Charlie's Angels: Season 3

1978 · 24 episodes · ★ 9.5

What Season 3 of Charlie's Angels

Sabrina Duncan, Jill Munroe and Kelly Garrett work as private detectives for Charlie Townsend, a millionaire they never see face to face. He assigns each case to them over the phone on speakerphone, because he fears for his agents and for his own identity. This season sends them to Las Vegas, where a hotel and casino keeps losing employees in suspicious accidents. Later they investigate a murder at a spa, a ring that smuggles fugitives out of the country on cruise ships, and the disappearance of college cheerleaders. To move around without raising suspicion, the three go in disguise, posing as students, performers or runners, and every assignment can turn dangerous.

24episodes

Sep 13, 1978premiered

May 16, 1979latest episode

20 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Angels in Vegas (1)
Sep 13, 1978 · 50 min
After showgirl Mary Phillips becomes the second employee of the Tropicana Hotel and Casino to perish in a deadly auto accident, Tropicana owner Frank Howell hires the Angels to establish a motive for the killings. Kelly joins the hotel's show as a dancer, while Kris is hired as the new backup singer for lounge star Marty Cole.
Written by: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Michael Conrad, Herb Edelman, James Hong
3x02 Angels in Vegas (2)
Sep 13, 1978 · 50 min
Suspicion for the attacks falls on rival casino owner Mark Haynes, who is in cahoots with Cole to put Frank out of business. Haynes is unaware, however, that Cole has taken their plan one step further.
Written by: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Michael Conrad, Herb Edelman, Robert Urich, James Hong
3x03 Angel Come Home
Sep 20, 1978 · 50 min
Jill's old flame Paul Ferrino persuades her to drive his experimental car in a Grand Prix, hoping that a victory will bring needed research funds. A mysterious explosion sets the Angels in motion.
Directed by: Paul Stanley · Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Horst Buchholz, Dolly Read, Stephen Collins
3x04 Angel on High
Sep 27, 1978 · 50 min
The Angels travel to a Reno air show to track down stunt pilot Bill Freeman who may be the long lost son of Jonathan Stambler and heir to his substantial fortune.
Directing: Lawrence Doheny · Writing: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Bert Freed, Johnny Seven, Annalee Jefferies
3x05 Angels in Springtime
Oct 11, 1978 · 50 min
A famous actress is mysteriously electrocuted at an exclusive spa and the Angels are called in to find the murderer and a missing manuscript she had at the time of her death.
Directed by: Larry Stewart · Written by: William Froug · Starring: Marie Windsor, Mercedes McCambridge, Nancy Parsons, Joan Hotchkis
3x06 Winning is For Losers
Oct 18, 1978 · 50 min
Linda Frye, a young woman determined to win a major golf tournament, is shot and the Angels are called in to find out who is trying to kill her.
Directed by: Cliff Bole · Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Buck Young, Ray Wise, Casey Kasem
3x07 Haunted Angels
Oct 25, 1978 · 50 min
In hopes of contacting her beloved nephew Martin who died four years ago, Claire Ross sponsors Dr. Douglas Holden and his psychic research. Bosley, Claire's friend, brings in the Angels as fake psychics to check on possible fraud.
Directed by: Ronald Austin · Written by: Lee Sheldon · Starring: Roger Bowen, Peter Donat, Gretchen Wyler, Joseph Hacker
3x08 Pom Pom Angels
Nov 1, 1978 · 50 min
One by one, three beautiful cheerleaders disappear and the Angels are brought in to find them. Bosley informs the Angels that a note from a religious fanatic was sent to each of the missing girls before they vanished.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Starring: Ben Davidson, Anne Francis, Fran Ryan
3x09 Angels Ahoy!
Nov 8, 1978 · 50 min
A young woman is murdered after she identifies a killer on a luxury liner. The Angels are called in to uncover a ring that helps criminals escape the country by cruise ship.
Directed by: Allen Baron · Written by: Lee Sheldon · Starring: Jack Murdock, Doug Sheehan, Peter Brown, Janis Paige
3x10 Mother Angel
Nov 15, 1978 · 50 min
Looking for a thrill, poor little rich girl Samantha Courtney breaks into a greenhouse and stumbles upon a murder. Since Charlie is an old friend of the girl's aunt, the Angels are put on the case.
Directing: Don Chaffey · Writing: Rift Fournier · Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Gary Collins, Hermione Baddeley, Mike Mazurki
3x11 Angel on My Mind
Nov 22, 1978 · 50 min
Bosley and the Angels are at a restaurant when Kris excuses herself and ends up seeing a man rob and murder the establishment's owner. After witnessing the crime, Kris is struck by the killer's car and develops amnesia.
Directing: Curtis Harrington · Writing: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Michael Witney, Jonathan Frakes, Billy Barty, Jordan Ladd
