ANGEL IN HIDING

(FROM STREET MODELS TO HAWAIIAN ANGELS)

aired 11/30/80

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Dennis Donnelly

co-starring

Christopher Lee -Dale Woodman

Dack Rambo –Steve

Vic Morrow -Harry

David Hurst -Stovich

Jack Albertson -Mr. Jordan

Kitty Ruth –Louise

Nancy Bleir –Terry

Diane Lander -Sally

George Dickerson –Lloyd

Charles Picerni –Benson

Jerrald Ziman –Eddie

Mathew Tobin -Barry

Ann McCurry -Jody Mills

Vivian Ford –Ellis

Mae Marmy -Miss. Delp

Jesse Logan -Betty

While investigating a murder, the Angels reveal the dark side of an elite modeling agency when they team up with the victim's beautiful roommate to help crack the case.

Undercover Angels:

Kelly poses as friend of Jody Mills and as an aspiring model

Kris poses as a clumsy model

Angel Clues: 

*Viewers learn more about Julie Rogers in this one episode than they do about any other Angel during the entire five year run of the show!

For full details see "Julie Rogers -More Than Just Another Pretty Face"

*Tiffany's absence isn't really explained.  Bosley just informs the Angels that she is staying back east.

*Note the Elite magazine cover that Julie is on.  Next to her face is the caption, "The Best New Things!"

*Kelly's license plate number is 128 UBO.  Note that her car had recently exploded in the episode "Toni's Boys".

*Tanya Roberts and Dack Rambo had recently appeared together in Spelling's 1980 teleflick, ‘Waikiki’.  Rambo was somewhat of a teen idol in the early 70s and would go on to star in the hit  soap opera ‘Dallas’.

This episode is loaded with big stars!  Christopher Lee was a horror icon who played Dracula in seven Hammer horror films througout the 1950's and 1970's and would continue an incredibly long career into the 21st century.  Vic Marrow and Jack Albertson weren't so lucky.  Both had been long time staples in episodic TV, but this episode would be amongst their last few pieces of work.  Jack Albertson died in 1981 as the result of cancer and Vic Marrow was killed in a tragic accident on the set of "Twilight Zone : The Movie" in 1982.

*When this episode originally aired in November 1980, it was shown as a three hour episode entitled "From Street Models to Hawaiian Angels" and included the episode "To See an Angel Die".  In syndication, it was re-titled "Angel in Hiding" and is missing a very vital scene in which Kelly and Kris learn that Julie is working with the cops.  As Julie sobs while holding her dead friend Harry in her arms, Bosley informs the Angels that Harry was a police lieutenant. Fortunately this omitted scene is shown in a flashback sequence in "Let Our Angel Live"!

TO SEE AN ANGEL DIE

aired 11/30/80

written by Edward J. Lakso / directed by Dennis Donnelly

co-starring

Jane Wyman -Elanor Willard

Cameron Mitchell -Tom Grainger

Gary Frank -Ted Grainger

Katie Hanley -Charlene Grainger

Shortly after arriving in Hawaii to work at the new Townsend Associates office, Kris is kidnapped and the rest of the group allows a psychic to aid them in finding her.

Angel Clues: 

*4376 Kalhaii Avenue is the new, but temporary, address of Townsend Associates.  With a pool, its own beach and a garden of beautiful plants, the Angels are in paradise!

*While going through Kris's things, Elanor finds a Raggedy Ann Doll.  Strangely, Kelly doesn't react at the resemblance to her precious doll Lily Beth ("The Seance"). She also finds a book of Hansel & Gretel.  It is a good luck charm given to Kris from her mother and Kelly tells that she never leaves home without it. Kris also flashes back to images of her mother reading the story to her.

*What has happened to Kris?  Tired of being terrorized by Grainger, she goes into a verbal tirade of what a horrible human being Grainger is. This wasn't the first time viewers saw Kris's bad side though.  In "One Love  Two Angels" she told Kelly that she only saved her life because of their boyfriend, Bill. This new mean streak in Kris Munroe is a shocking new side to a woman who was once so perky  and innocent.

