03x07 - Trouble on Wheels

Episode transcripts for the TV show "The A-Team". Aired: January 23, 1983 – March 8, 1987.*
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03x07 - Trouble on Wheels

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In 1972,
a cr*ck commando unit...

was sent to prison
by a m*llitary 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.

We've been keeping an eye
on you, Rudy.

You've been real busy.

We did this little search...

found this notebook
in your locker.

It says that you're gonna
tell a lot of people...

about what's been goin' on
at the auto plant.

I got nothing to say.

Well, Rudy, you and I
see things differently.

You see, I think
you got a lot to say.

Like saying you're gonna forget about
what you've seen at the plant.

I'm the foreman. I know what
you're doing with the workers.

I know what you did
with Charlie was no accident.

Charlie never learned
to look the other way.

Now he's dead.

Now he's looking the other way.

You see what happens?

You take an ex-con
like Rudy here...

you make him a foreman, suddenly
he thinks he's too good for us.

Probably thinks we're scum.

Maybe we are.

I want no part of this.

Rudy, Rudy.

And you got a pretty wife.

I've seen her.

Seen her and the kid when they come
to pick you up after work sometimes.

That's a cute little girl you got
there, too. What's her name?

God help you if you put
one finger on her.

Rudy, it's up to you.

You just back off, be a good little
worker, and nobody gets hurt.

And just to make sure that you
understand that very clearly...

See your driver's license
and registration, please?

Yes, sir.

Here you go.

You're Mr. Rudy Garcia?

Yes, sir.

And is this
your current address?

That's right.

And where are you employed,
Mr. Garcia?

At the National Auto Plant
in Van Nuys.

You failed to come
to a complete stop...

at the stop sign
back there on Elm Street.

- I never noticed that sign there before.
- Yeah.

That's what most people say.

Of course, it...

could be taken care of,
if you know what I mean?

- I'd rather take the ticket.
- Suit yourself.

If you'd sign here, please?

I don't believe it.

I like an honest man,
Mr. Garcia.

Follow us.

So they k*lled this guy
in a two ton metal press?

It was so clean no one could tell
it was anything but an accident.

I mean, these guys are real careful,
and I don't know who they are.

I've never seen them before.

But I do know that they've got men
working in every department...

forcing them to steal new car parts
that are supposed to go into the cars.

Yeah and then they wholesale them out to
car dealers and auto parts stores, right?

Clever.

I did some time in jail
on a big mistake I made once.

Now I'm trying
to clean up my act.

So, when I heard
what was going on...

I gathered evidence, but
these guys were right on me.

They threatened my wife and my kid,
unless I looked the other way.

And they got
the other workers so scared...

especially after Charlie's accident.
- I don't like it.

These are hardworking men who are
just trying to earn an honest living.

We have to get jobs
inside your plant...

and work undercover to find
out who these guys are.

I do the hiring
in my department.

I can get a couple
of you guys inside.

I like that.
It'd be just like James Bond.

Super-sleuthing and moving
through the shadows.

But it isn't going to be cheap
to pull this off, Hannibal.

That's why I took up a collection
with the guys from the plant.

Now they're too scared to talk.

They just want this thing
to stop.

Listen, the workers are honest
men with families to support.

They want the nightmare to end.

Now, we're willing to take up a collection
every week until your debt is paid off.

Resourceful, I gotta admit.

I'll cover the outside.

A guy like me would look out
of place on an assembly line.

And I don't have anything in my
wardrobe to go with grease and grime.

That's all right, Face.

Murdock'll help you
press your overalls.

Mr. Garcia,
you've just hired the A-Team.

Okay.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

I have some union documents
for you to fill out.

Follow me down over here.

We're going to put you
on the metal presses.

I think it'll be a lot easier
for you to pick up on.

Everyone seems to stick by
themselves around here.

Like I said,
the workers are scared.

They don't know who to trust.

B.A., you wanna paint?

No, man.
I'm working on the molding.

I'll let you paint
for a quarter.

Shut up, fool!

It's real neat, B.A.

You just let your body flow
with the paint can.

Let flow with the spray can...

spreading a smooth
and even coat...

over the surface
that you're working on.

