Mission Impossible: Season 1 (7 Discs)

As a Desilu production based at Paramount Studios, Mission: Impossible shared guest stars, production personnel, locations, and even occasional sets with the original Star Trek. Fans of both shows will enjoy spotting these crossover details (including George Takei's appearance in "The Carriers," a first-season highlight), and this season's other stand-out episodes include the "Pilot" (featuring Wally Cox as an ace safe-cracker), "Operation Rogosh," "A Spool There Was," "Action!," "The Train," and "The Traitor." Whether they were toppling dictators, rescuing doomed prisoners, foiling despots, or framing Mafia kingpins, the IMF agents were consistently blessed with taut, well-written plots, many unfolding with minimal dialogue and highly visual schemes that demanded (and rewarded) the viewer's close attention. Although Steven Hill eventually left the series (as an Orthodox Jew, he preferred not to work on the Jewish Sabbath, as M:I required), his single season set the stage for M:I's long-term popularity, with Peter Graves (replacing Hill as "Jim Phelps") leading the IMF from 1967 to 1973. And while Paramount has again neglected to offer DVD extras with this set, the episodes look and sound just about perfect, with a parade of guest stars including Carol O'Connor, Simon Oakland, Fritz Weaver, Nehemiah Persoff, Barbara Luna, Vic Tayback, and a host of other '60s TV regulars. Your mission--and you shouldn't hesitate to accept it--is to enjoy this classic series all over again! --Jeff Shannon

• Disc #1 -- Mission Impossible: The Complete First Season, Disc 1
  • Pilot
  • Memory
  • Operation Rogosh
  • Old Man Out Part 1
  • Play All
  • Set Up
    • Audio Options: English 5.1 Surround
    • Audio Options: English Mono
  • Previews
• Disc #2 -- Mission Impossible: The Complete First Season, Disc 2
  • Old Man Out Part 2
  • Odds on Evil
  • Wheels
  • The Ransom
  • Play All
  • Set Up
    • Audio Options: English 5.1 Surround
    • Audio Options: English Mono
• Disc #3 -- Mission Impossible: The Complete First Season, Disc 3
  • A Spool There Was
  • The Carriers
  • Zubrovnik's Ghost
  • Fakeout
  • Play All
  • Set Up
    • Audio Options: English 5.1 Surround
    • Audio Options: English Mono
• Disc #4 -- Mission Impossible: The Complete First Season, Disc 4
  • Elena
  • The Short Tail Spy
  • The Legacy
  • The Reluctant Dragon
  • Play All
  • Set Up
    • Audio Options: English 5.1 Surround
    • Audio Options: English Mono
• Disc #5 -- Mission Impossible: The Complete First Season, Disc 5
  • The Frame
  • The Trial
  • The Diamond
  • The Legend
  • Play All
  • Set Up
    • Audio Options: English 5.1 Surround
    • Audio Options: English Mono
• Disc #6 -- Mission Impossible: The Complete First Season, Disc 6
  • Snowball in Hell
  • The Confession
  • Action!
  • The Train
  • Play All
  • Set Up
    • Audio Options: English 5.1 Surround
    • Audio Options: English Mono
• Disc #7 -- Mission Impossible: The Complete First Season, Disc 7
  • Shock
  • A Cube of Sugar
  • The Traitor
  • The Psychic
  • Play All
  • Set Up
    • Audio Options: English 5.1 Surround
    • Audio Options: English Mono