03x17 - Skins

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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.

Rip the tusks out.

Horton, go check the traps.

Steele spotted a pride of lions
coming up from the river.

You're under arrest.
Drop your weapons.

This is a government
animal preserve.

All of the animals are protected by
law, and you are all under arrest.

We were just doing
a little hunting.

You've been poaching this
area for over two weeks now.

And I've come across
more than 40 carcasses.

And I've spotted your tracks.

Don't move.

Any of you.

This is Rover Two to Base.
Rover Two to Base.

I swear,
I'll drop you right here.

'Cause I got the authority
and the motivation.

Rover One to Rover Two.
Come in, Kim.

I'm out in the field.
What's going on?

I've got them, Kamarra.
It is Madrid.

Do you want me to come help?

No. I'm going to take
them right into Mbabwe...

and send them over
to the constabulary.

Hopefully, we can find out
who they're working for.

Kim? Kim, come in.

Kim!

Kim!

Put him in the jeep.

What's going on? Kim.

I am the rays of the future.

Excuse me, I wanted to go up.

Not if you're looking
for the A-Team, ma'am.

Thanks, Murdock.

Allow me to introduce you.
This is Templeton Peck...

the guy with the hat
is Murdock...

the big fellow there
is B.A. Baracus.

Very pleased to meet you.

I'm sorry
about this elaborate ruse...

but we had to be sure
you are who you say you are.

We're sorry to hear
about your brother.

Mr. Lee told us.

My brother and I have spent
our entire lives...

trying to stop the senseless
slaughtering of the animals.

It's been a near impossible task,
with funds being restricted.

Two wardens for hundreds of acres
and thousands of animals...

but Kim was determined.
So determined, he's dead.

Now let's sit down.

You, uh, told Mr. Lee the
poachers k*lled your brother.

They did.

I can't prove it,
but I know they did.

The local constable has written
it off as an accident.

And those men
have continued poaching.

Well, I should think they would.

The ivory from the elephant tusks alone
would make it worth their while.

Yeah, averaging, uh,
30 pounds a tusk...

with the going rate in the Hong
Kong market of $100 a pound...

say you get 40 tusks a day...

that comes out to, um, $120,000.

Which isn't bad
for a day's work.

But we're not detectives,
Miss Keboko.

I mean, if the local authorities
couldn't prove Madrid and his men...

were the murderers,
what do you expect us to do?

I want you to protect what my
brother gave his life for.

If they continue to destroy
everything he stood and fought for...

his death meant nothing.

Hey, man, I say we go in there
and skin them poachers.

So you'll take the job?

Uh, Kenya is a big country.
And, um...

finding a couple of poachers
wouldn't be that easy a job.

Not to mention expensive.

With food, rooms, supplies,
travel arrangements--

The four of you can stay
at the animal preserve.

I've got some money
that I saved...

to send my brother to school
here in the United States.

I won't be needing it anymore.

It's about $5,000.

I couldn't think of
a better way to spend it...

than to bring my brother's
K*llers to justice.

$5,000. That's--

That's more than enough.

$5,000 won't even cover airfare
to Kenya for the four of us.

I know.

Can you go to Kenya?

Sure, we can go to Kenya.

I can see it now, that expanse
of African plain...

the full moon, rising...

then out of the darkness...

Of course, we do have
one problem, though.

We're going to have
to fly to Kenya.

And B.A. is, well, he's not
that fond of airplanes.

What you talking about, man?

Ah, well, you know,
uh, you're, uh...

Scared.

The word is scared.
Scared. You scared to fly.

Huh, me?
Scared of flying?

That's just an act
I put on sometimes.

I ain't afraid of nothing.

Great. There's a flight
that leaves tonight.

Well, how're you feeling,
B.A.?

Fine, man.

There ain't no reason on this earth
why you shouldn't feel fine, big guy.

I can't imagine the excitement that
must be pulsing through your veins.

Do you know where you're going?

Does he know where he's going?

You're going to your homeland.
You going back home. To Kenya.

It's the homeland of your
great-great-great-granddaddy.

And I can't tell you
how happy I am for you.

I can't wait to see the expression on
your face when you get off the plane.

- Plane?
- Plane. Jumbo.

Four big engines.

60 million pounds
of thrust at full throttle.

- You really like to fly.
- Oh, I love to fly.

Yeah, I love flying, too.

Do you really? You ain't
kidding me, are you?

'Cause if you love to fly...

that means we have something to converse
about when we get on the plane.

I mean, you just think about it.

