The fifth and final season of the action-adventure television series The A-Team premiered in the United States on NBC on September 26, 1986, and concluded on March 8, 1987, consisting of 13 episodes.

After being sent to the hospital for a mishap on the movie set, Hannibal is kidnapped by retired General Hunt Stockwell, who offers the colonel the choice between going to jail or the A-Team performing a mission for him.

As an extra incentive, Stockwell reveals that former ally Captain Josh Curtis is on the plane, and he might have information that could clear the A-Team's names.

Instead, after being freed, Curtis betrays the team and falsely tells Stockwell he saw the A-Team murder Colonel Morrison and burn their headquarters to cover the crime.

Filming dates: July 17–25, 1986[1] Stockwell's latest mission has the A-Team travel to East Germany to sneak out a chemical warfare scientist who's had second thoughts about his invention.

General Stockwell sends his team to the tiny island of San Marcos, where they try to free two American intelligence agents who have been taken prisoner by a ruthless dictator.

Murdock's job: Turkey farmer The A-Team travels to Hong Kong after Hannibal goes missing in action during a solo mission to locate a nuclear core; adding to the problem is that if not stored properly, it will slowly poison anyone within its vicinity.

The mission is successful, and Stockwell gives the A-Team 12 hours of vacation time as a reward for doing things his way (since Hannibal was not around to challenge him for once).This episode aired Tuesday at 8 p.m. time slot A government agent is to give fake documents on the "Star Wars" project to a Russian in a sting operation; however, his daughter overhears him and thinks he's actually betraying America, so she steals them and hides out with her elderly friend.

and Face are forced to deal with Federal agents sent by the government to find the girl, and a retirement home's worth of elderly people mistaking them for enemies.

Fed up with Stockwell and knowing he can't risk a scandal by having them arrested, Hannibal has the A Team quit and go back to freelance.

When dining at a restaurant Murdock is employed, Face and Frankie believe try to prevent three mobsters from being able to assassinate an important customer coming in later.

picks up, allowing him and Hannibal to try to rescue the group; however a corrupt cop takes a hostage to permit the A Team to be captured and the "hit" to go on.

Hannibal however manages to concoct a plan that turns the tables on the three hitmen being knocked out cold by the A Team; preventing the killing from taking place and allowing Hanibal, B.A.