ANGELS IN VEGAS

aired 9/13/78

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Bob Kellian 

co-starring

Dean Martin –Frank

Dick Sargent -Marty Cole

Scatman Crothers –Baker

Vic Morrow -Haines

Herbert Edelman -Joey January

Lee Travis -Joan Welles

James Hong -Prof. Perkins

Eddie LaRusso -Gus

Patti Pivaar –Daphne

Ron Rondell –Case

Rita Alexander -Mary Phillips

Lionel Decker –Jarvis

Sid Conrad -Dr. Hinton

Gary Rockette –Williams

Robert Urich - Dan Tana

The Angels hit Las Vegas to investigate why the employees of a casino are becoming an endangered species.

Undercover Angels:

Bosley works as a luggage transporter

Kris poses as a potential lounge singer

Kelly is Mary Phillip's friend from Dallas who gets a job in the chorus line

Sabrina plays Frank's executive consultant  

ANGEL COME HOME

aired 9/20/78

written by Stephen Kandell

directed by Paul Stanley

co-starring

FARRAH FAWCETT-MAJORS as Jill Munroe

Stephen Collins -Steve Carmody

Bill Vint -Danny Bligh

Horst Bucholz -Paul Ferrino

Jackie Stewart –himself

Dolly Martin -Andrea Lassiter

Martin Azarow -Danforth

When Jill receives an urgent telegram from Kris, she rushes home to learn that she has been baited to test a new revolutionary fuel on the race track from an old acquaintance.  Following close behind her is her fiancée', Steve Carmody, whom Kris finds to be a suspicious figure.

Undercover Angels:

Kelly is a reporter with Insider Magazine

Angel Clues:

*Kris's beach house address is 28124

*Jill tells Ferrino that she is an "investigator on leave".

*The character of Jill Munroe is nothing like the one that worked at Townsend Associates two years ago.  Jill doesn't giggle or joke like she once did.  Nor does she wear revealing clothes at all.  It is Kris that sports all the cleavage in this episode!

*This was the first episode in which Cheryl Ladd would come face to face with her famous predecessor, Farrah Fawcett!  Ladd told People Weekly of the first day of taping.  "Everyone was waiting for something to happen.  Everyone thought that hostility and jealousy would surface.  So I went over to Farrah and whispered in her ear, and she giggled and said, 'Let's do it!'  Farrah ran toward me with her arms outstretched and I toward her -only when it came time for the clench, we just kept on running in opposite directions.  It absolutely broke everyone up. From then on they realized there weren't going to be any fireworks!"

ANGELS ON HIGH

aired 9/27/78

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Larry Doheny

co-starring

Michael Goodwin -Bill Freeman

Don Reid –Harmon

John Seven –Fenton

Lee Terri -Evelyn Wales

Bert Freed -Mr. Stambler

Ben Hamnor -George Faylon

Bill Zucker -Jake

Gloria Manners -Joan Freeman

Ben Young –Markie

Annalee Jefferies -clerk

Billie Perkins –waitress

Larry Huffman -air announcer

In what should be a simple case, the Angels are hired by a millionaire to uncover the truth about a stunt pilot who may be his long lost son, but when several mishaps occur, the Angels realize that somebody does not want them to find out anything about him.

Undercover Angels:

Kelly pretends to be a free-spirited wanderer.

aired 10/11/78

written by William Froug

directed by Larry Stewart

co-starring

 Mercedes McCambridge –Norma

Joan Hotchkis -Dr. Slavin

Nancy Parsons –Zora

Tracie Hunt -guard

Marie Windsor -Eve LeDeux

Pat Delaney –Ingrid

Bobbie Bresee –Amy

Amy Stryker -Eve Perkins

The Angels check into a health resort to hunt for the murderer of a Broadway legend that was killed there.

Undercover Angels:

Kelly plays a divorcee looking for relaxation

Sabrina is a dietitian

Kris is an exercise instructor

Bosley is an electrician

Angel Clues: 

*When Bosley mentions their fee, Eve Perkins claims she has money.  Still, Charlie insists that this one is on the house

*At least Kelly keeps her guard up when being hypnotized this time, unlike she did in ‘The Séance’.

