The A-Team season 5

The fifth and final season of the action-adventure television series The A-Team premiered in the United States on NBC on September 26, 1986, and concluded on March 8, 1987, consisting of 13 episodes. Robert Vaughn and Eddie Velez joined the cast in this season. At the beginning of this season, a remixed version of The A-Team theme song was introduced.

Opening credits
The opening credits were changed in this season, which consisted of scenes taken from "Dishpan Man", "Trial by Fire", "Firing Line", Season 3's "Timber", Season 4's feature length two part episode "Judgment Day", "The Sound of Thunder", and Season 5's "Quarterback Sneak".

Cast

 * George Peppard as Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith
 * Dirk Benedict as First Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck
 * Dwight Schultz as Captain H. M. Murdock
 * Mr. T as Sergeant First Class Bosco Albert "B. A." (Bad Attitude) Baracus
 * Eddie Velez as Frankie "Dishpan Man" Santana
 * Robert Vaughn as (former United States Army General) Hunt Stockwell

Premise
After the last four seasons, ratings had started going down for the show since it had been "wash and repeat" for several years, with repeating problems that clients presented them with. A change was made in an effort to bring ratings back up by completely changing the A-Team's reason for being on missions, as well as introducing a new member (Frankie Santana) to the team. The running gag of Face constantly springing Murdock from the mental hospital was also dropped, with Murdock declared sane and usually out looking for a job; Murdock has never held the same job for two episodes, suggesting his lunacy or being dragged on missions caused his bosses to fire him.

The A-Team now resided in a safe house in Virginia, although Murdock continued to live separately in an apartment. Now under the command of the mysterious General Stockwell, the team was now working for the government on top secret missions that the U.S. could not send their own agents in on; after a set amount, Stockwell would get them presidential pardons. New running gags involved Frankie and Face questioning Stockwell's methods, Frankie arguing with B.A. over transportation between countries (as Frankie gets seasick, while B.A. is just scared of flying), and Hannibal going against Stockwell's orders.

Episodes
{{Episode table|background=#BDB76B|overall=|season=|title=|director=|writer=|airdate=|episodes= {{Episode list/sublist|The A-Team season 5 | EpisodeNumber=86 | EpisodeNumber2=1 | Title=Dishpan Man | AltTitle=The Court Martial (Part 1) | DirectedBy=Tony Mordente | WrittenBy=Stephen J. Cannell | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|9|26}} | ShortSummary=After being sent to the hospital for a mishap on the movie set, Hannibal is kidnapped by retired General Hunt Stockwell, who offers the colonel the choice between going to jail or the A-Team performing a mission for him. They are to rescue a group of hostages from a hijacked flight in Spain. As an extra incentive, Stockwell reveals that former ally Captain Josh Curtis is on the plane, and he might have information that could clear the A-Team's names. Instead, after being freed, Curtis betrays the team and falsely tells Stockwell he saw the A-Team murder Colonel Morrison and burn their headquarters to cover the crime. After ten years of being fugitives, the A-Team has finally been captured.

