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The episode begins by establishing the backstory of (played by Brad Johnson). A 15-year military veteran, Shepherd is forced to resign from the US Army after disobeying a direct order during a peacekeeping mission in the former Yugoslavia. His motivation—returning for an injured soldier—cements his personal code: " Everybody comes home ".

Soon after his forced retirement, Shepherd is approached by his former colonel and asked to lead a capable of executing tasks that the US government cannot officially acknowledge. The core of the pilot follows Shepherd as he recruits old friends and trusted allies for their first official job: a high-stakes mission to rescue four US airmen captured by the Iraqi military near the Turkey/Iraq border. Character Dynamics and Realism GenesisSoldier of Fortune, Inc. : Season 1 Epis...

(Mark Sheppard) and Ricardo "Rick" Martinez (Réal Andrews): Key technical and tactical specialists who round out the original Season 1 cast. The episode begins by establishing the backstory of

“It's a smarter and grittier A-Team. Villains do die and some members of the team actually are believable as former SpecOps operatives.” IMDb Soon after his forced retirement, Shepherd is approached