ANGELS OF THE DEEP

aired 12/7/80

written by Robert George

directed by Kim Manners

co-starring

Soon-Teck Oh -Lt. Torres

Patti D'Arbanville –Bianca

Sonny Bono –Walrus

Bradford Dillman -Tony Kramer

Anne Francis -Cindy Lee

Moe Keale –Chin

Antonio Fargas –Blackie

Gary Lockwood -Claude

Julie unwillingly gets the Angels involved in a war between drug dealers who think she has discovered a sunken ship full of lost marijuna.

Angel Clues: 

*The Angels and Bosley are extremely protective of Julie.  When telling Charlie that she is taking scuba diving lessons, Bosley calls her "little Julie"!

*Julie Rogers now lives in Marina Del Ray, California, according to her luggage tag.

*Patti D'Arbanaville is a veteran of Andy Warhol's Factory cast, and was featured in his underground film ‘Flesh’.  In 1995 she found success in the TV crime drama ‘New York Undercover’. 

ISLAND ANGELS

aired 12/14/80

teleplay by Robert George

written by Robert I. Holt

directed by Don Chaffey

co-starring

Soon-Tek Oh -Lt. Torres

Barbi Benton -Toni Green

Lyle Waggoner -Jack Barrows

Carol Lynley -Lisa Gallo

Richard Jaeckel -Bud Fischer

Don Knight -Fredrick Ober

Keye Luke -Lin

Randolph Mantooth -Mark

After helping the police nab an assasin at the airport, the Angels go undercover at a single's resort to find out who is working with him.

Undercover Angels:  

Kris is a waitress at the Paradise Beach Hotel

Julie is a photographer for Singles Life Magazine

Bosley is its reporter

Kelly poses as a friend of Jack Barrows

Angel Clues: 

*Kris tells Julie that she is not just a friend anymore, but a part of the family.  Julie is at a loss for words in telling the Angels how much they've done for her.

*When Bosley says that the picture featuring Lisa Gallo is bad, he isn't kidding!  The two heads on the photograph are so conspicuously imposed that it could have appeared in the National Enquirer.  The same picture, with different heads, was also used in the episode "I Will Be Remembered".

*Randolph Mantooth starred on the 70’s drama series ‘Emergency’.

WAIKIKI ANGELS

aired 1/4/81

written by B. F. Sandefur

directed by Dennis Donnelly

co-starring

Soon-Teck Oh -Lt. Torres

Dan Haggerty -Bo Thompson

Ed Byrnes -Ted Burton

Richard Anderson -Sam Knight

Patrick Wayne -Steve Walters

Rex Holman -Lee Dain

Denise DuBarry -Marti

Christopher Goutman -David

The Angels pass a lifeguard test to patrol a beach while searching for a politician’s daughter who has been kidnapped for ransom by a group of hippie sadists.

Undercover Angels:

Kris, Kelly, and Julie pose as lifeguards

Angel Clues: 

*Dan Haggerty was the star of the hit 1970s show ‘Grizzly Adams’.

Richard Anderson played Oscar Goldman, the boss to two other famous heroes, Steve Austin (The Six Million Dollar Man) and Jamie Sommers (The Bionic Woman).

Edd Byrnes was a 1960s teen idol and starred in the police drama ‘Sunset Strip 77’. 

HULA ANGELS

aired 1/11/81

written by Robert George

directed by Kim Manners

co-starring

Soon-Teck Oh -Lt. Torres

Gene Barry -Steve Moss

Joanna Cassidy –Stacy

Patch Mackenzie –Amy

Shawn Hoskins -Donna

Barry Woodruff –Danny

Pat Crowley -Marion Moss

Granscombe Richmond -Bob Ahuna

Kristin Larkin –Margot

William Bryant -Lamont  Burns

Elizabeth Lindsey -Lily

The Angels investigate the kidnapping of a night club owner who's wife claims that she does not have the money to pay for his ransom.      

Undercover Angels:

Kris is a go-go/hula dancer and later poses as a participant in a volleyball game

Julie is a go-go/hula dancer

Kelly poses as a bicycling cabby

Angel Clues: 

*While listening to Bobby Ahuna's story about Steve's daughter, Julie tells him that she knows what the life of a runaway is like!

