Mission: Impossible The Widow (1966–1973) watch online HD

As IMDb indicates, no explanation was given in the show why Mr. Briggs (Steven Hill) was gone and why Mr. Phelps (Peter Graves) was now the head of the IM Force. Additionally, starting with season two, Martin Landau was no longer listed as a guest star but a series regular--though he was in practically every episode of season one.

This installment has the team battling an international drug cartel that is trying to corner the market on heroin. A dirt-bag named Kresnig* (William Windom) has teamed with Walters (Joe Maross)** to do this--and they are in Marseille to make a big drug sale. However, unexpectedly a couple things occur. First, it seems there is another drug organization trying to muscle in on Kresnig and Maross. Second, Maross is nearly killed in an 'elevator accident'--staged by the IM Force. How do all these and some bath salts work together in this show? Take a look for yourself.

Like any drug dealer or mobster episode, there is a basic problem--why not just shoot the guys instead of making such complicated missions? But, it IS a TV show and provided you can suspend disbelief, it is a darned good episode. Well written and filled with the sort of irony lovers of the series enjoy, it's a very good beginning to the Jim Phelps era.

*IMDB listed his name as Cresnig but during the course of the show, he was also referred to as Kresnig.

**Despite only being the first episode of season two, both Windom and Maross had already played villains in season two. Such repeated use of actors to play baddies would be common on the series.

This is the first episode of the second season of Mission Impossible.After Steven Hill decided to leave the show, Peter Graves come on board as the new leader of the IMF Jim Phelps.He is going to replace Dan Briggs.

In Jim Phelps' first episode "The Widow", the IMF are tasked on a drug trade that involves Cresnik and Walters,who apparently have secured a large profit to the gangs around the world. The IMF tries to complete their mission by discrediting them to their customers.Cinnamon acts as a widow of the dealers that the IMF "kills" to ruin the dealers' reputation.

While the mission maybe somewhat far from being complex and definitely far from impossible, it was a decent episode.The IMF being after gangs and dealers will become a trademark of the show in the later years.The plot similar to this episode will also become a familiar one in the later seasons of the show.