"The Photographer" is probably one of the 10 best episodes of "Mission: Impossible" and has a classic plot you shouldn't miss.
David Redding (Anthony Zerbe) is a professional photographer...and leader of a spy ring in America. He and his mentor, Alex (John Randolph), are working on something big and the US government know what it is--to release plague in the United States. The problem is that David's code that shows who and where his agents are is practically unbreakable and they need to crack it before the holocaust is unleashed. So, the IM team needs to trick him into divulging his key--thus allowing the US government to stop this dastardly deed.
While the general plot is okay, what really makes this one stand out is how the mission is completed. I won't explain all the intricacies, but suffice to say that they convince this creep that there has been a nuclear attack--and they rig up the bomb shelter in a manner that makes it all look very convincing! Such rigs often are used in the best of the shows--such as the one where one guy thinks he's on a submarine and another where folks are taken on an ersatz train ride. Clever and very well executed.
David Redding (Anthony Zerbe) is a professional photographer...and leader of a spy ring in America. He and his mentor, Alex (John Randolph), are working on something big and the US government know what it is--to release plague in the United States. The problem is that David's code that shows who and where his agents are is practically unbreakable and they need to crack it before the holocaust is unleashed. So, the IM team needs to trick him into divulging his key--thus allowing the US government to stop this dastardly deed.
While the general plot is okay, what really makes this one stand out is how the mission is completed. I won't explain all the intricacies, but suffice to say that they convince this creep that there has been a nuclear attack--and they rig up the bomb shelter in a manner that makes it all look very convincing! Such rigs often are used in the best of the shows--such as the one where one guy thinks he's on a submarine and another where folks are taken on an ersatz train ride. Clever and very well executed.