3x12 Angels Belong in Heaven
Dec 6, 1978 · 50 min
A small-time crook who owes Charlie a favor leaves an urgent warning that someone is after one of the Angels. Kelly's houseguest, Sally, decides to stay in a hotel until the scandal has blown over but ends up in the center of it.
Directing: Paul Stanley · Writing: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Lloyd Bochner, Don Galloway, Eddie Firestone, Tracy Brooks Swope
3x13 Angels in the Stretch
Dec 20, 1978 · 50 min
The Angels are called in to find the murderer of a gambler killed while investigating the suspicious antics of a dull racehorse.
Directing: Lawrence Doheny · Starring: David Hedison, Joyce Jameson, Richard Bakalyan, James Gammon
3x14 Angels on Vacation
Jan 10, 1979 · 50 min
Kris invites Bosley and the Angels to vacation in a small Arizona town where her aunt is Mayor and her uncle is Sheriff. Upon arrival they discover their headlights smashed, no rooms available and a suspicious lack of women in town.
Directing: Don Weis · Writing: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Georgia Schmidt, John McIntire, Lyle Talbot, Jason Wingreen
3x15 Counterfeit Angels
Jan 24, 1979 · 50 min
A group of Angel look-alikes pull off several robberies, forcing the Angels to go undercover and on the lam in order to clear their names.
Directed by: Georg Stanford Brown · Starring: Bubba Smith, Noah Keen, Hilarie Thompson, Wynn Irwin
3x16 Disco Angels
Jan 31, 1979 · 50 min
After the third victim of a bus strangler is found, the Angels are called in to find the killer. Their investigation centers around a disco.
Directed by: Georg Stanford Brown · Starring: Arthur Malet, Zalman King, Diane McBain, Robert Symonds
3x17 Terror on Skis (1)
Feb 7, 1979 · 50 min
A U.S. government agent is killed on the slopes of Vail, Colorado, while investigating a rumor that someone will kidnap Carl Hansworth, a special aide to the President. Fearing that the identity of all federal agents has been compromised, the government turns to outside help- the Angels- to provide protection.
Directing: Don Chaffey · Writing: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Rossano Brazzi, Christopher George, Kathleen Nolan, Cesare Danova
3x18 Terror on Skis (2)
Feb 7, 1979 · 50 min
During a check of the guests at Hansworth's hotel, the Angels encounter Vincenti Donatelli and his son, Paolo, both members of an Italian Radical group called the Patriots for a Free Society. Their suspicions of the group are confirmed when Sabrina is kidnapped, and offered an exchange for the voluntary surrender of Hansworth.
Directing: Don Chaffey · Writing: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Rossano Brazzi, Christopher George, Kathleen Nolan, Cesare Danova
3x19 Angel in a Box
Feb 14, 1979 · 50 min
Jill Munroe returns to help the Angels find her kidnapped sister, Kris. After hearing an eyewitness account of the kidnapping, the Angels and Bosley are led to a tennis resort, where Jill is also kidnapped.
Directing: Curtis Harrington · Writing: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Perry Lopez, Art LaFleur, John Colicos
3x20 Teen Angels
Feb 28, 1979 · 50 min
The Angels assume false identities in order to investigate a murder at a posh girl's school. During their probe, they discover that some of the girls are involved in the sale and abuse of drugs and alcohol.
Directed by: Allen Baron · Starring: Audrey Landers, Jack Fletcher
3x21 Marathon Angels
Mar 7, 1979 · 50 min
The Angels investigate the mysterious disappearance of Sylvia and Sally, two participants in a promotional running race. Kris and Kelly enter the race and must literally chase their suspects.
Written by: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Sarah Purcell, Walter Brooke, Ronnie Schell, Liberty Godshall
3x22 Angels in Waiting
Mar 21, 1979 · 50 min
After being called predictable, Bosley becomes annoyed and challenges the Angels to a game of hide and seek. He meets an attractive woman named Ellen before phoning in his first clue to the Angels. The two become the target of someone who's not playing games.
Directed by: Allen Baron · Written by: Edward J. Lakso · Starring: Pat Crowley, James B. Sikking, Cosmo Sardo
3x23 Rosemary, for Remembrance
May 2, 1979 · 50 min
Ex-mobster Jake Garfield has just been released from prison for the murder of his wife. He claims that he was framed by a racketeer named Renaldi, so his nephew hires the Angels to investigate.
Directing: Ronald Austin · Writing: Lee Sheldon · Starring: Robert Karnes, Barbara Tarbuck, Ramon Bieri
3x24 Angels Remembered Season Finale
May 16, 1979 · 50 min
Charlie calls the Angels to a meeting which is actually a birthday party celebrating the Angels third year together. Charlie, Bosley and the girls recollect assignments, disguises and characters from their past adventures.
Directed by: Kim Manners · Written by: Edward J. Lakso