Mission: Impossible (1988)

Season 2

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 2

16 Episodes

The Golden Serpent (1)
E1
The Golden Serpent (1)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.
The Golden Serpent (2)
E2
The Golden Serpent (2)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.
The Princess
E3
The PrincessA 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.
Command Performance
E4
Command PerformanceThe IMF team must rescue an imprisoned holy man and recover a holy relic which holds evidence of the Defense Minister's atrocities.
Countdown
E5
CountdownTo 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.
War Games
E6
War GamesThe IMF must stop the general of a European country from using a series of war games as a cover to invade a neighboring country.
Target Earth
E7
Target EarthWhen 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.
The Fuehrer's Children
E8
The Fuehrer's ChildrenJim Phelps and his team of agents are assigned to the mission of stopping Richard Kestner, a fanatical and violent neo-Nazi, from overthrowing the American government in favour of a new era of terror reign of the old Nazi movement.
Banshee
E9
BansheeAn 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.
For Art's Sake
E10
For Art's SakeThe team must retrieve a priceless painting, the national treasure of a fictional South American country, before the ruthless art thief who stole it and the country's corrupt minister of culture use it to create an international incident.
Deadly Harvest
E11
Deadly HarvestTerrorist 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.
Cargo Cult
E12
Cargo CultJim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to discover who or what is behind the recent deaths of hundreds of people in the pacific island state of New Belgium. Appearing as the dead people in question have been poisoned with cyanide, it could very likely have something to do with the new findings of gold in New Belgium and the illegal gold mining operation run by Michael Otagi.
The Assassin
E13
The AssassinThe team must discover the cause of a series of bizarre assassinations caused by seemingly innocent people, but Nicholas is targeted as the next killer.
The Gunslinger
E14
The GunslingerAn arms dealer who runs a mock-Western town in Nevada is the team's next target.
Church Bells in Bogota
E15
Church Bells in BogotaThe 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.
The Sands of Seth
E16
The Sands of SethDuring the last few months, several high officials in the Egyptian government have been found murdered by a brutal form of strangulation. It is believed that Horus Selim, director of the prestigious Museum of the Ancients in Egypt, is somehow involved with the killings. Selim firmly believes that Egypt should try its hardest to return to its glorious and powerful past when ruled by Pharaohs, and has long criticised any government policies trying to start negotiations and alliances with other countries. Jim Phelps and his team of agents are sent to Egypt on a mission to determine whether or not Selim really did have something to do with these murders, and to make the killings stop before they interfere with impending peace talks in the Middle East.