Mission: Impossible

Original title : Blind
First Aired : 18.09.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Reza Badiyi
Writing credits : Arthur Weiss
Cast : Calvin Chrane (Security Guard #1), Glenn Wilder (Warren Hays), Robert Patten (Dr. Warren), Peter Brown (Johnny Brown), Harold J. Stone (John Lawton), Tom Bosley (Henry Matula), Jason Evers (Carl Deetrich), Bob Golden (Security Guard #2)

The Story : An undercover agent, Hays, assigned to gather evidence against Syndicate head John Lawton, is blinded in an explosion. Lawton's lieutenant Deetrich and his business advisor Matula are rivals - Matula is actually an IMF undercover plant - so the IMF must keep him from being exposed and make sure he takes Lawton's place. Lawton believes Hays is working with someone in his organization. Jim, surgically blinded, takes Hays' place. Lawton has his henchman Brown watch Jim and then offer him money to reveal the leak. Deetrich pays Jim to fingeer Matula but in the final showdown Matula plays Lawton an IMF-supplied tape of Deetrich and Jim planning to implicate him. Deetrich and Brown are killed in the subsequent shootout and Lawton and Matula leave, telling Barney (infiltrated in as a mobster) to take care of Jim.

Original title : Encore
First Aired : 25.09.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Paul Krasny
Writing credits : Harold Livingston
Cast : James Daris (Arthur), Sam Edwards (Drunk), Janaire (Carol Swanson), Alex Gerry (Proprietor), Paul Bryar (David St. James), Martin Ashe (Doctor), William 'Billy' Benedict (Gate Guard), Charles Picerni ("Danny Ryan"), Paul Mantee (Bill Fisher), Michael Baseleon (Frank Stevens), William Shatner (Thomas Kroll), Frank Orsatti (Guest Star)

The Story : Kroll and Stevens run the Northeast Syndicate and the IMF must bring them down. In '37 the two of them killed a rival mobster, hid the body, and killed the witnesses, so the IMF needs to get Kroll to lead them to the remains. They grab Kroll, drug him up, and cosmetically alter him to look like he was in '37. Then they dump him on a Hollywood set and convince him through incredibly elaborate means he is in 1937 on the day of the murder and the rest of his life is a dream. Overwhelmed by the sheer amount of detail, Kroll and "Stevens" reenact the murder at a cafe, which gives them the location so that Barney and Willy can find the real body in the real cafe's basement. The IMF fade away, leaving a reaging Kroll to confront his partner as he flees the 1937 New York set and wanders into an adjacent Old West street.

Original title : The Tram
First Aired : 02.10.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Paul Krasny
Writing credits : Paul Playdon, James L. Henderson, Samuel Roeca
Cast : Sidney Clute (Rudy Landers), J. Duke Russo (Cabot), Brett Parker (Roche), Allen Jaffe (Grossett), Thomas A. Geas (Jennings Blaine), Barry Cahill (Arnold Gates), Jon Shank (Frank Colby), Pepper Martin (Batesly), Richard Karlan (Hinkle), Felice Orlandi (Johnny Thorne), Victor French (Vic Hatcher), Richard Shelfo (Grebbs)

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Original title : Mindbend
First Aired : 09.10.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Marvin Chomsky
Writing credits : Ronald Austin, James D. Buchanan
Cast : Lee Duncan (Commissioner Charles , Beresford), Bill Fletcher (Stan), Ivan Naranjo (Laborer), Ann Willis (Rita), Rick Moses (Stambler), Dennis Cross (Pete), Donald Moffat (Alex Pierson), Leonard Frey (Dr. Thomas Burke), Don Gazzaniga (Deputy Mayor Harold , Watson)

The Story : Alex Pierson, a rising Syndicate member, has recruited Dr. Burke, a psychopathic behavioral psychologist who has developed a way to program men into killers. Pierson lures in underworld criminals with an offer of plastic surgery and turns them over to Burke, who programs them to kill Pierson's targets three times then kill themselves. Barney infiltrates as a crook on the run but when he fails to dose himself with a counter-drug, he is converted into a psychotic killer as well. They lose contact with Barney - Jim plants evidence on Burke making him look like he's turning against Pierson and another IMF agent made up to look like Barney goes after but fails to kill Pierson before fake-killing himself. Pierson confronts Burke while Jim gets the info on Barney's location out of Burke's assistant, and Willy stops the tech expert from killing his target in the nick of time.

