Discuss Mission: Impossible
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B movie villain Steve McNally is a cocaine dealer that knows the location of "every gram" of coke in the city and he is waiting for a big shipment from ubiquitous character actor Gregory Sierra. (And the IMF takes a break from saving the world from disaster to stop this shipment from happening.) The most interesting character is McNally's right hand man, a ladies man played by no other than the Shat himself. Shat is operating behind his boss's back and is unwittingly being played by the IMF. We are treated to some prime ham here. Good stuff!
This one has a lot of moving parts and the IMF is on top of things for most of the time. Double crosses within double crosses.
The "who is using who?" flirtation between Shatner and Barbara Anderson reminded me naturally of "Conscience of the King."
Milton Seltzer makes an appearance as a lower ranking (and very doomed) henchman. He made a living in the seventies playing this loser role.
The only nit, which I have been beating like a dead horse this seventh season, is that the entire team showed themselves to the bad guys at the end. I much prefer it when they sneak away and the villains don't even realize they've been tricked.
Overall, though, this one get a thumbs up from me.
Reply by LansingFan
on March 2, 2020 at 6:30 PM
I'm doing okay. How are you? I've been trying to watch all of the DVDS. I just finished binge watching the first two seasons of Downtown Abbey. I love that show! I especially love Maggie Smith. She steals every scene she's in. I just bought the Downton Abbey movie.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on March 2, 2020 at 6:33 PM
Not too bad here
I have heard a lot about that show. I am watching season 7 of star trek ds9. Love that show
Reply by LansingFan
on March 2, 2020 at 7:03 PM
I love Deep Space Nine too! In the first two seasons Avery Brooks seemed to be very uncomfortable in his role, but from the third season he did a great job.
One of the best things about CBS All Access is that it has a terrific library of tons of old shows, including all of the Star Trek series.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on March 2, 2020 at 7:07 PM
This is only my 2nd viewing of it too. I haven’t watched it since 2,000 so it’s fresh for me. What a great story and characters!
Reply by Jayhn1111
on April 21, 2020 at 11:27 AM
What was Conrad so happy about at the end? He was either going to spend years in prison or have a hit put out on him anyway
Reply by LansingFan
on April 25, 2020 at 11:30 PM
Who knows? Maybe he's going to turn State's evidence or something.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on April 27, 2020 at 2:36 PM
It just felt like there was no way he wouldn't be a dead man after all this and there was not much to smile about
Reply by LansingFan
on May 16, 2020 at 12:41 PM
Robert Conrad was in Cocaine? I know he was in Break and a two part episode in season two, but I thought William Shatner was in Cocaine.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on May 16, 2020 at 1:51 PM
Shatner played a man named Conrad in this episode. How are you doing? I miss seeing you post here 🤗😉
Reply by Jayhn1111
on May 17, 2020 at 12:14 AM
It is my fault. I was inactive on this board and we lost her for awhile :(
Reply by LansingFan
on June 22, 2020 at 12:47 AM
Hello EVERYBODY! I'm back!!!!!!! I'm sorry that l'haven't been posting lately but I've been having a big problem with my depression and I haven't been able to go outside my house because I have a compromised immune system. In fact, when my kidney doctor called me for a phone doctor's appointment a couple of weeks ago, the first thing he asked me was if I had been "gallavating" outside of my house. But enough about me. Please everyone post to me and let me know how you are doing. Live Long And Prosper. Or as Captain Christopher Pike would say, "This is StarFleet. Get it done."
Reply by sukhisoo
on June 23, 2020 at 11:50 AM
Welcome back. I hope you start feeling better soon. Being stuck at home loses its appeal after a few months.
I have a doctor's appointment at the end of this week. I anticipate an interrogation about how good I have been doing as a self-quarantiner. I've been mostly behaving. I haven't been attending any protests or presidential rallys, but I cheated a couple of times and got some fast food when I shouldn't have.
I live in Oklahoma now and our state is starting to have record numbers of new cases. Nobody wears a mask.
If Captain Pike came from Oklahoma, he'd tell us, "This is StarFleet. Git er done."
Reply by Jayhn1111
on June 24, 2020 at 10:23 AM
sorry about that Maria. Doing ok here. A little depressed
Reply by LansingFan
on July 19, 2020 at 10:42 PM
I wish that Captain Pike would appear in front of the lunatic-in-chief and say, "finish the testing for the coronavirus. Hit it!"
Reply by sukhisoo
on July 20, 2020 at 9:14 AM
This pandemic is getting to me emotionally as well. I've moved to a new place and it seems like I have nice neighbors, but I, too, have a highly compromised immune system. So I can't visit them.
We had an HOA meeting recently. I was reluctant to go but the issues were important. (More so, it turns out, to others than to me, but I won't bore people with the details.) Fortunately, it was outdoors, they handed out masks, and respected my wish to stay six feet away from everyone.
I get frustrated when I see acquaintances of Facebook flaunting the fact that they gleefully violate social distancing guidelines and smugly refusing to be a mask wearing sheep.
I strongly believe that if we as a nation had strictly followed these guidelines for the entire month of June that we would be relatively safe. But we just don't have patience.