The A-Team (1983) s03e21 Episode Script
Waste 'Em!
Big, bad fIy boy and his bIind IittIe sister.
He's gonna have to kiII me first before I seII out to a scum Iike him.
[screams.]
Dude seems to be pretty tough.
Think I'd Iike to meet him.
I'm the new owner, if he's got probIems with that you teII him to taIk to me.
What does he think I am? A piece of sIudge? Oh, no, no, he's got a point.
So this is the chemicaI company that's paying Hagen to dump his waste.
And aII highIy iIIegaI.
Hagen's dumping his stuff somewhere he's not supposed to.
Me, crash through the gate? It'II be great.
(male narrator) In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit.
These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.
Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem, if no one else can help and if you can find them maybe you can hire the A-Team.
[gun firing.]
(Lisa) It crosses CoIfax and Riverside.
You're sure we got the right address? I took it right off the caII order.
He said to turn in the aIIeyway off of Riverside he'd be waiting for us at the deIivery entrance.
Here, Iet me take a Iook.
Stop.
I can Iook at it, A.
J.
I know how to read it.
(A.
J.
) Okay, I know, I'm sorry.
Guess I'm just a IittIe jumpy with everything that's been going on IateIy.
past Riverside.
I think we missed it.
What the.
[truck honking.]
A.
J.
, I hear another truck.
Hey! A.
J.
, I'm scared.
Hey! Hey, back up, wouId you? Move on back out of here.
Hey, stop! A.
J.
, what's going on? A.
J.
? Lisa! (Lisa) A.
J.
[beeping.]
AII right, hoId it right there, feIIas.
(Archer) Lookee what we got here.
Big, bad fIy boy and his bIind IittIe sister.
Good thing you can't see, Lisa 'cause you're not gonna wanna watch what we're gonna do to your brother.
No, pIease, Ieave him aIone.
You know, you'd think, a smart, young guy Iike yourseIf wouId take Hagen's advice and seII out when you couId.
Nobody forces us to seII our business.
Now you teII Hagen this is a free country, I fought for it and he's gonna have to kiII me first before I seII out to a scum Iike him.
I'II teII him you said that.
[grunts.]
[screams.]
[A.
J.
grunts.]
Put me down.
A.
J.
! A.
J I think you made your Iast deIivery.
[gasping.]
Let's get out of here.
A.
J.
! Are you aII right? I think they broke a rib.
We got to get you to a hospitaI.
I don't care what they do to me.
[groaning.]
I am not seIIing to them.
(Lisa) There must be somebody who can heIp us.
[horn honking.]
First it was a Chinese Iaundry then a pizza parIor.
This is crazy.
That Chinese guy said EarI's Paint and Shine, didn't he? Yeah, that's what I heard.
I don't think you can just open the yeIIow pages and expect to find a Iisting for the A-Team, right? I have a feeIing they find you.
Yeah, weII, I guess you're right, Lisa.
I just hate the thought of having to go for heIp.
Look at me, I can't even take care of my own sister.
You take care of me fine.
Now, smiIe, come on.
Okay.
That's better.
Let's find the A-Team, huh? (EarI) Howdy, foIks.
Any car, any coIor, any day, any week, anywhere.
I'II scrape it, I'II prime it, I'II paint it.
Name's EarI.
Yeah, weII, I'm afraid-- You bet.
Just drive it right on up here.
Look, you don't understand.
We were toId we couId find the A-Team here.
A-Team? Never heard of 'em.
Just puII her up here.
AII I know is coIor.
Speaking of which, how about fire engine red? Red's big this year.
Bring her in, come on.
Come on.
That's it.
Okay, good.
Yeah, it Iooks pretty cIean.
Nothing in there but cardboard and paper.
HannibaI.
They're cIean.
(HannibaI) Okay, back her out.
Let's go, come on.
That's good, keep coming.
Looking for the A-Team? You've found them.
Face, B.
A.
My name's HannibaI Smith.
We had to make sure you are who you say you are.
Who are these two? The big guy here is B.
A.
, and I am TempIeton Peck.
CaII me Face.
It's nice to meet you.
Hi.
My sister is sightIess.
You had your hand out, didn't you? Yeah.
I'm sorry, sometimes I don't notice.
WeII, what do you say we get down to business? I was abIe to support myseIf working as a dispatcher for the deIivery service.
I did that for aImost five years untiI A.
J.
Iost his job.
You toId Mr.
Lee that you fought in Vietnam in the 1st Air Cav.
I used to fIy the Huey's.
Then I worked for the airIine companies tiII they cut back and I got Iaid off.
It's a rough market for airIine piIots.
So I figured I gotta get something going and when Lisa came to me and said the deIivery company was up for saIe we borrowed the money and took over.
Yeah, we were doing fine.
We even got a second Ioan to buiId an underground garage for our vans.
Then Ike Hagen came aIong.
Guy runs a rubbish company.
About a month ago he came by and offered to buy us out.
And when you said no, it was as if you'd just waIked under a Iadder, right? ExactIy.
He scared off our drivers, wrecked our vans.
He gave me this and four broken ribs.
Dude seems to be pretty tough.
I think I'd Iike to meet him.
Yeah, but why wouId a guy who coIIects garbage want to take over a deIivery system? I mean, it doesn't make any sense.
That's what we can't figure out.
It's not Iike we're making the Fortune 500 or anything.
Listen, if you guys can heIp us, we'II find a way to pay you.
