Ever since she joined the series in the second season, Cheryl Ladd has quickly become my favorite of the Angels, not just because she is extremely good-looking, and not just because her character Kris is so sweet and good-natured, but also because Ladd is an underrated actress who can pull off the comic and the dramatic aspects of her role equally well; for anyone doubting this, I particularly recommend the season 2 episodes "Angel Baby" and "The Sandcastle Murders". "Angel On My Mind" provides further proof. Here, she is convincingly lost and vulnerable after a violent incident leaves her with temporary amnesia; however, her detective instincts are still highly alert, as three guys trying to steal her purse find out - the hard way! Kelly, Sabrina and Bosley also do some of their best detective work, as they try to track her down before a murderer - who knows she witnessed one of his crimes - does. In fact, if there is one weak point about this otherwise standout episode, it's the motivation of the murderer - OK, he's ill-tempered, but killing a restaurant owner with several blows to the head just because they had an argument about the service? *** out of 4.
Review of Angel on My Mind
