List of Mission: Impossible episodes

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This article provides a list of episodes from the television series Mission: Impossible.

The television series Mission: Impossible was created by Bruce Geller. It premiered on the CBS network in September 1966 and ran for seven seasons, ending in March 1973. The series was subsequently revived by the ABC network in October 1988, running for two abbreviated seasons before ending in February 1990. This article lists episodes from both series, based upon broadcast order, which often differed considerably from production order.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

1 Original series (1966-1973)
2 Revival series (1988-1990)
- 2.1 Season 1 (1988–1989)
- 2.2 Season 2 (1989–1990)

[edit] Original series (1966-1973)

[edit] Season 1 (1966–1967)

Title	Original Airdate	#
Pilot	September 17, 1966	1x01
The Impossible Missions Force (IMF) must retreive two nuclear warheads being kept in a hotel vault by a South American dictator. Martin Landau "guest stars" as both IMF agent Rollin Hand and the dictator.
Memory	September 24, 1966	1x02
An IMF agent with photographic memory is inserted into a foreign prison in order to aid in the discrediting of a politically connected mass murderer. This is the only "regular-format" episode in which the IMF does not receive its instructions via a recording - Briggs receives printed instructions on a card instead - and as such is the only "regular-format" episode in which Bob Johnson's voice is not heard.
Operation Rogosh	October 1, 1966	1x03
When an Eastern European agent plans a biological attack on Los Angeles, the IMF must trick him into revealing the location of his mass-murder devices. They do so by convincing him it is three years into the future, and place him on trial for being an American spy.
Old Man Out Part 1	October 8, 1966	1x04
While the rest of the IMF team pose as a traveling circus, Rollin Hand goes into an "inescapable" prison in order to try and rescue an elderly dissident held captive there. The character of the elderly prisoner, a Catholic official, is overtly based upon József Cardinal Mindszenty, and his high-profile imprisonment by a totalitarian government in the Eastern Bloc.
Old Man Out Part 2	October 15, 1966	1x05
Continuation of previous episode.
Odds on Evil	October 22, 1966	1x06
The mission is to bankrupt the prince of a small country before he can use his funds to buy weapons; his weakness is gambling. To accomplish the sting, the team uses a computer to predict the winning number in a roulette wheel (winning number is displayed on a wristwatch), while also rigging a game of baccarat through the use of marked cards which can be seen with special contact lenses. This episode shares many similarities with Ian Fleming's Casino Royale novel published in 1953.
Wheels	October 29, 1966	1x07
Dan Briggs and his IMF team must "un-rig" an election in order to prevent a corrupt government from taking power. This episode guest stars Mark Lenard of Star Trek fame as an unscrupulous bureaucrat.
The Ransom	November 5, 1966	1x08
When a friend's daughter is kidnapped by a crime lord, Briggs calls in his IMF team to rescue her. This is the first of several episodes in which the IM Force conduct "off-book" missions. The team delivers a heart attack drug by tapping the water line of a hotel room and exploding the vial just as the target turns on the tap. This requires that an ambulance be called where the mark is taken to a hospital. In the hospital, the team switches bodies during an X-Ray session, using a specially built revolving table.
A Spool There Was	November 12, 1966	1x09
Rollin Hand and Cinnamon Carter pose as reunited ex-lovers in an unfriendly country in order to retrieve a spool of recording wire hidden by a dead agent. As a security dragnet closes in, the IMF team uses pre-recorded audio tape conversations to fool government spies and later helium balloons to confuse the whereabouts of the recording wire.
The Carriers	November 19, 1966	1x10
The IMF infiltrates an artificial American town located behind the Iron Curtain where enemy agents are trained to act and think like Americans. They discover a plan to introduce a bacteriological plague into the U.S. The concept of a simulated American town being used to train agents had previously been used in the Danger Man episode Colony Three and would later be used in the Alias episode, Welcome to Liberty Village. This episode also shares many similarities with Ian Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service novel published in 1963. This episode guest stars George Takei.
Zubrovnik's Ghost	November 26, 1966	1x11
In this "haunted house" episode, IMF agents Rollin Hand and Barney Collier pose as investigators of the supernatural in order to find out why a scientist believes the ghost of her dead husband is telling her to go behind the Iron Curtain.
