Mission Impossible - The Complete Second Season
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The classic Impossible Missions Force lineup made its debut in Mission: Impossible's sophomore season (1967-1968), which is preserved in this essential set for classic TV fans. Gone was Steven Hill as Dan Briggs, and in his place the supremely confident and smooth Peter Graves as new team leader Jim Phelps, whom most viewers identify with the series. Carrying out the missions assigned from a pre-recorded voice on the self-destroying tape recorder was magician and master of disguise Rollin Hand (Martin Landau, who moved up from guest star to regular cast member with this season), top model Cinnamon Carter (Landau's real-life spouse Barbara Bain, who won three Emmys for her work on the show), electronics genius Barney Collier (Greg Morris), and all-purpose strong man Willie Armitage (body builder-turned-actor Peter Lupus). Among the 25 adventures carried out in this seven-disc set: "The Seal," in which the IMF uses a trained cat to assist in the recovery from an important statue from thief Darren McGavin; "The Town," with Phelps discovering that Communists have overrun an entire hamlet; and "The Slave," in which the team tangle with a Middle Eastern slavery ring. Guest stars include Anthony Zerbe, Paul Winfield, Fritz Weaver, and Sid Haig, but it's the team itself that shines the brightest, especially Landau and Bain, who exude the breezy charm of the series itself (though both would depart the show by the following season). Sadly, the second season set includes no extras. -- Paul Gaita

Season 2 (1967–1968)

Title	Director	Original Airdate	#
The Widow	Lee H. Katzin	September 10, 1967	2x01
First episode to feature Peter Graves as Jim Phelps. The IMF capture a heroin distributor and Cinnamon goes undercover as his "widow" in order to shut down part of "the Syndicate."
Trek	Leonard J. Horn	September 17, 1967	2x02
The IMF team must recover some Incan gold artifacts, but their mission is further complicated when the one man who can lead them to the stolen artifacts goes blind.
The Survivors	Paul Stanley	September 24, 1967	2x03
The IMF team must rescue two top-secret governmental scientists and their wives who have been working on a dangerous new weapon.
The Bank	Alf Kjellin	October 1, 1967	2x04
The head of a bank in the East Zone murders would-be defectors, and the IMF must eliminate him before he can use the embezzled money to launch a new Nazi movement.
The Slave Part 1	Lee H. Katzin	October 8, 1967	2x05
Unbeknownst to his brother, the king of a near-eastern nation is secretly practicing slavery, and the IMF team must put a stop to it.
The Slave Part 2	Lee H. Katzin	October 15, 1967	2x06
Continuation of the previous episode. The IMF implicate the king in the slave trade by arranging to have the king's brother discover his kidnapped wife, an English woman, being bid on in a slave auction underneath the king's palace.
Operation Heart	Leonard J. Horn	October 22, 1967	2x07
When an innocent American archaeologist becomes entangled in a plot to assassinate the president of a South American nation, the IMF must rescue the seriously ill American and prevent the president being killed by his chief of security.
The Money Machine	Paul Stanley	October 29, 1967	2x08
An African banker is using counterfeit currency to finance his investments, and the IMF must put him out of business and recover the stolen printing plates he is using to make the counterfeits.
The Seal	Alexander Singer	November 5, 1967	2x09
A stolen jade statuette is sacred to a small Asian country, and in order to prevent an international incident the IMF must recover it from the private high-security collection of a wealthy American defense contractor.
Sweet Charity	Marc Daniels	November 12, 1967	2x10
The IMF must stop a pair of married con-artists who are running a charity scam and buying platinum with the money they are stealing.
The Council Part 1	Paul Stanley	November 19, 1967	2x11
In order to close down an Italian crime syndicate, Rollin poses as its don, Frank Wayne.
The Council Part 2	Paul Stanley	November 26, 1967	2x12
Continuation of the previous episode.
The Astrologer	Lee H. Katzin	December 3, 1967	2x13
Nikolai Kurzon, the exiled leader of the Baltic state of Veyska, is kidnapped by the head of the secret police, so the IMF team must mount a daring rescue mission.
Echo of Yesterday	Leonard J. Horn	December 10, 1967	2x14
An arms manufacturer is supplying arms to neo-Nazis, and Cinnamon is used to remind him of his late wife, who was murdered by Hitler.
The Photographer	Lee H. Katzin	December 17, 1967	2x15
The IMF must break the enemy's encryption code to prevent a pathogen release in the United States.
The Spy	Paul Stanley	January 7, 1968	2x16
A map of NATO's missile defense system must be duplicated in order to fool a female spy.
A Game of Chess	Alf Kjellin	January 14, 1968	2x17
A gold shipment, sent to fund an anti-communist resistance movement, has been seized by the country's government and the IMF must get it to its intended recipients, but an international chess champion and con artist is also after the gold.
The Emerald	Michael O'Herlihy	January 21, 1968	2x18
Microfilm detailing an enemy plot is affixed to an emerald in the possession of a notorious arms dealer; the IMF must obtain the microfilm and eliminate the enemy agent who has been sent to buy the gem.
The Condemned	Alf Kjellin	January 28, 1968	2x19
When a childhood friend of Phelps' is sentenced to death in Latin America, the IMF go "off-book" to save him.
The Counterfeiter	Lee H. Katzin	February 4, 1968	2x20
The IMF must arrange the arrest of the owner of a chain of medical clinics who is distributing counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
The Town	Michael O'Herlihy	February 18, 1968	2x21
In an "off-book" mission, Phelps accidentally discovers that a small town is filled with enemy sleeper agents; he is drugged and declared paralyzed by a stroke, but Rollin Hand smells a rat.
The Killing	Lee H. Katzin	February 28, 1968	2x22
Conventional law-enforcement methods cannot stop a criminal mastermind, but his superstitions may be his undoing.
The Phoenix	Robert Totten	March 3, 1968	2x23
A museum curator must be prevented from giving an experimental alloy to a foreign power.
Trial by Fury	Leonard J. Horn	March 10, 1968	2x24
The IMF must save a Latin American political prisoner, held in isolation in his totalitarian country's prison camp.
Recovery	Robert Totten	March 17, 1968	2x25
When U.S. bomber crashes behind the Iron Curtain, the IMF must recover its fail-safe before a brilliant U.S. defector can reveal its secrets to the communists.