Episode
Mission: Impossible: The System
Overview
The team must force a mobster to turn evidence against his partner and mentor.
Details
- Series
- Mission: Impossible
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1988-10-30
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The System is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Mission: Impossible. It aired on 1988-10-30. The runtime is 50 min.
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