Revolver Cartridges - A bit of information on them.
List of Cartridges by Type - A great list with lots of info on different cartridge types.
http://matrix.dumpshock.com/raygun/basi
The VA A very active mailing list with tons of energetic fans. Ask questions, post fan fiction, and chat.
The A-Team Shrine Message Board A very useful message board where you can chat with fans.
The A-Team Shrine A great website with transcripts, photos and lots of information.
German A-Team Resource An invaluable A-Team tool. Check out the transcripts, profiles, and message board.
A-Team Episode Generator Type in some information and get an A-Team episode plot tailored for you.
A-Team Fans Dutch language A-Team site. No English translation.
A-Team Japan Japanese language only.
A-Team Fan Fiction
A-Team Fan Fiction A mailing list for posting your A-Team fics.
Fanfiction.net - A-Team fan fic of various ratings. Read and review.
A-Team Story Board A mailing list for sharing and commenting on fan fiction, workshopping and discussion points of the show.
A-Team Fan Fic Archive A page that archives A-Team fan fic stories. Over 1000 stories to choose from, sorted by character, rating, author and title.
Military
GlobalSecurity.org Detailed information on all branches of the military, including info on each unit, military bases, munitions, aircraft, major wars & conflicts and more
Military.com Great forums with lots of people who can answer your questions. The store shows pictures of various equipment, links to military pages, and lots of real stories
GruntsMilitary.com Has a detailed section on military rank in all branches, ribbons and medals, as well as a forum
Vietnam Jargon A great list of slang and words used during the Vietnam war.
Fan Fic Military A mailing list for fan fiction writers and other writers to get help with any military questions they may have.
Guns and Weapons
Rec Guns FAQ A website FAQ for the rec.guns newsgroup. Images, basic information, detailed info, issues in the gun community.
Modern Firearms Links to descriptions of various types of guns, from assault rifles to handguns. [Site has not been working recently]
Real Guns Lots of essays and information on various types of weapons.
Vietnam
Special Forces Jargon A list of acronyms and slang used by the SF and other soldiers during the Vietnam War.
Hanoi Hilton Article An article revisting the infamous Hanoi Hilton, Hoa Lo prison, where American POW's were kept during the war.
The Zoo Info on the Hanoi Hilton and The Zoo, another POW camp.
PBS Vietnam An in depth look at the history of the Vietnam War, including a timeline, POW info, a reference guide and profiles on significant events.
Law/Police
FanFic Law A mailing list for fan fiction writers to get help with any law questions they may have.
FanFic Emergency Learn about the police, fire and ambulance systems around the US and other countries.
All Experts: Law A place where you can get answers from experts on different facets of law.
All Experts: Military Law Ask a question of the expert in the category.
Los Angeles
Maps See detailed maps of the Los Angeles area, including Santa Monica/Venice, West LA, Hollywood, Downtown, Orange County, Long Beach, and tons of other LA areas.
Dmoz.org: Los Angeles Links to just about every kind of website to do with Los Angeles, including business, transportation, maps, churches, you name it.
Los Angeles Times Reading the local newspaper is a great way to learn more about a certain locale.
World Info and Countries
CIA World Fact Book If the Team ever needs to go out of the country, they can find out all the information about their destination here.
Time and Date Get accurate time in different countries, as well as a universal calendar that allows you to search for a date, and it tells you what day it fell on.
Fan Fic Geography Join this list and contact people who live all over the world. If you need to send a character a place you've never been, someone here can help you.
Fan Fic History Join this list to contact people who have knowledge about different eras of history. Make your stories accurate.
Medical Info
Cascade Hospital A great resource for fan fic writers, you can get info on just about every type of disease here, as well as patient care.
Fan Fic Med A mailing list for writers to ask questions and get answers on medical problems for their stories.
Dmoz.org: Mental Health Disorders A collection of links to various mental health disorders. Here is a direct link to the Post Traumatic Stress Disorders section.
Writing Realistic Injuries An essay with some great info from A-Team fan Leia Fee.
Generators
Instant Muse Story Starter Get a hint or direction idea for your next piece of fiction.
Random Title Generator Get a random title for a book, chapter, or anything really. Some work out, some...don't lol.
Naming and Related Generators A list of all kinds of name generators. Use the menu on the left to find other types of generators.
Generator Blog A list of tons of generators available online collected in one blog.
Names
Behind the Name A look into meanings and names from all kinds of cultures and mythology.
Name Popularity From the Social Security Admin. Find out how popular certain names were in certain years. Make sure your character has an "age appropriate" name.
Kate Monk's Onomastikon A collection of world names, from all over the globe.
Miscellaneous
How Stuff Works Ever wonder how a pickpocket can steal your wallet? Or what airport security is like? Or how an F-15 works? You can find out just about anything here.
Writer's Research A list for asking any research related question for your work in progress.
Wikipedia - The motherload of information on everything.
( Click here for Fan Fic Dictionary )
Here's a brief guide to fiction length, so you know what you're reading.
Micro Fiction - less than 100 words (1 page)
Drabble - A story that is exactly 100 words (definition often varied)
Flash Fiction - 100 - 1000 words (1-2 pages)
Short Short - 1000 to 2500 (3-9 pages)
Short Story - 2500 - 7500 words (10 - 22 pages)
Novelette - 7500 - 20,000 words (22 - 61 pages)
Novella - 20,000 - 50,000 words (66 - 175 pages)
Novel - 50,000 - 100,000 words (over 175 pages) average novel is 80,000 words
Epic - Over 100,000
Fiction under 500 words is sometimes called a Vignette. Chapters in a novel are usually at least 2000 words each.
