Bosley's finest hour, the first episode ever to feature him as central character. He doesn't disappoint. It's alternately funny, frisky, and even poignant, a la tears of a clown. He abandons the Angels at the office after meeting a strange woman during lunch break. He unloads on the Angels about being under-appreciated, and bristles when they call him "dependable". He challenges them to figure out where he is when he calls in during the day...until they can, they must continue doing the office paperwork. Out in the real world, he romances a lady while being stalked by James Sikking (lt. Hunter, HILL STREET BLUES). A fantastic episode for one of the most under-appreciated series stars ever.
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Bosley's the star - most unpredictable!
neilclack10 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Isn't it that the reason Wellman's sister wants to get close to Bosley is because she wants him to tell her that her brother didn't kill his wife... That's the whole point of the scene with the two of them in the car. Not only is Bosley not going to tell her what she wants to hear, but she realizes the truth, that her brother did kill his sister.
I didn't think the plot was so bad, and thought Bosley was great.
I didn't think the plot was so bad, and thought Bosley was great.
Bosley - Marked for Death
adamcshelby20 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This was a ham-fisted episode, Edward J Lasko's writing at its worst. And this after the awful Marathon Angels. The one thing this ep proves is how clumsy David Doyle's character of Bosley is when left to his own devices. There's a reason the show was called Charlie's Angels and not Bosley's Angels. The show works best when the Angels are front and center and Bosley is doing menial tasks in his custodial role.
It's a revenge for being sent to prison plot, in this case, the jailbird's brother and sister take action, as they believe Bosley committed perjury in court against their brother. The Angels are mostly on the sidelines in this one as Bosley is stalked by James B Sikking's Lawrence Wellman character. He also appeared in the Angels on Horseback episode. Meanwhile Bosley has a 'chance' encounter with Ellen Miles (Wellman's sister), an age appropriate woman who inexplicably takes an interest in Bosley. That's when he had to know something was up.
In many ways, this ep goes out of its way to prove that Bos was a sad and lonely man, looking for love at the drop of a hat. He tries to come off as debonair, but that daffy face and gravel voice just produce total cringe. Most of the episode takes place in and around the Santa Monica pier. They shoot in the Playland Arcade's merry-go-round for the second time, after second season's "The Sandcastle Murders".
The chase sequences are some of the most awkwardly staged I've ever seen, with the Angels deliberately pushing through crowds of people instead of simply going around. And then there's the way Bosley flops and hops like a drunk bullfrog while being chased by a killer with a gun. And get this, Bosley decides to run under the pier... because somehow that's safer? No you dummy, stay in a public area, don't run to a secluded spot where the killer-wannabe can give you kill-shot without witnesses. DUMB.
And just what was the sister's purpose? Why did she even need to get involved? Why get close to Bosley unless she was going to do the deed? If the brother wants to kill him, how does the sister being near Bos help facilitate that? It doesn't! In fact, there's one ludicrous scene where Wellman fires BLANKS at Bosley (from atop the pier) because his own sister was right next to him. I mean, seriously, what was the plan? If the plan was to assassinate Bosley, just do it! And how does someone fire a gun from the Santa Monica pier without a single person noticing??
How Edward J Lasko was allowed to write scripts is a great mystery.
There's so much that's bad about this one that I can just go on and one. At the end, Sabrina shoots Wellman in the upper chest/shoulder and somehow he's able to be perp walked off the beach by the Angels like's he's suffered a mosquito bite. Just SO BAD.
It's a revenge for being sent to prison plot, in this case, the jailbird's brother and sister take action, as they believe Bosley committed perjury in court against their brother. The Angels are mostly on the sidelines in this one as Bosley is stalked by James B Sikking's Lawrence Wellman character. He also appeared in the Angels on Horseback episode. Meanwhile Bosley has a 'chance' encounter with Ellen Miles (Wellman's sister), an age appropriate woman who inexplicably takes an interest in Bosley. That's when he had to know something was up.
In many ways, this ep goes out of its way to prove that Bos was a sad and lonely man, looking for love at the drop of a hat. He tries to come off as debonair, but that daffy face and gravel voice just produce total cringe. Most of the episode takes place in and around the Santa Monica pier. They shoot in the Playland Arcade's merry-go-round for the second time, after second season's "The Sandcastle Murders".
The chase sequences are some of the most awkwardly staged I've ever seen, with the Angels deliberately pushing through crowds of people instead of simply going around. And then there's the way Bosley flops and hops like a drunk bullfrog while being chased by a killer with a gun. And get this, Bosley decides to run under the pier... because somehow that's safer? No you dummy, stay in a public area, don't run to a secluded spot where the killer-wannabe can give you kill-shot without witnesses. DUMB.
And just what was the sister's purpose? Why did she even need to get involved? Why get close to Bosley unless she was going to do the deed? If the brother wants to kill him, how does the sister being near Bos help facilitate that? It doesn't! In fact, there's one ludicrous scene where Wellman fires BLANKS at Bosley (from atop the pier) because his own sister was right next to him. I mean, seriously, what was the plan? If the plan was to assassinate Bosley, just do it! And how does someone fire a gun from the Santa Monica pier without a single person noticing??
How Edward J Lasko was allowed to write scripts is a great mystery.
There's so much that's bad about this one that I can just go on and one. At the end, Sabrina shoots Wellman in the upper chest/shoulder and somehow he's able to be perp walked off the beach by the Angels like's he's suffered a mosquito bite. Just SO BAD.
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