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Mission: Impossible
1991 - 1996 7.5 (198 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Drama Action & Adventure Crime
Networks
ABC
Created By
Bruce Geller

Mission: Impossible

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Peter Graves
Peter Graves

Jim Phelps

Thaao Penghlis
Thaao Penghlis

Nicholas Black

Antony Hamilton
Antony Hamilton

Max Harte

Phil Morris
Phil Morris

Grant Collier

Jane Badler
Jane Badler

Shannon Reed

Bob Johnson
Bob Johnson

Voice on Disc

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1991)

No overview available.

19 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Killer
1991-08-06

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

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 2: The System
1991-08-13

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

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 3: Holograms
1991-08-20

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

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 4: The Condemned
1991-08-27

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

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 5: The Legacy
1995-11-04

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 6: The Wall
1995-11-11

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 7: The Cattle King
1991-09-03

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

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 8: The Pawn
1991-09-10

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 9: The Haunting
1991-09-17

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

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 10: The Lions
1991-09-24

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 11: The Greek
1991-10-01

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

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 12: The Fortune
1991-10-08

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 13: The Fixer
1991-10-15

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

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 14: Spy
1991-10-22

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 15: The Devils
1996-01-13

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 16: The Plague
1991-10-29

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

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 17: Reprisal
1991-11-05

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 18: Submarine
1991-11-12

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.""

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 19: Bayou
1996-02-10

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

Runtime: 50 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1996)

No overview available.

16 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Golden Serpent (1)
1996-02-17

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 2: The Golden Serpent (2)
1996-02-24

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 3: 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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 4: Command Performance
1992-07-14

The IMF team must rescue an imprisoned holy man and recover a holy relic which holds evidence of the Defense Minister's atrocities.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 5: Countdown
1992-07-21

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 6: War Games
1992-07-28

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 7: Target Earth
1992-08-11

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 8: The Fuehrer's Children
1989-11-16

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 9: Banshee
1992-08-18

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 10: For Art's Sake
1992-08-25

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 11: Deadly Harvest
1992-09-01

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 12: Cargo Cult
1996-04-27

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 13: The Assassin
1992-09-08

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 14: The Gunslinger
1992-09-15

An arms dealer who runs a mock-Western town in Nevada is the team's next target.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 15: Church Bells in Bogota
1992-09-29

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.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 16: The Sands of Seth
1992-09-22

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...

Runtime: 50 min

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