And some lengths for different genres of original fic:
Picture Books - Up to 3,000 words (ages 6 and under)
Chapter books - 5,000 to 20,000 words (ages 6 to 8)
Juvenile books - 25,000 to 50,000 words (ages 9 to 12)
Young Adult books - 30,000 to 80,000 words (13 and above)
Detective novel - 70,000 to 85,000 words
Thrillers - 70,000 to 100,000 words
There are several broad categories of firearms. The first is handguns, which are designed to be held in one hand, and include pistols, semiautomatic handguns, machine pistols, revolvers and derringers.
Another broad category of firearms is long guns (shoulder guns), which include rifles and shotguns.
The last category of weapons are ones that are normally rested on the ground or mounted on a tank, vehicle etc. These would be large machine guns, anti-aircraft guns etc. Anything mounted and over .50 calibre would more properly be called a cannon.
Handguns (aka pistols)
As far as handguns go, there are 2 types; semi automatic and revolvers. The Team used both regularly and Face seemed to like revolvers over semi-autos. Revolvers have a revolving chamber that can hold between 5 and 10 bullets depending on the gun. They do not eject shell casings when they fire. Semi automatic guns have a magazine that fits into the handle and holds the bullets, up to 15 for some guns. They use energy from the firing of each cartridge to eject the empty case and insert the next cartridge into the firing chamber. They fire faster, but are less accurate than a revolver.
Rifles and Assault Rifles
A rifle is designed for two handed use and has a barrel over 18" long, and a stock that rests up against the user's shoulder. This helps steady the gun so it can be aimed more accurately. The interior of the barrel is rifled, to make the cartridge spin when fired, allowing for more accuracy.
The Team uses assault rifles almost every episode. They resemble regular rifles, but are made to fire rapidly, either semi-auto, burst, or full auto. Semi-auto means you have to squeeze the trigger for each fire, while full auto you can squeeze and hold the trigger to fire the bullets in succession. With burst guns, they can be set to fire in 3 round bursts, meaning that one squeeze will automatically fire 3 bullets, but then you have to squeeze again to get 3 more. Assault rifles are military weapons.
Shotguns
A shotgun is a long gun that looks somewhat like a traditional rifle, but is used to shoot a packet of shot, which resemble little beads. Shot guns spray the shot over a wide area when fired. They can be single or double barrelled, allowing for one or two shots to be fired at a time. They must be reloaded after firing.
Machine Guns and Submachine Guns
A machine gun is a fully automatic rifled gun, meaning it shoots cartridges rapidly, as long as the trigger is held. A machine gun rifle that shoots cartridges of calibers that are normally used in handguns is called a sub-machine gun. Many machine guns are belt fed, meaning the cartridges and attached to a belt and fed into the weapon, allowing for many rounds to be fired without reloading. A fully automatic handgun is usually refered to as a "machine pistol" (IE an Uzi)
Firearm Actions
The term "action" refers to the method of firing cartridges and the way the weapon loads the cartridge into the firing chamber and the empty cases removed. Some of the type of actions are: single action, double action, bolt, pump, semi-automatic, lever and automatic.
Single action - In a revolver, the rotating cylinder is moved into position to fire the next cartridge by pulling back ("cocking") the hammer. In semi-autos it means that it has to be manually cocked for the first shot (usually by pulling the slide), and for any shot after, the cocking is done automatically.
Double action - The cylinder is moved into position by the first part of the trigger pull, which also cocks the hammer. In semi-autos it means that the hammer is cocked by the trigger pull for the first shot only, the rest are done in single action mode. Many semi-autos are Double action only, but many have the option of being either. DA revolvers are fairly slow. When you pull the trigger, it has a long and heavy pull because you are working against the spring to cock the weapon. You generally only get that with the first shot from a semi-auto.
Bolt action - Many rifles and some shotguns use this. The "bolt" is a rod that fits behind the firing chamber. The bolt pushes the cartridge into the chamber and is then locked in place. Unlocking it and pulling it back pulls out the cartridge or empty case. A small handle at the rear of the gun controls the bolt.
Pump action - Some rifles and shotguns use this. The pump is under the barrel in front of the trigger when nothing is being moved. To eject the cartridge or casing and load the next, the pump is pulled back towards the rear of the gun and then pushed back frontwards.
Lever action - Mostly used on rifles, but also on some shotguns. The lever is under the trigger and a little behind. To empty a casing the rear handle of the lever is pushed forwards. Bringing it back loads a cartridge and cocks the hammer so it is ready to fire again.
Cartridges (aka Bullets)
There are many different calibre of bullets (size). Some are measured in calibre (hundredths of an inch), while others are measured in millimetres. The larger the calibre, the more damage the bullet does. This doesn't mean a .22 is less dangerous however. Since they are smaller and lighter, they often don't have the power to exit the body. A .22 or other small calibre may ricochet in the body and cause massive damage, where a higher calibre may pass right through.
The small calibers are less than 8mm (.32), medium caliber is 8mm (.32) to 10mm (.40) and large caliber is 10mm (.40) and higher.
There are also different types of coverings on bullets, from rubber police bullets, to full metal jacket. Some bullets have a hollow point, which means they will stop in the body and cause more damage. Some are made to spray open in the body causing massive damage, and others are designed to tumble out of the gun to cause damage. Some of the popular calibres are:
.22
5.56mm (equal to .223 caliber)
.25
7.62mm (equal to .30 caliber)
.32
.357
.38
9mm
.40
.44
.45
.50
Magnum bullets are often longer bullets of a specific calibre. (ie. .357 Magnum). The 7.62 and 5.56 are mostly military issue calibre. The higher the calibre, the more recoil you will get from the weapon. Recoil is the amount the weapon "kicks back" - smaller people and those without a lot of handgun training can have trouble shooting higher calibre. Most people learn on small calibre and move up. Magnum weapons can have more recoil than non-Magnum.
