The Best Episodes Written By Frank Lupo

Every TV Episode Written by Frank Lupo Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Wiseguy (2)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Wiseguy (2)

    Missing info
    S1:E2

    Vinnie and Sonny's right hand man, Tony Grecco, has a run-in with the cops causing Vinnie to be arrested. The Steelgraves find that guns are being exported illegally using their pier and decide to take possession of the guns and sell them back to the owner.

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    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  2. Background image for Hunter
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Hunter

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    S1:E1

    Former NFL player Fred Dryer is Det.Sgt. Rick Hunter, a mobster's son turned cop, cut in the ""Dirty Harry"" mold. Hassled by his by-the-book captain (played by Michael Cavanaugh in the opener), Hunter enlists another maverick, brassy Det. Sgt. Dee Dee McCall to set a trap for a brutal murderer.

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    Director:Ron Satlof
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  3. Background image for Hard Contract
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Hard Contract

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    S1:E2

    Hunter & McCall make a pact of protectiveness and loyalty toward each other when she is nearly killed by her old partner after she tries to stop him from a killer-for-hire assignment.

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    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  4. Background image for Operation Spoilsport
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Operation Spoilsport

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    S2:E2

    Ralph and Bill must stop World War III by defusing a corrupt military leader's plans to launch a suprise missile attack against Russia.

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    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  5. Background image for Wiseguy (1)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Wiseguy (1)

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    S1:E1

    Vinnie is released from prison where he has been for two years to establish his cover. He meets his boss, Frank McPike and gets to see his coach and mentor, Jerry Greco. Greco is killed and Vinnie demands to be put in to finish the investigation. He uses his ingenuity to get a foothold in the Steelgrave crime family, but it will take a while to finish this job.

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    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  6. Background image for Dead or Alive
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Dead or Alive

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    S1:E8

    Hunter and McCall track a bounty hunter who is not fussy about the condition of his prey.

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    Director:Guy Magar
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  7. Background image for The Sound of Thunder
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #7 - The Sound of Thunder

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    S4:E22

    General Fulbright captures the A-Team then offers to let them prove their innocence by accompanying him to Vietnam and rescuing a POW who could clear their names.

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  8. Background image for No Need to Know
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #8 - No Need to Know

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    S1:E5

    Magnum returns from a case to find that Higgins' old Army commander is staying on the Masters estate, under tight security, until some I.R.A. members he helped capture are tried. Two secret intelligence agents hire Magnum to protect the brigadier and foil assassins out to kill him before the terrorists' trial, but the “need to know” basis the agents insist on operating by only serves to complicate matters for Magnum.

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  9. Background image for One More Time
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #9 - One More Time

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    S1:E10

    The US government recruits the A-Team to rescue a general and his daughter from guerillas in Borneo.

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    Director:Arnold Laven
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  10. Background image for A Long Way From L.A.
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - A Long Way From L.A.

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    S1:E4

    Hunter and McCall are transporting a prisoner back to L.A. when they have to stop at a small town. They place their prisoner in the custody of the Sheriff. Later that evening after the waitress from the local café brings the prisoner his dinner she's attacked and at the same time the prisoner's cell is opened. He runs out and everyone assumes he attacked her. However Hunter and McCall think the Sheriff had something to do with it. When they try to question him, they learn the Sheriff is the step-son of the town's wealthiest man.

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    Director:Arnold Laven
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  11. Background image for When You Comin' Back, Range Rider?
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - When You Comin' Back, Range Rider?

    Missing info
    S2:E5

    The A-Team must duck their Army pursuers as they try to stop wild horse rustlers.

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  12. Background image for Waiting for Insane Wayne
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Waiting for Insane Wayne

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    S4:E16

    When Murdock gets mistaken for an insane mercenary the A-Team is drawn into a fight over property rights and an oil well.

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  13. Background image for The Out-of-Towners
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #13 - The Out-of-Towners

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    S1:E7

    The A-Team takes up the cause of New York shopkeepers against neighborhood protection racketeers.

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    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  14. Background image for Mexican Slayride
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Mexican Slayride

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    S1:E1

    Newspaper reporter, Amy Allen, sets out to prove the A-Team really exists and ends up hiring them to rescue one of her fellow reporters whose been kidnapped by Mexican outlaws.

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    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  15. Background image for A Nice Place to Visit
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #15 - A Nice Place to Visit

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    S1:E13

    The A-Team comes to the aid of a small town being terrorized by a murderous family.

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  16. Background image for Judgement Day
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Judgement Day

    Missing info
    S4:E1

    The A-Team goes to Italy to rescue a judge's daughter from mobsters, then must spend the journey home aboard an oceanliner dodging the boys trying to get her back.

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    Writer:Frank Lupo
  17. Background image for The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #17 - The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas

    Missing info
    S1:E6

    The A-Team gets involved in a mob power play when two girls ask them to find their college professor who went to Las Vegas with a perfect gambling system and never came back.

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    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  18. Background image for A Train of Thought
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - A Train of Thought

    Missing info
    S2:E9

    Ralph crashes head first into a train, and gets amnesia. Pam and Bill have to convince him that the suit really works.

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  19. Background image for A Small and Deadly War
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #19 - A Small and Deadly War

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    S1:E4

    Hannibal plays cat and mouse with a renegade S.W.A.T. A-Team that's committing murders for hire.

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    Director:Ron Satlof
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  20. Background image for Harder Than It Looks
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Harder Than It Looks

    Missing info
    S2:E19

    The rescue of a kidnapping victim looks easy until the ransom is left behind and the victim insists on bringing along one of her captors.

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    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  21. Background image for Incident at Crystal Lake
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Incident at Crystal Lake

    Missing info
    S3:E24

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

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    Director:Tony Mordente
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  22. Background image for Firing Line
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Firing Line

    Missing info
    S5:E3

    General Stockwell interferes with the plans of Murdock and Frankie to free the rest of the A-Team before the Army can execute them.

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  23. Background image for The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #23 - The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii

    Missing info
    S1:E8

    Higgins volunteers Magnum's services to guard a wealthy socialite's quarantined dog after the attempted dognapping of the canine. Sir Algernon Farnsworth soon finds himself to be the most wanted dog in Hawaii when his former owner, aging gangster Victor DiGiorgio, needs to get him back.

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  24. Background image for Till Death Do Us Part
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Till Death Do Us Part

    Missing info
    S1:E11

    The A-Team has to rescue a reluctant bride being forced to marry her late father's business partner.

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    Director:Guy Magar
    Writer:Frank Lupo
  25. Background image for Steel
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Steel

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    S2:E10

    The A-Team looks into sabotage at a construction site.

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Frank Lupo Ratings Summary

"Wiseguy (2)" is the best rated episode written by Frank Lupo. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Rod Holcomb. It aired on 9/16/1987 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Hunter".