"The A-Team" Mind Games (1985)

Director:

Michael O'Herlihy

Writers:

Stephen J. Cannell (creator)
Stephen J. Cannell (writer)

TV Series:

"The A-Team" (1983)

Original Air Date:

26 November 1985 (Season 4, Episode 9)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Plot:

The Pentagon publicly announces a full pardon for Lieutenant Templeton Peck, on the false grounds he would only have been a passenger...

Plot Keywords:

Vietnam | Army | Soldiers Of Fortune | Special Forces | Veterans Administration

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

George Peppard	...	John 'Hannibal' Smith
Dirk Benedict	...	Templeton 'Faceman' Peck
Dwight Schultz	...	'Howling Mad' Murdock
Mr. T	...	B.A. Baracus
David Hedison	...	David Vaun
Shelagh McLeod	...	E.G. Fowler
James Hong	...	Chow
Barney McFadden	...	Pell
Jack Ging	...	General 'Bull' Fulbright
Larry Anderson
Ping Wu
Jan Merlin
Larry Carroll
Johnny Mountain	...	Anchorman (as Johnny Mountian)
Hal Rayle	...	Chuck-a-Luck the Chicken

Trivia:

It was revealed that Face's real name is not Templeton Peck. The complete list of his assumed names is, in chronological order: Richard Bancroft (birth name), Alvin Brennar, Al Brennan, Al Peck, Holmes Morrison, Morrison Holmes, and finally Tempelton Arthur Peck.

Quotes:

David Vaun: Keep a chopper ready. If Chow dies in a shootout, that's not gonna break my heart.
Vaun's driver: And what about Peck?
David Vaun: Oh, he's nothing but the cheese in the trap. If the rat eats the cheese, what do we care? So long as the trap gets sprung.

Movie Connections:

References "Meet the Press" (1947)