Blu-ray Review Mission: Impossible: The Original TV Series Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Wiseguy]

I just watched both halves of The Council (season 2), and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I think I like the two-parters for the Batman-like cliffhangers. I didn’t feel this one was padded.

Originally "The Council" was intended to be a single episode but it ran long so scenes were added including ones involving a character portrayed by Nicolas "Coach" Colasanto.
Coincidentally, another two-parter intended originally as a single episode was the Laverne & Shirley episode "The Bardwell Caper" in season six which spoofed Mission: Impossible. It was expanded by showing how the mission should go in Part 1 and showing what actually happened (with the expected mishaps) in Part 2.

 

[Matt Hough]

Very interesting, Erich. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Bartman]

Thanks for the Perry Mason (I bought the 50th AE) and Hawaii Five-0 S3 suggestions both are great. For those that are hard of hearing this Perry Mason set does not have subtitles, the Five-0 set does.

I've been enjoying The Invaders CBS TV series on DVD from Netflix. Picture quality is very good but there are no subtitles. Has anyone ever heard about a Blu-ray of The Invaders?

 

[moviebuff75]

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[Harry-N]

I just went to Amazon to get more info. I see one person claiming that "Old Man Out, Part 2" is missing from the BluRay set.

I have two thoughts on the matter.

1. When looking at the Pluto streaming service's MISSION IMPOSSIBLE channel a couple of months ago, I caught the end of "Old Man Out, Part 1" and then was surprised that they didn't follow it up with Part 2, but I didn't give it another thought until now.

2. Since I only own the DVDs, I cannot say, about the episode being on the BluRay set. But my thought is, did the compilers lump the two-parter into one long episode? All I know for a fact is that CBS aired it in two separate weeks.

 

[Nelson Au]

I just went to Amazon to get more info. I see one person claiming that "Old Man Out, Part 2" is missing from the BluRay set.

I have two thoughts on the matter.

1. When looking at the Pluto streaming service's MISSION IMPOSSIBLE channel a couple of months ago, I caught the end of "Old Man Out, Part 1" and then was surprised that they didn't follow it up with Part 2, but I didn't give it another thought until now.

2. Since I only own the DVDs, I cannot say, about the episode being on the BluRay set. But my thought is, did the compilers lump the two-parter into one long episode? All I know for a fact is that CBS aired it in two separate weeks.

I’ll have to double check, but I recall the last time I saw these two episodes, parts 1 and 2 are in the blu ray set. That would have to be a really big screw up if only part 1 was in the set that would have created a large number of posts here and on the web.

 

[David_B_K]

The second episode of Old Man Out is in the iTunes digital version, which I believe is based on the Blu-ray versions.

 

[Sam Favate]

It is not missing.

 

[Harry-N]

Ah. The sterling Amazon reviewer probably didn't know to change the disc.

 

[Timothy E]

Ah. The sterling Amazon reviewer probably didn't know to change the disc.

It is possible that the reviewer never even bought the product.

 

[moviebuff75]

I tried to delete my comment before anyone saw it! Thanks!

 

[Timothy E]

I tried to delete my comment before anyone saw it! Thanks!

It was a fair question for you to ask. Now we all know the answer.

 

[Harry-N]

Go to your MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE soundtrack album and play "Mission: Accomplished"!

 

[Blimpoy06]

 

[Nelson Au]

It’s funny, I have the Mission Impossible soundtrack set from La La Land records. The score for the episode Old Man Out is very short. And the organ music in the episode is so incessantly played by Dan so much, it’s a surprise that music is only 45 seconds long! They just kept looping it. It also just gets stuck in your head!

 

[Harry-N]

It’s funny, I have the Mission Impossible soundtrack set from La La Land records. The score for the episode Old Man Out is very short. And the organ music in the episode is so incessantly played by Dan so much, it’s a surprise that music is only 45 seconds long! It also just gets stuck in your head!

How well I know that! I'm taken back to the nights when "Old Man Out" episodes aired originally on CBS. At that time, I wasn't yet into any "spy" stories, but my sisters were. Those episodes aired on Saturday night at, I believe, 9 PM. We spent those weekends at our smallish summer cottage, where there was just the one TV, and black & white at that. As I wasn't interested in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE at that time, I spent the hour doing something else, reading, whatever. I vividly remember hearing that incessant organ music and I probably complained to my sisters as to how annoying it was.

The ultimate insult was that it was a two-parter, and the very next week, the same thing happened. It was frustrating to say the least. I don't remember what drew me to the series, but it wasn't very long before I was a rabid MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE fan. When I finally saw "Old Man Out", I was quite impressed with it as pretty good television.

