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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- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes aired
- 35
- Latest aired
- S02E16
- Total runtime
- 1d 4h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 October 1988 – May 1989 19 episodes
- Season 2 September 1989 – February 1990 16 episodes
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S01E01 The Killer
October 23 · 48min find the promo
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When an IMF team leader is assassinated, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement and assembles a new team to bring the killer to justice.
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S01E02 The System
October 30 · 47min find the promo
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The team must force a mobster to turn evidence against his partner and mentor.
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S01E03 Holograms
November 6 · 47min find the promo
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The IMF must lure a canny drug lord on to U.S. territory so he can be arrested for his crimes.
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S01E04 The Condemned
November 20 · 48min find the promo
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The team must free a falsely-condemned prisoner - former IMF techno-genius Barney Collier.
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S01E05 The Legacy
November 26 · 47min find the promo
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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.
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S01E06 The Wall
December 11 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S01E07 The Cattle King
December 18 · 47min find the promo
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The IMF teams up with Australian aborigines to bring down a superstitious cattle king and arms dealer.
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S01E08 The Pawn
January 15 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S01E09 The Haunting
January 28 · 48min find the promo
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When a rich young sociopath kills a Middle Eastern princess and her father threatens war, the IMF must bring him to justice.
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S01E10 The Lions
February 4 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E11 The Greek
February 11 · 49min find the promo
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Jim and Grant must get close to a Greek billionnaire who runs a black market drug ring, and turn his partners against him.
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S01E12 The Fortune
February 18 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E13 The Fixer
February 25 · 48min find the promo
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A Washington journalist uses his connections to gain information to blackmail politicians, posing a threat to the U.S.
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S01E14 Spy
March 18 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S01E15 The Devils
March 25 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E16 The Plague
April 8 · 49min find the promo
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An industrial spy prepares to sell a vial of bacteria, unaware of how virulent it is if accidentally released.
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S01E17 Reprisal
April 15 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E18 Submarine
April 29 · 48min find the promo
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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.""
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S01E19 Bayou
May 6 · 49min find the promo
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The IMF must use voodoo rituals to break up a white slavery ring run by a sadistic Louisiana bar owner and millionnaire.