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Mission: Impossible — Season 1

198819 episodes6.6/10 (42 votes)

About this season

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.

Episodes (19)

The Killer
E1

1. The Killer

6.7

Aired 23 October 1988 • 50 min

When an IMF team leader is assassinated, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement and assembles a new team to bring the killer to justice.

The System
E2

2. The System

6.7

Aired 30 October 1988 • 50 min

The team must force a mobster to turn evidence against his partner and mentor.

Holograms
E3

3. Holograms

6.7

Aired 6 November 1988 • 50 min

The IMF must lure a canny drug lord on to U.S. territory so he can be arrested for his crimes.

The Condemned
E4

4. The Condemned

7.0

Aired 20 November 1988 • 50 min

The team must free a falsely-condemned prisoner - former IMF techno-genius Barney Collier.

The Legacy
E5

5. The Legacy

6.0

Aired 26 November 1988 • 50 min

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.

The Wall
E6

6. The Wall

6.5

Aired 11 December 1988 • 50 min

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.

The Cattle King
E7

7. The Cattle King

6.5

Aired 18 December 1988 • 50 min

The IMF teams up with Australian aborigines to bring down a superstitious cattle king and arms dealer.

The Pawn
E8

8. The Pawn

6.5

Aired 15 January 1989 • 50 min

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.

The Haunting
E9

9. The Haunting

6.5

Aired 28 January 1989 • 50 min

When a rich young sociopath kills a Middle Eastern princess and her father threatens war, the IMF must bring him to justice.

The Lions
E10

10. The Lions

6.5

Aired 4 February 1989 • 50 min

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.

The Greek
E11

11. The Greek

6.5

Aired 11 February 1989 • 50 min

Jim and Grant must get close to a Greek billionnaire who runs a black market drug ring, and turn his partners against him.

The Fortune
E12

12. The Fortune

6.5

Aired 18 February 1989 • 50 min

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.

The Fixer
E13

13. The Fixer

6.5

Aired 25 February 1989 • 50 min

A Washington journalist uses his connections to gain information to blackmail politicians, posing a threat to the U.S.

Spy
E14

14. Spy

6.5

Aired 18 March 1989 • 50 min

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.

The Devils
E15

15. The Devils

6.5

Aired 25 March 1989 • 50 min

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.

The Plague
E16

16. The Plague

6.5

Aired 8 April 1989 • 50 min

An industrial spy prepares to sell a vial of bacteria, unaware of how virulent it is if accidentally released.

Reprisal
E17

17. Reprisal

7.0

Aired 15 April 1989 • 50 min

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.

Submarine
E18

18. Submarine

6.5

Aired 29 April 1989 • 50 min

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.""

Bayou
E19

19. Bayou

6.5

Aired 6 May 1989 • 50 min

The IMF must use voodoo rituals to break up a white slavery ring run by a sadistic Louisiana bar owner and millionnaire.

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