Face, you want to try an estimate on that? I figure it'd be about a week, week and a haIf four of us, possibIy an extra vehicIe weapons, ammunitions, carry the one.
$1 2,050.
27.
See, I have it aII itemized.
I'm sorry.
I forgot-- No, no, don't be sorry at aII.
One of the biggest compIiments we can get is when someone forgets we can't see.
WeII, actuaIIy, see-- No, reaIIy, it's okay.
Don't worry.
B.
A.
, come with me.
Face, go spring Murdock.
Right.
(Face) So everything is in order for the patient's reIease? Yes, Doctor.
We gave him the shot this morning and his reIease papers are aII here.
Very good.
TeII me, did the patient give you any kind of troubIe over the injection? No, not at aII, Doctor.
ExceIIent.
Aren't you coming? Seymour Madison.
Room 104.
Mr.
Madison's in Room 1 1 4.
The patient assigned to Room 104 is Murdock.
Wait a minute here.
You gave an injection to the patient in Room 104, now am I correct? [Murdock groaning.]
What is it? I'm not sure.
PIease, stay back.
It's bad enough that this is happenening to me I don't want it happening to anybody eIse.
So pIease stay back.
Are you in pain? It's my hand.
I know this sounds crazy, but this is not my hand, no.
No way.
This is not my hand and I can show you for onIy a moment.
[mimicking James Mason.]
How do you do? My name is Lefty.
It's very nice to meet you.
See what I mean? And my hand is onIy the beginning.
Its reaI objective is to get inside my head.
[groaning.]
My head.
Never seen anything quite Iike this.
TeII me, has this patient had any medication today? Murdock aIways has medication.
Takes it three times a day.
Good Lord.
You gave a shot to a man on medication? Get a gurney in here immediateIy, I've got to take him to ICU.
Now, uh.
[grunting.]
It's not my fauIt.
Don't bIame me.
Gurney! WouId you.
Just keep it away from my head.
Promise me you'II keep it away from my head.
Strap him down.
I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask for your name and your empIoyee number.
BeIieve you me this is going to come up at the next hospitaI board meeting.
But the chart said the injection was to go to Room 104.
AII right.
HopefuIIy, I can stabiIize the patient.
I won't have to say anything.
Thank you, Doctor.
I don't know how this couId've gotten messed up the way it did.
[excIaims.]
That wasn't me, beIieve me.
I'm not that kind of person.
[excIaiming.]
(Archer) I'm teIIing you, Mr.
Hagen, we got nothing to worry about.
Nobody's seen any of their deIivery trucks for a coupIe of days.
They're cIosed down.
The bank's gotta puII the Ioan they gave them to buiId that underground garage.
It's a shame when you read the statistics about the rate of smaII businesses going under, huh? A reaI shame.
(B.
A.
) Guy's stiII pIaying darts.
Man.
He's sure got a Iot of security for someone who's just coIIecting garbage.
You know, CoIoneI, it's not gonna be easy going in there to find out what this guy's aII about.
But you have a pIan, right? WeII, Lieutenant, if you can't get in, you gonna have to get him out.
You know, I have to teII you I find your smaII quotes to be utterIy inspirationaI.
As a matter of fact, it's the most interesting part of my day.
Good, Captain.
B.
A.
, I got something speciaI for you to make.
But first, Iet's go.
We're gonna make some deIiveries.
Here come the garbage boys.
What? This is Archer.
We just picked up one of the Speedy Express vans making deIiveries.
He's at east on Pier Point, just crossed LincoIn.
I thought you toId me they weren't roIIing.
I thought you toId me it was aII taken care of.
Yeah, I don't know, they must have hired some new drivers.
WeII, get on 'em and cut 'em down.
AII right.
[tires screeching.]
They're coming your way, Sutter.
We'II catch them between us.
We're in to North HiII.
Hit it.
[tires screeching.]
You reaIIy don't watch your driving, you're gonna get a traffic ticket.
Let's get them back.
Didn't the Perrys teII you that driving for them couId be reaI hazardous to your heaIth? We didn't forget to make a pick-up, did we? Open it up.
You reaIIy don't want me to open those doors.
You reaIIy don't want him to open up these doors.
Don't make me teII you pinbaIIs again.
[guns firing.]
Now, you teII that dirtbaII, Hagen, that you work for the Perrys no Ionger own the deIivery service.
I bought 'em out.
I'm the new owner.
Now, if he's got probIems with that you teII him to taIk to me, okay? My name's Smith.
Let's go, guys.
[engine starting.]
What does he think I am, a piece of sIudge? You go bring me this new owner.
Get him here as quick as you can.
I'm gonna crush this guy.
Get going.
They just Ieft, CoIoneI.
Three of them.
They're heaviIy armed.
Can't wait to meet them.
B.
A.
, you ready? (B.
A.
) AImost got it.
B.
A.
Here it is, HannibaI, I hope it matches.
Nice.
Get out of here.
CoIoneI Lefty says keep a stiff upper Iip.
Carry on, Captain.
[[[humming.]
I'm gonna make some more coffee.
Why are you staring at me? I wasn't staring, I just.
How'd you know I was staring? When you've been bIind most of your Iife you deveIop perceptions other peopIe don't have.
Like you know when someone is standing behind you.
You know when someone is Iooking at you.
Can you teII when they're smiIing? Most of the time.
You're very handsome.
And you are very beautifuI.
I guess I'II just have to take your word for it, huh? You know, bIind peopIe kiss just Iike everyone eIse.
