Mission: Impossible (TV Series) The Play (1968) User Reviews

Familiar but very good.

[planktonrules · 8/10 · 26 July 2015]

In this episode we have a familiar plot idea--a nation where they have two leaders--one benign and more favorably disposed to the West and a jerk-face who will stop at nothing to ruin relations with the West (Kuro, played by the familiar TV baddie, John Colicos). The team's mission is to discredit Kuro and thus improve East-West cooperation. To do this, they concoct an amazingly complicated plan (what else?!) where the team is enlisted by Kuro to put on an anti- American play--though when the play actually is performed they have OTHER plans and it involves a nifty little device created by Barney (who else?!).

This is a very good episode--with the usual things that make the show enjoyable--gadgets, weird twists and a cool finale. Among the better episodes of season 3.

One of the weaker plots, but some nice moments

[pfr1685 · 5/10 · 14 November 2023]

The plot was rather weak and plodding, at least compared to other episodes that keep a fair amount of tension throughout the show. John Colicos, who generally stands out exceptionally as the villain, was practically a minor character, and not particularly fearsome at that. However, there will still some nice moments; the scene between Rollin and Enzor was one of the finest. You could feel the mixed feelings of Enzor as he is about to leave his life behind for the promise of a new life but with the loss of his past; both Michael Tolan and Martin Landau (playing Enzor disguised as Rollin) both carried it off perfectly, and the incidental music was a perfect touch. Still, the rest of the episode seemed rather wooden and drawn out, with some rather over-the-top acting all around. The main plot line, that "radar" could prevent someone from hearing one set of sounds and only hear a different set, is completely ridiculous.