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Mission: Impossible

7.5 / 10

1988

2 seasons

35 episodes

DramaAction & AdventureCrime

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.

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Cast

Peter Graves

Thaao Penghlis

Antony Hamilton

Phil Morris

Jane Badler

Bob Johnson

Terry Markwell

Greg Morris

Gerard Kennedy

Adrian Wright

Rowena Wallace

James Sloyan

Seasons

1.The Killer
6.7
23-10-198850m
When an IMF team leader is assassinated, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement and assembles a new team to bring the killer to justice.
2.The System
6.7
30-10-198850m
The team must force a mobster to turn evidence against his partner and mentor.
3.Holograms
6.7
06-11-198850m
The IMF must lure a canny drug lord on to U.S. territory so he can be arrested for his crimes.
4.The Condemned
7.0
20-11-198850m
The team must free a falsely-condemned prisoner - former IMF techno-genius Barney Collier.
5.The Legacy
6.0
26-11-198850m
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.
6.The Wall
6.5
11-12-198850m
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...
7.The Cattle King
6.5
18-12-198850m
The IMF teams up with Australian aborigines to bring down a superstitious cattle king and arms dealer.
8.The Pawn
6.5
15-01-198950m
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 d...
9.The Haunting
6.5
28-01-198950m
When a rich young sociopath kills a Middle Eastern princess and her father threatens war, the IMF must bring him to justice.
10.The Lions
6.5
04-02-198950m
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 mu...
11.The Greek
6.5
11-02-198950m
Jim and Grant must get close to a Greek billionnaire who runs a black market drug ring, and turn his partners against him.
12.The Fortune
6.5
18-02-198950m
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.
13.The Fixer
6.5
25-02-198950m
A Washington journalist uses his connections to gain information to blackmail politicians, posing a threat to the U.S.
14.Spy
6.5
18-03-198950m
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.
15.The Devils
6.5
25-03-198950m
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.
16.The Plague
6.5
08-04-198950m
An industrial spy prepares to sell a vial of bacteria, unaware of how virulent it is if accidentally released.
17.Reprisal
7.0
15-04-198950m
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 tur...
18.Submarine
6.5
29-04-198950m
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 the...
19.Bayou
6.5
06-05-198950m
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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