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Mission: Impossible, which ran from 1966-1973, was
the definitive “secret agent” television series. Over 4
decades later, things haven't changed. The series remains
consistently popular, having clearly stood the test of time.
***
This 7-disc set contains all 26 episodes from the series'
fourth season, which ran from 1969-1970. The episodes included
are as follows: The Code, The Numbers Game, The Controllers
Part 1, The Controllers Part 2, Fool's Gold, Commandante,
Submarine, Mastermind, Robot, The Double Circle, The Brothers,
Time Bomb, The Amnesiac, The Falcon Part 1, The Falcon Part
2, The Falcon Part 3, Chico, Gitano, Phantoms, Terror, Lover's
Knot, Orpheus, The Crane, Death Squad, The Choice, and The
Martyr. ***
There's no denying the greatness that is Mission: Impossible.
With an all-stat cast that featured Peter Graves, Peter
Lupus. Greg Morris, and starting with this season Leonard
Nimoy, the sheer amount of talent compiled for the series
stands as one of its finest assets. And who could forget
Lalo Schifrin's classic title theme? ***
The fourth season is one of the finest the series had
to offer, with some of the most intriguing and interesting
storylines and episodes of the series, plus Leonard Nimoy's
debut. No fan of the series should be without this set.
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Image And Sound: Paramount has clearly gone out of
their way to make Mission: Impossible look as good as possible
for its arrival on the DVD format. Despite the age of the
source material, they have cleaned the image and the sound
up nicely. It's great to see them go to such lengths to
make the show look and sound good - especially considering
how some companies will just slap a show on DVD with no
remastering whatsoever. ---
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