熱門電視劇Mission:Impossible講述「虎膽妙算」是個團隊，他們專門負責解決最高難度的機密事件，不僅任務給的機密，而且成敗自行負責，政府完全不承認有這個組織和任務，每次任務的給定，都是來自錄音帶中出現(xiàn)的聲音，任務交代后，聲音即被銷毀。團隊首領「龍頭老大」負責企畫，他深諳底下每個成員的能力，做出最精密萬無一失的佈局，讓每個人適任適份的扮演好自己的角色，而后按佈局完成任務。這很典型的是冷戰(zhàn)時代會出現(xiàn)的影集。Anelitecovertoperationsunitcarriesouthighlysensitivemissionssubjecttoofficialdenialintheeventoffailure,deathorcapture.This7-yearserieschronicledtheadventuresoftheImpossibleMissionTaskforce(IMF),ateamofgovernmentspiesandspecialistswhowereassigned"impossiblemissions"bytheunseen"Secretary".Althoughthecastvariedovertheyears,themaincharactersincludedTheTeamLeader(DanBriggsthefirstseason,thenJimPhelpstheothersix),TheTechno-Wizard(BarneyCollier),TheStrongman(WillyArmitage),TheMasterofDisguise(firstRollinHand,thenTheAmazingParis),andTheFemmeFatale(CinnamonCarter,Casey,DanaLambert,MimiDavis).Theseriesisbestknownforitsopeningmissionassignment(conductedbyapre-recordedtape),thethemecomposedbyLaloSchifrin,theleader’sselectionofmissionagentsfromadossier,theopeningbriefing,theintricateuseofdisguisesandatypical"maskpulloff"sceneneartheendofmostepisodes,andtherelativelackofcharacterizationofthecharacters.