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。
　　An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
　　This 7-year series chronicled the adventures of the Impossible Mission Taskforce (IMF), a team of government spies and specialists who were assigned "impossible missions" by the unseen "Secretary". Although the cast varied over the years, the main characters included The Team Leader (Dan Briggs the first season, then Jim Phelps the other six), The Techno-Wizard (Barney Collier), The Strongman (Willy Armitage), The Master of Disguise (first Rollin Hand, then The Amazing Paris), and The Femme Fatale (Cinnamon Carter, Casey, Dana Lambert, Mimi Davis).
　　The series is best known for its opening mission assignment (conducted by a pre-recorded tape), the theme composed by Lalo Schifrin, the leader's selection of mission agents from a dossier, the opening briefing, the intricate use of disguises and a typical "mask pulloff" scene near the end of most episodes, and the relative lack of characterization of the characters.