Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series season 2)

Mission: Impossible (season 2)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 16
Release
Original network ABC
Original release September 21, 1989 (1989-09-21) – February 24, 1990 (1990-02-24)
Season chronology

The second and final season of the Mission: Impossible revival originally aired Thursdays at 8:00–9:00 pm (EST) on ABC from September 21[1] to December 14, 1989[2] and Saturdays at 8:00–9:00 pm (EST) from January 6[3] to February 24, 1990.[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 Collier Phil Morris Entire Season
Shannon Reed Jane Badler Entire Season
Barnard "Barney" Collier Greg Morris Episodes 1-2

Episodes

Series
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Episode
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Title Directed by Written by Original Airdate Production
#[5]
201"The Golden Serpent: Part 1"Don ChaffeyTeleplay by: Michael Seims and Ted Roberts & Jeffrey M. Hayes
Story by: Michael Seims
September 21, 1989 (1989-09-21)20
In order to bring down the ruler of a small southeast Asian principality, who is also a member of an opium cartel, the IMF makes the prince believe his long-dead twin brother is still alive and out for revenge. Greg Morris guest stars as Barney Collier.
212"The Golden Serpent: Part 2"Don ChaffeyTeleplay by: Michael Seims and Ted Roberts & Jeffrey M. Hayes
Story by: Michael Seims
September 28, 1989 (1989-09-28)21
Conclusion. After making the leader of the cartel believe the prince had been stealing from him, Jim Phelps and Nicholas pose as rivals trying to take over the organization.
223"The Princess"Colin BuddsTed RobertsOctober 5, 1989 (1989-10-05)22
In order to save a European princess targeted for assassination by a member of her inner circle from the killer known only as "Coyote", the IMF poses as a film production crew making a film about the assassin.
234"Command Performance"Arch NicholsonRobert BrennanOctober 12, 1989 (1989-10-12)23
The IMF team poses as circus performers to rescue a priest who can bring down a Baltic defense minister and recover a hidden relic which contains state secrets. Similar to the original series episode "Old Man Out".
245"Countdown"Brian Trenchard-SmithChip HayesOctober 26, 1989 (1989-10-26)24
Grant must get close to a religious zealot while the team works to convince her that her co-conspirator has betrayed her by bringing her leader, the Holy One, into the blast zone of a nuclear bomb she has placed in a secret location.
256"War Games"Rod HardyWalter BroughNovember 2, 1989 (1989-11-02)25
A power-hungry Eastern European general plans to turn war games on his country's border into the real thing. His objective is to conquer the bordering nation's oil fields and overthrow his own government; the team must use the general's fervent belief in astrology against him.
267"Target Earth"Colin BuddsStephen KandelNovember 9, 1989 (1989-11-09)26
When the first private manned space flight is hijacked by terrorists, with Shannon on board, the IMF has to take control of both the spacecraft and mission control before a retaliatory US missile strike levels the base – with the rest of the team hostage inside. (Stephen Kandel is the only writer other than Walter Brough ("The Fixer," "Reprisal" and "War Games") to contribute original scripts to both the original series and series remake.)
278"The Fuehrer's Children"Don ChaffeyFrank AbatemarcoNovember 16, 1989 (1989-11-16)27
A neo-Nazi leader plans to unify the world's white supremacist groups and create a fourth Reich using kidnapped children that were brainwashed from an early age.
289"Banshee"Colin BuddsTed RobertsNovember 30, 1989 (1989-11-30)28
During The Troubles, the IMF uses the legend of the banshee to stop a small-town pub owner who blew up a bus full of old people in order to goose his side business of arms dealing.
2910"For Art's Sake"Don ChaffeyJohn WhelpleyDecember 14, 1989 (1989-12-14)29
An important national painting, on loan to the United States, is stolen by an art thief and placed in a hidden gallery. The IMF have to recover the painting before an international incident occurs, with a little help from a computer-forged Degas. Alex Cord, the villain from Season 7's "Crack Up" from the original series, stars as the villain in this episode.
3011"Deadly Harvest"Arch NicholsonJan SardiJanuary 6, 1990 (1990-01-06)30
The IMF travels to the Middle Eastern nation of Orambaq to disrupt a terrorist plot to destroy the American wheat harvest that would introduce virus-laden seeds into the US supply.
3112"Cargo Cult"Colin BuddsDale DuguidJanuary 13, 1990 (1990-01-13)31
The IMF must stop evil miners from using the beliefs of a Pacific cargo cult to extract gold in a manner that is killing the islanders.
3213"The Assassin"Arch NicholsonCliff GreenJanuary 20, 1990 (1990-01-20)32
The team investigates a series of assassinations of government officials by their subordinates, who then kill themselves. This episode is a remake of season 6's "Mindbend".
3314"The Gunslinger"Colin BuddsTeleplay by: Ted Roberts
Story by: Dan Roberts
February 3, 1990 (1990-02-03)33
A wild west tourist attraction in Nevada being run by a power-broker ex-Congressman is a front for a secret operation that the IMF must uncover and put a stop to.
3415"Church Bells in Bogota"Arch NicholsonFrank AbatemarcoFebruary 10, 1990 (1990-02-10)34
The plan to bring a brutal Colombian drug lord to the US to stand trial is complicated when Shannon, undercover as a singer, is in a plane crash and develops amnesia.
3516"The Sands of Seth"Colin BuddsJeffrey M. HayesFebruary 24, 1990 (1990-02-24)35
A museum curator is killing Egyptian politicians to resurrect the ancient death cult of Seth and crown himself pharaoh.

References

  1. TV Listings for September 21, 1989
  2. TV Listings for December 14, 1989
  3. TV Listings for January 6, 1990
  4. TV Listings for February 24, 1990
  5. White, Patrick J. (1991). The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier. New York: Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-75877-6.
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