The A-TeamNetMoonThe A-Team - Season 2


015 "Diamonds N' Dust"
  • Original Air Date: 09/20/83
  • Written by: Patrick Hasburgh
  • Directed by: Ron Satlof
  • Guest Cast:
    • Kristen Meadows (Toby Griffith)
    • Michael Halsey (Schekter)
    • Albert Salmi (Fletcher
    • Sam Scarber (Landers)

The second season gets under way with a bang as the team transports explosives to a Zimbabwe diamond mine whose owner was killed trying to make the delivery himself.

016 "Recipe For Heavy Bread"

  • Original Air Date: 09/27/83
  • Written by: Stephen J. Cannell
  • Directed by: Bernard McEveety
  • Guest Cast:
    • Marjoe Gortner (Tom Anderson)
    • Mako (Lin Duk Coo)
    • John Fujioka (General Chow)

The cook from the team's POW camp serves them a tip about a drug deal between the camp's ex-commander and a man who sold out to him as a prisoner.

017 "The Only Church In Town"

  • Original Air Date: 10/11/83
  • Written by: Babs Greyhosky
  • Directed by: Christian I. Nyby, II
  • Guest Cast:
    • Markie Post (Leslie)
    • Elizabeth Hoffman (Mother Superior)
    • Ismael Carlo (Salvador)

Face is convinced there's a case for the team after receiving a package from Ecuador containing his fraternity pin, given 15 years earlier to the woman who disappeared from his life.

018 "Bad Day On The Border"

  • Original Air Date: 10/18/83
  • Written by: Richard Christian Matheson
  • Directed by: Bruce Kessler
  • Guest Cast:
    • Jack Ging (Taggart)
    • Dennis Lipscomb (Prince)
    • Joey Aresco (Presley)
    • David Graf (Cooper)
    • Edie Marie Rubio (Maria)

Hannibal goes undercover as an alien seeking border passage as the team searches for an ill woman left behind by illegal-alien smugglers.

019 & 020 "When You Coming Back, Range Rider?", Part I & II

  • Original Air Date: 10/25/83
  • Written by: Frank Lupo
  • Directed by: Christian I. Nyby, II
  • Guest Cast:
    • Richard Yniguez (Daniel)
    • Lance LeGault (Decker)
    • Morgan Woodward (Bus Carter)
    • Dana Kimmell (Lane Carter)
    • Mills Watson (Stryker)

While the A-Team tries to corral wild horse rustlers, a dauntless army trouble-shooter tries to lasso the A-Team.

021 "The Taxicab Wars"

  • Original Air Date: 11/01/83
  • Written by: Stephen J. Cannell
  • Directed by: Gilbert Shilton
  • Guest Cast:
    • Michael Ironside (Crane)
    • Edward Lynch (Strike)
    • Ernie Hudson (Cal)

A small cab fleet hires the team to hack away at a rival company that sabotaged its operations and forced it out of business.

022 "Labor Pains"

  • Original Air Date: 11/08/83
  • Written by: Thomas Szolski and Richard Christian Matheson
  • Directed by: Arnold Laven
  • Guest Cast:
    • John Vernon (Jarrett)
    • Charles Napier (Cross)
    • Penny Peyser (Laura)
    • Alan Autry (Gary)
    • Ted Markland (Giddings)

The team helps migrant workers unionize against a landowner who's forcing them to work under slave-labor conditions.

023 "There's Always A Catch"

  • Original Air Date: 11/15/83
  • Written by: Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas Szolski
  • Directed by: Ron Satlof
  • Guest Cast:
    • John Quade (Garber)
    • Tracy Scoggins (Shana)
    • Robin Strand (Doug)
    • Len Wayland (Cal)

Decker hooks the A-Team just as they're reeling in an extortionist at a fishing village.

024 "Water, Water Everywhere"

  • Original Air Date: 11/22/83
  • Story by: Stanley Ellis
  • Written by: Stanley Ellis and Jo Swerling
  • Directed by: Stanley Ellis
  • Guest Cast:
    • Jim Knaub (Jaimie)
    • Alan Fudge (Gaines)
    • Robin Riker (Amanda)
    • Jon L Feather (Bump)
    • R David Smith (Les)

A land developer is trying to run three disabled Viet vets off the desert property they're renovating.

025 "Steel"

  • Original Air Date: 11/29/83
  • Written by: Frank Lupo
  • Directed by: Gilbert Shilton
  • Guest Cast:
    • Norman Alden (Mickey)
    • Mary-Margeret Humes (Randy)
    • Ray Giradin (Denham)
    • Michael Baseleon (Tommy Tillis)
    • Tim Rossovich (Boyle)

Hannibal discovers a grave motive behind the sabotage of a construction site by the contractor who lost the bid.

026 "The White Ballot"

  • Original Air Date: 12/06/83
  • Written by: Jeff Ray
  • Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
  • Guest Cast:
    • Clifton James (Sheriff Dawson)
    • Andy Robinson (Rance)
    • Joshua Bryant (Baker)

The plan to block a corrupt sheriff's reelection involves running Face as a candidate, the last of whom was murdered.

