Fallen Angel

Episode aired Nov 3, 1984
TV-PG
48m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

148

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Action Adventure Sci-Fi

Marella unofficially asks String and Dom to attempt a rescue mission when Archangel is captured by rival agents and his wing of the Firm is disavowed. Archangel had embarked on a rescue miss... Read allMarella unofficially asks String and Dom to attempt a rescue mission when Archangel is captured by rival agents and his wing of the Firm is disavowed. Archangel had embarked on a rescue mission for a former lover which he later discovers is a trap to lure him to his capture and s... Read allMarella unofficially asks String and Dom to attempt a rescue mission when Archangel is captured by rival agents and his wing of the Firm is disavowed. Archangel had embarked on a rescue mission for a former lover which he later discovers is a trap to lure him to his capture and subsequent brainwashing. String and Dom must find Archangel and deprogram him before he can... Read all

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5Fluke_Skywalker

Cloak and Dumber

The basic plot of "Fallen Angel"--a sort of Cold War, Cloak and Dagger style affair--would've fit in well with the (relatively) more serious tone of Season one, but it clashes wildly with the Caitlin-fueled shenanigans here. Jean Bruce Scott is a cute, spunky and likable actress, but she goes with this series about as well as a pair of sneakers with a tuxedo.

When you re-watch Airwolf, you never know what Jan Michael Vincent you're going to get. The actor's struggles with alcohol are evident throughout the series. Sometimes he's dull and disheveled, and at others he's sharp and on point. Here he's the latter, and teamed with the always dependable Ernest Borgnine, they do their best to lift the sub-par material.

But of course even the worst episodes of Airwolf can be saved by a good final dogfight, but even that is a total flat-line here, as we get a 30 second "showdown" against some comically outdated Mig fighter footage.

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Fallen Angel

The episode was written by Deborah Pratt who also appears as Marella. She was also married to producer Donald P. Bellisario.

In some ways Pratt channeled John Le Carre as it is chock full of espionage with triple crosses.

After getting injured in a vintage plane stunt for a movie. The director being played by Andy Kaufman collaborator Bob Zmuda.

Marella visits Dom and Hawke in hospital and tells them Archangel has been captured by the East Germans.

Archangel went in to rescue an old lady friend. Now Hawke needs to launch a rescue mission without any help from the firm or the CIA.

Caitlin is brought in as part of the Airwolf crew but she doesn't know how to control the helicopter. So Dom needs to be sprung from his traction in hospital.

When they arrive in East Germany. Hawke finds the rescue mission just a bit too easy. The East Germans and the Russians have another agenda and it involves Archangel.

A strong story but unfortunately a bit too much rampant sexism depicting Caitlin's character.

Trivia
This marks the first episode where Caitlin O'Shannessy becomes a crew member of Airwolf and learns of 'The Firm'.

Goofs
When Hawke and Maria enter the castle from the bookcase, Hawke places a plastic explosive in the corner which sticks to both parts of the corner yet in the very next shot it is now laying on the ground.

Quotes
[last lines]
Dominic Santini: Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm hungry. Whaddya say we stop off for some beer and bratwurst, huh?
Michael Coldsmith Briggs III: Where?
Dominic Santini: Well, I don't know! Anywhere that's got beer and bratwurst, I suppose!
Caitlin O'Shannessy: Yeah, we could discuss our next mission.
Michael Coldsmith Briggs III: What mission?
Caitlin O'Shannessy: Oh, you know. Whatever you assign them to do next in this helicopter.
Dominic Santini, Stringfellow Hawke: What helicopter?

Alternate versions
There was a alternate version of the episode FALLEN ANGEL that one time aired on KCTV 5 Kansas. Bootleg DVDr copies of that specific KCTV 5 airing of that episode have leaked out and been sold at Sci Fi conventions over the years. All though that version runs shorter than the 1st running of the episode and the DVD releases, it has several differences and here is a list of those differences -Alternate advert before the intro starts that is not included in the DVD release -The German instrumental song playing at the restaurant is a extended version of the song and continues to play as String is being confronted by the German cops and is about to be escorted away only to have Maria appear and her tell the cops in German language to basically let him go, and after that the song finally stops as String and Maria walk away from the cops. -When the Airwolf chopper raids the castle the first there is a sound effect involving an alarm that is heard in the back ground of the scenes that are inside the castle. That alarm sound does not appear in the DVD release of those scenes that are in the castle. -The end credits to the episode is also different in this version of the episode.