This is a list of episodes for the fourth season of the TV series Charlie's Angels. Originally aired from September 12, 1979 to May 7, 1980 for a total of 25 episodes, the season starred Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, David Doyle, and introduced Shelley Hack as new angel Tiffany Welles, a police graduate from Boston. Original star Farrah Fawcett also reprises her role as Jill Munroe in three episodes.
| Charlie's Angels | |
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| Season 4 | |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original release | September 12, 1979 – May 7, 1980 |
| Season chronology | |
The fourth season of the show saw a further decline in viewing figures, but still remained in the top 20 (#17 in the Nielsen chart); some believing Shelley Hack was to blame, others are of the opinion that the change in format from team oriented episodes to episodes that focused on only one Angel caused the rating decline.
Season 4 also has the only episode of the entire series without Charlie ("Avenging Angel").
Main cast
edit- Jaclyn Smith as Kelly Garrett (regular)
- Cheryl Ladd as Kris Munroe (regular)
- Shelley Hack as Tiffany Welles (regular)
- David Doyle as John Bosley (regular)
- John Forsythe as Charles "Charlie" Townsend (regular, voice only)
Notable guest stars
editEpisodes
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | ||||||
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| 73 | 1 | "Love Boat Angels" | Allen Baron | Edward J. Lakso | September 12, 1979 | ||||||
| 74 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Two-hour season premiere. Tiffany Welles joins the Townsend Agency after Sabrina has quit to get married and start a family. Charlie tells his girls to take a cruise on the Pacific Princess to catch art thief Paul Hollister. Kris offers to get close to their target, but soon begins to feel an attraction to him. NOTE: This is a crossover episode combining Charlie's Angels and another Aaron Spelling-produced series, "The Love Boat".
Guest stars: Bert Convy, Bo Hopkins, Sandy McPeak, Dick Sargent, Barry Sullivan, Lee Travis, Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange, Lauren Tewes, Judy Landers, Louie Elias and Read Morgan. Cis Rundle appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 75 | 3 | "Angels Go Truckin'" | Lawrence Dobkin | Richard Carr | September 19, 1979 | ||||||
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Kris and Tiffany go to trucking school to investigate an all-female trucking line whose cargo has been stolen under their very noses. Kelly goes undercover as a waitress. Guest stars: Joanne Linville, Royce D. Applegate, James Carrington, John Chappell, James Crittenden, Mickey Jones, Bill Zuckert, Eric Lawson, Rosanne Covy, Gary Grubbs, James Carroll (as James Lough), Gary Lee Davis and Lucille Meredith. Hank Robinson appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 76 | 4 | "Avenging Angel" | Allen Baron | T : Edward J. Lakso S : Laurie Lakso | September 26, 1979 | ||||||
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Frank Desmond is released from prison and proceeds to revenge himself on his jailer, Kelly Garrett, by injecting her with heroin. This leads the men he stole the drugs from to think Desmond and Kelly are partners in crime.
Guest stars: Cameron Mitchell, Stephen McNally, Richard Bakalyan (as Dick Bakalyan), Steve Kanaly, Ernest Sarracino, Tim Rossovich and Danielle Aubry. | |||||||||||
| 77 | 5 | "Angels at the Altar" | Lawrence Dobkin | Larry Alexander | October 3, 1979 | ||||||
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Kelly is to be maid of honor at her friend Sharon's wedding. When there are several attempts to murder the groom, Tiffany goes undercover as a violinist, Bosley tends bar and Kris joins the wedding party as waitress.
Guest stars: Kim Cattrall, John David Carson, Adrienne La Russa (as Adrienne Larussa), Joseph Hacker, Robert Walker, Walter Brooke, Marie Windsor, Parley Baer, Ivan Bonar, Glenn Robards and Paula Hoffman. | |||||||||||
| 78 | 6 | "Fallen Angel" | Allen Baron | Kathryn Michaelian Powers | October 24, 1979 | ||||||
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The Angels are hired to catch Damien 'Ice Cat' Roth, a millionaire playboy/jewel thief, who also happens to be in love with former Angel Jill Munroe.
