Episode
Mission: Impossible: Reprisal
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Mission: Impossible
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1989-04-15
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
Reprisal is Episode 17 in Season 1 of Mission: Impossible. It aired on 1989-04-15. The runtime is 50 min.
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