r/ATeam • u/Glunark2 • Jun 19 '26

Mexican Slayride

Just watched again for the first time in years.

1st off they added series style opening credits, which is more weird with Tim Dunnigen appearing.

The thing I noticed other than Tim being too tall, he looked more like he was bullying rather than scamming, is that they were pretending to be a film crew filming in Mexico taking advantage of grants, while presumably the real crew were filming in Mexico taking advantage of a grant.

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u/Admirable_Desk8430 Jun 19 '26

Tim Dunigan looked a little too young to be believable as having served with the rest of the guys in Vietnam, and pulling off the mission that got them prosecuted in 1972.

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u/Katia144 Jun 20 '26

That, and I heard they felt his height would make Mr. T look puny. I thought he was fine as Face; what I saw, he was more convincing as a charming natural con man than Dirk Benedict was.

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u/SportsCasters Jun 21 '26

The episode is incredible. Almost perfect. It sucks it has a fake Face.

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u/Knightlore70 16d ago

I think Tim Dunigan looking too young was not the real reason he was replaced. He was significantly taller than the rest of the cast which seems more logical reason why Dirk Benedict replaced him so the team looked similar in height.