Fakeout	December 3, 1966	1x12
Cinnamon Carter romances the ill-mannered leader of an international narcotics syndicate in order to fool him into crossing the border into a country where American authorities can finally arrest him.
Elena	December 10, 1966	1x13
In a South American country, a female IMF agent named Elena (Barbara Luna) begins exhibiting paranoid behavior, and Rollin Hand is assigned to find out why before she is assassinated as a precaution. A romance soon blossoms between Rollin and his ward.
The Short Tail Spy	December 17, 1966	1x14
Dan Briggs, Cinnamon Carter and Barney Collier are tasked with protecting a Cold War scientist from two rival assassination bureaus determined to liquidate him before an important conference. For this mission, Cinnamon Carter is assigned to seduce an assassin in order to prevent the killing of the scientist. Briggs becomes worried that Cinnamon might be falling in love with her target.
The Legacy	January 7, 1967	1x15
In this "treasure hunt" episode, the estranged sons of Adolf Hitler's most trusted Nazi officers gather in Zurich, Switzerland, to locate Hitler's "lost fortune." IMF agent Rollin Hand infiltrates the Neo-Nazi cell whose members plan to uncover and use the latter $300 million legacy to launch the Fourth Reich. A trail of bizarre clues leads them from a bank trust account to a hidden microdot and, at last, to a remote cemetary in the Swiss countryside.
The Reluctant Dragon	January 14, 1967	1x16
Rollin Hand and Barney Collier must convince a scientist to defect to the West and join his wife in the United States. This episode guest stars John Colicos of Star Trek fame as a ruthless security official.
The Frame	January 21, 1967	1x17
The IMF team pose as caterers at a lavish get-together of crime kingpins, in an effort to discredit a gangster who has been having anti-crime elected officials killed in "accidents."
The Trial	January 28, 1967	1x18
Briggs poses as a would-be saboteur in order to orchestrate the downfall of an Eastern European secret police chief.
The Diamond	February 4, 1967	1x19
When the dictator of an African nation announces plans to sell the world's largest uncut diamond in order to fill his own pockets, the IM Force sees a chance to destroy him.
The Legend	February 11, 1967	1x20
Briggs and Cinammon impersonate a former Nazi and his daughter who are invited to attend the home of a one-time Nazi leader who is planning the creation of the Fourth Reich. This episode shares many similarities with Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1948) film.
Snowball in Hell	February 18, 1967	1x21
When the IMF learns that a vital component for a nuclear weapon is in the hands of an evil prison warden, it's up to Briggs' squad to get it back or destroy it.
The Confession	February 25, 1967	1x22
When the assassination of a U.S. senator threatens to lead to war between America and the Communist Bloc, Briggs and the IMF set out to prove the killing was actually orchestrated by another senator.
Action!	March 4, 1967	1x23
When the head of an Eastern European movie studio plans to release a film he created that allegedly shows American troops committing a war crime in Vietnam, the IMF has to prove to the media that the film is a fake. Cinnamon Carter receives the recorded instructions in this episode, the only time in the show's history that someone other than Dan Briggs or Jim Phelps ever received the briefing. The character of Dan Briggs does not appear in the episode.
The Train	March 18, 1967	1x24
The IMF team must simulate a train ride carrying a dying prime minister to a Swiss hospital, in order to convince the leader not to name a would-be dictator as his successor. Beginning with this episode, appearances by Steven Hill as Dan Briggs begin to be scaled back in preparation for his departure from the series.
Shock	March 25, 1967	1x25
When an American envoy is kidnapped and replaced by a disguised agent planning to assassinate a U.S. diplomat, the IMF in turn kidnap the enemy agent and replace him with Briggs in disguise. As Briggs masquerades as the assassin, the IMF simulate a psychiatric hospital environment to shock the whereabouts of the real envoy out of the enemy agent.
A Cube of Sugar	April 1, 1967	1x26
The IMF meets drug culture as Rollin and Cinammon infiltrate a prison to recover a kidnapped agent as well as a microchip hidden within an LSD-laced sugar cube.
The Traitor	April 15, 1967	1x27
Eartha Kitt guest stars as a contortionist recruited by Briggs to help discredit an agent who has defected to the enemy.
The Psychic	April 22, 1967	1x28
Cinnamon poses as a psychic in order to convince a tycoon that his life is in danger, leading to a high-stakes poker game against Rollin Hand. This was the final episode in which Steven Hill appears as Dan Briggs.

