Episode
Mission: Impossible: The Lions
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Mission: Impossible
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1989-02-04
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Lions is Episode 10 in Season 1 of Mission: Impossible. It aired on 1989-02-04. The runtime is 50 min.
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