Mission: Impossible

Original title : The Killer
First Aired : 23.10.1988 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : Arthur Weiss
Cast : John de Lancie (Matthew Drake), Ted Hamilton (Alfred , Chambers/Scorpio), Virginia Hey (The Woman), Reginald Gilliam (The Fisherman), Vince Martin (Tom Copperfield), Patrick McCarville (The Priest), Paul Smith (II) (Tim), William Riley (The Doorman), Steve Kuhn (The Policeman)

The Story : When an IMF team leader is assassinated, Jim Phelps comes out of retirement and assembles a new team to bring the killer to justice.

Original title : The System
First Aired : 30.10.1988 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : Robert Hamner
Cast : Rosemary Traynor (Webber's Wife), Craig Cronin (Webber), Michael Cadagan (Cashier), Jaye Paul (Carl), Roger Ward (Wilson), Gus Mercurio (Bob Connors), James Sloyan (Frank Marley), John F. Regan (Chuck)

The Story : The team must force a mobster to turn evidence against his partner and mentor.

Original title : Holograms
First Aired : 06.11.1988 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Robert Brennan
Cast : Bryon Williams (U.S. Marshall), John Allen (Reporter), Stanley Walsh (Busker), Gavin Harrison (Kieron), William Zappa (Duvall), Gerard Kennedy (Colonel Gregory , Usher), Simon Burvill-Holmes (Crewmember)

The Story : The IMF must lure a canny drug lord on to U.S. territory so he can be arrested for his crimes.

Original title : The Condemned
First Aired : 20.11.1988 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Cliff Bole
Writing credits : Michael Fisher, Ted Roberts, John Truman
Cast : Peter Knapman (Hangman), Tony Carew (Police Officer), Malcolm Cork (Sailboard Instructor), Anna-Maria Monticelli (Lydia), Errol O'Neill (Sirlak), Steven Jacobs (Stanton), Adrian Wright (Captain Yusef Hamidou), Greg Morris (Barney Collier), Sarina (Bellydancer)

The Story : The team must free a falsely-condemned prisoner - former IMF techno-genius Barney Collier.

Original title : The Legacy
First Aired : 26.11.1988 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Michael Lynn, Allan Balter
Cast : Chuck McKinney (Attendant), Ivor Kants (Von Schau), Wayne Cull (Erich Wolfe), Steven Grives (Maximillian Brucker), Shane Briant (Alfred Kubler), Judson Scott (Ernst Graff), Raymond Duparc (Sommelier)

The Story : When the sons of four Nazis come together to recover a fortune in gold and create the Fourth Reich, the team must infiltrate the group and locate the gold.

Original title : The Wall
First Aired : 11.12.1988 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : David Phillips
Cast : Kerry Fountain (Klein Mother), Peter Scheidel (Klein Father), Tony Adam (Mr. Bruck), Brett Swain (Passport Officer), Carstin Eisenschmidt (TV Broadcaster), Bill French (Kirov), Richard Piper (First Guard), Anya Molina (Ilse Bruck), Peter Curtin (Colonel Joseph Batz), Alan Cassell (Dr. Wolfgang Gerstner), Melinda Fiddling (Klein Daughter)

The Story : A East German doctor makes money by tricking political refugees into paying to use his escape route, and kidnaps a diplomat's daughter to prevent the reunification which would make his services obsolete. The IMF must rescue the girl, who is trapped on a life support machine with time running out.

Original title : The Cattle King
First Aired : 18.12.1988 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Mike Vejar
Writing credits : Ted Roberts
Cast : Maurice Hughes (Guard), Sal Sharah (Terrorist), Warren Owens (Mulwarra), David Bradshaw (Douglas Matthews), Pat Galvin (Carlton)

The Story : The IMF teams up with Australian aborigines to bring down a superstitious cattle king and arms dealer.

Original title : The Pawn
First Aired : 15.01.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Brian Trenchard-Smith
Writing credits : Billy Marshall Stoneking
Cast : Phillip Hinton (Rultka), Max Phipps (Rudensky), Brian Cahill (Judge), Simon Burvill-Holmes (Reporter), David Brown (Yuri), Donna Cameron (Woman), Allen Harvey (The Receptionist), Ainsley McWhirter (Sasha), Justin Monjo (Bakunin), Brian Hinzlewood (Krensky), Rowena Wallace (Major Natalia , Zorbuskaya), Bryan Marshall (Gregor Antonov), Tim Reuther (Chessboard Attendant)

The Story : When a Russian scientist and chess player decides to defect, Nicholas must take his place under the watchful eyes of the KGB while the rest of the team gets the scientist and his daughter out of the country.

Original title : The Haunting
First Aired : 28.01.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Mike Vejar
Writing credits : Michael Fisher
Cast : Laurence Hodge (Commodore , Anderson), Lyn Treadgold (Woman at Dance), Bradwin Saylor (Hawaiian Boy), Richard-George Pedicini (Fatman), Jeffrey Wilkin (Princess's Father), Dawn Sutton (Princess Jehan), Miguel Martin (Mario), David Barnes (Otto), Joanna Lockwood (Rita), Janis Paige (Katherine Foster), Parker Stevenson (Champ Foster), Anthony Brandon Wong (Tu)

The Story : When a rich young sociopath kills a Middle Eastern princess and her father threatens war, the IMF must bring him to justice.

