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The Best Episodes of The A-Team Season 1

Every episode of The A-Team Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The A-Team Season 1!

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."

Genres:Action & AdventureComedyCrime
Network:NBC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The A-Team" season 1 is "Mexican Slayride (1)", rated 7.2/10 from 807 user votes. It was directed by Rod Holcomb and written by Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo. "Mexican Slayride (1)" aired on 1/23/1983 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Mexican Slayride (2)".

  • Mexican Slayride (1)
    7.2/10 807 votes

    #1 - Mexican Slayride (1)

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/1983

    Newspaper reporter, Amy Allen, sets out to prove the A-Team really exists and ends up hiring them to rescue one of her fellow reporters whose been kidnapped by Mexican outlaws.

    Director: Rod Holcomb

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo

  • Mexican Slayride (2)
    7.1/10 604 votes

    #2 - Mexican Slayride (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/1983

    Part 2 of the pilot episode in which the A-Team have been captured by a group of guerillas and the gang leader they were sent to fight. In the final battle they are assisted by the villagers and with their help, the A-Team is able to overthrow the guerillas, save the reporter and make their way home. Once home, Amy Allen blackmails her way onto the team.

    Director: Rod Holcomb

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo

  • Children of Jamestown
    7.5/10 528 votes

    #3 - Children of Jamestown

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/1983

    After the A-Team rescues a girl from a crazed cult leader, they are captured by the man's followers and made the quarry of a death hunt.

    Director: Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

  • Pros and Cons
    7.4/10 520 votes

    #4 - Pros and Cons

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/8/1983

    B.A.'s friend is held in a prison where the warden holds fight-to-the-death-boxing matches whose winner receives short-lived freedom.

    Director: Ron Satlof

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell

  • A Small and Deadly War
    7.7/10 572 votes

    #5 - A Small and Deadly War

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/15/1983

    Hannibal plays cat and mouse with a renegade S.W.A.T. A-Team that's committing murders for hire.

    Director: Ron Satlof

    Writer: Frank Lupo

  • Black Day at Bad Rock
    7.3/10 466 votes

    #6 - Black Day at Bad Rock

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/22/1983

    While treating a seriously wounded B.A., a suspicious small town doctor notifies the sheriff, who fears that B.A. may be part of a biker gang returning to free its jailed leader.

    Director: Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer: Patrick Hasburgh

  • The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas
    7.4/10 457 votes

    #7 - The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/1/1983

    The A-Team gets involved in a mob power play when two girls ask them to find their college professor who went to Las Vegas with a perfect gambling system and never came back.

    Director: Bruce Kessler

    Writer: Frank Lupo

  • The Out-of-Towners
    7.1/10 449 votes

    #8 - The Out-of-Towners

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/15/1983

    The A-Team takes up the cause of New York shopkeepers against neighborhood protection racketeers.

    Director: Chuck Bowman

    Writer: Frank Lupo

  • Holiday in the Hills
    7.2/10 424 votes

    #9 - Holiday in the Hills

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/22/1983

    B.A.'s fear of flying is justified when the A-Team's plane crashes in the backwoods where they must battle mountain men to keep a man from being burned at the stake.

    Director: Arnold Laven

    Writer: Babs Greyhosky

  • West Coast Turnaround
    7.2/10 427 votes

    #10 - West Coast Turnaround

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/1983

    The A-Team delivers produce to the market for a farmer who is slowly being driven out of business by a land-hungry rancher.

    Director: Guy Magar

    Writer: Stephen J. Cannell, Patrick Hasburgh

  • One More Time
    7.3/10 433 votes

    #11 - One More Time

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/12/1983

    The US government recruits the A-Team to rescue a general and his daughter from guerillas in Borneo.

    Director: Arnold Laven

    Writer: Patrick Hasburgh, Frank Lupo

  • Till Death Do Us Part
    7.6/10 443 votes

    #12 - Till Death Do Us Part

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/19/1983

    The A-Team has to rescue a reluctant bride being forced to marry her late father's business partner.

    Director: Guy Magar

    Writer: Babs Greyhosky, Frank Lupo

  • The Beast from the Belly of a Boeing
    7.5/10 459 votes

    #13 - The Beast from the Belly of a Boeing

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/3/1983

    Hannibal's plan to free a hijacked airborne 747 requires a bit of adjustment when B.A. becomes cataleptic and Murdock temporarily blinded.

    Director: Ron Satlof

    Writer: Patrick Hasburgh

  • A Nice Place to Visit
    8.3/10 3 votes

    #14 - A Nice Place to Visit

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/10/1983

    The A-Team comes to the aid of a small town being terrorized by a murderous family.

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: Frank Lupo