This was a good one, Farrah's 4th return to Charlie's Angels and out of the four this was the most complete. Being cast opposite Timothy Dalton didn't hurt.
He plays an international playboy who moonlights as a jewel thief, although it would be more accurate to say he daylights as a jewel thief, as for some reason he only operates during the day. I suppose they could have called this episode 'The Living Daylights', or maybe even 'The Thieving Daylights'.
I love the way Jill Munroe is introduced in this episode, if you didn't know ahead of time it was going to be a Farrah return, the surprise would have been well done.
The Angels are hired by the rich boyfriend of an opera singer who'll be performing in Los Angeles while wearing a very well-known diamond, and he wants the Angels to protect the diamond from theft.
Naturally, Timothy Dalton's character of Damien Roth plans on stealing it. Each of the Angels makes an attempt to get to know him, first Kris pretends to be a buyer of a condo in a building he manages. Roth doesn't bite. Then Kelly pretends to be a journalist (how many times have we seen that cover?), but her pitch to Roth is vehemently opposed as he is publicity shy. Finally the little used Tiffany Welles meets him at a fancy auto garage and pesters him about getting turbocharged, he politely suggests she talk to a mechanic.
But Jaclyn Smith's Kelly Garrett doesn't give up and follows him to a martial arts dojo where she discovers why he's been so resistant to the charm of the three Angels; he's dating Farrah's Jill Munroe.
This leads to tense scenes between Jill Monroe and her sister Kris, and then later with Kelly Garrett. I thought these scenes were very well acted, communicating Jill's anger that she was being followed by people she considered friends, and how both Kelly and Kris were upset and disappointed that Jill would associate with a known criminal. Most of Farrah's previous appearances since she had left were more like reunions, where the Angels were all happy to see each other. Not so much here, which brought an extra level of realism to the plot.
Without engaging in spoilers, it should be noted that the cinematography was extremely well done, particularly the shots of Dalton's character scaling down the sides of buildings. The camera gave the viewer a bird's-eye view of Los Angeles and what it looked like to rappel down a building from the roof.
Another interesting note was how Charlie himself, when describing Damian Roth to the Angels, referred to him as a James Bond-type person. Little did Charlie know that the actor playing Roth, Timothy Dalton, was just eight short years away from becoming the fourth James Bond. And it does make me wonder if the producers of the Bond films had watched this episode, because Dalton was at his dashing and debonair best.
There's even one completely preposterous James Bond-type scene where the jewel is guarded by a deadly cobra. Roth seems to use some sort of Tai chi on the cobra to lull it into helplessness. A silly scene only compounded by the fact that the Cobra looked completely fake. And I haven't yet mentioned the rooftop martial arts battle that looked more like a new age dance. Still, from a dramatic sense, it's a pretty good episode and Farrah's best of her guest appearances.
He plays an international playboy who moonlights as a jewel thief, although it would be more accurate to say he daylights as a jewel thief, as for some reason he only operates during the day. I suppose they could have called this episode 'The Living Daylights', or maybe even 'The Thieving Daylights'.
I love the way Jill Munroe is introduced in this episode, if you didn't know ahead of time it was going to be a Farrah return, the surprise would have been well done.
The Angels are hired by the rich boyfriend of an opera singer who'll be performing in Los Angeles while wearing a very well-known diamond, and he wants the Angels to protect the diamond from theft.
Naturally, Timothy Dalton's character of Damien Roth plans on stealing it. Each of the Angels makes an attempt to get to know him, first Kris pretends to be a buyer of a condo in a building he manages. Roth doesn't bite. Then Kelly pretends to be a journalist (how many times have we seen that cover?), but her pitch to Roth is vehemently opposed as he is publicity shy. Finally the little used Tiffany Welles meets him at a fancy auto garage and pesters him about getting turbocharged, he politely suggests she talk to a mechanic.
But Jaclyn Smith's Kelly Garrett doesn't give up and follows him to a martial arts dojo where she discovers why he's been so resistant to the charm of the three Angels; he's dating Farrah's Jill Munroe.
This leads to tense scenes between Jill Monroe and her sister Kris, and then later with Kelly Garrett. I thought these scenes were very well acted, communicating Jill's anger that she was being followed by people she considered friends, and how both Kelly and Kris were upset and disappointed that Jill would associate with a known criminal. Most of Farrah's previous appearances since she had left were more like reunions, where the Angels were all happy to see each other. Not so much here, which brought an extra level of realism to the plot.
Without engaging in spoilers, it should be noted that the cinematography was extremely well done, particularly the shots of Dalton's character scaling down the sides of buildings. The camera gave the viewer a bird's-eye view of Los Angeles and what it looked like to rappel down a building from the roof.
Another interesting note was how Charlie himself, when describing Damian Roth to the Angels, referred to him as a James Bond-type person. Little did Charlie know that the actor playing Roth, Timothy Dalton, was just eight short years away from becoming the fourth James Bond. And it does make me wonder if the producers of the Bond films had watched this episode, because Dalton was at his dashing and debonair best.
There's even one completely preposterous James Bond-type scene where the jewel is guarded by a deadly cobra. Roth seems to use some sort of Tai chi on the cobra to lull it into helplessness. A silly scene only compounded by the fact that the Cobra looked completely fake. And I haven't yet mentioned the rooftop martial arts battle that looked more like a new age dance. Still, from a dramatic sense, it's a pretty good episode and Farrah's best of her guest appearances.