Episode
Mission: Impossible: Mastermind
Overview
As Barney Collier attempts to break into a safe that contains an incriminating file, Paris convinces a mob figure that he can read the mind of his double-crossing boss.
Details
- Series
- Mission: Impossible
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1969-11-23
Episode context
Mastermind is Episode 8 in Season 4 of Mission: Impossible. It aired on 1969-11-23.
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Episode 7: Submarine
Upon his release, a prisoner plans to fund neo-Nazis with stolen money. So a submarine voyage is simulated in order to transport him to his contact.
Episode 9: Robot
A country is unaware that its premier is dead and that a double is about to appoint a successor. So Barney Collier concocts a mechanical man to take his place.
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Episode 12: Time Bomb
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