Original title : Shape-Up
First Aired : 16.10.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Paul Krasny
Writing credits : Norman Katkov, Ed Adamson
Cast : Larry Watson (Vic), Robert Mandan (Mr. C.), Grace Albertson (Jenny Delaney), Lonny Chapman (Lt. Bill Orcott), Anthony Caruso (Leonard Morgan), Christopher Stone (Mike Saunders), Gerald S. O'Laughlin (Frank Delaney), Buddy Lewis (Bartender)

The Story : Syndicate boss Delaney controls the waterfront and eliminates any potential witnesses - the IMF have 72 hours to bring him to justice before the grand jury closes. Barney infiltrates Delaney's waterfront organization and sabotages it, while Jim is a captain of a Norse ship, The Orion, on which Delaney once killed a man. Casey poses as the dead man's daughter and tries to implicate Delaney. The team capture Saunders, Delaney's killer, and Barney then claims to be employed by Delaney's Syndicate liaison Morgan and forces Saunders to set up a meeting on-board the Orion. Saunders "escapes" and warns Delaney, and they kill Morgan. The Syndicate head Mr. C is also present, lured to the ship, and witnesses the killing. He leaves one of his men to kill Delaney but the police arrive and Delaney testifies in return for protection.

Original title : The Miracle
First Aired : 23.10.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Leonard Horn
Writing credits : Daniel B. Ullman
Cast : Ron Feinberg (Alvin Taylor), Lee Delano (Milt Anderson), John Gilgreen (Sawyer), Ollie O'Toole (Manny), Leon Russom (Sam Evans), Rikki Stevens (Waitress), Francine Henderson (Nurse), Jim Malinda (Sailor), Lawrence Montaigne (Steve Johnson), Billy Dee Williams (Hank Benton), Joe Don Baker (Frank Kearney), Charles Picerni (Jackson)

The Story : Only two Syndicate men know where $8 mil in heroin will be arriving - narcotics dealer Alvin Taylor an dhis executioner, Frank Kearney. When Jim approaches Kearney to make a deal and he refuses, Willie "shoots" Kearney - Barney as a surgeon then operates providing a heart transplant and covertly uses drugs and hypnotism to make Kearney mild-mannered. Kearney can't bring himself to shoot Jim and hears on the radio about people taking on the traits of persons they received organs from - with the aid of new girlfriend, the church-hating Kearney finds out the man who donated a heart was a priest! Realizing he can't do his job and the Syndicate will wipe him out, Kearney leads Casey and the rest of the team to the beach where the heroin drop occurs, and the police arrive just before Taynor can kill Kearney.

Original title : Encounter
First Aired : 30.10.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Barry Crane
Writing credits : Howard Berk
Cast : Renny Roker (Joe), Ken Scott (Krone), Byron Mabe (Carey), Arline Anderson (Evie), Virginia Gregg (Smitty), William Smith (I) (Dekker), Val Avery (Frank Brady), Lawrence Dane (Martin Stoner), Elizabeth Ashley (Lois Stoner), Lauren Gilbert (Dr. Adams)

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Original title : Underwater
First Aired : 06.11.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Sutton Roley
Writing credits : Arthur Weiss
Cast : John Lance (Stone), Ed Deemer (Dock Guard), Mark Tapscott (Captain), Demond Wilson (Simmons), Robert Yuro (Hawks), Jeremy Slate (Frederick Hoffman), Fritz Weaver (George Betlinger), Allen Joseph (Bartender)

The Story : Berlinger, a millionaire manufacturer and stolen gem dealer, will be transferring diamond to a Syndicate boss for $75 million. Only one man knows where the diamonds are - Hoffman, Berlinger's former lieutenant, who stole them. Berlinger is torturing Hoffman for their location. The IMF must get the gems and the money. Barney springs Hoffman and they become partners so Hoffman dives for the gems (hidden on the body of a courier sunk at sea). Casey brings Berlinger to Jim, posing as a diver, who offers to get the diamonds. Willy follows Hoffman to the gems and the team knocks him out and takes him into custody - then Jim leads Berlinger to the same spot and offers to make a deal in return for his $5 million payment. Under pressure from the Syndicate, Berlinger agrees and in the subsequent meeting the police capture everyone.

