After the very silly, but enjoyable, Toni's Boys episode, the 4th series ends with a more serious, and darker, two-parter, during which Kelly and Kris fall out over a man.
That's one of the charms of all the Charlie's Angels first 4 series, the flexibility to swing from completely ridiculous, almost comedic episodes, to others that deal with emotional, sometimes quite serious social issues.
No doubt the producers were searching for original ideas, after about 100 episodes, and two angels falling in love with the same man just about works thanks to good acting from Jacklyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, and Patrick Duffy... I thought Kris's (Cheryl Ladd) facial expressions throughout the whole affair were quality, capturing a woman's feelings of hurt, jealousy...
However, you would have liked to have thought that two confident, savvy female detectives would have both dumped their lover when they discovered he was cheating on them, with their best friend - especially as the whole premise of Charlie's Angels is how tight the friendship and loyalty of the Angels is, both on a professional and social level. It just goes against the grain of everything we've known about their personalities that this would happen, but then again, that's the power of love, and what makes this episode so intriguing... They do have weaknesses after all...
While Kelly and Kris are dealing with their personal issues in this episode, it is Tiffany (Shelley Hack) who does all the detective work, and bizarrely, in her last ever episode, is so comfortable and confident in her role, really nailing the Tiffany personality, as well as looking great, stylish and sophisticated, in every scene (and braless when wearing the purple jumper, a tribute to Farah Fawcett perhaps!).
That's one of the charms of all the Charlie's Angels first 4 series, the flexibility to swing from completely ridiculous, almost comedic episodes, to others that deal with emotional, sometimes quite serious social issues.
No doubt the producers were searching for original ideas, after about 100 episodes, and two angels falling in love with the same man just about works thanks to good acting from Jacklyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, and Patrick Duffy... I thought Kris's (Cheryl Ladd) facial expressions throughout the whole affair were quality, capturing a woman's feelings of hurt, jealousy...
However, you would have liked to have thought that two confident, savvy female detectives would have both dumped their lover when they discovered he was cheating on them, with their best friend - especially as the whole premise of Charlie's Angels is how tight the friendship and loyalty of the Angels is, both on a professional and social level. It just goes against the grain of everything we've known about their personalities that this would happen, but then again, that's the power of love, and what makes this episode so intriguing... They do have weaknesses after all...
While Kelly and Kris are dealing with their personal issues in this episode, it is Tiffany (Shelley Hack) who does all the detective work, and bizarrely, in her last ever episode, is so comfortable and confident in her role, really nailing the Tiffany personality, as well as looking great, stylish and sophisticated, in every scene (and braless when wearing the purple jumper, a tribute to Farah Fawcett perhaps!).