027 "The Maltese Cow"

  • Original Air Date: 12/13/83
  • Written by: Thomas Szolski
  • Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
  • Guest Cast:
    • James Hong (Wan Chu)
    • Paul Mantee (Chris Thomas)
    • Peter Kwong (Tommy Chen)
    • Keye Luke (Sam Yeng)

Murdock mugs as Philip Marlowe as the team infiltrates a Chinese tong trying to extort money from a restaurant they helped to build.

028 "In Plane Sight"

  • Original Air Date: 01/03/84
  • Written by: Babs Greyhosky
  • Directed by: Tony Mordente
  • Guest Cast:
    • Judy Strangis (Judy)
    • Anthony Charnota (Corliss)
    • Rod Colbin (Jes Hicks)
    • Lesley Woods (Carrie Hicks)
    • Lance Herrickson (Dalton)
    • Carmen Argenziana (Sanchez)
    • Bruce French (Jackson)

The team employs a new method to prepare BA for a flight to South America, where drug smugglers are responsible for the imprisonment of an innocent man.

029 "The Battle Of Bel-Air"

  • Original Air Date: 01/10/84
  • Written by: Frank Lupo
  • Directed by: Gilbert Shilton
  • Guest Cast:
    • Michael Fairman (Raymond)
    • Kurtwood Smith (Carson)
    • Randolph Roberts (Ron)
    • Edward Ansara (Fatasi)

An air battle with a high-tech chopper climaxes a probe of a security firm's kidnapping of its own employee (new regular Marla Heasly), who warned the team of an ambush by Decker.

030 "Say It With Bullets"

  • Original Air Date: 01/17/84
  • Written by: Richard Christian Matheson and Lee David Zlotoff
  • Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
  • Guest Cast:
    • Sam Melville (Shaw)
    • Miguel Fernandez (Noche)
    • Carl Franklin (Crane)

A WAC (Lauren Chase) asks the team to investigate the murder of her brother, who was involved with arms trafficking on a military base. But the team is unaware of her prior deal with Decker: The A-Team for her brother's murderer (Monte Markham).

031 "Pure-Dee Poison"

  • Original Air Date: 01/31/84
  • Written by: Chris Bunch and Alan Cole
  • Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
  • Guest Cast:
    • Tracy Reed (Stephanie)
    • Steve Sander (Burt)
    • Tony O'Neil (Frank)

A southern minister (John Amos) wants to put the cap on a moonshine distributor (Bo Hopkins) whose product is lethal.

032 "It's A Desert Out There"

  • Original Air Date: 02/07/84
  • Written by: Bruce Cervi
  • Directed by: Arnold Laven
  • Guest Cast:
    • Jeannie Wilson (Lila)
    • Anthony James (Flagg)
    • Tony Burton (Burke)
    • Robert Dryer (Driscoll)

The sophisticated commando tactics that a gang uses for petty holdups suggest they're practicing for bigger game.

033 "Chopping Spree"

  • Original Air Date: 02/14/84
  • Written by: Frank Lupo
  • Directed by: Dennis Donnely
  • Guest Cast:
    • Dennis Franz (Sam Friendly)
    • Lee Patterson (Tony Victor)
    • Nick Shields (Tiny Roscoe)
    • Liberty Godshail (Cindy)
    • Joe Colligan (Davey)

Face's prized Corvette is used as bait to nab car thieves, who instead steal BA's van, giving the big man a very Bad Attitude.

034 "Harder Than It Looks"

  • Original Air Date: 02/21/84
  • Written by: Frank Lupo
  • Directed by: Ivan Dixon
  • Guest Cast:
    • Lori Lethin (Jennifer Teasdale)
    • Kevyn Major Howard (Marcus)
    • Steven Keats (Roman)
    • Cherie Michan (Kathryn)

Rescuing a kidnap victim is "a piece of cake", except when the ransom money is left behind, and the victim insists on having one of her kidnappers rescued as well.

035 "Deadly Maneuvers"

  • Original Air Date: 02/28/84
  • Written by: Richard Christian Matehson and Thomas Szolski
  • Directed by: Mike Vejar
  • Guest Cast:
    • Ed Lauter (Kyle)
    • Ed Johnson (Sharphook)
    • Michael Cavanaugh (King)
    • John G Scanlon (Hoffer)
    • Tricia O'Neill (Maggie Sullivan)
    • Richard Kuss (Harper)

Revenge is the motive as, one by one, the team falls victim to mercenaries hired by foiled criminals.

036 "Semi-Friendly Persausion"

  • Original Air Date: 05/08/84
  • Written by: Danny Lee Cole
  • Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
  • Guest Cast:
    • Geoffrey Lewis (Kale Sykes)
    • Tim O'Conner (Kerl)
    • Sam J Jones (Eric)
    • Robby Kiger (Ollie)
    • Frank Luz (Traynor)

The team is hard pressed to meet the demands of their clients, pacifists who won't allow violence despite the ruthlessness of bigots trying to run them off their property.

037 "Curtain Call"

  • Original Air Date: 05/15/84
  • Written by: Stephen Katz
  • Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
  • Guest Cast:
    • Carl Franklin (Crane)
    • George Wyner (Richie)
    • Danny Wells (Artie)

With Decker closing in fast, flashbacks recall Murdock's contributions to his teammates as they struggle to keep him alive after he stops a bullet.


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