Original title : Invasion
First Aired : 13.11.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Leslie H. Martinson
Writing credits : Samuel Roeca, James L. Henderson
Cast : Conrad Bachmann (Second Soldier), James Essex (Soldier), David Bond (Wounded Man), Eric James (Operative), Lee Paul (Gristin), Ted Gehring (Novak), Scott Walker (Shewitt), Kevin McCarthy (Whitmore Channing), Roy Rowan (TV Newsman)

The Story : An earthquake damages the U.S.'s Distant Early Warning (DEW) system and a Defense Department advisor, Whitmore Channing, steals plans from the Air Force identifying the weak spots. Channing has hid the information for pick-up by an enemy agent the next day, and the IMF must get the name and flight # of the agent from Channing. The IMF evacuate Channing's city block and drug him unconscious after a fake electrical shock, then wake him up after adjusting the clocks to a day later. He believes the information has already been picked up, an idea "proven" by a faked IMF invasion of the European People's Republic. But then the EPR invaders arrest Channing and put him on trial. Channing reveals the location of the drop to prove his "innocence", and then the IMF let him covertly know the whole thing is a fake. Channing calls his contact and mentions his name - the IMF get it via a tapped line and arrest the man before he can recover Channing's info.

Original title : Blues
First Aired : 20.11.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Reza Badiyi
Writing credits : Howard Berk, Orville H. Hampton, Howard Berk
Cast : John Crawford (Art Warner), Bob Bralver (Pusher), Alex Rocco (Tanner), Vince Howard (Lt. Don Eckhart), Ed Flanders (Joe Belker), William Windom (Stu Gorman), Gwenn Mitchell (Judy Saunders)

The Story : Stu Gorman is a music-industry figurehead for the Syndicate. He and his financial expert, Belker, are taking control of the music industry and the IMF have to stop him. The IMF know that Gorman killed a witness, Judy, to keep her from testifying, so Barney auditions for Gorman using a song called "Judy's Gone Now" and claiming Judy had taped Gorman when he killed her, and he has the tape. Barney gets Gorman to pay blackmail while Willy fake-rigs Belker's car to explode and claims he's working for Gorman when caught. Belker gets lead to Jim as a corrupt policeman with the recording, and he and Jim agree to blackmail Gorman instead. The IMF gives Belker a fake tape of the murder scene and when Belker confronts Gorman, Gorman knows its a fake and admits he killed Judy, then tries to kill Belker. But the police show up - the IMF have Gorman's confession on tape.
Note : aka : Hard Rock

Original title : The Visitors
First Aired : 27.11.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Reza Badiyi
Writing credits : Harold Livingston
Cast : Richard Bull (Dr. Laurence), Gene Tyburn (Ralph Robertson), Jack Donner (Leonard), Steve Forrest (Edward Granger), Frank Hotchkiss (Kellog), Tom McDonough (Guard), James W. Gavin (Pilot)

The Story : Publisher Granger is controlled by the Syndicate, killing reporters and protecting Syndicate-owned politicians in his state. The IMF must make sure the voters know what Granger is up to before the next elections. Appealing to Granger's interest in UFOs and his obsession with immortality, chauffeur Barney hits him with a paralysis drug delivered by bee sting and Jim and Casey mysteriously appear in a light show, "cure" him with futuristic equipment, and appear. Thanks to IMF-rigged reports of UFOs, Granger believes they are aliens! After another rigged death of Casey that Jim "cures," Granger begs for immortality. Jim agrees if he publicly renounces his way. Granger exposes the Syndicate candidates and then is shot by his former aide and Syndicate man.

