The BEST episodes written by James D. Buchanan
#1 - TOD-5 (aka The Carrier)
Mission: Impossible - Season 7 - Episode 5
A government scientist, Paul Morse, plans to sell a biological weapon, TOD-5, to terrorist Alpha Group led by Dr. Flory. The IMF must get to Morse's contact, Gordon Holt, and get him to take them to Alpha HQ. When Holt gets to the small town where he is to get the weapon from Morse, he finds the town under quarantine and people dying - then he starts showing (IMF-faked) symptoms of the disease. He grabs Mimi, who is supposedly immune, and takes her with him to Alpha HQ and infects them to force them to come up with an antidote - the IMF trail him and arrest the whole operation.
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#2 - Live Bait
Mission: Impossible - Season 3 - Episode 18
Selby, a double-agent for the U.S. within an enemy country's intelligence service, is suspected by his superior, Kellerman. The IMF must keep Selby in the clear and eliminate Kellerman. Selby complains when Marceau, a courier who knows about Selby's identity, is taken from him by Kellerman. Selby claims Kellerman is the double-agent. Rollin, as a government official, gives Kellerman 24 hours to break Marceau. Using his underling Brocke, Kellerman works with Rollin to trap Selby. Kellerman comes to believe that Agent Jim has kidnapped Brocke's girlfriend to force Brocke to give away Marceau's location to Selby. In reality, Stephanie is shown a fake split-screen of Jim conspiring with "Kellerman" (Rollin in disguise on tape!) to kill Brocke and eliminate Marceau. Brocke believes Stephanie and accuses Kellerman but she recants under pressure. Meanwhile, Marceau is wired to an explosive. When Stephanie recants the IMF break in using knockout gas and use liquid nitrogen to free Marceau. The
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#3 - Mindbend
Mission: Impossible - Season 6 - Episode 4
Alex Pierson, a rising Syndicate member, has recruited Dr. Burke, a psychopathic behavioral psychologist who has developed a way to program men into killers. Pierson lures in underworld criminals with an offer of plastic surgery and turns them over to Burke, who programs them to kill Pierson's targets three times then kill themselves. Barney infiltrates as a crook on the run but when he fails to dose himself with a counter-drug, he is converted into a psychotic killer as well. They lose contact with Barney - Jim plants evidence on Burke making him look like he's turning against Pierson and another IMF agent made up to look like Barney goes after but fails to kill Pierson before fake-killing himself. Pierson confronts Burke while Jim gets the info on Barney's location out of Burke's assistant, and Willy stops the tech expert from killing his target in the nick of time.
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#8 - Mother Goose is Running for His Life
Charlie's Angels - Season 2 - Episode 22
Leland Swinnerton, better known as Mother Goose, is president of a toy company that someone is trying to sabotage. Sabrina and Kelly go undercover to sabotage the saboteurs while Kris and Bosley follow close behind.
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#9 - Unidentified Flying Angels
Charlie's Angels - Season 2 - Episode 9
Dr. Franklin Perine and former astronaut Jim Britten run the Celestial Research Foundation, which promises contributors life in outer space in exchange for large donations. When a wealthy woman disappears, the Angels cleverly sneak into a meeting to investigate.
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#10 - The Sandcastle Murders
Charlie's Angels - Season 2 - Episode 20
When Kris' friend becomes the next victim in a series of surfside murders, the Angels investigate.
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#11 - Diamond in the Rough
Charlie's Angels - Season 2 - Episode 18
Ex-jewel thief Freddie the Fox enlists the Angels to help him steal the famous Light of Arabia diamond so that he can return it to a museum and retire from crime forever.
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#12 - The Gunrunner
Hawaii Five-O - Season 3 - Episode 20
The wife of an arms dealer is kidnapped by revolutionaries who want the guns diverted from their original destination, but the arms dealer himself is not as innocent as matters would indicate…
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