 

[Nelson Au]

Yeah, these past few posts have gotten me interested in another viewing of Old Man Out. In re-viewing the first season, they did do a lot of good episodes. Several I have trouble seeing, though. But overall, good stuff!

 

[JohnHopper]

RANKING MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE SEASONS

1. Ranking season 1 episodes

Masterpiece
“Operation Rogosh”

Top list
“The Carriers”
“Pilot”
“Odds on Evil”
“The Reluctant Dragon”
“The Trial”
“The Train”
“Snowball in Hell”
“Shock”
“A Cube of Sugar”
“The Frame”

Good list
“The Legacy”
“Action!”
“The Short Tail Spy”
“The Confession”
“The Traitor”
“Old Man Out, Part I & II”
“Memory”
“A Spool There Was”
“The Ransom”

Minor list
“The Legend”
“Fake Out”
“Wheels”
“The Psychic”
“The Diamond”

Weak list
“Elena”
“Zubrovnik’s Ghost”

2. Ranking season 2 episodes

Masterpiece
“The Council, Part I & II”

Top list
“The Town”
“The Survivors”
“Echo of Yesterday”
“The Photographer”
“Operation—Heart”
“The Bank”
“The Widow”
“Trek”
“Trial By Fury”
“The Spy”

Good list
“The Astrologer”
“The Condemned”
“Recovery”
“A Game of Chess”
“The Emerald”
“The Phoenix”
“The Slave, Part I & II”
“The Seal”
“The Killing”

Minor list
“The Counterfeiter”
“The Money Machine”
“Charity”

3. Ranking season 3 episodes

Masterpiece
“The Mind of Stefan Miklos”

Top list
“Live Bait”
“The Interrogator”
“The Mercenaries”
“The Cardinal”
“The Execution”
“The Exchange”
“The Test Case”
“The Glass Cage”
“Illusion”
“The Bunker, Part I & II”

Good list
“The Heir Apparent”
“The Contender, Part I & II”
“The Diplomat”
“Doomsday”
“The Freeze”
”The System”
”The Bargain”
“Nicole”

Minor list
“The Play”
“The Elixir”
“Nitro”
“The Vault”

4. Ranking season 4 episodes

Masterpieces
“The Controllers, Part I & II”
“The Falcon, Part I, II & III”
“Submarine”

Top list
“Orpheus”
“The Crane”
“Robot”
“The Double Circle”
“The Numbers Game”
“The Code”
“Fool’s Gold”
“The Choice”
“Gitano”
“The Amnesiac”

Good list
“Time Bomb”
“Phantoms”
“Commandante”
“Mastermind”
“The Brothers”

Minor list
“Chico”
“Death Squad”
“Terror”
“Lover’s Knot”
“The Martyr”

5. Ranking season 5 episodes

Masterpiece
“The Killer”

Top list
“The Innocent”
“Flight”
“The Catafalque”
“My Friend, My Enemy”
“The Party”
“The Field”
“The Hostage”
“The Merchant”
“The Amateur”
“The Missile”
“Blast”

Good list
“Homecoming”
“Decoy”
“Butterfly”
“Flip Side”
“Takeover”
“Cat’s Paw”

Minor list
“Hunted”
“Kitara”
“Squeeze Play”
“A Ghost Story”
“The Rebel”

6. Ranking season 6 episodes

Masterpiece
“Invasion”

Top list
“Encore”
“Mindbend”
“Bag Woman”
“Blind”
“The Miracle”
“Blues”
“Committed”
“Underwater”
“The Tram”
“The Bride”

Good list
“Casino”
“Stone Pillow”
“The Connection”
“Encounter”
“Trapped”
“Image”
“The Visitors”

Minor list
“Shape-Up” (dull)
“Nerves” (un-inspired)
“Run for the Money” (very average)
“Double Dead” (flat)

7. Ranking season 7 episodes

Masterpiece
“The Question”

Top list
“Ultimatum”
“Tod-5”
“Two Thousand”
“Kidnap”
“The Puppet”
“Crack-Up”
“Movie”
“Underground”
“The Deal”
“Speed”

Good list
“Break!”
“Leona”
“The Pendulum”
“Imitation”
“The Western”
“The Fountain”

Minor list
“Cocaïne”
“Hit”
“Boomerang”
“Incarnate”
“The Fighter”

 

[Nelson Au]

Thanks for creating this list!

 

[Tom St Jones]

Hopefully, CBS/Paramount will get the '88--'90 series remastered for Blu ray (or, at the least, streaming) in time to tie in with the final Tom Cruise "Mission".. Yes, I know the '88 series pales in direct comparison to the original, but it still deserves an HD release.