Original title : Nerves
First Aired : 04.12.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Barry Crane
Writing credits : Henry Sharp, Garrie Bateson, Henry Sharp
Cast : Christopher George (Wendell Hoyes), Rafer Johnson (Jack Tully), Charles Bateman (Brig. General , Westerfield), Peter Kilman (Bill Williams), Robert Broyles (Mechanic), Russell Thorson (Warden), Dick Ziker (Policeman), Julie Ann Johnson (Casey's double), Hal Needham (Wendell's Double), Ron Masak (Ed Campbell), Tyne Daly (Saretta Lane), Tony Brubaker (Tully's double)

The Story : Wendell Hayes, the brother of an imprisoned Syndicate enforcer, has stolen a canister of nerve gas and threatens to use it if his brother Cayman isn't freed - the IMF must stop him and recover the gas. Worse, the canister has a defective casing that Wendell is unaware of, and will release the gas in 43 hours anyway. And...Cayman dies of a heart attack in jail, forcing the IMF to have guest-agent Bill Williams take his place. The IMF has Hayes' imprisoned girlfriend Saretta "escape" with prisoner-Casey handcuffed to her. Saretta takes Casey to a winery in a IMF car with a bug on it that Barney traces. Jim delivers "Cayman" but Hayes doesn't turn over the gas. They track Hayes to an observatory but he gets word via his partner Tully that his brother tied and he unmasks Williams-as-Cayman. Hayes and Tully shoot it out over an argument and with his dying breath Hayes tries to shoot open the canister...hid in the observatory roof, revealing its location to the IMF.

Original title : Run for the Money
First Aired : 11.12.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Marvin Chomsky
Writing credits : Edward J. Lakso
Cast : Walter Kelley (Operator), Martin Golar (Technician), Charles Napier (Thug), Gene Otis (Jeffers), William Harmatz (Nick Pressy), Valentin de Vargas (Miller), Herb Edelman (Frank Mason), Richard Jaeckel (Edward Trask), Ray Bianco (Carson)

The Story : Syndicate members Trask and Mason control the Syndicate's illegal racing operations, while Trask ruthlessly dispatches the competition - the IMF must take them out. Trask is jealous of thoroughbred owner Mason so Jim offers him a mysterious but promising racehorse - Trask finds out the horse is a kidnapped fast-racer. The IMF arrange for him to get the horse and then place a number of bets on the horse in Trask's name. After keeping Mason from having the horse killed, Trask's horse wins and the IMF get the $4 million from the Syndicate funds, leaving Trask to hold the bag.

Original title : The Connection
First Aired : 18.12.1971 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Barry Crane
Writing credits : Edward J. Lakso, Ken Pettus, Edward J. Lakso
Cast : Richard Angarola (Atak Hajii), Nate Esformes (Turk), Ed Bakey (Attendant), Francoise Ruggieri (Simone), Mike Lane (Lew Bates), Bruce Watson (Charles Finch), Jeff Morris (Page), Joe Maross (Clegg), Anthony Zerbe (Reese Dolan), Dick Ziker (Hood)

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Original title : The Bride
First Aired : 01.01.1972 (USA)(CBS)
Director : John Llewellyn Moxey
Writing credits : Jackson Gillis
Cast : Rachel English (Girl at Party), Larry Duran (Chief Loader), Gwil Richard (Harris/Bob Roberts), Harry Raybould (Thug), Douglas Henderson (Anders), Charles Dierkop (Richie), Brad Dexter (Frank Mellinger), James Gregory (Joe Corvin), Woodrow Parfrey (Collins)

The Story : Joe Corvin, a Syndicate money handler, ships millions through Swiss banks and the IMF must put him out of business. Corvin uses a courier that the IMF set up - Corvin has him killed and needs a new courier. Casey steps in as his mail-order bride addicted to drugs by airline employee-smuggler Jim. Corvin and Jim become partners but when the IMF fake-tightenes up security, they need a new way. Casey fakes her death and Corvin ships the cash in her coffin. Barney steals the money and the coffin is dropped on the runway, revealing a fake corpse. Corvin is confronted by the Syndicate, and an alive Casey shows up with two tickets to Miami. The Syndicate let Casey go and dispose of Corvin, permanently.

