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Mind Games

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26th Nov 1985
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Episode Summary

The Pentagon publicly announces a full pardon for Lieutenant Templeton Peck, on the false grounds he would only have been a passenger, but Face cannot resist his chance to try his charms on a world ripe for the picking; despite positive legal advice, Hannibal is convinced it must be a trap, while Murdock is eager to try his hands as the new -inferior- scam-artist 'Hunkman'. A certain Mrs. E.G. is waiting for him to sell his biography while the publicity is hot, but her firm -or is it the Firm, i.e. the CIA?- seems connected to the goons who try to kidnap the others. When they meet, some Vietnamese attack all four of them in a helicopter... - IMDB


Credited Cast & Crew
George Peppard......................John "Hannibal" Smith
Dwight Schultz..........Captain H.M "Howling Mad" Murdock
Dirk Benedict.....Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck (2)
Mr. T........................Sergeant Bosco "B.A" Baracus
Jack Ging.................General Harlan "Bull" Fulbright
David Hedison..................................David Vaun
Shelagh McLeod................................E.G. Fowler
James Hong...........................................Chow
Barney McFadden......................................Pell
Larry Anderson.........................................??
Ping Wu................................................??
Jan Merlin.............................................??
Larry Carroll..........................................??
Johnny Mountain.................................Anchorman
Hal Rayle........................Chuck-a-Luck The Chicken
Adele K. West........................................Girl
Wendy Sherwood...............................Receptionist
Cal Pritner........................................Miller
Rodney Saulsberry.....................Ambulance Attendant
Rod Stryker.....................................Sgt. Case
Inez Pedroza.................................TV Newswoman
Ed Quinlan............................................Man
Dennis Kelly..................................Mason Sever
Scott Ellsworth................................Newsman #2
Hettie Lynne Hurtes............................Newsman #1

Writer (creator)..........Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo
Writer (Story).........................Stephen J. Cannell
Director................................Michael O'Herlihy
Producer......................................John Ashley
Executive Producer.....................Stephen J. Cannell
Co-Executive Producer..........................Frank Lupo
Associate Producer............Steve Beers & Rob S. Bowman
Supervising Producer......................Jo Swerling, Jr
Director Of Photography..................Frank E. Johnson
Art Director................................Carlos Berben
Set Decorator..............................Robinson Royce
Film Editor............................Albert J.J. Z��iga
Unit Production Manager......................Steve Sassen
Executive In Charge of Production.......Matthew N. Herman
Executive In Charge of Post-production........Gary Winter
1st Assistant Director...........................Jon Par�
2nd Assistant Director.......................David Newman
Casting...........................Victoria Burrows, C.S.A
2nd Unit Director.........................Craig R. Baxley
Camera Operator................................Henry Lebo
Gaffer.......................................Don Marshall
Key Grip...............................Verlin J. Matthews
Sound Mixer..........................."Fast" Eddie Mahler
Sound Effects Co-Ordinator...................Dick Wahrman
Stunt Co-Ordinator........................Craig R. Baxley
Script Supervisor..........................Cosmo Genovese
Property Master.............................Bill Petrotta
Special Effects...............................Al Di Sarro
Narrator......................................John Ashley
Original Music (Written By).....................Mike Post
Original Music (Written By)................Pete Carpenter
Original Music (Conducted By)................Daniel Caine
Music Supervisor............................John Caper Jr
A-Team Van Furnished By........................GMC Trucks
A-Team Van Designed By......................George Barris
Titles & Opticals....................Howard A.Anderson Co
Colour By.............................................CFI
Re-Recorded By...........................Glen Glenn Sound
Re-Recorded By............................Jim Cook, C.A.S
Re-Recorded By....................Robert L. Harman, C.A.S
Re-Recorded By.........................Dean Okrand, C.A.S
Costume Supervisor...........................Sheila Mason
Men's Wardrobe...................................Jan Kemp
Women's Wardrobe...........................Joy M. Tierney
Make-Up..........................................Ve Neill
Hairstylist..................................Elaina Cizek
Production Co-Ordinator.................Priscilla Taussig
Location Manager.............................Gary DeGalla
Transportation Co-Ordinator..................Steve Imbler
Assistant To The Producers...................Grace Curcio

