The A-Team
Judgment Day: Part 1
TV Flash files “Judgment Day: Part 1” as a desk essential hour — The A-Team (1983–1987) on NBC, season 4, episode 1, aired 1985-09-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E01: listed hour 63 of 98 in the The A-Team guide, first listed hour of season 4. It aired 1985-09-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Incident at Crystal Lake” (S03E25). Next is “Judgment Day: Part 2” (S04E02).
Essential hour: “Judgment Day: Part 1”. Judgment Day: Part 1 puts later-run stakes under a courtroom title — the van still rolling, the theme still a weather event.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mobster Joe Scarlett puts the squeeze on judge Mordente by kidnapping his daughter. Hannibal takes the place of Scarlett's messenger Augie to find out where the kidnappers are hiding the girl. Meanwhile, Colonel Decker has been tapping his phone line and prevents the team from completing their mission. When Scarlett's older brother Gino relocates the judge's daughter to Italy, the A-Team follows.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Judgment Day: Part 1 sit in the The A-Team guide?
S04E01 is listed hour 63 of 98 — first listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 1.
When did The A-Team S04E01 air?
Judgment Day: Part 1 aired 1985-09-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is the violence actually violent?
Mostly cartoon. Scrap-built vehicles, explosions, and bad guys who go down without much blood — action as toy commercial, which is the Cannell joke and the appeal.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Peak 1980s action cheese with immortal casting — Mr. T alone is a cultural weather event. Peppard's Hannibal, Benedict's Faceman, Schultz's Murdock: wrongfully accused commandos, scrap-built tanks, bloodless mayhem. I love it when a plan comes together. Formulaic in the best popcorn way; pity the fool who missed the theme.
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Filed against
- George Peppard as John "Hannibal" Smith
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- Mr. T as B.A. Baracus
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- Dirk Benedict as Templeton "Faceman" Peck
Dirk Benedict’s Lt. Starbuck put a gambler’s grin on Battlestar Galactica, then The A-Team recast the charm as Faceman — 1980s action cheese with a con man’s polish. Two decades of handsome problem-solving, cigars optional. TV Flash files…
- Dwight Schultz as H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock
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