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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....
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Season 1

  • The Killer
    7.6/10110 votes
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    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

  • The System
    7.2/1073 votes
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    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

  • Holograms
    7.2/1070 votes
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    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

  • The Condemned
    7.2/1069 votes
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    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

  • The Legacy
    7.6/1071 votes
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    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

  • The Wall
    7.1/1059 votes
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    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

  • The Cattle King
    7.4/1055 votes
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    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

  • The Pawn
    8.0/1066 votes
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    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

  • The Haunting
    7.2/1063 votes
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    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

  • The Lions
    7.0/1055 votes
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    The Lions

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/4/1989

    A 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.

    Director: Rob Stewart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Greek
    6.4/1054 votes
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    The Greek

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/11/1989

    Jim and Grant must get close to a Greek billionnaire who runs a black market drug ring, and turn his partners against him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fortune
    7.7/1060 votes
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    The Fortune

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/18/1989

    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: N/A

  • The Fixer
    6.9/1055 votes
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    The Fixer

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/25/1989

    A Washington journalist uses his connections to gain information to blackmail politicians, posing a threat to the U.S.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Spy
    7.8/1052 votes
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    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

  • The Devils
    7.8/1055 votes
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    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

  • The Plague
    6.8/1053 votes
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    The Plague

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/8/1989

    An industrial spy prepares to sell a vial of bacteria, unaware of how virulent it is if accidentally released.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reprisal
    7.3/1053 votes
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    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

  • Submarine
    7.1/1057 votes
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    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

  • Bayou
    7.4/1055 votes
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    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