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Mission: Impossible
1988–1990 2 seasons 35 episodes 60 min TMDB 7.6
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. The show is a revival of the 1966 TV series of the same name. The only actor to return for the series as a regular cast member was Peter Graves who played Jim Phelps, although two other cast members from the original series returned as guest stars. The only other regular cast member to return for every episode was the voice of "The Tape", Bob Johnson.
Air timeline
1988–1990Complete2 seasons · 35 episodes
Seasons
Season 21989–199016 episodesTMDB 6.4
- 1The Golden Serpent (1)1989-09-21 · 48 min
S02E01 · Season 2
The Golden Serpent (1)
The IMF must take down Selimun, who works for the Golden Serpent triad running drugs. Complicating matters, Grant's father Barney has already infiltrated Selimun's operation, but is captured and the team must weigh whether to help him or complete the mission.
- 2The Golden Serpent (2)1989-09-28 · 48 min
S02E02 · Season 2
The Golden Serpent (2)
The team turn Selimun against his Golden Serpent masters, but when they kill him they must deal with the head of the organization to recover the hidden gold and destroy the Serpent once and for all.
- 3The Princess1989-10-05 · 47 min
S02E03 · Season 2
The Princess
A militant group hires an assassin, Coyote, to take out the princess of a country who she is turning toward Western ways. The IMF must go undercover to infiltrate the group, find out the identity of the assassin, and take him out before he can complete his assignment.
- 4Command Performance1989-10-12 · 48 min
S02E04 · Season 2
Command Performance
The IMF team must rescue an imprisoned holy man and recover a holy relic which holds evidence of the Defense Minister's atrocities.
- 5Countdown1989-10-26 · 48 min
S02E05 · Season 2
Countdown
To prevent the detonation of a nuclear bomb by a fanatic unaware that she is being mislead by a general seeking to take over his country, Grant must get close to the woman and find the location of the bomb.
- 6War Games1989-11-02 · 48 min
S02E06 · Season 2
War Games
The IMF must stop the general of a European country from using a series of war games as a cover to invade a neighboring country.
- 7Target Earth1989-11-09 · 48 min
S02E07 · Season 2
Target Earth
When an IMF operative at a commercial orbital launch site goes missing, Shannon takes her place, only to find herself trapped on a space shuttle in orbit when terrorists take it over to launch a global blackmail scheme.
- 8The Fuehrer's Children1989-11-16 · 48 min
S02E08 · Season 2
The Fuehrer's Children
The head of a neo-Nazi organization plans to ally similar groups with an elaborate computer scheme, and has a ""master plan"" which guarantees him success.
- 9Banshee1989-11-30 · 48 min
S02E09 · Season 2
Banshee
An Irish arms dealer plays both sides of the country's conflict against each other, and the IMF must trick them into uniting to defeat him.
- 10For Art's Sake1989-12-14 · 47 min
S02E10 · Season 2
For Art's Sake
A valuable painting and a foreign country's national treasure is stolen by a master thief during its exhibition in the U.S., and the team must recover it before the situatioin turns hostile.
- 11Deadly Harvest1990-01-06 · 48 min
S02E11 · Season 2
Deadly Harvest
Terrorist Jouseff K., a native of the country of Orambach, plans to release a deadly virus over the wheat fields of the U.S. The team must stop the production of the virus in Orambach and destroy the terrorist cell.
- 12Cargo Cult1990-01-13 · 48 min
S02E12 · Season 2
Cargo Cult
The IMF take on a criminal organization that is using the image of a vulcano-god and his prophet to scare a primitive tribe into mining gold for them.
- 13The Assassin1990-01-20 · 48 min
S02E13 · Season 2
The Assassin
The team must discover the cause of a series of bizarre assassinations caused by seemingly innocent people, but Nicholas is targeted as the next killer.
- 14The Gunslinger1990-02-03 · 48 min
S02E14 · Season 2
The Gunslinger
An arms dealer who runs a mock-Western town in Nevada is the team's next target.
- 15Church Bells in Bogota1990-02-10 · 48 min
S02E15 · Season 2
Church Bells in Bogota
The IMF team is sent to Bogota in order to destroy a vicious druglord's operation. All attempts to even meet the druglord is met with failure - Nicholas as an arms dealer, Max as a drill sergeant for the troups. Finally, Shannon is set up as a singer, but her plane to Bogota crashes, and she loses her memory. She is brought to the druglord, and his nephew sees this as an opportunity to woo her, and eventually he proposes to her. She says yes. On the wedding day, the team makes their move. Jim poses as a doctor, restores her memory, and under cover of Nicholas'impression of a priest, they manage to sneak her out while destroying the operation.
- 16The Sands of Seth1990-02-24 · 48 min
S02E16 · Season 2
The Sands of Seth
When several progressive Egyptian leaders are killed, the IMF team is sent to stop the head of the department for ancient studies at the Cairo museum. It turns out that he has revived the cult of Seth, with sacrificial ceremonies. His henchman has been impersonating a mummy to kill anyone who might talk. Jim, Shannon and Max pose as part of a dig, claiming they have found important relics from the original worship of Seth, while Nicholas and Grant try to break the trust between the leader and his followers. But Grant is caught and is scheduled to be the next sacrifice...
