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Mission: Impossible Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
The Killer
Sun, Oct 23, 198887 mins
Former IMF team leader Jim Phelps returns when his friend and protégé is killed. He would learn that his friend was in the midst of identifying a master criminal who is only known by the name Scorpio, so Scorpio sent his killer, a man who goes by many names who currently uses Matthew Drake, to take care of him. Jim's mission is to stop his next contract and to somehow find out who Scorpio is. So Jim selects 4 team members, Nicholas Black, a master of disguise, Casey Randall, a fashion designer who joined IMF to help get the ones who killed her fiance, Max Harte, a man who organized his own mission to locate his brother who went MIA in Vietnam and Grant Collier, the son of one of Jim's old team members, Barney Collier. They learn that Drake will be going to London where no doubt his next contract will be. So they make sure Drake stays at the hotel they picked to learn who the target is and Grant takes his place. But, when they lose Drake, can they figure out how he will do it in time to save Grant.
Episode 2
The System
Sun, Oct 30, 1988
Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to find the evidence and testimony necessary to put notorious crime ringleader Bob Connors, who have managed to escape justice for more than 10 years, in prison for good. The only person who knows enough about Connor's business dealings to provide this testimony is, however, a man who will never talk - Frank Marley. Apart from being Connors's close friend and protégé, Marley is, according to reports, secretly being groomed to take over Connor's business empire when he eventually retires. The team decides to move in on Marley in order to try to wreck his friendship with Connors, and thus, loosen Marley's tongue.
Episode 3
Holograms
Sun, Nov 6, 1988
Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to extradite Colonel Gregory Usher to the United States legal system. A self-declared president in his country recognised for their large production of processed cocaine, Colonel Usher has been sought after for some time, wanted for his extensive world-wide drug trafficking.
Episode 4
The Condemned
Sun, Nov 20, 1988
Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to free and clear the name of a retired American IMF-agent falsely imprisoned of murder in Istanbul. Now impending execution in Turkey, the former agent in question appears to have been set up by a crooked policeman named Captain Hamidou, who has built his whole career in the police force with corruption, murder and bribery. By making a quick arrest in this murder case, Hamidou earned himself a hefty promotion. An extra twist in the case turns out to be that the agent in need of rescue happens to be Jim's old colleague, and Grant's father, Barney Collier...
Episode 5
The Legacy
Sun, Nov 27, 1988
During World War Ii, Hitler amassed a huge amount of gold, which he entrusts to four of his confidantes to make sure that his legacy continues. But because several Nazis were apprehended in the 60's, which was when they were suppose to make their move, they choose to let the next generation handle it. And they are ready to make their move so Jim is instructed to stop them. Jim has Max replace the one member they know of because they've never met. And they're meeting in Switzerland. After the four meet, one of them asks them to reveal a number they were told to remember, which is the code to a Swiss account. But, because Max doesn't know, he says he won't reveal it till they all go to the bank. The one who asks pulls a gun and tells Max to reveal it because it is only the beginning, they're still more they need from each other. But Max stands his ground and Jim has to find a way to get the number. And plans to use the history of the man who pulled the gun on Max to drive a wedge between them.
Episode 6
The Wall
Sun, Dec 11, 1988
Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to destroy the black market operation of Doctor Gerstner, who, in 1980s divided Berlin, runs a secret service helping people in East Germany to escape to the western side in return for large amounts of money. The really devious part of his service, however, is that the people whom he agrees to help across never reaches the west, seeing as his business partner, German intelligence man Colonel Batz, always has soldiers ready and waiting to arrest the escapees on the other side. Over the years, Gerstner and Batz have made a hefty sum of money on their business, and put hundreds of men, women and children in prison or to the soldier's guns. In order to increase the hostile atmosphere between East and West Germany, so that The Berlin Wall can stay up and their business further thrive, Gerstner and Batz have also recently expanded their operation into kidnapping. They hope that their abduction of Ilse Bruck, and the blackmailing of her father, a key West German trade negotiator, will impede any friendly talks between the East and West, and ultimately lead to The Berlin Wall remaining in its place for a long time yet to come.
Episode 7
The Cattle King
Sun, Dec 18, 1988
Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to put Douglas Matthews - Australian cattle breeder, investor, and international arms dealer to terrorists - out of business. The IMF-team are however not alone in wanting to destroy Matthews. So are a group of Australian aborigines; infuriated by the fact that Matthews has killed their people and desecrated their lands in the process of his arms dealing.
Episode 8
The Pawn
Sun, Jan 15, 1989
After the death of his wife and the murder of his son, Professor Gregor Antonov, a European chess master and key scientist in an important Soviet defense project, has become increasingly disillusioned with his work in the Cold War arms race. Disheartened, he has thoughts of defecting to the west, where he will live a quiet life together with his 15-year-old daughter Sasha, his only remaining family member. Soviet officials are however well aware of Antonov's hopes, and thus the security around him is rigorous. Jim Phelps and his team of agents are assigned to the mission of smuggling Antonov and his daughter out of the Soviet Union and to safety in the west. The perfect opportunity to do this appears to be during a chess tournament in Czechoslovakia, where the chess master Antonov is due to participate.
Episode 9
The Haunting
Sat, Jan 28, 1989
While studying at Honolulu University, the Princess Jehan, the daughter of a rich eastern European oil baron, mysteriously disappears. Although her body is never found, all signs point to murder, and a very violent death. Though failing to produce any evidence, the police are convinced that the Princess's murderer is Champ Foster, a man from a wealthy and influential Hawaiian family. They believe that he is responsible for at least half a dozen other murders around the USA, but his family's money and influence has literally enabled Mr. Foster to get away with murder for years. Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to find out whether or not Champ Foster really did kill the Princess Jehan, and if so, to find that crucial piece of evidence.
