哈利·道尔顿博士（皮尔斯·布鲁斯南 Pierce Brosnan 饰）是美国地质勘探中心的一名火山学专家，这次他被派到但丁峰上的一个小城镇视察，而小城镇所在的但丁峰正是华盛顿附近的一座休眠火山。哈利来到镇上，恰逢市长蕾切尔（琳达·汉密尔顿 Linda Hamilton 饰）在主持庆祝活动，因为小镇刚刚获得了全美最佳居住环境第二名的大奖。蕾切尔与她的两个孩子带哈利四处参观，路过温泉湖畔，哈利注意到湖水酸度过高，并发现了两具煮熟的浮尸。哈利顿感情况不妙，火山极有可能喷发，并建议蕾切尔发布预警，然而与哈利同行的上司保罗却认为他是反应过度，并打算在一周的勘探任务完成后打道回府，镇委会也出于种种利益目的，拒绝发布预警。然而就在一天夜里，镇上的水突然被硫磺污染，而这正是火山喷发的前兆，蕾切尔立即启动了全民撤离计划，然而她的母亲却在山腰上拒绝撤离。就在此时，火山已不可遏止地喷发了……
Charles Augustus Howell was John Ruskin's secretary, agent and model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and exhumer of Lizzie Siddal. But he is also said to have been a master blackmailer and a forger of works of art.
A fictional village confronts a bizarre dilemma when their cemetery runs out of burial space, leading to uproarious situations as the townspeople unite to find creative solutions.
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.
Jim Phelps is the new leader of the Impossible Missions Force, with no explanation, or even reference made, about the departure of predecessor Dan Briggs. First up for Phelps is a mission involving the drug trade. Cresnik and Walters have cornered the heroin market and sell it at a handsome profit to gangs around the world. Phelps devises an operation which will drive a wedge between the heroin dealers and their customers.
