Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 5, 2018 14:20:25 GMT
Episode 08 - Season One: The Out-of-Towners (1983)
The A-Team heads into the big Apple after hearing the news about a small group of poor shop owners who are terrorized by a ruthless loan shark and his muscle but the first big problem is to try and "convince" B.A. on dealing with his fear of flying, even if the good news is that the pilot will not be Murdock this time around.
Considering the familiar faces of the bad guys included in this episode, I always think of it as an underwhelming final result, as here we get to see the gang take on heavies such as Yaphet Kotto, Robert Tessier and Albert Popwell, and we are introduced to each of them in a rather brutal way as well.
Popwell pretty much bitchslaps a kid to the ground, while Tessier ends up breaking a few of Hannibal's ribcages and Kotto delivers well on being a scummy bastard who is not one to get on the wrong side of.
Still, I was expecting a much better anticlimax than what we ended up with, considering how promising it all started.
The plot do in some ways remind me a little of Death Wish 3, where the neighborhood fights back along with their newly recruited and trigger happy janitors.
I loved how B.A. and Murdock teams up to take up the trash and deliver it to the right owner, and Faceman and his slippery side-business was kind of amusing as well.
Also, in this one he ends up getting some pretty tough competition from Howlin' Mad when it comes to the ladies.
All in all, not a great or very memorable episode this either but it had some funny moments and I end up with a:
6/10
The A-Team heads into the big Apple after hearing the news about a small group of poor shop owners who are terrorized by a ruthless loan shark and his muscle but the first big problem is to try and "convince" B.A. on dealing with his fear of flying, even if the good news is that the pilot will not be Murdock this time around.
Considering the familiar faces of the bad guys included in this episode, I always think of it as an underwhelming final result, as here we get to see the gang take on heavies such as Yaphet Kotto, Robert Tessier and Albert Popwell, and we are introduced to each of them in a rather brutal way as well.
Popwell pretty much bitchslaps a kid to the ground, while Tessier ends up breaking a few of Hannibal's ribcages and Kotto delivers well on being a scummy bastard who is not one to get on the wrong side of.
Still, I was expecting a much better anticlimax than what we ended up with, considering how promising it all started.
The plot do in some ways remind me a little of Death Wish 3, where the neighborhood fights back along with their newly recruited and trigger happy janitors.
I loved how B.A. and Murdock teams up to take up the trash and deliver it to the right owner, and Faceman and his slippery side-business was kind of amusing as well.
Also, in this one he ends up getting some pretty tough competition from Howlin' Mad when it comes to the ladies.
All in all, not a great or very memorable episode this either but it had some funny moments and I end up with a:
6/10