Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series season 1)

Mission: Impossible (season 1)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	19
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	October 23, 1988 – May 6, 1989

The first season of the Mission: Impossible revival originally aired Sundays at 8:00–9:00 pm (EST) from October 23, 1988^[1] to January 15, 1989^[2] and Saturdays at 8:00–9:00 pm (EST) from January 28^[3] to May 6, 1989.^[4]

Cast

Character	Actor	Main	Recurring
Jim Phelps	Peter Graves	Entire season
Nicholas Black	Thaao Penghlis	Entire Season
Max Hart	Tony Hamilton	Entire Season
Grant Colier	Phil Morris	Entire Season
Casey Randall	Terry Markwell	Episodes 1-12
Shannon Reed	Jane Badler	Episodes 13-19	Episode 12
Barnard "Barney" Colier	Greg Morris		Episode 4

Episodes

Series #	Episode #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original Airdate	Production #[5]
1	1	"The Killer"	Cliff Bole	Arthur Weiss	October 23, 1988	1
Remake of "The Killer" (S05/E01) of the original series. When an assassin (John de Lancie) kills his protégé and replacement as IMF team leader, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement in order to stop both the assassin and the man behind him, known only as "Scorpio". His team's job is complicated when it's discovered the killer makes his decisions at random.
2	2	"The System"	Cliff Bole	Robert Hamner	October 30, 1988	3
Remake of "The System" (S03/E15) of the original series. In order to get him to turn state's evidence against his Syndicate boss, the IMF makes a crooked casino owner (James Sloyan) believe his boss is setting him up to be eliminated.
3	3	"Holograms"	Kim Manners	Robert Brennan	November 6, 1988	4
In order to tempt the strongman leader of a Latin American country onto a US territorial island so that he can be extradicted, the IMF uses a 15-year-old boy to pose as his long-lost son. This is the first original episode to either be produced or aired for the revival series.
4	4	"The Condemned"	Cliff Bole	Teleplay by: Ted Roberts & Michael Fisher Story by: John Truman	November 20, 1988	5
Remake of "The Condemned" (S02/E19). After Grant's father Barney Collier (Greg Morris, reprising his role from the original series) is framed for murder in Istanbul, the IMF must break him out of prison and determine why he was set up. ("John Truman" is a pseudonym for the original episode's writer, Laurence Heath, who had his name removed from the credits of the remake.)
5	5	"The Legacy"	Kim Manners	Michael Lynn & Allan Balter	November 26, 1988	2
Nicholas poses as one of the four grandsons of Nazi officers who want to use a stash of Nazi gold hidden by their grandfathers at the end of WWII in order to finance a wave of terrorist activities in Europe. Episode revived from the original series (S01/E15), written by William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter (Woodfield had his name taken off the credits of the revived episode; Balter had since died).
6	6	"The Wall"	Colin Budds	David Phillips	December 11, 1988	6
In order to rescue the daughter of a West German negotiator, the team manipulates a crooked East German doctor who offers to smuggle people to West Berlin for an exorbitant fee but, in reality, delivers them into the hands of the Stasi. The episode is a loose remake of the original series episode "The Bank."
7	7	"The Cattle King"	Mike Vejar	Ted Roberts	December 18, 1988	7
The IMF sets out to thwart an Australian cattle rancher and arms dealer who is offering to sell Stinger missiles to terrorists by making him think he has been cursed by an Aboriginal shaman. This episode is very similar to "Doomsday".
8	8	"The Pawn"	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Billy Marshall-Stoneking	January 15, 1989	8
When a Czechoslovakian nuclear scientist and chess grand master wishes to defect to the west with his daughter, the IMF must get him out from under the watchful eye of his minder, a suspicious Soviet colonel.
9	9	"The Haunting"	Mike Vejar	Michael Fisher	January 28, 1989	9
The IMF team uses the supernatural interests of the domineering mother (Janis Paige) of a serial killer (Parker Stevenson) in order bring him down after he kills the princess of an oil-rich sultanate.
10	10	"The Lions"	Rob Stewart	Teleplay by: David Phillips Story by: James Crown	February 4, 1989	10
A royal usurper (James Shigeta) is out to kill the true heir to the throne of the Himalayan kingdom of Bajan-Du by replacing the pieces of a deadly puzzle that is part of the coronation ceremony with replicas that will ensure failure.
11	11	"The Greek"	Colin Budds	Ted Roberts	February 11, 1989	11
The IMF makes the heads of the organization of a Greek tycoon and relief medicine smuggler (Cesare Danova) believe he is double-crossing them.
12	12	"The Fortune"	Rod Hardy	Robert Brennan	February 18, 1989	12
While performing advanced recon for a mission to recover the money looted from the treasury of a Caribbean nation by its ousted dictator and his Eva Perón-like wife (Barbara Luna, who guest starred on the original series in the episodes "Elena" and "Time Bomb," playing an IMF agent in the latter), Casey is captured and killed by the dictator's wife. The rest of the team, along with new team member Shannon Reed, must accomplish the mission while also obtaining proof of Casey's death. This is the final episode for Terry Markwell as Casey Randall and the first episode for Jane Badler as Shannon Reed. This episode is the only time in either the original series or the remake series that an IMF agent is killed and subsequently disavowed.
13	13	"The Fixer"	Colin Budds	Walter Brough	February 25, 1989	13
A Washington journalist (Richard Romanus) has a sideline in blackmail and the team must stop him by turning his confidante and bodyguard against him.
14	14	"Spy"	Rob Stewart	Michael Fisher	March 18, 1989	14
The IMF must go to Africa to stop a rogue former MI6 agent from selling a cache of diamonds in order to finance the sale of chemical weapons. The mission is complicated when Jim Phelps's cover is blown and he is shot.
15	15	"The Devils"	Arch Nicholson	Ted Roberts	March 25, 1989	15
The team investigates a member of the English gentry who involves foreign and domestic officials in Satanic rituals and human sacrifice for blackmail purposes.
16	16	"The Plague"	Colin Budds	Rick Maier	April 8, 1989	16
A French terrorist (Maud Adams) has stolen a deadly bacteria that causes rapid organ deterioration in those infected by it. The IMF must convince her she has been infected herself in order to re-obtain it.
17	17	"Reprisal"	Rob Stewart	Walter Brough	April 15, 1989	17
When a psychotic ex-IMF scientist begins killing the old IMF team that Jim Phelps led which put him behind bars (and frames Jim Phelps for the murders), the new team must figure out how he is killing from his prison cell and try to save the remaining targeted agents. Lynda Day George reprises her role of Casey from the original series; the character was given the first name "Lisa" in order to avoid confusion with the character of Casey Randall.[5]
18	18	"Submarine"	Colin Budds	Dale Duguid	April 29, 1989	18
The team must track down the purveyor (Mitchell Ryan) of a computer virus that destroys the systems of naval vessels. Written by series art director Dale Duguid. Despite the title, it is not a remake of the original series episode of the same name.
19	19	"Bayou"	Don Chaffey	Jeffrey M. Hayes	May 6, 1989	19
The team has to take down the head of a white slavery operation in Louisiana (Frank Thring) by using the voodoo beliefs of his trusted lieutenant (Paula Kelly) to drive a wedge between them.

References

1. TV Listings for October 23, 1988
2. TV Listings for January 15, 1989
3. TV Listings for January 28, 1989
4. TV Listings for May 6, 1989
5. White, Patrick J. (1991). The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier. New York: Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-75877-6.