This is a list of episodes for the third season of the 1970s TV series Charlie's Angels. Originally broadcast from September 13, 1978 to May 16, 1979 for a total of 24 episodes, this is the only season of the show not to feature a casting change. Original star Farrah Fawcett-Majors returned as Jill Munroe, appearing as a guest-star in three episodes.
| Charlie's Angels | |
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| Season 3 | |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original release | September 13, 1978 – May 16, 1979 |
| Season chronology | |
The third season of Charlie's Angels would see a decline in viewing figures, dropping to #12 in the Nielsen ratings (from a high of #4 for the 1977–78 season). However, a fourth season was commissioned, with Shelley Hack replacing Kate Jackson (who departed the show at the end of this season) as Boston-detective Tiffany Welles.
Main cast
edit- Kate Jackson as Sabrina Duncan (regular)
- Jaclyn Smith as Kelly Garrett (regular)
- Cheryl Ladd as Kris Munroe (regular)
- David Doyle as John Bosley (regular)
- John Forsythe as Charles "Charlie" Townsend (regular, voice only)
Notable guest stars
editEpisodes
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| 49 | 1 | "Angels in Vegas" | Bob Kelljan | Edward J. Lakso | September 13, 1978 | ||||||
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Two-hour season premiere. When violent and suspicious deaths strike his closest friends, a casino boss hires the Angels to go undercover at the Tropicana Casino in Las Vegas. The Angels must discover the culprit behind the series of mysterious murders before it's too late.
Guest stars: Dean Martin, Scatman Crothers, Vic Morrow, Dick Sargent, Michael Conrad, Lee Travis, Herb Edelman (as Herbert Edelman), Robert Urich, James Hong, Rita Alexander, Ronnie Rondell Jr. (as Ron Rondell), Patti Pivaar, Gary Brockette, Eddie Lo Russo, Sid Conrad and Lionel Decker. Cis Rundle appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 51 | 3 | "Angel Come Home" | Paul Stanley | Stephen Kandel (as Stephen Kandell) | September 20, 1978 | ||||||
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The Angels begin some high gear sleuthing when a car explosion kills Jill's fiancé and she becomes the next target in this high-speed adventure.
Guest stars: Farrah Fawcett (as Farrah Fawcett-Majors), Stephen Collins, Bill Vint, Jackie Stewart, Dolly Read (as Dolly Martin), Horst Buchholz (as Horst Bucholz) and Martin Azarow. Cis Rundle appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 52 | 4 | "Angel on High" | Larry Doheny | Edward J. Lakso | September 27, 1978 | ||||||
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The Angels are hired by their wheelchair-using client to find his potential heir. The case takes them to the Reno Air Show where Kelly not only finds romance, but kidnappers, too. Guest stars: Bert Freed, Don Reid, Johnny Seven, Michael Goodwin, Lee Terri, Ben Hammer (as Ben Hamner), Bill Zuckert, Gloria Manners, Ben Young, Annalee Jefferies, Billie Perkins and Larry Huffman. Benjie Bancroft, Robert Buckingham, George Holmes and Jared Martin appear uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 53 | 5 | "Angels in Springtime" | Larry Stewart | William Froug | October 11, 1978 | ||||||
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When a famous stage actress is electrocuted at an exclusive women's spa, the Angels are hired to capture the murderer and find a missing manuscript. Kris is an aerobics instructor, Sabrina a chef, and Kelly a guest. The Angels know they are on the right trail when Kris gets locked in a sauna and Bosley has to stage a power outage to gain entrance to the exclusive women-only resort. Guest stars: Joan Hotchkis, Nancy Parsons, Pat Delaney (as Pat Delany), Amy Stryker, Marie Windsor, Mercedes McCambridge, Bobbie Bresee and Traci Hunt (as Tracie Hunt). | |||||||||||
| 54 | 6 | "Winning is for Losers" | Cliff Bole | Ray Brenner | October 18, 1978 | ||||||
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When an ambitious professional golfer competing for first prize money in a high-profile tournament is suddenly shot at, the Angels are brought in to solve the mystery. Kris wrestles an alligator. Guest stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Gary Bisig, Casey Kasem, Ray Wise, George Pentecost, E. J. Peaker, Buck Young and Rita Gomez. George Holmes, Eugene Jackson, Morgan Lane, Paul LeClair, Ethelreda Leopold, Norman Palmer, Joe Pine and Don Terwilliger appear uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 55 | 7 | "Haunted Angels" | Ronald Austin | Lee Sheldon | October 25, 1978 | ||||||
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With the intent of contacting a beloved nephew who was killed four years earlier in a motorcycle accident, the Angels are hired by his aunt Claire to pose as psychics in order to uncover a possible fraud. Guest stars: Linden Chiles, Joseph Hacker, Roger Bowen, Jeanne Lange, Katharine Charles, Gretchen Wyler, Peter Donat, Lenore Woodward, Clint Young and Rick Casorla. Sig Frohlich appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 56 | 8 | "Pom Pom Angels" | Cliff Bole | Richard Carr | November 1, 1978 | ||||||