There ain't nothing between
you and the outside world...

but one little piece of sheet metal as
you're traveling at 600 miles an hour.

And there ain't almost
nothing that can go wrong.

I mean, if you lost three out of four of
your engines, that baby could still land.

And if the fourth engine
caught fire...

there'd be an a*t*matic fire
extinguisher to put the fire out.

And those babies
almost never explode.

Even though there is almost 100,000
gallons of fuel in the wings.

I felt the wheels
leave the ground, Hannibal.

I felt the wheels
leave the ground.

Calm down, B.A., so did I.

That's not at all unusual.

We're in the air.

Standard procedure, big guy.

The captain shoves
those throttles forward

and two million pounds
of ramjet thrust shudders--

Shut up, Murdock. Shut up.
I'm getting out of here now.

Sit down, B.A.

Let go of me!
I don't want to!

I told you to bring
his medication.

Hurry.

Easy, big guy, easy.

What's going on here?

- You gotta hold him.
- Hold still.

Easy, easy.

There you go.
Didn't hurt a bit. See?

I love it when B.A.
comes together. To sleep.

Hey, Hannibal!

Get this thing off me.

Kong, come here.
Don't bother the nice man.

First we find out
you afraid to fly.

Then we find out
you afraid of simians.

Monkeys.

Why didn't you just say
you were afraid to fly?

I ain't afraid to fly. I ain't
afraid of no monkeys, either.

This is Kong. He belongs
to the animal preserve.

Poachers sh*t his mother.

I think he looks
kind of, kind of cute.

Why don't you get to know him?

Get... Get
that thing away from me.

Well, that's the worst case
of jet lag I've ever seen.

Look, B.A.,
let me show you how it's done.

All you got to do is open up your
arms and say, "Come here, baby."

Now, see how easy that is?

Yeah, that's because you both
have the same lQ.

Face, that Amsterdam shipment
is exactly what you ordered.

I put the grenades in your room.

All right.

Now...

according to Kamarra, there've been three
hits here by the Cherangani hills.

The elephant herds
often stop for water...

here, at the Kendu Reservoir. They've
found three carcasses there.

Now the poachers
trail the herds...

and then att*ck
when they're by water...

'cause the animals
usually stop there.

Sometimes for a couple of days.

How are they finding the herds?

Kim always thought that they were doing
it by air. Otherwise, the poachers...

would have to track too long and they'd
risk getting caught by our patrols.

We'd do it by air, if it was Kong and me.
Right, boy?

They probably ship their stuff
out by air to avoid the customs.

Looks like a strong
organization which means...

the only way we can shut it down is
to strangle the entire pipeline.

Yeah, but just not the guys
doing the actual k*lling.

It's easy to go out and hire another bunch
of g*ons to go out and k*ll animals.

It's the shipping and sales
end of this operation...

we have to shut down.

Well, how are we gonna do that?

We start with this guy, Madrid,
and work our way backwards.

If they are
spotting them by air...

it's very likely that the guy in the plane
is giving the position of the animals...

to the sh**t on the ground.

That means they're on
a special wavelength.

Yeah. And there can't be too many places
where they can land and take off.

No. As a matter of fact,
there's only one.

Nice.

Hey.

What are you doing in there?

When's the last time you had the
airframe on this bird checked?

The airframe?
What's that got to do with it?

Working on my pilot's license.

I like to sit up there
and look at things.

You know your ashtrays are
full and your carpet's dirty?

- My ashtrays?
- Yeah, and look over here.

You see? Brake fluid
on that right tire.

Hey, look. I know all about that.
That's just fine.

What's that got to do with you crawling
around inside my cockpit, huh?

Well...

no sense
getting excited about that.

Why don't you just gas it up,
huh? So I can get out of here.

Well, it's your funeral.

Look, don't go sticking your nose
in other people's property...

where it don't belong.

Neatness counts, fellow.

Gas it up.

Okay, Madrid, the party's on.

I'm about two miles
above the Zambezi.

Following a herd of elephants,
maybe 12, 15.

It looks like
they've got good tusks.

From where they're going,
it's along the Nandu rift.

Probably heading
for the Undala watering hole.

Come on, let's go.

The Nandu is right here.

And the watering hole is two
miles north, right about there.

That's it.
Let's hit it.

Be careful, please. I...

It just reminds me of
when Kim went after them.

Don't worry, we'll be all right.

We'll b*at them there
by half an hour.

Keep an eye out
for the airplane.

Well, B.A. Baracus, what does
it feel like now you're here?

