Mission: Impossible (1966)
S05E09 The Amateur
Episode Overview
The team is tasked with stealing a rocket laser and helping Father Bernard escape with his list of Western operatives. Bernard connects them with Wittstock, who provides the laser but is killed shortly after. Meanwhile, Police Colonel Eckert locks down the country in an effort to capture the IMF. Bernard suffers a stroke but manages to secure the list. Nightclub owner Eric Schilling spots Dana with Wittstock and aims to exploit the situation for profit. As Barney divides the laser into five pieces for smuggling, Schilling takes Dana's part, prompting a daring operation at the heavily-guarded airport. Paris, in disguise, buys back the part from Schilling, leaving him to be captured by Eckert while Paris escapes. The IMF then cleverly merges with an arriving British broadcast crew just as they're informed their visas have been revoked.