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The A-Team: In Plane Sight

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The A-Team employs a new method to prepare B.A. for a flight to South America after several attempts. They fly to Venezuela where drug smugglers are holding an innocent pilot prisoner. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Babs Greyhosky

Director:: Tony Mordente

Stars:: Dwight Schultz (Captain H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock); Dirk Benedict (Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck); Mr. T (Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus); George Peppard (Col. John "Hannibal" Smith)

Guest Star:: Crofton Hardester (Unknown); Grainger Hines (Unknown); Bruce French (Jackson); Carmen Argenziano (Colonel Sanchez); Lance Henriksen (Dalton); Rod Colbin (Jes Hicks); Anthony Charnota (Corliss); Judy Strangis (Judy); Chad Block (Cop)

Goof: When Corliss punches Face, Face's glasses and fake mustache fly off. However, in the preceding shot, as Corliss starts his swing, Dirk Benedict (Face), with his back to the camera, is actually not wearing the glasses. edit »
Murdock's Shirt says "Why Me?". edit »

Amy is mentioned several times in this episode, but is never seen. edit »

Murdock: You are constantly drawing false conclusions based on little or no information at all.
B.A.: You're a nut, and that's a conclusion based on fact. edit »
(B.A. falls asleep during a shoot out)
Judy: You said the trigger word. You said eclipse.
Murdock & Face: Judy! edit »
(Hannibal is flying the plane)
B.A.: Oh, man, I never thought the day would come when I wished Murdock was here. edit »
(Mrs. Hicks sees Murdock's psychology book)
Mrs. Hicks: Are you a psychiatrist, Mr. Murdock?
Murdock: No, ma'am, I'm insane. edit »
Hannibal: Well, gotta look at the bright side: we don't have to make this one look like a plane crash. edit »

Murdock: My plane! My plane! My kingdom for my plane!

This is an allusion to the famous line from Shakespeare's Richard III, Act V, Scene 4: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" edit »
Murdock: They control the horizontal. They control the vertical. Don't attempt to adjust it.

Murdock borrows these lines (with a slight adjustment of pronoun) from the opening of the 1960s television series The Outer Limits. edit »
Murdock: Now, the question you're asking yourself is, "Did he fire five or six bullets?" Do you feel lucky?

Murdock delivers a shortened version of Clint Eastwood's famous speech from the 1971 film Dirty Harry. edit »
Hannibal: Everybody keeps records, even ones they never want found. Remember Nixon?

Hannibal is referring to the Watergate scandal, which was a 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. by members of Richard Nixon's administration. The resulting cover-up eventually led to the resignation of the President. edit »