 Most episodes begin with the prospective clients coming to meet the A-Team, only to be introduced to one of Hannibal's comic aliases.Hannibal uses his various disguises to screen all the A-Team's potential clients to assure they are not fronts for the military—sometimes playing more than one at a time.Clients often make reference to a "Mr. Lee", the owner of a Chinese laundromat who tells them where to meet the team.