Guns are also loud. On TV people get into gun fights without any hearing protection and are fine. In real life, a .38 calibre gunshot for instance, would leave a person with ringing ears for hours, and higher calibres could cause some deafness if no hearing protection is worn. This is never reflected on TV though.
The A-Team Guns:
Various guns were used by the A-Team and the bad guys on the show. Their main weapons were the AC556.
- Ruger K-Mini14-F
This was the weapon of choice for the team. It has an aftermarket stainless steel flashider added. It's a 5.56mm, 5, 10, 20 or 30 round magazine. - M16A1
5.56mm, 30 rounds. These were standard military issue in Vietnam. Now the military uses the M16A2. The MPs used these, and the Team did on occasion (mostly 1st season). This would've been their military issue rifle during the war. Most of the MP's on the show carried these, usually with a smaller magazine for some reason. - Hechler and Koch MP 5
9mm, 10mm and .40. 15 to 30 rounds. This one has an internal silencer, as well as a pull out (telescope) sock. It's used by anti-terrorist forces around the world. - M60
belt fed machine gun, 7.62mm. It can be stood on a tripod, as above, or held like a regular gun. Hannibal has used one on occasion called Baby. They can also be mounted on vehicles. - Ingram MAC 10

9mm or .45. Intended as a compact weapon for urban use, and for use with a silencer. Ingram became involved with various US goverment agencies in Vietnam until bankruptcy in 1975. Hannibal uses one in The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas when they're in the car chase. - Micro Uzi
Can be chambered for a 9mm or .45 calibre bullet. 20 to 32 rounds for 9mm, 10 to 16 for .45. - Intratec TEC 9
9mm, 36 rounds, ranges from 10 - 50 rounds. Can take laser sites and other attachments. - Browning Hi Power
One of Hannibal's guns. A 9mm which can also be chambered for 7.65mm and .40. 13 round single action. - Smith & Wesson 439 - A gun Hannibal used, it's an aluminum alloy, 9mm, 8 round.
- Smith & Wesson 39-2
Another of Hannibal's guns. A post WW2 semi auto, discontinued since 1980. 9mm, 8 round magazine. He had this both in nickel plated and blued steel. - Smith & Wesson Model 19
.357 Magnum, nickel plated, 6 round, double action revolver, 6" barrel. Face carried a gun like this in The Taxicab Wars, but it was blued steel. Face also used a chromed .45. - Colt 1917
.45 calibre 6 round magazine revolver. Used by the US Army. - Sig Sauer P210
A single action 8 round 9mm or 7.65mm (also chambered for .22 long). Used by the Danish, Swiss military and German border patrol. One of the most accurate military pistols ever made. Face uses this in Bend in the River. - Colt M1911-A1
.45 calibre, 7 rounds. Can be carried "cocked and locked". A single action pistol used by the US Army.
Notes on weapons and gunfire:
- The Team never seemed to have a problem hearing after all the gunfire. In reality, the sound of a gun blast would cause a lot of ringing in the ears and render you hard of hearing for at least a day.
- The Team didn't seem to have or feel much recoil from their weapons. When you fire a gun, it kicks back a bit due to the power of the firing. Higher calibre weapons will give a larger recoil.
- When people get shot, they don't spin around or get knocked down by the force of the bullet. With adrenaline running, it's possible a person might not even feel it. The A-Team episode Without Reservations was very accurate with Face's reaction after he got shot. He was still on his feet and slowly sunk down once he saw what happened.
Season 1 |
Face |
Hannibal |
Murdock |
BA |
Mexican Slayride |
Priest (to see Magill) |
Aquamaniac |
Buster Hawthorne (plane scam) |
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Children of Jamestown |
Dwayne (store scam, Amy as Sue Ellen) |
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Pros and Cons |
Dr. Dwight Pepper |
His own agent |
Mental Patient |
Deaf mute boxer |
A Small and Deadly War |
Exterminator (with Amy) |
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Black Day at Bad Rock |
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The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas |
Married couple (with Amy) |
Bus driver |
Bongo |
Special Agent Jones |
The Out-of-Towners |
Nephew of German shop owner |
Blind German shop owner |
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Holiday in the Hills |
Priest |
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West Coast Turnaround |
Sherrif |
Sherrif |
A horse lol |
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One More Time |
Old Lady (movie) |
Bakery truck driver |
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Till Death Do Us Part |
Caterer |
Cab driver |
Caterer |
Caterer |
The Beast From the Belly of a Boeing |
Beller's VP |
Edward Beller the 3rd |
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A Nice Place to Visit |
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Season 2 |
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Diamonds 'n' Dust |
Explosives inspector |
English explosives inspector |
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Recipe for Heavy Bread |
Mr. Tony (designer) |
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The Only Church in Town |
Nun |
Nun |
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Bad Time on the Border |
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When You Comin' Back, Range Rider? |
Jerry Jamison (producer) |
Range Rider |
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The Taxicab Wars |
Nephew Harold |
Clarence Wickersham III |
Captain Cab |
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Labor Pains |
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There's Always a Catch |
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Water, Water Everywhere |
(water scam) |
Corky Duke (water scam) |
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Steel |
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The White Ballot |
war hero Joe Morgan |
Herb the TV director |
Brad the camera man |
Sound guy |
The Maltese Cow |
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In Plane Sight |
Dick Nash (pilot scam) |
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The Battle of Bel-Air |