[edit] Season 2 (1967–1968)

Title	Original Airdate	#
The Widow	September 10, 1967	2x01
First episode to feature Peter Graves as Jim Phelps .
Trek	September 17, 1967	2x02

The Survivors	September 24, 1967	2x03

The Bank	October 1, 1967	2x04

The Slave Part 1	October 8, 1967	2x05

The Slave Part 2	October 15, 1967	2x06

Operation Heart	October 22, 1967	2x07

The Money Machine	October 29, 1967	2x08

The Seal	November 5, 1967	2x09

Charity	November 12, 1967	2x10
The IM Force fools a husband-wife con-artist pair, running a charity scam, to distrust one another and, thereby, attempt to smuggle a load of platinum, disguised as auto parts, from a foreign country.
The Council Part 1	November 19, 1967	2x11
Phelps poses as an anti-mob crusading prosecutor, while Rollin poses as one of the crime council bosses, in order to shut down the crime syndicate for good.
The Council Part 2	November 26, 1967	2x12
Continuation of the previous description.
The Astrologer	December 3, 1967	2x13
Nikolai Kurzon, the exiled leader of the Baltic state of Veyska, is kidnapped by the head of the secret police, so the IMF team must mount a daring rescue mission.
Echo of Yesterday	December 10, 1967	2x14

The Photographer	December 17, 1967	2x15

The Spy	January 7, 1968	2x16

A Game of Chess	January 14, 1968	2x17

The Emerald	January 21, 1968	2x18

The Condemned	January 28, 1968	2x19

The Countefeiter	February 4, 1968	2x20

The Town	February 18, 1968	2x21

The Killing	February 28, 1968	2x22

The Phoenix	March 3, 1968	2x23

Trial by Fury	March 10, 1968	2x24

Recovery	March 17, 1968	2x25

[edit] Season 3 (1968–1969)

Title	Original Airdate	#
The Heir Apparent	September 29, 1968	3x01

The Contenders Part 1	October 6, 1968	3x02

The Contenders Part 2	October 13, 1968	3x03

The Mercenaries	October 27, 1968	3x04

The Execution	November 10, 1968	3x05

The Cardinal	November 17, 1968	3x06

The Elixir	November 24, 1968	3x07

The Diplomat	December 1, 1968	3x08

The Play	December 8, 1968	3x09

The Bargain	December 15, 1968	3x10

The Freeze	December 23, 1968	3x11

The Exchange	January 4, 1969	3x12

The Mind of Stefan Miklos	January 12, 1969	3x13

The Test Case	January 19, 1969	3x14

The System	January 26, 1969	3x15

The Glass Cage	February 2, 1969	3x16

Doomsday	February 16, 1969	3x17

Live Bait	February 23, 1969	3x18

The Bunker Part 1	March 2, 1969	3x19

The Bunker Part 2	March 9, 1969	3x20

Nitro	March 23, 1969	3x21

Nicole	March 30, 1969	3x22

The Vault	April 6, 1969	3x23

Illusion	April 13, 1969	3x24

The Interrogator	April 20, 1969	3x25
Final episode to feature Martin Landau as Rollin Hand and Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter.