Guest stars: Farrah Fawcett, Timothy Dalton, Marilù Tolo (as Marilu Tolo), Michael DeLano (as Michael De Lano), Richard Roat, Jenny Neumann, Sandra Caron and Gregory Itzin | |||||||||||
| 79 | 7 | "Caged Angel" | Dennis Donnelly | B.W. Sandefur | October 31, 1979 | ||||||
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Kris goes undercover as an inmate in Colejo Prison to ferret out a gang of jewel thieves operating from there. Guest stars: Shirley Stoler, Louise Sorel, Sally Kirkland, Rose Gregorio, Bonnie Keith, Tisha Sterling, Ellen Geer, Walter Mathews, Lynn Carlin, Harry Northup (as Harry Northrup) and Tyrone Van Haynes. Debra Kelly appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 80 | 8 | "Angels on the Street" | Don Chaffey | T : Edward J. Lakso S : Laurie Lakso | November 7, 1979 | ||||||
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When a young music teacher gets beaten up by a local pimp, Kelly and Tiffany join his stable as undercover streetwalkers to investigate. Guest stars: Richard Lynch, Ford Rainey, Madlyn Rhue, Nancy Fox, Richard Karron, Amy Johnston, Vivian Ford, Jeff Gerrard and Conrad Palmisano. | |||||||||||
| 81 | 9 | "The Prince and the Angel" | Cliff Bole | T : Edward J. Lakso S : Laurie Lakso | November 14, 1979 | ||||||
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Jill is wooed by a European crown prince while shopping for Charlie's birthday party and immediately gets in the way of an assassin's line of fire. The Angels help out, even though Bosley objects since they are not being paid. Guest stars: Farrah Fawcett, Leonard Mann, Jesse Doran, Herb Braha, Karl Held, Tom Spratley and Stacy Peralta. | |||||||||||
| 82 | 10 | "Angels on Skates" | Don Chaffey | T : Michael Michaelian (as Michael Michalian) S/T : John Francis Whelpley | November 21, 1979 | ||||||
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A young girl is kidnapped while performing as a skater on Venice Beach. The Angels investigate Freddie Fortune's rink, where Kris joins the skating chorus line. Guest stars: Ed Begley Jr., Roz Kelly, Chris Mulkey, Joanna Barnes, Lory Walsh, Rene Auberjonois, Nicholas Worth and Virgil Frye | |||||||||||
| 83 | 11 | "Angels on Campus" | Don Chaffey | Michael Michaelian | November 28, 1979 | ||||||
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Two young girls from Tiffany's old sorority Kappa Omega Psi have been kidnapped to be sold as white slaves to a sheik, so Tiff and Kris return to college. Guest stars: Gary Collins, Nita Talbot, Richard Hill, David Hayward, Janice Heiden, Sandie Newton, Jo Ann Pflug, Paul Cavonis, Nina Axelrod, Helaine Lembeck, Erin Donovan, Steve Eoff and Robyn Blythe. Diana Valentine appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 84 | 12 | "Angel Hunt" | Paul Stanley | Lee Sheldon | December 5, 1979 | ||||||
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The Angels are lured to Diablo Island by an old enemy of Charlie's, who plans to hunt them down and kill them in order to avenge himself on their boss. Guest stars: Lloyd Bochner, L. Q. Jones and Paul Sylvan. | |||||||||||
| 85 | 13 | "Cruising Angels" | George McCowan | B.W. Sandefur | December 12, 1979 | ||||||
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While Bosley is romancing the interior decorator of Charlie's brand new yacht, criminals plan on using the Wayward Angel to transport a load of gold bouillon out of the country. As the Angels investigate, the gold's previous owner is also on the smugglers' trail. Guest stars: Peter Mark Richman, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (as Rodolfo Hoyos), Reni Santoni, Gene Evans, Beverly Garland, Pepe Hern, Noah Keen, Zachary Lewis and Tracy Dennison. | |||||||||||
