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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."

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The A-Team Season 5 Episode 10 - The Crystal Skull
    5.8/10(303 votes)

    #1 - The Crystal Skull

    S5:E10

    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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  2. The A-Team Season 5 Episode 4 - Quarterback Sneak
    6.3/10(330 votes)

    #2 - Quarterback Sneak

    S5:E4

    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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  3. The A-Team Season 4 Episode 12 - Wheel of Fortune
    6.5/10(314 votes)

    #3 - Wheel of Fortune

    S4:E12

    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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  4. The A-Team Season 2 Episode 22 - Curtain Call
    6.6/10(369 votes)

    #4 - Curtain Call

    S2:E22

    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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  5. The A-Team Season 5 Episode 12 - The Grey Team
    6.6/10(309 votes)

    #5 - The Grey Team

    S5:E12

    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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  6. The A-Team Season 3 Episode 12 - Breakout!
    6.7/10(355 votes)

    #6 - Breakout!

    S3:E12

    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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  7. The A-Team Season 3 Episode 19 - Knights of the Road
    6.7/10(328 votes)

    #7 - Knights of the Road

    S3:E19

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

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writers:Steven L. Sears, Burt Pearl

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  8. The A-Team Season 5 Episode 5 - The Theory of Revolution
    6.7/10(292 votes)

    #8 - The Theory of Revolution

    S5:E5

    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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  9. The A-Team Season 5 Episode 9 - Point of No Return
    6.7/10(292 votes)

    #9 - Point of No Return

    S5:E9

    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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  10. The A-Team Season 2 Episode 1 - Diamonds 'n Dust
    6.8/10(468 votes)

    #10 - Diamonds 'n Dust

    S2:E1

    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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  11. The A-Team Season 2 Episode 8 - There's Always a Catch
    6.8/10(410 votes)

    #11 - There's Always a Catch

    S2:E8

    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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  12. The A-Team Season 3 Episode 17 - Road Games
    6.8/10(319 votes)

    #12 - Road Games

    S3:E17

    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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  13. The A-Team Season 4 Episode 14 - Members Only
    6.8/10(308 votes)

    #13 - Members Only

    S4:E14

    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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  14. The A-Team Season 5 Episode 1 - Dishpan Man
    6.8/10(329 votes)

    #14 - Dishpan Man

    S5:E1

    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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  15. The A-Team Season 5 Episode 7 - Alive at Five
    6.8/10(303 votes)

    #15 - Alive at Five

    S5:E7

    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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  16. The A-Team Season 2 Episode 12 - The Maltese Cow
    6.9/10(383 votes)

    #16 - The Maltese Cow

    S2:E12

    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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  17. The A-Team Season 2 Episode 17 - It's a Desert Out There
    6.9/10(367 votes)

    #17 - It's a Desert Out There

    S2:E17

    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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  18. The A-Team Season 3 Episode 3 - Fire
    6.9/10(357 votes)

    #18 - Fire

    S3:E3

    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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  19. The A-Team Season 3 Episode 8 - Showdown!
    6.9/10(343 votes)

    #19 - Showdown!

    S3:E8

    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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  20. The A-Team Season 3 Episode 11 - Hot Styles
    6.9/10(343 votes)

    #20 - Hot Styles

    S3:E11

    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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  21. The A-Team Season 3 Episode 21 - Bounty
    6.9/10(324 votes)

    #21 - Bounty

    S3:E21

    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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  22. The A-Team Season 3 Episode 24 - Incident at Crystal Lake
    6.9/10(310 votes)

    #22 - Incident at Crystal Lake

    S3:E24

    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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  23. The A-Team Season 4 Episode 3 - Lease with an Option to Die
    6.9/10(340 votes)

    #23 - Lease with an Option to Die

    S4:E3

    Some muscle men make a big mistake when they try to force B.A.'s momma out of her apartment.

    Director:David Hemmings
    Writer:Bill Nuss

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  24. The A-Team Season 4 Episode 19 - Mission of Peace
    6.9/10(298 votes)

    #24 - Mission of Peace

    S4:E19

    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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  25. The A-Team Season 4 Episode 20 - The Trouble with Harry
    6.9/10(283 votes)

    #25 - The Trouble with Harry

    S4:E20

    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 303 votes. Directed by Michael O'Herlihy and written by Bill Nuss, it aired on 11/28/1986. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Quarterback Sneak".