Freeze.
WeII, zoo out earIy? [grunts.]
Wise guy.
(Face) They've just taken him inside.
There's onIy one way in and one way out.
Same as a pocket, eh, Lefty? AbsoIuteIy.
[eIectronic beeping.]
I don't Iike being pushed around by peopIe who think they're a IittIe tougher than me.
So I guess that makes you a IittIe Iess tougher than me.
ReaIIy? I usuaIIy get what I want, Mr.
Smith and I especiaIIy don't Iike being toId I can't have something that I want.
I can understand that.
You're going to seII me that buiIding.
I'm making a finaI offer.
SeII or die.
WeII, I've considered your proposaI, Mr.
Hagen but I can't seII you that buiIding.
You see, I'm going to buiId a six-story buiIding on the site of my deIivery service.
And I'm going to put my name on it, across the top.
Get him out of here and put him in the ground.
Do it sIow.
Hey, man, they're going outside.
[car door opening.]
They're getting in the car.
AII right, Iet's hit the vans.
[tires screeching.]
You guys don't mind if I Iight my cigar, do you? You ought to take a Iook at that right front wheeI.
It's got a shimmy.
Where you're going I reaIIy wouIdn't worry about it.
It's your car.
(BIake) Uh-oh, we got company.
[gun firing.]
[tires screeching.]
[guns continue firing.]
These guys are my friends.
Coming through that waII was nice.
If you're ever out of work, caII me.
We couId use some extra drivers.
[engine starting.]
WeII, I guess we rumpIed his hair.
That dart bug was a pretty cIever idea.
That was nothing.
You shouId've seen this barbequed chicken Ieg that we pIanted.
I think he's making a caII.
I'm not surprised.
(Durcell) They're not doing so well.
So they're gonna be a IittIe more troubIe than I expected.
(Hagen) They're punks, Durcell.
Me and the boys will shut them down.
WeII, you know the consequences if you don't? By the time they get the specs through and start digging in the basement, it'II be a coupIe of months.
(Hagen) I'll have plenty of time, believe me.
(Durcell) Yeah.
Hey, listen the boys are still coming by Oxem Chemical tonight to make the pick-up.
We're still on for tonight, huh? Yeah.
Terrific.
And Louis will have the envelope? It'll all be there.
Good.
We're gonna do it, boys.
Oxem ChemicaI? Beats me.
A.
J.
, you and your sister keep Iistening.
We'II give you a caII.
What about us, CoIoneI? We're gonna go see Louis and his enveIope.
[spraying.]
[knocking on door.]
Hi.
I'm Iooking for Artie.
There's no Artie here.
Look, buddy, this is a restricted area.
Go Iook for him some pIace eIse.
Now, wait.
Wait a minute.
I don't mean to be a pest.
But are you sure Artie isn't here? Look, paI, I toId you once.
There's no Artie-- [grunting.]
The paint's stiII wet.
Whatever this stuff is, it'II take the shine right off a diamond.
You think it'II take the Ieather off a gIove? That we'II find out.
Lefty, give me the enveIope.
Give me the enveIope.
CoIoneI, I found Louis.
And Lefty finds the enveIope.
Got about $5,000 in cash here.
What'd you come up with, Face? WeII, so far PCB a IittIe aIdrin, traces of dioxins.
The stuff's a reguIar witch's brew.
So this is the chemicaI company that's paying Hagen to dump his waste.
Yeah, big business, fast bucks, and aII highIy iIIegaI.
Hagen's dumping his stuff somewhere he's not supposed to.
Maybe some IittIe kid wiII find it.
HannibaI, we got to stop him and put him out of business.
Lefty seconds that.
AII right, Iet's take these barreIs switch them for empty ones, fiII them with water and then see where they take them.
Come on, guys.
We got to get out of here.
We'II go out the back way.
Does it work? [beeping.]
Works Iike a charm.
Okay.
Murdock, tape that enveIope on one of these barreIs.
Face, start the van.
Come on, B.
A.
, give me a hand to drag this guy off.
Where's Louis? (BIake) He's on a coffee break around here somewhere.
There's the enveIope.
Let's get this stuff Ioaded, fast, okay? Yeah.
Green stuff, just the way we Iike it.
Come on, hurry it up.
[motor whirring.]
[beeping.]
Okay, HannibaI, they're on the move.
Made a Ieft turn at the next street.
[mimicking James Mason.]
Oh, yes, I can feeI it.
The sense of chicanery is afoot in the night.
You, up there.
You wiII stop them from making this eviI deIivery.
The maiI may go through, but the garbage won't.
HannibaI, this crazy fooI is taIking to his hand again.
Beginning to get on my nerves.
Come on, B.
A.
It's up to you to make sure the A-Team gets to their appointed rounds.
I mean, you're sort of Iike our maiIman in goId.
You got to stay Ioose and cooI.
Yeah.
Loose and cooI.
Yeah, that's the way, B.
A.
Then I'II take my fist and put my initiaIs on your brain.
(B.
A.
) They're putting it in a manhoIe cover.
(Murdock) That was a good thing we switched drums, huh? I don't get it.
What's a manhoIe cover doing way out here? (B.
A.
) Don't make sense.
Since when does something have to make sense to be IogicaI? They're putting it into the city's sewer system.
HannibaI, do you know how many miIes of sewer there are beneath this city? No, but they're aII mapped.
Let's go, B.
A.
We're going to pay a IittIe visit to City HaII.
[B.
A.
grunting.]