| 86 | 14 | "Of Ghosts and Angels" | Cliff Bole | Kathryn Michaelian Powers | January 2, 1980 | ||||||
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Tiffany is having psychic premonitions about history repeating itself during a costume party at the mansion of a recently married friend of hers. Guest stars: Paul Burke, Virginia Gregg, R. G. Armstrong, Frank Christi, Robin Mattson and Lu Duffy Gardner. Cis Rundle appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 87 | 15 | "Angel's Child" | Dennis Donnelly | Edward J. Lakso | January 9, 1980 | ||||||
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Kelly discovers the police sergeant she is working with has a tendency to take out his rage on his young son and tries to get custody of the boy. Meanwhile, the masterminds of the case they are investigating have their own plans for Kelly, the cop and his son. Guest stars: Simon Oakland, Michael Witney (as Michael Whitney), Rick Casorla, Michael Allen Harris, S. Pearl Sharp (as Saundra Sharp), Michael Hershewe, John Zaremba and John Petlock. David LeBell appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 88 | 16 | "One of Our Angels Is Missing" | Allen Baron | Robert S. Biheller & W. Dal Jenkins | January 16, 1980 | ||||||
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Kris poses as a rich divorcée to find out why Vic Devlin has skipped parole. When the Angels proceed to lure him back to California, it turns out he is more dangerous than they first thought. Guest stars: Jonathan Goldsmith, Don "Red" Barry, Marc Alaimo, Bob Levine, Warren Berlinger, Louis Plante and John C. Becher (as John Becher). | |||||||||||
| 89 | 17 | "Catch a Falling Angel" | Kim Manners | Edward J. Lakso | January 23, 1980 | ||||||
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The Angels investigate the disappearance of a young man whose ex-girlfriend, Bess Hemsdale, has moved to the big city and joined the adult film industry under the name of 'Sally Storm'. Kris goes undercover as a potential starlet. Guest stars: Elissa Leeds, Gary Wood, Sully Boyar, Eugene Butler, Anthony Mannino (as R. Anthony Mannino), Richard Balin, Robert Pierce (as Robert Peirce), James Gleason and Dorit Stevens. Ron Russell appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 90 | 18 | "Homes $weet Homes" | Allen Baron | S : Robert E. Lee & Ronald E. Osborn S/T : William Froug | January 30, 1980 | ||||||
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The Kingsbrook Realty Company, which has been linked to several robberies, is the subject of the girls' latest case. Kris joins the all-female agency, while Tiffany pretends to be selling a house (as well as being the owner of several valuable letters written by America's founding fathers). Bosley poses as a potential buyer. Guest stars: Dick Gautier, Sherry Jackson, Natalie Core, Vito Scotti, Arthur Space, Ernest Harada, William Marquez, Eugene Robert Glazer, Mark Thomas, Anne Bruner, Paula Jones and Albert (Jaclyn Smith's poodle). | |||||||||||
| 91 | 19 | "Dancin' Angels" | Dennis Donnelly | Edward J. Lakso | February 6, 1980 | ||||||
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After a disappearance and a murder at an old-fashioned ballroom dance contest, Bosley and Tiffany team up as a dancing couple. Meanwhile, Kris and Kelly try to get information from the club owners, who seem to think they are living in a Bogart movie.
