The A-Team season 2

The A-Team
Season 2
Original season 2 DVD cover
No. of episodes	23
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) – May 15, 1984 (1984-05-15)
Season chronology

The second season of the action-adventure television series The A-Team premiered in the United States on NBC on September 20, 1983, and concluded on May 15, 1984, consisting of 23 episodes.

Cast

• George Peppard as Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith
• Dirk Benedict as First Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck
• Melinda Culea as journalist/reporter Amy Amanda "Triple A" Allen (11 Episodes Only)
• Dwight Schultz as Captain H. M. Murdock
• Mr. T as Sergeant First Class Bosco Albert "B. A." (Bad Attitude) Baracus
• Marla Heasley as journalist/reporter Tawnia Baker (7 episodes)

Opening credits

The second season's opening credits consisted of scenes taken from Season 1's "Til' Death Do Us Part", "West Coast Turnaround", "Black Day at Bad Rock", "A Small and Deadly War", and "One More Time". Season 2's "The Taxicab Wars", "Steel", "Water, Water Everywhere", and "The Only Church in Town".

Version 1

Version 1 was Melinda Culea's final season

• Hannibal launches the cannon at a pursuing Jeep in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version).
• The helicopter chase from the Season 1 episode "Til' Death Do Us Part".
• Hannibal was dressed as the aquamaniac, tempting Colonel Lynch in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride".
• Hannibal disguised as an old woman in Season 1's "One More Time".
• Hannibal disguised as a hippy doctor in Season 1's "West Coast Turnaround".
• Hannibal prepares to step out of the helicopter in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version).
• Face in taxi going through a car wash in Season 1's "Til' Death Do Us Part".
• Face in the back of the A-Team van in Season 1's "A Small and Deadly War" (actual shot not used in that episode).
• Face posing as Dr. Dwight Pepper in Warden Beale's office in Season 1's "Pros and Cons".
• Another shot of Face, taken from Season 1's "A Small and Deadly War".
• Amy smiling in Season 2's "The Only Church in Town" (actual shot not used in that episode).
• Amy laughing in the back of the A-Team van in the final act of Season 1's "One More Time" (actual shot not used in that episode).
• Amy at the wedding reception in Season 1's "Til' Death Do Us Part".
• Amy in the disused warehouse in Season 1's "The Beast from the Belly of a Boeing".
• Murdock in the catering truck, coughing after eating shaving cream, in Season 1's "Til' Death Do Us Part".
• Murdock singing in the make shift aircraft in Season 1's "Holiday in the Hills".
• Murdock reveals himself as the bride in Season 1's "Til' Death Do Us Part".
• Murdock emerges from the wrecked car, hat on sideways, and head crooked, in Season 1's "West Coast Turnaround".
• B.A. bursts into the Mexican bar while making his entrance in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version).
• B.A. breaks into a smile while holding up his fist, at the end of Season 1's "Black Day at Bad Rock".
• B.A. turns his head around to see what Hannibal is doing in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version).
• The car (driven by Hannibal, B.A., and Murdock) crashes into the front of the sheriff's office in Season 1's "Pros and Cons" (as previous version).
• The helicopter (piloted by Murdock) forces the mobsters' car off the road in Season 1's "The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas" (as previous version).
• A Jeep flips over as Hannibal throws a grenade in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version).

Version 2

Version 2 of the Season 2 opening credits removed shots of Melinda Culea, and replaced them with more scenes for the rest of the characters:

