh, I never should have lied to you. I'm
so sorry. I want you to know who your

great -grandparents really were.

And about China.

China?

Yes.

I was brought up in China.

My parents were missionaries.

And they believed the best way to teach
their faith was to live their faith.

So they worked in the fields. They
unbound the feet of the children in the

villages. They took in orphans.

And when the Japanese invaded northern
China, they held their ground as long as

they could.

I was just a child, and I didn't
understand.

I was only 12.

All I did know was that everyone was so
frightened.

I can't remember what day it was.

But it was 1937, and the Japanese were
so close. You see, we could feel the

bombs that were dropping on the other
side of the hill.

Even with the invading army approaching,
it is well with my soul.

It saddens me that this will be our last
service together for a time, but I

know that our Lord will watch over us
all until we meet again.

There were trucks waiting outside to
evacuate all of the foreign missionaries

Shanghai as soon as the service was
over.

From there, we would board ships for
England. We thought we still had time.

Let us recall tonight.

There was so much noise and confusion.

Everyone began crawling towards the
door.

Everyone except my best friend, Lin
-Manuel.

Come on. No, my family must stay here.

You're out of our way in danger.

But they say the soldiers will take all
the food.

Then what will it provide?

Here, this is almost real gold.

If you need food, you can sell it.

I've got the Lord's prayer on one side
and a picture of my family on the other.

So you can always remember us.

Thank you. You're my very best friend.

I ran outside screaming for my parents.
It was so dark. There was such chaos,

and the truck drivers were terrified and
started leaving without us.

Somebody picked me up and threw me on a
truck as it drove away.

I prayed all the way to Shanghai that my
parents would be on another truck.

I waited at the international settlement
in Shanghai for six weeks, but they

never came.

Eventually, I was put on a steamer to
England and placed in an orphanage.

Until Lord and Lady Barrington took me
in.

Never saw my parents again.

Oh, I can't even remember what they
looked like.

I've been terrible, Grandma.

I'm so sorry.

Yes, and I know it sounds perfectly
ghastly, but I... Can't help believing

if I hadn't gone back to see my friend,
I would have found my parents that

night.

And I know it wasn't her fault. Oh, no,
it was mine.

But if I have to look at the face of a
little Chinese girl in this house every

day, it would be a constant reminder of
what I did and what I lost.

If you want to adopt...

And adopt, I have no business telling
you not to.

But please.

Please, anything but a Chinese girl.

Oh, Monica, you've become indispensable
to us the short time you've been here.

Thank you, ma 'am.

You know James and Sarah may be getting
a place of their own.

I'm sure they'd be very pleased to have
you.

Thank you, ma 'am. But I'm here to serve
you.

Oh, I appreciate your loyalty.

But somehow, I don't think that will be
necessary any longer.

I tell you, ma 'am.

It's more necessary than you realize.

I am an angel.

Oh, my goodness.

Are you some sort of supernatural being?

I am an angel, Gladys. God has sent me
here with a message for you.

This is true. too much god loves you

and it was never his will that you
should lose your parents as you did it

never his will that you should lose your
own self as you chose to do god does

not will all that happens in this world
but he does will something good out of

everything that happens but for that you
have to trust him to take you to places

that you're afraid to go

Gladys, I don't know what God's purpose
is in all of this.

Why James and Sarah have been childless,
or why their pain has opened up the

pain of your past.

But I do know that from the moment one
particular little girl was born, half a

world away, God already had a plan for
her, and for James and Sarah, and for

you.

And of all the countries that he could
have chosen for their child to be born,

for some reason, he chose China.

Will you trust him now?

Has everybody got their passport?

Yes. Jacket pocket.

Nappies, baby food.

whitey things, concentrated formula.

I can't believe in three days we're
going to be parents.

Grandma, let's go.

Hey, Wade, don't forget this.

What is in here?

I feel very strange having an angel for
a maid.

Enjoy it while you can.

65 years, Monica.

I can't imagine even that it's still
there.

You're not going to China to find the
mission, Gladys.

You're going to find peace.

I'm going to miss talking to you, Rose.

I'm going to ask God to let me check in
on you from time to time just to make

sure you're doing okay.

Although I'm sure you will be.

They're here.

And never forget that God loves you,
Ruth.

So do I.

Oh, look at you. You are so beautiful.

Hey, I've been wondering about you.

Oh, Jay.

In depression.

What do you think?

She's a miracle.

Jane, Sarah, there are some forms inside
to be signed.

Oh, okay.

Grandma, how did you get to know your
great -granddaughter a little bit?

Oh, yes.

Oh,

no,

no, no, it's all right.

She liked to be on her back, look up at
your face.

Oh, yes, of course. Thank you. We call
her Nick Will.

It means Rose.

When peace like a river attendeth my

way, when sorrows like sea billows roll,

Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to

say, it is well, it is well with

my soul.

It is well, it is well with my soul.

It is well, it is well.

of prayer on one side.

You and your family on the other.

It is a miracle.

Glory to God.

I stopped the orphanage.

Many years ago, in your memory.

Memory of my friends.

Memory of your face.

And my face, too.

I almost sell it many times.

But I remember your sacrifice for me.

These are your great, great
grandparents.

They were missionaries. And they were
wonderful, wonderful people.

I come from a long line of wonderful
people.

And you are the next generation.