The final episode filmed for this series but which remains unscreened in many countries including the US, at time of writing in January 2012. Eve rescues an amnesiac man and then falls for him, only to fall back to earth with a bump.
The title suggests another reference to angels, since they are only angels and not saints, who serve a higher purpose.
The angels are out jet skiing and Eve (Minka Kelly) is hailed to save a man who was washed up on the beach. She manages to revive him but he has no recollection of anything. Bosley (Ramon Rodriguez) thinks the man likes Eve, whom they've taken to calling Hugo since he was dressed in a Hugo Boss suit, as they tell Charlie (Victor Garber). Abby (Rachael Taylor) adds she did go mouth to mouth with him, i.e giving him the kiss of life. Funny Abby should get this line seeing as this episode was hyped to contain a kissing scene between Abby and Eve. However, Rachael and Minka did kiss during filming of this episode, most likely as a publicity stunt. There was however, no such scene actually in the episode, contrary to media reports.
Hugo (Jason Prendagraft) suffers memory loss and Bosley thought he'd get a day off but not where the angels are concerned. Hugo's suit had a key with a number on it which Abby will show Romana, her key maker who taught her everything. Kate (Annie Ilonzeh) comments Eve has a knack for picking up strays. Charlie warns, "sometimes strays bite." Eve prints Hugo and tells him she's an ex-thief as well as about three other criminals, referring to Bosley and the other two angels. Charlie gave her a second chance. Bosley can see their closeness and doesn't get a match on their prints. Eve doesn't believe Hugo is bad and Bosley thinks it could just mean he hasn't been caught yet. "What does a criminal mastermind look like?" He questions.
Kate discovers his car went off the causeway. A slight niggle, why was there no check on the number plate of the car either by the police or them? The car is at the impound lot where Hugo accompanies Eve by herself, who doesn't want Bosley coming. She portrays an insurance adjuster. Abby finds the key belongs to a bank. Hugo wonders how he drove the car off the bridge and he hopes he likes the person he finds. Whilst checking out the car, they are attacked by a Chinese man (Zero Kazama) and Hugo shoots back and would have shot him if Eve didn't stop him. The car has been shot at and there's a washed out postcard in the backseat. Hugo didn't kill him cos Eve stopped him.
Eve tells the others and Abby posits he went from being Hugo Boss to Jason Bourne. Kate thinks the man could have been a former colleague or partner in crime, seeing her past is tainted in that way. Kate and Abby found a bag with a gun and money and a dolphin toy. A false name was used, Francis Fratelli, one of the Goonies. See no one mentioned The Three Stooges here. Eve is certain there must be an explanation. Abby: "Are you okay if it's an ugly one?" Eve knows what it's like to be alone and he is alone. Abby doesn't want to see her hurt. She's come a long way from meeting Eve in the Pilot and not acknowledging her as Gloria's friend or wanting Eve to work with them.
Bosley asks if Hugo has any idea how he defended himself, he needs to ask. Hugo is adamant he can't do it again. But he manages to defend himself against Bosley. Hugo asks if Eve is single since he doesn't want to encroach on his territory. That was ironic coming from him, seeing as the reveal in the end shows otherwise. He thinks Bosley is jealous of him and it appears that way but he's only looking out for Eve. Eve catches the two of them in some macho posturing, at least in their attitudes.
The postcard is from Nikki Beach and Hugo recalls being there. He was following someone, a regular at the bar. Abby takes photos of all the men with goatees but Hugo doesn't know them. Bosley is ready with the facial recognition incase he remembers. Abby sends a man packing cos it's not him but she likes the cocktail. Kate is abrupt with another man, leaving Abby speechless at Kate's brashness. Hugo claims he'll have a second chance if his memory comes back. 'Second Chance' is the name of Eve's boat, surprise, surprise, cos that's what this show is all about and they've said it enough times before, as well as in this episode over and over. Oh I have to add, I think Eve dresses like Kris (Cheryl Ladd) from the original show. Bosley listens to them and has to interrupt, thinking he doesn't want Eve getting too close to Hugo, just as Abby was worried about her being hurt.
Hugo recognizes a man that approaches Abby and she takes the glass to run his prints, which turned out to be unnecessary.. Eve needs to get Hugo away. Why couldn't he just stay hidden in his cabana? Hugo runs off after the man and shots are heard. Hugo vanishes. Det Brad Dumont (Roger R Cross) IDs Hugo as Josh Taylor of the LAPD. He was out of the Marine Corps, so Bosley was right about him. Josh was part of the joint DEA task force and Kate finds his files were sealed to protect his cover. He ran with the money and "he's as dirty as they come," is how Dumont describes Josh. How can anyone trust Dumont as they don't know him? He doesn't buy Hugo's amnesia story.
Charlie's finds Josh's partner was shot and killed two months ago and the chief suspect is Josh. Eve says that doesn't sound right. Dumont is the best and brightest and Kate adds so was she and doesn't believe Dumont's intentions are so noble. It's a gut feeling. She should know she ran with the best of the dirty cops too. Charlie "I have a low tolerance for vendettas." That was a fine time for Charlie to come up with that line, especially since most of the episodes have involved vendettas, such as 1.5, 1.6. Also there would have been a huge storyline about vendettas involving Charlie, Victor and Oswald, had the show continued.