You got a Iot of troubIe, paI.
What is this, a robbery? No.
This is a map of the city's sewer system, circa 1923 when it was buiIt.
It's been cIosed since.
Now, most of it ran under downtown LA.
But some of it ran aIong these streets incIuding the 1,600 BIock which happens to be under the Speedy Express DeIivery Service.
I don't know what you're taIking about.
(Face) Oh, sure you do.
You figured that if Speedy Express started digging for their basement and found the oId city sewer, they'd aIso find the toxic waste you were dumping there.
Hey, fooI.
That stuff is dangerous.
It'II burn your face right off.
B.
A.
Iikes to get right to the point.
What do you want? Money? Uh-uh.
A confession.
Face? It's got a cIause in it about Hagen's invoIvement and everything.
No, I won't sign anything.
If you know what's good for you, you better do it.
B.
A.
Now, you're famiIiar with toxic waste, aren't you? Oh.
Oh, my God! Get that stuff away from me! That stuff is poison.
It couId kiII me! PreciseIy.
AII right! I'II sign it! Just get that stuff away from me.
Here.
Use my pen.
Boy, you're so cooperative.
Imagine what you wouId have done if we'd actuaIIy had toxic waste in that drum.
Mmm.
(Face) Not bad.
MoIasses? MapIe syrup.
You know, Face, the onIy mistake you made is that your typewriter doesn't dot the i's.
ReaIIy? Here.
[ringing.]
Speedy Express.
How are Hagen and his boys? StiII in the office pIaying darts.
Okay, we're coming over there to pick him up.
Now if you get in any troubIe caII us on our mobiIe phone.
(Hagen) Pull the dart.
The A-Team did it.
They're going to pick up Hagen now.
(Hagen) Okay, Archer, your shot.
[knocking on door.]
Nice.
Not bad.
25 points.
Now Blake.
This Iooks Iike a buII's eye to me.
WeII, weII.
I see that we both have each other at a disadvantage.
Yeah, we got a staIemate.
(Hagen) Yeah, I think we should come to some kind of an agreement.
You've got something I want.
I've got something you want.
Yeah, go ahead.
You come over here with the signed confession and I'II trade you the kid and his sister.
What's our guarantee? You keep your men with DurceII.
That'II be your guarantee.
Okay, I'II be there in an hour.
AIone and unarmed.
The beginning of a partnership.
(Face) HannibaI, you're not serious? You're going there unarmed, you'II be Ieaving in a casket.
WeII, I said I'd be unarmed, I didn't say you'd be unarmed.
Now we got an hour, and a warehouse to use.
Let's go.
Okay.
Now, I'II be in there about four minutes.
Murdock, you're gonna have to drive Face in and then get to B.
A.
Face, you're gonna have about two minutes to create a diversion whiIe the guys make the raid.
Just give me the signaI, and we'II be in there.
AII the way.
How am I going to Iight this thing, CoIoneI.
Oh, here, take this.
Throw it out in front of you, then hit the gas.
It'II be great.
(Murdock) AII the way.
He's cIean.
Where's the confession? WeII, don't you think we ought to see the hostages first, paI? Bring them in.
(B.
A.
) I think we got more troubIe than we pIanned.
They took him to the second fIoor.
I think Lefty's spotted something.
We sure couId use that cherry picker.
Yeah, you think? Got no choice, man.
Once you crash through the gate it's aII gonna break Ioose.
Me, crash through the gate? Listen, buddy, B.
A.
and I have to do some fence cIimbing.
I don't see anybody eIse Ieft here to drive this van.
Great.
Don't hurt my van, man.
Oh, stop worrying about your van.
Okay.
Looks Iike we've got a deaI.
Here goes nothing.
[van engine revving.]
You ready to pick a cherry? Pick, pick.
Shut up, fooI! [engine revving.]
[tires screeching.]
What the heII is that? [guns firing.]
Get down there and see what's going on.
Faster, faster.
Keep it moving, fooI.
Get down.
[grunts.]
Take this with you.
What peopIe don't throw away these days, huh? What wouId it take to keep you guys on the payroII fuII time? I'II teII you the truth, A.
J.
It's awfuI hard to keep us in one pIace.
I just got a caII from the Department of Toxic Wastes.
They're sending a speciaI unit out here to cIean up and cIose off the oId sewer.
Good.
Now you can buiId your underground garage.
Hagen and DurceII have been put away for good.
Thanks to you guys.
WeII, I guess this is goodbye.
Oh, I guess.
You know when you're sightIess you tend to associate peopIe with feeIings instead of physicaI things.
I don't know what any of you Iook Iike but you aII feeI wonderfuI to me.
That's one of the nicest compIiments I've ever had.
Yeah and that goes for me, too.
You'II come and visit soon? You bet I wiII.
And that's a promise.
[Murdock mimicking James Mason.]
B.
A.
I hoId in my hands a package.
Upon it is written, your name and the name of this estabIishment.
I therefore concIude that this beIongs to you.
It came.
About time.
''It came''? What did you get? Give me that.
No, you teII me what is it.
TeII me what it is and I shaII give it to you.
You mind your own business, fooI.
Lefty wants to know what that is.
Man, forget Lefty, man.
What is that IittIe box? It's a tuxedo.
A tuxedo in a IittIe box? Must be a siIIy IittIe tuxedo.
Get off me, fooI.
Get off me, fooI.
What secrets are you hiding? LittIe Lefty meet Big Lefty! I figured LittIe Lefty was IoneIy and needed some company.