Season 11988–198919 episodesTMDB 6.6
- 1The Killer1988-10-23 · 48 min
S01E01 · Season 1
The Killer
When an IMF team leader is assassinated, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement and assembles a new team to bring the killer to justice.
- 2The System1988-10-30 · 47 min
S01E02 · Season 1
The System
The team must force a mobster to turn evidence against his partner and mentor.
- 3Holograms1988-11-06 · 47 min
S01E03 · Season 1
Holograms
The IMF must lure a canny drug lord on to U.S. territory so he can be arrested for his crimes.
- 4The Condemned1988-11-20 · 48 min
S01E04 · Season 1
The Condemned
The team must free a falsely-condemned prisoner - former IMF techno-genius Barney Collier.
- 5The Legacy1988-11-26 · 47 min
S01E05 · Season 1
The Legacy
When the sons of four Nazis come together to recover a fortune in gold and create the Fourth Reich, the team must infiltrate the group and locate the gold.
- 6The Wall1988-12-11 · 48 min
S01E06 · Season 1
The Wall
A East German doctor makes money by tricking political refugees into paying to use his escape route, and kidnaps a diplomat's daughter to prevent the reunification which would make his services obsolete. The IMF must rescue the girl, who is trapped on a life support machine with time running out.
- 7The Cattle King1988-12-18 · 47 min
S01E07 · Season 1
The Cattle King
The IMF teams up with Australian aborigines to bring down a superstitious cattle king and arms dealer.
- 8The Pawn1989-01-15 · 48 min
S01E08 · Season 1
The Pawn
When a Russian scientist and chess player decides to defect, Nicholas must take his place under the watchful eyes of the KGB while the rest of the team gets the scientist and his daughter out of the country.
- 9The Haunting1989-01-28 · 48 min
S01E09 · Season 1
The Haunting
When a rich young sociopath kills a Middle Eastern princess and her father threatens war, the IMF must bring him to justice.
- 10The Lions1989-02-04 · 49 min
S01E10 · Season 1
The Lions
A king's son returns to his Asian country to take the test that will confirm him as the king, but his uncle, a rabid anti-American, has rigged it so that he can fail, so the IMF must rig it back.
- 11The Greek1989-02-11 · 49 min
S01E11 · Season 1
The Greek
Jim and Grant must get close to a Greek billionnaire who runs a black market drug ring, and turn his partners against him.
- 12The Fortune1989-02-18 · 49 min
S01E12 · Season 1
The Fortune
A team member is killed on solo assignment against the wife of a mentally-weak exiled dictator, and the others resolve to bring them both to justice.
- 13The Fixer1989-02-25 · 48 min
S01E13 · Season 1
The Fixer
A Washington journalist uses his connections to gain information to blackmail politicians, posing a threat to the U.S.
- 14Spy1989-03-18 · 48 min
S01E14 · Season 1
Spy
An ex-MI6 agent sells lethal chemical weapons and the IMF must team up with a Russian spy whose people also want to eliminate the threat.
- 15The Devils1989-03-25 · 49 min
S01E15 · Season 1
The Devils
A rash of insanity among diplomats requires Jim to go undercover as...the Devil, to get the goods on a British lord in charge of a Satanic cult.
- 16The Plague1989-04-08 · 49 min
S01E16 · Season 1
The Plague
An industrial spy prepares to sell a vial of bacteria, unaware of how virulent it is if accidentally released.
- 17Reprisal1989-04-15 · 49 min
S01E17 · Season 1
Reprisal
A deranged ex-IMFer targets retired IMF agents, killing them and framing Jim Phelps for the crimes. The IMF gives Jim only a little time to prove his innocence before they must turn him over to the authorities.
- 18Submarine1989-04-29 · 48 min
S01E18 · Season 1
Submarine
A retired admiral prepares to sell a computer virus that can sink any naval vessel, but the plan goes awry when he destroys the computer ""cure"" before the IMF can get it. Now they must force the admiral to reveal the ""cure.""
- 19Bayou1989-05-06 · 49 min
S01E19 · Season 1
Bayou
The IMF must use voodoo rituals to break up a white slavery ring run by a sadistic Louisiana bar owner and millionnaire.
Cast
Peter GravesJim Phelps
Thaao PenghlisNicholas Black
Antony HamiltonMax Harte
Phil MorrisGrant Collier
Jane BadlerShannon Reed
Bob JohnsonVoice on Disc
Terry MarkwellCasey Randall
Greg MorrisBarney Collier
Gerard KennedyColonel Gregory Ascher
Rowena WallaceMajor Natalia Zorbuskaya
James SloyanFrank Marley
Shane BriantAlfred Kubler
Steven JacobsStanton
Nicholas HammondWoodward
Alex CordDaniel Travers
John de LancieDrake
Danielle SpencerDiane Martin
John OrcsikPrince Arkadi
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