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With a few rare exceptions every episode followed the same outline: First, a prerecorded briefing informs the team leader, Jim Phelps, of the target, what needs to be done to him, and why. Second, Jim assembles his team and the viewer gets to see a selected but [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee|mostly uninformative subset of their planning and briefing]]. Thirdly, the mission -- usually a [[The Caper|caper]] or [[The Con|con]] -- is executed, sometimes with real or bogus crises along the way. Finally, the team reassembles in a convenient panel truck and drives off as the target confesses, turns state's evidence, or slowly cools in a spreading pool of blood. |
With a few rare exceptions every episode followed the same outline: First, a prerecorded briefing informs the team leader, Jim Phelps, of the target, what needs to be done to him, and why. Second, Jim assembles his team and the viewer gets to see a selected but [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee|mostly uninformative subset of their planning and briefing]]. Thirdly, the mission -- usually a [[The Caper|caper]] or [[The Con|con]] -- is executed, sometimes with real or bogus crises along the way. Finally, the team reassembles in a convenient panel truck and drives off as the target confesses, turns state's evidence, or slowly cools in a spreading pool of blood. |
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'''The original cast:''' |
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* Steven Hill as Dan Briggs, a cold, cerebral strategist who would be given the mission, formulate a plan, select a team of agents (not always the same ones in early episodes), and put everything in motion. |
* Steven Hill as Dan Briggs, a cold, cerebral strategist who would be given the mission, formulate a plan, select a team of agents (not always the same ones in early episodes), and put everything in motion. |
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* Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter, a glamorous [[Femme Fatale]] who could wrap men around her finger with a single raised eyebrow. |
* Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter, a glamorous [[Femme Fatale]] who could wrap men around her finger with a single raised eyebrow. |
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