Charlie's Angels

After watching this episode, I am almost having trouble putting my opinions of it into words. It's almost worth seeing for catching a then unknown Kim Bassinger in a small guest role as a prisoner. The characters of the sherriff and prison guards are just too silly to be taken seriously. Especially that of the woman who initially process Jill, Sabrina and Kelley when they are brought in. I also had quite a bit of trouble buying the character of the warden. What does help this episode is seeing how the Angels work together to crack the case. Mediocre episode.

Charlie's Angels was a show that fascinated me when I was younger. Very different from all the other male detective/police shows on at the time.



This episode has the Angels going to jail - on the hunt for a missing girl. The girls have to experience tough prison officers, manual labour and showering and changing with people watching! Even though they figure out that something corrupt is going on in the prison (the prisoners are used as prostitutes), they are caught by the corrupt police chief. There is a great scene where the girls fight with the corrupt police in the car, escape with the three of them in chains(!), find a truck to get away - and cause the explosion of the following police car! Charlie's Angels was a fantasy show for most viewers - watching the girls get into trouble and finding a way to get out of it...

Already a target of women's rights groups of the day (who totally misinterpreted this fine program), this episode caused the most stir, with angry phone calls and letters pouring in after it's first airing. The hot issue focused on a scene where the girls are being processed by a butch prison matron. At one point, after the customary shower, the girls are ordered to open their towels, at which point they are deloused.