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Say It With Bullets |
German sketch artist (client meet) |
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Pure-Dee Poison |
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It's a Desert Out There |
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Chopping Spree |
car salesman |
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Harder Than it Looks |
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Deadly Maneuvers |
cow salesman |
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Semi-Friendly Persuasion |
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Curtain Call |
MP, bear hunter |
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Season 3 |
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Bullets and Bikinis |
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The Bend in the River |
A movie director |
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Fire |
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Timber! |
Forest Service bug expert |
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Double Heat |
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Trouble on Wheels |
Vending machine repairman |
Crazy Willie Beano (scam) |
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The Island |
millionaire playboy |
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Showdown! |
Rodeo clown |
Cowboy entertainer |
Great Warrior Runnin' Round |
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Sheriffs of Rivertown |
security guard (client meet) |
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The Bells of St. Mary's |
Lonnie, Diamond's assistant |
Danny Diamond, agent |
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Hot Styles |
limo driver |
fireman |
Coast Guard |
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Breakout! |
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Cup A' Joe |
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The Big Squeeze |
Sean O'Shea III |
Head of bus boy union |
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Champ! |
a doctor, TV repairman |
Jimmy Pearl |
Volcano's trainer |
Volcano Johnson |
Skins |
British/Kenyan police |
British/Kenyan police |
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Road Games |
Russ Dorsett |
A cowboy gambler |
Cufflink salesman |
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Moving Targets |
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Knights of the Road |
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Waste 'Em! |
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Bounty |
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Beverly Hills Assault |
Art dealer? |
BA's NFL agent |
a painter |
NFL player |
Trouble Brewing |
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Incident at Crystal Lake |
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Season 4 |
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Judgement Day |
a doctor |
mobster |
Mr. Allardyce |
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Where is the Monster When You Need Him? |
Tommy Danger, Stuntman to the Stars |
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A Lease with an Option to Die |
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The Road to Hope |
J. Petty Bing Ross (building scam) |
Jack Daniels (wino) |
Preacher Harry Dean Hanover (mission) |
Brother Ignatius (mission) |
The Heart of Rock N' Roll |
roadie for Rick James |
roadie for Rick James |
DJ |
roadie for Rick James |
Body Slam |
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Blood, Sweat, and Cheers |
Figarotti racing rep |
Gian-Carlo Figarotti (scam) |
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Mind Games |
The Hunkman |
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There Goes the Neighbourhood |
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The Doctor is Out |
An acting coach/director |
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Uncle Buckle-Up |
Ruff the Bear |
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Wheel of Fortune |
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The A-Team is Coming, the A-Team is Coming |
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Members Only |
Ashley Hemmings |
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Cowboy George |
Cowboy George's booking agent |
Cowboy George |
Cynthia (jail scam) |
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Waiting for Insane Wayne |
Tully |
Pecos Bob |
Insane Wayne |
Fat Rat |
The Duke of Whispering Pines |
computer guy |
computer guy |
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Beneath the Surface |
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Mission of Peace |
Daniel David Bowie Boone Murdock aka Pathfinder |
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The Trouble With Harry |
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A Little Town With an Accent |
Carlos the drug dealer (scam) |
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The Sound of Thunder |
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Season 5 |
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Dishpan Man |
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Trial by Fire |
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Firing Line |
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Quarterback Sneak |
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The Theory of Revolution |
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The Say U.N.C.L.E. Affair |
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Alive at Five |
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Family Reunion |
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Point of No Return |
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The Crystal Skull |
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The Spy Who Mugged Me |
Logan Ross secret agent |
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The Grey Team |
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Without Reservations |
Episode |
Setting |
Clients |
Bad Guys |
| Season 1 |
