If more "Charlie's Angels" episodes were like "Angel Baby", the series as a whole would probably have a higher reputation than the "guilty pleasure" one it has know. Not that I don't enjoy most of the "Charlie's Angels" episodes I've seen so far, but this one is something special. It's low-key (for example, the main bad guy does not have to overact to convince us he's a total creep), somber (the crime is baby-selling, and occasional mother-killing) and downplays the elements of sexiness to the point of non-existence. Sabrina gets all the comedic material (posing as a crass millionairess), while Kelly and Kris get dramatic moments that are sometimes tender, sometimes dark, but always convincing. Kris' line about "having a conscience" is one of the best written and acted moments of the series so far, and so is her reaction near the end after shooting a man (in self defense) for the first time. And a real-life tragedy: guest star Sunny Johnson, so beautiful here, died at the age of 30. *** out of 4.
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atypically dark
robrosenberger8 November 2010
Warning: Spoilers
A youth (Scott Colomby, CADDYSHACK, PORKY'S 1-3) Kelly helped when she was a cop goes AWOL from the Air Force, distraught over the cessation of letters from his girlfriend. The Angels track her down, a prisoner of a white-baby-selling ring run by Edward Winter (Col. Flagg, M*A*S*H). Kelly goes undercover as a pregnant woman (no, no pillow). The writing is strangely good. Kris pretends to be in dire financial straits, and Edward offers her $20,000 to be impregnated by an Aryan. As a rule, ANGELS was sexy but never sexual. The hotel room scene where she faces her intended is atypically dark, though. For a moment as Kris begins to undress, you believe that they're really going to screw. Chilling. In the climax, she shoots a man in self-defense and falls apart, saying that she'd never shot anyone.
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