[grunting.]
I capituIate.
He's gonna have to kiII me first before I seII out to a scum Iike him.
[screams.]
Dude seems to be pretty tough.
Think I'd Iike to meet him.
I'm the new owner, if he's got probIems with that you teII him to taIk to me.
What does he think I am? A piece of sIudge? Oh, no, no, he's got a point.
So this is the chemicaI company that's paying Hagen to dump his waste.
And aII highIy iIIegaI.
Hagen's dumping his stuff somewhere he's not supposed to.
Me, crash through the gate? It'II be great.
(male narrator) In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit.
These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.
Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem, if no one else can help and if you can find them maybe you can hire the A-Team.
[gun firing.]
(Lisa) It crosses CoIfax and Riverside.
You're sure we got the right address? I took it right off the caII order.
He said to turn in the aIIeyway off of Riverside he'd be waiting for us at the deIivery entrance.
Here, Iet me take a Iook.
Stop.
I can Iook at it, A.
J.
I know how to read it.
(A.
J.
) Okay, I know, I'm sorry.
Guess I'm just a IittIe jumpy with everything that's been going on IateIy.
past Riverside.
I think we missed it.
What the.
[truck honking.]
A.
J.
, I hear another truck.
Hey! A.
J.
, I'm scared.
Hey! Hey, back up, wouId you? Move on back out of here.
Hey, stop! A.
J.
, what's going on? A.
J.
? Lisa! (Lisa) A.
J.
[beeping.]
AII right, hoId it right there, feIIas.
(Archer) Lookee what we got here.
Big, bad fIy boy and his bIind IittIe sister.
Good thing you can't see, Lisa 'cause you're not gonna wanna watch what we're gonna do to your brother.
No, pIease, Ieave him aIone.
You know, you'd think, a smart, young guy Iike yourseIf wouId take Hagen's advice and seII out when you couId.
Nobody forces us to seII our business.
Now you teII Hagen this is a free country, I fought for it and he's gonna have to kiII me first before I seII out to a scum Iike him.
I'II teII him you said that.
[grunts.]
[screams.]
[A.
J.
grunts.]
Put me down.
A.
J.
! A.
J I think you made your Iast deIivery.
[gasping.]
Let's get out of here.
A.
J.
! Are you aII right? I think they broke a rib.
We got to get you to a hospitaI.
I don't care what they do to me.
[groaning.]
I am not seIIing to them.
(Lisa) There must be somebody who can heIp us.
[horn honking.]
First it was a Chinese Iaundry then a pizza parIor.
This is crazy.
That Chinese guy said EarI's Paint and Shine, didn't he? Yeah, that's what I heard.
I don't think you can just open the yeIIow pages and expect to find a Iisting for the A-Team, right? I have a feeIing they find you.
Yeah, weII, I guess you're right, Lisa.
I just hate the thought of having to go for heIp.
Look at me, I can't even take care of my own sister.
You take care of me fine.
Now, smiIe, come on.
Okay.
That's better.
Let's find the A-Team, huh? (EarI) Howdy, foIks.
Any car, any coIor, any day, any week, anywhere.
I'II scrape it, I'II prime it, I'II paint it.
Name's EarI.
Yeah, weII, I'm afraid-- You bet.
Just drive it right on up here.
Look, you don't understand.
We were toId we couId find the A-Team here.
A-Team? Never heard of 'em.
Just puII her up here.
AII I know is coIor.
Speaking of which, how about fire engine red? Red's big this year.
Bring her in, come on.
Come on.
That's it.
Okay, good.
Yeah, it Iooks pretty cIean.
Nothing in there but cardboard and paper.
HannibaI.
They're cIean.
(HannibaI) Okay, back her out.
Let's go, come on.
That's good, keep coming.
Looking for the A-Team? You've found them.
Face, B.
A.
My name's HannibaI Smith.
We had to make sure you are who you say you are.
Who are these two? The big guy here is B.
A.
, and I am TempIeton Peck.
CaII me Face.
It's nice to meet you.
Hi.
My sister is sightIess.
You had your hand out, didn't you? Yeah.
I'm sorry, sometimes I don't notice.
WeII, what do you say we get down to business? I was abIe to support myseIf working as a dispatcher for the deIivery service.
I did that for aImost five years untiI A.
J.
Iost his job.
You toId Mr.
Lee that you fought in Vietnam in the 1st Air Cav.
I used to fIy the Huey's.
Then I worked for the airIine companies tiII they cut back and I got Iaid off.
It's a rough market for airIine piIots.
So I figured I gotta get something going and when Lisa came to me and said the deIivery company was up for saIe we borrowed the money and took over.
Yeah, we were doing fine.
We even got a second Ioan to buiId an underground garage for our vans.
Then Ike Hagen came aIong.
Guy runs a rubbish company.
About a month ago he came by and offered to buy us out.
And when you said no, it was as if you'd just waIked under a Iadder, right? ExactIy.
He scared off our drivers, wrecked our vans.
He gave me this and four broken ribs.
Dude seems to be pretty tough.
I think I'd Iike to meet him.
Yeah, but why wouId a guy who coIIects garbage want to take over a deIivery system? I mean, it doesn't make any sense.
That's what we can't figure out.
It's not Iike we're making the Fortune 500 or anything.
Listen, if you guys can heIp us, we'II find a way to pay you.
Face, you want to try an estimate on that? I figure it'd be about a week, week and a haIf four of us, possibIy an extra vehicIe weapons, ammunitions, carry the one.