Original title : Stone Pillow
First Aired : 08.01.1972 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Leslie H. Martinson
Writing credits : Howard Browne
Cast : Jock Gaynor (Cliff), Tom McDonough (Forest Ranger), Harold Jones (First Prisoner), Tom Stewart (Lawyer), Brooke Mills (Leona Prescott), Arthur Batanides (Joe Fort), Robert Ellenstein (Vincent Vochek), Bradford Dillman (Larry Edison), George Wilbur (First Henchman)

The Story : A private detective, Edison, has pictures incriminating Syndicate boss Vochek in a murder and is using them to blackmail the mobster. The IMF need to get the pictures to get Vochek convicted, but Edison has been convicted and is in prison for six months. Since Edison is unaware that his accomplice Leona is dead, Casey takes her role while Jim is Edison's cellmate and helps him to escape, then fake their deaths. Casey-as-Leona tells Edison she sent the evidence to the D.A. after she heard Edison was dead, and Jim convinces Edison she is keeping the pictures to pull off her own blackmail scheme. When Edison confronts her, Jim fake-shoots her but she calls a confederate to get the film - desperate, Edison reveals the location himself as he goes for it, and ends up arrested.
Note : aka : Big House

Original title : Image
First Aired : 15.01.1972 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Don McDougall
Writing credits : Samuel Roeca, James L. Henderson
Cast : Walter Burke (Nate Ullstead), George McCallister (Tom Hawkins), Don Gazzaniga (Belkin), David Frank (Dr. Charles Berk), Paul Marin (Dave Scott), Del Monroe (Hauser), Daniel J. Travanti (Tony Gadsen), Warren Stevens (Thor Coffin), Jiri Voskovec (Emil Gadsen), Dante Andreas (Alfredo)

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Original title : Committed
First Aired : 22.01.1972 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Reza Badiyi
Writing credits : Arthur Weiss, Laurence Heath
Cast : Geoffrey Lewis (Kaye Lusk), James B. Sikking (Wilson), Dean Harens (Larkin), Jack Donner (John Dawson), John Howard (Foreman), Paul Sorensen (Tower Guard), Junero Jennings (Workman), Tom McDonough (Judge), Michael Regan (Baliff), Robert Miller Driscoll (Dr. Carrick), Bert Freed (Leon Chandler), Alan Bergmann (Lt. Governor Harve , Harrison), Anne Francine (Maude Brophy, R.N.), Susan Howard (Nora Dawson), Larry Watson (Contact)

The Story : Syndicate boss Chandler's alibi is provided by Lt. Governor Harrison, who is in Chandler's pocket. Chandler has the husband of the only witness, Nora Dawson, get her committed and proceeds to have her driven insane at a mental hospital he controls. The IMF must get her out and have her testify in 24 hours. Jim gets Casey committed and she is put in a room near Nora, then he manages to get to Nora's cell and she and Casey switch - Jim then takes Nora-as-Casey out. The team get Nora off the island - when Casey-as-Nora is called to testify, she babbles insanely but then removes her mask while the team bring the real Nora in to testify.

Original title : Bag Woman
First Aired : 29.01.1972 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Paul Krasny
Writing credits : Norman Katkov, Ed Adamson
Cast : Victoria Hale (Receptionist), Todd Martin (Jack Malloy), Glenn Wilder (Peter Walker), John Wheeler (Crowley), Lew Brown (II) (Dr. Bob Miller), Joe E. Tata (Al), Russ Conway (Dr. Walter Manning), John Lasell (Winston Walding/C6), Georg Stanford Brown (Luke Jenkins), Robert Colbert (Harry Fife)

