8.0/1066 votesLoading...#1 - The Pawn
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/15/1989
When 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.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Writer: N/A
7.9/1059 votesLoading...#2 - For Art's Sake
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1989
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.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: N/A
7.8/1052 votesLoading...#3 - Spy
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/18/1989
An ex-MI6 agent sells lethal chemical weapons and the IMF must team up with a Russian spy whose people also want to eliminate the threat.
Director: Rob Stewart
Writer: N/A
7.8/1055 votesLoading...#4 - The Devils
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/25/1989
A rash of insanity among diplomats requires Jim to go undercover as...the Devil, to get the goods on a British lord in charge of a Satanic cult.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10110 votesLoading...#6 - The Killer
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/1988
When an IMF team leader is assassinated, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement and assembles a new team to bring the killer to justice.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Arthur Weiss
7.6/1071 votesLoading...#7 - The Legacy
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1988
When 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.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: Allan Balter
7.5/1052 votesLoading...#8 - The Assassin
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1990
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1055 votesLoading...#9 - The Cattle King
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/1988
The IMF teams up with Australian aborigines to bring down a superstitious cattle king and arms dealer.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: N/A
7.4/1055 votesLoading...#10 - Bayou
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/6/1989
The IMF must use voodoo rituals to break up a white slavery ring run by a sadistic Louisiana bar owner and millionnaire.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: N/A
7.4/1061 votesLoading...#11 - The Golden Serpent (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1989
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.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: N/A
7.4/1055 votesLoading...#12 - The Princess
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1989
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1049 votesLoading...#13 - Deadly Harvest
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1990
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1053 votesLoading...#14 - The Sands of Seth
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/1990
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...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1053 votesLoading...#15 - Reprisal
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/15/1989
A 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.
Director: Rob Stewart
Writer: N/A
7.3/1053 votesLoading...#16 - Target Earth
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1989
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1053 votesLoading...#17 - The Fuehrer's Children
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1989
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.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Frank Abatemarco
7.2/1073 votesLoading...#18 - The System
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/1988
The team must force a mobster to turn evidence against his partner and mentor.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Robert Hamner
7.2/1070 votesLoading...#19 - Holograms
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/1988
The IMF must lure a canny drug lord on to U.S. territory so he can be arrested for his crimes.
Director: Kim Manners
Writer: N/A
7.2/1069 votesLoading...#20 - The Condemned
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/20/1988
The team must free a falsely-condemned prisoner - former IMF techno-genius Barney Collier.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: N/A
7.2/1063 votesLoading...#21 - The Haunting
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/28/1989
When a rich young sociopath kills a Middle Eastern princess and her father threatens war, the IMF must bring him to justice.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: N/A
7.2/1065 votesLoading...#22 - The Golden Serpent (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1989
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.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: N/A
7.2/1053 votesLoading...#23 - Church Bells in Bogota
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/1990
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1059 votesLoading...#24 - The Wall
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/1988
A 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1057 votesLoading...#25 - Submarine
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/29/1989
A 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.""
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Mission: Impossible
Every episode of Mission: Impossible ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Mission: Impossible!
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....
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Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"The Pawn" is the best rated episode of "Mission: Impossible". It scored 8/10 based on 66 votes. Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and written by N/A, it aired on 1/15/1989. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "For Art's Sake".
