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."
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)".
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 A-Team takes up the cause of New York shopkeepers against neighborhood protection racketeers.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Frank Lupo
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
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
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
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
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
The A-Team comes to the aid of a small town being terrorized by a murderous family.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Frank Lupo