WINNING IS FOR LOSERS

aired 10/18/78

written by Ray Brenner

directed by Cliff Bole

co-starring

 Jamie Lee Curtis -Linda Frie

Casey Kasem -Tom Rogers

Gary Bisig -Bill Montclaire

E. J. Peaker -Donna Dawson

Ray Wise -Evan Wilco

Buck Young -bartender

George Pentecort -George Ritlin

Rita Gomez -chambermaid

The Angels hit the green to find out who wants Kris's friend Linda out of a pro-golf tournament.

Angel Clues:

*It is highly doubtful that any of the Angels could wrestle an alligator, let alone Kris, who is by far the most petite!

*Casey Kasem, already a popular cartoon voice in the 70’s, would go on to host America's Top 40 Countdown, a popular syndicated radio program.

*Jamie Lee Curtis would go on to star in a few of John Carpenter’s classic horror films like ‘Halloween’ and ‘The Fog’ before becoming a Hollywood superstar in the 1980s and 1990s.  Her father, Tony Curtis, had recently appeared with Jaclyn Smith in ‘The Users’.

HAUNTED ANGELS

aired 10/25/78

written by Lee Sheldon

directed by Ronald Austin

co-starring

Gretchen Wyler-Claire Rossmore

Peter Donat -Peter Russell

Jeanne Lange -Kathy Wade

Linden Chiles -Dr. Holden

Joseph Hacker -Eric Knight

Roger Bowen -Rev. Green

Katherine Charles -Barbara Niles

Rick Casorla -Martin's voice

Clint Young -coach

Lenore Woodward -Mrs. Brendleberry       

When Bosley feels his friend is being scammed by so-called psychics, the Angels tap in to their clairvoyant talents to reveal a major con job.

Undercover Angels:

Kris poses as a graduate of Homestead College in Ohio

Sabrina is a psychic

Angel Clues:

*It is never learned how Grandma Brendleberry's house was shaken up.

*Maybe Bosley wasn't always such a fuddy-duddy.  Eric tells of how Bosley lost his clothes while skinny dipping as a teenager in Rocky River.

*It is learned that Bosley and Claire have been Bridge partners for three years.  If this is true, then why did Bosley know so little about Martin?

POM POM ANGELS

aired 11/1/78

written by Richard Carr

directed by Cliff Bole

co-starring

Lonny Chapman –Eddie

Fran Ryan -Belle Asher

Rick Casorla -Timothy Asher

Anne Francis –Margo

Jade McCall –officer

B.J. Bartlett -Sam Braham

Joan Vigaman –waitress

Sandy Ward –Abner

James Ferrier -photographer

To search for missing cheerleaders, Kris and Kelly go undercover on the sidelines and soon reveal a secret religious cult.

Undercover Angels:

Sabrina poses as a choreographer

Bosley is a technician

Kelly is a cheerleader from Philadelphia

Kris is a cheerleader from Atlanta

Angel Clues:

*It is revealed that Sabrina was once a cheerleader in high school

*Cheryl Ladd was also a cheerleader at Huron High in South Dakota.

ANGELS AHOY

aired 11/8/78

written by Lee Sheldon

directed by Allen Baron

co-starring

Peter Brown -Mark Correll

Jack Murdock -Doc Harris

Doug Sheehan -Sanchez

Janis Paige –Joan

Parley Baer -Captain Jack

Derek Murcott -Cpt. Brunner

Prudence Wright-Holmes -Lisa Blake

Tara Leigh -young woman

The Southern Queen cruise ship is being used to transport criminals out of the country and the Angels hop on board must find out who is involved. 

Undercover Angels:

Kelly is an activities director and a ballet dancer

Kris is a sexy passenger and Little Bo Peep

Sabrina is a thief and a clown

Bosley is a passenger and a pirate

Angel Clues:

*Has Kelly lost all sense of professionalism?  She stretches and twists like an aerobics queen while in the presence of Captain Jack, Charlie's client.

*More torment for Kelly!  Not only is she trapped in a flaming boiler room, but she is nearly drowned by a horde of costumed monsters.

MOTHER ANGEL

aired 11/15/78

written by Rift Fournier

directed by Don Chaffey

co-starring

FARRAH FAWCETT-MAJORS as Jill Munroe

Gary Collins -Victor Buckley

Olivia Barash –Samantha

Hermione Baddelley -Mrs. McNoughton

Roy Jenson –Max
John Steadman -junkyard operator

Robert Davi -Richie

Mike Mazurki –Robbin

Peggy Rea -Bridgete

Issac Ruiz, Jr. -laundry man

A precocious little rich girl tells the Angels she saw a murder when she snuck into her neighbor's greenhouse balcony, but Jill is the only one who believes her. 