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| Mexican Slayride | San Rio Blanco/Acapulco, Mexico and Los Angeles, CA |
Amy Allen (to find Al Massey) |
Malavida Valdez, a man terrorizing the Acapulco countryside and holding Al Massey hostage |
| Children of Jamestown | Redwood, CA (5 miles from the Oregon border) |
Mr. Rodgers (father of kidnapped Sheila) |
Reverend Martin James, a doomsday cult leader with henchman Brother Stephen and Brother John |
| Pros and Cons | Strikersville, FL and Los Angeles, CA |
Joey Tataro (brother of Jase) |
Warden Beale, a crooked prison warden holding fight to the death matches between prisoners |
| A Small and Deadly War |
Los Angeles, CA | Maloney (a cop) | Capt. Stark and three other bad cops (Collins, Meadows & Schaeffer) |
| Black Day at Bad Rock | Bad Rock, CA |
Technically no one hired them, but they help Sherriff Hank Thompson, his deputy and Maggie Sullivan |
The Barbarians motorcycle gang, including their leader Sonny Jenko |
| The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas |
Las Vegas, NV |
Sue Beth and Darlene | Mobster Gianni Christian who is holding genius Professor Warfel hostage. Jackie Martell was his henchman. |
| The Out-of-Towners | New York City, NY |
Delancey Street merchants, including Mr. Laski, Tracey Richter, Bernie Schutzman, Mr. Daniels |
Charles "East Side Charlie" Struthers, a mobster |
| Holiday in the Hills | Guatemala, Los Angeles, CA and South Carolina |
On their way home from a job they help a surveyor |
Carolina hillbillies, mad at the Team for rescuing the surveyor they were going to kill |
| West Coast Turnaround | Green Valley and Los Angeles, CA |
Ellen Penhall and her father |
Chuck Easterland, who wants to prevent the Penhalls from moving their produce so he can buy up their land |
| One More Time | Los Angeles, CA and Borneo | US Government | Rashaam, a guerilla holding some Americans hostage in Borneo. |
| Till Death Do Us Part |
Wilson County, Texas |
Tracey (to rescue Jackie Taylor) |
Calvin Cutter, a Texas millionaire who wanted to marry Jackie Taylor for her money, he killed Jackie's father and the Team got him on tape admitting it |
| The Beast From the Belly of a Boeing |
Los Angeles, CA and the skies over southern CA and Mexico |
Beller Air | The People's Liberation Front - a wingnut group that wants money by hijacking an airline flight |
| A Nice Place to Visit | Barlow Creek (somewhere east of Texas) |
No one (although they do help the entire town and friend Trish Brenner) |
Watkins Brothers who run a service station and terrorize their town, they killed the A-Team's friend Ray Brenner. |
| Season 2 |
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| Diamonds 'n' Dust | Zimbabwe | Toby Griffith | Fletcher and others who are trying to prevent Toby from working her fathers mine. |
| Recipe for Heavy Bread | Los Angeles, CA | Lin Duk Coo | General Chao, who is after A-Team friend Lin Duk Coo. He ran the death camp where the Team was in Vietnam |
| The Only Church in Town |
Ecuador | Face (to rescue Leslie Bektall) |
Salvador and the rest of his drunken baddies, hiding out in the convent until Salvador is well. |
| Bad Time on the Border | Mexico and Los Angeles, CA |
Maria (little girl) | Taggart, a guy smuggling aliens from Mexico to work as slaves. |
| When You Comin' Back Range Rider? |
Northern Arizona | Daniel Running Bear | Bus Carter, an Arizona millionaire who was stealing protected wild horses to sell to factories. His niece Lane helped the Team with some info. His foreman was Stryker. |
| The Taxicab Wars | Tarzana, CA | Lone Star Cab Company | Crane, the owner of a rival taxi company called Love's Cabs |
| Labor Pains | Clarevale (Blairvale), CA |
Cross, who is using slave labor on his farm |
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| There's Always a Catch | Lobster Bay |
Shana and her brother | Garber who doesn't want Shana and her brother working the local waters |
| Water, Water Everywhere | Dead Man, Sobaco County, CA |
3 disabled Vietnam vets (Jamie Collins, Les, David) |
Gaines, who wants the land the vets are building on |
| Steel | Los Angeles, CA | Construction company owner and his daughter |
Crazy Tommy T (Tommy Tillis) a mobster who killed his partner and had him encased in concrete |
| The White Ballot | Parkland, NM |
Sheriff Jake Dawson and Deputy Rance |
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| The Maltese Cow | Los Angeles (Chinatown) |
Sam Yeng | Wan Chu, the leader of a Chinese Tong that was extorting money out of Chinatown merchants |
| In Plane Sight | Porterville (CA?), Malaga in Columbia, Venezuela |
Carrie and Jes Hicks and their niece Judy |
Colonel Sanchez as well as smugglers Dalton, Jackson and Pompey |
| The Battle of Bel-Air | Bel-Air, CA | Tawnia Baker sort of | Men after Sheik Fatasi |
| Say It With Bullets | Corporal Brown | Mason Harnett, a military man who killed Corporal Brown's brother |
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| Pure-Dee Poison | Arcadia, Georgia |
Reverend Johnson | Charles Drew, who's brewing some bad shine |
| It's a Desert Out There | near Sandstone Cliffs on the Nevada/California border |
An elderly couple who was robbed |
Flagg, Burke and Lila, part of a gang trying to spring their leader from jail in order to kill him |
| Chopping Spree | Los Angeles, CA |
A kid who had his car stolen |
Sam Friendly, who's providing cars for the bad guys |
| Harder Than It Looks | The California Coast | The father of Jennifer Teasdale |
Marcus, Ramon and other members of their domestic terrorist group |
| Deadly Maneuvers | California (not far from Bad Rock or LA, since Maggie and Tawnia get there fairly fast) |
No one hires them | Major Douglas Kyle, a former soldier, caught each member using his weaknesses, for a syndicate of men the Team had wronged. He has a fondness for booby traps. He had hired John Sharphook (the bearded man), Joseph King (the "master of disguise") and JD Hoffer to help him. |
| Semi-Friendly Persuasion | Eric and other members of their peaceful community |
Kale Sykes, a man who doesn't want a peaceful religious group in his town |
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| Curtain Call | Summit Ranger Station area, CA |
No one hires them | No real bad guy, Decker's after the Team |
| Season 3 | |||
