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Series · 1966 – 1973 · Action & Adventure

Mission: Impossible

Failure impossible.

★7.6 1966 – 1973 7 Seasons Bruce Geller TV-MA

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.

Seasons & episodes

7 seasons · 171 episodes

Pilot

Episode 01

Pilot

Sep 17, 1966 · 46 min

IMF team leader Dan Briggs assembles his team for the first time. The mission: to recover two nuclear warheads belonging to General Rio Dominguez from a hotel vault in Santa Costa.

Memory

Episode 02

Memory

Sep 24, 1966 · 46 min

The IMF must undermine "the Butcher of the Balkans", Janos Karq, by having his head of security capture an agent, Sparrow, who will then incriminate Karq.

Operation Rogosh

Episode 03

Operation Rogosh

Oct 1, 1966 · 46 min

Imry Rogosh is a mass murderer who kills to forment political upheaval. He is targeting Los Angeles, so the IMF knock him out in a car accident. When Rogosh "wakes up" he is in a cell in a prison in his own country, three years later, and ready to be executed as an American agent.

Old Man Out (1)

Episode 04

Old Man Out (1)

Oct 8, 1966 · 46 min

The IMF team goes in as a circus team to rescue Anton Cardinal Vossek, who is being held in the impregnable Seravno Prison. Vossek is the leader of the country's freedom movement, in rebellion against Colonel Scutari, and is awaiting a fake trial before execution.

Old Man Out (2)

Episode 05

Old Man Out (2)

Oct 15, 1966 · 46 min

Rollin manages to avoid the guards and escape, but Vossek is moved to a new cell in solitary confinement. Briggs comes up with a new plan and manages to relay it to the imprisoned Rollin.

Odds on Evil

Episode 06

Odds on Evil

Oct 22, 1966 · 46 min

Prince Iben Kostas plans to use his money to finance a war. Infiltrating his casino, the IMF team goes to work.

Wheels

Episode 07

Wheels

Oct 29, 1966 · 46 min

In the country of Valeria, the IMF must assure that the corrupt Nationalist party's rigged voting machine doesn't give them the election.

The Ransom

Episode 08

The Ransom

Nov 5, 1966 · 45 min

Mobster Frank Egan kidnaps the daughter of Dan's friend and uses her as a hostage to force Dan and the team to break out a key witness, Augie Gorman, against him.

A Spool There Was

Episode 09

A Spool There Was

Nov 12, 1966 · 60 min

Rollin and Cinnamon go it alone to recover a reel of recording wire containing information on a chemical warfare project aimed at the U.S.

The Carriers

Episode 10

The Carriers

Nov 19, 1966 · 45 min

Enemy agent Janos Passik is preparing to train 200 foreign agents to infiltrate the U.S. and engage in some form of bacteriological warfare.

Zubrovnik's Ghost

Episode 11

Zubrovnik's Ghost

Nov 26, 1966 · 45 min

The wife of a deceased scientist, Kurt Zubrovnik, is being pressured by Eastern forces to work for them. They are using a phony psychic to convince the wife her dead husband wants to defect!

Fakeout

Episode 12

Fakeout

Dec 3, 1966 · 45 min

Anastas Poltroni is the head of an international narcotics syndicate, and has taken refuge in a country with no extradition treaty. The IM Force is assigned to lure him out without kidnapping him (to avoid the publicity).

Elena

Episode 13

Elena

Dec 10, 1966 · 45 min

Double-agent Elena Del Barra is acting bizarrely, sending a microfilm of defense secrets from her own country. Rollin is sent in to investigate, and return the microfilm without its theft ever being detected. Complicating matters is that an assassin, Callao, has been sent to kill her if Rollin can't figure things out in two days.

The Short Tail Spy

Episode 14

The Short Tail Spy

Dec 17, 1966 · 45 min

A defector has been targeted by two rival groups from the same foreign country. The team is to discredit the younger group, so that the U.S. can more easily handle the old-line group.

The Legacy

Episode 15

The Legacy

Jan 7, 1967 · 45 min

The IMF must get hold of a horde of Nazi gold through four young men, sons of Hitler's top aides, who are sent to Switzerland to meet for the first time and pool their parts of the "puzzle" together.