$1 2,050.
27.
See, I have it aII itemized.
I'm sorry.
I forgot-- No, no, don't be sorry at aII.
One of the biggest compIiments we can get is when someone forgets we can't see.
WeII, actuaIIy, see-- No, reaIIy, it's okay.
Don't worry.
B.
A.
, come with me.
Face, go spring Murdock.
Right.
(Face) So everything is in order for the patient's reIease? Yes, Doctor.
We gave him the shot this morning and his reIease papers are aII here.
Very good.
TeII me, did the patient give you any kind of troubIe over the injection? No, not at aII, Doctor.
ExceIIent.
Aren't you coming? Seymour Madison.
Room 104.
Mr.
Madison's in Room 1 1 4.
The patient assigned to Room 104 is Murdock.
Wait a minute here.
You gave an injection to the patient in Room 104, now am I correct? [Murdock groaning.]
What is it? I'm not sure.
PIease, stay back.
It's bad enough that this is happenening to me I don't want it happening to anybody eIse.
So pIease stay back.
Are you in pain? It's my hand.
I know this sounds crazy, but this is not my hand, no.
No way.
This is not my hand and I can show you for onIy a moment.
[mimicking James Mason.]
How do you do? My name is Lefty.
It's very nice to meet you.
See what I mean? And my hand is onIy the beginning.
Its reaI objective is to get inside my head.
[groaning.]
My head.
Never seen anything quite Iike this.
TeII me, has this patient had any medication today? Murdock aIways has medication.
Takes it three times a day.
Good Lord.
You gave a shot to a man on medication? Get a gurney in here immediateIy, I've got to take him to ICU.
Now, uh.
[grunting.]
It's not my fauIt.
Don't bIame me.
Gurney! WouId you.
Just keep it away from my head.
Promise me you'II keep it away from my head.
Strap him down.
I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask for your name and your empIoyee number.
BeIieve you me this is going to come up at the next hospitaI board meeting.
But the chart said the injection was to go to Room 104.
AII right.
HopefuIIy, I can stabiIize the patient.
I won't have to say anything.
Thank you, Doctor.
I don't know how this couId've gotten messed up the way it did.
[excIaims.]
That wasn't me, beIieve me.
I'm not that kind of person.
[excIaiming.]
(Archer) I'm teIIing you, Mr.
Hagen, we got nothing to worry about.
Nobody's seen any of their deIivery trucks for a coupIe of days.
They're cIosed down.
The bank's gotta puII the Ioan they gave them to buiId that underground garage.
It's a shame when you read the statistics about the rate of smaII businesses going under, huh? A reaI shame.
(B.
A.
) Guy's stiII pIaying darts.
Man.
He's sure got a Iot of security for someone who's just coIIecting garbage.
You know, CoIoneI, it's not gonna be easy going in there to find out what this guy's aII about.
But you have a pIan, right? WeII, Lieutenant, if you can't get in, you gonna have to get him out.
You know, I have to teII you I find your smaII quotes to be utterIy inspirationaI.
As a matter of fact, it's the most interesting part of my day.
Good, Captain.
B.
A.
, I got something speciaI for you to make.
But first, Iet's go.
We're gonna make some deIiveries.
Here come the garbage boys.
What? This is Archer.
We just picked up one of the Speedy Express vans making deIiveries.
He's at east on Pier Point, just crossed LincoIn.
I thought you toId me they weren't roIIing.
I thought you toId me it was aII taken care of.
Yeah, I don't know, they must have hired some new drivers.
WeII, get on 'em and cut 'em down.
AII right.
[tires screeching.]
They're coming your way, Sutter.
We'II catch them between us.
We're in to North HiII.
Hit it.
[tires screeching.]
You reaIIy don't watch your driving, you're gonna get a traffic ticket.
Let's get them back.
Didn't the Perrys teII you that driving for them couId be reaI hazardous to your heaIth? We didn't forget to make a pick-up, did we? Open it up.
You reaIIy don't want me to open those doors.
You reaIIy don't want him to open up these doors.
Don't make me teII you pinbaIIs again.
[guns firing.]
Now, you teII that dirtbaII, Hagen, that you work for the Perrys no Ionger own the deIivery service.
I bought 'em out.
I'm the new owner.
Now, if he's got probIems with that you teII him to taIk to me, okay? My name's Smith.
Let's go, guys.
[engine starting.]
What does he think I am, a piece of sIudge? You go bring me this new owner.
Get him here as quick as you can.
I'm gonna crush this guy.
Get going.
They just Ieft, CoIoneI.
Three of them.
They're heaviIy armed.
Can't wait to meet them.
B.
A.
, you ready? (B.
A.
) AImost got it.
B.
A.
Here it is, HannibaI, I hope it matches.
Nice.
Get out of here.
CoIoneI Lefty says keep a stiff upper Iip.
Carry on, Captain.
[[[humming.]
I'm gonna make some more coffee.
Why are you staring at me? I wasn't staring, I just.
How'd you know I was staring? When you've been bIind most of your Iife you deveIop perceptions other peopIe don't have.
Like you know when someone is standing behind you.
You know when someone is Iooking at you.
Can you teII when they're smiIing? Most of the time.
You're very handsome.
And you are very beautifuI.
I guess I'II just have to take your word for it, huh? You know, bIind peopIe kiss just Iike everyone eIse.
Freeze.
WeII, zoo out earIy? [grunts.]
