The Best Episodes of The A-Team Season 5

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.8/10(329 votes)

   #1 - Dishpan Man

   S5:E19/26/1986

   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

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   Director:Tony Mordente

   Writer:Stephen J. Cannell
2. 

   7.1/10(334 votes)

   #2 - Trial by Fire

   S5:E210/3/1986

   The A-Team's court martial begins and a surprising motive for the death of Colonel Morrison is revealed.

   Directors:Sidney Hayers, Les Sheldon

   Writer:Tom Blomquist

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   Directors:Sidney Hayers, Les Sheldon

   Writer:Tom Blomquist
3. 

   7.0/10(334 votes)

   #3 - Firing Line

   S5:E310/10/1986

   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

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   Director:Michael O'Herlihy

   Writer:Frank Lupo
4. 

   6.3/10(330 votes)

   #4 - Quarterback Sneak

   S5:E410/17/1986

   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

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   Director:Craig R. Baxley

   Writer:Paul Bernbaum
5. 

   6.7/10(292 votes)

   #5 - The Theory of Revolution

   S5:E510/24/1986

   The outbreak of a revolution interferes with the planned rescue of three Americans from a Third World Country.

   Director:Sidney Hayers

   Writers:Steven L. Sears, Burt Pearl

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   Director:Sidney Hayers

   Writers:Steven L. Sears, Burt Pearl
6. 

   6.9/10(337 votes)

   #6 - The Say UNCLE Affair

   S5:E610/31/1986

   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

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   Director:Michael O'Herlihy

   Writer:Terry D. Nelson
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7. 

   6.8/10(303 votes)

   #7 - Alive at Five

   S5:E711/7/1986

   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

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   Director:Craig R. Baxley

   Writer:Bill Nuss
8. 

   7.1/10(306 votes)

   #8 - Family Reunion

   S5:E811/14/1986

   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

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   Director:James Darren

   Writer:Steven L. Sears
9. 

   6.7/10(292 votes)

   #9 - Point of No Return

   S5:E911/18/1986

   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

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   Director:Bob Bralver

   Writer:Burt Pearl
10. 

    5.8/10(303 votes)

    #10 - The Crystal Skull

    S5:E1011/28/1986

    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

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    Director:Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer:Bill Nuss
11. 

    7.2/10(322 votes)

    #11 - The Spy Who Mugged Me

    S5:E1112/2/1986

    Murdock poses as suave secret agent to catch a killer before he can complete another assignment.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer:Paul Bernbaum

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    Director:Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer:Paul Bernbaum
12. 

    6.6/10(309 votes)

    #12 - The Grey Team

    S5:E1212/30/1986

    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

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    Director:Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer:Tom Blomquist
13. 

    7.3/10(369 votes)

    #13 - Without Reservations

    S5:E133/8/1987

    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

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    Director:John Peter Kousakis

    Writer:Bill Nuss