5.0/101 votesLoading...#1 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#4 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#5 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#6 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#7 - 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: N/A
5.0/101 votesLoading...#8 - 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
5.0/101 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#10 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#12 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#13 - 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: N/A
5.0/101 votesLoading...#14 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.0/101 votesLoading...#15 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#16 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#17 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#18 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#19 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#20 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#21 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#22 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#23 - 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
5.0/101 votesLoading...#25 - 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
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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Network:ABC
Worst Episodes Summary
"The System" is the worst rated episode of "Mission: Impossible". It scored 5/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Cliff Bole and written by Robert Hamner, it aired on 10/30/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Holograms".