Undercover Angels:

Kelly is a socialite who's aunt runs the National Horticulture Association.

Sabrina is Katie Maquire, a booze slugging Irish maid.

Angel Clues:

*It is mentioned that Bosley has a cocker spaniel

*Apparently Jill freelances as a detective in between races. She knew Samantha because she once worked a jewel theft case for her aunt. 

*Jill still seems to own her beach house even though she spends most of  her time out of the country.

*Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith seem to be having a good time in their undercover roles. Note the humorous facial expressions they make at each other while in Buckley's apartment.

ANGEL ON MY MIND

aired 11/22/78

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Chris Harrington

co-starring

 Michael Whitney -Ted Burton

Tom Spratley –Jimmy

Jonathan Frakes -Brad

Jenny Sherman –Jeni

Billy Barty -news vendor

Neil Elliot –Mel

Dix Turner -Jarvis

Ed Gallardo -thug #1

Frank Doubleday -thug #2

Rick Sawaya -thug #3

Lloyd McLinn –bartender

Edward Cross –officer

Ed Ruffalo -Stark

After witnessing a murder and getting hit by a car, Kris gets amnesia and begins wandering the beach aimlessly while the Angels desperately try to locate her.

Angel Clues:  

*Kris's hairdresser is Pierre!

*While roaming across the beach, Kris has memory flashbacks to her childhood, her college boyfriend, Tommy, Sabrina’s unfortunate fashion accessory, the ‘Boom Boom Belt’ (“Hours of Desperation”), and of the first time she shot somebody (“Angel Baby”).

ANGELS BELONG IN HEAVEN

aired 12/6/78

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Paul Stanley

co-starring

Don Galloway -Jack Gorman

Tracy Brooks Swope –Sally

Lloyd Bochner -Jelleck

Eddie Firestone –Norton

Bar Quinn -Ed Jarvis

John Voldstad –Stashu

Buddy Lewis -man at the airport

When Townsend Associates receives a mysterious call warning that one of the Angels are in danger, the team scurry about trying to find out which one and why.

Angel Clues:

*Kelly met Sally at summer camp when they were children, but one must wonder how Kelly attended summer camp since she was raised by nuns in an orphanage.

*Sally is a little TOO excited about being Kelly's friend. It comes as no surprise that Sabrina and Kris don't buddy up with her at all!

ANGELS IN THE STRETCH

aired 12/20/78

written by Bob & Easther Mitchell

directed by Lawrence Doheny

co-starring

John David Carson -Kevin Ryan

Dick Bakalyan -Thad Roper

Deirdre Berthrong -Valerie

James Gammon –Gates

Sidney Clute -Les Ferras

Joyce Jameson –Gini

Al Hopsen -Fred

David Hedison -Carter Gillis

Jerey West -waiter

A grieving college student hires the Angels to prove that her gambling father was murdered

Undercover Angels:

Kris and Bosley are horse buyers from Arizona

Sabrina is a horse exerciser & a jockey wannabe.

ANGELS ON VACATION

aired 1/10/79

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Don Weiss

co-starring

Denny Miller -Ed Fellows

Lyle Talbot –Mills

John Mcintire -Paul Danvers

Ron Soble -Slade

Jeanette Nolan -Lydia Danvers

Lee Delano –Dressler

Jason Wingreen- Bill Storm

Louie Elias -Haller

Herb Bigran –Weatherby

Cliff Medaugh –Connors

Fred Lerner -Fisk

Mauis Neal Palmer -Woman

Even McVeah -Old Lady

Georgia Schmidt -granny 

When the Angels arrive to Paylon, Arizona to visit Kris's aunt and uncle, they stumble into an elaborate scheme conducted to free a prison escapee.