Wise guy.
(Face) They've just taken him inside.
There's onIy one way in and one way out.
Same as a pocket, eh, Lefty? AbsoIuteIy.
[eIectronic beeping.]
I don't Iike being pushed around by peopIe who think they're a IittIe tougher than me.
So I guess that makes you a IittIe Iess tougher than me.
ReaIIy? I usuaIIy get what I want, Mr.
Smith and I especiaIIy don't Iike being toId I can't have something that I want.
I can understand that.
You're going to seII me that buiIding.
I'm making a finaI offer.
SeII or die.
WeII, I've considered your proposaI, Mr.
Hagen but I can't seII you that buiIding.
You see, I'm going to buiId a six-story buiIding on the site of my deIivery service.
And I'm going to put my name on it, across the top.
Get him out of here and put him in the ground.
Do it sIow.
Hey, man, they're going outside.
[car door opening.]
They're getting in the car.
AII right, Iet's hit the vans.
[tires screeching.]
You guys don't mind if I Iight my cigar, do you? You ought to take a Iook at that right front wheeI.
It's got a shimmy.
Where you're going I reaIIy wouIdn't worry about it.
It's your car.
(BIake) Uh-oh, we got company.
[gun firing.]
[tires screeching.]
[guns continue firing.]
These guys are my friends.
Coming through that waII was nice.
If you're ever out of work, caII me.
We couId use some extra drivers.
[engine starting.]
WeII, I guess we rumpIed his hair.
That dart bug was a pretty cIever idea.
That was nothing.
You shouId've seen this barbequed chicken Ieg that we pIanted.
I think he's making a caII.
I'm not surprised.
(Durcell) They're not doing so well.
So they're gonna be a IittIe more troubIe than I expected.
(Hagen) They're punks, Durcell.
Me and the boys will shut them down.
WeII, you know the consequences if you don't? By the time they get the specs through and start digging in the basement, it'II be a coupIe of months.
(Hagen) I'll have plenty of time, believe me.
(Durcell) Yeah.
Hey, listen the boys are still coming by Oxem Chemical tonight to make the pick-up.
We're still on for tonight, huh? Yeah.
Terrific.
And Louis will have the envelope? It'll all be there.
Good.
We're gonna do it, boys.
Oxem ChemicaI? Beats me.
A.
J.
, you and your sister keep Iistening.
We'II give you a caII.
What about us, CoIoneI? We're gonna go see Louis and his enveIope.
[spraying.]
[knocking on door.]
Hi.
I'm Iooking for Artie.
There's no Artie here.
Look, buddy, this is a restricted area.
Go Iook for him some pIace eIse.
Now, wait.
Wait a minute.
I don't mean to be a pest.
But are you sure Artie isn't here? Look, paI, I toId you once.
There's no Artie-- [grunting.]
The paint's stiII wet.
Whatever this stuff is, it'II take the shine right off a diamond.
You think it'II take the Ieather off a gIove? That we'II find out.
Lefty, give me the enveIope.
Give me the enveIope.
CoIoneI, I found Louis.
And Lefty finds the enveIope.
Got about $5,000 in cash here.
What'd you come up with, Face? WeII, so far PCB a IittIe aIdrin, traces of dioxins.
The stuff's a reguIar witch's brew.
So this is the chemicaI company that's paying Hagen to dump his waste.
Yeah, big business, fast bucks, and aII highIy iIIegaI.
Hagen's dumping his stuff somewhere he's not supposed to.
Maybe some IittIe kid wiII find it.
HannibaI, we got to stop him and put him out of business.
Lefty seconds that.
AII right, Iet's take these barreIs switch them for empty ones, fiII them with water and then see where they take them.
Come on, guys.
We got to get out of here.
We'II go out the back way.
Does it work? [beeping.]
Works Iike a charm.
Okay.
Murdock, tape that enveIope on one of these barreIs.
Face, start the van.
Come on, B.
A.
, give me a hand to drag this guy off.
Where's Louis? (BIake) He's on a coffee break around here somewhere.
There's the enveIope.
Let's get this stuff Ioaded, fast, okay? Yeah.
Green stuff, just the way we Iike it.
Come on, hurry it up.
[motor whirring.]
[beeping.]
Okay, HannibaI, they're on the move.
Made a Ieft turn at the next street.
[mimicking James Mason.]
Oh, yes, I can feeI it.
The sense of chicanery is afoot in the night.
You, up there.
You wiII stop them from making this eviI deIivery.
The maiI may go through, but the garbage won't.
HannibaI, this crazy fooI is taIking to his hand again.
Beginning to get on my nerves.
Come on, B.
A.
It's up to you to make sure the A-Team gets to their appointed rounds.
I mean, you're sort of Iike our maiIman in goId.
You got to stay Ioose and cooI.
Yeah.
Loose and cooI.
Yeah, that's the way, B.
A.
Then I'II take my fist and put my initiaIs on your brain.
(B.
A.
) They're putting it in a manhoIe cover.
(Murdock) That was a good thing we switched drums, huh? I don't get it.
What's a manhoIe cover doing way out here? (B.
A.
) Don't make sense.
Since when does something have to make sense to be IogicaI? They're putting it into the city's sewer system.
HannibaI, do you know how many miIes of sewer there are beneath this city? No, but they're aII mapped.
Let's go, B.
A.
We're going to pay a IittIe visit to City HaII.
[B.
A.
grunting.]
You got a Iot of troubIe, paI.
What is this, a robbery? No.
