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In 2010, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These women promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team. Also, they're all ladies.

Michelle Forbes as Jo "Boadicea" Smith. The thing about George Peppard is he really played Hannibal as one of the boys, even if he wasn't as cocky or full of himself as Face and B.A. (and no one's as crazy as Murdock). So I wanted someone who wouldn't just be the straight man to the kooks, but could have a lot of swagger and relish. For a while, I was thinking Tabreth Bethell (she could sell you on "I love it when a plan comes together," and make it sound like she was interested in that plan sexually), but she's a bit young to be believable as a veteran military commando. Lucy Lawless would be great, but seems a bit overexposed. So Michelle Forbes: we know from True Blood she can do camp, and we know from everything else she can do badass, so why not?

Jaime Murray as Teresa "Face" Peck. As great as Dirk Benedict was, he had one weakness: This being the 80s, men were invulnerable to his charms. This won't be a problem for Jaime Murray, who is so hot she's her own sexual orientation. So for some of you, this will be the Jaime Murray Dresses Up In A Dapper Suit And Seduces People Show. That's cool.

Michelle Rodriguez as B.A. Bonilla. For a second there, I was thinking Gina Torres, but she really doesn't have the right energy to pick up Mr. T's mohawk. Too reserved, too graceful. For B.A., you need to have someone who can really chew the scenery. And don't think that just because of the racelift, B.A. will go around calling people "puta." She'll call people bitch. Obviously.

Paget Brewster as Howlin' Mad Murdock. (Man, star on one long-running police procedural and it becomes IMPOSSIBLE to Google search a whacky photo of you) Okay, for a while, I was thinking Amy Poehler, but then I decided that since Murdock is always joining in on the machine gun fights (one of the few things the 2010 movie got wrong), you need someone with some action chops. And Brewster has actually done a ton of comedy. So there you are.