If you don't shut up, I'm gonna
smooth this here over you--

Look at that.

That's something else
you can do with the paint can.

You can play games with it,
just like we're doing now.

You wanna play a game?
We can play paint, man.

- Murdock'll be the paint man.
- Murdock is a dead man!

Well, well, well,
isn't this nice?

I'm glad to see the two of you can get
along without getting into any trouble.

- Ain't no trouble. Just gonna wring his neck.
- Save me, Face, man.

Look, B.A., could you wait a day or two
before putting Murdock out of his misery?

We gotta get this warehouse
into shape by tonight.

Speaking of in shape, man,
what you wearing?

This.

You like it?

I found it in the trunk.

Well, I had to look the part.

I didn't want to get picked up
for car theft.

It sounds like it's making
all kinds of funny noises.

Man, I don't understand.

I thought you was supposed to be
getting a sign for the store.

B.A., this is the sign.

"Otto's Auto Parts Store."

Get it, Otto's Auto?

You guys think it's easy getting an
auto parts sign during a lunch break?

Actually, I think it was
pretty ingenious of me.

Now, do you think
it'll fit on top of the roof?

Yeah, I think
it'll fit perfectly.

Boy, it really looked like they
wonked the old Colonel, didn't it?

Yeah.

Look out!

You okay, little brother?

We lost them.

Well, he's on his own now.

Dave Moore, please report
to the used car lot.

Dave Moore, please report
to the used car lot.

We've been watching you
for close to a week now.

You're a lousy thief.

But even if you were good, we don't allow
anyone to come into our territory.

Who are you?

I'll tell you when you
can ask the questions.

- Who do you work for?
- Nobody.

Nobody carts off 12 cases
of the same auto part...

unless he's got
a large-scale buyer.

Now, who you selling to?

The guy gives me
50 cents on the dollar.

You've just been
put out of business.

You see, we own the auto plant.

We don't allow competition.

Anybody that works there works for us.
You understand?

Now you go back, you tell your
buyer that he's closed down.

You tell him that you work
for somebody new now.

Anything you steal,
you sell to us.

We want that message
delivered very clear.

He's not gonna like it.

That's too bad.

Maybe you can help us
convince him.

You said they'd be tough, Hannibal,
but we didn't expect this.

- Yeah.
- What did the doctor say?

He said no concussion.

Take two aspirin and go to bed.

Sounds exactly
what happened to me.

The blindfold, the bright
lights and then the b*ating.

Yeah, I figured
they might use the same MO.

But instead of b*ating up my face,
they pounded on my kidneys.

It's a good thing
you had the watch, Colonel.

I know they had you
in the van...

but I hope you was able
to pick up some sounds.

I don't know, B.A.
I was out cold.

Well, I gotta admit analyzing
the sounds on that tape...

that's one of your best yet.

It's brilliant.
He's absolutely brilliant.

Well, we'll see.

When we got there, I think
we wound up in a warehouse.

Sure, if they steal auto parts,
they'd need a place to stash 'em.

Well, how long
is it gonna take, B.A.?

Well, as soon as I get my
hands on these components...

it shouldn't take
more than an hour.

A multi-switch digital regulator, one
oscillator, 10-point DB overlay...

O and G mode generator,
AC current amplifier...

a bypass switch for sound readout
with an electrical base relay...

on O and G, point 3 OC 18?

Simple.

I hear a car agency.

A school yard.
Must be Parkman Elementary.

I got a beach here.

I hear some kind
of construction.

There's a high rise
going up on Wilshire.

No, Face, that'd be over here.

Waves and kids.

Venice.

An airport.

Stretches all the way
and stops here.

It's an industrial park
near the harbor.

There's a lot of warehouses
in that area.

Okay, mount up.
Face, bring your camera.

We're gonna pay
these guys a visit.

Rudy, you better
take a vacation for a while.

- It's going to get hairy around here.
- Hannibal...

I'd like to stick this out,
if you don't mind.

Okay.

You got them all?

Yeah, I got 'em.

Okay, you guys ready?

Ready, Hannibal.

All right, up against the wall!
Nice and easy.

Who are you?
We can make a deal here.

