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One thing about Dirk Benedict I don't get


I don't get why in the season 4 finale Sound Of Thunder, we see real black and white Vietnam War footage with shots of Peppard, Mr.T and Dwight Shultz spliced in but no Benedict?

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Why do you think Faceman had to be shown? The goal was to show the A-Team in Vietnam, which was accomplished (even if the footage wasn't even close to being accurate).

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Why do you think Faceman had to be shown?


Because each of them had their little moment when they were SHOWN thinking back about it, including Dirk Benedict.

The goal was to show the A-Team in Vietnam, which was accomplished


Well it wasn't because Face wasn't shown. We see Hannibal, B.A and Murdock out in the field but no Face. Makes him look like someone who saw no action.

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Well it wasn't because Face wasn't shown. We see Hannibal, B.A and Murdock out in the field but no Face. Makes him look like someone who saw no action.


Faceman didn't need to be shown. Throughout the entire series, the A-Team members stated they were in Vietnam. The clip placed the A-Team in Vietnam, which was the point. Whether they were all shown or not is irrelevant, because we already know their history.

Murdock was not part of the A-Team.

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Throughout the entire series, the A Team members stated they were in Vietnam. The clip placed the A -Team in Vietnam, which was the point. Whether they were shown or not is irrelevant, because we already know their history


What a cop out. If we already know their history there was no reason to show any of them. Might as well have just showed each of them thinking back in their rooms with the Vietnam war clips and Eve Of Destruction playing without the trouble of filming any of them in uniform to splice into the footage. Just like they did in season 1's Nice Place To Visit.

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That's not a "cop out" at all. For some reason you're fixated on every member's appearance during a clip as if that's somehow relevant. As I've already established, your point lacks merit.

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They were supposed to be flashing back. It's relevant. Get three of them to dress up for a few seconds footage to splice in but no Face?

It was dumb.

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Face's hair was too long to hide under the helmet so we all would have known his hair wasn't regulation and it wasn't a real flashback. Lol

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Ha, funny.

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Face was banging an underage viet ho

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