| Bullets and Bikinis | Miami, Florida |
Tina and Sandy Conlon | Joey Epic and mobster Mr. Carlin |
| The Bend in the River | Monte Allegro, Brazil |
Tawnia hires them to find her fiance |
El Cajon the river pirate, who turned out to be a good guy in the end. Ramirez and another man, harboring Nazi's and building a nuclear reactor |
| Fire | Haleyville |
Annie Sanders, a firefighter | Vince Rogan, a guy who wants to take over her fire department |
| Timber! | Groverville, Oregon | Brother/sister John and Samantha Lawrence |
Bull McEwan, who doesn't want the Lawrence's to work |
| Double Heat | George Olsen (to find his daughter Jenny) |
Tommy Largo and Eddie Devane, two warring mobsters who try to kidnap a witnesses daughter. |
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| Trouble on Wheels | Los Angeles | Rudy Garcia | |
| The Island | Los Angeles, CA and Island in the South Pacific |
Captain Fallone | Ryker and other drug smugglers |
| Showdown! | California | Captain Winnetka and his daughter |
Mason a mob guy who wants a wild west show as a front for drugs |
| Sheriffs of Rivertown | Rivertown in San Marcos | Rivertown company | Captain Cordoba who wanted to attack the country and D. Boyle the foreman who helped get him workers to make a missile. |
| The Bell's of St. Mary's | Los Angeles, CA | Billy Rey and the Bell's (not hired) |
Zeke Westerland, h e was behind the record company that wanted to take over the Bell's contract. An eccentric billionaire into oil and on an airline board of directors, he has a thing for peanuts. |
| Hot Styles | Los Angeles, CA | They aren't hired, but help Rina Turian |
Johnny Turian, a mobster type who tried to steal designs from a fashion designer in Hot Styles, his ex-sister in law was Face's girlfriend Rina. He kidnapped his nephew (Rina's son) to blackmail her |
| Breakout! | Green County (not in CA) |
No one hires them, but they help Callie Russell |
Deke Logan, a prison escapee coming after his former partners widow |
| Cup 'A Joe | Family who runs Cup A Joe diner |
Cactus Jack Slater, a restauranteur who tried to take over a local diner. |
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| The Big Squeeze | Los Angeles, CA | Gino and Theresa | Nathan Vincent, a mobster served by Jack Lane and Travis Mason |
| Champ! | Los Angeles, CA | Billy and Tina Marquette | Roarke, a guy who fixes boxing matches and is trying to for Marquette to dive |
| Skins | Kenya, Africa |
Owner of game reserve in Africa |
McKaydoo, Madrid and other animal smugglers |
| Road Games | Los Angeles, CA | Jim and Patty Sullivan | Johnny Royce, a mobster who's fixed gambling |
| Moving Targets | Middle East | Princess Selina's father | Korem Rasham, a terrorist who wanted to cause a war between his country and that of the princess, by keeping her from getting married. He was involved with Selina, but turned on her in the end. |
| Knights of the Road | Arriba, New Mexico and Mexico |
Tyler Trucking | Zuniga, a bad guy in Mexico who wants a towing contract so he can move drugs |
| Waste 'Em! | AJ and Lisa | Ike Hagen, a guy dumping toxic waste under a delvery company |
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| Bounty | Bedford Falls, CA |
No one hires them | Bounty hunters after the A-Team |
| Beverly Hills Assault | Los Angeles, CA | 2 street performers | Steffan Shawn, a gallery owner forging paintings who put painter Speed in the hospital |
| Trouble Brewing | Maryann and Cathy Rodgers | Jason Webb, a developer that wants the soda company for his own |
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| Incident at Crystal Lake |
Crystal Lake, CA | No one hires them | Some escapees |
| Season 4 | |||
| Judgement Day | Los Angeles, CA, Italy and a cruise ship going back to the US |
Judge Mordente | Mobsters (Gino, Nicky) who've kidnapped the judge's daughter Lori |
| Where Is The Monster When You Need Him? |
California and Podetera De La Ria, Mexico |
No one hires them | Exiled war criminal Ramon DeJarro |
| Lease With An Option to Die |
Chicago, IL |
Mrs. Baracus | Phillip Chadway, who's trying to buy the building for his new complex |
| The Road to Hope | Los Angeles and Hidden Valley, California |
No one hires them | Some men knocking off winos for their ID's |
| Heart of Rock n Roll | Los Angeles, CA | Rick James | Warden Crichton, who uses prison workers for crime, and tries to kill CJ Mack |
| Body Slam | Los Angeles and Venice, California |
Hulk Hogan | Sonny Carter, a mobster trying to take over a children's center for the land. His father is Papa Cotero |
| Blood, Sweat and Cheers | No one hires them (but they are helping Kid Harmon) |
Kyle Ludwig, a racecar driver who tries to get Hannibal's "nephew". His uncle is Carl "The Hatchet" Ludwig of Chicago |
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| Mind Games | Los Angeles, CA | No one hires them (but they're watching out for Face) |
The US government (namely David Vaughn of the CIA, who are after General Chao |
| There Goes the Neighborhood | Canoga Park, CA | Woody and singer Stevie Faith |
Woody who wanted Stevi's master, and Stone and Juarez, drug smugglers |
| The Doctor Is Out | Westwood, California and Bazajos, Curaguay in South America |
Murdock technically | Colonel Mack Stoddard, in South America to incite a revolution, he has Murdock's shrink kidnapped. He uses questionable lingo...bodacious? dude? What military was HE in? |
| Uncle Buckle-Up | Los Angeles, CA | No one hires them (but they are helping Sydney - Uncle Buckle Up) |
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| Wheel of Fortune | Las Vegas, NV, Los Angeles CA and nearby desert |
No one (Murdock is kidnapped) | Stein and others after a government helicopter |
| The A-Team is Coming, The A-Team is Coming |
Malibu and Yucca Canyon near Acton, California |
Dimitri Shastovich | Ivan Pedavich |
| Members Only | Los Angeles, CA | No one hires them (but they are helping Frank and Adrian Prescott) |
Bob McKeever who's helping to counterfeit cash |
| Cowboy George | Dry Creek, AZ |
No one hires them (but they help the pipeline workers) |
Chuck Danford and others who steal the money of pipeline workers |
| Waiting for Insane Wayne |
Cannon's Crossing, Arizona | Bobby Sherman (although he doesn't actually hire them). Mr. Kincaid accidentally mis-hires them lol. |
