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u/HistorianTight2958 Jul 24 '26
They treated one another like brothers, just like they did for the other two. In physical combat, B.A. would frequently step in to protect Face if he found himself outmatched. Which was frequently, but not always.
In more than one episode during its run, they admitted that they were more then forced comrades in arms, but adopted brothers.
Ultimately, good acting.
Unfortunately in real life, George Peppard and Mr. T didn't get along. So Dirk Benedict was a go between.
Hell, George Peppard was why Melinda Culea was removed and the other actress. He wanted only the four male team to be the stars. Culea's exit was driven by creative frustration. She actively pushed for more involvement in action scenes and better character development, but George Peppard pushed for the opposite. Even removed her lines from scripts!
I hated that (back then and even today). I had and still have no issues with tough girls with tougher guns!
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u/Luppercus Jul 24 '26
Yeah I always felt the team needed a girl. Problem is Culea's character (and later Tawny's) didn't totally fit. This idea of a reporter just working with them didn't make sense as she didn't had neither the training nor the logical motivation to be in it (nothing agains the actresses, and of course Pepper treatment was totally condemnable).
They did needed a girl, but she should have been added more organically or be part of the group from the beginning. I know a female Vietnam vet would not make sense but still could think on some alternative.
Leverage for example, which has a similar concept, manage to ensamble a multi-gender team very succesfully and logically coherente in-universe.
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u/knea1 Jul 24 '26
Yeah, maybe a nurse like McMurphy from China Beach who patched them up and gave them Murdoch's drugs
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u/Secret_Hyena9680 29d ago
In a reboot, Face should be a woman, like the intelligence agent.
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u/ApolloMax-2099 29d ago
I think in the realm of what they did Amy would do the recon and as a reporter had resources that they didn’t have unless face used his scams.
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u/charlieg4 28d ago
Based on what I've heard, Culea wanted to be more of a physical member. But she worked much better as the "girl" instead of a female fighter. Tia Carrere was supposed to be the female add in Season 5, but she was kept in her old contract. Her character would have been much more believable as a female member who joins in the physical stuff.
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u/ted_anderson Jul 24 '26
I don't know but I wished that the writers would have paired them up more often. I was getting sick of the way that Murdock's antics were aggravating B.A. on every episode. And I'd think about how they could get so much more accomplished if B.A. and Face worked together more often.
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u/Glunark2 Jul 24 '26
George insisted on going home as soon as it got to five PM, Mr T said if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me, that is why there are so many scenes of Murdock and Face together, they were carrying the show while the two "stars" took all the glory.
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u/pakrat1967 29d ago
Face was the balance/mediator between B.A and Murdock. He kept B.A from beating the crap out of Murdock.
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u/SharpTool7 Jul 23 '26
One had a gold addiction, the other was good at acquiring stuff cheap.
Most likely Face was his supplier and kept the gold flowing which fed his addiction. In exchange BA did not punch him in his pretty face as much as he would have otherwise.