The earliest and one of the best phony venue episodes, where they convince the target that he is in another place and time. Unlike many that followed, it is actually believable, thanks primarily to a stellar turn by Fritz Weaver and some convincing work by the regulars, notably a dressed-down Barbara Bain. The last minute glitch (Rogosh finds out where he really is before he has completely revealed his plan to spread a deadly plague in Los Angeles) and its solution (locking the villain in a cell with three vials of the plague bacteria set to explode) are especially ingenious and suspenseful. Briggs' role as a stooped, ineffectual attorney leads to an astute observation by Rogosh: "You, the weakest one, you must be the leader." Top-notch example of the IMF at its sharpest.
Review of Operation Rogosh
