Mission: Impossible Season 5 Open

[analogdesigner]

All of the original "mission" shows ruled!

[gojira2006]

Woooo - Sam Elliott . . . !

[mhagenhoff]

I agree with ya TrekToons. Years 5 & 7,they had to change and fix a classic theme song that wasn't broken to begin with. I liked Sam Elliott in this but didn't like the fact that he was brought in to replace my favorite cast member Willy. The producers should have given Elliott a full season to see if his character could have been written into the show better and to see if Elliott could give the role a little more personality. Whenever he and Willy worked together on a show,it was always awesome

[sneezyize]

@mhagenhoff I agree that for a show that had very little character development of the major character to begin with, this season lacked a lot with the new characters that had taken over. I was always hoping that this season was perhaps a dream season and didn't really exist.

[TrekToons]

I remember when the theme music was updated. didn't like it. Still don't.

[wwrigle2]

I remembe Peter becoming in a tv. show in the 50s called "Fury".

[spacepatrolman]

@wwrigle2 He wanted it to be a serious western but when they made it a saturday morning kids show he was disapointed the kid from fury bobby diamond became a lawyer

[lorimneal]

omg...sam elliot was young!

[tommary24]

Leonard Nimoy has always been my fantasy. He is so yummy.

[psychedelicbluesdiva]

I couldn't take Paris seriously after Star Trek. I mean wtf he is a talented actors, its just he got typecast severly after Star Trek.

[EmpireLS56KW]

LOL what's with the buzzing sound at the end. LOL

[Cruiserfrank]

Lesley Ann Warren and Sam Elliot?  OMG!

[ironhandz1]

Leslie Ann Warren was so hot.

[skyhawk2958]

@ironhandz1 god you u got that right.

[swampmagic45]

Nimoy's 1975 autobiography was titled 'I Am Not Spock'  in which he wrote of wrestling with the indentification he had with the character and the impact it had on his career. He came to MI right after Star Trek ended and was on the show for 2 years. As a fan of both shows I remember how weird it was to see him sans Vulcan makeup but he did a good job replacing Martin Landau's character.

[ncasti]

Never knew Sam Elliott was on this show...

[broadrunhusband]

@ncasti They tried to push Peter Lupus out in favor of Sam Elliott in Season 5, but supposedly the fans revolted. Seems kind of funny to that that in those days, when the fans revolted, they actually had to write letters!

[TheMechanic11]

You gotta be shitting me?! Wade Garrett was in Mission: Impossible, and I never knew it!

[ironhandz1]

@TheMechanic11 That's right, mijo! You can't even recognize him without his moustache.

[ColeenAmber]

Gosh, I grew up with that show...meant alot to me..

RIP Peter Graves

[msgreeneyez26]

RIP Mr Graves!

[chijohnaok]

RIP Peter Graves.

[mrjonz72]

Sam Elliot?! Lesley Ann Warrent?! Never knew they were ont his show!

[MusicManKevin]

Sam Elliott portrayed the IMF's medical expert in the 1970-71 & the beginning of the 71-72 season, replacing Peter Lupus (who returned for the remaining episodes). Lesley Ann Warren replaced Barbara Bain from 1969-71 & Lynda Day George took over for 71-73.

[kewanw16]

I didn't know either!

[polesee777]

Spock is a great actor, can't picture him as a spy Them "Ears", just kidding !!!!!

[Chromatype]

Spock was actually a CHARACTER, played by Leonard Nimoy...an actor of some notoriety.

[kossmikham]

I had such a crush on LAW as a kid.

[fullhousefrek]

this version is nowhere near as good as the original version!

[MrJonathansmooth]

I thought that Leonard Nemoy was  the

best in both series

[nightman1963a]

I thought Leonard Nimoy was good for this series. It's too bad no one really gave him a brake after Star Trek ended.

He's a good actor, but because of Star Trek, which I love, he got typed-casted in the 70's and it really was unfair.

[johnnyleesteele]

You might forget that Leonard Nimoy became a very good director. Not just more Star Trek movies, but also the highly successful Three Men And A Baby.

[nightman1963a]

Oh, I agree with that, but as an actor, I still think he got treated unfairly in the early 70's. I am glad though that he finally made his peace with it.

[sondano]

but he became type-casted because he did Spock perfectly you actually didn't believe he was acting but that he was Spock can't say the same about Quinto

[nerdflanders8710]

@nightman1963a stfu homo. he had a good run in this series and another one.season 4 I think.

Star trek wasn't a big hit at the time , it became a cult following that grew over time.

so your whole comments are just fucked and incorrect.

