after Season 3 and, in my view, the series never recovered. Don't think I ever watched it even when it was first on so let's pretend it never happened.īarbara Bain and Martin Landau (husband and wife) left M.I. I didn't watch the newer series, reprised in the early 80's which starred Peter Graves with a different cast of characters. I guess they didn't figure that anyone would, at some time in the future, be watching the shows en masse. Phelps' we were so used to - those beginnings were used more than once, recycled, but with different assignments and different pictures of villains edited in. The same place just kept showing up.Īlso, the familiar openings with the 'Good morning, Mr. Something else I noticed while watching shows by the bunch, they kept using the same red-tiled white walled, mission style estate in the California Hills to represent everything from a monastery to a dictator's palace to whatever was needed that week. It is especially obvious when you see the shows in a bunch. And I've come to one HUGE conclusion: After Season 3, the show rapidly went down hill. Not watching them all, obviously (who has time?) but watching enough. I've been indulging in my own Mission Impossible Mini-Marathon over on Netflix - streaming episodes from one season after another. I commandeered ( well, absconded with) this idea from Rick over at CLASSIC FILM AND TV CAFE who posted his favorite Mission Impossible episodes a few weeks ago. Please use the above link to see his five excellent picks.

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