The A-Team: Season 5

The best action show for the time period. Even the remake doesn't compare! The final season episodes gave hope the team would finally get their pardon as well as an episode where they ultimately came to each others rescue. It would have been great if they had done a few more episodes that continued to focus on these unique characters aspirations as well. Such as Face finally being willing to settle down (regardless of circumstances) . BA actually finding the humor in Murdoch. Along with Hannibal's involvement in helping the others toward this progression.Come to think of it....(I think a screenplay is coming together!...)Synopsis: The A-team protects a legitimate escort service from being taken overby organized crime.INT - VAN - DAYHannibal, Face and BA are on their way to spring Murdoch for the next assignment. BA as usual is driving.BA: Where to now Hannibal?Hannibal: Just a few more miles up this road. I'll let you know when we get close.Face: So what's the assignment?Hannibal: This one's right up your alley Face. Another Damsel in distress.Hannibal flips through a folder and shows Face the clients picture...Face: Hmm?Hannibal: Not your cup of tea?Face: On the contrary. I'd say that she's definitely the kind you could take hometo Mother.BA: You can tell that just by looking at a picture?Hannibal shows him the picture.BA: I take that back. You and your Mother must think alike cause I know my mama would never approve!They all laugh.Hannibal: Turn left up here BA.ANOTHER ANGLE: The Van turns up a street.Face: Uh, where did you say we were going Hannibal?Hannibal: We are going to pick Murdoch up at a pie factory.BA: A pie factory? They must be crazier than that foo to let him out!Hannibal: I can't say that his being around us has made his condition any better,but it certainly seems he has made some progress if they are allowinghim to hold a job.Face: Well good for him.They pull into a parking lot at the factory.TBC...

Okay, let's be honest... we all know The A-Team is amazing, fun, thrilling, action-packed, and entertaining. Those of you who've watched all of the shows compulsively know what I'm talking about. Sorry, but I don't need to spend time with y'all. You've already come to the Dark Side.For those of you who haven't grown up with it and never seen it, you're in for it. Better not watch it. You might become one of... THEM - the fans who watch The A-Team in an never-ending marathon.But seriously, it's a great show. What is it about? Well, listen - err - read the Narrator: "In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team." (Quote from IMDB: The A-Team (1983–1987): Quotes)Now you know what it's about. You should really watch it. Just a couple episodes... or maybe all of them. Who knows? You could become one of THEM!

I extremely dislike that the episodes are edited. I found out after watching an episode and the closing credits featured a still shot of a scene that was not shown. I could watch edited episodes on TV. At least it has no commercials. It is edited on TV to make room for more commercials. Why do they edit the DVD's with no commercials?

Season 5 is a shadow of the first 4 seasons by far. By Season 5, the presense of Mr. T is barely seen in each episode; one can only guess that his part in the show was cut down significantly by 1986. In truth, the true star of the show in this and in Season 4 was Dwight Shultz, whose character of H.M. Murdock truly took center stage in over half of the episodes. Season 5 seems to have been specificaly written for him. The shows lost most of their comedic appeal by 1986-87, and became more spy/espionage thrillers than "Soldiers of Fortune" chronicles. The initial trilogy of the pilot episode of this season was excellent, finally giving the history of The A-Team in detail, and including Murdock as a part of the Team. A good watch for nostalgia buffs, even if it only lasted 13 episodes; I guess the machine gun/tech craze of the early to mid 80's was dying out by now.... The change to the Main Theme song was at the same time cool but uncool, as the opening trademark dialogue "In 1972..." was missed.RIP George Peppard.......still one of the coolest men who ever lived.

My wife and I grew up watching shows like The A Team , Greatest American Hero and the like. I had one of my grandsons over the other night and he said, "Grandpa, it's nice to be able to watch a TV show with you that we can both see together." That really struck me, it was really fun to watch some of these great old shows with two of my very young grandsons, one 5 and one 9 years old. There aren't many shows on TV today that you can allow your young children to watch due to objectionalble material, so this is a great way to enjoy, TV with the younger kids in the family and not have to watch some mindless crap cartoon show, additionally, there are NO commercials either, an added bonus. I recommend them highly. Steven J. Cannel was a terrific writer, and all of these shows were his creation along with many others during that era.