*Charlie and the Angels seem genuinely concerned about Julie's disappearance, for Charlie tells Julie that his million dollars is nothing compared to having her safe and sound.

*Apparently Kris's trucking lessons in "Angels go Truckin'" paid off, for she handles the semi-truck in this episode quite well.  At least the producers were consistent in having her drive the truck over Kelly.

*Gene Barry (who also appeared in ‘Angels in the Wings’) was the star of Aaron Spelling’s first hit series back in 1963, ‘Burke’s Law’.  When the show was reprised in 1994 (also starring Barry), Tanya Roberts made a guest appearance in the episode ‘Who Killed Nick Hazard?’.  She wasn’t the only famous sleuth to appear in it.  Anne Francis from ‘Honey West’, Buddy Epson from ‘Barnaby Jones’, Ed Byrnes from ‘Sunset 77 Strip’, Martin Kove from ‘Cagney & Lacy’, and Jameson Parker from ‘Simon & Simon’, also guest starred.

*This was the last episode to air on Sunday nights.

*The rerun of this episode was the last CHARLIE'S ANGELS to ever air on prime time television on August 19, 1981.

MOONSHININ' ANGELS

aired 1/24/81

written by B. W. Sandefur

directed by Kim Manners

co-starring

Andrew Duggan -Hawkshaw Bartlett

Dabbs Greer -Bluford Catlin

Steve Hanks -Bobby Dan Bartlett

Tisch Raye -Melinda Catlin

Miriam Byrd-Nethery -Flo Bartlett

George Loros -Max Lacy

Dennis Fimple -George Bartlett

Arnie Moore –Josh

Richard Fullerton -Turk Swanson

Bob Lesser -Burt Walker

Barbara Lang -Etta

A governor hires the Angels to stop a feud between two hillbilly moonshin' families, the Bartletts and the Catlins. 

Undercover Angels: 

Julie is a waitress

Kelly is a professional "runner"

Kris is a stiller with a degree in organic chemistry

Bosley plays a wealthy Texas liquor distributor

Angel Clues:

*This is was the first Charlie’s Angels episode to air in the Saturday 8:00 PM time slot.

HE MARRIED AN ANGEL

aired 1/31/81

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Don Chaffey

co-starring

David Hedison -John Thornwood

Beege Barnett –Monica

Harold J. Stone -"Papa" Joe Fenell

Lee Teri -Jane Stone

Ernie Sarracino -Rev. Benedectine

Eloise Hardt -Barbara Stone

George Ball -Bill Connors

Jack Kosslyn –Harrison

Sharon Johansen -Ms. Fricke        

Louie Nicholas -Gus

To con a swindler, the Angels come up with the ridiculous scheme of marrying him off to a lonely and the clueless owner of an art gallery.

Undercover Angels: 

Kelly is an art gallery patron

Kris plays a con-artist

Julie pretends to be a representative for a cattle company

Bosley plays a reverend and a disgruntled investor

Angel Clues: 

*For someone who is so street smart, Julie can't seem to come up with a good lie when confronted by "Papa" Joe and his men.  She gets so confused she ends up tapping Charlie for a hefty donation to Monica's art gallery!

*Not only is Kris "crazy", as Kelly puts it, for thinking up this marriage idea, but so are all the Angels for going along with it.   Even though they are trying to save Monica from heartache, how could they possibly marry her off to such a creep?  This is an episode of ‘Jerry Springer’ waiting to happen!

*Just how pathetic is Monica Reegis?  Kelly is her bridesmaid and all she really is to her is a guest at the art gallery who Monica only met a few days before.

TAXI ANGELS

aired 2/7/81

written by Robert George

directed by John Reyser

co-starring

Sally Kirkland -Laurie Archer

Norman Alden –Jake

Scott Brady –Sarge

Robert Costanzo -Mac

Charles R. Penland –Jammer

Donald Craig –FredSimon

David Pritchard -Tom Archer

Jimmy A. Henderson -punk rocker

The Archer Cab Company enlists the help of the Angels to find out who is causing a series of mishaps to it's business.