Undercover Angels:

All three Angels pose as senior citizens

Angel Clues:

*"Sweet Christmas" is Kris's CB handle

*In a 1994 interview with PEOPLE magazine, Farrah Fawcett revealed that she requested more realism in the show by telling her bosses, "Wouldn't it be great if in one show I took Kate and Jaclyn home with me and they met my parents, and we explored the possibilities of these girls as friends...."  Although the Angels vacationed together before ("Angel on a String"), this would be the one and only time they met any of the other's family.

written by Richard Carr

directed by Georg Stanford Brown

co-starring

Hillary Thompson –Carol

Wynn Irwin -Sam Punch

Robin G. Eisenman –Janet

Holly Irving -Edna Hatter

Linda Scruggs Bogart –Annie

Paul Cavonis –Asher

Noaha Keen -Sgt. Dirkson

Richard Seff -George Simmons

Bubba Smith -Toby

Mark Lonow –Mickey

Hope Newell -Mrs. Brown

Nigel Bullard –Tom

Tony Reamon -guard

Rose Parrish -saleslady #1

Barbara Kahn -saleslady #2

Ellen Stern -nurse

The Angels run from the law in an attempt to clear their name when a trio of imposters begin stealing from Charlie's rich friends.

Undercover Angels: 

Sabrina plays Sandy Brewster, a wise-cracking, gum chewing sister of Carol Brewster, her imposter look-alike.

Angel Clues:

*KBEX was also the name of the radio station Kelly went undercover at while pretending to be a threatened reporter in "Angels on the Air".

*Kelly has her nerve!  She has taken Charlie's credit card and has gone out and bought all of the Angels new clothes!!  Considering the fact that the new wardrobe is not in bags or boxes, but in a suitcase (with no hangers), it may seem that she got a brainstorm from this caper and went out and really robbed a store!!

DISCO ANGELS

aired 1/31/79

written by George Slavin

directed by Georg Stanford Brown

co-starring

Zalman King -Harry Owens

Gregory Rozakis –Mario

Shera Danese –Connie

Diana McBain -Marian

Robert Symonds –Simmons

Raymond Singer -Lanny Press

Peter McClean -Fred Heston

Titos Vandis –Hector

Bonnie Keith –Sharon

Iris Korn -1st woman

Ruth Ballan -2nd woman

Arthur Malet -James Hannah

When male senior citizens are targeted by a serial killer, the Angels strut into Freddie's Disco to search for clues.

Undercover Angels:

Kris is a disco dance teacher

Sabrina is a reporter for Disco Magazine

Kelly works for Angelic Records

Angel Clues:

*Once again Kris follows in Jill's footsteps.  Jill taught disco dance lessons in "Dancing in the Dark".

aired 2/7/79

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Don Chaffey

co-starring

Dennis Cole -Carl Hansworth

Chris George –Chadway

Cesare Danova -Pavlov

Kathleen Nolan –Elizabeth

Rossano Brazzi -Vincenti Donnetelli

Burt Douglas -Bannock

Francois-Marie Benard –Ocerella

Jefferson Kibble -Norton

The Angels fly to Vale, Colorado to protect a young politician from a international terrorists.

Undercover Angels:

Bosley is Elizabeth James's boyfriend

Kelly is Hansworth's girlfriend

Angel Clues:

*This is one of the rare episodes that show new facets to the Angels' charm.  Chadway tells Kris he is envious of her because she "always looks for something positive".  Kris's innocence and good natured view of the world leave him with something to remember.  Sabrina makes Pavlov see that the original meaning of a cause becomes distorted through time, thus making him see that his father is wrong.  And

Bosley turns a dedicated secretary, Elizabeth, into a newly liberated woman!

*This was Dennis Cole's third and last appearance on the show.  He would go on to star in the daytime soap opera ‘The Young & the Restless’.

*Kelly reveals to Hansworth that she is "not looking for anything.  I take it as it comes", she says, "And I give it my best shot".  This has never been true of Kelly's past relationships.  See "The Tragedy of Kelly Garrett" for more on her dismal love life.

aired 2/14/79

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Carter Harrington

co-starring

FARRAH FAWCETT-MAJORS as Jill Munroe

John Colicos –Karazna

Bill Fletcher –Stratton

Ed Bakey -Ed Jackson

Perry Lopez -Ruiz

Art LaFleur –Carl

Rawn Hutchinson –attendant

Bill Story -desk clerk

Walker Williams -messenger

Kris is kidnapped by a man who blames Jill for the death of his son.

Undercover Angels:

Bosley is Johnson Wintergreen, an English guest at Georgian Acres.

Sabrina is a maid with a hearing problem

Angel Clues:

*When Kris is asked if she has ever lost a loved one, such as a parent, she only says that she has lost a "friend". 

