I laughed out loud at several points in this story.. finding the dead body in the phone booth at the airport, a whole day after the shooting (did nobody notice) and then Kelly reaching across the dead body to use THE SAME PHONE to call the police. Surely in the 70's there was a concept of "crime scene" and evidence (and she was supposedly an ex-police officer!).
On the other hand it was nice to see footage obviously from LAX airport with the actors running past bewildered travellers.
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Bizarre Motivations
adamcshelby19 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
File this one under villains who do the dumbest things. Apparently one of the Angels is targeted for death. Part of the mystery is figuring out which Angel is the intended target. All three are harassed or followed or given a scare over the course of the episode's hour.
What's really dumb is why the villain would bother in the first place. Turns out he's dating one of Kelly's friends from college. He's a conman and was going to swindle her friend. A friend of Charlie's found out about it and was trying to warn the Angels when he was killed at the airport. My question is this; if he's worried about being caught or exposed by the Angels, why not just move on to his next mark rather than commit a murder in order to cover up the fact that he's trying to rip off Kelly's college friend? And as a pure coincidence, Kelly had already sent the conman to prison once before.
Why would he intentionally target one of Kelly Garrett's friends if he knew that it would put him at risk of being caught?
There's only a couple things of note here. We got to see Kelly's new place. We saw her apartment in season 1 when an assassin tried to kill her, then in season 2 she had a different place all together, the one where she was being hypnotized. Now here in season 3 she's got a house in the suburbs somewhere. Guess Kelly's moving up in the world.
The other thing is the guest appearance by Lloyd Bochner, who during the 70s and 80s always always seem to be playing some sort of debonair crook.
Besides the poor motivation for the villain, the Angels are guilty of some pretty sloppy detective work themselves.
But their sloppiness is matched by both Bochner's character of Jelleck, who clumsily leaves bullets on a table within Kelly's reach. And Don Galloway's John Gorman, the fiance of Kelly's friend, who thinks it's worth committing multiple murders instead of trying to swindle someone who isn't friends with one of the Angels. Because they'll get you every time.
What's really dumb is why the villain would bother in the first place. Turns out he's dating one of Kelly's friends from college. He's a conman and was going to swindle her friend. A friend of Charlie's found out about it and was trying to warn the Angels when he was killed at the airport. My question is this; if he's worried about being caught or exposed by the Angels, why not just move on to his next mark rather than commit a murder in order to cover up the fact that he's trying to rip off Kelly's college friend? And as a pure coincidence, Kelly had already sent the conman to prison once before.
Why would he intentionally target one of Kelly Garrett's friends if he knew that it would put him at risk of being caught?
There's only a couple things of note here. We got to see Kelly's new place. We saw her apartment in season 1 when an assassin tried to kill her, then in season 2 she had a different place all together, the one where she was being hypnotized. Now here in season 3 she's got a house in the suburbs somewhere. Guess Kelly's moving up in the world.
The other thing is the guest appearance by Lloyd Bochner, who during the 70s and 80s always always seem to be playing some sort of debonair crook.
Besides the poor motivation for the villain, the Angels are guilty of some pretty sloppy detective work themselves.
But their sloppiness is matched by both Bochner's character of Jelleck, who clumsily leaves bullets on a table within Kelly's reach. And Don Galloway's John Gorman, the fiance of Kelly's friend, who thinks it's worth committing multiple murders instead of trying to swindle someone who isn't friends with one of the Angels. Because they'll get you every time.
Predictable
ds-paul21 November 2013
Warning: Spoilers
I've been watching the series on Netflix from start to finish and really enjoying it...that is until I got to this episode. Perhaps the worst of the series, certainly of those I've seen so far.
First of all, the main car-tailing scene was one of the worst Hollywood has ever seen. Most of the time the baddie of the episode was following the Angels and Bosley less than a car length behind on roads with no other moving cars and they never suspected a thing.
But the main thing was that the plot was so transparent I had it solved right in the first act, except for a few minor details. Throughout the episode it just kept bugging me that they weren't tuning into simple clues that were clear as crystal. Instead they just kept dragging out the plot. It was as if the writer originally only wrote for a half-hour show and then realized it was supposed to be an hour, and had to scramble to find ways of stretching it out.
I'll continue to watch the series, but if I ever re-watch any episodes, this is one I'll be avoiding.
First of all, the main car-tailing scene was one of the worst Hollywood has ever seen. Most of the time the baddie of the episode was following the Angels and Bosley less than a car length behind on roads with no other moving cars and they never suspected a thing.
But the main thing was that the plot was so transparent I had it solved right in the first act, except for a few minor details. Throughout the episode it just kept bugging me that they weren't tuning into simple clues that were clear as crystal. Instead they just kept dragging out the plot. It was as if the writer originally only wrote for a half-hour show and then realized it was supposed to be an hour, and had to scramble to find ways of stretching it out.
I'll continue to watch the series, but if I ever re-watch any episodes, this is one I'll be avoiding.
Bad writing
jaythor7025 June 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Though I love this show, this is a poorly written episode. The sole grace is the "mystery" of who is being targeted. I guess the writer's figured it would be enough. The killer is terrible at tailing, but the girls and Bosley are worse at noticing. He is sitting out front of the office looking menacing, but these women who just heard they were being targeted for murder, don't notice him. He was literally parked 3 feet behind their car, standing by the open hood IN FRONT OF KELLY'S HOUSE, and no one batted an eye. Same bright red car, and it takes half the episode for these detectives to notice him! Really can't tell from this episode that they are very good at their job.
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