Episode Quotes

Face: Look, Murdock, I want you to, I want you to stop being me.
Murdock: No way, Jos�. Not on your monogrammed tie.
Face: Well, how would you like it if I, uh, if I took your personality? How would you like it if I became you, if I become Howling Mad Murdock?
Murdock: You couldn't.
Face: I couldn't?
Murdock: I'm too complex. Too layered. Too fruitcake. Too whisky. Too rye.

Murdock: Hannibal, I, I was with this bilingual, primo foxette, and we were making ten with the bullet, and I had to drop everything, pile into the 'vette, and race across town. I mean, couldn't it wait?
B.A.: Oh Brother.
Murdock: Brothers are your bag. Not me. I'm into sisters. And their mothers, if they're under forty.
B.A.: Why don't ya cut it out fool, I had enough of this.
Murdock: My name is not fool. I am the hunkman. You got it boys and girls? The hunker. Look at that 'vette over there. Boy, it fits me like a, a pair of argyle socks. I mean I love it. This is what life is supposed to be about.
B.A.: It's coming apart, Hannibal.
Hannibal: Yeah, I'm afraid so.

Face: Templeton is the name.
E.G.: Actually, your name originally was Alvin Brenner. Then you had it legally changed to Al Brennan and then to Al Peck, then to Holmes Morrison, then to Morrison Holmes, and then to Templeton Peck.

Hannibal: Murdock, better give me the number, I'll make the call.
Murdock: Hannibal, please. I can do this, I really can. Now you, you'd let Faceman do it. Why not Hunkman?
B.A.: Because you'd mess it up.
Murdock: I can do, I can do voices, just like Faceman. I can do, I can do Sylvester the Cat. (Imitating Sylvester) Listen here, sweetheart, this pussy cat knows where his fur is parted. (normal voice) I can do, I can do Bullwinkle. (Imitating Bullwinkle) Oooh look, I'm knee deep in pretzels, puffy. (normal voice) I can do, I can do Henry Kissinger. (Imitating Kissinger) Hello. This is Henry, uh, Kissinger.
Hannibal: That might work. Try it.


Trivia/Episode Notes

It was revealed that Face's real name is not Templeton Peck. The complete list of his assumed names is, in chronological order: Richard Bancroft (birth name), Alvin Brennar, Al Brennan, Al Peck, Holmes Morrison, Morrison Holmes, and finally Tempelton Peck.

Jack Ging makes his shows third appearance, now appearing with his regular role as "General Harlan "Bull" Fulbright". He first guest starred as "Captain Stark" in the first season episode "A Small and Deadly War", making a second appearance as Border Patrol Lt. Taggart in "Bad Time on the Border" (S02E04).


Episode Disguises & Aliases
Hannibal: Hugh Howland of Hugh Howland Industries
Murdock: The Hunker/Hunkman (Face imitation)


Episode Errors

When the Team are talking to Face in the studio about the manuscript, Hannibal has a cigar. He sticks it in his mouth and we see his back as he walks over to Face, then when they show him from the front again, the cigar has vanished.


Episode References & Connections
The Sylvester & Tweety Show (1976)
- Murdock impersonates Sylvester
The Bullwinkle Show (1961)
- Murdock impersonates Bullwinkle
Henry Kissinger (Actor, 1923)
- Murdock impersonates Henry Kissinger


BBFC Consumer Advice Information
 Classified As: PG - Parental Guidance 
 Date Classified: 5th July 2006 
 Company: Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd 
 BBFC Reference: AVV225359 
 Main Spoken Language: English 
 BBFC Genre(s): Action 
 Run Time: 46m 16s 
 Cuts Made: Work was passed, with no cuts 

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LANGUAGE  Not Available
SEX/NUDITY  Some mild references
VIOLENCE  Some mild action
OTHER  Action, adventure

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