Introduction

The fifth and final season of the action-adventure television series The A-Team premiered in the United States on NBC on 26 September 1986, and concluded on 08 March 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 used.

Outline

A government agent is to give fake documents on the “Star Wars” project to a Russian in a sting operation; however, his daughter overhears him and thinks he’s actually betraying America, so she steals them and hides out with her elderly friend. The A-Team is called in to get the files back so the sting operation can go off without a hitch; Hannibal has Murdock pose as a doctor with knowledge on the process, to lure out the Russians. In the meantime, Frankie, B.A. and Face are forced to deal with Federal agents sent by the government to find the girl, and a retirement home’s worth of elderly people mistaking them for enemies. Eventually, Hannibal’s insane plan allows the team to lure in their enemies and trap them.

Murdock wonders what the future holds for the A-team; Hannibal assures him that they’ll have many more years of their zany adventures.

Trivia

• Whilst this was the penultimate episode to air, it is, in fact, the final episode of the series.
• Despite being aired last, ‘Without Reservations‘ is in fact the penultimate episode, but was aired out of order three months after this episode, the reasons for which are unclear.
• A visual clue of this is that in ‘The Grey Team’ Murdock is seen wearing a shirt that says ‘Fini’ the French word for ‘End’, whilst in Without Reservations he is seen to wear a shirt that reads ‘Almost Fini’.

The A-Team Series 05

You can find a full index of The A-Team Series 05 here.

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Michael O’Herlihy.
• Writer(s): Tom Blomquist.
• Release Date: 30 December 1986.
• Running Time: 48 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.