Guest stars: Cesar Romero, Norman Alden, John Lansing, Lee Delano, Dawn Jeffory, Brad Maule, Jason Kincaid, Lindsay Bloom and Pamela Peadon. | |||||||||||
| 92 | 20 | "Harrigan's Angel" | Don Chaffey | Edward J. Lakso | February 20, 1980 | ||||||
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The Angels team up with alcoholic private eye Harrigan to investigate the robbery of an electronics plant. Kris takes a liking to the old man and tries to get him back on track. Guest stars: Howard Duff, Ed Nelson, Michael Cavanaugh, Robert Englund, Michael Baseleon, Charles McDaniel and Marte Boyle Slout (as Marte Slout). | |||||||||||
| 93 | 21 | "An Angel's Trail" | Dennis Donnelly | Wayne Cruseturner | February 27, 1980 | ||||||
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Jill drives up to a robbery in progress at Pioneer Gasoline/The Rock Store. The perpetrator, along with his two sons as accomplices, decides he wants to take her as a hostage into the hills of the nearby isolated desert on their way to Canada. NOTE: This is Farrah Fawcett's final episode. Guest stars: Farrah Fawcett, L. Q. Jones, Tracey Walter, John Lupton, John Dennis Johnston, Dorothy Dells and Cis Rundle. | |||||||||||
| 94 | 22 | "Nips and Tucks" | Don Chaffey | S : Cory Applebaum S/T : B.W. Sandefur | March 5, 1980 | ||||||
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When a renowned cosmetic surgeon is suspected of giving criminals a new face, Tiffany joins his staff as a nurse, while Bosley poses as a rich patient whose wife, played by Kris, wants him to improve his looks. Guest stars: Louis Jourdan, Tab Hunter, Corinne Camacho (as Corinne Michaels), Barbara Iley, Lisa Shure and Joanna Pettet. | |||||||||||
| 95 | 23 | "Three for the Money" | George McCowan | Lee Sheldon | March 12, 1980 | ||||||
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The Townsend Agency is hired by three people who have been separately conned by Harley Dexter. In order to get their money back, the Angels counterattack with three cons of their own: one involving Mayan art, another centered around a Rolls-Royce and the third concerning bribe money. Guest stars: Vincent Baggetta, Lee Terri, Michael Pataki, William Wellman Jr., Richard John Miller, Carol Bruce, Conrad Bachmann (as Conrad Bachman), Andrew Masset and John Perak. | |||||||||||
| 96 | 24 | "Toni's Boys" | Ron Satlof | S : Robert Janes S/T : Katharyn Powers | April 2, 1980 | ||||||
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After an attempt is made on the Angels' lives, Charlie hires a rival detective agency run by his old friend, Antonia Blake (Barbara Stanwyck), to keep an eye on his employees. Blake, who likes to be called 'Toni', assigns her three boys to the case. They are: former U.S. Olympic champion Bob Sorensen (Bob Seagren), master of disguise Matt Parrish (Bruce Bauer) and champion rodeo rider, roper and tracker Cotton Harper (Stephen Shortridge). The Angels, feeling they can solve the case themselves, try to ditch the men as soon as possible.
Guest stars: Stephen Shortridge, Bruce Bauer, Bob Seagren, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Loggia, Andy Romano, Tricia O'Neil (as Tricia O'Neill), Roz Kelly, Jenny Sherman, James Brodhead (as James E. Brodhead), Ken Scott, Fil Formicola, Patti Townsend, Asa Teeter, Yulis Ruval and Dusty Deason. Ruby Handler and Lou Mulford appear uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 97 | 25 | "One Love... Two Angels: Part 1" | Dennis Donnelly | B.W. Sandefur | April 30, 1980 | ||||||
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Part 1 of 2. Kelly is contacted by an attorney who tells her she may be the long-lost daughter of millionaire Oliver Barrows. When Barrows sees the resemblance between Kelly and his late wife, he is convinced she is his daughter, Margaret Ellen, but Kelly remains skeptical, so she hires the Townsend Agency to investigate. Guest stars: Patrick Duffy, Lynne Marta, Ray Milland, Robert Reed, Simon Scott, William Mims, Harry Townes, Nancy Fox, Joe Ross, Sandy Freeman, Nigel Bullard, Diane Vincent and Bobby A. Ron Russell appears uncredited. | |||||||||||
| 98 | 26 | "One Love... Two Angels: Part 2" | Dennis Donnelly | B.W. Sandefur | May 7, 1980 | ||||||
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Conclusion. Bill Cord has fallen in love with both Kelly and Kris, driving a wedge between the two detectives. When Bill finds out Glenn Staley stands to gain from Kelly's death, he forfeits his own life. Now it is up to Tiffany and Bosley to hold the team together and solve the case.
Guest stars: Patrick Duffy, Lynne Marta, Robert Reed, Simon Scott, Harry Townes, Nancy Fox, Clint Young, Nigel Bullard, Bobby A., Ed Ruffalo and M. David Cohen. | |||||||||||
