Someone's scaring off female tennis players from competing in a tournament and the Angels are hired to crack the case. Kris played tennis in college (no doubt she was first racket) so she goes undercover as a player who apparently is admitted into the competition without playing a single event (maybe they liked her outfit, ratings!) Sabrina goes undercover as a photographer and Kelly as her model. Bosley's recruited to wipe spectator seats down because why not?
One player is almost scalded in the hot showers, and later the Mexican champ is somehow killed while mediating, although how this was done is never explained too well. The Swedish champ, who likes her yoga, has a rattlesnake planted in her handbag. Man, here we go with this rattlesnake business again, one of the worst 70's tropes. And when the snake is revealed it acts more like a cobra, or at least its operator had it act like a cobra, as a wire or string can be seen.
Bibi Besch, the Swedish actress best known for the Wrath of Khan, plays an American player on the comeback trail and one who defeated a male tennis announcer in a battle of the sexes type match. She's an excellent actress and seems to be slumming a little here.
Jaclyn Smith as Kelly spends a good portion of the episode in a tight pair of blue shorts with matching top and looks her usual doll self. Cheryl Ladd as Kris has a hilarious locker room duel with a killer, where the locker stalls are tipped over like dominoes. Kris as the smallest Angel really packs a punch, I can only assume every last locker stall was empty to have them toppled so easy.
There's one scene where Bibi's character is shot at by a sniper in broad daylight on a practice court. You would think that a tournament where players are dying would have hired some armed security, but no, why spoil the fun? And the sniper in broad daylight is another trope that Charlie's Angels uses time and time again. The Circus episode, the Hawaiian episode, the Jericho episode -- sheesh.
And speaking of the tournament, the top prize is $25,000, not a bad sum for the 70's, but you'd think they would actually play on a nice court. The real location is the Calabasas Swim and Tennis club, but the courts look drab and not up to professional standards. Interesting though, the Angels were hitting Calabasas long before the Kardashians ever did and looked better doing it.
The episode ends with, what else, a car chase. We only got to see Kris hit tennis balls once, against the chauvinist TV announcer, and she sends him running away in no time. The episode is full of plot holes but is enjoyable on a farcical level.
One player is almost scalded in the hot showers, and later the Mexican champ is somehow killed while mediating, although how this was done is never explained too well. The Swedish champ, who likes her yoga, has a rattlesnake planted in her handbag. Man, here we go with this rattlesnake business again, one of the worst 70's tropes. And when the snake is revealed it acts more like a cobra, or at least its operator had it act like a cobra, as a wire or string can be seen.
Bibi Besch, the Swedish actress best known for the Wrath of Khan, plays an American player on the comeback trail and one who defeated a male tennis announcer in a battle of the sexes type match. She's an excellent actress and seems to be slumming a little here.
Jaclyn Smith as Kelly spends a good portion of the episode in a tight pair of blue shorts with matching top and looks her usual doll self. Cheryl Ladd as Kris has a hilarious locker room duel with a killer, where the locker stalls are tipped over like dominoes. Kris as the smallest Angel really packs a punch, I can only assume every last locker stall was empty to have them toppled so easy.
There's one scene where Bibi's character is shot at by a sniper in broad daylight on a practice court. You would think that a tournament where players are dying would have hired some armed security, but no, why spoil the fun? And the sniper in broad daylight is another trope that Charlie's Angels uses time and time again. The Circus episode, the Hawaiian episode, the Jericho episode -- sheesh.
And speaking of the tournament, the top prize is $25,000, not a bad sum for the 70's, but you'd think they would actually play on a nice court. The real location is the Calabasas Swim and Tennis club, but the courts look drab and not up to professional standards. Interesting though, the Angels were hitting Calabasas long before the Kardashians ever did and looked better doing it.
The episode ends with, what else, a car chase. We only got to see Kris hit tennis balls once, against the chauvinist TV announcer, and she sends him running away in no time. The episode is full of plot holes but is enjoyable on a farcical level.
