carr1720
I really love this series as it is clever and well thought out. Each episode has a mission that is seemingly impossible and Jim has to make up his team and work out how best to complete it. The plots are clever and imaginative and there is always a sense of danger just round the corner. I particularly like Martin Landau and Barbara Bain - they make up an excellent pair. Very enjoyable indeed.
moonbeam195
I'm currently watching the Mission Impossible binge on DECADES channel. i been watching since last week.When i was younger my mother and me used to watch this show. i didn't quite understand it back then but watching it now I'm so in love with this show.the actors,gadgets scheming a great show.and to see the villains reactions when they realized they were scammed, is CLASSIC. I LOVE ALL THE ACTORS. they all do a great job. i was sad when landau and bain left but i loved nimoy and Leslie Ann warren. Linda day George was excellent too BUT Barbara Anderson i saw her last nite as a junkie with william shatner she was awesome. all in all mission impossible 1966 the best. no one can duplicate it. I'm going to order the series on DVD when i can.
verbusen
I know Mission Impossible is one of the best loved adventure series of all time, so I'm sure not giving this show a perfect 10 will turn many off. I would always find it on in my house weekly as I was growing up. Who could forget as a young kid that slow burn fuse introduction? I don't actually remember any one episode from my childhood days (unlike many other shows like Star Trek and Get Smart where I do remember from watching when they originally aired), maybe it was shown at a later time when I was going into semi-sleepy time land, I remember only that they would use cool gadgets and do the ultimate double cross in the end, ......and no IM team members would die. The show as forward looking as it was, was dated by the constraints of 1960's TV styles, in that none of the primary actors were ever killed. That along with the many seasons it lasted produced many episodes doing the same thing, or worse yet, the IM team would be chasing after "bad-guys" that did not rise to the IM team's urgency level. I got a set of all the episodes and have randomly been re-watching them (I of course also watched the series in reruns over the decades because I am a fan). You can randomly watch the series since there is no continuum character development from show to show, another drawback. The biggest thing that struck me after recently watching three episodes is this: The best episodes are when they are against the Red's, or a rogue nuclear dictatorship, thats really where this kind of team's creation is based upon. The worst episodes are when they are going after drug dealers or embezzlers or the mafia. Although they are entertaining, you may ask yourself (and it took me 30 years to get to this stage so you may not ask yourself), why couldn't they have just called the police? Still a great show, if you get the DVD's it's best to look at the story lines and start off with the international black ops episodes and hold off on the domestic mob/drug dealer/charity embezzler/tax cheat/etc etc ones. Mission Impossible had a formula so that if you are in the mood for good guy USA wins every time with no good guys killed ever, you can't go wrong thats what you'll get. 7 of 10. Another series you may want to try thats played more so with comedy but still has some dramatic tension is It Takes A Thief, not saying that it comes close to Mission Impossible but it's rarely shown and may actually be fresher to watch then this series which has been played out since it first ran 40 years ago. Also, Danger Man (AKA Secret Agent) the British 1960's spy show had some seriously good episodes with a lot of realistic dramatic tension and highly recommended when your looking for a similar Mission Impossible fix.
Jal4950
I am 57 years old. I purchased the season one DVD set of MI when it came out and have season 2 ordered upon release. After all these years, MI is just as great as I remember it. I have purchased other TV series I enjoyed as a kid, but upon watching them, although they brought back wonderful memories, I did not experience the same excitement I felt 40 years ago.Not so with Mission Impossible. Every episode is just as exciting as I remembered it. Even my grown children, who grew up in the "action every second" generation, love this series. It is indeed a "thinking person's" series.How are they going to trick the villain? How will they break the person out of prison? How does Dan Briggs/Jim Phelps out think their counter part from the enemy side? This show was about using your brains, not your brawn.And which red blooded teen wasn't in love with Barbara Bain? Like many young men, I developed a huge crush on her.When I retire, I know I'll be watching this series over and over many times. I am already doing that now.If you haven't tried this series, try it. You will enjoy it!