Thank god for good ol' fashioned dvd's though. I have only just started jumping on the streaming bandwagon

@Jayhn111: I am the proud owner of the first six seasons of Mission Impossible on DVD. Ta-da!

@PhelpsFan said:

@Jayhn111: I am the proud owner of the first six seasons of Mission Impossible on DVD. Ta-da!

Yes, buying the DVDs like the chump I am is how I watched it as an adult. I haven't yet gotten around to purchasing the 7th season. Season 6 was certainly a letdown.

It has been a couple of years since I watched these DVDs. Maybe I'll start them up so I can make some meaningful contributions to this board. (Okay, that's not really a good reason to re-watch them. How about I watch them because I enjoyed them the first time around?)

@sukhisoo That's an excellent reason to be-watch them! And regarding season 6, IMHO the episode Encounter is the best one of the season, due to Elizabeth Ashley's incredible performance.

@PhelpsFan said:

@sukhisoo That's an excellent reason to be-watch them!

It helps if my wife on board. I need to wait long enough so that they seem fresh again. We are almost done with all 12 seasons of Hawaii 5-O, so maybe we can put M:I back into our evening rotation.

Yeah that's a good idea. I waited like 11 or 12 years and now they're totally fresh for me

@sukhisoo Good luck getting your wife on board. By the way, how did you think about Hawaii 5-0 after Chin Ho Kelly left the series?

After Chin Ho left, I thought the scripts got weaker, but the show remained entertaining. They continued to bring in high profile guest stars and McGarrett continued to growl out his intimidating one liners.

My wife is feeling the same way about Jack Lord that you feel about Robert Lansing. She took it on herself to research his life and she is watching these later episodes with an eye towards finding autobiographical elements in the stories. At that point, he was the man in charge.

The twelfth season is one I had never seen before. James MacArthur bailed, but It has an all new supporting cast, led by William Smith. He makes for a good action hero character. It is showing promise, but the scripts have too many loose ends and inconsistencies. We have a fun time watching it, though.

@sukhisoo First of all, tell your wife that Jack Lord was in 2 episodes of Twelve O'Clock High (1 episode in season 2, the other in season 3). I also remember that he was in an episode of Route 66. And of course he's famous for being the first Felix Litier in Dr. No.

And as for Chin Ho Kelly, when I was a kid I thought that it was strange to see a Chinese man with an Irish last name. However, Hawaii is considered the most racially diverse state in the US, it made more sense. And the best part about the character (both in the original and the re-boot), is that no one who hears his last name ever makes a nasty remark, double take, or a stupid joke about it. Kelly is just his last name.

@PhelpsFan

We'll probably be watching Stoney Burke after the Hawaii Five-O episodes run out. We are nearing the tail end.

We do watch James Bond movies sometimes so of course she is familiar with he appearance on Dr. No.

It's true that no one made any mention of Chin Ho's last name. There were a couple of instances where villains or otherwise unpleasant characters referred to him derisively as "Charlie Chan." He took it in stride. It seemed like McGarrett got more upset about this than him.

@sukhisoo I just wanted to tell you that I'm going to call the bookstore that I patronise to see if there ever was an episode guide kind of book about Hawaii 5-0. I think there's got to be one, since if there is an episode guide for Twelve O'Clock High (which I bought, of course) there should be one for Hawaii 5-0. I'll let you know what I find out. BTW, what is Stoney Burke about?

@PhelpsFan That sounds interesting. My wife might want to have a copy of it, if it exists. I don't see why it wouldn't. Hawaii 5-O was pretty popular and was in syndication for awhile. We are almost done, having only one episode to go. If she had a copy of such a book, she could more easily track down an episode she liked and rewatch it.

Stoney Burke is a TV series with Jack Lord starring as a rodeo star who has a soft spot for the animals. It co-stars Bruce Dern and Warren Oates and was made before any of them were terribly famous. It only lasted one season.

@PhelpsFan I'm thinking this book would fit the bill: Link to Amazon

@sukhisoo Thanks. When I bought the TOH episode guide, I had to pay in advance. This book is great! It covers the original novel, the 1949 movie with Gregory Peck and Dean Jagger (awesome movie, I highly recommend it) and the TV series.