- Tell us who you work for!
- Get lost.

The man asked you a question.

I got nothin' to say.

We've got enough pictures of
you to put you away for good.

There's no way that we're gonna
tell you who we work for.

Okay.

Take the truck.

We gotta find out
who those guys are.

Keep up with Murdock, B.A.

We'll stash the truck
at the auto store.

Hannibal, we had 'em back there
red-handed and you just let 'em go.

- That's part of the plan, right?
- Right.

They're working
for some big sh*t.

They'd rather go to jail
than give his name.

He's gotta be
a real heavyweight.

A real bad dude?

Yeah. We'll let them go
and get 'em all together.

Well, let's go, B.A. We got
some pictures to develop.

I want you to tell me
everything you know.

I swear to you I know nothing.

I do my job...

and I keep my nose clean.
Hey, man, I got a family!

Man, I don't want trouble.

Well, those guys
had to be hired heat.

I'm going to find out who
is doing all the talking.

You tell the workers I'm gonna take it
out of their hides. You understand me?

- Yeah, man.
- What's going on here?

Nothing.

Just teaching this guy
a couple of lessons.

About, uh, how to drop
a transmission.

Break was over a half hour ago.

Oh, yes sir, Mr. Foreman.

Don't push it, Rudy.

You don't know
who you're dealing with.

Get back to your department,
Matt.

Hey.

Everything is busted up
around here.

I said get back to work.

Tell the company
they owe me a quarter.

Matt.

Matt.

Rudy...

why don't you just mind
your business?

What goes down in this plant
is my business.

Now you know what's going down,
half the work force not coming in.

Yeah, maybe.

But you butting in is just
going to make matters worse.

Look, I know
you want to help, Rudy.

But just leave
matters alone, all right.

It's better that way.

Yeah, I know who they are.
That's Hoyt Plummer.

Williams.

McCormick.

All three work
in the engine department.

I just had a run-in with them.

Look, you know it's all
starting to make sense.

I just wonder if we're doing
the right thing here.

Rudy, whenever you stand up
against slimeballs...

you're doing the right thing.

Now we know who they are.

All we got to do
is keep our eye on them...

until they make a move.

Well, they pretty much
keep to themselves...

although they do hang out
a lot in the lunch room.

Yeah? The lunch room.

You see, I think...

the real problem here
is wiring connections.

Yeah, that'll get you
every time.

Usually,
it's a loose connection...

or it's corrosion or it's...

You know, it'll run perfectly for a
time and then all of a sudden...

zappo! Nothing.

Looks like break time
is over guys.

You, too, pal.
Go work at another machine.

Oh, yeah. Sure. Right.

Well, I think it should work
now anyway, you know.

See, the problem was a loose
connection in the chute mechanism...

Grab your tools and get.

Oh, yeah, right. I can tell you
about this some other time.

Sweep the area.

How we doing?

Clean.

Okay. Well,
we've got one big problem.

The guys who ripped us off have got
to know a lot about our operation.

Trouble is...

we don't know who they are
or how much they know.

What are we going to tell
Jimmy Durkee?

I mean, man. He ain't going to take
it too well, us getting ripped off.

I'm telling you. The guys who
ripped us off aren't auto workers.

It's got to be someone inside.

Someone right here
in this plant...

and we're going to find out who.

I'm calling Durkee.

Darn machine.

Hey, it dropped the wrong soda.

Hey.

You know,
you didn't fix the machine.

Gave me the wrong soda.

Oh, it did?

Right. I'll get on it.

I'll go find my partner
and get on it right away.

They found no bugs, sir.
Clean as a whistle.

You gave him the wrong soda.

Yes. But it doesn't matter.

Because I got everything
they said right up here.

And I made 50 cents to boot.

I don't know. Four guys jump
out with submachine g*ns...

what am I supposed to do? Ask 'em
their names, where they live?

It was your job to keep
everything clean, Hoyt.

You were supposed to see that
everything ran smooth.

Instead I got no truck
and no supplies to deliver.

That's very bad
for business, Hoyt.

I know, man. I know.

All right, find out who did
this to us. Find them fast...

and get the stuff back.

Now you got all that?

