01x08 - The Out of Towners

[bunniefuu]

[Man]
Ten years ago, 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.

There you go, mister.
Better than if you bought a new pair.

Hey, Nicky, it's getting late.

You better be getting home
before it gets dark, huh?

Yeah, sure, but didn't you want me
to help you bring up some cartons
from the storeroom?

Oh, no.

No, not now.
Tomorrow, tomorrow.

Go on now. Get.
Get out of here. Go on.

- Hey, kid, are you any good?
- I'm supposed to be getting home.

Come on.
Let's see some service, man.

We told you what would happen
if you call the cops, old man.

- I won't say a word. I promise.
I won't say... I won't.
- I know, I know.

- [Groans]
- Watch what you're doin', punk!

Mr Laskey!

- [Groaning]
- Mr Laskey!

Just take it easy, Mr Laskey.
Take it easy.

- [Buzzing]
- Pardon me, sir,
do you have any metallic...

- objects on your person?
- I'll bet this is a first for you.

We'll miss the flight, B.A.

Good, 'cause I don't wanna
do this anyway.

I'm sorry, Hannibal.
I said I'd try, but I just can't.

Now, you said you'd give it a shot.

- You'll learn to love flying.
- Soaring among the clouds!

Soaring, soaring, soar...

- Sorry.
- Now, if you weren't gonna go...

Face could've scammed us a jet,
and Murdock could've flown us.

We're saving 2,500 on expenses. Now,
he booked us on a commercial flight...

- because you said you'd fly
if it wasn't Murdock at the controls.
- You didn't tell me he said that.

You said you'd fly with another pilot,
but not me? You said that?

- Yeah!
- Wise choice.

- [Man On P.A.] Flight 403 to New York
now boarding Gate 12.
- They're boarding.

Here.

- Swallow.
- What are these? I don't take no pills.

Well, they're for air sickness. They're
not prescription. They're off the shelf.

Just a precaution.

You better not be trying
to drug me, Hannibal.

Now, why would I try to drug you
when you've already agreed to fly?

I'm lookin' out for you.

Forget 'em. Get sick.

[Jet Engines Whirring]

- No, no! I ain't goin'!
- B.A., don't be that way.

Whole thing will go by
just like that.

- The flight is six hours, man!
- Once you're up there, it's nothing.

It's the take-off
that's the worst part.

That's when the gas starts
pouring over the wings...

- Murdock!
- and the engine starts to spark,
and the whole thing could just...

Believe me,
we'd never feel that one.

- B.A.!
- Hannibal, you should've drugged him.

Four, three, two, one.

Air sickness pills.

A good leader prepares
for every contingency.

Uh, excuse me.

[Man On P.A.] Flight 122
from Los Angeles now arriving Gate 6.

- You okay, B.A.?
- Yeah, I guess so.

Well, they say these things
make you drowsy...

but I told you not to take
two more over Chicago.

- Over Chicago? Where are we?
- # I dig Manhattan
The Bronx and Staten, ahh ##

- We're in New York?
- You slept like a baby
in his mother's arms.

What you talkin' about?
I don't remember gettin' on no aeroplane
or falling asleep either.

Well, no more of these for you.

I suppose you don't remember that sweet
little thing over there either, huh?

If she had given me her number
and said, "Call me," I'd remember.

Her number?

For a guy who doesn"t like to fly...

you sure did it right.

Man, I still don't remember.

Didn't Face say
he was gonna meet us here?

Yeah, that's what he said.

How was the flight?

Good, I guess.

- You driving?
- When in Rome...

Hannibal said we"re following the gopher
back to its hole on this operation...

so I figure if you"re gonna
tail somebody in New York...

they"ll never suspect a taxi.

Well, this is it.

What do you think?

- [Door Chime Rings]
- Hi, guys. Welcome to New York.

- Did you have a good trip?
- Not bad.

Guys, I'd like you to meet
Tracy Richter.

Tracy, I'd like you to meet my team.
Hannibal Smith.

- Hello.
- Hi.

- Howling Mad Murdock.
- Howdy-doody.

- And B.A. Baracus.
- Hi.

Tracy and her mom have
the bakery across the street.

- Best danish in the city.
- Thanks for coming here to help us.

Man, this place is full of junk.

B.A., I didn"t exactly come here
with a bankroll.

I had to lease this store,
and it really set me back.

So I had to scrounge most of this stuff
out ofjunkyards and secondhand shops.

- [Clicks Switch]
- Hey, man, I was watchin' first.

You're making me miss the best part.

Oh, man...
No, no, this is good too. Watch this.

B.A., you want to come back here?

