Mission Impossible - The Fifth TV Season
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Actor: Bob Johnson, Greg Morris, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter LupusBrand: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
Writer: Bruce Geller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1155 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-10-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Mission Impossible - The Fifth TV Season
DVD Review: Change in Mission...
Summary: 5 Stars
"Mission Impossible - The Fifth TV Season" originally aired in 1970-1971 and featured a few subtle changes to the standard format of this classic TV drama. The plots shifted from an almost exclusively Cold War focus to new, more contemporary 1970's issues for the Impossible Mission Force involving criminal syndicates, terrorists, protesters, apartheid, private crimes, and in one instance, a serial killer. There were new cast members. Long-time series regulars Peter Graves, Greg Morris, and Peter Lupus were joined by Leonard Nimoy as Paris (for his second season), a young Sam Elliot as Dr. Doug Roberts, and an even younger Lesley Ann Warren as Dana Lambert.
This DVD set contains all 23 episodes of the fifth season. Among the highlights: "The Killer", in which the IMF tracks a contract killer played by Robert Conrad and in which Lesley Warren is introduced as new agent Dana Lambert. In "Homecoming", Jim Phelps rallies his team for an off-the-books mission to catch a serial killer in his hometown; the episode provides an intriguing glimpse of the young Phelps. In "My Friend, My Enemy", Paris is kidnapped and transformed into a killing machine whose target is his own boss, Jim Phelps. In "Kitara", the IMF team must liberate a young black freedom fighter by convincing his ruthless captor of his own black heritage. In "The Party", the IMF cleverly "borrows" an entire foreign consulate to fool an enemy spy. Each episode features the exotic plans and race-against-the-clock mission execution that were the show's signature.
The Cold War is almost two decades in our collective wake, and the special effects look less impressive than at first showing, but these Mission: Impossible episodes are still fun to watch. The "Season Five" is very highly recommended to its fans.
DVD Review: Worst year for the series
Summary: 2 Stars
Mission:Impossible is my favorite TV show ever, and I own all of the first five seasons on DVD. In my view Season 5 represents the nadir of the original Mission:Impossible series.
In my opinion the mistake that the producers made at this juncture of the series (which coincided with the dismissal of the show's creator Bruce Geller) was to make the episodes character-driven instead of plot-driven. Mission:Impossible was conceived as a show based on a complex, intricate and perfectly executed plan. While the characters were important in terms of the various skills they possessed in order to carry out the plan, the story was never about the characters. This changed in Season 5, as is evidenced by the episode "Homecoming" which features a very weak plot and a lot of rather sappy references to Jim Phelp's personal history. Gone is the meticulously constructed plot; in its place is a very pedestrian crime drama. (One exception to this trend in Season 5 is the episode "The Killer," probably the best show in an otherwise poor collection.)
Thankfully the producers came to their senses and in Season 6 restored many of the elements which made the series great.
To sum up, Season 5 is only for die-hard fans of Mission:Impossible. Casual fans and/or those who want to see only the best episodes would be better off acquiring seaons 2-4.
DVD Review: Mission Impossible - The Fifth Season
Summary: 5 Stars
This show was awesome for it's day and still is today. What a great show it was. I wish that it ran for a lot more seasons then it did. DVD Review: Mission Impossible Season 5 - fun trip down memory lane
Summary: 3 Stars
It's fun to see the old episodes and the characters. It would have been nice to see bonus features - behind the scenes, interviews with regulars and guest actors, etc. I like the episodes where you get a glimpse into some of the characters' pasts - like Jim Phelps' home town, Barney's brother trying to expose criminal corruption, etc. Peter Lupus' character Willy is strangely absent from many episodes, replaced by Sam Elliot as "Doug", a doctor. Seeing Leonard Nimoy in action is always fun.DVD Review: Good, but not great
Summary: 3 Stars
The 5th season of Mission:Impossible was good but far inferior to the previous 4 seasons. The main problem is Lesley Warren, who is cute but way too young and unsophisticated for the IMF. She would be replaced the following year by Lynda Day George who fit in much better with the men of the IMF. Also a problem was the lack of use of Leonard Nimoy who, in many episodes, had little to do at all. Nimoy has related in various books how disappointed he was with the show and how he couldn't wait to get off Mission after this season.
As others have previously said, the best episode of this set is "The Killer" guest starring Robert Conrad, a terrific episode.
As usual I continue to be amazed by the CBS/Paramount lack of retrospectives or commentaries on any of the Mission DVD sets. This is one of the few classics of the 1960s with the majority of the cast still alive: how they can continue to release these sets with nothing extra is beyond me.
Description of Mission Impossible - The Fifth TV Season
The hit series Mission: ImpossibleT returns to DVD, featuring all 23 Season Five episodes! By the fifth season, the show's changing times meant changing crimes, as the emerging drug culture forced the IMF to spend more time in America, battling organized crime and drug czars. But the winning formula stayed the same: Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) gets his assignment, Barney Collier (Greg Morris) makes the required special effects, and Willy Armitage (Peter Lupus) supplies the muscle. And while Paris (Leonard Nimoy) has the makeup skills to become any character required, it's the team's newest member - the gorgeous Dana Lambert (Lesley Ann Warren) - who gives this season an added boost, and makes this set of Mission: ImpossibleT the most thrilling DVD experience yet!General DVDs
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