"The A-Team" The Maltese Cow (TV Episode 1984) Poster

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The Maltese Cow
Prismark1030 November 2020
The kind of episode where every actor in LA of Far East heritage would be confident of getting a role.

The Golden Pagoda is a Chinese restaurant that is getting harassed by a Tong for not paying protection money.

It is just that The A Team are part owners of the restaurant. They take on the Tong but they also discover that there is plan to bring an exiled gangster back to the USA.

There is also a cow like statue that contains something important. It gives Murdock a chance to do Philip Marlowe impressions.

There is a climax where The A Team use fireworks to bring down the Chinese gang. Very dangerous as it was done indoors. All you can see are the legs of the body doubles running about.

There is a good cast in this one. James Hong plays the Tong gangster. Al Leong is more famous as the baddie with a candy craving in Die Hard. Wrestler Professor Toru Tanaka goes one on one with Mr T.
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A-Team vs. Tong
aramis-112-8048803 March 2023
Did you ever see " The In-Laws" with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin? James Hong had a great part in that (as did everyone). I prefer not to see Mr. Hong as a villain. He is one here, leader of a rogue Tong out for protection money. And the A-Team needs to take him down.

Hong's Tong is terrorizing and extorting the neighborhood. Keye Luke plays one of his victims.

It's refreshing to remember the good old days, when villains and good guys alike could be any color or cultural background. Sure, most bad guys in those contemporary shows were either white yuppie types in ties or the imaginary hoards of neo-Nazis under every bed who are still popular. But I learned long ago, and still fervently believe, racism is being bad or good to someone on account of the color of their skins. I believed it when I was a Democrat and now I've left them behind for abandoning my ideal of a color-blind society. And that means both good and bad guys.

The A-Team: for all the firepower, explosions, car wrecks &c. That pervade the show they do their best not to kill anyone. Not all the episodes are worth watching but this is one I caught that I won't toss back.

And watch "The In-Laws." It's great.
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10/10
The plot thickens
bevo-1367830 March 2020
Wow this episode has it all. Many seemingly non related stories that all come together at the end
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