Original title : The Lions
First Aired : 04.02.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Rob Stewart
Writing credits : James Crown, David Phillips
Cast : Jack Ng (Ki's Guard), Francis Yin (High Priest), Linda Cunningham (Attendant), John O'Brien (Jaru), Jeremy Angiso (Prince Miklos), Diane Craig (Lady Michelle Faulkner), James Shigeta (Ki), Terry Woo (Older Priest)

The Story : A king's son returns to his Asian country to take the test that will confirm him as the king, but his uncle, a rabid anti-American, has rigged it so that he can fail, so the IMF must rig it back.

Original title : The Greek
First Aired : 11.02.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Ted Roberts
Cast : Jim Manser (Brewery Master), Terry Reddell (Boat Captain), Joe Spano (II) (Alvarado), Terry Gill (Patterson), Dina Panozzo (Serena), Nicholas Hammond (Woodward), Cesare Danova (Socrates Colonnades), Simon Palomares (Sailor)

The Story : Jim and Grant must get close to a Greek billionnaire who runs a black market drug ring, and turn his partners against him.

Original title : The Fortune
First Aired : 18.02.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Rod Hardy
Writing credits : Robert Brennan
Cast : Michael Murdock (Guard), Jamie O'Connor (II) (Mono Rail , Attendant), Richard Williams (II) (Anchorman), Noel Trevarthen (Mr. Crothers), Michael Pate (Luis Berezan), Barbara Luna (Emelia Berezan), Jane Badler (Shannon Reed)

The Story : A team member is killed on solo assignment against the wife of a mentally-weak exiled dictator, and the others resolve to bring them both to justice.

Original title : The Fixer
First Aired : 25.02.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Walter Brough
Cast : Alison Venning (Female Reporter), Peter Marshall (II) (Male Reporter), Anthony Ingersent (Judge Cossberg), Roger Newcombe (TV Announcer), John Calvin (Doyle), Terence Donovan (Senator Tom , Oxenford), Richard Romanus (Arthur Six), Paul Paye (News Vender)

The Story : A Washington journalist uses his connections to gain information to blackmail politicians, posing a threat to the U.S.

Original title : Spy
First Aired : 18.03.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Rob Stewart
Writing credits : Michael Fisher
Cast : Mary Cheng (Chinese Woman), Leroy Loggins (Terrorist), Francine Bell (Heather), Lee A. Rice II (Carl), Jonathan Sweet (Crosby), Shane Briant (Dr. Yuri Nikolai), Tim Hughes (John Christie), Raymond Chan (Trap)

The Story : An ex-MI6 agent sells lethal chemical weapons and the IMF must team up with a Russian spy whose people also want to eliminate the threat.

Original title : The Devils
First Aired : 25.03.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Arch Nicholson
Writing credits : Ted Roberts
Cast : Kylie Fitzpatrick (Girl), Paul Mason (Fordley), Tiffany Lamb (Lucy), George Haywood (Fisherman), Murray Foy (Russell), Beatrice Howe (Doctor), Robin Bowering (Dunston), Russell Newman (Egerton), Ron Graham (Challis), John Stanton (Lord Holman), Betty Richer (Cook)

The Story : A rash of insanity among diplomats requires Jim to go undercover as...the Devil, to get the goods on a British lord in charge of a Satanic cult.

Original title : The Plague
First Aired : 08.04.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Rick Maier
Cast : Megan Shapcott (Dolphin Trainer), Bryon Williams (General Dupuis), Gary Day (Laroux), Maud Adams (Catherine Balzac), Jerry Lowley (Professor Lotte)

The Story : An industrial spy prepares to sell a vial of bacteria, unaware of how virulent it is if accidentally released.

Original title : Reprisal
First Aired : 15.04.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Rob Stewart
Writing credits : Walter Brough
Cast : Christina Ongley (Female Newsreader), Ann Brisk (Pianist), Paula Goodman (Marilyn), Peter Rollo (Pawn Broker), Chelsea Brown (Laura Ann Wilson), Marshall Napier (Talbot), Ralph Cotterill (Dr. Vincent), Lynda Day George (Lisa Casey), David Cameron (III) (Russell Acker)

The Story : A deranged ex-IMFer targets retired IMF agents, killing them and framing Jim Phelps for the crimes. The IMF gives Jim only a little time to prove his innocence before they must turn him over to the authorities.

Original title : Submarine
First Aired : 29.04.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Colin Budds
Writing credits : Dale Duguid
Cast : David Woodley (Pilot), Nancy Croll (Senior Customs Officer), John Eyeson-Annan (African Arms , Dealer), Andrew Booth (Navigator), Jonathan Hardy (Etienne Reynard), Malcolm Cork (Radio Operator), Noel Sheridan (Computer Operator), Andrew Clarke (Captain O'Neill), Mitch Ryan (Admiral Edgar Sheppard)

The Story : A retired admiral prepares to sell a computer virus that can sink any naval vessel, but the plan goes awry when he destroys the computer "cure" before the IMF can get it. Now they must force the admiral to reveal the "cure."

Original title : Bayou
First Aired : 06.05.1989 (USA)(ABC)
Director : Don Chaffey
Writing credits : Jeffrey M. Hayes
Cast : Darren Dubb (Assistant Director), Paula Kelly (Pepper Leveau), Frank Thring (Jake Morgan), Danielle Spencer (II) (Diane Martin)

The Story : The IMF must use voodoo rituals to break up a white slavery ring run by a sadistic Louisiana bar owner and millionnaire.