Episode 10
The Lions
Sat, Feb 4, 1989
As the King of the country of Bajan-Du suddenly passes away, it is expected that his young son, Prince Mikos, should continue his father's work and take his father's place on the throne. However, according to Bajan-Du tradition, no one can be king of the country without first passing "the ceremony of the golden lions" - a ceremony the late King's brother Ki is determined to fix so that the Prince can have no possibility of solving it. He wants the Prince to die trying to find the answer to the puzzle. Ki, who is next in line to the throne, hopes to thereafter rule Bajan-Du and put an immediate stop to all the modernization and western influences his late brother was so determined to bring into their ancient country. Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to save the life of Prince Mikos, and ruin all of Ki's plans.
Episode 11
The Greek
Sat, Feb 11, 1989
Jim Phelps and his team of agents are assigned to the mission of breaking up an international drugs distribution network run by Socrates Colonnades. They must bring a definite halt to Colonnades's way of acquiring the drugs which he distributes in the first place. This, Colonnades achieves, by robbing relief organisations of medial supplies destined for third world countries.
Episode 12
The Fortune
Sat, Feb 18, 1989
As dictator Luis Berezan began to get increasingly weakened by old age and illness, the people in his country of Alcante finally saw it fit to start a long-awaited revolution against his regime. Luis Berezan and his wife Emelia fled the country - not without first, however, emptying Alcante's treasury - and sought asylum in the United States. In the US, they live a life in luxury, while the people in the bankrupt country they left behind starve. Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the assignment to locate and steal back the money originally stolen by the Berezans, with the purpose of returning it to the people of Alcante.
Episode 13
The Fixer
Sat, Feb 25, 1989
His long-spanning career as a successful Washington columnist and broadcaster has provided Arthur Six with a lot of sensitive information about important people in the world of politics, law, and business. This information Six then likes to use for blackmail purposes, leading him to control a number of men and women in very high positions. His main adversary at the moment is Senator Tom Oxenford, who wants Six indicted by a grand jury for being involved in a blackmail conspiracy against the American government. Jim Phelps and his team of agents are assigned to making certain that Six really is indicted by the jury, and to find and erase his secret records of blackmail information.
Episode 14
Spy
Sat, Mar 18, 1989
Jim and his IMF team are sent to locate and destroy a plant wherein chemical weapons are being manufactured. And the man behind it, Christie, is a rogue MI6 agent. A Russian scientist accompanies them to help them. Jim goes to meet Christie under the guise of being a diamond merchant who is buying the diamonds he is selling to finance his operation. But Christie upon learning who Jim is tries to kill him but Max saves him. They take the diamonds. But they later learn that he will get his financing yet so Jim decides to return the diamonds to him in hopes that he will let his guard down so they can stop him.
Episode 15
The Devils
Sat, Mar 25, 1989
Soon after having stayed as guests at the English country estate of Lord Holman, third Baron of Saffron Cobden and member of the English House of Lords, two western diplomats have committed suicide. Another diplomat, and also a frequent guest of Lord Holman's, has been admitted to an institution of the mentally insane. At the same time, the bodies of three young girls have been found stabbed to death in a river close to Holman's estate. Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to investigate these mysterious events; to find out if there is any connection between the dead girls and the suicides, and in addition to discover what Lord Holman and his guests really get up to at the country manor.
Episode 16
The Plague
Sat, Apr 8, 198947 mins
Jim Phelps and his team of agents are assigned to the mission of finding and neutralising a dangerous stolen bacteria called Xerxes, which, when exposed to, will rapidly assist in aging all of the vital organs of the human being. The bacteria is believed to have been stolen by Catherine Balzac, who, apart from running a Parisian night club, traffics in black-market intelligence.
Episode 17
Reprisal
Sat, Apr 15, 1989
When former IMF-agent Laura Ann Wilson is murdered, Jim Phelps's fingerprints are found at the scene of the crime, making him the police's prime suspect in the case. Knowing however that Phelps was in Thailand at the time of the murder working on a case, the IMF-secretary realises that Phelps must have been framed by someone. Jim identifies his former agent colleague Russell Acker as the only person who could possibly be responsible. After having been in a serious car accident 14 years ago, Acker lost his mind and started murdering beautiful women. Jim Phelps, Laura Ann Wilson, and two other female agents eventually put him away for life in a mental institution. Acker saw being caught by his own colleagues as the definitive betrayal and he must now finally have found a way of getting his own back from inside his high security prison for the mentally insane.
Episode 18
Submarine
Sat, Apr 29, 1989
The American submarine USS Concorde is dramatically lost at sea and the few surviving crew members report that the submarine was blown apart by a torpedo containing a sophisticated computer virus. This virus killed the submarine's computer system, leading to the underwater ship being impossible to control. Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to find the virus program which sunk the Concorde, so that an antidote program can be created. They have to find the virus's creators, and put them out of the virus creating business for good.
Episode 19
Bayou
Sat, May 6, 1989
Jim Phelps and his team of agents are assigned to finding out what has happened to more than 100 young girls who have mysteriously disappeared from the American town of New Orleans. The police in New Orleans are convinced that the girls have fallen victims to Jake Morgan, a jazz club owner who they also believe is responsible for an extensive white slavery business that kidnaps young girls and sells them as slaves to countries in Africa and Asia. If Morgan really is guilty of these accusations, it is up to the IMF-team to find the evidence and hopefully also a complete records of all the girls that have been sold through the organisation. If records can be found, the girls in question can be tracked, and hopefully also ultimately saved from slavery.
