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The Best Episodes of Mission: Impossible

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 8 - The Pawn
    7.9/10(84 votes)

    S1:E8

    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:Unknown

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  2. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 14 - Spy
    7.9/10(66 votes)

    S1:E14

    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:Unknown

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  3. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 15 - The Devils
    7.9/10(70 votes)

    S1:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 12 - The Fortune
    7.8/10(81 votes)

    S1:E12

    A 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.

    Director:Rod Hardy
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 10 - For Art's Sake
    7.8/10(70 votes)

    S2:E10

    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:Unknown

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  6. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 5 - The Legacy
    7.5/10(88 votes)

    S1:E5

    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

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  7. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 17 - Reprisal
    7.4/10(68 votes)

    S1:E17

    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:Unknown

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  8. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 19 - Bayou
    7.4/10(69 votes)

    S1:E19

    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:Unknown

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  9. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 3 - The Princess
    7.4/10(69 votes)

    S2:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 11 - Deadly Harvest
    7.4/10(60 votes)

    S2:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 13 - The Assassin
    7.4/10(67 votes)

    S2:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 16 - The Sands of Seth
    7.4/10(63 votes)

    S2:E16

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 3 - Holograms
    7.3/10(90 votes)

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown

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  14. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 7 - The Cattle King
    7.3/10(71 votes)

    S1:E7

    The IMF teams up with Australian aborigines to bring down a superstitious cattle king and arms dealer.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 1 - The Golden Serpent (1)
    7.3/10(76 votes)

    S2:E1

    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:Unknown

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  16. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 2 - The Golden Serpent (2)
    7.3/10(80 votes)

    S2:E2

    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:Unknown

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  17. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 1 - The Killer
    7.2/10(132 votes)

    S1:E1

    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

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  18. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 2 - The System
    7.2/10(94 votes)

    S1:E2

    The team must force a mobster to turn evidence against his partner and mentor.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Robert Hamner

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  19. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 4 - The Condemned
    7.2/10(90 votes)

    S1:E4

    The team must free a falsely-condemned prisoner - former IMF techno-genius Barney Collier.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 9 - The Haunting
    7.2/10(81 votes)

    S1:E9

    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:Unknown

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  21. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 18 - Submarine
    7.2/10(71 votes)

    S1:E18

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 4 - Command Performance
    7.2/10(71 votes)

    S2:E4

    The IMF team must rescue an imprisoned holy man and recover a holy relic which holds evidence of the Defense Minister's atrocities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 7 - Target Earth
    7.2/10(65 votes)

    S2:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 15 - Church Bells in Bogota
    7.2/10(63 votes)

    S2:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 6 - The Wall
    7.1/10(77 votes)

    S1:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Pawn" is the best rated episode of "Mission: Impossible". It scored 7.9/10 based on 84 votes. Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/15/1989. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Spy".