You taking it all in?

It's hard to imagine that...

centuries ago your tribesmen
settled right here.

On this ground
upon which we lay.

Look at the dirt. Go on, look at it.
Look at it, look at it.

The tips of their toes...

curled around each particle of dirt
right here in the palm of my hand.

The ashes from their campfires,
right here in the palm of my hand.

The drippings from their pots and pans,
right here in the palm of my hand.

The leftovers, after Sunday dinner,
right here in the palm of my hand.

B.A. Baracus,
this is your roots.

This is dirt, fool.

Which I'm gonna stuff in your
face if you don't shut up.

What's the matter with him?

Nostalgia.

There they are.

They're here.
Can you see them?

Yeah. I got them, Colonel.
About 12:00 high.

There's four of them.
They look pretty mean, too.

Right. You and Face cover us.
We're gonna take them.

Now, step back.

Who in the hell are you?

Volunteer game wardens.

The game warden that works this area
disappeared more than a week ago.

We're his replacements.

We figure the last game warden
was m*rder*d by some poachers.

You got any idea,

where we might find
some poachers?

The last guy disappeared 'cause
he just wouldn't listen.

But the guy before him retired
a nice rich man.

I'm not retiring
and I'm already rich.

And I'm already mean.

B.A., get their r*fles.

Terrific.

You take the one on the right.
I'll go left.

All right, hold it.

You guys are shut down,
you understand?

I want you to go
back to your boss...

...and tell him, that the new
game wardens punched your ticket.

Now, don't step...

...foot...

on this preserve again.

Or we'll skin you
and sell your hides.

Well, that was terrific,
Hannibal.

Now they're gonna
want to get even.

I hope so.

B.A., we'll stay back
about two miles...

and follow their signal.

Looks like he's following
the river bed, Hannibal.

I can hardly wait to find out
what happens next.

But there were four of them.

And four of you.

I pay you to bring back tusk
and animal skins.

Not stories about game wardens.

These guys had machine g*ns.
What were we supposed to do?

You know what this is?

Eh?

It's the Mamba.

The deadliest snake
in the whole world.

One bite has enough poison
to k*ll 30 men.

I have a lot of respect
for this animal.

But if we were to remove its
fangs, we lose that respect.

Always keep your fangs, Madrid.

You let these men push you back.

That's not good.

Now...

we have a shipment
to deliver tomorrow.

I want to deliver
what I promise.

These four men...

we talk with them.

My name's Hannibal Smith.
I heard you wanted to see me.

You are a man with a very
short lifespan, sir.

Well, I got nine lifespans.
Like a cat.

Now, we're only
down here to see you...

because we want to be sure...

that your, uh, boys over there
gave you the correct message.

They look so irresponsible.

You're not only shut down,
you've got a little debt. Face?

Right. Yeah,
let's see, that's, uh...

yeah, $472,000.19
for the slaughtered elephants.

Including tusks.

Yeah, you can consider it a contribution,
to the Kenyan Game Preserve.

And we want all the skins and tusks
you've got stored for shipment.

Hey, I wonder how your white suit
would look hanging up on a wall.

Or maybe in front of a
fireplace like a throw rug.

You'll never get away with this.

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

Wrong.

One...

we already got away with it.

And two, we know
who we're dealing with.

A bunch of slimeballs...

a bunch of out-of-work poachers.

That's a crummy looking
bookcase you got there.

So remember, we want
the money and the skins.

You better listen to him.

Move those animal hides out
as fast as you can.

The flight from the Gimali Airstrip
tomorrow morning is the earliest.

I want those four men dead.

I don't care how you do it,
I want it done.

It's not coming in too clear,
Hannibal.

Why'd you drop it in the glass?

I thought it was waterproof.

Scotch and water, maybe, but those
Mai Tais are death on transistors.

They've gotta get ready for that shipment
that goes out tomorrow afternoon.

I'm not quite sure
I follow you, Colonel.

Captain, you're gonna have
to get some air maps.

We're gonna need you up there.

He's always up there.

- That's true, but--
- But this time...

we need you to fly.

Colonel,
when the going gets tough...

the tough
get aeronautical. But...

can I take Kong with me?

No, but you can have Face.

That's not the same thing.

I know.

Now, Face,
I know this prop man in L.A.

We need some stuff,

but it's got to be on this
continent by tomorrow morning.

Oh, well, no problem.

We need some fake animal skins,
some plastic elephant tusks,

and it's gonna cost.

Well, why not?

