6.7/10296 votes#1 - Dishpan Man
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1986
The A-Team is blackmailed by retired General Stockwell, who kidnaps Hannibal and threatens to have him prosecuted if the A-Team fails to secure the release of hostages held on a plane in Spain.
Director: Tony Mordente
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
7.1/10299 votes#2 - Trial by Fire
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1986
The A-Team's court martial begins and a surprising motive for the death of Colonel Morrison is revealed.
Director: Sidney Hayers, Les Sheldon
Writer: Tom Blomquist
6.9/10300 votes#3 - Firing Line
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1986
General Stockwell interferes with the plans of Murdock and Frankie to free the rest of the A-Team before the Army can execute them.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Frank Lupo
6.2/10295 votes#4 - Quarterback Sneak
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1986
The A-Team uses a football game as a cover to sneak a chemical warfare scientist out of East Germany.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Writer: Paul Bernbaum
6.6/10266 votes#5 - The Theory of Revolution
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1986
The outbreak of a revolution interferes with the planned rescue of three Americans from a Third World Country.
Director: Sidney Hayers
Writer: Steven L. Sears, Burt Pearl
6.8/10300 votes#6 - The Say UNCLE Affair
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1986
Stockwell is kidnapped by his former partner who has "gone bad" and the A-Team has 18 hours to find him or forever loose any chances of securing a pardon.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Terry D. Nelson
6.6/10271 votes#7 - Alive at Five
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1986
Face plans to leave the A-Team but gets involved in the rescue of a newswoman from a paranoid mob chief.
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Writer: Bill Nuss
7.0/10270 votes#8 - Family Reunion
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1986
A former political adviser offers to trade a diary for a reunion with his daughter- who Face is hitting on, but Murdock learns that the man may be Face's father and the daughter Face's sister.
Director: James Darren
Writer: Steven L. Sears
6.6/10257 votes#9 - Point of No Return
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1986
Stockwell refuses to allow the A-Team to go after Hannibal when he fails to check in while on a solo mission in hostile territory.
Director: Bob Bralver
Writer: Burt Pearl
5.8/10269 votes#10 - The Crystal Skull
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1986
The A-Team's effort to secure a valuable religious artifact involves them with warring island tribes who mistake Murdoch for a God and some unusual missionaries.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Bill Nuss
7.0/10284 votes#11 - The Spy Who Mugged Me
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1986
Murdock poses as suave secret agent to catch a killer before he can complete another assignment.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Paul Bernbaum
6.5/10271 votes#12 - The Grey Team
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/30/1986
The A-Team must bring a girl in who has stolen a briefcase from her father, filled with material she believes he's selling to the Soviets.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Tom Blomquist
7.2/10327 votes#13 - Without Reservations
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 3/8/1987
Frankie and Face visit Murdock at his job in a restaurant, and all three become hostages of mobsters out to kill a patron, the US Attorney General.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: Bill Nuss
The Best Episodes of The A-Team Season 5
Every episode of The A-Team Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The A-Team Season 5!
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...
Genres:Action & AdventureComedyCrime
Network:NBC
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Dishpan Man" is the best rated episode of "The A-Team" season 5. It scored 6.7/10 based on 296 votes. Directed by Tony Mordente and written by Stephen J. Cannell, it aired on 9/26/1986. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Trial by Fire".