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One by one, three sexy cheerleaders are kidnapped by a small band of religious fanatics. In order to crack the case, the Angels must grab their pom-poms to catch the culprits behind this insidious plot. Guest stars: Lonny Chapman, Stephanie Blackmore, Rick Casorla, Ben Davidson, Fran Ryan, Anne Francis, Sandy Ward, Cis Rundle, B. J. Bartlett, Joan Vigman, Jade McCall and James Ferrier. Robert Buckingham appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 57 | 9 | "Angels Ahoy" | Allen Baron | Lee Sheldon | November 8, 1978 | ||||||
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An innocent woman is murdered after she identifies an escaped convict aboard a luxury liner. The Angels are assigned to infiltrate the ship and discover a ring that assists criminals in escaping the country. At a costume party, ballerina Kelly finally solves the case, but not before the villains try to drown her. Bosley befriends a lovely lady who turns out to be a black widow. Guest stars: Peter Brown, Jack Murdock, Hector Elias, Doug Sheehan, Parley Baer, Janis Paige, Derek Murcott, Prudence Wright Holmes and Tara Leigh. | |||||||||||
| 58 | 10 | "Mother Angel" | Don Chaffey | Rift Fournier | November 15, 1978 | ||||||
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Danger is close at the heels of the Angels as Jill joins their search for the killer of a victim who was accidentally discovered by a precocious girl. Guest stars: Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Gary Collins, Roy Jenson, Hermione Baddeley, Robert Davi, Olivia Barash, John Steadman, Peggy Rea, Mike Mazurki and Isaac Ruiz (as Isaac Ruiz, Jr.). | |||||||||||
| 59 | 11 | "Angel on My Mind" | Curtis Harrington | Edward J. Lakso | November 22, 1978 | ||||||
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After witnessing a murder, Kris suffers from amnesia and wanders away from the crime scene. Now it is up to Sabrina and Kelly to find Kris before the murderer does. Guest stars: Michael Witney (as Michael Whitney), Tom Spratley, Billy Barty, Jonathan Frakes, Neil Elliot, Jenny Sherman, Dix Turner, Edward Gallardo (as Ed Gallardo), Frank Doubleday, Rick Sawaya, Ed Ruffalo, Lloyd McLinn and Edward Cross. Jordan Ladd appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 60 | 12 | "Angels Belong in Heaven" | Paul Stanley | Edward J. Lakso | December 6, 1978 | ||||||
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When an old friend is targeted to be killed, he leaves an urgent message for Charlie, warning him that someone is out to destroy one of his Angels. Guest stars: Don Galloway, Tracy Brooks Swope, Lloyd Bochner, Eddie Firestone, Barry Quin (credited as Barry Quinn), John Voldstad and Buddy Lewis. | |||||||||||
| 61 | 13 | "Angels in the Stretch" | Lawrence Doheny | Bob and Esther Mitchell | December 20, 1978 | ||||||
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A wealthy gambler is murdered at a racetrack, so the Angels go undercover and discover a scheme where a losing horse is being switched with his winning twin. Sabrina is charmed by an Irish groom, but his involvement in the case could potentially chill their romance. Guest stars: John David Carson, Deirdre Berthrong, James Gammon, Richard Bakalyan (as Dick Bakalyan), Sidney Clute, Joyce Jameson, David Hedison, Al Hopson and Jeremy West. Nick Borgani, Robert Buckingham, Monty O'Grady, Norman Palmer and Tucker Smith appear uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 62 | 14 | "Angels on Vacation" | Don Weis (as Don Weiss) | Edward J. Lakso | January 10, 1979 | ||||||
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While vacationing in Arizona with Kris's family, the Angels learn that gangsters have taken all the women in the small town hostage in exchange for one of their strongmen. The Angels dress as spinsters to attack the gangsters and free the captured women. Guest stars: Denny Miller, Lyle Talbot, Ron Soble, Lee Delano, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Jason Wingreen, Herb Vigran, Cliff Medaugh, Louie Elias, Fred Lerner, Mavis Neal Palmer, Eve McVeagh and Georgia Schmidt. Richard Elmore, Sig Frohlich and Cosmo Sardo appear uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 63 | 15 | "Counterfeit Angels" | Georg Stanford Brown | Richard Carr | January 24, 1979 | ||||||
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A devious scam is devised by three doppelganger women who pose as the Angels in order to rob a sports arena box office. The real Angels go undercover to capture their impostors when warrants are issued for their arrest. Guest stars: Hilary Thompson, Linda Scruggs (as Linda Scruggs Bogart), Robin Eisenman (as Robin G. Eisenman), Wynn Irwin, Paul Cavonis, Bubba Smith, Hollis Irving (as Holly Irving), Noah Keen, Mark Lonow, Hope Newell, Nigel Bullard, Richard Seff, Rose Parrish, Barbara Kahn, Ellyn Stern and Tommy Reamon. David Armstrong, Kathryn Janssen, Nick Raymond, Hank Robinson and Cosmo Sardo appear uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 64 | 16 | "Disco Angels" | Georg Stanford Brown | George Slavin | January 31, 1979 | ||||||
