Remembering Charlie’s Angels via original episodes

Remembering Charlie's Angels via original episodes

Three beautiful private detectives (originally portrayed by Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith) fight crime under the command of the unseen Charlie Townsend (voiced by John Forsythe) in ‘Charlie’s Angels.’ Along with their male cohort, John Bosley (David Doyle), the team goes undercover to solve mysteries and put the bad guys behind bars.

Episode 1: Hellride
Sabrina becomes a race driver while Kelly, Jill and Bosley assume unusual disguises to learn why a pretty woman driver lost control of her car and died in a flaming wreck. They discover a conspiracy that extends far beyond the track.

Episode 2: The Mexican Connection
Charlie assigns the girls to find the saboteurs of a charter plane carry a cache of heroin. They travel south of the border to Mexico, their mission known only to the lone-surviving pilot of the ill-fated flight.

Episode 3: Night of the Strangler
A series of rag doll stranglings brings Charlie’s Angels in to the case. Charlie counts on Kelly’s resemblance to the first murdered girl to attract the killer. The wife of a well-known fashion designer is the next victim.

Episode 4: Angels in Chains
The half-sister of a missing girl prompts a Charlie’s Angels investigation of a country prison farm and a nearby small town sheriff. Sabrina and Kelly deliberately get arrested for speeding. They are sentenced by a “kangaroo court” to unusually long terms.

Episode 5: Angels
In separate incidents, an unknown assassin tries to kill Angels Jill, Kelly and Sabrina. The pressure intensifies forcing the girls to take to the only sure safety they know: the compound where Charlie lives.

Episode 6: The Killing Kind
Charlie calls Angels’ Jill, Kelly and Sabrina together and tells them of the murder of the daughter of an old friend – a young investigative reporter.

Episode 7: To Kill an Angel
Angel Kelly takes Skip, a little boy in the children’s ward at a local sanitarium, on an outing to an amusement park. There, in a moment of confusion, she loses sight of the child.

Episode 8: Lady Killer
Angel Jill becomes a candidate for the centerfold of Feline Magazine, hoping to tempt the hand of the murderer of two previous models.

Episode 9: Bullseye
A recruit in the Women’s Army Corps is shot to death on the firing range and Charlie’s Angels are assigned to investigate.

Episode 10: Consenting Adults
A prostitute supplied by a computer dating service keeps an antique dealer preoccupied while his store is burglarized of priceless art objects. One of the stolen items is a ceramic frog, stuffed with smuggled diamonds.

Episode 11: The Seance
A rich widower, pressured by insurance investigators about the repeated disappearances of her jewelery, hires Charlie’s Angels to solve the mystery.

Episode 12: Angels on Wheels
Jill gears up as a roller derby star to solve a murder of the champ.

Episode 13: Angel Trap
The Death of four former U.S. Army Intelligence agents all appear to be the work of a renowned European mercenary known only as “Jericho.” The Angels quickly ascertain the hit-man’s identity and are poised to strike whenever he makes his next move.

Episode 14: The Big Tap Out
A frustrated police detective hires out heroines to help him nab Roy David, an elusive safecracker with a peculiar quirk- he only steals to finance his compulsive gambling habit.

Episode 15: Angels on a String
The Angels try to find an international leader who’s been kidnapped and replaced with a double.

Episode 16: Dirty Business
A legitimate business is targeted for arson and Charlie’s Angels are called to investigate. Soon, they discover that the corporation is actually a front for a pornographic film studio – and that the studio films the after-hour activities of wealthy people.

Episode 17: The Vegas Connection
Charlie’s Angels stage an elaborate con to hoist a Las Vegas blackmailer on his own petard. As part of the ruse, Sabrina poses as a tac investigator, Bosley a high-roller and Kelly asn aspiring showgirl.

Episode 18: Terror on Ward One
Kelly and Jill play nurse as as the Angels try to snare a rapist who’s been preying on student nurses at a local hospital. As usual, there’s no shortage of suspects, including a pill-popping chief surgeon, a lovesick intern and a cantankerous old man.

Episode 19: Dancing in the Dark
Jill does the Hustle, Bosley does the Bump and the Angels rope another mark. This time, their target is Alexander Cruz, the urbane owner of a dance studio who uses his handsome instructor to charm – then blackmail- wealthy widow Laura Clusak.

Episode 20: I Will Be Remembered
Film legend Gloria Gibson has fallen on hard times since the death of her husband but she believes a key role in a remake of one of her classic films will pave the way for a triumphant comeback.

Episode 21: Angels at Sea
In a series of “accidents” aboard a cruise ship, a young honeymooning couple is murdered. Charlie’s Angels join the trip to Hawaii to investigate for the ship’s owner, who is threatened with cancellation by his insurance company and bankruptcy.

Episode 22: The Blue Angels
Charlie’s Angels rejoin the police department. In order to investigate possible police corruption within the local massage parlor industry, Sabrina goes undercover as a vice officer, while Kelly impersonates a cadet and Jill poses as a masseuse.

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