The angels attend a photoshoot looking for a missing girl; find a man who was her stalker and took photos of her. A chase begins and he ends up in the water, courtesy of Eve (Minka Kelly). Gabriella (Hayley Higgins) is missing and Eve thinks he's about to pull out a gun, but it's his phone. Bosley (Ramon Rodriguez) says the man can talk to Eve if he won't talk to him. Eve rearing to go and cause some major hurt. He wants to find Gabriella too.
"Once upon a time there were three young women who got into very big trouble. Now they work for me. My name is Charlie." The opening narration has been made shorter than the Pilot episode and quite honestly, they could have given it some major oomph. It's so flat and boring.
He claims he was at the hospital and his alibi checks. Kate (Annie Ilonzeh) takes the memory card from his camera. Back at the office they watch the video message Gabriella was sending her parents. Charlie (Victor Garber) says they need to find her. Devon, apparently one of her friends was also on the card and they see a photo where they had an argument, which Devon failed to mention.
Bosley found the photos on the card. Kate believes it must have been a rookie detective on the case, cue her ex fiancee, Ray (Isaiah Mustafa). He was through with the questions and tells them the Russian First Lady is in town, which was a clue to this case. Kate: "The best private detectives solve the case." She's in two minds at seeing him and her feelings for him begin to resurface. At least it seems that way. Abby (Rachael Taylor) tells Eve who is always curious to know everything about Kate. She tells her Kate was engaged, was busted for being dirty and then broke it off. She still has the ring.
Bosley has been on Devon's Facebook page and she's in search of a new roommate. Abby wonders how a struggling model can afford such a grand mansion. Abby has to play the model undercover and Kate plays the photographer. A way for Abby to get into the house is by playing a down-on-her luck model. She tells Devon she's from East Lansing and they bond. Eve arrives with Abby's suitcase in tow and throws her out of the apartment for non payment of rent. Kate fires her from the shoot. Devon takes her home and offers her a room. She should trust Devon.
Abby knows Devon lied about seeing Gabriella. Eve suggests they should take her hostage and "shove Ben and Jerry's down her throat ad get her to talk." Cos she's stick thin and a model, well the same could be said for these angels. See, Eve is always with the confrontational stance. It's in her nature. Abby is going to check out Gabriella's room and needs Bosley to distract the women as she scales the balcony. Bosley is there as a Krav Maga teacher.
Abby's heels become flats, then heels again after she gets into her room. Abby posits every girl has a secret and these angels seem to have more than one, not to mention Bosley, who being a guy also has secrets, when he talks to Devon later on. She finds lots of shoe boxes in the closet and Kate notices there are only 14 boxes and 15 pairs of shoes. Abby susses the Yves San Laurent box is missing, which she finds in the crawl space above her containing money, along with a deed for a condo which she must have bought for her parents. Eve: "What are you, the shoe whisperer?"
Mitch wants Abby for a client of his. He's the girl's attorney. Devon assures her it'll be the easiest money she'll make. Ray's at Gabriella's condo already when Kate and Eve arrive. Kate says Abby would pick the lock and Eve just breaks the glass. She speaks with Ray and feels he doesn't trust her. But he doesn't "trust her decisions. She broke the law and them up. He'll always worry about her. Gabriella is found dead in the shower.
The ME told Charlie she died a day ago so they couldn't have saved her. Eve is ready to take down whoever killed her. They wait for Abby at the dinner date. Kate: "Abby runs on Abby time." Eve wants the lowdown on Kate and Ray, she's counting how long they were engaged for and were only two days away from the wedding. Eve and Kate have a 'special' relationship. She kept the ring so he'd see she's changed and have a second chance. Bosley wants Abby to head to the toilet if anything goes wrong.
Mitch wants her to marry Obregon (Oscar Cheda) for a Green Card for him, in return for money. Abby moans she only gets proposed to when she's undercover. Bosley finds Obregon's part of a drug cartel so he hasn't got a Green Card. Abby heads for the loo and Mitch gets swirlies for not giving info on Gabriella's husband's name. Abby can't fit a badge in her dress. Ray walks in and arrests Mitch who demands a lawyer. Ray is angry he lawyer-ed up so the killer will go free now... hey these are angels they won't let him get away.
Bosley talks to Devon and she saw it as a way to make money. Bosley: "Pursuing dreams means people get hurt and you can decide who you want to be." His name is Simon Genks. Abby: "Tall, dark and gloomy." He got a job in a security firm after he got his Green Card. They check out his place and find a photo with a man in the army. Kate takes prints from the photo frame for his real ID. Eve finds a hiding place - like in the previous episode in Gloria's place. The case has sniper rifles and no one heard the man coming. He shoots and Eve is wounded. His real name is Nickoli (Nikolay Nedyalkov) and he's an assassin who holds Russia responsible for the death of his wife. He's after the Russian first lady. Eve says they can ask Ray for info on her. Kate asks him if he trusts her and he doesn't reply. She's watching a dance troop. The hotel would be the best vantage point and Kate spots him on the balcony. Why would a security guard be carrying such a case?
On the roof he speaks Russian . Abby recalls the second shooter from the photo as the security man, but Eve just says she knows him. Kate shoots Nikoli saving Ray. The Russian President thanks the angels. Kate has a meet with Ray and Bosley asks who picked the cafe. Ray did thus it's a date. He cares about Kate and apologizes. Kate: "I get it." Another Supernatural phrase. He misses her. She misses his approval but it doesn't mean love. She returns his ring but he didn't ask for it back. She can't hold on to the past.
Not much of an interesting episode, stumbling upon a Green Card scam with some shady characters giving the chance for Kate's ex fiancee to make an appearance, delving into her backstory and why they broke up. She doesn't want to be with him anymore. He reminds her of her past and everything she did, so she'd want to leave that behind. Maybe she feels she isn't really good enough for him, her being a 'fallen angel.' yet she still has/had feelings for him so why did she return his ring anyway? She wasn't making a new start cos she had all that time to do that. But she held on and now that he's on the scene, she has a change of heart.
Can't say much for the outfits. They could have done better. Know Kate was at a model do in the beginning but that top left a lot to be desired. This second episode was more favourably received, but not enough to save the show. Loving Bosley though.
Original Charlie's Angels episodes alluded to here include, Night of the Strangler, where Jill (Farah Fawcett) and Kelly (Jaclyn smith) played models and Sabrina (Kate Jackson) a photostylist. In the Killing Kind, Kelly went undercover as a photographer.
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