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When the Angels are summoned to investigate a strangulation, it leads them to the popular Freddie's Disco where they go undercover to prevent another killing. Kris burns up the floor, but she struggles in unbalanced disc jockey. Guest stars: Zalman King, Peter MacLean, Shera Danese, Robert Symonds, Raymond Singer, Gregory Rozakis, Diane McBain, Titos Vandis, Arthur Malet, Bonnie Keith, Iris Korn and Ruth Ballan. Stan Rodarte and Cis Rundle appear uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 65 | 17 | "Terror on Skis" | Don Chaffey | Edward J. Lakso | February 7, 1979 | ||||||
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Two-hour episode. When a plot to kidnap the President's Special Envoy to the United Nations unravels at the site of the World Pro-Am Ski Competition, a government agent enlists the Angels to protect the envoy. Sabrina races against time to escape from her captors, the members of an extremist Italian radical group, and warn the other Angels of terrorist activity before time runs out. Guest stars: Cesare Danova, Frank M. Benard (as Francois-Marie Benard), Dennis Cole, Christopher George (credited as Chris George), Kathleen Nolan, Rossano Brazzi, Burt Douglas and Jefferson Kibbee. Kimberly Dorsey, Roy E. Harrison, Russell Motta and Cis Rundle appear uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 67 | 19 | "Angel in a Box" | Curtis Harrington | Edward J. Lakso | February 14, 1979 | ||||||
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When Kris is mysteriously kidnapped, Jill returns to town to help locate her sister, but soon discovers that she was the real target for a business mogul blaming her for his son's untimely death. Guest stars: Farrah Fawcett-Majors, John Colicos, Bill Fletcher, Ed Bakey, Perry Lopez, Art LaFleur (as Art La Fleur), Bill Story, Rawn Hutchinson and Walker Williams. | |||||||||||
| 68 | 20 | "Teen Angels" | Allen Baron | T : Bob and Esther Mitchell S : Laurie Lakso | February 28, 1979 | ||||||
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When a murder occurs at a posh all-girls school, the Angels assume false identities only to discover a ring of girls involved in drug and alcohol abuse. Guest stars: Audrey Landers, Jane Alice Brandon, Deborah Richter (as Debi Richter), Lori Lethin, Jack Fletcher, Elissa Leeds and Hal England (as Hal Englund). | |||||||||||
| 69 | 21 | "Marathon Angels" | Bob Kelljan | Edward J. Lakso | March 7, 1979 | ||||||
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When the Angels investigate the unusual disappearance of two participants in a marathon, Kris and Kelly join the race to literally chase down the suspects. Everyone has an angle for the highly publicized female-only race. Guest stars: Sarah Purcell, Danuta Wesley, Ronnie Schell, Edward Walsh, Ernesto Macias (as Eric Mason), Walter Brooke, Beth Specht, Karen Specht, Suzanne Niles, Elizabeth Norman, Andre Philippe, Minda Burr, Liberty Godshall, Jere Rae Mansfield (as Jeri Lea Ray), Louise Fitch, Betty Jean Samuelson and Erin Russell. | |||||||||||
| 70 | 22 | "Angels in Waiting" | Allen Baron | Edward J. Lakso | March 21, 1979 | ||||||
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Bosley becomes annoyed with being so predictable and decides to play a game with the Angels to see if they can figure out the clues to his whereabouts. Unknown to Bosley, he is actually a target for a dangerous ex-con. Guest stars: Pat Crowley, James Sikking (as James B. Sikking), Ed Ruffalo, Jeff Eagle and Tad Tadlock. George Golden and Cosmo Sardo appear uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 71 | 23 | "Rosemary, For Remembrance" | Ronald Austin | Lee Sheldon | May 2, 1979 | ||||||
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When an ex-mobster is targeted for murder, the Angels are called in by his nephew to investigate. When the mobster's nephew meets Kris, he hopes she can find the priceless diamond necklace the mobster gave to his wife the night of the murder. But when the ex-mobster starts to think Kris is actually his wife, and he reconstructs the last night he spent with Rosemary, she finds herself thinking she's going to be murdered like the original wife Rosemary was.
Guest stars: Ramon Bieri, Gilbert Green, Robert Karnes, Barbara Tarbuck, Michael J. Shannon (as Michael Shannon) and Ron Lombard. | |||||||||||
| 72 | 24 | "Angels Remembered" | Kim Manners | Edward J. Lakso | May 16, 1979 | ||||||
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The Angels reminisce with Bosley and Charlie about their three years of working together.
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