Your friend sure has
a weird sense of humour.

Yes, he has a weird
sense of... something.

[B.A.] Face, we"re gonna need
a monitor that works.

Check those out.
Maybe they're a little better.

Face, you got anything for me?

Well, uh...

These things look like junk.

Are these things gonna work?

- Who knows?
- Oh, wonderful.

Best I could do.

I, uh, got it all out of this.

Ever meet any of these guys
waiting for the world to end?

- Yeah.
- Weird. Anyway, it's all I could get,
which wasn't easy.

Most of the other buyers were
plainclothes cops snapping pictures
and taking down names.

They better work.

Better start laying the cable, B.A.,
for the camera.

And we have to find another
location for the monitoring.

We own a bakery shop
across the street.

I'm sure you could use that if
you could convince my mother
and the others to still hire you.

Still hire us?

Yeah. Amy explained it all when
she called you yesterday, right?

- Right?
- No. I didn't get a chance to call.

- Didn't get a chance to call?
- All right. I just didn't call.

One of the store owners, Mr Laskey...

got beat up yesterday,
just before Face and I arrived.

He"s in the hospital
and hurt pretty badly.

So the other store owners are scared
and having second thoughts
about hiring us.

Hey, man, if they decided this
yesterday, maybe I didn"t have to fly.

Even though flying's
not that bad.

Look, these guys are taking money
from these people...

in exchange for not destroying
their shops or hurting their families.

- They need help, Hannibal.
- Yeah, it's the old protection racket.

They"re taking so much
money from us now...

I don't think we can afford to
keep the store open another month.

These people are frightened.
Someone has to do something for them.

[Man, German Accent]
They beat up Mr Laskey,
and they broke Mr Daniels"s fingers.

I don"t care if you came
all the way from Los Angeles.

You should go home, Mr Smith!

We have here already enough trouble.

Why would we want to making
more trouble for ourselves?

Bernie, they busted up
my place twice...

and they've taken my money
for months.

Now, yesterday, they took my display case
and threw it right out of the window.

And when I told I 'em I wasn't gonna
take it any more, that felt great!

Yeah, and then they
broke your fingers, huh?

And the next time
they may break your neck.

Next time it won't be anything,
if we go to work, Mr Shatzman.

Hey, little brother, where you goin'?

- [Door Closes]
- Who hit you?

That creep, Digger,
when I got some polish on his sock.

He went nuts. Threw my shoeshine box
out into the street.

Busted it up good.
He didn't even pay me for the shine.

You see? You see?
Even the young boy.

That's how these monsters treat people.
You want us to fight them?

Huh? We don't even know who they are,
who sends them, where they come from.

Mr Smith,
when Stan went to L.A. to find you...

your contact quoted
a very expensive price.

Well, anything is worth it
to get rid of these leeches.

But we haven't got anything
left to pay you with.

What you say, little man?

I busted my buns
saving up for that shoe box.

Took me a month.

This is all I got left. Every cent.
But I want to chip in to help.

$3.68.

That just about covers our fee.

And if you fail,
then things will be worse.

They won't fail.
I've seen what they can do.

- They won't.
- Then it's all agreed?

[Murmuring]

- All right?
- Ja, ja.

Tomorrow's the grand opening.

[Chuckling]

It's them, Amy.
The grocery store.

If it starts to look bad, let me know,
and I'll be in there.

[Dings]

- Hey, wait a minute,
that's my whole week's.
- Interest, brother, interest.

When you pull Scully and me down here
to remind you that you're overdue...

then we have to charge you
for personalized service.

Next time,
keep your own calendar.

- Ow!
- It's cheaper all around.

B.A., they're heading
towards Hannibal's shop.

- Fresh coffee. Sweet and light.
- Thanks.

You know, I think we were getting
a better picture on this yesterday
before B.A. messed with it.

- Isn't he just wonderful?
- Wonderful.

[Amy On Walkie-Talkie]
Face, Murdock, they're heading
towards Hannibal's shop.

Good day. Good day.

We're looking for the man
who owns this joint.

Ja. That is me.

Ah, may I be of assistance, please?

You got to be kidding!
This blind dude fixing TVs?

Oh, my nephew helps with that.

He is not here today, but you can
leave with me your television
and tell me your problem.

We don't have any problems.
We're insurance salesmen.

Insurance?
Oh, thank you, I have insurance.

Not the kind we have, Pop.

- What was that?
- Oh, that's my buddy knockin' over
some of your goodies.

I hope he isn't hurt.

- What's going on here?
- Here's what I'm talkin' about.