[edit] Season 4 (1969–1970)

Title	Original Airdate	#
The Code	September 28, 1969	4x01
First appearance of Leonard Nimoy as Paris.
The Numbers Game	October 5, 1969	4x02

The Controllers Part 1	October 12, 1969	4x03

The Controllers Part 2	October 19, 1969	4x04

Fool's Gold	October 26, 1969	4x05

Commandante	November 2, 1969	4x06

Submarine	November 16, 1969	4x07

Mastermind	November 23, 1969	4x08

Robot	November 30, 1969	4x09

The Double Circle	December 7, 1969	4x10

The Brothers	December 14, 1969	4x11

Time Bomb	December 21, 1969	4x12

The Amnesiac	December 28, 1969	4x13

The Falcon Part 1	January 4, 1970	4x14

The Falcon Part 2	January 11, 1970	4x15

The Falcon Part 3	January 18, 1970	4x16

Chico	January 25, 1970	4x17

Gitano	February 1, 1970	4x18

Phantoms	February 8, 1970	4x19

Terror	February 15, 1970	4x20

Lover's Knot	February 22, 1970	4x21

Orpheus	March 1, 1970	4x22

The Crane	March 8, 1970	4x23

Death Squad	March 15, 1970	4x24

The Choice	March 22, 1970	4x25

The Martyr	March 29, 1970	4x26

[edit] Season 5 (1970–1971)

Title	Original Airdate	#
The Killer	September 19, 1970	5x01
Lesley Ann Warren joins the regular cast as Dana.
Flip Side	September 26, 1970	5x02

The Innocent	October 3, 1970	5x03
First appearance of Sam Elliott as recurring IMF team member Doug.
Homecoming	October 10, 1970	5x04

Flight	October 17, 1970	5x05

My Friend, My Enemy	October 25, 1970	5x06

Butterfly	October 31, 1970	5x07

Decoy	November 7, 1970	5x08

The Amateur	November 14, 1970	5x09

Hunted	November 21, 1970	5x10

The Rebel	November 28, 1970	5x11

Squeeze Play	December 12, 1970	5x12

The Hostage	December 19, 1970	5x13

Takeover	January 2, 1971	5x14

Cat's Paw	January 9, 1971	5x15

The Missile	January 16, 1971	5x16

The Field	January 23, 1971	5x17

Blast	January 30, 1971	5x18

The Cataflaque	February 6, 1971	5x19

Kitara	February 20, 1971	5x20

A Ghost Story	February 27, 1971	5x21

The Party	March 6, 1971	5x22

The Merchant	March 17, 1971	5x23
Final appearances of Leonard Nimoy as Paris and Lesley Ann Warren as Dana.

[edit] Season 6 (1971–1972)

Title	Original Airdate	#
Blind	September 18, 1971	6x01
Lynda Day George joins the regular cast as Casey.
Encore	September 25, 1971	6x02
Final appearance of Sam Elliott as Doug.
The Tram	October 2, 1971	6x03

Mindbend	October 9, 1971	6x04

Shape-Up	October 16, 1971	6x05

The Miracle	October 23, 1971	6x06

Encounter	October 30, 1971	6x07

Underwater	November 6, 1971	6x08

Invasion	November 13, 1971	6x09

Blues	November 20, 1971	6x10

The Visitors	November 27, 1971	6x11

Nerves	December 4, 1971	6x12

Run for the Money	December 11, 1971	6x13

The Connection	December 18, 1971	6x14

The Bride	January 1, 1972	6x15

Stone Pillow	January 8, 1972	6x16

Image	January 15, 1972	6x17

Committed	January 22, 1972	6x18

Bag Woman	January 29, 1972	6x19

Double Dead	February 12, 1972	6x20

Casino	February 19, 1972	6x21

Trapped	February 26, 1972	6x22

[edit] Season 7 (1972–1973)