We're already over $3,000
in debt on this job.

Not that that's any problem.

Anything I can do?

Well, yes.

Could you find us
a couple of nice elephants?

On short notice.

- What was that?
- That was nothing. Go back to sleep.

You got the next watch.

That was an awful big nothing.

Don't be such a scary cat.
What's you got to be afraid of?

Lions, tigers, panthers, poisonous
snakes, rhinos, elephants without shoes.

Are you crazy? That's nothing
to be afraid of.

Get your pants on
and keep me company.

- Me? But, the next watch don't start--
- Get them on and move it.

You ain't nothing
but 230 pounds of pure fear.

You shouldn't sneak up on me
like that.

I'm sorry.
I thought you heard me.

What are you doing
up this time of night?

Kim used to come
out here at night.

Listen to the sounds
of the world around him.

He used to say they were
peaceful and reassuring.

Personally, they scared me
when I first heard them.

Yeah, they scare Murdock, too.

You know, sometimes,
during the day...

when I'm busy
and things are happening...

it's real hard to comprehend
that my brother's gone.

But at night, when I'm just
laying there in the dark...

there's nothing to do but think.
Then it all becomes so real.

His face becomes so clear
and his voice just...

I understand, Kamarra.

Losing someone you love is hard.

There's nothing anyone could say
or do that'll make it any easier.

It's just gonna take time. That's the
only thing that's gonna make it easier.

Just time.

That ought to do just fine.

Get those crates unloaded.

Hey, what's so important, huh?

I get a call at 4:00 to get
down here on the double.

We're still moving
the same stuff, right?

Don't ask
so many questions, Steele.

Just make sure
you get this load through.

It'll get through.

Okay.

McKaydoo will have the truck
waiting for you when you land.

You sure everything's okay?

You just worry about
getting that plane up.

How's everything going
under there?

Yeah, I got that leak
down to a drip.

You wanna get rid of that drip, it's
gonna take you another 20 minutes.

You want it fixed right, put
in a new pipe, take two hours.

Two hours?

- I can't wait around here that long--
- Hey...

I don't know who it is
you're worried about.

But I'm not accepting responsibility
for that load till I'm in the air.

Horton.

You and Lloyd stay with him
until he gets off.

Then you meet us
back at Novarro's.

Abdul, let's go.

It's all taken care of.
I put it on your regular bill.

Sorry to ruin your day, pal.

My forward engine
just caught on fire.

I'm gonna put down
on the river road.

Face, he's gonna land
on the river road.

- Hey, what's going on here?
- Well...

just do what we say and
I think you'll figure it out.

Let's move.

Murdock, that was fantastic.

I think you just found
your true calling in life.

Thanks.

Colonel, I'll ride those
babies anytime you want me to.

But next time, you're gonna have to get
somebody else to change their oil.

Captain, that was nice,
really nice.

Okay, let's get those crates off the
plane and put our own crates on.

Now, Hannibal, we got a lot
of balls juggling here.

I just hope your, uh, plan
comes together.

Have a little faith, Lieutenant.

Bring him along.
He can carry crates, too.

B.A., let's get
this oil line fixed.

Isn't that nice?
You get to carry crates, too.

This is crazy, you know.

I got a truck waiting for me. How're
you gonna get away with this?

Watch. Life is full
of wonderful surprises.

When we land...

you just look out the window, smile and
let them unload the crates. You got that?

And to help remind you, I'll, uh, I'll
have this .357 stuck in your guts.

All right, keep the engines running
and tell them to unload the crates.

You're late. I had some
mechanical problems.

Look, uh, I got one more stop.

So get those crates
unloaded, right?

Very good.
I even believed you.

Got you.

You can take off now,
you're unloaded.

Okay. Thanks a lot.

See you around.

They gonna buy that?

Of course,
they're gonna buy that.

- Let's get out of here.
- We're moving.

I don't believe that.
You believe that?

You believe
those guys bought that?

Look, you can fool some of
the people all the time...

and all of the people
some of the time.

But that sucker back there, we
could have fooled every time.

Yeah, they don't make the bad
guys like they used to, do they?

Yeah, there they are.

They're going about, oh,
about 50 miles an hour.

Well, I can keep this baby at
about 70, minimum air speed.

Do a few 360s, uh, loop turns
and stay with them.

- Could you do it without the loops?
- Uh-uh.

Hey, hey. Take it easy
with them crates.

I got ivory tusks in there.

- That's everything off the truck.
- Well, it's about time.

