Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin.The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
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Two halves of a microfilm add up to one dangerous list for the agents it will incriminate. But Barney plans to use a trained dog to retrieve it.
The episode was rated 8.22 from 23 votes.
As Barney attempts to break into a safe that contains an incriminating file, Paris convinces a mob figure that he can read the mind of his double-crossing boss.
The episode was rated 8.41 from 27 votes.
An art lover is made to believe he can own a priceless work of art, but it is really a plot to retrieve a valuable formula from his impenetrable safe.
The episode was rated 8.67 from 27 votes.
Paris masquerades as Zastro, a magician who has come to entertain during an arranged wedding between the king's sister and a ruthless usurper.
The episode was rated 8.68 from 34 votes.
Jim and his team rescue a prisoner and place him in a spot his captors will never think to look - a conspicuous location right under their noses.
The episode was rated 8.70 from 30 votes.
An unknown assassin must be stopped, so Barney infiltrates the foreign agency that employs him while Jim poses as a drug addict with information to sell.
The episode was rated 8.73 from 22 votes.
With the king's sister rescued during the wedding, the team must now turn its attention to the true heir, who's locked up in prison.
The episode was rated 8.91 from 32 votes.
Jim poses as an amnesia victim in order to retrieve a stolen isotope, one that could make nuclear weapons affordable to any country.
The episode was rated 8.94 from 36 votes.
Jim and a female agent pose as scientists who have invented a new drug in order to replace a real drug that turns people into willing slaves.
The episode was rated 9.03 from 39 votes.
A murderous dictator's belief in ghosts is used against him when Barney fashions a clever system that projects spirits of his dead victims before his eyes.
The episode was rated 9.03 from 29 votes.
Just as Jim and the others unwittingly become caught up in a royal power struggle, a bomb goes off, seriously injuring Paris and revealing his disquise.
The episode was rated 9.04 from 27 votes.
A Middle Eastern king needs to be restored to the throne. So a medical operation is replicated where he will seemingly donate his kidney to his murderous brother.
The episode was rated 9.09 from 32 votes.
As Barney taints the water system with a mind-numbing drug, Jim is captured and put on trial, where he must discredit an enemy scientist.
The episode was rated 9.18 from 34 votes.
Upon his release, a prisoner plans to fund neo-Nazis with stolen money. So a submarine voyage is simulated in order to transport him to his contact.
The episode was rated 9.24 from 33 votes.
Barney kills a man in self-defense and is marked for execution by the victim's brother, a chief of police who heads a death squad.
The episode was rated 9.31 from 26 votes.
