The A-Team (TV Series) West Coast Turnaround (1983) User Reviews

Watermelons and Stuart Whitman

[Leofwine_draca · 6/10 · 4 September 2017]

WEST COAST TURNAROUND is another decent episode of THE A-TEAM, light on plot but heavy on the humour and the vehicular stunts. This time around our team help out a watermelon farmer (!) being threatened by rich landowner Stuart Whitman, having fun in his guest villain slot. Expect a lot of cars chasing through dusty fields and roads and crashing a lot, alongside George Peppard randomly disguising himself and Mr. T stealing the show as always.

Woohoo

[bevo-13678 · 10/10 · 29 March 2020]

This episode contains trucks and water melons. I won't spoil the ending

West Coast Turnaround

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 15 December 2019]

I am not sure about Amy's deduction skills. Hannibal disguises himself as a hospital porter and she cannot see through it.

The A Team comes to the aid of an ex Vietnam veteran and watermelon farmer who cannot supply his produce to the auction market

Chuck Easterland (Stuart Whitman) and his goons want the farmer to fail so he can go bankrupt and they pick up his farm cheaply. The sheriff is no help as he is related to Easterland.

You can now spot a serious flaw in the series. You have an early action scene where the bad guys are apprehended and Hannibal gives the villains a stern lecture and sends them back on their way.

Of course that would be fine in a 30 minute show. You now have angry villains hell bent on revenge. So more needless chaos and destruction.

It is a fine enough episode. Whitman is a solid villain of the week. Murdock has an invisible dog which might be real!