Farrah returns for a perfectly sweet episode. She's just hanging out with Kelly shopping, which is nice. A dashing stranger picks her up (or confiscates her, as Kel says)...but the stranger is being stalked by an assassin, and we're off! Thankfully, it's the most inept assassin in telly history, as he tries to take the prince down (yes, he's a crown prince) from thirty feet away, then from ninety feet on a yacht, then from forty feet on a passing horse with...a handgun! Yes, campers, another mastermind who's not heard of a rifle. The interplay between Farrah and the prince is ultimately charming, and she finally looks as lovely as ever, no longer in guest star bad hair hell.
3 Reviews
Just a bit of undemanding fun
gridoon20244 January 2013
Warning: Spoilers
In my comment about the previous episode, "Angels On The Street", I wrote that it was about time for a lighter, more relaxing episode after a series of heavy-duty stuff (including "Avenging Angel" and "Caged Angel"). "The Prince And The Angel" fits the bill. This one feels like a throwback to the somewhat "safer" season 1, not just because Farrah Fawcett returns (to celebrate Charlie's birthday!), but also because the bad guys targeting the incognito prince whom Jill falls in love with are spectacularly inefficient. It's not one of the most exciting episodes, or one of the most memorable (apart from Jill, wearing a little bit of nothing, shooting at a speedboat from a yacht - a great image), but good for some undemanding fun. **1/2 out of 4.
Princess Farrah
adamcshelby10 September 2021
This episode was a bit of harmless fun. A prince from one of those faux European countries instantly falls for Jill Munroe in an L. A. store. Farrah Fawcett seems more relaxed compared to her earlier returns, and her performance compliments the light atmosphere, despite the fact that someone's trying to kill the prince she's hanging out with.
Leonard Mann plays Prince Eric, and he pretty much hits all the right notes, being slightly awkward yet at the same time a little debonair and handsome enough. Farrah flashes her megawatt smile more than usual and you don't mind seeing these two spending time together.
Most of the assassination attempts are horribly staged, as they often are in Edward J Lasko scripts. As a writer he simply does not know how to craft realistic suspense. It's the same thing every time, an assassin shoots at a human target from afar using a pistol (never a sniper). All it ever accomplishes is to announce "Hey, someone's trying to kill you and they're not very good at it!"
There are some lovely scenes between Jill and her sister Kris, as well as Kelly, something that's been missing in Farrah's previous returns. But the low-key nature of this episode allows for the characters to have breathing room. Kelly and Farrah had planned a lunch date that is cancelled when Farrah meets Eric. And Kris is ever protective of her big sister, like in previous episodes where Jill finds trouble.
There's an interesting 'high speed' chase through a rich neighborhood while Eric clumsily drives an expensive convertible with Farrah as a his passenger. He probably should have let the professional race car driver take the wheel to escape their pursuer, it would have been a nice character moment for Jill to show off her road skills. And later the two share a yacht cruise in the harbor, then afterwards a horse ride in the country. It's not exactly high octane stuff but it's still nice to watch Farrah be her charming self no matter what she's doing.
The episode is framed around Charlie's birthday celebration. The Angels hope to see him in person and are disappointed when he grabs his presents and a slice of birthday cake before the Angels can return to the office. They should have known better. Regardless, it's nice to see the Angels laugh and have a good time.
Leonard Mann plays Prince Eric, and he pretty much hits all the right notes, being slightly awkward yet at the same time a little debonair and handsome enough. Farrah flashes her megawatt smile more than usual and you don't mind seeing these two spending time together.
Most of the assassination attempts are horribly staged, as they often are in Edward J Lasko scripts. As a writer he simply does not know how to craft realistic suspense. It's the same thing every time, an assassin shoots at a human target from afar using a pistol (never a sniper). All it ever accomplishes is to announce "Hey, someone's trying to kill you and they're not very good at it!"
There are some lovely scenes between Jill and her sister Kris, as well as Kelly, something that's been missing in Farrah's previous returns. But the low-key nature of this episode allows for the characters to have breathing room. Kelly and Farrah had planned a lunch date that is cancelled when Farrah meets Eric. And Kris is ever protective of her big sister, like in previous episodes where Jill finds trouble.
There's an interesting 'high speed' chase through a rich neighborhood while Eric clumsily drives an expensive convertible with Farrah as a his passenger. He probably should have let the professional race car driver take the wheel to escape their pursuer, it would have been a nice character moment for Jill to show off her road skills. And later the two share a yacht cruise in the harbor, then afterwards a horse ride in the country. It's not exactly high octane stuff but it's still nice to watch Farrah be her charming self no matter what she's doing.
The episode is framed around Charlie's birthday celebration. The Angels hope to see him in person and are disappointed when he grabs his presents and a slice of birthday cake before the Angels can return to the office. They should have known better. Regardless, it's nice to see the Angels laugh and have a good time.
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