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The Best Episodes of Mission: Impossible Season 2

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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
    Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 1 - The Golden Serpent (1)
    7.3/10(70 votes)

    #1 - The Golden Serpent (1)

    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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  2. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 2 - The Golden Serpent (2)
    7.3/10(74 votes)

    #2 - The Golden Serpent (2)

    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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  3. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 3 - The Princess
    7.4/10(63 votes)

    #3 - The Princess

    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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  4. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 4 - Command Performance
    7.2/10(65 votes)

    #4 - Command Performance

    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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  5. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 5 - Countdown
    6.9/10(60 votes)

    #5 - Countdown

    S2:E5

    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

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  6. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 6 - War Games
    6.8/10(62 votes)

    #6 - War Games

    S2:E6

    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:Unknown

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  7. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 7 - Target Earth
    7.3/10(60 votes)

    #7 - Target Earth

    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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  8. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 8 - The Fuehrer's Children
    7.1/10(62 votes)

    #8 - The Fuehrer's Children

    S2:E8

    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

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  9. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 9 - Banshee
    6.3/10(66 votes)

    #9 - Banshee

    S2:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 10 - For Art's Sake
    7.8/10(65 votes)

    #10 - For Art's Sake

    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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  11. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 11 - Deadly Harvest
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    #11 - Deadly Harvest

    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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  12. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 12 - Cargo Cult
    6.6/10(59 votes)

    #12 - Cargo Cult

    S2:E12

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 13 - The Assassin
    7.5/10(61 votes)

    #13 - The Assassin

    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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  14. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 14 - The Gunslinger
    6.5/10(59 votes)

    #14 - The Gunslinger

    S2:E14

    An arms dealer who runs a mock-Western town in Nevada is the team's next target.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 15 - Church Bells in Bogota
    7.2/10(59 votes)

    #15 - Church Bells in Bogota

    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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  16. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 16 - The Sands of Seth
    7.4/10(59 votes)

    #16 - The Sands of Seth

    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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Golden Serpent (1)" is the best rated episode of "Mission: Impossible" season 2. It scored 7.3/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Don Chaffey and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/1989. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Golden Serpent (2)".