Undercover Angels with hillbilly accents? Check. Feudin' families with rival children secretly in love? Check. The greatest single non-verbal windup to a line of dialogue in television history, courtesy of actor Steve Hanks in his first scene? Check. However...are we happy we've left Hawaii? Sigh. We are not. Mid-season report on Tanya: they're giving her more to do than her predecessor...but we're not sure yet whether that's a good thing. In terms of eye candy, it's nice that she has a bit more muscle tone than any previous Angel. It's long overdue, considering that "detective" is an ostensibly physical profession. The Tammy Faye makeup doesn't help, however.
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Angels vs Gangsters vs Moonshiners
hypestyle16 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Kelly, Kris and Julie get hired by a southern state to investigate a conflict between two corn-liquor distillers (aka moonshine men) whose operations have gone on for generations, and apparently so has a family feud between the two men. Inevitably, a male and female grandchild of these men, respectively, are falling in love, which threatens the "stability" of the rivalry. In the meanwhile, there is a New York City based mobster who wants to escalate the conflict, and get more money out of the distilleries.
Kris works for one of the distillers operating the conversion machine; Kelly goes undercover as a car driver for the other distiller; Julie becomes a waitress at a popular local diner where the Mobster likes to visit on his trips to town. Bosley pretends to be a Texas "moonshine distributor" who wants to go into business with both of the feuding grandpas.
The patriarchs of the two families look disturbingly similar. At the risk of a really bad joke, could it be that these two are related, and thus their grandchildren are... technically.. related? Something of a southern stereotype, to be sure.
There is not much action to the climax, though there is a car chase and some explosions (separately). You get to see Kelly and Kris affect southern accents, to varying effect.
Kris works for one of the distillers operating the conversion machine; Kelly goes undercover as a car driver for the other distiller; Julie becomes a waitress at a popular local diner where the Mobster likes to visit on his trips to town. Bosley pretends to be a Texas "moonshine distributor" who wants to go into business with both of the feuding grandpas.
The patriarchs of the two families look disturbingly similar. At the risk of a really bad joke, could it be that these two are related, and thus their grandchildren are... technically.. related? Something of a southern stereotype, to be sure.
There is not much action to the climax, though there is a car chase and some explosions (separately). You get to see Kelly and Kris affect southern accents, to varying effect.
Dukes of Hazzard meets Charlie's Angels.
retep_bk1 August 2020
Better than it looks on paper
aramis-112-80488021 January 2023
No one in Hollywood understands economics. I know these writers are all wooden-headed dummies whose strings are pulled by Communist handlers, but let's be honest: they're all economic dimwits anyway who want the rest of the country to be as ignorant as they are.
At one point Bosley, trying to come between two feudin', fussin' and fightin' groups of moonshiners, says it's a free market. You can't have a free market on an illegal or black market substances.
Free markets can only be free if they're legal. That way, demand sets the price. On illicit substances demand can only drive prices higher and as with gambling (even legal gambling) the House has the upper hand. I could give the idiots lessons in economics but they don't want to learn.
Hollywood writers get by with fibbing tropes. Quicksand doesn't work like it does on TV. Neither do silencers, leading even fools who manage to get elected by bigger fools think they can silence machine guns. These writers have art thieves always cutting valuable paintings from their frames, which means whoever is paying for them is getting damaged goods, which no self-respecting underworld art collector will pay for. And, BTW, in the real world there aren't any underworld bigwigs with rooms full of pilfered art, though lots of stolen art finds its way into the hands of Central and South American drug lords to pay off on drug deals.
I suppose it's difficult to churn out stupid TV shows week after week but the canard is, "Write what you know," and these dopes don't know much.
That said, the writers of "Charlie's Angels" this time stole an idea that might've played on "The Dukes of Hazard" with a story torn from the pages of Shakespeare: two feuding moonshine families with young people in love with each other. But will it end like "Romeo and Juliet" or the movie "The Big Country"?
Moonshine runners are legendary where I come from, though there's not a lot of that here, which might've been fun.
