Mission: Impossible season 1

*Mission: Impossible*
Mission: Impossible
Season 1
No. of episodes	28
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 17, 1966 –; April 22, 1967
Season chronology
	Next →; Season 2
	List of episodes

The first season of the original Mission: Impossible originally aired Saturdays at 9:00–10:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 17, 1966^[1] to January 7, 1967^[2] and at 8:30–9:30 pm (EST) from January 14^[3] to April 22, 1967.^[4]

Cast

Character	Actor	Main	Recurring
Dan Briggs	Steven Hill	All Episodes except Episode 23 "Action!"
Cinnamon Carter	Barbara Bain	Entire season (does not appear in episodes 11, 13, 16, 18)
Barney Collier	Greg Morris	Entire season (does not appear in episodes 9, 13, 18)
Willy Armitage	Peter Lupus	Entire season (does not appear in episodes 9, 11-14, 16)
Rollin Hand	Martin Landau		(Does not appear in episodes 12, 14)

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code ^[5]
1	1	"Pilot"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Bruce Geller	September 17, 1966 (1966-09-17)	1
2	2	"Memory"	Charles R. Rondeau	Robert Lewin	September 24, 1966 (1966-09-24)	3
3	3	"Operation Rogosh"	Leonard J. Horn	Jerome Ross	October 1, 1966 (1966-10-01)	4
4	4	"Old Man Out: Part 1"	Charles R. Rondeau	Ellis Marcus	October 8, 1966 (1966-10-08)	2A
5	5	"Old Man Out: Part 2"	Charles R. Rondeau	Ellis Marcus	October 15, 1966 (1966-10-15)	2B
6	6	"Odds on Evil"	Charles R. Rondeau	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter	October 22, 1966 (1966-10-22)	5
7	7	"Wheels"	Tom Gries	Laurence Heath	October 29, 1966 (1966-10-29)	8
8	8	"The Ransom"	Harry Harris	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter	November 5, 1966 (1966-11-05)	9
9	9	"A Spool There Was"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Ellis Marcus	November 12, 1966 (1966-11-12)	6
10	10	"The Carriers"	Sherman Marks	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter	November 19, 1966 (1966-11-19)	13
11	11	"Zubrovnik's Ghost"	Leonard J. Horn	Robert Lewin	November 26, 1966 (1966-11-26)	11
12	12	"Fakeout"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Leigh Chapman	December 3, 1966 (1966-12-03)	7
13	13	"Elena"	Marc Daniels	Ellis Marcus	December 10, 1966 (1966-12-10)	10
14	14	"The Short Tail Spy"	Leonard J. Horn	Julian Barry	December 17, 1966 (1966-12-17)	14
15	15	"The Legacy"	Michael O'Herlihy	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter	January 7, 1967 (1967-01-07)	15
16	16	"The Reluctant Dragon"	Leonard J. Horn	Chester Krumholz	January 14, 1967 (1967-01-14)	16
17	17	"The Frame"	Allen Miner	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter	January 21, 1967 (1967-01-21)	17
18	18	"The Trial"	Lewis Allan	Laurence Heath	January 28, 1967 (1967-01-28)	12
19	19	"The Diamond"	Robert Douglas	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter	February 4, 1967 (1967-02-04)	18
20	20	"The Legend"	Richard Benedict	Mann Rubin	February 11, 1967 (1967-02-11)	19
21	21	"Snowball in Hell"	Lee H. Katzin	Judith & Robert Guy Barrows	February 18, 1967 (1967-02-18)	21
22	22	"The Confession"	Herschel Daugherty	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter	February 25, 1967 (1967-02-25)	20
23	23	"Action!"	Leonard J. Horn	Robert Lewin	March 4, 1967 (1967-03-04)	22
24	24	"The Train"	Ralph Senensky	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter	March 18, 1967 (1967-03-18)	23
25	25	"Shock"	Lee H. Katzin	Laurence Heath	March 25, 1967 (1967-03-25)	24
26	26	"A Cube of Sugar"	Joseph Pevney	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter	April 1, 1967 (1967-04-01)	25
27	27	"The Traitor"	Lee H. Katzin	Edward J. Lakso	April 15, 1967 (1967-04-15)	26
28	28	"The Psychic"	Charles R. Rondeau	William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter	April 22, 1967 (1967-04-22)	27

References

^ TV Listings for September 17, 1966
^ TV Listings for January 7, 1967
^ TV Listings for January 14, 1967
^ TV Listings for April 22, 1967
^ White, Patrick J. (1991). The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier. New York: Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-75877-6.

[1] TV Listings for September 17, 1966

[2] TV Listings for January 7, 1967

[3] TV Listings for January 14, 1967

[4] TV Listings for April 22, 1967

[White-5] White, Patrick J. (1991). The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier. New York: Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-75877-6.

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