The Reluctant Dragon

Episode 16

The Reluctant Dragon

Jan 14, 1967 · 45 min

Dr. Cherlotov, a scientist of an enemy power, failed to defect to the West when his wife did. Now that he has developed a cheap, effective anti-ballistic system, the IMF are ordered to get him out. Unfortunately, they find out that Cherlotov doesn't wasn't to defect: he merely wants to convince his superiors he is loyal and live out his life.

The Frame

Episode 17

The Frame

Jan 21, 1967 · 45 min

Gangster Jack Wellman is moving syndicated crime into politics, killing off certain politicians and replacing them with men more sympathetic to the Syndicate.

The Trial

Episode 18

The Trial

Jan 28, 1967 · 45 min

Josef Varsh plans to put an American on trial on false charges, discredit the West, and gain power.

The Diamond

Episode 19

The Diamond

Feb 4, 1967 · 45 min

Henrik Durvard has taken over the country of Lombounda by military coup, and holds the natives in terror. He has obtained a diamond from the native miners, and the IMF are assigned to take it away from him.

The Legend

Episode 20

The Legend

Feb 11, 1967 · 45 min

An imprisoned member of the Nazi party, Herbert Raynor, is released from prison and is being flown (along with his daughter) to Puerto Huberra in South America, along with other Nazis. All of them are being flown there by an unknown benefactor.

Snowball in Hell

Episode 21

Snowball in Hell

Feb 18, 1967 · 45 min

A former prison guard, Sefra, has got hold of a supply of cesium 138, which explodes at temperatures above 70 degrees. Sefra plans to sell the sample and the formula from the closed-down prison base where he once worked.

The Confession

Episode 22

The Confession

Feb 25, 1967 · 45 min

Andreas Solowiechek, a member of a Communist trade delegation, is arrested after assassinating a U.S. Senator, Townsend. Townsend's backer, McMillan, is rallying his supporters for the U.S. to break off all trade talks with the Russians.

Action!

Episode 23

Action!

Mar 4, 1967 · 45 min

Miklos Klaar, an Iron Curtain filmmaker, has film of American soldiers and plans to edit it into an atrocity movie to discredit the U.S.

The Train

Episode 24

The Train

Mar 18, 1967 · 45 min

Prime Minister Larya of Svardia is working to establish democracy, but is unaware that his personal protégé, Deputy Premier Pavel, plans to set up a dictatorship. The team must persuade Larya of Pavel's plans.

Shock

Episode 25

Shock

Mar 25, 1967 · 45 min

Enemy operative Kiri has kidnapped U.S. envoy Carl Wilson and has an imposter, Gort, who is impersonating him to discredit a U.S. trade agreement. The team have to rescue Wilson and foil the impersonation before Kiri kills Wilson.

A Cube of Sugar

Episode 26

A Cube of Sugar

Apr 1, 1967 · 45 min

Vincent Deane is a jazz musician and undercover U.S. intelligence operative who has memorized the plans to a microcircuit code but was then captured and imprisoned. The IMF must get him out.

The Traitor

Episode 27

The Traitor

Apr 15, 1967 · 45 min

No description available.

The Psychic

Episode 28

The Psychic

Apr 22, 1967 · 45 min

An investment promoter, Alex Lowell, gained control of NATO top-secret defense hardware and absconded to South America to sell them to enemy powers. The IMF needs to recover the stock documents worth $80 mil.

About the series

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Audience score
★ 7.6 /10

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Synopsis

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.

Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

Cast

5 principal cast

Peter Graves

Peter Graves

Jim Phelps

Greg Morris

Greg Morris

Barney Collier

Peter Lupus

Peter Lupus

Willy Armitage

Lynda Day George

Lynda Day George

Lisa Casey

Bob Johnson

Bob Johnson

Man on Tape (voice)

Where to watch Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The action & adventure from Bruce Geller has 7 seasons and 171 total episodes, rated 7.6/10 by 327 viewers.

Frequently asked

How many seasons does Mission: Impossible have?

Mission: Impossible has 7 seasons with 171 episodes in total.

Is Mission: Impossible still on the air?

Mission: Impossible has ended and is no longer in production.

What network airs Mission: Impossible?

Mission: Impossible airs on CBS.

When did Mission: Impossible first air?

Mission: Impossible first aired on September 17, 1966.

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