I got it, Jimmy.
Don't worry. I'm on it.

We'll find them.
I swear to you.

What do you say, Hoyt?

Couldn't help but overhear.
You like to talk about it?

Who are you to ask me anything?

Well, listen. I might know what happened
to that truck of yours last night.

Where is it? Where?

Hey, man,
you're wrinkling the threads.

I've got some information
for ya.

You ought to better listen, huh.

All right, talk.

Well, I got a hunch...

my old boss Crazy Willy Beano...

ripped off your truck
last night.

When I told him that...

I was leaving his outfit...

to go to work for you,
he went nuts.

Said he was gonna
put you out of business.

And Crazy Willy's
crazy enough to try it.

Well, he don't know
who he ripped off, man.

The guy I work for handles
half the action in this state.

Nobody messes with him.

Sounds like the kind of guy that
Crazy Willy would eat for breakfast.

Where is this guy?

He's got an auto parts store
over at Fourth and Central.

I'll show ya where it is.

No, you wait here with Lucas.

Me and Bobby Joe'll
pay this guy a visit.

I think I really ought
to come with ya.

In case we're not back in an hour,
this is some kind of a setup...

put this guy's head in a drill press.
- Right.

Fine.

Don't mind if I get a soda,
do you?

Why not?

Face.

There's been a change
in plans. I'm staying here.

- What did you tell them?
- What else.

I got a crazy boss.

Oh, great.

And you're not going to be
there to give the performance.

Who we gonna use?

Well, I told him he was crazy.

I am Crazy Willy...

Beano.

Beano, you know,
rhymes with Dino.

What's the matter,
you don't understand English?

Dino.

♪ Everybody loves somebody-- ♪

What's the matter?
You think I'm wearing a piece?

I'm clean.

I'm running a business here.

Not a sh**ting gallery.

All right, we're going to
make this nice and simple.

We either get our truck back, or
we bury you underneath this store.

Forgive me for not laughing...

but I always find
the baby's first step...

to be a very serious thing.

Nobody comes in here and threatens
me under my own roof...

especially when I'm eating
a tuna fish sandwich.

Smith said this guy
was looney tunes.

Looney Tunes, huh?

What other TV program
do you watch regularly?

All right, I don't know
what your game is...

but we want that truck back.

The only thing that Crazy
Willy ever gives back...

is trouble.

You mess around
with one of my boys...

I rip off...

one of your trucks.

Fair is fair.

Can I help you with anything?

This is a friend of mine.

We call him Mayhem.

All right. You want a w*r?
We'll give you a w*r.

All right.

Red and you're dead.

Take one off the top.

It's your lucky day.

You don't even get to bleed
on the carpeting.

Now, you tell your friends...

I sell auto parts.

If they want some...

they should come down here
and see me.

I'll provide the lunch.

Nobody sticks his hand into my
candy jar and gets away with it.

You're supposed to see to that.

- Jimmy--
- I don't need punks around me who can't handle things.

Jimmy, I'm telling you,
that Crazy Willy is bananas.

- He's liable to do anything.
- No.

The only thing he is going to do is bleed.
You understand?

Now, get these guys together
and arm them.

We're going to move in
on that auto store today.

And one more thing.

Grab that foreman
who started all this trouble.

We're going to put him
in the ground.

Mommy and I went shopping.
I got a doll.

No kidding.

Let's see what kind of a doll--

Get 'em out of here.

Come on. Let's go.

Give me the kid.

Move!

Daddy, what are they doing?

It looks good.

I think they're all in there.

Murdock, where were you? You were
supposed to relieve me back there.

- Yeah, but I lost my--
- Yes.

I'll go get my g*n.

Police officer, freeze.

All right, turn around.
Up against the wall.

All right now. Move.

National Motors
lnternal Security.

You're under arrest
for grand theft.

All right now, nice and easy.

Over against the wall.

Now look...

you probably won't believe
this, but what you see is...

really not what you see.
- Yeah.

Yeah, right.

All right, let's go.
Hands up against the wall.

We've had you under surveillance since
you started working at the plant.

I had no idea you had
this big of an operation.

Well now,
if you'd see Rudy Garcia.

