The fourth season of the action-adventure television series The A-Team premiered in the United States on NBC on September 24, 1985, and concluded on May 13, 1986, consisting of 23 episodes
No.overall 63
No. inseason 1
Title Judgment Day part 1
Directed by David Hemmings
Written by Frank Lupo
Original air date September 24, 1985
The A-Team goes to Italy to rescue a judge's daughter from mobsters. Not an easy task since these gangsters know what they're doing in their home territory.
No.overall 64
No. inseason 2
Title Judgment Day part 2
Directed by David Hemmings
Written by Frank Lupo
Original air date September 24, 1985
The A-Team is on their way home with the rescued woman on an ocean-liner. The criminals were able to get on board as well and so the A-Team has to fight them on-board, without sinking the ship!
Originally shown as a feature-length episode, but was later cut into two separate episodes in syndication.
No.overall 65
No. inseason 3
Title Where Is the Monster When You Need Him?
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Written by Stephen J. Cannell
Original air date October 1, 1985
When Smith's acting career brings the A-Team to a small Mexican town, they find their movie plans blocked by the Argentinian war criminal Major Ramon DeJarro wanted by ten governments hiding out from international authorities. Allowing themselves to be captured, they rely on Murdock's nuttiness to concoct a plan of escape and leave the criminals for the authorities. The A-Team attends the premiere of Hannibal's new movie at the end.
No.overall 66
No. inseason 4
Title Lease with an Option to Die
Directed by David Hemmings
Written by Bill Nuss
Original air date October 22, 1985
Chicago building plans are put on hold as the A-Team defends B.A.'s mother against the new building management. It turns out a developer had been purchasing buildings in the names of people in retirement homes, and had been hiring rude and ignorant thugs to drive the people out with their antics. The A-Team turn the tables on the developer by bringing an elderly man whose name was used to buy the apartment building Mrs. Baracus lives, and exposing him as a crook. At the end, Murdock has accumulated numerous facts and stories about B.A. from his mother, which he has completely memorised to use in future situations.
Note: This episode see the only time B.A. is willing to put aside his fear of flying beforehand.
Special Guest Star: Della Reese as Mrs. Baracus. Ray Wise as Phillip Chadway.
No.overall 67
No. inseason 5
Title The Road to Hope
Directed by David Hemmings
Written by Stephen J. Cannell
Original air date October 29, 1985
While avoiding a Decker trap, the A-Team stumble upon an illegal operation that includes knocking off skid-row winos. Hannibal, impersonating a wino calling himself Jim Beam, is abducted. He manages to escape and rejoin the team. Together they set out to expose the secret group by setting up a mission of their own, and run them out of business. What they will find is an operation bigger than they previously imagined. The team needs more help than they realized.
No.overall 68
No. inseason 6
Title The Heart of Rock N' Roll
Directed by Tony Mordente
Written by Frank Lupo
Original air date November 5, 1985
Singer Rick James asks the A-Team to help old rock-and-roll legend C.J. Mack, whose life in prison has suddenly become very dangerous.
Isaac Hayes as C.J. Mack.
No.overall 69
No. inseason 7
Title Body Slam
Directed by Craig R. Baxley
Written by Bill Nuss
Original air date November 12, 1985
Hulk Hogan asks his old friend B.A. for the A-Team's help against a mobster who is out to close down the youth center he's financing for no apparent reason. As it turns out, the mobster's father had robbed a gold truck in 1958 and the gold was buried under the ground the youth center is built on. Ironically, the gold is in the last place they would expect to find it - the chimney.
Special Guest Star: Hulk Hogan as himself.
No.overall 70
No. inseason 8
Title Blood, Sweat, and Cheers
Directed by Sidney Hayers
Written by Tom Blomquist
Original air date November 19, 1985
Someone sabotages a car at a regional stock-car race and attracts the A-Team's attention-the car belongs to an old friend of Hannibal's. . However, in high school, his father and Hannibal were rivals over the family friend's mother. Things don't stay simple when jealousy enters the plan
Note: Last appearance of Colonel Decker until the A-Team's trial in the next season.
