7.4/1061 votes#1 - 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
7.2/1065 votes#2 - 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
7.4/1055 votes#3 - 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
7.1/1058 votes#4 - Command Performance
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1989
The IMF team must rescue an imprisoned holy man and recover a holy relic which holds evidence of the Defense Minister's atrocities.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1053 votes#5 - Countdown
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1989
To 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.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Writer: Chip Hayes
6.8/1054 votes#6 - War Games
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1989
The IMF must stop the general of a European country from using a series of war games as a cover to invade a neighboring country.
Director: Rod Hardy
Writer: N/A
7.3/1053 votes#7 - 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 votes#8 - 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
6.3/1060 votes#9 - Banshee
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1989
An 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1059 votes#10 - 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
7.4/1049 votes#11 - 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
6.6/1051 votes#12 - Cargo Cult
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1990
The IMF take on a criminal organization that is using the image of a vulcano-god and his prophet to scare a primitive tribe into mining gold for them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1052 votes#13 - 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
6.5/1051 votes#14 - The Gunslinger
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1990
An arms dealer who runs a mock-Western town in Nevada is the team's next target.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1053 votes#15 - 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
7.4/1053 votes#16 - 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
The Best Episodes of Mission: Impossible Season 2
Every episode of Mission: Impossible Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mission: Impossible Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Golden Serpent (1)" is the best rated episode of "Mission: Impossible" season 2. It scored 7.4/10 based on 61 votes. Directed by Don Chaffey and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1989. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Golden Serpent (2)".