Season 1

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  7.1/10122 votes

  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

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  7.2/1085 votes

  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

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  7.2/1081 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.2/1082 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.6/1079 votes

  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

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  7.2/1068 votes

  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: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.4/1063 votes

  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: Unknown

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  8.0/1075 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.2/1071 votes

  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: Unknown

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  6.9/1065 votes

  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: Unknown

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  6.4/1062 votes

  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: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1069 votes

  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: Unknown

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  6.9/1060 votes

  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: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1059 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.9/1062 votes

  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: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.9/1060 votes

  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: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.4/1060 votes

  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: Unknown

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  7.1/1064 votes

  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: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.4/1063 votes

  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: Unknown