Special Guest Star: Wings Hauser as Kyle Ludwig.
No.overall 71
No. inseason 9
Title Mind Games
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Written by Stephen J. Cannell
Original air date November 26, 1985
Face gets an unexpected presidential pardon and leaves the team. However, Hannibal, B.A. and Murdock (now posing as replacement con artist for Face, Hunker) all believe that the pardon is illegitimate. Soon turns out that Face was used as a bait by a rogue CIA team to capture a North Vietnamese general whose daughter Face had once seduced during the Vietnam War.
No.overall 72
No. inseason 10
Title There Goes the Neighborhood
Directed by Dennis Donnelly
Written by Bill Nuss
Original air date December 3, 1985
The A-Team rents a home in a quiet suburban neighborhood while protecting a famous rock starlet. They ruffle the feathers of the local neighborhood watch block captain, an international drug syndicate, and show business moguls. In the end, the A-Team is able to rally the neighborhood watch into helping them with having the moguls and syndicate fight each other; they leave the crooks tied up for the authorities.
Guest Stars:
Walter Oklewicz as Joe Skrylow
John Aprea as Woody Stone
Valerie Stevenson as Stevie Faith
Victor Campos as Juarez
Julius Carry as Mussaf
Robert Pastorelli as Dixon
Steve Eastin as Taylor
Richard McGonagle as Pete Peterson'
Peggy Walton-Walker as Estate Agent
Scott St. James as Newscaster
Jennifer Roach as Penny Peterson
Shawn Casey-O'Brien as Engineer
Trivia: In keeping with the increase in guest stars this season, the rock singer was planned to be played by Cyndi Lauper (Valerie Stevenson played the role).
No.overall 73
No. inseason 11
Title The Doctor Is Out
Directed by David Hemmings
Written by Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi
Original air date December 10, 1985
Murdock's doctor is kidnapped during one of their sessions. The A-Team travels to South America to find Murdock's psychiatrist, accompanied by a woman claiming to be his daughter.
No.overall 74
No. inseason 12
Title Uncle Buckle-Up
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Written by Danny Lee Cole
Original air date December 17, 1985
Hannibal auditions for the role of Ruff the Bear in the show The Uncle Buckle Up Show. There he finds out that Uncle Buckle is in trouble, since someone is using his toys to smuggle heroin. Hannibal later gives the role back to original actor, thinking he has lived his dream of being on TV.
Featuring Arte Johnson as Sydney/Uncle Buckle-Up.
No.overall 75
No. inseason 13
Title Wheel of Fortune
Directed by David Hemmings
Written by Bill Nuss
Original air date January 14, 1986
Murdock's fortunes rise and fall as he uses Face's system to win big on Wheel of Fortune. He wins a trip to Hawaii, but then is kidnapped by people who claim to be CIA, but turn out to be criminals.
Guest starring Pat Sajak, Vanna White, and Jack Clark as themselves.
No.overall 76
No. inseason 14
Title The A-Team Is Coming, the A-Team Is Coming
Directed by David Hemmings
Written by Steve Beers
Original air date January 21, 1986
The A-Team works with an old Russian friend to prevent World War III when a rogue Soviet general, known as "Ivan the Terrible" for atrocities he committed in Vietnam, attempts to steal a top-secret satellite system. the disappearance of which would disrupt world peace and start World War III.
No.overall 77
No. inseason 15
Title Members Only
Directed by Tony Mordente
Written by Bill Nuss
Original air date January 28, 1986
Face joins a trendy country club (The Beverly Bay), only to find there is a counterfeit money operation on the premises. Face's chances of getting into an exclusive country club are severely hampered by the A-Team's battles on club property with a crooked bank president. General Fulbright is a member there as well.
Special Guest Stars: Carole Cook as Mrs. Prescott, Shecky Greene as himself, and Kevin McCarthy as Bob McKeever
No.overall 78
No. inseason 16
Title Cowboy George
Directed by Tony Mordente
Written by Stephen J. Cannell
Original air date February 11, 1986
Face books Boy George instead of Cowboy George, to sing at a country and western bar near an oil pipeline; to keep the locals happy, Hannibal pretends to be Cowboy George. Boy George assists the team.
