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The Worst Episodes of The A-Team

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Every episode of The A-Team ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The A-Team!

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...
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  • The Crystal Skull
    5.8/10(282)
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    #1 - 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

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  • Quarterback Sneak
    6.2/10(308)
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    #2 - 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

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  • Wheel of Fortune
    6.5/10(290)
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    #3 - Wheel of Fortune

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 1/14/1986

    Murdock's fortunes rise and fall as he uses Face's system to win big on "Wheel of Fortune" but then is kidnapped during a plot to steal a Soviet gunship.

    Director: David Hemmings

    Writer: Bill Nuss

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  • The Theory of Revolution
    6.5/10(276)
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    #4 - 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

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  • The Grey Team
    6.5/10(286)
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    #5 - 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

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  • Curtain Call
    6.6/10(343)
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    #6 - Curtain Call

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 3/15/1984

    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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  • Breakout!
    6.6/10(330)
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    #7 - Breakout!

    Season 3 Episode 12

    Aired 12/18/1984

    After being taken hostage by bankrobbers B.A. and Murdock are named as accomplices and put in jail until Decker can come and get them.

    Director: Dennis Donnelly

    Writer: Mark Jones

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  • Knights of the Road
    6.6/10(305)
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    #8 - Knights of the Road

    Season 3 Episode 19

    Aired 2/26/1985

    The A-Team comes to the aid of an auto mechanic being driven out of business by a ruthless competitor.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: Steven L. Sears, Burt Pearl

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  • Alive at Five
    6.6/10(281)
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    #9 - 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

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  • Point of No Return
    6.6/10(270)
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    #10 - 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

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  • Road Games
    6.7/10(298)
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    #11 - Road Games

    Season 3 Episode 17

    Aired 2/5/1985

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

    Director: Dennis Donnelly, Nicholas Sgarro

    Writer: Mark Jones, Stephen Katz

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  • Incident at Crystal Lake
    6.7/10(289)
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    #12 - Incident at Crystal Lake

    Season 3 Episode 24

    Aired 5/14/1985

    The A-Team's planned fishing vacation at a lakeside retreat is ruined when Decker and his men show up.

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: Frank Lupo

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  • Members Only
    6.7/10(288)
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    #13 - Members Only

    Season 4 Episode 14

    Aired 1/28/1986

    Face's chances of getting into an exclusive country club are severely hampered by the A-Team's battles on club property with a crooked bank president.

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: Bill Nuss

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  • Dishpan Man
    6.7/10(306)
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    #14 - 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

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  • Diamonds 'n Dust
    6.8/10(440)
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    #15 - Diamonds 'n Dust

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/20/1983

    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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  • There's Always a Catch
    6.8/10(382)
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    #16 - There's Always a Catch

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 11/15/1983

    The A-Team must once again duck Decker as they try to stop an extortionist plaguing a small fishing village.

    Director: Ron Satlof

    Writer: Richard Christian Matheson

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  • The Maltese Cow
    6.8/10(355)
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    #17 - The Maltese Cow

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 12/13/1983

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

    Director: Dennis Donnelly

    Writer: Richard Christian Matheson, Tom Szollosi

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  • It's a Desert Out There
    6.8/10(338)
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    #18 - It's a Desert Out There

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 2/7/1984

    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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  • Fire
    6.8/10(332)
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    #19 - Fire

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 10/2/1984

    The A-Team faces another Army pursuit as they try to help a small town fire chief compete with a larger rival company.

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: Stephen Katz

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  • Showdown!
    6.8/10(317)
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    #20 - Showdown!

    Season 3 Episode 8

    Aired 10/30/1984

    Col. Lynch stakes out a Wild West show that has been terrorized by a group of A-Team impostors, sure that the real guys won't be able to ignore them.

    Director: James Fargo

    Writer: Milt Rosen

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  • Hot Styles
    6.8/10(318)
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    #21 - Hot Styles

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 12/11/1984

    Face's latest girl friend is rather ungrateful after the A-Team rescues her from mobsters.

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: Stephen Katz

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  • Bounty
    6.8/10(300)
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    #22 - Bounty

    Season 3 Episode 21

    Aired 4/2/1985

    Murdock is kidnapped by bounty hunters that hope to use him as bait to capture the rest of the A-Team. When the Team arrives to rescue him, they find he has fallen in love with a veteranarian that's helped save him.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: Stephen Katz

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  • Body Slam
    6.8/10(327)
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    #23 - Body Slam

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 11/12/1985

    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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  • Mission of Peace
    6.8/10(281)
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    #24 - Mission of Peace

    Season 4 Episode 19

    Aired 3/11/1986

    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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  • The Trouble with Harry
    6.8/10(263)
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    #25 - The Trouble with Harry

    Season 4 Episode 20

    Aired 3/25/1986

    Hulk Hogan comes to visit B.A. but the reunion is interrupted by a cry for help from a troubled youth with an alcoholic father.

    Director: David Hemmings

    Writer: Bill Nuss

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Crystal Skull" is the worst rated episode of "The A-Team". It scored 5.8/10 based on 282 votes. Directed by Michael O'Herlihy and written by Bill Nuss, it aired on 11/28/1986. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Quarterback Sneak".