Kate discovers a taxi dropped off Hugo/Josh where Eve keeps her boat. Bosley finds import/export contracts with the Chinese, relating to the dolphins and Abby can read Mandarin. Bosley freaks out when she does that. Greg, (Jorge Ferragut) the man with the goatee was shot and Hugo saw who did it and knew he'd be next. So he ran. Dumont killed Greg. Kate: "With dirty cops, the story is never black and white." Eve: "We're all about second chances here." Here we go again, what even if he's a killer. Greg was linked to Han (Francois Chau) who runs the Chinese mafia in Miami. He owns a restaurant which Abby thought had ridiculously high prices. "Thought they were criminal. Now I know why."
Abby and Kate go to the restaurant disguised as waitresses and see the man who attacked Eve at the impound yard, she actually recognizes him. Last time she didn't say as much. He's on guard and Abby gets inside to plant a bug on Han but is taken away. Dumont recognizes Abby, even with her wig, of come on, he can't be that good after seeing her all for two seconds as a blonde. Bosley won't let Hugo leave since he wants to help, as the last time he went rogue, someone was killed. Bosley hacks into the sprinkler feed. Abby planted a bug on the bodyguard and they hear Dumont confess to killing Hugo's partner. He wants his share of the Coral Dragon shipment, that being the name of a ship.
They check out the shipping containers with more dolphins, which are empty inside but the silica gel in the packaging has drugs that Hugo recognizes as synthetic painkillers. Hugo isn't a killer. They are surrounded by Dumont and Han and his men and Hugo comes up with the story he and Dumont are working together and Dumont wants Han's piece of the action. Hugo takes a bullet for Eve, thereby saving her life and returning the favour and now they are no longer responsible for reach other. Oh you know the Chinese saying: if you save someone's life you're responsible for them.
Hugo turns out to be a good guy after all and Eve wants to make more memories with Hugo we he gets out of the hospital. Quelle surprise he's married with a daughter too. Hugo wanted to tell her that cos he remembered after he took the bullet; but his wife walks in. Bosley tells her he just found out. She still has Abby, Kate and him. Ironic Hugo asked Bosley if Eve was single since he was the one who ended up being married. So much for this lesbian kiss between Abby and Eve, which were just rumours. Though the actors, Rachael and Minka kissed on the set of the beach scene, there was nothing to this.
Bosley was protective of Eve here which some have mistaken for jealousy on his part, when he was only being protective of her. Though press releases stated Bosley has feelings for Eve. That was a bit early in the proceedings for him to have developed feelings for her especially since that would have meant a season 1 romance between the two, if the show had lasted, otherwise they may have gone with the typical, 'will they, won't they' scenario. Also after Minka's split with Derek Jeter, she and Ramon were rumoured to be close.
As for this episode title, it's a reference to the tagline for the promotional poster: "They're not saints." Abby in the Pilot remarked, "We're not saints, we're angels." The Pilot episode was entitled "They're angels, not saints." Charlie's yacht in the original Charlie's Angels is called 'The Wayward Angel'. Here Eve's boat is called Second Chances cos that's what this show is all about as far as these angels and Bosley are concerned. It was said enough times by Eve, getting a second chance and giving others the same.
This episode sort of had a story similar to Angel On My Mind from the original series, where Kris (Cheryl Ladd) suffers amnesia after being hit by the killer's car. The killer unaware tries to eliminate his witness. It was an angel who suffers memory loss and here it's an angel who finds the amnesiac, then falls for him. Always betting he was the good guy and then finding out she can't have him in the end cos he's taken. Abby would call that the story of her life. Angel on a Roll, where Kris falls for a man who appears to be no good, but who turns out to be not all bad and she can't decide on whether to turn him in or not.
Lots of doomed love episodes in the original such as Angel in Love where Sabrina (Kate Jackson) falls for a bad guy. Angels Ahoy where Bosley (David Doyle) falls in love, again another doomed romance. Love Boat Angels, Kris falls in love again with a baddie. One Love, Two Angels provided a plot twist in the story where two angels, Kelly (Jaclyn Smith) and Kris fall for the same man, who is later killed and they have a falling out. In Taxi Angels, Kris poses as a waitress albeit on roller skates. In an adjunct to the usual storyline of our angels being good, in Counterfeit Angels, the angels who presumed to be bad, but were infact being imitated. This is the only time the angels were seen in that light, even if it wasn't really them.
The show could have been markedly improved and been around for more than eight episodes since there were episodes that hinted or promised the show could have potentially interesting storylines, such as Black Hat Angels with Bosley's past and with Oswald gunning for Charlie, but this episode, unaired in some places, as said, went a little downhill. I can only add if you haven't seen the original, watch it now on DVD, it may seem dated in terms of technology, sexism, etc, but the stories were much better.
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