Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin.
The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Pilot | 1966-09-17 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Memory | 1966-09-24 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Operation Rogosh | 1966-10-01 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Old Man Out (1) | 1966-10-08 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Old Man Out (2) | 1966-10-15 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Odds on Evil | 1966-10-22 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Wheels | 1966-10-29 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Ransom | 1966-11-05 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | A Spool There Was | 1966-11-12 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Carriers | 1966-11-19 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Zubrovnik's Ghost | 1966-11-26 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | Fakeout | 1966-12-03 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Elena | 1966-12-10 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | The Short Tail Spy | 1966-12-17 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Legacy | 1967-01-07 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Reluctant Dragon | 1967-01-14 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Frame | 1967-01-21 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | The Trial | 1967-01-28 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | The Diamond | 1967-02-04 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Legend | 1967-02-11 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | Snowball in Hell | 1967-02-18 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Confession | 1967-02-25 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | Action! | 1967-03-04 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | The Train | 1967-03-18 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 25 | Shock | 1967-03-25 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 26 | A Cube of Sugar | 1967-04-01 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 27 | The Traitor | 1967-04-15 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 28 | The Psychic | 1967-04-22 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Widow | 1967-09-10 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Trek | 1967-09-17 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Survivors | 1967-09-24 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | The Bank | 1967-10-01 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | The Slave (1) | 1967-10-08 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | The Slave (2) | 1967-10-15 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Operation Heart | 1967-10-22 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | The Money Machine | 1967-10-29 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | The Seal | 1967-11-05 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | Charity | 1967-11-12 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | The Council (1) | 1967-11-19 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | The Council (2) | 1967-11-26 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | The Astrologer | 1967-12-03 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | Echo of Yesterday | 1967-12-10 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | The Photographer | 1967-12-17 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | The Spy | 1968-01-07 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 17 | A Game of Chess | 1968-01-14 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 18 | The Emerald | 1968-01-21 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 19 | The Condemned | 1968-01-28 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 20 | The Counterfeiter | 1968-02-04 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 21 | The Town | 1968-02-18 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 22 | The Killing | 1968-02-28 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 23 | The Phoenix | 1968-03-03 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 24 | Trial by Fury | 1968-03-10 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 25 | Recovery | 1968-03-17 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Heir Apparent | 1968-09-29 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Contender (1) | 1968-10-06 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | The Contender (2) | 1968-10-13 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | The Mercenaries | 1968-10-27 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | The Execution | 1968-11-10 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | The Cardinal | 1968-11-17 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | The Elixir | 1968-11-24 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | The Diplomat | 1968-12-01 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | The Play | 1968-12-08 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | The Bargain | 1968-12-15 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | The Freeze | 1968-12-22 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | The Exchange | 1969-01-05 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | The Mind of Stefan Miklos | 1969-01-12 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 14 | The Test Case | 1969-01-19 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 15 | The System | 1969-01-26 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 16 | The Glass Cage | 1969-02-02 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 17 | Doomsday | 1969-02-16 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 18 | Live Bait | 1969-02-23 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 19 | The Bunker (1) | 1969-03-02 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 20 | The Bunker (2) | 1969-03-09 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 21 | Nitro | 1969-03-23 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 22 | Nicole | 1969-03-30 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 23 | The Vault | 1969-04-06 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 24 | Illusion | 1969-04-13 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 25 | The Interrogator | 1969-04-20 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | The Code | 1969-09-28 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | The Numbers Game (aka The Key) | 1969-10-05 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | The Controllers (1) | 1969-10-12 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 4 | The Controllers (2) | 1969-10-19 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Fool's Gold | 1969-10-26 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 6 | Commandante | 1969-11-02 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 7 | The Double Circle | 1969-11-09 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 8 | Submarine | 1969-11-16 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 9 | Robot | 1969-11-23 