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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S02E01 The Golden Serpent (1)
September 21 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E02 The Golden Serpent (2)
September 28 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E03 The Princess
October 5 · 47min find the promo
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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.
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S02E04 Command Performance
October 12 · 48min find the promo
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The IMF team must rescue an imprisoned holy man and recover a holy relic which holds evidence of the Defense Minister's atrocities.
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S02E05 Countdown
October 26 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E06 War Games
November 2 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E07 Target Earth
November 9 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E08 The Fuehrer's Children
November 16 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E09 Banshee
November 30 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E10 For Art's Sake
December 14 · 47min find the promo
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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.
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S02E11 Deadly Harvest
January 6 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E12 Cargo Cult
January 13 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E13 The Assassin
January 20 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E14 The Gunslinger
February 3 · 48min find the promo
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An arms dealer who runs a mock-Western town in Nevada is the team's next target.
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S02E15 Church Bells in Bogota
February 10 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S02E16 The Sands of Seth
February 24 · 48min find the promo
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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...