The A-Team - Season Five, The Final Season DVD
A-Team DVDs
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025193040329
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 65
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: MCAD30403D
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Running Time: 622 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: January 23, 1983
The fifth season
The show's format was changed for the final season in 1986-1987 in a
bid to win back viewers. After years on the run from the
authorities, the A-Team are finally apprehended by the military.
General Hunt Stockwell propositions them to work for him, whereupon
he will arrange for their pardons upon successful completion of
several suicide missions. In order to do so, however, the A-Team
must first escape from their captivity. With the help of new
character, Frankie "Dishpan Man" Santana, the team fake their deaths
before the firing squad.
The new status quo of the A-Team no longer working for themselves
remained for the duration of the fifth season, and both Frankie
Santana and Hunt Stockwell were added to the credits. The missions
the team had to perform in season five were somewhat reminiscent of
Mission: Impossible, and based more around political espionage than
besting local thugs, also usually take place in foreign countries.
However, these changes proved unsuccessful with viewers and ratings
continued to decline. Only 13 episodes aired in the fifth season.
In what was supposed to be the final episode, "The Grey Team"
(although a skipped episode was first broadcast during reruns),
Hannibal, after being misled by Stockwell one time too many, tells
him that the team will not work for him any more. At the end, the
team discusses what they were going to do if they got their pardon,
and it is implied that they would continue doing what they were
doing as the A-Team.