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 10 | Mastermind | 1969-11-30 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 11 | The Brothers | 1969-12-07 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 12 | Time Bomb | 1969-12-14 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 13 | The Amnesiac | 1969-12-21 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 14 | The Falcon (1) | 1970-01-04 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 15 | The Falcon (2) | 1970-01-11 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 16 | The Falcon (3) | 1970-01-18 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 17 | Chico | 1970-01-25 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 18 | Gitano (aka Toys) | 1970-02-01 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 19 | Phantoms | 1970-02-08 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 20 | Terror | 1970-02-15 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 21 | Lover's Knot | 1970-02-22 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 22 | Orpheus | 1970-03-01 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 23 | The Crane | 1970-03-08 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 24 | Death Squad | 1970-03-15 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 25 | The Choice | 1970-03-22 | 60 min |
Season 4 | Episode 26 | The Martyr | 1970-03-29 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 1 | The Killer | 1970-09-19 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 2 | Flip Side | 1970-09-26 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 3 | The Innocent | 1970-10-03 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 4 | Homecoming | 1970-10-10 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 5 | Flight | 1970-10-17 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 6 | My Friend, My Enemy | 1970-10-24 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 7 | Butterfly | 1970-10-31 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 8 | Decoy | 1970-11-07 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 9 | The Amateur | 1970-11-14 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 10 | Hunted | 1970-11-21 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 11 | The Rebel | 1970-11-28 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 12 | Squeeze Play | 1970-12-12 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 13 | The Hostage | 1970-12-19 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 14 | Takeover | 1971-01-02 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 15 | Cat's Paw | 1971-01-09 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 16 | The Missile | 1971-01-16 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 17 | The Field | 1971-01-23 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 18 | Blast | 1971-01-30 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 19 | The Catafalque | 1971-02-06 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 20 | Kitara | 1971-02-20 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 21 | A Ghost Story | 1971-02-27 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 22 | The Party | 1971-03-06 | 60 min |
Season 5 | Episode 23 | The Merchant | 1971-03-17 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 1 | Blind | 1971-09-18 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 2 | Encore | 1971-09-25 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 3 | The Tram | 1971-10-02 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 4 | Mindbend | 1971-10-09 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 5 | Shape-Up | 1971-10-16 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 6 | The Miracle | 1971-10-23 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 7 | Encounter | 1971-10-30 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 8 | Underwater | 1971-11-06 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 9 | Invasion | 1971-11-13 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 10 | Blues | 1971-11-20 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 11 | The Visitors | 1971-11-27 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 12 | Nerves | 1971-12-04 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 13 | Run for the Money | 1971-12-11 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 14 | The Connection | 1971-12-18 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 15 | The Bride | 1972-01-01 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 16 | Stone Pillow | 1972-01-08 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 17 | Image | 1972-01-15 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 18 | Committed | 1972-01-22 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 19 | Bag Woman | 1972-01-29 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 20 | Double Dead | 1972-02-12 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 21 | Casino | 1972-02-19 | 60 min |
Season 6 | Episode 22 | Trapped | 1972-02-26 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 1 | Break! | 1972-09-16 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 2 | Two Thousand | 1972-09-23 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 3 | The Deal | 1972-09-30 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 4 | Leona | 1972-10-07 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 5 | TOD-5 (aka The Carrier) | 1972-10-14 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 6 | Cocaine | 1972-10-21 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 7 | Underground | 1972-10-28 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 8 | Movie | 1972-11-04 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 9 | Hit | 1972-11-11 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 10 | Ultimatum | 1972-11-18 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 11 | Kidnap | 1972-12-02 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 12 | Crack-Up | 1972-12-09 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 13 | The Puppet | 1972-12-22 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 14 | Incarnate | 1973-01-05 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 15 | Boomerang | 1973-01-12 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 16 | The Question | 1973-01-19 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 17 | The Fountain | 1973-01-26 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 18 | The Fighter | 1973-02-09 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 19 | Speed | 1973-02-16 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 20 | The Pendulum | 1973-02-23 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 21 | The Western | 1973-03-02 | 60 min |
Season 7 | Episode 22 | Imitation | 1973-03-30 | 60 min |
Production | Barry Crane | Producer |
Writing | William Woodfield | Writer |
Production | Bruce Geller | Executive Producer |
Production | Joseph Gantman | Producer |
Production | Robert H. Justman | Producer |
Production | Allan Balter | Producer |
Production | William Woodfield | Producer |
Sound | Lalo Schifrin | Main Title Theme Composer |