Mission: Impossible (1988)

Season 1

TV-PG
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Where to Watch Season 1
19 Episodes
  • The Killer
    E1
    Episode 1The KillerWhen an IMF team leader is assassinated, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement and assembles a new team to bring the killer to justice.
  • The System
    E2
    Episode 2The SystemThe team must find a way to make casino boss Frank Marley, the loyal top man of mobster Bob Connors, paranoid enough to turn on Connors and testify against him without being aware of their influence. Remake of The System (1969).
  • Holograms
    E3
    Episode 3HologramsJim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to extradite Colonel Gregory Usher to the United States legal system. A self-declared president in his country recognised for their large production of processed cocaine, Colonel Usher has been sought after for some time, wanted for his extensive world-wide drug trafficking.
  • The Condemned
    E4
    Episode 4The CondemnedThe team must free a falsely-condemned prisoner - former IMF techno-genius Barney Collier.
  • The Legacy
    E5
    Episode 5The LegacyWhen 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.
  • The Wall
    E6
    Episode 6The WallA 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.
  • The Cattle King
    E7
    Episode 7The Cattle KingJim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to put Douglas Matthews - Australian cattle breeder, investor, and international arms dealer to terrorists - out of business. The IMF-team are however not alone in wanting to destroy Matthews. So are a group of Australian aborigines; infuriated by the fact that Matthews has killed their people and desecrated their lands in the process of his arms dealing.
  • The Pawn
    E8
    Episode 8The PawnWhen 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.
  • The Haunting
    E9
    Episode 9The HauntingThe team must trick a psychotic playboy, Champ Foster, into admitting the murder of his date, the daughter of an influence Arab prince, and Champ's protective mother, who believes in mediums, could be their way into his inner circle.
  • The Lions
    E10
    Episode 10The LionsA 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.
  • The Greek
    E11
    Episode 11The GreekJim Phelps and his team of agents are assigned to the mission of breaking up an international drugs distribution network run by Socrates Colonnades. They must bring a definite halt to Colonnades's way of acquiring the drugs which he distributes in the first place. This, Colonnades achieves, by robbing relief organisations of medial supplies destined for third world countries.
  • The Fortune
    E12
    Episode 12The FortuneA 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.
  • The Fixer
    E13
    Episode 13The FixerA Washington journalist uses his connections to gain information to blackmail politicians, posing a threat to the U.S.
  • Spy
    E14
    Episode 14SpyJim Phelps and his team of agents are sent on a mission to locate and destroy a hidden chemical plant, where rumours report that a former spy and MI6 agent has illegally begun to manufacture his own chemical weapons.
  • The Devils
    E15
    Episode 15The DevilsThe team must stop a British, devil worshiping aristocrat who performs dark rituals including human sacrifices to brainwash influential guests of his manor and get all their secrets so he can use them or sell them to the enemy.
  • The Plague
    E16
    Episode 16The PlagueJim Phelps and his team of agents are assigned to the mission of finding and neutralising a dangerous stolen bacteria called Xerxes, which, when exposed to, will rapidly assist in aging all of the vital organs of the human being. The bacteria is believed to have been stolen by Catherine Balzac, who, apart from running a Parisian night club, traffics in black-market intelligence.
  • Reprisal
    E17
    Episode 17ReprisalA 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.
  • Submarine
    E18
    Episode 18SubmarineA 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.""
  • Bayou
    E19
    Episode 19BayouThe IMF must use voodoo rituals to break up a white slavery ring run by a sadistic Louisiana bar owner and millionnaire.
Cast of Season 1
  • Peter GravesJim Phelps
  • Thaao PenghlisNicholas Black
  • Antony HamiltonMax Harte
  • Phil MorrisGrant Collier
  • Jane BadlerShannon Reed
  • Terry MarkwellCasey Randall
  • Bob JohnsonVoice on Disc
 
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