热门电视剧Mission:Impossible讲述「虎胆妙算」是个团队，他们专门负责解决最高难度的机密事件，不仅任务给的机密，而且成败自行负责，政府完全不承认有这个组织和任务，每次任务的给定，都是来自录音带中出现的声音，任务交代后，声音即被销毁。团队首领「龙头老大」负责企画，他深諳底下每个成员的能力，做出最精密万无一失的佈局，让每个人适任适份的扮演好自己的角色，而后按佈局完成任务。这很典型的是冷战时代会出现的影集。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.