[CaptainBuckRogers]

@nightman1963a I think he was lucky. Star Trek 1st than get this cool job on Mission Impossible. That's 2 very memorable series. Not to mention his cool job narrarating In Search Of. But personally I liked Landeau/Bain better than Nimoy w/ revolving door in S4 & the ladies that followed. Funny. Leslie is Miss Scarlett from Clue.

[sneezyize]

@nightman1963a The problem really wasn't Nimoy, it was the absence of Barbara Bain and Martin Landau.

[russwinkler]

Sam Elliott without the trademark moustache...

[ILoveMrSpock]

Haha reminds me of when I was in elementary school, and we did mission impossible for a week in gym class, the whole gym was filled with gymnastic stuff and mats... good times good times!

[royalfuzziness]

Did you get your orders from the gym teacher, who will self distruct after class.

[ILoveMrSpock]

.... sure..?

[PSPNeffers93]

I love american cities during the 60s and 70s... nowadayas, ugh... its more like a shadow of its former self.. modern yes, but no longer peaceful

[CalpurniusRex]

Damn, Sam Elliot looking fresh out of high school.

[korgri]

These shows had better openings than the actual story. The show would start and it would drag through, you'd spot the scenes you saw in the opening, where they were always so much more interesting. It's like watching TV with the sound off, what you imagine them saying is usually much better than the script.

[copifo]

Spectacular serie tv!

[OrionDenali]

Greg Morris was my hero when I was a kid. The main reason I got into electronics, ham radio and computers! Unreal the effects this show had in my life. Go IMF!

[knight130985]

@OrionDenali Yep! He's cool!! Great with gadgets and he was also good fighter as well!

[SeniorAgent]

Jiiiiim Pheeeelps! :O He is sooo smexy!!!

This was the opening to The Flight, wasn't it? Jim was ultra smexy in this episode! x_x

[MissMael]

Mmmm. he didn't need to do much to be smexy that man but whenever he put on a uniform I just melt /:D

[MissMael]

For some reason someone marked you as spam. I often don't understand people's reactions to comments, it's like they're blindfolded when they're giving thumbs down and marks.

[MissMael]

This is a good episode (Flight). The bad guy (John Colicos) had earlier portrayed the klingon Kor in Star trek 'Errand Of Mercy'.

[fielding78]

got all the series on dvd..the best show on tv of that era....

[fullhousefrek]

this version is ok but i like the original version much better!

[jamesmorrell91]

Martin Landau left at the end of series 3

[alucard624]

Sam Elliot looked young as hell on this show. This must have been one of the first things he did in his career. Glad to see he became a star in own right later on.

[moogyboy6]

Wait a minute...where's Peter Lupus?

[philipchek]

And where is Martin Landau ?

[Neville6000]

He and Babs Bain left after Season 3.

[Doug4422]

The classic lineup was sorley lacking from M:I for three seasons, until they all cmae back in 1972, the classic line up is as follows:

Peter Graves as Jim Phelps

Greg Morris as Barney Collier

Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter

Martin Landau as Rollin Hand

and Peter Lupis as Willy Armitage.

[gstewart400]

Uh, no, sorry. Bain and Landau left in the late 60s and did not return in 1972.

[Marcstang04]

remember that Steven Hill was the leader in season 1.

[ssosmcin]

No bongos! Sam Elliot has a hair helmet!

classic!

[clpsw7]

I thought Leslie Ann Warren was a hot number when I used to watch Mission Impossible on TV in 1971 while in the RVN.

[2047alvi]

leonard nimoy? as an invited actor? i suppose

[srgamers]

He was a regular on 2 seasons

[sexymama1966]

the theme song sucked..i like the first 3-4 season theme song.

[Doug4422]

DAMN!! THat is a YOUNG Sam Elliot!

[bsj71]

Yeah it is. I think the mission in this episode was to find out who stole his manly mustache.

[Doug4422]

Ah . . . that didn't come until later . . . looking this up, 'Ol Sam was only on M:I for one season, 1970.

[rayssonation]

The 5th season:the 1971-1972 version

[carnivalofsouls2047]

This is by far my favorite season opener and team layout for IMF. Classic.

[oilerblueline]

Lesley Warren was horribly miscast in this show. This, however, might have been her best episode.

[alvastarr1]

I didn't think she was bad at all. I used to watch because of her.

[megamanj2004]

I finally got to hear the later version of the original M:I theme on here in the clear! Thanx a lot for this version! Btw, do you have a copy of the end credits from this season? Also, sometimes this season uses the original 1960s variation on this season's opening credits as well. Sam Elliot replaces Peter Lupus when Lupus is not present in an ep.

[hansonjb]

god they make it difficult to post on this thing.

this is the best version of this song.

this was also the best year of the show. it went downhill badly after this.

[Neville6000]

It went downhill because it was on TOO long.