Mission: Impossible season 5

Mission: Impossible (1966–1973) (season 5)
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973) (season 5)
Season 5
No. of episodes	23
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 19, 1970 –; March 17, 1971
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 4 Next →; Season 6
	List of episodes

The fifth season of the original Mission: Impossible originally aired Saturdays at 7:30–8:30 pm (EST) from September 19, 1970^[1] to March 6, 1971.^[2] "The Merchant" originally aired Wednesday, March 17, 1971 at 7:30–8:30 pm (EST).^[3]

Cast

Character	Actor	Main	Recurring
James Jim Phelps	Peter Graves	Entire season
Paris	Leonard Nimoy	Entire Season
Dana Lambert	Lesley Ann Warren	Entire Season
Barnard Barney Collier	Greg Morris	Entire Season
William Willy Armitage	Peter Lupus	Episodes 1-4,7-8,12,15-16,18,21-23
Dr. Doug Robert	Sam Elliott	Episodes 5-6,9-11,13-14,17,19-20	Episodes 3, 22

Episodes

Series #	Episode #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original Airdate	Production #^[4]
105	1	"The Killer"	Paul Krasny	Arthur Weiss	September 19, 1970 (1970-09-19)	105
106	2	"Flip Side"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Jackson Gillis	September 26, 1970 (1970-09-26)	106
107	3	"The Innocent"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Teleplay: Marc Norman and Laurence Heath Story: Marc Norman	October 3, 1970 (1970-10-03)	108
108	4	"Homecoming"	Reza S. Badiyi	Laurence Heath	October 10, 1970 (1970-10-10)	103
109	5	"Flight"	Barry Crane	Teleplay: Harold Livingston Story: Leigh Vance	October 17, 1970 (1970-10-17)	110
110	6	"My Friend, My Enemy"	Gerald Mayer	Teleplay: Gene R. Kearney Story: William Wood and Gene R. Kearney	October 25, 1970 (1970-10-25)	107
111	7	"Butterfly"	Gerald Mayer	Teleplay: Eric Bercovici and Jerry Ludwig Story: Sheldon Stark	October 31, 1970 (1970-10-31)	102
112	8	"Decoy"	Seymour Robbie	John D.F. Black	November 7, 1970 (1970-11-07)	109
113	9	"The Amateur"	Paul Krasny	Ed Adamson	November 14, 1970 (1970-11-14)	112
114	10	"Hunted"	Terry Becker	Helen Hoblock Thompson	November 21, 1970 (1970-11-21)	111
115	11	"The Rebel"	Barry Crane	Teleplay: Ken Pettus Story: Norman Katkov and Ken Pettus	November 28, 1970 (1970-11-28)	104
116	12	"Squeeze Play"	Virgil W. Vogel	Teleplay: David Moessinger Story: Walter Brough and David Moessinger	December 12, 1970 (1970-12-12)	114
117	13	"The Hostage"	Barry Crane	Harold Livingston	December 19, 1970 (1970-12-19)	117
118	14	"Takeover"	Virgil W. Vogel	Teleplay: Arthur Weiss Story: Jerry Thomas and Arthur Weiss	January 2, 1971 (1971-01-02)	118
119	15	"Cat's Paw"	Virgil W. Vogel	Howard Browne	January 9, 1971 (1971-01-09)	116
120	16	"The Missile"	Charles R. Rondeau	Arthur Weiss	January 16, 1971 (1971-01-16)	119
121	17	"The Field"	Reza S. Badiyi	Teleplay: Wesley Lau Story: Judy Burns and Wesley Lau	January 23, 1971 (1971-01-23)	121
122	18	"Blast"	Sutton Roley	James L. Henderson & Samuel Roeca	January 30, 1971 (1971-01-30)	122
123	19	"The Catafalque"	Barry Crane	Paul Playdon	February 6, 1971 (1971-02-06)	113
124	20	"Kitara"	Murray Golden	Mann Rubin	February 20, 1971 (1971-02-20)	120
125	21	"A Ghost Story"	Reza S. Badiyi	Teleplay: Ed Adamson and Ken Pettus Story: John D.F. Black and Ed Adamson	February 27, 1971 (1971-02-27)	123
126	22	"The Party"	Murray Golden	Harold Livingston	March 6, 1971 (1971-03-06)	124
127	23	"The Merchant"	Leon Benson	Harold Livingston	March 17, 1971 (1971-03-17)	115

References

^ TV Listings for September 19, 1970
^ TV Listings for March 6, 1971
^ TV Listings for March 17, 1971
^ White, Patrick J. (1991). The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier. New York: Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-75877-6.

[1] TV Listings for September 19, 1970

[2] TV Listings for March 6, 1971

[3] TV Listings for March 17, 1971

[White-4] White, Patrick J. (1991). The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier. New York: Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-75877-6.

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