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The Best Episodes of Charlie's Angels Season 1

Every episode of Charlie's Angels Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Charlie's Angels Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 1 - Hellride
    7.2/10(467 votes)

    #1 - Hellride

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  2. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 2 - The Mexican Connection
    7.2/10(394 votes)

    #2 - The Mexican Connection

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 3 - Night of the Strangler
    7.3/10(393 votes)

    #3 - Night of the Strangler

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 4 - Angels in Chains
    8.0/10(553 votes)

    #4 - Angels in Chains

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writer:Ivan Goff

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  5. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 5 - Target: Angels
    7.4/10(360 votes)

    #5 - Target: Angels

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 6 - The Killing Kind
    7.2/10(334 votes)

    #6 - The Killing Kind

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 7 - To Kill an Angel
    7.0/10(348 votes)

    #7 - To Kill an Angel

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 8 - Lady Killer
    7.3/10(339 votes)

    #8 - Lady Killer

    S1:E8

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

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 9 - Bullseye
    7.0/10(305 votes)

    #9 - Bullseye

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 10 - Consenting Adults
    7.3/10(328 votes)

    #10 - Consenting Adults

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 11 - The Séance
    7.3/10(324 votes)

    #11 - The Séance

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Edward J. Lakso, Robert C. Dennis

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  12. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 12 - Angels on Wheels
    7.3/10(323 votes)

    #12 - Angels on Wheels

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 13 - Angel Trap
    7.3/10(304 votes)

    #13 - Angel Trap

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  14. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 14 - The Big Tap Out
    7.4/10(298 votes)

    #14 - The Big Tap Out

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 15 - Angels on a String
    7.3/10(287 votes)

    #15 - Angels on a String

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  16. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 16 - Dirty Business
    6.7/10(287 votes)

    #16 - Dirty Business

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Bill Bixby
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  17. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 17 - The Vegas Connection
    7.1/10(286 votes)

    #17 - The Vegas Connection

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 18 - Terror on Ward One
    7.3/10(287 votes)

    #18 - Terror on Ward One

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  19. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 19 - Dancing in the Dark
    7.3/10(294 votes)

    #19 - Dancing in the Dark

    S1:E19

    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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 20 - I Will Be Remembered
    7.3/10(300 votes)

    #20 - I Will Be Remembered

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 21 - Angels at Sea
    6.9/10(306 votes)

    #21 - Angels at Sea

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:Allen Baron
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Charlie's Angels Season 1 Episode 22 - The Blue Angels
    7.4/10(302 votes)

    #22 - The Blue Angels

    S1:E22

    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.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Hellride" is the best rated episode of "Charlie's Angels" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 467 votes. Directed by Richard Lang and written by Edward J. Lakso, it aired on 9/22/1976. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Mexican Connection".