Undercover Angels: 

Kelly poses as a cabbie

Kris is a waitress

Julie works as a dispatcher

Angel Clues: 

*Kelly claims that a neighborhood boyfriend taught her to drive wild while stealing cars!!  Viewers can assume this boy was from Kelly's foster home days.

ANGEL ON A LINE

aired 2/14/81

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Kim Manners

co-starring

Bruce Watson -Edward Ford

Brad Maule –bartender

Clare Peck -Lois

Tisha Sterling -Mary

Diane McBain –Penny

Tobi Allyn –waitress

Frank Arnu -MC

Investigating a murder at The Hot Line Club, Kelly becomes the target of terrifying phone calls from a crazed drag queen.

Undercover Angels:

All of the Angels pose as single women looking for fun at the Hot Line Club

Angel Clues: 

*After all the torment that Kelly has been through, she should see the light and quit the detective business.  She's been in numerous car accidents, drugged up with heroine, and now this -terrorized by a crazy drag queen! Considering Kelly's state of mind at the time Margo drags her on stage, viewers can accept the fact that Kelly must have forgotten what happened to her the last two times she was hypnotized.  See "The Seance"  &  "Angels in Springtime".

CHORUS LINE ANGELS

aired 2/21/81

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by David Doyle

co-starring Michael Callan -Darian Mason

Mark Slade -John Summers

Pamela Peadon -Marcia Howard 

Mark Doyle -Ruth Traina

Nancy Fox -Nancy Swenson

Lee Travis -Jessica

Eileen Barnett –Renee

Sandy Roveta -Grace

Louis Zito -Mr. Karnes

Investors in a cheesy Vegas-bound musical hire the Angels to look for two missing cast members.

Undercover Angels: 

Kris is a reporter for the Omaha Dance Review

Kelly is a chorus line dancer

Julie is her agent/manager

Angel Clues: 

*Note how little screen time Bosley has.  David Doyle was busy directing this episode and unfortunately for him, it is the absolute worst episode in Angel history! 

*Nancy Fox as also co-starred in the episodes “Angels in the Backfield”, “Angels on the Streets”, and “One Love : Two Angels”.  In the 90’s she appeared in Jaclyn Smith's ‘Body Beautiful’ workout video. 

STUNTWOMEN ANGELS

aired 2/28/81

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Dennis Donnelly

co-starring Denny Miller -Jeff Stanowitch

Pat Cooper -Jonathan Tobias

Beth Schaffel - Ellen Travers

Ed Ruffalo -Bob Micklin

Jack Wells –director

Tommy Reamon -Ed  

Tony Epper -Big Teddy  

Meredith Chapman -Miss Taylor

Gerald S. O'Loughlin -Jake Webner

The Angels go undercover at Mammoth Studios to search for a mad archer who is haunting a movie set.

Undercover Angels: 

Julie, Kelly, and Kris all pose as stuntwomen, reluctant ones at that.

Bosley poses as an international film mogul

Angel Clues:

*The movie the Angels are working in is called ‘Marion & Her Merry Maids’ which is a remake of a film the archer is obsessed with.  The original would most likely be Errol Flynn’s 1938 version of ‘Robin Hood’.

*Marion & Her Merry Maids is being filmed in Studio 8.  This is the same "haunted" stage the Angels worked on in "Angels in the Wings"

*Julie isn't a complete Angel yet!  After Kelly takes her first dive into an airbag, Julie admits to cheating when the three Angels drew straws!!

*It isn't unusual for the Angels to joke with Bosley in any possible situation, but this episode is full of one-liners and amusing dialogue, usually at his expense.  The Angels blame him for the fact that they have become stuntwomen, even after he reminds them that it was Charlie's idea!!

*This is the very last episode to feature any Angel cleavage, a'la Julie and Kris in low-cut saloon girl dresses.

*This was the last episode to air on Saturday nights.  The series would go on a three month hiatus, clearly a sign that it would not be renewed for the 1981-1982 season.