Insane Wayne, a for hire mercenary with his own team (Fat Rat and Tully). Was hired by a man who wanted a teenager off his property. |
| The Duke of Whispering Pines |
Whispering Pines | Deborah Duke | Sherriff Hopkins is helping others cover up their gold smuggling |
| Beneath the Surface | Los Angeles, CA | Elaine Green asks them to find her brother |
Some bad guys after a treasure map that will lead them to a sunken galleon |
| Mission of Peace | Texas | Nora and the other caretakers of the mission |
Taggart, who wants the mission land so when the military purchases it he'll make money |
| The Trouble With Harry | Los Angeles, CA | Jeffrey and his father Harry Sullivan |
Two groups of mob bad guys (Noodles and his men and Richie and his) |
| A Little Town With an Accent |
Greentree Creek, California | The gas station owner | Sam Marlini, a mobster in hiding |
| The Sound of Thunder | Los Angeles, CA and Vietnam | General Fulbright (to find his son) |
Colonel Sien and Mi Lin, also Tia Fulbright |
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| Dishpan Man (1) | Los Angeles, CA | The airline | Terrorists who have taken over a jet liner. And Stockwell. |
| Trial By Fire (2) | Los Angeles, CA | No one hires them | The US government. Stockwell. Decker. Captain Curtis. Chung Van Quyet. The Whole World. |
| Firing Line (3) | Los Angeles, CA | No one hires them | The military. The government. Stockwell. |
| Quarterback Sneak | East Rutherford, New Jersey and East Berlin, East Germany |
Stockwell mission | East Germans |
| The Theory of Revolution | Island of San Marcos | Stockwell mission to rescue 3 Americans |
Alexander Martien, president of San Marcos |
| The Say U.N.C.L.E. Affair |
Siberia, USSR, and Los Angeles, California |
No one - Stockwell is kidnapped |
Ivan Tregorin, an old partner of Stockwell's, kidnaps him for information |
| Alive at Five | Pennsylvania and Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Stockwell mission to rescue undercover reporter |
Joey Tedesco, mobsters wanting to take out the opposition in a campaign |
| Family Reunion | Florida | Stockwell mission - AJ Bancroft |
People after Bancroft to prevent him from testifying in Washington |
| Point of No Return | Hong Kong |
Stockwell mission | Alice Heath and Lin Wu who stole uranium |
| The Crystal Skull | The Australian Outback and the Toga Toga Islands |
Stockwell mission | |
| The Spy Who Mugged Me |
Monte Carlo, Monaco | Stockwell mission | Dominique |
| The Grey Team | Washington D.C. | Stockwell mission | Saroff and others after Paula Anderson and Bernie Greene for taking Paula's fathers documents |
| Without Reservations | Washington D.C. | No one hires them | Sal, Joey and another who are attempting to assasinate the attorney general |
to prevent this, sending in advisors, and finally, the first combat troops arrived in 1965, and continued to fight until the war was declared over in January 1973 (for the US troops anyway...). South Vietnam surrended in 1975, uniting
Vietnam. For more information on the war, check out the timeline at PBS.
Here are some of the big players in the Team's time in Vietnam, as well as a few notes about things they mentioned about the war and the people they served with.
Colonel Samuel Morrison
- He gave the orders for the Team to rob the Bank of Hanoi to help bring the war to an end
- The team did so, but that night, Colonel Morrison was killed, which was supposedly January 27 1971 (according to the episode Dishpan Man), during the Tet new year.
- In Sound of Thunder, Hannibal says that Morrison was killed in Phnom Penh (Cambodia). I suspect it was a writer's error.
- He was shown only in flashbacks in Season 5's trial episodes
- He was proven to be a double agent, who gave the Viet Cong information for money.
- A Viet Cong Colonel named Quyet testified at a US hearing that Morrison was a double agent.
- His aide was Captain Josh Curtis, who was presumed dead in the same shelling that killed Morrison.
The A-Team's Crime and Trial
Crime and First Trial
- The Team was accused of robbing the Bank of Hanoi of 10 million piasters (1 million dollars) on January 27 1971. The mission was supposed to help end the war by cutting off the money supply to the Viet Cong.
- Four days after the war ended they wandered out of the DMZ with the money according to the pilot. The problem with this is that the war didn't end for the American's until 1973, and as we know, the Team was imprisoned in 1972.
- The Team's orders were destroyed when the headquarters where their CO (Morrison) was was bombed in an artillery barrage that same night.
- The Team was "sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit". BA states that they had a trial in the 1st season episode Nice Place to Visit (he said Ray stuck by them during the trial), but the pilot Mexican Slayride says they escaped before their trial from Fort Bragg. Since they are tried in 1986 for the same crime, we have to assume they didn't have a trial in 1972, as you can't be tried twice for the same crime. The only other explanation is that they escaped during the 1972 trial.
- A trial is usually held where the crime occured. Seeing that it was a warzone, it is reasonable that their trial be held where their unit was usually stationed, which was Fort Bragg, NC.
- There was never any explanation of how the Team escaped from Fort Bragg. Colonel Lynch was in charge of the prison there.
- There was not much explanation of what the Team did after that, although the pilot discusses rumours about them doing the soldier of fortune thing - but there's no real date of when they began to help people, or even if they were together after their escape. The newspapers (Zach tells Amy) didn't even seem sure they existed.
- Murdock was in Vietnam in 1972 still, since he worked a mission for the CIA. So his discharge to the VA must have come after that, either sometime in 1972 or afterwards.
1986 Capture
- The Team is captured by Stockwell's men and put on trial in 1986. Previous to this, they had found Captain Josh Curtis, Morrison's aide who had presumably died in the same shelling, but alive, and working as a gun smuggler. He remembered them and said he'd testify that the Team had orders to rob the bank.
