ArchAngel goes behind enemy lines in East Germany when he gets word that a former love, Maria, has made it to a KGB White List, essentially marking her for death. What he doesn't realize is that he's a pawn involving a serum that will brainwash him into killing the head of The Firm, Zeus. String and Santini's stunt collision with a barn that goes awry has them injured and in need of Caitlin's assistance. She's gung-ho but in need of training in order to help pilot Airwolf. Marella (Pratt, getting to write the episode!) asks for String's help as The Firm has abandoned him, basically disregarding his very existence! Anytime the show has Airwolf combatting soldiers in a castle, this go-around in East Germany as KGB covertly plot against The Firm using ArchAngel's loyalties to Maria as bait, her lover involved with Russian intelligence, I'm an excited viewer. The stunt dogfight at the beginning, real Airwolf dogfight with East German fighter planes at the end, Airwolf and castle combat towards the end, String supposedly enlisting the aid of Maria to rescue ArchAngel only to realize it was all too easy, The Firm not too pleased with Marella and practically at odds with ArchAngel's rescue period, and String and ArchAngel infiltrating the castle during daylight with the unfortunate task of killing the likes of Maria and Kruger (two once friendly with ArchAngel, now enemies voluntarily using methods to brainwash and force him into killing superiors, only halted by String when he puts blanks in ArchAngel's gun) are a host of great highlights in this exhilarating if far-fetched episode. Able to enter and exit illegal territory so easily asks us to suspend our disbelief but Airwolf has long been established as capable of such feats. Caitlin has finally secured the trust of her guys, and Alex Cord gets to be more involved in the action, perhaps the best use of his ArchAngel up to this point.
Review of Fallen Angel
