Episode guide
Mission: Impossible: Season 1
19 episodes · premiered Oct 23, 1988
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- Episode 1: The Killer Oct 23, 1988 · 48m When an IMF team leader is assassinated, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement and assembles a new team to bring the killer to justice.
- Episode 2: The System Oct 30, 1988 · 47m The team must force a mobster to turn evidence against his partner and mentor.
- Episode 3: Holograms Nov 6, 1988 · 47m The IMF must lure a canny drug lord on to U.S. territory so he can be arrested for his crimes.
- Episode 4: The Condemned Nov 20, 1988 · 48m The team must free a falsely-condemned prisoner - former IMF techno-genius Barney Collier.
- Episode 5: The Legacy Nov 26, 1988 · 47m 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.
- Episode 6: The Wall Dec 11, 1988 · 48m 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…
- Episode 7: The Cattle King Dec 18, 1988 · 47m The IMF teams up with Australian aborigines to bring down a superstitious cattle king and arms dealer.
- Episode 8: The Pawn Jan 15, 1989 · 48m 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…
- Episode 9: The Haunting Jan 28, 1989 · 48m When a rich young sociopath kills a Middle Eastern princess and her father threatens war, the IMF must bring him to justice.
- Episode 10: The Lions Feb 4, 1989 · 49m 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…
- Episode 11: The Greek Feb 11, 1989 · 49m Jim and Grant must get close to a Greek billionnaire who runs a black market drug ring, and turn his partners against him.
- Episode 12: The Fortune Feb 18, 1989 · 49m 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.
- Episode 13: The Fixer Feb 25, 1989 · 48m A Washington journalist uses his connections to gain information to blackmail politicians, posing a threat to the U.S.
- Episode 14: Spy Mar 18, 1989 · 48m 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.
- Episode 15: The Devils Mar 25, 1989 · 49m 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.
- Episode 16: The Plague Apr 8, 1989 · 49m An industrial spy prepares to sell a vial of bacteria, unaware of how virulent it is if accidentally released.
- Episode 17: Reprisal Apr 15, 1989 · 49m 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…
- Episode 18: Submarine Apr 29, 1989 · 48m 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…
- Episode 19: Bayou May 6, 1989 · 49m The IMF must use voodoo rituals to break up a white slavery ring run by a sadistic Louisiana bar owner and millionnaire.