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[The A-Team] Was Murdock driven crazy or further crazy in Vietnam?
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It's not explicitly stated, but it is implied that Murdock isn't really full-throttle nuts, he's just an eccentric who managed to bullshit his way into (and then in later seasons out of) an asylum in lieu of a military prison. A person who was really as nuts as H.M. pretended to be would be completely useless in any kind of high-pressure situation, and be a liability to the team instead of an asset. Murdoch, meanwhile, was consistently able to perform on demand as both a pilot and a con artist regardless of whatever quirky behavior he was engaging in during any particular episode. He may say 'je suis Napoleon", but somehow "Napoleon" still knows his way around the controls of about every craft that can or would fly in American airspace.