Lord knows what can happen
to somebody like you...

who ain't got
the right kind of insurance.

Now, we got great monthly rates.

Check it out with
your friends on the street.

I never heard of such a thing.

I come here to work, to do business.

Look, we got
a special introductory rate.

One grand down
and you get the last month free.

l... I wasn't here last month.

That's it!

[Static]

Houston, we got a problem.
So much for videotape on these guys.

- What are you doing?
- We can't leave Hannibal with no contact.

There's only 110 bucks here.

Less than our usual down payment,
but we take instalments.

We'll be back
for the other 800 in two days.

- Two days?
- And so you won't forget...

Scully's gonna mark
your calendar for you. [Chuckling]

One, two!

Boy, I'll never know why they
call these things portable.

They're so doggone heavy.

Yeah, uh, give me a hand with this.
It's...

What's the point of surveillance?
What's the point of protection?

- What happened?
- A cracked rib.

Good Lord.
I don't understand.

I thought you were supposed
to be able to handle yourselves.

I think I did very well,
considering the circumstances.

Oh, you could've handled
those bags of gristle.

They were just
hired muscle, Murdock.

I had to let 'em go so B.A.
could follow them back to their home base.

I suppose a doctor's
out of the question.

I'm fine.

I love it when a plan comes together.

They stopped off and rousted storekeepers
in three other neighbourhoods.

We movin' uptown now,
passin' 86th Street.

Charlie, you keep saying we're going,
but we don't.

I want to show you that dress they have
before they sell it to somebody else.

But it's this, then it's that,
then it's just a sec...

Give me a second, baby.
I've got business, here.

Oh. Now we're really
not going anywhere.

Made the run down on
the East Side. No problem.

There's a new fish opened up a shop
down on Delancey Street.

- Blind dude.
- Was he civic-minded enough...

to join the neighbourhood
community chest?

Oh, yes. We're gonna get back
to him in a couple of days
and get another contribution.

Charlie, you promised.

Oh, give it a rest, would you, baby?
Go to the powder room...

find a run in your stocking
or something, huh?

Let me check this out here.

Hold it right there, buddy.
We don't open till 4.00.

Say, Jack, I'm a cab driver.
I come in to pick up a fare.

Say, you need a lift?

Uh, look, Charlie, if you're gonna
be busy, I can go shopping alone.

You're not goin' anywhere,
sweetheart.

Nobody called for any cab,
so beat it.

Hey, what are you, uh...

- What are you smiling at?
- Nothing. It's a crime to smile?

Unless I say otherwise.

[Horn Honks]

The Sugar Hill nightclub
on 89th Street.

[Hannibal]
Okay, B.A., bring it on back.

The Sugar Hill Club
belongs to one Charles F. Struthers...

otherwise known as
East-Side Charlie.

I ran the plates on the car,
and they are registered to the club.

I also had a friend of mine
at the New York Times...

put Struthers through
the police computer.

He was arrested several times
when he was younger...

but just some minor offences...
breaking a couple of windows, joyriding.

But later on, he was associated
with a number of underworld figures...

and it's believed
that he's a major operator...

on running numbers,
loan sharking and extortion.

But he knows how to keep
his own hands clean...

so no convictions, no arrests.

Sounds like a hell of a guy.

Man, I want to go up there,
grab this dude by his heels...

turn him upside down...

and shake all the money out of his pockets
that he owe these people.

Now what fun is there in that?

I think we ought to give Mr Struthers
a whiff of his own cologne.

Hannibal, this sounds like
one of those plans.

And whenever we use
one of those plans...

somebody always
gets mad at us.

- Yeah.
- What kind of tricks you up to now?

I think I hear
one of them coming now.

Take a look.

Ah. Surprise!

- A garbage truck?
- It sure is.

How are you gonna get our money back
with a garbage truck?

Wait and see, Nicky.
Wait and see.

It's nice, Face, nice.

- It's empty.
- You told me you wanted a garbage truck.

Do you know what I went through
to get this garbage truck?

I didn't say I wanted it empty.
Now, what good is it empty?

- How am I supposed to know that?
- Face, I need garbage.

And I don't just mean any garbage.

Ah! You need a specific kind of garbage.

When I say garbage, I mean garbage.
Dirty garbage!

Most garbage is dirty, Hannibal.
That"s why they call it garbage.

Oh, he means real garbage.

Only a sucker like you
would understand garbage.

Garbage.
First I got to take the cab back.

- Why?
- For the night shift.
How do you think I got it?

I had to dummy a hack licence
to take a job.

Hannibal, you want all these things...
a taxicab, garbage truck, TV store.

