Mission: Impossible - Season 1 - Eps 8: The Ransom
Mobster Frank Egan kidnaps the daughter of Dan's friend and uses her as a hostage to force Dan and the team to break out a key witness, Augie Gorman, against him. After several failed ploys, Barney manages to contaminate Gorman's water supply inside the hotel safehouse where the police are keeping him. The team has taken over the hospital room and use a rotating examination table to switch Gorman for IMF member Steve (who resembles him). At the exchange, Egan tries to double-cross Dan, but the IMF team leader has a trick or two of his own to make sure things go smoothly and Gorman gets what's coming to him.
About Mission: Impossible
Title: Mission: Impossible
First Air Date: 1966-09-17
Last Air Date: 1973-03-30
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.6/10 (from 278 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 7
Total Episodes: 171
Network: CBS
Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Production Companies: Desilu Productions, Paramount Television
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Peter Graves
Jim Phelps
Greg Morris
Barney Collier
Peter Lupus
Willy Armitage
Lynda Day George
Dana Lambert
Bob Johnson
Man on Tape (voice)
