Mission: Impossible season 6

The sixth season of the original Mission: Impossible originally aired Saturdays at 10:00–11:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 18, 1971[1] to February 26, 1972.[2]

Mission: Impossible
Season 6
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 18, 1971 (1971-09-18) –
February 26, 1972 (1972-02-26)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

Cast

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Character Actor Main Recurring
Jim Phelps Peter Graves Entire season
Barney Collier Greg Morris Entire Season
Casey Lynda Day George Entire Season
Willy Armitage Peter Lupus Entire Season
Dr. Doug Robert Sam Elliott Episode 2

Episodes

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1281"Blind"Reza S. BadiyiArthur WeissSeptember 18, 1971 (1971-09-18)126
Lynda Day George joins the regular cast as Casey. Jim undergoes surgery to be temporarily blinded in order to pose as an ex-federal investigator [who had been caught in an explosion caused by the Syndicate at an industrial facility] to protect an undercover officer in the Syndicate from being exposed by a Syndicate rival. Guest stars:Harold J. Stone; Tom Bosley; Jason Evers
1292"Encore"Paul KrasnyHarold LivingstonSeptember 25, 1971 (1971-09-25)125
To bring down a pair of crime syndicate bosses by finding evidence of a murder committed by them years before, the IMF must convince one of them (William Shatner) that he has travelled back in time to his youth in 1937. Final appearance of Sam Elliott as Doug. Third of three episodes starring both Sam Elliott and Peter Lupus.
1303"The Tram"Paul KrasnyStory by : Paul Playdon
Teleplay by : James L. Henderson & Samuel Roeca
October 2, 1971 (1971-10-02)131
The IMF must infiltrate a Syndicate financial meeting – held at a mountain resort only accessible by aerial tramway – to discover the group's Swiss bank account number.
1314"Mindbend"Marvin ChomskyJames D. Buchanan & Ronald AustinOctober 9, 1971 (1971-10-09)130
A Syndicate boss has been using a psychopathic doctor to brainwash former prison inmates to assassinate public officials and then kill themselves immediately after, and Barney must go undercover and resist the doctor's "training" to expose them.
1325"Shape-Up"Paul KrasnyEd Adamson and Norman KatkovOctober 16, 1971 (1971-10-16)133
The IMF has to break the Syndicate control over a waterfront and its docks by making the local boss believe a ship is haunted by the ghost of a man he killed.
1336"The Miracle"Leonard J. HornDan UllmanOctober 23, 1971 (1971-10-23)129
The IMF makes a Syndicate drug smuggler (Joe Don Baker) believe he has received the heart of a priest in a transplant operation, faked for the benefit of him and his associate (Billy Dee Williams), and that he is taking on the donor's personality traits in order to intercept a large heroin shipment.
1347"Encounter"Barry CraneHoward BerkOctober 30, 1971 (1971-10-30)132
In order to put two Syndicate operators out of commission, Casey disguises herself as the alcoholic wife (Elizabeth Ashley) of one of the operators and fakes a Syndicate plot to murder her so as to convince the two operators that each is double-crossing the other.
1358"Underwater"Sutton RoleyArthur WeissNovember 6, 1971 (1971-11-06)134
When an underling steals a shipment of diamonds out from under the nose of a Syndicate fence (Fritz Weaver) and hides them underwater offshore, Casey makes the fence and the underling believe SCUBA diver Jim has already found them in order to retrieve the gems and the $75 million earmarked for their sale.
1369"Invasion"Leslie H. MartinsonJames L. Henderson & Samuel RoecaNovember 13, 1971 (1971-11-13)137
After a murderous East European People's Republic enemy agent (Kevin McCarthy) steals the secrets of the US Distant Early Warning (DEW) system against nuclear missile strikes, he is made to believe the United States has been invaded by the country he's spying for in order to retrieve the document and uncover the identity of his "control" who knows where the copy of DEW microfilm plans are hidden; in a twist ending neither the agent or the IMF know is that the "control" has ordered a hitman to kill the agent. Triva the IMF vs the East European People's Republic had clashed before in episode # 126 "The Party". Similar to 1/3 "Operation Rogosh"
13710"Blues"Reza S. BadiyiStory by : Howard Berk and Orville H. Hampton
Teleplay by : Howard Berk
November 20, 1971 (1971-11-20)139
Posing as an aspiring singer, Barney makes a Syndicate record executive (William Windom) believe he has an audio recording of the night the executive threw a woman off a balcony.
13811"The Visitors"Reza S. BadiyiHarold LivingstonNovember 27, 1971 (1971-11-27)135
