Mission: Impossible · SEASON 5

The Merchant

Episode 23 · 1971-03-17

★ 6.5
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Episode overview

Armand Anderssarian is an illegal arms dealer who is about to complete a multi-million dollar deal selling arms to guerrilla groups around the world - the IMF must stop him. Jim pretends to be setting up a theft of a secret radar system and Anderssarian ""sponsors"" Jim with $5 million through Minister Sartori then plans to sell the system for $20 million. Meanwhile Anderssarian loses his $5 million to Paris (with Barney providing an assist) in a poker game. The IMF team perform a fake raid (under the scrutiny of Anderssarian's aide Leon) on a IMF-staged radar station but the stuff is useless and Sartori wants to be reimbursed. When Anderssarian can't do so Sartori takes care of him for good.

45 minutes

Season 5 episodes

1. The Killer1970-09-19 2. Flip Side1970-09-26 3. The Innocent1970-10-03 4. Homecoming1970-10-10 5. Flight1970-10-17 6. My Friend, My Enemy1970-10-25 7. Butterfly (aka Poor Butterfly)1970-10-31 8. Decoy1970-11-07 9. The Amateur1970-11-14 10. Hunted1970-11-21 11. The Rebel1970-11-28 12. Squeeze Play (aka Sicily)1970-12-12 13. The Hostage1970-12-19 14. Takeover1971-01-02 15. Cat's Paw1971-01-09 16. The Missile (aka Torpedo)1971-01-16 17. The Field1971-01-23 18. Blast1971-01-30 19. The Cataflaque1971-02-06 20. Kitara (aka The Bigot)1971-02-20 21. A Ghost Story1971-02-27 22. The Party1971-03-06 23. The Merchant1971-03-17