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Season 5 – Mission: Impossible

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A group of extraordinary spies, each experts in their own fields, belong to the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) -- first headed up by Daniel Briggs and later overseen by Jim Phelps. The IMF is a government agency that undertakes only the most hazardous of espionage missions. The beginning of each episode featured the now-famous tape-recorded message outlining the latest task for the group to tackle. Popular during the Cold War, the group's missions usually centered on overthrowing the government of some small communist country causing problems for the free world. The IMF crew included disguise expert Rollin Hand, charmer Cinnamon Carter, electronics technician Barney Collier, strong man Willy Armitage and, in later episodes, disguise-master Paris.
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Nancy Banks-Smith Guardian 02/28/2020
There was a moment during Mission Impossible when I feared that if I yawned any wider my ears would pop off like press studs. Go to Full Review Noel Murray AV Club 12/07/2018
[One] way that Mission: Impossible's fifth season distinguished itself from the show's earlier years was that it personalized the members of the IMF more, dealing more with their pasts and their convictions. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Max W @MaxthorWoo 06/22/2024 The addition of Lesley Ann Warren and Sam Elliott to the cast brings the Mission: Impossible team back to an ideal balance in Season 5. This season successfully regains its unique charm, forward-thinking elements, and inspirational flair through enhanced narrative optimization. See more Read all reviews
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Bruce Geller

Creator

Steven Hill

Daniel Briggs

Peter Graves

James Phelps

Martin Landau

Rollin Hand

Barbara Bain

Cinnamon Carter

Greg Morris

Barney Collier

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 19, 1970 The Killer The IMF must prevent an assassin from carrying out his assignment without knowing the identity of his target. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 26, 1970 Flip Side Dana and Paris infiltrate an international drug ring headed by a ruthless man (Sal Mineo); guests Dana Elcar, Robert Alda. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 3, 1970 The Innocent The IMF must enlist an uncooperative computer genius (Christopher Connelly) when enemy operatives injure and capture Barney. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 10, 1970 Homecoming Phelps secretly uses his IMF knowledge to help authorities in his home town solve a series of murders. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 17, 1970 Flight An official (John Colicos) plans to assassinate a Caribbean president set to speak before Congress. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 25, 1970 My Friend, My Enemy A glamorous double agent ensnares Paris so a delicate brain operation can be performed that will program him to kill Phelps. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 31, 1970 Butterfly Dana places her life in danger as the IMF tries to prove an American businessman innocent of the murder of his Japanese wife. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 7, 1970 Decoy Phelps falls in love with a dictator's daughter, whom the IMF has been assigned to transport out of an Eastern-bloc country. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 14, 1970 The Amateur The IMF agents fear a mission may have to be aborted when part of a secret weapon they obtained falls into another's hands. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 21, 1970 Hunted A deaf nurse (Ta-Tanisha) takes in badly injured Barney after he must be left behind by the IMF team; guest John Anderson. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 28, 1970 The Rebel Phelps and Dana pose as professor and student to help young rebels obtain vital scientific information. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 12, 1970 Squeeze Play The team is assigned to intercept a list of heroin-ring information before it passes from a dying leader to his successor. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 19, 1970 The Hostage Revolutionaries kidnap Paris as a hostage, believing his recent undercover role as an American magnate; guest Lou Antonio. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 2, 1971 Takeover Barney and Dana go under cover to thwart a political boss's plans to use a student riot to place his man in the state house. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 9, 1971 Cat's Paw Barney's brother is murdered after his newspaper begins a crusade against a crime boss (Hari Rhodes) with police connections. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 16, 1971 The Missile The IMF's plan to have a foreign spy steal a fake missile-guidance system goes awry when Dana is abducted; guest John Beck. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 23, 1971 The Field Barney cannot escape a minefield during a mission to sabotage a satellite carrying hydrogen bombs. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 30, 1971 Blast The IMF team infiltrates a revolutionary group which commits robberies to finance plans to overthrow the American government. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 6, 1971 The Catafalque The IMF must find information in a secret nuclear-arms treaty to avert an off shore missile crisis. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 20, 1971 Kitara The IMF is assigned to free the leader of a West African liberation movement, held prisoner by a racist, tyrannical colonel. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 27, 1971 A Ghost Story A deceased defector's body must be recovered since it contains the only sample of a deadly nerve gas; guest Andrew Duggan. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 6, 1971 The Party The IMF uses a captured spy's wife (Antoinette Bower) to release information on a list of enemy agents from the man's memory. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 17, 1971 The Merchant An arms dealer (George Sanders) concocts a plan to supply American arms to guerrilla groups in Africa and the Middle East. Details

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Mission: Impossible — Season 5

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Season Info

Creator
Bruce Geller
Executive Producer
Bruce Geller
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 19, 1970