I mean, he's the foreman at the plant.
He can explain a lot of this.

Rudy Garcia, huh?

What are you guys
trying to pull?

We just got word that Rudy Garcia and
his wife and kid were kidnapped.

And you guys
are the prime suspects.

Look, man,
we didn't kidnap nobody.

Wait a minute.

I've seen you three before.

I've seen your pictures before.

I don't believe it.

You guys are the A-Team.

I've caught the A-Team.

My lord! The A-Team?

I've heard of them. They're them fugitives
that are wanted all across the country.

You mean, I've been standing
here working side by side...

with members of the A-Team?

There's a reward out
for all the guys.

I will never believe it.
Here I am just a dumb clerk.

I wouldn't have believed it.
Never in a million years.

Of course I always
had my suspicions.

Never did trust this one.

- It's them beady eyes.
Hold on, be careful.

I know their reputation.
They're deadly.

We're going to
have to tie them up.

Okay.

We'll use this chain.

Good work, Murdock.

Shh, shh.

Keep it down, B.A.
Keep it down.

Once you find one security guard,
so then shall you find another.

My foot, I think it's broken.

Take it easy.
Just take it easy.

I can't walk at all
because of you.

Now you know
it was just an accident.

Now let me see this here.

Let go of my foot. You're
going to make it worse.

Now listen, I can help you. But you have
to listen to me. Do you understand?

Pain is in the head. So if you think
it hurts, it's going to hurt.

Now, you got to think
nice things.

- Just think happy thoughts. Go ahead.
- Okay.

I'm thinking
you got hit by a bus.

Well then, you ought to be
feeling better already.

Now, tell me
when it hurts, all right?

Hey, Hannibal! Tell this
fool to leave me alone!

Well, that guy's going to have
a headache when he wakes up.

But right now,
he's sleeping like a baby.

What are we
going to do, Hannibal?

They got Rudy and his family.

We will have to mount
an att*ck on them right away.

att*ck.

- What kind of att*ck?
- A classic.

The reverse frontal as*ault.

That's a great one.

- Reverse frontal.
- Yeah. Now listen.

Here's the plan.

I got to say...

we really outdid
ourselves this time.

Well, Hannibal, we got
a full supply of a*mo...

and the g*ns are greased
and ready.

But one problem.

I don't think I'll be able to
drive with my foot like it is.

Face?

This is an emergency.

All right, everybody, pack it up.
We're moving out of here.

Come on.

Murdock, can't you go
any faster?

- He's gonna get us k*lled.
- Just relax B.A.

This is Smith.
Come out with your hands up.

You've got five seconds.

It's that guy Smith.

What, is he nuts?

One...

two...

three...

What the hell is he going to do?

...four...

five.

Things are looking
a lot better, huh, Murdock.

I didn't do such a bad job,
did I, big guy?

I love it.

Did you see the way I handled that baby?
I ought to be a racecar driver.

The way all of you put that car
together, you got a lifetime job here.

I mean, with Hoyt and his men put
away, we got some job openings.

I'll keep that in mind
if I'm ever out of work.

Where's my wheels?

Wheels?

Yeah, my van. You said they
towed it and fixed it.

Well, your wheels are here.

Face will tell you.
He knows where it is.

I don't see it, man.

Yeah, well, I told Murdock to park
the van somewhere out of sight.

- And that's kind of what he did.
- Where's my van?

You know every auto plant...

has a place where they send
defected and damaged automobiles.

It's a real big area.
Ain't it, Face?

They put my van there?

Well, to keep it
out of the sun. Right?

What'd they do with my van?

You see, they're very thorough
here, B.A., you see...

and they strip
the defective cars...

and they re-use the parts.
It's fantastic.

Where's my van?

We know where your van is.

- Yeah.
- Most of it.

I know where it is!
I mean...

the carburetor's in a...

We put the radio in a...

I know that the doors are
on a brown four-door sedan.

See, your wheels.

You crazy fool!

We've got them attempting
to retrieve all the old parts.

All you have to do is be patient.
Sit and wait for a while.

Come back!
You a dead man, Murdock!

Come back here, you fool.
Come back here.
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