You know, I don't keep all this stuff in
a coffee can in my backyard, you know.

Just... Just take it easy, Face,
take it easy.

B.A. and I will take care
of the garbage detail...

'cause I know exactly
what Hannibal wants.

First, we gonna hit
the industrial areas...

and then we gonna hit
restaurant row.

They got great garbage!

- I shall return.
- [Engine Starts]

Garbage, h*!

- h*!
- [Engine Revving]

h*!

[Murdock]
Bogey on the right! Bogey on the right!

- We are in target range
of some hellacious garbage, man.
- Shut up, Murdock!

Mmm! Yes, indeedy.

The thing I like about the A-Team
is you get a chance at such diversity.

- Career diversity.
- We're garbagemen, fool!

[French Accent] Ooh la la!
It's just like Mama used to make!

B.A.!

This is garbage. Smell this.

An ambrosial delight
for the olfactory system.

Yeah, man,
that was the best load yet.

Wait. Wait a minute.

The nose knows.

Hang a right.
We got another one comin' up.

Man, how do you
put up with yourself?

It's difficult at times.

♪♪ [Singing]

Turn right! Turn right!

- Gentlemen, there'll be no tables
available until tonight.
- We would like to see Herr Struthers.

We fix his TVs.

It's the blind guy
from the TV shop on Delancey.

I wonder how he found us.

Uh, Herr Struthers?

I believe we have
some business to attend.

Hey, Pops, would you leave
Mr Struthers alone, okay?

Oh, uh, well, my nephew and I...

we would like to have
you have your men...

not coming down
to Delancey Street...

and extorting money
from all of us shopkeepers.

I'm supposed to know
what you're talkin' about?

He doesn't know what
you're talking about, Uncle.

Oh, I'll explain.
Your men, they come down...

and they threaten to hurt and
k*ll my friends if they don't pay.

Digger, look, would you do me a favour?

Give this gentleman and his nephew a
drink and put "em at one of those tables.

We did not come here to drink,
Herr Struthers.

- What did you come here for?
- Well, uh, all together...

including monies
unjustly appropriated...

interest, damages, incidentals...

oh, and a minor fee
for our collection service...

$ 166, 200.

- Ja.
- Yeah.

- That's rounded off
to the nearest hundred.
- Ja.

Oh, you think my guys and I have been
taking money from some fruit peddlers...

and you expect that I should pay it back.

Ja, if you would be so kind.

[All Laughing]

Well, I want to tell you, l...

I don't carry that kind of money with me.
And even if I had, I wouldn't...

I wouldn't be able to pay it back
to you this particular moment.

Don't take my proposal too lightly.

- Listen, what did you want?
- 166,200 bucks.

Now that I got your attention...

I'll lay it out for you.

You get one more trip
downtown. One!

And that's to pay back all the money
you took from those people...

on Delancey, Houston
and Bleeker Streets.

Just so you don't forget the figure.

Delancey. Noon tomorrow.

We'll have the soup line.
You bring the bread.

You got any idea when garbage day is
around here, Struthers?

Oh, come on, fella, don't be like that.

When's trash pickup around here?

Uh, tomorrow.

Tomorrow, you and I
have an appointment.

Just so you don't forget...

I thought we'd mark
your calendar for you.

[Beeps]

- You're nuts, man!
- I am the one who's nuts, man.

Right over here.

Drinks are on the house!

[lmitating Porky Pig]
Th-Th-That's all, folks.

Get those suckers!
The guys who get them stay alive!

- I want those guys!
- We'll get 'em, Charlie.
Just take it light.

Take it light. Take it light!

They come up here and make
a fool out of me in my own place...

and you're tellin' me to take it light!

So far it looks like about


A bunch of peddlers hired
gunslingers to do this to me.

It had to be a set-up.
Those guys couldn't be TV store owners.

No kiddin'.

Look, I want the whole street.
Get Floyd and get Ripper.

We're gonna go up there...

early in the morning
when they open shop.

We're gonna have us a block party.

Okay, Face, it's hooked up.
String the wire.

Looks like we are
preparing for w*r.

Could be we are.

Tell me something.

You are not really sure that you
can get him to pay us back...

which means that, uh...

you are not sure
that you will be paid.

[Chuckles]
So tell me, why are you doing this?

Anyone can spend their afternoons
playing golf.

But don't you think
this is more fun?

I got 'em coming out.

And they don't look like they woke up
on the right side of the bed, fellas.

Stay with 'em, kid. Let me know
if they pick up reinforcements.

Auf Wiedersehen.



- Sorry. I'm not on duty.
- You are now.

