THE A-TEAM episode guide

Fifth season opening credits (v2)

The fifth, final season opening credits are harder to give a run down of, as there were several versions used. This guide covers the versions used from 'Firing Line' to the end of the series

Many shots during the 'drum section' are pre-existing stock footage shots. The ones that are from actual episodes are listed here.

The helicopter during the escape at the climax of the fourth season episode 'The Sound Of Thunder' (as previous version)

Face and Murdock pushing the unconscious B.A. out of the jet in 'Dishpan Man' (note, the actual shots of B.A. on the parachute are recycled from the first season episode 'One More Time') (as previous version)

Scenes of the robbery of the Bank of Hanoi, seen in flashback in 'Trial By Fire' (as previous version)

General Stockwell surrounds the team, at the end of 'Dishpan Man' (as previous version)

Hannibal, Face and B.A. are cuffed, at the end of 'Dishpan Man' (as previous version)

A shot of the stockade, from 'Firing Line' (as previous version)

Face, B.A. and Hannibal try to escape, in 'Firing Line' (as previous version)

Slightly re-edited from the previous version - removing a shot of General Stockwell, and showing a shot of Hannibal, Face and B.A. on trial, shots of B.A. and Hannibal (removing a shot of Face) and a shot of the judges' gabble going down, all in 'Trial By Fire'

Hannibal, Face and B.A. break out of the stockade, in a dream sequence from 'Firing Line' (as previous version)

Explosions as Hannibal, Face and B.A. escape, in a dream sequence from 'Firing Line' (as previous version)

Version I - a shot of Hannibal, B.A. and Face after freeing the hi-jacked aeroplane in 'Dishpan Man'. Some versions use this shot towards the end of the opening credits (see later)

Version II - later versions replace the above shot of this one, of B.A. and the team chainsaw-ing their way into the bad guys' hangout, in the third season episode 'Timber!' (a slightly shorter version of the sequenced used on 'Dishpan Man' and 'Trial By Fire' opening credits, in a different position)

Murdock upside down, after he tries to knock out B.A., in 'Dishpan Man' (as previous version)

A shot of a helicopter, piloted by Murdock, blowing up a building, in 'The Theory Of Revolution' (on later versions, this sequence is shorter; see below)

Later versions shorten the above sequence, and add this shot of Hannibal posing as the owner of an American Football squad in 'Quarterback Sneak'

A more light-hearted moment for Hannibal during the trial ,in 'Trial By Fire' (as previous version)

A shot of Hannibal during 'Firing Line' (as previous version)

Face gets behind the wheel of a bus he's acquired, in the fourth season's feature-length / two-part episode 'Judgement Day' (as previous version)

Face has trouble with his Corvette's breaks, in 'Dishpan Man' (as previous version)

Face makes his escape, in a dream sequence from 'Trial By Fire' (as previous version)

A shot of Face as himself and B.A. visit Hannibal in hospital, in 'Dishpan Man' (as previous version)

Murdock poses as the plane captain as The A-Team's home-made fog sweeps in, in 'Dishpan Man' (as previous version)

A shot of the helicopter from the fourth season's feature-length / two-part episode 'Judgement Day' (as previous version)

Murdock piloting a helicopter, during his fantasy account during giving evidence in 'Trial By Fire' (the above helicopter and this shot are played back-to-back to suggest he was flying it, but in fact he was piloting a different helicopter in his fantasy sequence) (as previous version)

Murdock after using his scarf to take out a hijacker in 'Dishpan Man' (as previous version)

Murdock in 'Fighting Nighthawk' mode, as he and Frankie search a Military office for information, in 'Trial By Fire' (as previous version)

Murdock piloting his portable aircraft, in 'Dishpan Man' (as previous version)

Frankie sprays special effects for at the hijacked plane in 'Dishpan Man'

Murdock and Frankie blow up a filing cabinet in an Army office, in 'Trial By Fire'

Frankie makes a phone call, in 'Trial By Fire'

B.A. loses his temper during the trial, in 'Trial By Fire' (as previous version)

B.A. gives a smile in his mother's apartment, in the fourth season episode 'Lease With An Option To Die' (as previous version)

B.A. gets even with 'Mac Murdock' at the end of the second season episode 'The Maltese Cow' (as previous version)

General Stockwell during a midnight meeting with the imprisoned Hannibal, in 'Trial By Fire' (as previous version)

Stockwell arrives at the trial, in 'Trial By Fire' (as previous version)

A shot of Stockwell visiting Hannibal, Face and B.A .in the stockade, in 'Trial By Fire' (actual shot not used in that episode) (as previous version)

B.A. drives the escape truck through the awaiting aeroplane, in the fourth season's feature-length / two-part 'Judgement Day' (as previous version)

Carla brings Stockwell a video file on The A-Team, at the start of 'Dishpan Man' (as previous version)

Two MP cars crash as they pursue Murdock and Frankie in a dump truck, in 'Trial By Fire' (as previous version)

Version I - Hannibal gives the thumbs up (to Tia), in the fourth season's 'The Sound Of Thunder' (as previous version)

Version II - Some later versions replace the above shot with this shot of Hannibal, B.A. and Face after freeing the hijacked plane in 'Dishpan Man', which plays earlier in some other versions

The armored bus makes it's escape, in the fourth season's feature-length / two-part 'Judgement Day'

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