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The Worst Episodes of Mission: Impossible

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The Worst Episodes of Mission: Impossible

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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  1. Background image for War Games
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for Banshee
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for Deadly Harvest
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Cargo Cult
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for The Gunslinger
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for The Greek
    6.4/10(60 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Command Performance
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for Countdown
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  10. Background image for The Fuehrer's Children
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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  11. Background image for For Art's Sake
    6.5/10(2 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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  12. Background image for The Assassin
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for Church Bells in Bogota
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for The Sands of Seth
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Background image for The Plague
    6.8/10(59 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for The Fixer
    6.9/10(60 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for The Lions
    7.0/10(62 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for The Golden Serpent (1)
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for The Golden Serpent  (2)
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for Target Earth
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Holograms
    7.1/10(78 votes)

    #20 - Holograms

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Wall
    7.1/10(66 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for Submarine
    7.1/10(63 votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. Background image for The Killer
    7.2/10(119 votes)

    #23 - The Killer

    S1:E1

    When an IMF team leader is assassinated, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement and assembles a new team to bring the killer to justice.

    Director:Cliff Bole
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  25. Background image for The System
    7.2/10(83 votes)

    #24 - The System

    S1:E2

    The team must force a mobster to turn evidence against his partner and mentor.

    Director:Cliff Bole
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  26. Background image for The Condemned
    7.2/10(80 votes)

    #25 - The Condemned

    S1:E4

    The team must free a falsely-condemned prisoner - former IMF techno-genius Barney Collier.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"War Games" is the worst rated episode of "Mission: Impossible". It scored 6/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Rod Hardy and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/28/1992. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Banshee".