• Hannibal launches the cannon at a pursuing Jeep in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version, note that Melinda Culea can still briefly seen behind Hannibal).
• The helicopter chase from the Season 1 episode "Til' Death Do Us Part" (as previous version).
• Hannibal was dressed as the aquamaniac, tempting Colonel Lynch in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version).
• Hannibal disguised as an old woman in Season 1's "One More Time" (as previous version).
• Hannibal disguised as a hippy doctor in Season 1's "West Coast Turnaround" (as previous version).
• Hannibal prepares to step out of the helicopter in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version).
• Face saying goodbye to sister Teresa at the end of Season 2's "The Only Church in Town".
• A cylon walking past causes Face to double take in the Season 2 episode "Steel".
• Face posing as Dr. Dwight Pepper in Warden Beale's office in Season 1's "Pros and Cons" (as previous version).
• Another shot of Face, taken from Season 1's "A Small and Deadly War" (as previous version).
• Murdock in the catering truck, coughing after eating shaving cream in Season 1's "Til' Death Do Us Part".
• Murdock singing in the make shift aircraft in Season 1's "Holiday in the Hills" (as previous version).
• Murdock disguised himself as "Captain Cab", as he talks to a sock puppet named "Socki", but breaks into safe in Season 2's "The Taxicab Wars".
• Murdock reveals himself as the bride in Season 1's "Til' Death Do Us Part" (as previous version).
• Murdock emerges from the wrecked car, hat on sideways, and head crooked, in Season 1's "West Coast Turnaround" (as previous version).
• B.A. bursts into the Mexican bar while making his entrance, in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version).
• After throwing an opponent over the bar, B.A. turns his head to give an angry glare, in Season 2's "Water, Water Everywhere".
• B.A. breaks into a smile while holding up his fist, at the end of Season 1's "Black Day at Bad Rock" (as previous version).
• B.A. turns his head to see what Hannibal is doing in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version).
• The car (driven by Hannibal, B.A., and Murdock) crashes into the front of the sheriff's office in Season 1's "Pros and Cons" (as previous version).
• The helicopter (piloted by Murdock) forces the mobsters' car off the road in Season 1's "The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas" (as previous version).
• A Jeep flips over as Hannibal throws a grenade in Season 1's "Mexican Slayride" (as previous version).

Episodes

Main article: List of The A-Team episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
15	1	"Diamonds 'n Dust"	Ron Satlof	Patrick Hasburgh	September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20)
16	2	"Recipe for Heavy Bread"	Bernard McEveety	Stephen J. Cannell	September 27, 1983 (1983-09-27)
17	3	"The Only Church in Town"	Christian I. Nyby II	Babs Greyhosky	October 11, 1983 (1983-10-11)
18	4	"Bad Time on the Border"	Bruce Kessler	Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi	October 18, 1983 (1983-10-18)
19	5	"When You Comin' Back, Range Rider?"	Christian I. Nyby II	Frank Lupo	October 25, 1983 (1983-10-25)
20	6
21	7	"The Taxicab Wars"	Gilbert M. Shilton	Stephen J. Cannell	November 1, 1983 (1983-11-01)
22	8	"Labor Pains"	Arnold Laven	Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi	November 8, 1983 (1983-11-08)
23	9	"There's Always a Catch"	Ron Satlof	Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi	November 15, 1983 (1983-11-15)
24	10	"Water, Water Everywhere"	Sidney Hayers	Story by : Sidney Ellis Teleplay by : Jo Swerling, Jr. and Sidney Ellis	November 22, 1983 (1983-11-22)
25	11	"Steel"	Gilbert M. Shilton	Frank Lupo	November 29, 1983 (1983-11-29)
26	12	"The White Ballot"	Dennis Donnelly	Jeff Ray	December 6, 1983 (1983-12-06)
27	13	"The Maltese Cow"	Dennis Donnelly	Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi	December 13, 1983 (1983-12-13)
28	14	"In Plane Sight"	Tony Mordente	Babs Greyhosky	January 3, 1984 (1984-01-03)
29	15	"The Battle of Bel Air"	Gilbert M. Shilton	Frank Lupo	January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10)
30	16	"Say It With Bullets"	Dennis Donnelly	Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi	January 17, 1984 (1984-01-17)
31	17	"Pure-Dee Poison"	Dennis Donnelly	Allan Cole & Chris Bunch	January 31, 1984 (1984-01-31)
32	18	"It's a Desert Out There"	Arnold Laven	Bruce Cervi	February 7, 1984 (1984-02-07)
33	19	"Chopping Spree"	Michael O'Herlihy	Stephen Katz	February 14, 1984 (1984-02-14)
34	20	"Harder Than It Looks"	Ivan Dixon	Babs Greyhosky	February 21, 1984 (1984-02-21)
35	21	"Deadly Maneuvers"	Mike Vejar	Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi	February 28, 1984 (1984-02-28)
36	22	"Semi-Friendly Persuasion"	Craig R. Baxley	Danny Lee Cole	May 8, 1984 (1984-05-08)
37	23	"Curtain Call"	Dennis Donnelly	Stephen Katz	May 15, 1984 (1984-05-15)