熱門電視劇Mission:Impossible講述「虎膽妙算」是個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)，他們專門負(fù)責(zé)解決最高難度的機(jī)密事件，不僅任務(wù)給的機(jī)密，而且成敗自行負(fù)責(zé)，政府完全不承認(rèn)有這個(gè)組織和任務(wù)，每次任務(wù)的給定，都是來自錄音帶中出現(xiàn)的聲音，任務(wù)交代后，聲音即被銷毀。團(tuán)隊(duì)首領(lǐng)「龍頭老大」負(fù)責(zé)企畫，他深諳底下每個(gè)成員的能力，做出最精密萬無一失的佈局，讓每個(gè)人適任適份的扮演好自己的角色，而后按佈局完成任務(wù)。這很典型的是冷戰(zhàn)時(shí)代會(huì)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.