Offenbar ging es nicht nur mir so, sondern auch anderen Zuschauern (und in Folge der Quote): Nach vier vollen Staffeln waren die bewährten Grundelemente, nach denen jede Folge des A-Teams mehr oder minder ablief, und für die wir alle die Serie zunächst wirklich geliebt haben, einfach ein wenig ausgelutscht. Es fehlte so allmählich der Schwung, es mangelte an Innovation, an frischen Ideen - kurz die Luft war raus.Um die Serie weiterzuführen, die Gunst der Zuschauer zu retten, sattelten die Verantwortlichen auf ein neues Konzept um. Statt wehrlosen Normalbürgern zu helfen, sich gegen böse Buben aus der Nachbarschaft zu verteidigen, handelt das A-Team ab sofort im direkten Regierungsauftrag - mit der Aussicht auf Begnadigung nach Erledigung von einer Reihe an Aufträgen.Leider geht das Konzept nicht auf, wirken die dünnen (und nach wie vor zusammenhanglosen Storys), die weiterhin recht übertriebene und ein wenig aufgesetzte Aktion und die weitergeführten Dauer-Aspekte (wie BAs Flugangst) im Paket auf "internationalem" Niveau dann endgültig doch ein wenig lächerlich.Hinzu kommt das Colonel Smith als Kopf des Teams nicht mehr so tatkräftig und vor allem nicht mehr mit allzu cleveren Ideen überzeugt, Murdock in vielen Fällen die Rolle von Tempelton Peck übernimmt, was diesen beinahe überflüssig macht, und BA deutlich weniger zuhauen und noch weniger seinen geliebten Truck fahren darf, als man es eigentlich von seiner Rolle erwarten darf. Abenteuerliche Maschinen und Fahrzeuge, wie sie sonst häufig in verzweifelten Lagen quasi aus dem Nichts zusammengeschraubt wurden, sucht man meist auch vergeblich.Als mobile Agenten-Truppe, die Probleme nicht mehr in der Vorstadt, sondern überall auf dem Globus erledigt, da taugt das A-Team einfach nicht - das merkt man schon nach wenigen Folgen. Das haben offenbar auch die Beteiligten erkannt, bringt die letzte Staffel es doch nur noch auf drei DVDs, statt auf derer sechs. Hier war offenbar frühzeitig Drehschluss - immerhin mit einem halbwegs vertretbaren Ende der letzten Folge als Staffel/Serien-Ende.Für Sammler und wahre Fans muss die Sammlung natürlich komplett sein und daher gehört für sie auch diese letzte Staffel definitiv ins Regal, auch wenn sie das Niveau der ersten drei Staffeln bei weitem nicht mehr erreicht.

Dies ist leider die letzte Staffel der Serie (schade). Bin mit Bild und Ton der DVD-Box zufrieden. Ich hätte mir genau wie bei den anderen Staffeln aber ein bischen Zusatzmaterial zu der Serie gewünscht. Also wer die Serie mag ,kann getrost zu greifen. Das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis stimmt jedenfalls.

So das sind die letzten 13 Folgen von der Serie.Leider ist das für mich die schlechteste von allen,der Funke will nicht recht überspringen.Aber für jeden Fan ein muss.Bild in 4:3 Full Screen Ton in DD 2.0 Laufzeit 9std & 10 min.FSK 12Bonus: ein Interview mit Stephen J. Channel

Ich liebe es wenn ein Plan funktioniert.

Für Fans und Sammler ist die letzte Staffel vom A- Team ein Muss aber für alle anderen nicht zu empfehlen. Die Geschichtern werden immer absurder und die beiden neuen Charaktere passen meiner Meinung nicht in das Team