Mission: Impossible (TV series)

***Mission: Impossible*** is an American spy television series that aired from 1966 to 1973. It depicts an elite team of government agents that carries out secret missions. The show was adapted as the 1996 film *Mission: Impossible*.

## Appearances

### "Pilot"

* 10:50 a.m. Daniel Briggs (Steven Hill) tells a hotel desk clerk (Paul Micale) he wants to use the safe. Daniel asks when it will open, and looking at the clock behind him, the clerk responds that it will open in 10 minutes.
* 11:00 p.m. A watch on Barney Collier's (Greg Morris) wrist shows the time.

### "Memory"

* 3:29 a.m. Barney checks his wristwatch while hiding in bushes.

### "The Trial"

* 8:59 p.m. A grandfather clock displays the time.
* 9:00 p.m. A clock with a pendulum shows the time.

### "Operation Heart"

* 12:32 a.m. Barney listens to an earpiece.
* 10:04 a.m. Willy Armitage (Peter Lupus) loads a fake timebomb into an oxygen tank.

### "A Game of Chess"

* 2:25 p.m. Nicholas Groat (Don Francks) listens to his pocketwatch and asks Mueller (William Wintersole) the time. Mueller tells him it's 25 minutes past 2:00 and looks at Groat's watch, which shows 8:45. Groat speculates that a device makes his watch run faster and asks for Mueller's watch.
* 2:26 p.m. Rollin Hand (Martin Landau) opens the door for Groat and Mueller. Groat asks to play chess against the computer again, and Barney turns it on. Groat notices that the computer is making his De Luxe watch run fast. Rollin tells him that it always makes timepieces run faster, and Groat says he no longer wants to play another game.
* 3:20 p.m. Standing next to an ambulance, Willy looks at his wristwatch. Rollin, disguised as a doctor, looks at his wristwatch as he takes a soldier's pulse.
* 8:44 p.m. A pocketwatch in Groat's hand displays the time.
* 8:45 p.m. Groat's pocketwatch shows the time.

### "The Condemned"

* 8:46 p.m. Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) searches through a desk. He checks his wristwatch.
* 8:57 p.m. Having found a box of shredded newspapers, Jim looks at his watch.

### "The Killing"

* 8:30 p.m. Willy, wearing a gas mask, takes the case off a grandfather clock.
* 10:22 p.m. Cinnamon, Rollin, and Connie (Roy Jenson) look at the grandfather clock with fear. Outside, Jim looks at his wristwatch and tells Barney to go.

### "The Phoenix"

* 4:16 a.m.–4:17 a.m. Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain) turns the dial on a safe. Willy and Barney finish putting on all-black outfits. Barney says that someone's coming. Looking at a metal sculpture, Willy says it must have 200-300 bars. Barney checks his wristwatch and says they have until 5:00 to find one of them.
* 4:27 a.m. Barney's watch shows the time.
* 4:37 a.m. Barney taps his earpiece and tells Willy he's lost a signal. Barney looks at his watch.
* 4:55 a.m. Barney helps Willy support the sculpture, telling him they're running out of time with two more cuts to go. He pulls out a blowtorch and looks at his watch.
* 4:59 a.m. Jim's wristwatch shows the time.
* 3:47 p.m. Cinnamon hides in a dark corridor and looks at her wristwatch.
* 4:13 p.m. Hiding in the corridor, Cinnamon checks her watch.
* 4:38 p.m. Looking at his watch, Jim gives Cinnamon 10 seconds to decide how to proceed. Rollin waits nervously.

## Notes

1. ↑ In the original episode, this scene is set at 2:25 p.m.
2. ↑ In the original episode, this scene is set at 2:26 p.m.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 In the original episode, these scenes are set from 4:00–5:00 p.m. instead of 4:00–5:00 a.m.

## Clocks

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