<P> The team's ties to the Vietnam War were referred to again in the fourth - season finale, "The Sound of Thunder", in which the team is introduced to Tia (Tia Carrere), a war orphan and daughter of fourth season antagonist General Fulbright . Returning to Vietnam, Fulbright is shot in the back and gives his last words as he dies . The 2006 documentary Bring Back The A-Team joked that the scene lasted seven and a half minutes, but his death actually took a little over a minute . His murderer, a Vietnamese colonel, is killed in retaliation . Tia then returns with the team to the United States (see also: casting). This episode is notable for having one of the show's few truly serious dramatic moments, with each team member privately reminiscing on their war experiences, intercut with news footage from the war with Barry McGuire's Eve of Destruction playing in the background . </P> <P> The show's ties to the Vietnam War are fully dealt with in the opening arc of the fifth season, dubbed "The Court - Martial (Part 1--3)", in which the team is finally court - martialed for the robbery of the bank of Hanoi . The character of Roderick Decker makes a return on the witness stand, and various newly introduced characters from the A-Team's past also make appearances . The team, after a string of setbacks, decides to plead guilty to the crime and they are sentenced to be executed . They escape this fate and come to work for a General Hunt Stockwell, leading into the remainder of the fifth season . </P> <P> The show ran for five seasons on the NBC television network, from January 23, 1983 to December 30, 1986 (with one additional, previously unbroadcast episode shown on March 8, 1987), for a total of 98 episodes . </P> <P> The A-Team revolves around the four members of a former commando outfit, now mercenaries . Their leader is Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard), whose plans tend to be unorthodox but effective . Lieutenant Templeton Peck (Dirk Benedict; Tim Dunigan appeared as Templeton Peck in the pilot), usually called "Face" or "Faceman", is a smooth - talking con man who serves as the team's appropriator of vehicles and other useful items, as well as the team's second - in - command . The team's pilot is Captain H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock (Dwight Schultz), who has been declared insane and lives in a Veterans' Administration mental institution for the show's first four seasons . Finally, there is the team's strong man, mechanic and Sergeant First Class Bosco "B.A.", or "Bad Attitude", Baracus (Mr. T). </P>

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