Face’s (Dirk Benedict) love life, and why he is the way he is comes to light this week, in The Only Church in Town. The episode was written by Babs Greyhosky and originally aired 11 October, 1983. When an ex-girlfriend, Leslie (Markie Post) reaches out to Face for help, he drops everything, including a…
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The A-Team (1983) – Diamonds ‘n Dust and Recipe For Heavy Bread
It’s time for Season 2!! The A-Team is back, and they are all here, Hannibal Smith (George Peppard), Face (Dirk Benedict), Murdock (Dwight Schultz), B.A. (Mr. T) and Amy Allen (Melinda Culea)… and they are on their way to Africa in Diamonds ‘n Dust. Written by Patrick Hasburgh, this episode originally aired 20 September,…
The A-Team (1983) – One More Time and Till Death Do Us Part
One More Time, written by Frank Lupo and Patrick Hasburgh from a story by Babs Greyhosky, with an airdate of 12 April 1983, sees Colonel Lynch (William Lucking) finally catching up with Hannibal (George Peppard), Face (Dirk Benedict) and B.A. (Mr. T) on the set of Hannibal’s latest acting gig. After a motorbike chase,…
The A-Team (1983) – Holiday in the Hills and West Coast Turnaround
The A-Team bounces from one coast to the other again this week… First up is Holiday in the Hills, written by Babs Greyhosky, with an airdate of 22 March, 1983. Hannibal (George Peppard), Face (Dirk Benedict), Murdock (Dwight Schultz) and B.A. (Mr. T) are finishing up a mission in Guatemala, and are flying out…
The A-Team (1983) – The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas and The Out-of-Towners
The boys find trouble in Vegas and New York this week! Up first, The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas, which was written by Frank Lupo and aired on 1 March, 1983. The A-Team is approached by two college students, Sue Beth (Michelle Avonne) and Darlene (Katherine Moffat) who want to hire them to rescue their…
The A-Team (1983) – A Small and Deadly War and Black Day at Bad Rock
The A-Team is ready for action in this week’s dual episodes! First up is A Small and Deadly War, which was written by Frank Lupo and aired 15 February, 1983. The team is approached by a police officer, Ed Maloney (Norman Alden) after he doesn’t know where to turn, and his family is under…
The A-Team (1983) – Children of Jamestown and Pros and Cons
Here’s where the series gets really underway, this week’s episodes see the A-Team falling right into the groove, or the jazz, that we know they’ll be following for the next couple of seasons (to the point where it will become predictable, perhaps even cliché). First up is Children of Jamestown, written by Cannell with…
The A-Team (1983) – Mexican Slayride
It’s time for another Stephen J. Cannell series, he and Frank Lupo paired up to create this series at the behest of the head of NBC… The A-Team ran for five seasons (and I’m sure there are a number of them that I haven’t seen, though when the plots became so formulaic it may…
Battlestar Galactica (1979) – Take the Celestra & The Hand of God
And just like that, one of the series that helped influence my childhood, and generated my love for pop culture comes to an end… For me, Galactica, and it’s follow-up series, the less than stellar Galctica 1980 (except the one episode The Return of Starbuck) will always be joined in my mind with CFB Borden,…
Battlestar Galactica (1979) – Baltar’s Escape & Experiment In Terra
There are some interesting things afoot in this week’s viewing of the classic Battlestar Galactica. In the first episode, Baltar’s Escape, which aired 11 March, 1979 and was written by Bellisario, the series shows once again that, yes, there is a bit of continuity at play, as references are made back to the Beings of…
The Mind Reels 