Charlie's Angels (Season 2) DVD

Rated: Not Rated
Genre: TV Series
Length: 999 minutes
Director: Various
Year: (1977)

Britt Gillette's Charlie's Angels (Season 2) DVD Review

Long before Magnum, PI put Tom Selleck on the map, Charlie's Angels owned the world of TV private eyes. Nominated for 4 Emmys and 7 Golden Globes, including 2 for Best TV Series - Drama, Charlie's Angels was a truly rare overnight sensation. The forerunner to modern day shows such as La Femme Nikita and Alias, creators Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts capped off long careers as showbiz writers by penning the unforgettable story of three sexy and vivacious private investigators. Executive producer Aaron Spelling (linked to innumerable hit shows such as Beverly Hills 90210, The Love Boat, Melrose Place, Dynasty, 7th Heaven, and Charmed among others) played a prominent role in the pop culture explosion of this series which witnessed the immediate mass marketing of Charlie's Angels trading cards, posters, lunchboxes, and endless other memorabilia - including a full-length feature film of the same name two decades later (2000). Through the duration of the series (five seasons), the cast changed continuously as Charlie's angels became media stars in their own right and left to pursue various opportunities in modeling, film, and TV…

Charlie's Angels centers around a group of gorgeous female ex-police officers hired to work for the Charles Townsend Detective Agency. A mysterious multi-millionaire with seemingly unlimited means, Charles Townsend communicates with his girls via speaker-phone and through the aid of his personal assistant, John Bosley (David Doyle). Charlie sends the girls on various undercover missions and dangerous assignments where they apprehend criminals and pursue justice with a vengeance. The original angels are Sabrina Duncan (Kate Jackson) who plays the role of the "smartest" angel, Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith) who plays the part of the "street-smart" angel, and Jill Munroe (Farrah Fawcett) who plays the role of the "athletic" angel. Together, they unleash their collective talents on the criminal underworld, putting their own lives at risk in process… As the show progressed, Jill Munroe left as a regular on the series and was replaced by her sister Kris (Cheryl Ladd). The following year, Sabrina left the agency to tend to her family and was replaced by Tiffany (Shelley Hack) and later by Julie (Tanya Roberts)…

The Charlie's Angels (Season 2) DVD features a number of action-packed episodes including the season premiere "Angels in Paradise" in which the angels are at first apprehensive about the arrival of a new angel in Jill's absence (she left the agency to become a racecar driver), but all their fears are assuaged when her replacement turns out to be Jill's younger sister Kris. Their first assignment - to rescue a kidnapped Charlie! To do so, they must travel to Hawaii where an international smuggler offers the angels Charlie's release in exchange for their aid in breaking her husband out of prison… Other notable episodes from Season 2 include "Circus of Terror" in which (similar to The A-Team) the angels are called in to help out a ringmaster who has been plagued by a number of attempts to ruin his circus, and "Game, Set, Death" in which Kris enters herself in a tennis tournament in order to get to the bottom of a string a mysterious murders…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Charlie's Angels (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 23 (Angels in Paradise: Part 1) Air Date: 09-14-1977
Episode 24 (Angels in Paradise: Part 2) Air Date: 09-14-1977
Episode 25 (Angels on Ice: Part 1) Air Date: 09-21-1977
Episode 26 (Angels on Ice: Part 2) Air Date: 09-21-1977
Episode 27 (Pretty Angels All in a Row) Air Date: 09-28-1977
Episode 28 (Angel Flight) Air Date: 10-05-1977
Episode 29 (Circus of Terror) Air Date: 10-19-1977
Episode 30 (Angel in Love) Air Date: 10-26-1977
Episode 31 (U.F.A.'s (Unidentified Flying Angels) Air Date: 11-02-1977
Episode 32 (Angels on the Air) Air Date: 11-09-1977
Episode 33 (Angel Baby) Air Date: 11-16-1977
Episode 34 (Angels in the Wings) Air Date: 11-23-1977
Episode 35 (Magic Fire) Air Date: 11-30-1977
Episode 36 (The Sammy Davis Jr. Kidnap Caper) Air Date: 12-07-1977
Episode 37 (Angels on Horseback) Air Date: 12-21-1977
Episode 38 (Game, Set, Death) Air Date: 01-04-1978
Episode 39 (Hours of Desperation) Air Date: 01-11-1978
Episode 40 (Diamond in the Rough) Air Date: 01-18-1978
Episode 41 (Angels in the Backfield) Air Date: 01-25-1978
Episode 42 (The Sandcastle Murders) Air Date: 02-01-1978
Episode 43 (Angel Blues) Air Date: 02-08-1978
Episode 44 (Mother Goose is Running for Her Life) Air Date: 02-15-1978
Episode 45 (Little Angels of the Night) Air Date: 02-22-1978
Episode 46 (The Jade Trap) Air Date: 03-01-1978
Episode 47 (Angels on the Run) Air Date: 05-03-1978
Episode 48 (Antique Angels) Air Date: 05-10-1978

Britt Gillette

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Posted on 27 June 2005