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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 Worst Episode
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    Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 5 - The Legacy
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - The Legacy

    S1:E5

    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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  2. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 6 - War Games
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 9 - Banshee
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 11 - Deadly Harvest
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 12 - Cargo Cult
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 14 - The Gunslinger
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 6 - The Wall
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - The Wall

    S1:E6

    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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  8. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 7 - The Cattle King
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - The Cattle King

    S1:E7

    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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  9. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 8 - The Pawn
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - The Pawn

    S1:E8

    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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  10. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 9 - The Haunting
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Haunting

    S1:E9

    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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  11. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 10 - The Lions
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Lions

    S1:E10

    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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  12. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 11 - The Greek
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - The Greek

    S1:E11

    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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  13. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 12 - The Fortune
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Fortune

    S1:E12

    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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  14. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 13 - The Fixer
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Fixer

    S1:E13

    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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  15. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 14 - Spy
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Spy

    S1:E14

    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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  16. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 15 - The Devils
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Devils

    S1:E15

    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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  17. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 16 - The Plague
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - The Plague

    S1:E16

    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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  18. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 18 - Submarine
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Submarine

    S1:E18

    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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  19. Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episode 19 - Bayou
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Bayou

    S1:E19

    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

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  20. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 3 - The Princess
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 4 - Command Performance
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 5 - Countdown
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 8 - The Fuehrer's Children
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 10 - For Art's Sake
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Mission: Impossible Season 2 Episode 13 - The Assassin
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Legacy" is the worst rated episode of "Mission: Impossible". It scored 6/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Kim Manners and written by Allan Balter, it aired on 11/26/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "War Games".