Title	Original Airdate	#
Break!	September 16, 1972	7x01

Two Thousand	September 23, 1972	7x02

The Deal	September 30, 1972	7x03

Leona	October 7, 1972	7x04

TOD-5	October 14, 1972	7x05

Cocaine	October 21, 1972	7x06

Underground	October 28, 1972	7x07

Movie	November 4, 1972	7x08

Hit	November 11, 1972	7x09

Ultimatum	November 18, 1972	7x10

Kidnap	December 2, 1972	7x11

Crack-Up	December 9, 1972	7x12

The Puppet	December 22, 1972	7x13

Incarnate	January 5, 1973	7x14

Boomerang	January 12, 1973	7x15

The Question	January 19, 1973	7x16

The Fountain	January 26, 1973	7x17

The Fighter	February 9, 1973	7x18

Speed	February 16, 1973	7x19

The Pendulum	February 23, 1973	7x20

The Western	March 2, 1973	7x21
Final appearance of Lynda Day George as Casey in the original series.
Imitation	March 30, 1973	7x22

[edit] Revival series (1988-1990)

[edit] Season 1 (1988–1989)

Title	Original Airdate	#
The Killer	October 23, 1988	1x01
Remake of original series episode 5x01.
The System	October 30, 1988	1x02
Remake of original series episode 3x15.
Holograms	November 6, 1988	1x03

The Condemned	November 20, 1988	1x04
Remake of original series episode 2x19. Greg Morris reprises his original series role of Barney Collier.
The Legacy	November 26, 1988	1x05
Remake of original series episode 1x15.
The Wall	December 11, 1988	1x06

The Cattle King	December 18, 1988	1x07

The Pawn	January 15, 1989	1x08

The Haunting	January 28, 1989	1x09

The Lions	February 4, 1989	1x10

The Greek	February 11, 1989	1x11

The Fortune	February 18, 1989	1x12
Final appearance of Terry Markwell as Casey Randall, who becomes the first major IMF operative to be killed in action. First appearance of Jane Badler as new IMF agent Shannon Reed.
The Fixer	February 25, 1989	1x13

Spy	March 18, 1989	1x14

The Devils	March 25, 1989	1x15

The Plague	April 8, 1989	1x16

Reprisal	April 15, 1989	1x17
Lynda Day George reprises her role of Lisa Casey from the original series; according to Patrick White's The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier, the character is given the first name "Lisa" in order to avoid confusion with the character of Casey Randall.
Submarine	April 29, 1989	1x18
No relation to the original series episode of the same title.
Bayou	May 6, 1989	1x19

[edit] Season 2 (1989–1990)

Title	Original Airdate	#
The Golden Serpent Part 1	September 21, 1989	2x01
Greg Morris guest stars as Barney Collier.
The Golden Serpent Part 2	September 28, 1989	2x02

The Princess	October 5, 1989	2x03

Command Performance	October 12, 1989	2x04

Countdown	October 26, 1989	2x05

War Games	November 2, 1989	2x06

Target Earth	November 9, 1989	2x07

The Fuehrer's Children	November 16, 1989	2x08

Banshee	November 30, 1989	2x09

For Art's Sake	December 14, 1989	2x10

Deadly Harvest	January 6, 1990	2x11

Cargo Cult	January 13, 1990	2x12

The Assassin	January 20, 1990	2x13

The Gunslinger	February 3, 1990	2x14

Church Bells in Bogota	February 10, 1990	2x15

The Sands of Seth	February 24, 1990	2x16

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[edit] Original series (1966-1973)

[edit] Season 1 (1966–1967)

[edit] Season 2 (1967–1968)

[edit] Season 3 (1968–1969)

[edit] Season 4 (1969–1970)

[edit] Season 5 (1970–1971)

[edit] Season 6 (1971–1972)

[edit] Season 7 (1972–1973)

[edit] Revival series (1988-1990)

[edit] Season 1 (1988–1989)

[edit] Season 2 (1989–1990)

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