6.3/1060 votesLoading...#1 - 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
6.4/1054 votesLoading...#2 - 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
6.5/1051 votesLoading...#3 - 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
6.6/1051 votesLoading...#4 - 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
6.8/1053 votesLoading...#5 - 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
6.9/1055 votesLoading...#7 - 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
6.9/1053 votesLoading...#8 - 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
7.0/1055 votesLoading...#9 - 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
7.1/1061 votesLoading...#10 - 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
7.1/1057 votesLoading...#11 - 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
7.1/1058 votesLoading...#12 - 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
7.2/1075 votesLoading...#13 - 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
7.2/1072 votesLoading...#14 - 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
7.2/1071 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.2/1063 votesLoading...#16 - 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
7.2/1065 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.2/1053 votesLoading...#18 - 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
7.3/1053 votesLoading...#19 - 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
7.3/1053 votesLoading...#20 - 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 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.4/1057 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.4/1055 votesLoading...#23 - 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
7.4/1061 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.4/1055 votesLoading...#25 - 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
The Worst 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....
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Banshee" is the worst rated episode of "Mission: Impossible". It scored 6.3/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/30/1989. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Greek".
