The BEST episodes of Charlie's Angels season 1

Every episode of Charlie's Angels season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Charlie's Angels season 1!

What do you get when you have three beautiful crime fighting ladies and a boss that is a total recluse? The most successful series of the 1970's, Charlie's Angels.

Last Updated: 9/18/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Angels in Chains
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8.19
95 votes

#1 - Angels in Chains

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1976

The Angels go behind bars to uncover a scheme at a prison-farm in a corrupt small town where rich women are enslaved for their fortunes and then killed.

Directors: Phil Bondelli
Writer: Robert Earll
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The Blue Angels
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7.20
46 votes

#2 - The Blue Angels

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1977

Sabrina goes undercover on the vice squad with a cop suspected of two murders. Kelly attends the police academy with two of his accomplices and Jill reopens the massage parlor where the murders took place.

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Night of the Strangler
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6.96
107 votes

#3 - Night of the Strangler

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1976

The Angels investigate a series of rag-doll stranglings, using Kelly's resemblance to the first victim to attract the murderer.

Writer: Pat Fiedler
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Hellride
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6.93
198 votes

#4 - Hellride

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1976

Sabrina pretends to be a racecar driver when the girls go undercover to investigate a conspiracy surrounding the death of a female racer.

Directors: Richard Lang
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The Vegas Connection
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6.69
49 votes

#5 - The Vegas Connection

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/9/1977

The Angels roll into Las Vegas disguised as a casino auditor and two aspiring showgirls. With Bosley playing the role of a big-spending gambler, the girls set a trap for a con artist.

Directors: George McCowan
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I Will Be Remembered
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6.63
49 votes

#6 - I Will Be Remembered

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/9/1977

The Angels go undercover on the set of an aging movie star's comeback film to catch thieves who want to steal the actress' valuable artwork.

Writer: Melvin Levy
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The Séance
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6.58
83 votes

#7 - The Séance

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1976

Kelly assumes the identity of a rich Texas widow so the Angels can nab a medium who hypnotizes people into believing their dead spouses manage their business affairs from beyond the grave.

Directors: George Brooks
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Terror on Ward One
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6.57
47 votes

#8 - Terror on Ward One

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/1977

Jill and Kelly pose as student nurses to catch a rapist who has been terrorizing a hospital night watch. Sabrina plays a local magazine writer working on a story, and Bosley enters the hospital as a patient with a bone spur.

Directors: Bob Kelljan
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The Big Tap-Out
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6.56
52 votes

#9 - The Big Tap-Out

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1977

The Angels con a compulsive gambler out of his money in order to catch him replenishing his funds through burglary.

Writer: Brian McKay
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Angels at Sea
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6.48
44 votes

#10 - Angels at Sea

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/23/1977

In a series of conspicuous accidents aboard a cruise ship to Hawaii, a young couple is murdered. The ship's owner hires the Angels to investigate. The murderer knows the Angels' true identities from the start and sends them death threats.

Directors: Allen Baron
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Target: Angels
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6.46
94 votes

#11 - Target: Angels

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1976

Running from an unknown assassin, the Angels hide out in Charlie's mansion only to discover that they've led the killer to his real target, Charlie.

Directors: Richard Lang
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Lady Killer
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6.44
55 votes

#12 - Lady Killer

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1976

Jill becomes a candidate for the centerfold of Feline Magazine, hoping to tempt the murderer of two models.

Directors: George McCowan
Writer: Sue Melburn
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Consenting Adults
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6.39
85 votes

#13 - Consenting Adults

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1976

A computer dating service, fronting for prostitutes and their burglar accomplices, starts an underworld war when the thieves steal diamonds belonging to a ruthless crime syndicate. Jill poses as a hooker, while Sabrina and Kelly disguise themselves as veterinarians in order to kidnap the kingpin's prize racehorse.

Directors: George McCowan
Writer: Les Carter
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Angels on Wheels
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6.36
56 votes

#14 - Angels on Wheels

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1976

The Angels go undercover to investigate the mysterious "accidental" death of a roller derby star.

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The Mexican Connection
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6.32
109 votes

#15 - The Mexican Connection

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1976

The Angels head to Mexico in search of a downed plane full of heroin. While trying to find the only survivor of the crash, they end up in the crossfire between two warring heroin dealers.

Directors: Allen Baron
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Angel Trap
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6.32
53 votes

#16 - Angel Trap

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1977

The Angels try to stop an assassin intent on killing members of the WW II French underground. Sabrina poses as the girlfriend of the next victim.

Directors: George McCowan
The Killing Kind
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6.28
118 votes

#17 - The Killing Kind

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1976

The Angels pose as employees and guests of an exclusive hotel-resort to solve the murder of an investigative reporter.

Directors: Richard Benedict
Writer: Rick Husky
To Kill an Angel
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6.26
84 votes

#18 - To Kill an Angel

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1976

Skip, a mentally challenged child who Kelly has taken on an outing, witnesses a murder and runs away when Kelly is wounded. Sabrina and Jill try to find Skip, while the killer, posing as Skip's father, visits Kelly at the hospital.

Directors: Phil Bondelli
Writer: Rick Husky
Bullseye
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5.53
115 votes

#19 - Bullseye

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1976

The Angels enlist in the military to uncover a drug-profiteering scheme run by a cruel drill sergeant and a crooked military physician.

Directors: Daniel Haller
Writer: Jeff Myrow
Dirty Business
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5.38
78 votes

#20 - Dirty Business

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1977

While investigating an arson at a legitimate business, the Angels discover it is actually a front for a pornographic film studio that blackmails wealthy people into investing.

Directors: Bill Bixby
Dancing in the Dark
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5.32
78 votes

#21 - Dancing in the Dark

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/23/1977

The Angels investigate a gigolo who charms wealthy women in a ballroom dancing class and then blackmails them. Jill masquerades as a disco dance instructor, Sabrina as a rich heiress and Kelly as a replacement for the gigolo's usual photographer.

Directors: Cliff Bole
Writer: Les Carter
Angels on a String
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5.30
79 votes

#22 - Angels on a String

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1977

An international political spokesman for free Poland is abducted and a double is substituted for him at a world conference being held at a resort where the Angels are vacationing.

Directors: Larry Doheny