A-Team Season 1

1.01 "Mexican Slayride"
Episode Number: 1
Original Air Date: January 23, 1983
Written by: Frank Lupo & Stephen J. Cannell
Directed by: Rod Holcomb
Guest Cast:
William Luckling (Lynch)
Sergio Calderon (Valdez)
William Windom (Al Massey)
Enrique Lucero (Colonel Flores)
Jorge Zepeda (Cortez)

George Peppard plays a master of disguise who leads a versatile group of Viet vets secretly working as soldiers of fortune. Rounding out the team: a con artist; a sullen master mechanic; and an ace pilot who lives in a mental ward. In the opener, a newspaper reporter wants the A-Team to free a colleague held by Mexican guerrilas. This pilot was a two hour show! Part 1 of 2

1.02 "Mexican Slayride"
Episode Number: 2
Original Air Date: January 23, 1983
Written by: Frank Lupo & Stephen J. Cannell
Directed by: Rod Holcomb
Guest Cast:
William Luckling (Lynch)
Sergio Calderon (Valdez)
William Windom (Al Massey)
Enrique Lucero (Colonel Flores)
Jorge Zepeda (Cortez)

1.03 "Children of Jamestown"
Episode Number: 3
Original Air Date: January 30, 1983
Written by: Stephen J. Cannell
Directed by: Christian I. Nyby Jr.
Guest Cast:
John Saxon (Martin James)
Ron Hayes (Tim)
Gerrit Graham (Brother Stephen)
Carol Jones (Sheila Rodgers)
Sherilyn Wolter (Carolyn)
Fred Lerner (Brother John)
Bill Watson (Man in Hardhat)
Victoria Lucas (Girl)
John Carter (Unknown)
Dean Wein (Unknown)

After the team rescues a girl from a crazed cult leader, Hannibal, BA, Face (Dirk Benedict) and Amy are captured by the man's followers and made the quarry for a death hunt.

1.04 "Pros and Cons"
Episode Number: 4
Original Air Date: February 08, 1983
Written by: Stephen J. Cannell
Directed by: Ron Satlof
Guest Cast:
Clifton James (Warden Beal)
William Smith (Jose Tataro)
Meeno Peluce (Joey Tataro)
Paul Koslo (Sneed)
Red West (Unknown)
Ken Norton (Unknown)
Hugh Gillin (Unknown)
Michael Greene (Unknown)
Elsa Raven (Unknown)

BA's friend is held in a prison where the warden conducts fight-to- the-death boxing matches whose winner receives short-lived freedom. One-time heavyweight champ Ken Norton plays Jackhammer.

1.05 "A Small And Deadly War"
Episode Number: 5
Original Air Date: February 15, 1983
Written by: Frank Lupo
Directed by: Ron Satlof
Guest Cast:
Jack Ging (Stark)
Dean Stockwell (Collins)
Norman Allen (Maloney)
Al White (Meadows)
Fil Formicola (Shaeffer)

Hannibal plays cat and mouse with a renegade SWAT team that's committing murder for hire.

1.06 "Black Day At Bad Rock"
Episode Number: 6
Original Air Date: February 22, 1983
Written by: Patrick Hasburgh
Directed by: Christian I. Nyby Jr.
Guest Cast:
Ed Lauter (Sheriff Thompson)
Tricia O'Neill (Dr Sullivan)
John Dennis Johnston (Snake)
Sid Haig (Jenko)

While treating a seriously wounded BA, a suspicious small town doctor notifies the sheriff, who fears that BA may be part of a biker gang returning to spring its jailed leader.

1.07 "The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas"
Episode Number: 7
Original Air Date: March 01, 1983
Written by: Frank Lupo
Directed by: Bruce Kessler
Guest Cast:
Charles Cioffi (Gianni Christian)
Richard Romanus (Martell)
Tracy Scoggins (Elly Payne)
Terry McGovern (Warfel)
Luke Andrews (Jilly)

To rescue a "system" gambler from Las Vegas mobsters, the team uses a variety of masquerades, including Amy and Face as newlyweds, and Hannibal as a hit man working for the CIA.

1.08 "Holiday in the Hills"
Episode Number: 8
Original Air Date: March 15, 1983
Written by: Babs Greyhosky
Directed by: Arnold Laven
Guest Cast:
Edward Winter (Barnes)
Bill McKinney (Clint)
Denise Galik (Louanne)
Philip Sterling (Eldridge)

The team crash-lands in the backwoods where they some rednecks to save a man from being burned at the stake. Murdock has some great one-liners in this one.

1.09 "The Out Of Towners"
Episode Number: 9
Original Air Date: March 22, 1983
Written by: Frank Lupo
Directed by: Chuck Bowman
Guest Cast:
Yaphet Kotto (Charlie)
Albert Popwell (Digger)
Robert Tessier (Scully)
Wendy Hoffman (Tracy)
Billy Jacoby (Nicky)

The team takes up the cause of New York shopkeepers against neighborhood protection racketeers.

1.10 "West Coast Turnaround"
Episode Number: 10
Original Air Date: April 05, 1983
Written by: Stephen J. Cannell & Patrick Hasburgh
Directed by: Guy Magar
Guest Cast:
Stuart Whitman (Easterlandv)
Devon Erickson (Ellen)
Robert Sampson (Joe Penhall)
Michael Alldredge (Whittaker)

The team delivers produce to market for a farmer being driven out of business by a land-hungry rancher.

1.11 "One More Time"
Episode Number: 11
Original Air Date: April 12, 1983
Written by: Frank Lupo & Patrick Hasburg
Directed by: Arnold Laven
Story by: Babs Grehosky
Guest Cast:
Nico Minardos (Rashaad)
Warren Kemmerling (Ludlam)
Amy Steel (Kathy)
Alan Fudge (Perry)

The government drafts the team to rescue a general and his daughter from guerrilas in Borneo.

1.12 "Till Death Do Us Part"
Episode Number: 12
Original Air Date: April 19, 1983
Written by: Babs Greyhosky
Directed by: Guy Magar
Guest Cast:
Janice Heiden (Jackie Taylor)
John Ericson (Calvin Cutter)
Jim Antonio (Sheriff)

Murdock dons a wedding gown and BA pops out of the cake at a wedding forced by the groom to gain control of the company he shared with the bride's late father.

1.13 "The Beast from the Belly of a Boeing"
Episode Number: 13
Original Air Date: May 03, 1983
Written by: Patrick Hasburgh
Directed by: Ron Satlof
Guest Cast:
Andrew Robinson (Jackson)
Alan Stock (Thomas)
Jim McKrell (Hertzog)
Michael Swan (Trigg)
Jesse D Goins (Phillips)

Hannibal's plan to free a skyjacked airborne 747 requires a bit of adjustment when BA becomes cataleptic and Murdock is temporarily blinded.

1.14 "A Nice Place to Visit"
Episode Number: 14
Original Air Date: May 10, 1983
Written by: Frank Lupo
Directed by: Bernard McEveety
Guest Cast:
Joanna Kearns (Trish)
Burton Gilliam (Sheriff)
Don Stroud (Deke)
Robert F Lyons (Harold)
Ted Markland (Logan)
Kelbe Nugent (Lianne)

A murderous family is holding an entire town in thrall.