The Angels look good in skimpy designer outfits but, frankly, the blue-jeans and flannel shirt look works for me. They don't show a lot of cleavage this time out but I think they look great.
This is a slight yarn with phony southern accents flying back and forth. The Angels look great and while these California southerners (perhaps from down San Diego way) have patriarchs with gravitas (one is Andrew Duggan). It's silly (how does Kris suddenly make better "moon" than professionals?) but it's fun if you don't use your brain too much.
At one point Bosley, trying to come between two feudin', fussin' and fightin' groups of moonshiners, says it's a free market. You can't have a free market on an illegal or black market substances.
Free markets can only be free if they're legal. That way, demand sets the price. On illicit substances demand can only drive prices higher and as with gambling (even legal gambling) the House has the upper hand. I could give the idiots lessons in economics but they don't want to learn.
Hollywood writers get by with fibbing tropes. Quicksand doesn't work like it does on TV. Neither do silencers, leading even fools who manage to get elected by bigger fools think they can silence machine guns. These writers have art thieves always cutting valuable paintings from their frames, which means whoever is paying for them is getting damaged goods, which no self-respecting underworld art collector will pay for. And, BTW, in the real world there aren't any underworld bigwigs with rooms full of pilfered art, though lots of stolen art finds its way into the hands of Central and South American drug lords to pay off on drug deals.
I suppose it's difficult to churn out stupid TV shows week after week but the canard is, "Write what you know," and these dopes don't know much.
That said, the writers of "Charlie's Angels" this time stole an idea that might've played on "The Dukes of Hazard" with a story torn from the pages of Shakespeare: two feuding moonshine families with young people in love with each other. But will it end like "Romeo and Juliet" or the movie "The Big Country"?
Moonshine runners are legendary where I come from, though there's not a lot of that here, which might've been fun.
The Angels look good in skimpy designer outfits but, frankly, the blue-jeans and flannel shirt look works for me. They don't show a lot of cleavage this time out but I think they look great.
This is a slight yarn with phony southern accents flying back and forth. The Angels look great and while these California southerners (perhaps from down San Diego way) have patriarchs with gravitas (one is Andrew Duggan). It's silly (how does Kris suddenly make better "moon" than professionals?) but it's fun if you don't use your brain too much.
Let's Shuck it, Bos.
samimichalek1 August 2020
Oh my goodness, what to say here. This episode like the other reviewer said is probably meant to be fun, but falls utterly flat.
The angels are hired to protect a moonshiner's business and stop their feud. The angels? The angels are hired to do this?! They are going to hillibilly land to save moonshine. Oh my sweet cheese and crackers!!
Now for the serious review, Julie doesn't do much in this episode. This episode actually reminds me of a, "Wanted: Dead or Alive," episode where Steve McQueen gets involved in a moonshining feud. His episode is much better and that's probably because it fits.
I'd shuck this one angels, though it is surprising that this is chosen as our first episode back from Hawaii. No wonder Kate Jackson left.
The angels are hired to protect a moonshiner's business and stop their feud. The angels? The angels are hired to do this?! They are going to hillibilly land to save moonshine. Oh my sweet cheese and crackers!!
Now for the serious review, Julie doesn't do much in this episode. This episode actually reminds me of a, "Wanted: Dead or Alive," episode where Steve McQueen gets involved in a moonshining feud. His episode is much better and that's probably because it fits.
I'd shuck this one angels, though it is surprising that this is chosen as our first episode back from Hawaii. No wonder Kate Jackson left.
lazy lazy lazy
riku-2816023 March 2020
This kind of episode is no doubt why the series got cancelled, or perhaps it was already cancelled and the writer just had to create an episode out of obligation knowing the show would end shortly.
There is nothing to redeem this episode unless you find the hillbilly accents amusing although that does not sustain a 50 minute episode.
It's an interesting use of public money that the state government hires a private investigation agency for something that should be resolved by law enforcement - i had to watch the start of the episode a second time to remind myself why the Townsend Detective Agency would get involved in this case. Of course that kind of logic is totally irrelevant since the writer probably climbed out of bed and thought "hillbilly accents" and that was the episode decided.
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