Charlie's Angels Episode 1.03 Bon Voyage, Angels

Our hardworking Angels, despite having just braved the fast world of high-class fashion modeling to take down the would-be assassins of the Russian first lady, are soon back on the job, out of Miami, and onto the high seas. They're none worse for the wear though as Abby, neck deep in her career as always, watches as Eve proves herself to be a natural Angel. We open with a glimpse into Kate's past:

It's four years ago and we see crooked cop Kate in action, divvying up dirty money with her partners in crime in the concrete shell of an empty building -- empty save for investigative photojournalist Amanda Kane, whom Kate manages to detect and pin down. Realizing her ring of corruption has already been broken by the reporter, Kate lets Amanda escape unharmed.

Back in the present Kate's life, with a legitimate job with genuine partners, couldn't be more different. At the agency she and the other Angels learn they've been hired by the fiancé of a missing woman who disappeared from a Bahamian cruise while investigating a news story. Kate freezes when she hears the woman's name -- Amanda Kane -- but takes the case. Eve inquires about her: "She destroyed your career?" Kate's response: "I destroyed my career."

The next day the Angels board the cruise ship, though not together: Kate chats up passengers as the cruise director, Abby hustles below deck as the snippy IT worker, and Eve gets to work topside, expertly lounging by the pool and sipping piña coladas: "I take my cover very seriously." Kate grabs her and they search Amanda's old room, finding only an empty glass vial. Meanwhile Abby works her tech magic in the surveillance room, finding footage of Amanda -- and of an ominous-looking gentleman beside her. The Angels discover the man to be Roman Stone, the ship's casino croupier.

Eve, the card shark of the trio, runs the tables that night until she catches Roman's eye. Eve turns on the charm and minutes later she's getting the VIP tour of his suite, a tour that yields another glass vial -- this time with a mysterious purple flower inside. Her visit's cut short when Roman gets a call for business and forgets all about pleasure. The Angels watch as he meets with various "bidders" in the casino - all of whom are wearing lapels of the purple flower, and all of whom turn out to be known faces connected to some of the world's biggest cartels. The Angels identify the last potential bidder as Ricardo Stancati, who's currently awaiting his masseuse in the ship's spa.

Abby, reluctant but dedicated to the job, goes in as the masseuse, giving a not-so-gentle massage that puts Stancati's lights out. She finds his purple flower and Bosley, now wearing the mysterious lapel, is given a keycard by Roman. Bos enters the given room to find the rest of the bidders waiting. Trying to play along with the situation he accepts a glass of champagne from Roman and soon, like the criminals around him, collapses to the floor.

Bosley wakes up to the morning light in an idyllic private bedroom. He's soon greeted by the well-dressed Carlton Finch, who welcomes Bos to his island mansion. Finch explains to Bosley and the rest of the bidders - now recovered from last night's sedatives - that the poisoned champagne was necessary to perpetuate the island's anonymity. He shows them down a path and they comply, followed by an entourage of AK-47-wielding guards.

Back on the ship, the Angels search for Bosley's location. Satellite imaging, courtesy of one of Charlie's high ranking friends, leads them to a cluster of small, privately-owned islands, belonging to movie stars, corporate titans -- and a wanted sweat-shop tycoon by the name of Finch. The Angels depart.

Bosley and the bidders are meanwhile led into a sprawling factory where dozens of workers, and almost as many guards, oversee the manufacturing of the purple flower into Island White, "the most addictive narcotic yet." Finch turns to Bosley for his bid, but Bosley demands proof of its potency. As evidence, Finch presents Amanda Kane -- strapped to a chair in a cell with an IV of Island White in her veins, which she continuously taps into. She's been reduced to an unintelligible dope fiend.

The Angels, having landed via motorboat on the island's beach, gain entry to the compound. Abby nests in the surveillance room while Eve and Kate navigate the grounds. They soon find themselves in the massive greenhouse that's sheltering thousands of the exotic purple flowers. Determined to poison the flowers out of existence Eve stays behind while Kate heads to rescue Bos and Amanda.

As Abby finds herself held at gunpoint, Eve finds herself entangled in vicious hand-to-hand combat with a guard. Bosley and the bidders watch as Kate, on the wrong end of an automatic rifle, is marched over to Fitch. Fitch condemns her to the same fate as Amanda, whom Kate manages to recognize: "Amanda - what have they done to you?" The guards prepare to demonstrate, while Fitch is informed that Bosley is not, in fact, Stancati. He puts Bosley in a chokehold when Abby, having disarmed her guard, takes out the generators, sending the factory into darkness. Summoning the strength, Bosley delivers a knockout punch into Finch's face as Kate turns the needle of Island White on her guard. After winning her struggle Eve directs a poisoned sprinkler system onto the flowers and joins the rest of the crew, whom have won the battle thanks to Bosley's taking Finch hostage.

Charlie helps with the extraction of personnel from the island -- the bad guys in handcuffs, the good guys in style. Later Kate meets once more with Amanda, in the abandoned building in which they originally met. Amanda, now in rehab and on the road to recovery, thanks Kate for saving her life. Kate, putting her past to rest, thanks Amanda for saving hers.