7.2/10421 votes#1 - Hellride
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1976
Sabrina pretends to be a racecar driver when the girls go undercover to investigate a conspiracy surrounding the death of a female racer.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
7.2/10357 votes#2 - The Mexican Connection
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1976
The Angels head to Mexico in search of a downed plane full of heroin. While trying to find the only survivor of the crash, they end up in the crossfire between two warring heroin dealers.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: N/A
7.3/10357 votes#3 - Night of the Strangler
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1976
The Angels investigate a series of rag-doll stranglings, using Kelly's resemblance to the first victim to attract the murderer.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: N/A
8.0/10505 votes#4 - Angels in Chains
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1976
The Angels go behind bars to uncover a scheme at a prison-farm in a corrupt small town where rich women are enslaved for their fortunes and then killed.
Director: Marcos Siega
Writer: Ivan Goff
7.3/10330 votes#5 - Target: Angels
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1976
Running from an unknown assassin, the Angels hide out in Charlie's mansion only to discover that they've led the killer to his real target, Charlie.
Director: Richard Lang
Writer: N/A
7.1/10307 votes#6 - The Killing Kind
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1976
The Angels pose as employees and guests of an exclusive hotel-resort to solve the murder of an investigative reporter.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: N/A
7.0/10316 votes#7 - To Kill an Angel
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1976
Skip, a mentally challenged child who Kelly has taken on an outing, witnesses a murder and runs away when Kelly is wounded. Sabrina and Jill try to find Skip, while the killer, posing as Skip's father, visits Kelly at the hospital.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10309 votes#8 - Lady Killer
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1976
Jill becomes a candidate for the centerfold of Feline Magazine, hoping to tempt the murderer of two models.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
7.0/10282 votes#9 - Bullseye
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1976
The Angels enlist in the military to uncover a drug-profiteering scheme run by a cruel drill sergeant and a crooked military physician.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: N/A
7.3/10298 votes#10 - Consenting Adults
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1976
A computer dating service, fronting for prostitutes and their burglar accomplices, starts an underworld war when the thieves steal diamonds belonging to a ruthless crime syndicate. Jill poses as a hooker, while Sabrina and Kelly disguise themselves as veterinarians in order to kidnap the kingpin's prize racehorse.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
7.3/10300 votes#11 - The Séance
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1976
Kelly assumes the identity of a rich Texas widow so the Angels can nab a medium who hypnotizes people into believing their dead spouses manage their business affairs from beyond the grave.
Director: N/A
Writer: Edward J. Lakso, Robert C. Dennis
7.3/10296 votes#12 - Angels on Wheels
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1976
The Angels go undercover to investigate the mysterious ""accidental"" death of a roller derby star.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: N/A
7.2/10276 votes#13 - Angel Trap
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1977
The Angels try to stop an assassin intent on killing members of the WW II French underground. Sabrina poses as the girlfriend of the next victim.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
7.3/10270 votes#14 - The Big Tap Out
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1977
The Angels con a compulsive gambler out of his money in order to catch him replenishing his funds through burglary.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Writer: N/A
7.3/10264 votes#15 - Angels on a String
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1977
An international political spokesman for free Poland is abducted and a double is substituted for him at a world conference being held at a resort where the Angels are vacationing.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
6.6/10264 votes#16 - Dirty Business
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1977
While investigating an arson at a legitimate business, the Angels discover it is actually a front for a pornographic film studio that blackmails wealthy people into investing.
Director: Bill Bixby
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
7.1/10263 votes#17 - The Vegas Connection
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/9/1977
The Angels roll into Las Vegas disguised as a casino auditor and two aspiring showgirls. With Bosley playing the role of a big-spending gambler, the girls set a trap for a con artist.
Director: George McCowan
Writer: N/A
7.2/10265 votes#18 - Terror on Ward One
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/1977
Jill and Kelly pose as student nurses to catch a rapist who has been terrorizing a hospital night watch. Sabrina plays a local magazine writer working on a story, and Bosley enters the hospital as a patient with a bone spur.
Director: N/A
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
7.2/10269 votes#19 - Dancing in the Dark
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/23/1977
The Angels investigate a gigolo who charms wealthy women in a ballroom dancing class and then blackmails them. Jill masquerades as a disco dance instructor, Sabrina as a rich heiress and Kelly as a replacement for the gigolo's usual photographer.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: N/A
7.3/10275 votes#20 - I Will Be Remembered
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/9/1977
The Angels go undercover on the set of an aging movie star's comeback film to catch thieves who want to steal the actress' valuable artwork.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10282 votes#21 - Angels at Sea
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/23/1977
In a series of conspicuous accidents aboard a cruise ship to Hawaii, a young couple is murdered. The ship's owner hires the Angels to investigate. The murderer knows the Angels' true identities from the start and sends them death threats.
Director: Allen Baron
Writer: N/A
7.3/10283 votes#22 - The Blue Angels
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1977
Sabrina goes undercover on the vice squad with a cop suspected of two murders. Kelly attends the police academy with two of his accomplices and Jill reopens the massage parlor where the murders took place.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Hellride" is the best rated episode of "Charlie's Angels" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 421 votes. Directed by Richard Lang and written by Edward J. Lakso, it aired on 9/22/1976. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Mexican Connection".