- Stockwell showed up and Curtis implicated the Team, because he hadn't wanted to be turned over to Stockwell.
- Stockwell has a video which shows their FBI file numbers as #451-5683 (and -1, -2 and -3 for Hanibal, Face and BA) and their Army JAG Code is 19A-51R and the file is A-557-9913 (Hannibal), A-557-9914 (Face) and A-556-9915 (BA). Their were charged under the UCMJ for Article 104 (Treason) and Article 122 (Robbery).
- It lists the team as going AWOL January 21 1971
1986 Trial, Execution and Escape
- They are held at Barrier Island, 30 miles off the California coast. Visitors have to be announced from Fort Owen.
- Their lawyer was named Benny Conway and Frankie hired him.
- They were accused of robbing the bank, treason, and desertion, and finally murder when it was revealed that Morrison was shot twice before the building was shelled. Since they were on trial for the bank job, this lends credence to them NOT having a trial in 1972, as they shouldn't have been tried for the same crime twice - unless they escaped during the trial.
- Colonel Decker testifies against the Team.
- The prosecution shows the orders for the mission, lost for all these years, and says they are a forgery, done by Face. Hannibal tells the lawyer that the orders were signed by Morrison in front of him.
- Morrison is exhumed from Arlington and it is discovered he was shot twice in the back of the head before the shelling. (Why they never caught this before is a mystery)
- Captain Curtis testifies (and lies) that he heard Hannibal arguing with Morrison before the mission and right before the shelling began he saw a figure run from the building, which he said was Hannibal (who was really in Hanoi at the time so this testimony is a lie)
- It is revealed that a former Vietnamese Colonel living in the US, named Quyet, had testified at a congressional hearing that Morrison had been an agent for the Viet Cong during the war.
- Captain Curtis is killed by a hit and run driver during the trial, after giving his testimony against the Team, and before the Team's lawyer can recall him.
- The prosecution called Murdock up and was aiming to break Murdock down on the stand and indict him as a co-conspirator in the bank job.
- Murdock instead went "crazy" on the stand and his testimony was useless.
- It was revealed that Murdock was back at the headquarters after dropping the Team in Hanoi and was likely the last to see Morrison alive.
- The Team thought the prosecutors would point the finger at Murdock as the killer, as he was the last to see Morrison alive. On the stand Murdock says he was at the headquarters right before Morrison was killed, and the Team didn't know that.
- The Team pleads guilty half way through the trial, to take the heat off Murdock. The Team seems to wonder if Murdock did kill Morrison upon finding out he was a VC agent.
- Murdock tracks down Quyet, who admits to Murdock that the bank job was supposed to be a set up. The Team was supposed to get caught and it was to be an embarassment to the US government, but they couldn't get word to the Viet Cong in time to stop the Team.
- Murdock brings Quyet to testify, but he lies on the stand, saying the A-Team found out about Morrison working for the VC, and they killed him because of it.
- They are sentenced to death by firing squad on August 18 1986. This is wildly inaccurate - the US military since 1984 has used lethal injection as the method of capital punishment. Previous to this hanging was the official method. Only two states "offer" firing squad as a method of capital punishment - Utah and Idaho. The Team was held and tried in California.
- Murdock sneaks in as as priest, is found out, and Frankie replaces him as the "real" priest, slipping the Team drugs to slow their heart rates and blood packets to simulate blood during the shooting.
- Frankie switches the bullets for blanks.
- The firing squad was led by Captain Underwood.
- The Team is "shot", appears dead and are taken off the island by boat, in body bags. They wake up with Stockwell, Murdock and Frankie there.
- The Team was to have been buried at Forest Lawn cemetery.
- Stockwell says that the military will know the Team survived and escaped because the bodies will be missing from the morgue. (Yet the military never came after the Team in season 5, so Stockwell must've had something to do with that!)
Some of their Vietnam-era associates included:
- Ray Brenner - He was 5th Special Forces Major according to his uniform. Hannibal remembered when he came out of Special Forces training, so he may have been with the Team for quite awhile. Based on the fact he was a major when he died (in the 80's), he was probably a 2nd LT with the Team, most likely below Face. He appears to have a couple less unit ribbons than Face, but he has 13 medals, including a Congressional Medal of Honor. Ray never appeared on screen, as he died previous to the episodeI. His widow is named Trish and was pregnant with their first child when he was killed by local brothers who ran a service station. The Team attends his funeral. He once gave Face his helmet during a battle when Face lost his, and helped BA when he was shot in Vietnam. See the tag for "friends" for more info on Ray.
- General Ludlum - He was their CO during certain missions in Vietnam (according to One More Time). He threw BA in the brig after BA punched him in the nose for calling him a liar about not saluting him. The General said this occured March 15 1971 - in which case BA would've already been in jail since the bank job happened in January of that year. The team rescued the General and his daughter from Borneo.
- Reverend Taylor - Vietnam paratrooper, they helped him in Pure-Dee Poison. Hannibal remarks that Face knew the Reverend. BA took a liking to his daughter.
- Captain Fallone - He retired to work as a doctor on a small island kingdom. The Team saved him and the villagers from bad guys who were creating drugs in a lab on the island. He saved BA's life when he was in Vietnam.
- Sam Yeng - owns the Golden Pagoda restaurant in Chinatown in Los Angeles, he let the A-Team hide in the basement of his house in Saigon while mortars and shells were shot at them. He has a daughter named Sun.
- Hulk Hogan - served with BA in Da Nang, the