Guest Stars:
LQ Jones as Chuck Danford
Taylor Lacher as Miller
Ben Slack as Herm
Jim Boeke as Butch
Johnny Lee as Cagen
Special Guest Star: Boy George as himself. (Amusingly, the end credits - accompanied by "Karma Chameleon" rather than the series' theme music - list each individual member of Culture Club as playing "Culture Club," e.g. "Jon Moss as Culture Club.")
No.overall 79
No. inseason 17
Title Waiting for Insane Wayne
Directed by Craig R. Baxley
Written by Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo
Original air date February 18, 1986
When Murdock gets mistaken for an insane mercenary the A-Team is drawn into a fight over property rights and an oil well. The land owner hires them, to get rid of an old man and his teenage son. Of course the A-Team helps the underdog. The A-Team must fight Insane Wayne and the other mercenaries to help protect the homesteader's young son.
Special Guest Star: Barry Corbin as Kincaid.
No.overall 80
No. inseason 18
Title The Duke of Whispering Pines
Directed by Sidney Hayers
Written by Jayne C. Ehrlich
Original air date February 25, 1986
One of B.A.'s old girlfriends has a problem; her husband, B.A.'s old college rival, has disappeared. A commodities expert; finding him requires going up against a corrupt sheriff, bankers, and very impolite 'miners'. The A-Team finds a lot of hidden gold in the hills.
No.overall 81
No. inseason 19
Title Beneath the Surface
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Written by
Story by: Lloyd J. Schwartz
Teleplay by: Danny Lee Cole
Original air date March 4, 1986
Face returns to his orphanage for a reunion and meets an old friend's sister, who's worried about her brother's disappearance, and an old girlfriend, who is in cahoots with Fulbright to trap Face for the reward. While running away from the army, they have to find the missing brother.
No.overall 82
No. inseason 20
Title Mission of Peace
Directed by Craig R. Baxley
Written by Steven L. Sears & Burt Pearl
Original air date March 11, 1986
Senior citizens hire the A-Team to protect their historic Texas mission home and tourist attraction from land developers who want to destroy everything and run them off their land. Face later discovers that one of the seniors is his con artist role model, who "sold the Brooklyn bridge to Brooklyn"; he lied about the historic importance of the land to give the other elderly a place to live, and kept denying the others' petitions to find historical value in the land to keep it a secret. Face later uses a con of his own to find true historical importance for the land.
No.overall 83
No. inseason 21
Title The Trouble with Harry
Directed by David Hemmings
Written by Bull Nuss
Original air date March 25, 1986
A washed-up boxer, Harry Sullivan, goes up against old enemies. The A-Team helps his son Jeffery, a regular at B.A.'s youth center, fight off two different troublemakers, Crazy Richie Ifker and fats Styles. Face and Murdock wish they hadn't answered their phone. Hulk Hogan comes to visit B.A. but the reunion is interrupted by a cry for help from a troubled youth with an alcoholic father, who is pursued by a crazy mobster.
Special Guest Stars: Hulk Hogan and William Perry as themselves.
No.overall 84
No. inseason 22
Title A Little Town With an Accent
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Written by Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi
Original air date May 6, 1986
The A-Team discovers that an organized crime kingpin, believed to be dead, is behind the intimidation of several gas station owners. The mobster tries to force the gas station owners to sell out. Meanwhile Murdock is worried about the truck he won on Wheel of Fortune . The A-Team helps the sheriff lock up half the nation's organized crime bosses.
No.overall 85
No. inseason 23
Title The Sound of Thunder
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Written by Frank Lupo
Original air date May 13, 1986
General Fulbright—who has been chasing the team—comes to them for help. He wants the team to find and free a group of Vietnam POWs, that supposedly includes the only officer that can clear their names. During the job Fulbright finds out that Murdock is part of the A-Team, but during their narrow escape under fire Fulbright is killed by Vietnamese troops before telling anyone else about his next move.
The episode guest-stars Tia Carrere as Fulbright's heretofore unknown half-Vietnamese daughter.