The Worst Episodes of The A-Team

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   6.5/10(6 votes)

   #1 - 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
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   6.6/10(8 votes)

   #2 - Holiday in the Hills

   S1:E83/22/1983

   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

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   Director:Arnold Laven

   Writer:Babs Greyhosky
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   6.6/10(7 votes)

   #3 - Body Slam

   S4:E611/12/1985

   Hulk Hogan asks his old friend B.A. for the A-Team's help against a mobster who is out to close down a youth center for no apparent reason.

   Director:Craig R. Baxley

   Writer:Bill Nuss

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   Director:Craig R. Baxley

   Writer:Bill Nuss
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   6.6/10(5 votes)

   #4 - 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
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   6.7/10(7 votes)

   #5 - Diamonds 'n Dust

   S2:E19/20/1983

   The A-Team agrees to transport explosives to a Zimbabwe diamond mine after the owner dies trying to do it himself.

   Director:Ron Satlof

   Writer:Patrick Hasburgh

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   Director:Ron Satlof

   Writer:Patrick Hasburgh
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   6.8/10(5 votes)

   #6 - The Battle of Bel Air

   S2:E141/10/1984

   The A-Team must rescue an employee of a security firm after she warns them about an ambush.

   Director:Gilbert M. Shilton

   Writer:Frank Lupo

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   Director:Gilbert M. Shilton

   Writer:Frank Lupo
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   6.8/10(6 votes)

   #7 - Curtain Call

   S2:E223/15/1984

   The A-Team reminisces (via flashbacks) about an injured Murdock as they look for a doctor and try to avoid a pursuing Decker.

   Director:Dennis Donnelly

   Writer:Stephen Katz

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   Director:Dennis Donnelly

   Writer:Stephen Katz
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   6.8/10(4 votes)

   #8 - The Bend in the River

   S3:E29/25/1984

   Tawnia asks the A-Team to find her fiancé, an archaeologist last seen on an Amazon expedition that was attacked by a pirate.

   Director:Michael O'Herlihy

   Writers:Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo

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   Director:Michael O'Herlihy

   Writers:Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo
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   6.9/10(7 votes)

   #9 - West Coast Turnaround

   S1:E94/5/1983

   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

   Writers:Patrick Hasburgh, Stephen J. Cannell

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   Director:Guy Magar

   Writers:Patrick Hasburgh, Stephen J. Cannell
10. 

    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Pros and Cons

    S1:E32/8/1983

    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

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    Director:Ron Satlof

    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell
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    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #11 - The Maltese Cow

    S2:E1212/13/1983

    Old friends who own a restaurant sponsored by the A-Team face an extortion threat from a Chinese tong.

    Director:Dennis Donnelly

    Writers:Richard Christian Matheson, Tom Szollosi

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    Director:Dennis Donnelly

    Writers:Richard Christian Matheson, Tom Szollosi
12. 

    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Semi-Friendly Persuasion

    S2:E213/8/1984

    The A-Team faces an especially challenging mission when their pacifist clients forbid the use of violence against bigots trying to run their community off its land.

    Director:Craig R. Baxley

    Writer:Danny Lee Cole

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    Director:Craig R. Baxley

    Writer:Danny Lee Cole
13. 

    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Mission of Peace

    S4:E193/11/1986

    Senior citizens hire the A-Team to protect their historic Texas mission home and tourist attraction from land developers.

    Director:Craig R. Baxley

    Writer:Steven L. Sears

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    Director:Craig R. Baxley

    Writer:Steven L. Sears
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    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #14 - 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
15. 

    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #15 - 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
16. 

    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #16 - In Plane Sight

    S2:E131/3/1984

    The A-Team employs a new method to prepare B.A. for a flight to South America, where drug smugglers are holding an innocent pilot prisoner.

    Director:Tony Mordente

    Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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    Director:Tony Mordente

    Writer:Babs Greyhosky
17. 

    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #17 - It's a Desert Out There

    S2:E172/7/1984

    The sophisticated commando tactics used by a gang for robbing busloads of tourists suggests to the A-Team that they're preparing for a bigger score.

    Director:Arnold Laven

    Writer:Bruce Cervi

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    Writer:Bruce Cervi
18. 

    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Skins

    S3:E161/29/1985

    The A-Team travels to Kenya to deal with game poachers who have included a game warden among their kills.

    Director:Dennis Donnelly

    Writer:Mark Jones

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    Director:Dennis Donnelly

    Writer:Mark Jones
19. 

    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Road Games

    S3:E172/5/1985

    Face infiltrates a gambling ring to clear a man's gambling debts and to save the foster home he runs.

    Directors:Dennis Donnelly, Nicholas Sgarro

    Writers:Mark Jones, Stephen Katz

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    Directors:Dennis Donnelly, Nicholas Sgarro

    Writers:Mark Jones, Stephen Katz
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    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #20 - Where Is the Monster When You Need Him?

    S4:E210/1/1985

    The A-Team must make do with movie prop guns against the real things when they are attacked while helping Hannibal and a friend film a low-budget movie in Mexico.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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    Director:Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell
21. 

    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #21 - The A-Team is Coming, The A-Team is Coming

    S4:E131/21/1986

    Soviet spys need the A-Teams help in preventing the theft of an American satellite weapon, whose disappearance would disrupt world peace.

    Director:David Hemmings

    Writer:Steve Beers

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    Director:David Hemmings

    Writer:Steve Beers
22. 

    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #22 - 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
23. 

    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #23 - 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
24. 

    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #24 - 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
25. 

    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #25 - 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