I'm late and I got to get where I'm goin'
and you're gonna take me there.

I can't. If you want to report me
to the hack commission...

- Hit it, Jack, before I come up there
and hit your face.
- Oh, great.

[Tyres Screeching]

I want everybody to get up
in their rooms and keep your heads down.

You'll be safe there.
Right away.

You're supposed to go to 149th!
That's right!

And I told you I'm off duty.
Now, come on, give me a break.

- I'll break your face, man!
How about that?
- Not the face.

Hey, I told you... 149th.

What the heck is that, huh?

Safety locks. They can only be
opened and closed by the driver...

to protect people like me
from people like you.

I get out of here,
you're dead meat, man!

You hear that? Dead meat!

And people say
cabbies are rude.

Uh, Hannibal,
I got 'em coming east on...

- Dead, man! You"re dead!
- Hey, hey! I'm tryin' to have
a conversation up here.

What was that?

Oh, it's nothin'.

Struthers's coming east on Sixth.

If he was picking up backup,
he'd have done it by now.

Well, it's showtime, kid.
Get back here on the double.

Uh, yeah, right.
Firing retrorockets.

That's the cab that was
following us all day.

Okay, call in the boys.

Hey! Hey, unlock this damn thing!
Let me out of here!

Believe me, you'll be safer in there.
And I'd stay down if I were you.

Hey!

Okay, you send a few bozos to my club...

you dump garbage in my place...

and you think that's a big laugh!

Well, now l"m gonna show you
what a real mess is.

I'm gonna make you pay!

I'm gonna take this out on your hide!

Face, we got a couple uninvited guests,
and they brought party favours.

I thought you said
there was only one car.

Even when they play dirty,
they play dirty.

Yeah, but we play dirtier.

[Door Chime Rings]

What's the matter, your watch stop?
You're early.

You got a lot of wise lip responses,
don't ya?

I hope everybody on this street knows
I'm gonna wipe out this neighbourhood
and flush it down the sewer.

- What's your wise lip response to that?
- $ 166, 200.

That will buy you
a safe trip out of here.

Well, buy this.

You're really a jamoke.

Okay, do it.

Bombs away!

Throw out your g*ns!

Bull's-eye!

[g*nf*re Continues]

Uh... Ow!

Yeah! Whoo!

Murdock!

I guess I bobbed
when I should've weaved.

[Hannibal]
Drop it.

Okay. Across the street in the cab.

Move!

Come on, man!
Come on, come on, come on!

Next time, pick on
somebody your own size!

Don't ask.

Where are we, uh, going?

Uptown. To your office
to look in the safe.

$ 166,200, remember?

Hannibal, I know you love it
when a plan comes together.

We better get going. Sooner or later,
Struthers is gonna convince the cops...

it wasn't a bunch of storekeepers
who wrapped him up.

Too bad you have to go.

Well, uh, actually,
I usually stay behind.

You know,
handle any cleanup necessary.

Return the taxi, garbage truck,
uh, any other loose ends.

So l"ll probably be here
at least another couple days.

That's great! I'm stayin' too.

Tracy's gonna show me
all around New York. Look.

She's gonna show me
Central Park...

the Statue of Liberty
and the Empire State Building.

You know, where that big hairy ape got...
[lmitating g*nshots]

[lmitates Ape, Laughs]

I, uh, think I'll pass.

That puts us back
on a commercial flight.

- That good with you, B.A.?
- No, it ain't!

I called that stewardess.
It was a recording for Dial-A-Joke.

You called that number?
That isn't fair.

You're right,
and we're gonna talk about this, man.

Hey, later, B.A.
We're gonna miss visiting hours.

You lucky we're goin' to the hospital
to visit Mr Laskey...

- and tell him how
Nicky helped get his money back.
- Looks like it's you and me, kid.

Sorry. I got an appointment too. You
know that friend of mine at the Times?

He's an old boyfriend
I haven't seen for a few years...

and some of that magic
may still be happening.

How about a ride to the airport, Face?

Oh, sorry, Hannibal, but I gotta
get this back for the night shift.

- You can drop me off at the Times.
- Maybe you can drop us off
at the hospital.

Whoa! I'd like to give all you guys
a lift, but I'm gonna have hell to pay.

You know, I've been
pushin' this hack for two days...

without puttin' up much
on the meter, so, uh...

Well, I'm already scheduled for
a real chewin' out from that dispatcher...

when I clock out tonight.

Gettin' friendly with
the rest of the cabbies, Face?

Well, they've been kind
of short of drivers, so she's been
helpin' out behind the wheel.

That's the dispatcher.