Filming dates: July 17–25, 1986 Production Code: #1506 | LineColor=BDB76B }}{{Episode list/sublist|The A-Team season 5 | EpisodeNumber=87 | EpisodeNumber2=2 | Title=Trial by Fire | AltTitle=The Court Martial (Part 2) | DirectedBy=Les Sheldon | WrittenBy=Tom Blomquist | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|3}} | ShortSummary=The court martial of the A-Team is under way, featuring witnesses (among them Col. Roderick Decker) and a recounting of the team's "crime they didn't commit." Curtis is exposed of giving false information, but before the truth comes out fully, he is killed by his gunrunner partners. Fearful that Murdock, who is not part of the court martial, will be suspected, the rest of the A-Team is convicted at the hearing. Meanwhile, Frankie Santana, a colleague of Hannibal's in his stunt work, and Murdock seek evidence to prove the innocence of Hannibal, Face, and BA. Note: Murdock locates a former North Vietnamese officer [who named Colonel Morrison in a list at the court-martial who had been bribed by the North Vietnamese for information] who tells the truth to Murdock about why the A Team were sent on a suicide mission to rob the Hanoi National Bank - it was a set up by Colonel Morrison to try to get the team killed as Morrison was actually a traitor who was working with the Viet Cong; when the A-Team actually succeeded in their Impossible Mission, Morrison was executed for his failure to get them killed! Similar to Curtis, the Vietnamese lies about the A-Team at the court Martial... and the team is found guilty of the charges! | LineColor=BDB76B }} {{Episode list/sublist|The A-Team season 5 | EpisodeNumber=88 | EpisodeNumber2=3 | Title=Firing Line | AltTitle=The Court Martial (Part 3) | DirectedBy=Michael O'Herlihy | WrittenBy=Frank Lupo | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|10}} | ShortSummary=Time is running out for the team as their execution is impending. In jail, each A-Team member reacts in his thoughts according to their nature: Hannibal tries to think up an escape plan; Face last wish is for a beautiful girl to serve him champagne (but sees Hannibal in his Aquamonster costume tell him he'll see him in the swamp); B.A. is rescued by Murdock, but Murdock makes so many crazy demands B.A would rather face the firing squad! Murdock and Frankie desperately seek Stockwell's help in helping the team escape, but are rebuffed. Stockwell meets the A Team and says that while he won't help them escape, he does say that if they do escape on their own, he'll shelter and protect them with the offer of a presidential pardon but at a price of doing "suicide missions"! Eventually, through Murdock and Frankie's and Stockwell's clever manipulations, the team escapes their execution and are coerced into joining Stockwell's agency, whereupon they will perform covert high-risk "Suicide missions" for him in exchange for a presidential pardon. Their first job is to capture Curtiss gunrunner partners--Hannibal remarks "We're back"! Because of his collaboration in saving the A-Team, Frankie is forced by Stockwell to join them. On the bright side, Stockwell has Frankie's hospitalized relative taken care of. The team is moved to a home in Virginia, where the four now live. Murdock is also revealed to have been declared sane, likely through Stockwell's connections, and now has his first job a dozen dog walker. | LineColor=BDB76B }} {{Episode list/sublist|The A-Team season 5 | EpisodeNumber=89 | EpisodeNumber2=4 | Title=Quarterback Sneak | DirectedBy=Craig R. Baxley | WrittenBy=Paul Birnbaum | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|17}} | ShortSummary=Stockwell's latest mission has the A-Team travel to East Germany to sneak out a chemical warfare scientist who's had second thoughts about his invention. While Hannibal poses as the owner of a football team to keep the scientist's boss busy, the rest of the A-Team to secure the scientist's wife. However, "Project Victory" may prove to bring out explosive consequences.

Murdock's job: Inspector No. Six of the garment industry. He later gets promoted to No. 1's assistant after finding a flaw in a trench coat inspected by No. 1.

Game footage of the 1983 USFL season opener between the New Jersey Generals and Los Angeles Express is used.

Special Guest Stars: Joe Namath as T.J. Bryant, John Matuszak as Davey Miller and Jim Brown as Steamroller. | LineColor=BDB76B }} {{Episode list/sublist|The A-Team season 5 | EpisodeNumber=90 | EpisodeNumber2=5 | Title=The Theory of Revolution | DirectedBy=Sidney Hayers | WrittenBy=Burt Pearl & Steven L. Sears | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|24}} | ShortSummary=

General Stockwell sends his team to the tiny island of San Marcos, where they try to free two American intelligence agents who have been taken prisoner by a ruthless dictator. Frankie falls in love with Juanita, a local, and takes the matter personally. It turns out that the ship the agents were taken on is more valuable than them. They escape to an awaiting sub while the A-Team show the dictator and his Russian ally not to mess with them.

Murdock's job: Bison scout leader-he gives Face a "Baying wolf" scout badge; both the teaser and the epilogue show that while B.A still hates flying-he loves to fly model airplanes! | LineColor=BDB76B }} {{Episode list/sublist|The A-Team season 5 | EpisodeNumber=91 | EpisodeNumber2=6 | Title=The Say UNCLE Affair | DirectedBy=Michael O'Herlihy | WrittenBy=Terry D. Nelson | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|31}} | ShortSummary=In the teaser the A-Team sneaks into Siberia and steals a secret USSR Fighter jet. The A-Team must deal with Stockwell's former partner-turned-adversary Ivan Trigorin aka "Brown Fox" [now working for Mainland China] when he kidnaps Stockwell "Aka Black wolf" to find the jet. Years before Under imprisonment in Cuba Trigorin had been "broken" and betrayed Stockwell. If they cannot find and free Stockwell to speak a code within 36 hours, they lose any hope of securing their pardon. Through Hannibal and Murdock's usual craziness, they manage to locate Stockwell; Stockwell and Ivan have a face to face confrontation in which Ivan is killed in a truck crash on a Hollywood Movie set. With less than 10 minutes left, Stockwell speaks the code, securing the A-Team for another half-day. In a twist ending Hannibal revels to Stockwell the real jets hiding place.

Murdock's job: Frank Sinatra impersonator. also poses as a Chinese Food Delivery boy at the Chinese embassy

Special Guest Star: David McCallum as Ivan Trigorin.

Note: David McCallum and Robert Vaughn were the stars of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., to which this episode's title is a reference. Date given on Hollywood movie slate is 11-4-1986 Nov 4, 1986} | LineColor=BDB76B }}

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