ATTACK ANGELS

aired 6/3/81

written by B. W. Sandefur

directed by Kim Manners

co-starring Eric Braedon -John Reardon

Brett Halsey -Steve Briggs

Norman Bartold Edward Tustin

David Sheiner –Carver

Barbara Luna –Cynthia

Mickey Cherney -Danvers

Randy Scott Harris –attendant

Stephanie Hoff -Francine

Dr. Joyce Brothers -Dr. Lantry     

Darlene Carr -Darleen Warden

While the Angels investigate a series of accidents that have plagued Western Techtronics, Julie falls victim to an evil hypnotist and is programmed to kill.

Undercover Angels: 

Kris and Kelly are executive trainees

Julie is a frustrated secretary

Angel Clues: 

*Note that Julie does not live in the same apartment complex she did when Kelly first met her.

*Apparently Julie and the Angels have become quite close, for Kris has a key to her apartment. Although there have been a few Angel spats, never has there been any physical  violence involved.  Julie lands a painful punch to Kelly's abdomen and proves just how tough she really is when she goes after Kris! After all, Kris did wrestle two alligators! ("Winning is for Losers")

*This episode showed Charlie’s Angels returning to Wednesday nights

ANGEL ON A ROLL

aired 6/10/81

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Dennis Donnelly

co-starring Mark Pinter -Ted Markham

Ric Casorla –Hank

Joseph Sirola –Boris

Micki McCay -Miss Withers

Steve Liska –Steve

Noah Keen -bank president

Danielle Aubry –saleslady

Buddy Lewis -dealer

Robert Rockwell –Harrison

Michelle Lyn Troxell -desk clerk        

Alvin Ing -T. Yagamuchi

Johnnie Decher -Vegas dealer

Kris goes to Vegas to entrap a computer genius who has stolen money from twelve ATM machines that he designed.  Although they fall for each other their love can never be, for the Angels make their move to arrest him before they learn that he has returned the money.

Undercover Angels: 

Kris plays a cultured woman looking for kicks

Angel Clues: 

*This is the second thief that Kris has fallen for.  She also fell for Paul Hollister, a celebrated pirate who stole to save members of third world countries ("Love Boat Angels").

MR. GALAXY

aired 6/17/81

teleplay by Mickey Rich

story by Larry Mitchell & Robert Spears

directed by Don Chaffey

co-starring Roger Callard -Ron Gates

Rus Drasin -Chuck Wilde

Dick Bakalyan -Artie Weaver

Joseph Ruskin -Danny Barr

Flloyd Levine -Norman Powers

Bonnie Keith -Selena

Will MacMillan -John Wheeler

David Wende -delivery man

Louie Elias –Frank

Allan Grak -Carl

The Angels are hired to protect a body builder who's life is being threatened.

Undercover Angels: 

Kelly poses as a staff writer for Health Fare magazine

Julie is a Club Med temp.

Angel Clues:

*Note how often the Angels step to the side and let the body builders perform all the rough stuff in this episode.  For five years they’ve proved they are not dainty little waif women and can take care of themselves just fine 

LET OUR ANGEL LIVE

aired 6/24/81

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Kim Manners

co-starring Gary Wood -Joe Danworth

George Ball -Dr. Jackson

Michael Whitney -policeofficer

Amelia Haas -Nurse Farrell

John Bernabei -ambulance attendant

Patti Mariano -Nurse Stratton

Michael Magnusen -ambulance attendant

with

Vic Morrow

Chris George

Cameron Mitchell

Simon Oakland

Michael Herschew

Eddie LoRusso

Ray Vitte

Kelly is shot in the head (again) during a stakeout.  The Angels & Bosley reminisce while waiting in desperation at the hospital as her life hangs in the balance.

Angel Clues: 

*If there was ever an episode to prove that these characters were more than just cardboard cut-outs, this is the one.  Sadly, the appearances of Jill, Sabrina, and Tiffany do not surface, nor are they ever mentioned.

*There are two versions of this episode running in syndication! In one, Bosley mentions what happened to him the last time he was in the hospital (see "Terror on  Ward One"), and Kris tells the story, as if she were there!  In the second version, the entire scene and flashback sequence are missing!

*Episodes recalled are: "Terror on Ward One", "Angels' Child", “Terror on Skis", "Avenging Angel", and "Angel in Hiding".