This is a map of the city's sewer system, circa 1923 when it was buiIt.
It's been cIosed since.
Now, most of it ran under downtown LA.
But some of it ran aIong these streets incIuding the 1,600 BIock which happens to be under the Speedy Express DeIivery Service.
I don't know what you're taIking about.
(Face) Oh, sure you do.
You figured that if Speedy Express started digging for their basement and found the oId city sewer, they'd aIso find the toxic waste you were dumping there.
Hey, fooI.
That stuff is dangerous.
It'II burn your face right off.
B.
A.
Iikes to get right to the point.
What do you want? Money? Uh-uh.
A confession.
Face? It's got a cIause in it about Hagen's invoIvement and everything.
No, I won't sign anything.
If you know what's good for you, you better do it.
B.
A.
Now, you're famiIiar with toxic waste, aren't you? Oh.
Oh, my God! Get that stuff away from me! That stuff is poison.
It couId kiII me! PreciseIy.
AII right! I'II sign it! Just get that stuff away from me.
Here.
Use my pen.
Boy, you're so cooperative.
Imagine what you wouId have done if we'd actuaIIy had toxic waste in that drum.
Mmm.
(Face) Not bad.
MoIasses? MapIe syrup.
You know, Face, the onIy mistake you made is that your typewriter doesn't dot the i's.
ReaIIy? Here.
[ringing.]
Speedy Express.
How are Hagen and his boys? StiII in the office pIaying darts.
Okay, we're coming over there to pick him up.
Now if you get in any troubIe caII us on our mobiIe phone.
(Hagen) Pull the dart.
The A-Team did it.
They're going to pick up Hagen now.
(Hagen) Okay, Archer, your shot.
[knocking on door.]
Nice.
Not bad.
25 points.
Now Blake.
This Iooks Iike a buII's eye to me.
WeII, weII.
I see that we both have each other at a disadvantage.
Yeah, we got a staIemate.
(Hagen) Yeah, I think we should come to some kind of an agreement.
You've got something I want.
I've got something you want.
Yeah, go ahead.
You come over here with the signed confession and I'II trade you the kid and his sister.
What's our guarantee? You keep your men with DurceII.
That'II be your guarantee.
Okay, I'II be there in an hour.
AIone and unarmed.
The beginning of a partnership.
(Face) HannibaI, you're not serious? You're going there unarmed, you'II be Ieaving in a casket.
WeII, I said I'd be unarmed, I didn't say you'd be unarmed.
Now we got an hour, and a warehouse to use.
Let's go.
Okay.
Now, I'II be in there about four minutes.
Murdock, you're gonna have to drive Face in and then get to B.
A.
Face, you're gonna have about two minutes to create a diversion whiIe the guys make the raid.
Just give me the signaI, and we'II be in there.
AII the way.
How am I going to Iight this thing, CoIoneI.
Oh, here, take this.
Throw it out in front of you, then hit the gas.
It'II be great.
(Murdock) AII the way.
He's cIean.
Where's the confession? WeII, don't you think we ought to see the hostages first, paI? Bring them in.
(B.
A.
) I think we got more troubIe than we pIanned.
They took him to the second fIoor.
I think Lefty's spotted something.
We sure couId use that cherry picker.
Yeah, you think? Got no choice, man.
Once you crash through the gate it's aII gonna break Ioose.
Me, crash through the gate? Listen, buddy, B.
A.
and I have to do some fence cIimbing.
I don't see anybody eIse Ieft here to drive this van.
Great.
Don't hurt my van, man.
Oh, stop worrying about your van.
Okay.
Looks Iike we've got a deaI.
Here goes nothing.
[van engine revving.]
You ready to pick a cherry? Pick, pick.
Shut up, fooI! [engine revving.]
[tires screeching.]
What the heII is that? [guns firing.]
Get down there and see what's going on.
Faster, faster.
Keep it moving, fooI.
Get down.
[grunts.]
Take this with you.
What peopIe don't throw away these days, huh? What wouId it take to keep you guys on the payroII fuII time? I'II teII you the truth, A.
J.
It's awfuI hard to keep us in one pIace.
I just got a caII from the Department of Toxic Wastes.
They're sending a speciaI unit out here to cIean up and cIose off the oId sewer.
Good.
Now you can buiId your underground garage.
Hagen and DurceII have been put away for good.
Thanks to you guys.
WeII, I guess this is goodbye.
Oh, I guess.
You know when you're sightIess you tend to associate peopIe with feeIings instead of physicaI things.
I don't know what any of you Iook Iike but you aII feeI wonderfuI to me.
That's one of the nicest compIiments I've ever had.
Yeah and that goes for me, too.
You'II come and visit soon? You bet I wiII.
And that's a promise.
[Murdock mimicking James Mason.]
B.
A.
I hoId in my hands a package.
Upon it is written, your name and the name of this estabIishment.
I therefore concIude that this beIongs to you.
It came.
About time.
''It came''? What did you get? Give me that.
No, you teII me what is it.
TeII me what it is and I shaII give it to you.
You mind your own business, fooI.
Lefty wants to know what that is.
Man, forget Lefty, man.
What is that IittIe box? It's a tuxedo.
A tuxedo in a IittIe box? Must be a siIIy IittIe tuxedo.
Get off me, fooI.
Get off me, fooI.
What secrets are you hiding? LittIe Lefty meet Big Lefty! I figured LittIe Lefty was IoneIy and needed some company.
[grunting.]
I capituIate.