I mean, I only got customers from all
over Europe yelling at me for these...

furs around here. Hey.

Get a wire off to Germany
and tell them we're...

gonna have them furs
out of here right away.

Freeze.
Freeze. Right.

- All right, over there.
- Over there.

What is this?

- You got a warrant?
- Uh-huh.

What's with you guys?

We take care of you. We're
not supposed to be raided.

We make our paydays.

- Payday?
- Payday? What's payday?

Yeah, wouldn't know about that.

- No.
- No.

No, the warrant here says illegal
animal hides and elephant tusks...

you see, so...

I'm terribly afraid if we
find any of those here...

we're going
to have to take you in.

Yes.

- Open those crates.
- Yes, open them.

Open them.

Do as he says.

Now, stand back.
Stand back.

There you go.

This is disgusting.

Yes.

I suppose you're unaware
of the fact...

that you're prohibited from taking
elephant tusks and selling them, right?

Of course.
You are a disease.

You are infection and I only wish a
court of law recognized the antidote.

We can, uh, we can
explain all this.

Gibbons, feel this.

Mmm.

- It's plastic.
- Exactly. Mmm.

Templeton, feel this.

- It's nylon?
- Nylon.

Oh-oh.

- We've made a terrible mistake.
- Terrible mistake. Terribly sorry.

Well, of course, it's, uh,
nylon. We'd never deal in...

in real animal hides.

Well, I don't quite know
what to say.

- We've been rude.
- Yes, very rude.

- Terribly rude.
- Yes.

- Was this your idea?
- No, it must have come from the front office.

- The front office.
- Yes, yes, you're obviously legitimate.

There's no law against selling
plastic and nylon, is there?

- Plastic and nylon are all right.
- No.

Animal hides
and elephant tusks--

Are what we're looking for.

- Yes. So, carry on.
- Terribly sorry.

Carry on.

- Plastic and nylon are all right.
- So sorry.

What did he mean by payday?

Don't know.

Novarro's pulling a scam on me.

Sending me fakes!

Well, he's a dead man.
Get the jeep.

You're a dead man,
Mr. Novarro.

You were right.
McKaydoo took the bait.

- He's headed for Novarro's place.
- Beautiful.

McKaydoo'll go after Novarro.
With a little bit of luck...

shut down his end
of the operation.

Well, I sure hope so.

I'll meet you back here.

The only loose end is Madrid.

- Madrid?
- Better check it out.

Please stay here.

Shell casings.

Now, let's get out of here. I'm
gonna shut that monkey up.

No. Kong, run.

Kamarra.

Where is everybody?
I mean, I thought that--

What's the matter?
Where is everybody?

They got Kamarra.

Base to Rover Two. Base to Rover Two.
Do you read?

B.A., are you out there?

Yeah, Faceman, I read you.

- Where are you guys?
- We were tracking Madrid's jeep.

We're about two miles south of Novarro's
place. They stopped up ahead.

- So Hannibal went to check it out.
- All right, we're on our way.

Okay. Hurry up, man.

They're in a warehouse.

It's probably where Novarro holds his
stuff before he ships it to McKaydoo.

Face just called. Him and
Murdock is on the way.

Good. We'll hit them
as soon as they get here.

I swear to you, McKaydoo.
This is a mistake.

If I get so much as
one little complaint...

from all the orders I shipped out of
here last week, and I'll get you.

I swear to you, all those
goods were 100 percent.

This is where I store it all. I'm empty
because I shipped them out to you.

It was just that last order
that was intercepted.

And as I was telling you--

It scares me, Novarro.
It scares the hoot out of me.

That you let this little girl
give you this much trouble.

You watch her.

Horton, out there.
Seeger, come with me.

Kong.

Kamarra, you gotta call your boss
and tell him to bring a truck.

Tell him we've got a bunch of
renegade baboons to bring in.

There's an old
tribal expression.

When souls have touched,
friends are never apart.

I'll never forget what
you guys did here today.

Well, that's nothing.

But unfortunately there will
always be bad people...

who will try to destroy the wildlife
of your country for profit.

At least we got Novarro,
McKaydoo, and Madrid.

It's a start.

Uh, yeah, speaking of starts,
it's time we got started.

The plane leaves
in less than an hour.

- Right. Goodbye.
- Bye-bye.

I'm not real good
at saying goodbye.

Well, neither am I,
but it don't matter.

My boat ain't leaving
till three days.

So we got lots of time
to say goodbye.

I want to give you this.

- Is this all I get?
- Well...