*Note that Jill is fully clothed, even when she is playing tennis.  When she worked for Charlie, she never would have covered those gorgeous legs!

aired 2/28/79

teleplay by Bob & Esther Mitchell

story by Laurie Lakso

directed by Allen Baron

co-starring

Audrey Landers –Donna

Lori Lethin –Bo

Jane Alice Brandon -Liz

Elissa Leeds -Cissy

Hal Englund –Victor

Debi Richter –Patty

Jack Fletcher -Mr. Blackmoor

When a girl is strangled to death at a finishing school for young girls, the Angels go undercover to investigate.

Undercover Angels:

Kelly poses as an English teacher

Sabrina is an art teacher

Kris poses as a student

Bosley is a stable groomer

Angel Clues:

*Donna is perhaps the most vindictive and evil character the Angels have ever had to deal with.

aired 3/7/79

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Bob Kellian

co-starring Sarah Purcell -Millicent Krail

Danuta Wesley -Helga

Ronnie Schell -Ernie Flack

Edward Walsh -Tolan

Walter Brooke –Twillinger

Eric Mason –Castor

Elizabeth Norman -Lashi

Karen Specht –Jan

Beth Specht –Jane

Suzanne Niles –June

Jeri LeRay -Sally Cole

Andre Phillipe –Hassir

Minda Burr -Mary Craft

Ernie Russle -Belinda

Liberty Godshall -Joanne Craft

Louise Fitch –seamstress

Beatty Jean Samulson -Sylvia

Kelly & Kris slip into a marathon race to find out who kidnapped two of the runners.

Undercover Angels:

Kelly and Kris pretend to be part of Twillinger's Twenty

Angel Clues:

*Where on Earth do Kris and Kelly get their guns from while jogging on the beach?  Their outfits are much too skimpy to hide anything, let alone a gun!

*This is the famous episode mentioned in association with Kate Jackson quitting  the series.  She must have thought that Twillinger's Togs were as skimpy as the plotline!

*Sarah Purcell also hosted the early reality show ‘Real People’.

ANGELS IN WAITING

aired 3/21/79

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Allen Baron

co-starring Pat Crowley –Ellen

Ed Ruffalo -bartender

James B. Sikking -Larry Wellman

Jeff Eagle –waiter

Tad Tadlock -waitress

Fed up with sitting behind a desk and doing all the paper work, Bosley challenges the Angels to a little game of cat and mouse when he is enticed by a revenge seeking seductress.  

Angel Clues: 

*Bosley's license plate is 950 WUJ

*Even if Charlie wasn't a multi-millionaire, it is very unlikely that he would ever expect his detectives to do his book keeping!  No wonder Sabrina would be quitting soon!

*David Doyle certainly deserved his own episode, and maybe even a few more.  Even though the practical absenteeism of  the Angels is very noticeable, Bosley finally gets a chance to establish himself as more than a clumsy buffoon!

ROSEMARY FOR REMEMBERANCE

aired 5/2/79

written by Les Sheldon

directed by Ronald Austin

co-starring

Ramon Bieri -Jake Garfield

Gilbert Green –Renaldi

Robert Karnes -George Sanders

Michael Shannon -Tim Stone

Barbara Tarbuck -Frau Himbeere

Ron Lombard -Belding

The Angels are hired to solve a forty year old murder mystery in which one of the victims is a dead ringer for Kris Munroe!

Undercover Angels:

Sabrina plays an author doing a book on the prohibition era

Angel Clues:

*Although Kris seems extremely mature in this episode, she stills shows signs of her innocence when entering one the mansion's rooms that is playing music.  Losing any inhibitions she may have had, Kris becomes a dancing fool to a swinging beat!

ANGELS REMEMBERED

aired 5/16/79

written by Edward J. Lakso

directed by Kim Manners

As the Angels get set to embark on three separate vacations, Charlie calls to celebrate their third anniversary together.

Angel Clues:

*Jill Munroe is not seen nor mentioned in this episode

*Episodes reviewed are "Angels in Paradise", "Angels on Ice", "Angels in Vegas", "Antique Angels", "Angel in  Love", "Terror at the Circus", "Angel on my Mind", “Pom Pom Angels", "The Jade Trap", "Mother Goose is Running for his Life", "The Sandcastle Murders",  "Bullseye", "Angel on a String",  "Angels on the  Run", "Unidentified Flying Angels", and "Pretty Angels all in a  Row".