The Story : The Syndicate is bribing a major politician, codenamed "C6", through their operatives Harry fife and his chief killer Jenkins. The IMF must find out who C6 is and get the evidence against him. Fearing a IMF man he had killed got too close, Jenkins recommends someone new, Jean Royce, to make deliveries. Barney takes Jenkins place while Casey becomes Royce. Fife gives Casey a bag of explosives to deliver to C6 to silence his payoff demands for good. Barney finds out but is exposed and wounded, but warns Jim and Willy...but an accident destroyed the tracer. Jim allows Jenkins to escape and return to his boss, then visits Fife himself as a Syndicate head and tells him that C6 must stay alive. Fife sends Jenkins to warn C6 and reveal Casey is a cop, and Jim traces the call and Willy saves Casey just in time.

Original title : Double Dead
First Aired : 12.02.1972 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Barry Crane
Writing credits : Jackson Gillis, Laurence Heath, Jackson Gillis
Cast : Cynthia Lynn (Lucille), Hank Brandt (Steve Wells), Maurice Marsac (Dr. Matier), Wesley Lau (Jim Thompson), Irene Tsu (Penyo), Vincent Beck (Bolt), Norman Alden (George Collins), Paul Koslo (Ollie Shanks), Lou Antonio (Rudy Blake), Fred Krone (Guard)

The Story :

Original title : Casino
First Aired : 19.02.1972 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Reza Badiyi
Writing credits : Howard Berk, Walter Brough
Cast : Joseph LaCava (Wheelman), Walker Edmiston (Peter Wiley), Biff Elliot (Mel Simpson), Dee Gardner (Blonde Showgirl), Frank Farmer (Kelp), Eddie Ryder (Joe Logan), Frank Christi (Bill Wicks), Richard Devon (Steve Cameron), Jack Cassidy (Orin Kerr), Ervin Richardson (First Patron)

The Story : Syndicate boss Orin Kerr runs the casinos and the IMF needs to get the evidence against him to put before the state legislature. Kerr's boss distrust him because of his extravagant lifestyle and Syndicate man Cameron plants a bug in Kerr's office, which the IMF taps into. The IMF then set Kerr up with fake conversations that make him look bad to his bosses - Cameron hears Casey and Kerr discussing a heist of the vault, and Jim shows up with a background indicating he pulled off a similar heist 12 years ago. Barney manages to steal the money out of the impregnable vault while Kerr thinks he can get the missing money from Jim's earlier bank heist by putting him into debt at the casino. Kerr follows Jim to the hidden money which is actually his own) and grabs it, and then Cameron shows up and demands to know why Kerr has carrying current currency. Dumbfounded, Barney intervenes and Kerr flees into the arms of the police, where he is forced to testify against the Syndicate in return for protection.
Note : aka : Vacuum, Rumble

Original title : Trapped
First Aired : 26.02.1972 (USA)(CBS)
Director : Leslie H. Martinson
Writing credits : Samuel Roeca, James L. Henderson, Rick Husky
Cast : Tom Tully (Joe Stafford), Rudy Solari (Broyles), Brigid O'Brien (Molly Stafford), Walter Barnes (Al), Arline Anderson (Middle-Aged Lady), Charles Picerni (Keller), X Brands (Barsi), Robert Ruth (Desk Clerk), Sharon Acker (Annette), Jon Cypher (Art Stafford), Bert Convy (Doug Stafford), Bob Golden (Ed Fenton)

The Story : An $8 million army payroll has been stolen from a base in SE Asia by the Stafford family, Syndicate drug smugglers. The IMF must recover the money. Jim and Barney steal a Stafford truck and then offer to sell it back to the family if they pay "protection." Jim meets with brother Doug to convince him brother Art has ordered a hit on Doug - however, Art has put a hit on Jim and he is ambushed and gets amnesia. Meanwhile, lounge-singer Casey meets with Doug and sets it up so he thinks Art is trying to kill him. Doug makes a deal with Barney for protection from his brother in return for $2 million and leads the IMF to the money - they arrest everyone and convince Art to tell them about his plan to kill Jim. Meanwhile Art's killers are on Jim's trail and when Barney gets hold of him, he manages to recover his memory just in time to thwart them.