A wealthy media tycoon (Steve Forrest), secretly controlled by the Syndicate, has one of his own reporters murdered when the man gets too close to the truth; Jim and Casey make the tycoon believe they are extraterrestrials with the secret to eternal life in order for the tycoon to publicly expose corrupt candidates in an upcoming election.
13912"Nerves"Barry CraneStory by : Henry Sharp
Teleplay by : Henry Sharp and Garrie Bateson
December 4, 1971 (1971-12-04)140
When a paranoid Syndicate enforcer (Christopher George, Lynda Day George's husband) threatens to release deadly nerve gas in a heavily populated area to force the release of his brother from prison, the IMF must recover the defective gas canister before it leaks and kills thousands. Guest starring Tyne Daly as the enforcer's girlfriend and Rafer Johnson as his partner.
14013"Run for the Money"Marvin ChomskyEdward J. LaksoDecember 11, 1971 (1971-12-11)128
To bring down a Syndicate man running illegal parimutuel betting parlors and stop the saboteur blowing up their competition, the IMF pits the two men against each other by making the saboteur believe he's buying a stolen and disguised super-horse.
14114"The Connection"Barry CraneStory by : Edward J. Lakso
Teleplay by : Edward J. Lakso and Ken Pettus
December 18, 1971 (1971-12-18)136
In order to take down the largest supplier of uncut heroin on the eastern seaboard (Anthony Zerbe) and uncover both his opium source and his US distributor, the IMF makes him believe an island off the coast of Georgia is really off the coast of Africa. Guest star Joe Maross
14215"The Bride"John Llewellyn MoxeyJackson GillisJanuary 1, 1972 (1972-01-01)127
Casey poses as the Irish mail-order bride of a Syndicate boss (James Gregory) in order to disrupt an international money laundering ring.
14316"Stone Pillow"Leslie H. MartinsonHoward BrowneJanuary 8, 1972 (1972-01-08)142
In order to discover the location of film negatives an inmate is using to blackmail a Syndicate boss, cellmate Jim must bust the inmate out of prison for real.
14417"Image"Don McDougallSamuel Roeca & James L. HendersonJanuary 15, 1972 (1972-01-15)138
When a Syndicate boss threatens to flee the country to avoid prosecution and take a secret list of corrupt officials with him, tarot reader Barney convinces him he has a heretofore unknown (and separated) conjoined twin to get him to divulge the list's location.
14518"Committed"Reza S. BadiyiStory by : Laurence Heath
Teleplay by : Arthur Weiss
January 22, 1972 (1972-01-22)141
Casey gets herself committed to a prison-like mental hospital in order to save the only witness in a murder trial against a Syndicate boss from being driven insane by the corrupt staff.
14619"Bag Woman"Paul KrasnyEd Adamson and Norman KatkovJanuary 29, 1972 (1972-01-29)144
When a government agent is killed by a Syndicate hitman (George Stanford Brown), Barney inpersonates him; however after Barney's cover is accidentally blown during an operation to discover the identity of a West coast politician demanding "protection" bribes from the Syndicate, the rest of the team races to warn bag woman Casey that the satchel she's carrying is actually a bomb.
14720"Double Dead"Barry CraneStory by : Jackson Gillis
Teleplay by : Jackson Gillis and Laurence Heath
February 12, 1972 (1972-02-12)143
When Willy is captured stealing the $10 million bankroll of a pair of Syndicate loan sharks, the rest of the IMF must not only turn the loan sharks against each other in order to get the money, but also rescue Willy before a Syndicate doctor can break him using a truth serum.
14821"Casino"Reza S. BadiyiWalter Brough and Howard BerkFebruary 19, 1972 (1972-02-19)145
To take down a Syndicate casino owner (Jack Cassidy), the IMF makes his Syndicate bosses believe he's planning to rob his own vault and flee with the money to the Caribbean. The owner ends up with the stolen money; given a choice of going on a one way ride with his boss or testifying before state legislate on organized crime and gambling-the owner decides to testify. The seventh season episode "Kidnap" (S07/E11) refers to this episode.
14922"Trapped"Leslie H. MartinsonStory by : Rick Husky
Teleplay by : Samuel Roeca & James L. Henderson
February 26, 1972 (1972-02-26)146
To recover $8 million stolen during an Army payroll heist in Southeast Asia and nab a smuggling family, the IMF convinces one brother (Bert Convy) that the other brother (Jon Cypher) is trying to have him killed. However, after Jim is shot during the mission, he develops amnesia.

References

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  1. ^ TV Listings for September 18, 1971
  2. ^ TV Listings for February 26, 1972
  3. ^ White, Patrick J. (1991). The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier. New York: Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-75877-6.