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Political exile Joseph Elias has returned to his native land and should

stepping down from the plane as soon as he finishes an onboard interview.

We've been advised that Mr. Elias will then give a statement to the media.

Speculation is that President for Life, Colonel Gregory Usher, has allowed the

opposition leader Elias to return from exile in response to pressure the United

States has been applying.

Pressure which culminated yesterday with the indictment of Kern Lasher by a U

.S. federal court on charges of illegal drug trafficking.

Door is open. It's just a matter of time now before Joseph Elias emerges.

It's a real pleasure to be back home again.

Well,

I don't think it would be appropriate for me to comment on this.

What's happening?

The soldiers are firing in the air. People are dying.

Oh, my God.

He's been shot. Joseph Elias has been shot. They killed him.

He's got to get off the plane. Joseph Elias has been assassinated. People are

the ground.

Not exactly Carnegie Hall.

Well, we can't all be Paganini.

We can't all play the Stradivarius.

You see, his best violins were made out of cherries.

Colonel Gregory Usher declared himself president for life. Since then, his

country has been one of the world's leading producers of processed cocaine.

Usher is under indictment in the U .S. for his drug trafficking, but has been

impossible to extradite from his heavily armed compound outside the country's

capital. And all attempts for a democratic overthrow of the government

failed as Usher maintains a firm grasp on power.

with the help of his chief of secret police, Major Duval, who, several days

organized the murder of Usher's only political opponent.

Your mission, Jim, if you choose to accept it, is to neutralize Major Duval

to lure Colonel Usher out of his compound and onto U .S.-controlled soil

he may be arrested.

As always, should you or any of your I .M. force be caught or killed, the

Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.

This disc will self -destruct in five seconds.

Good luck, Jim.

Miles Taggart was arrested yesterday by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

In the process, they confiscated 2 ,055 -gallon drums of ethyl ether.

That Taggart was about to deal with Colonel Usher.

For processing of cocaine.

That's right.

Now, the news of Taggart's arrest has been kept from the press.

How long can they hold him? Long enough for you to pose as Taggart. The colonel

expects you tomorrow.

The Isle of St. Luke.

A small atoll 50 miles off the coast of Colonel Gregory Usher's country.

The man who owns it has agreed to loan it to us for the next few days.

Is it part of Usher's territory?

No. This island enjoys status as an American protectorate, which means that

.S. law applies.

If everything goes properly, this is where Usher will be arrested.

But he'd be crazy to get to a U .S. island.

He would if he knew where he was.

But there are dozens of islands similar to this one in international waters.

Take a good look at the house and the beach and the boats.

We're going to duplicate those on an island not under U .S. jurisdiction and

where Usher will feel it's safe to go.

Father?

Father, help me.

It's really coming along.

Switching to the new lenses and the Argon laser, it's really helped the

definition.

Who was that?

That was a hologram of the latest member of our team.

Kieran Taylor.

He's only 15 years old, but his father has been with us for a number of years.

He has an excellent academic record. He's an all -around natural athlete.

But he's just a kid.

Exactly.

Fifteen years ago, Colonel Usher's wife ran away from him.

He claimed she's the only woman he ever loved, but the fact is that he beat her,

abused her.

After her disappearance, there was a rumor that she had been pregnant.

So ever since then, the colonel has spent a fortune trying to locate her and

child he's never known.

So Kieran is our key.

He is what it'll take to get the colonel out of his compound and onto that

island.

Colonel.

Sir, I need more time to check out this American Taggart.

I'm as money Duval.

Colonel Usher.

How the hell are you? Mr. Taggart, I presume.

This is Major Duval, head of my security.

My associate, Mr. Jones.

He's my head of security.

Do you think you need a bodyguard here, Mr. Taggart?

Well, I watch the evening news.

And things like assassinations at airports make me kind of nervous.

And that was politics, Mr. Taggart. This is business.

We'll keep your associates gone during your visit.

Mr.

Taggart.

I watch the news, too.

You're a brave man to still be in the drug business after that car bombing

incident last year.

I hear it did substantial damage to your right arm.

Who's the left arm?

Major.

Oh, I sell drugs.

Americans buy drugs.

But I'm the monster.

I'm the one they indict.

Well, they can indict me all they want. They'll never lay a hand on Colonel

Usher. They can't touch me here.

I've arranged a viewing of our operation, Mr. Taggart, for tomorrow

Fine. I think you'll be impressed.

With your ether, we can increase our productivity by...

Two tons a week.

Well, then let's hope we can come to some sort of agreement.

What's going on?

Everything is under control.

The Colonel...

Occasionally suffers from severe headaches.

Maybe he should go to the hospital.

No!

If necessary, the hospital will come to Colonel Usher.

A word of advice, Mr. Taggart.

Don't interpret what you see here as a sign of weakness.

Last man to do that wound up face down on an airport runway.

like a turkey, but she flies like an eagle.

As long as it'll do the job. Oh, she'll do the job.

Look, I just made a run over the U .S. island.

When the roof's on this house, you want me to tell them apart.

Let's hope Colonel Usher feels the same.

How's our newest team member doing?

Karen. Oh, he's fine. He's out there with Casey right now.

Karen, keep calm.

I just want you to breathe to your regulator just like you breathe normally

land. And relax.

I'll get the hang of it.

Maybe we should call it a day, huh?

No. Let's go again.

Sure? Mm -hmm.

Okay.

Excuse me, Mr. Taggart. It's been a long day.

Oh, but it's early, Colonel.

May I remind you what the Emperor Napoleon said about sleeping hours?

I'm sure it will be fascinating.

He said, six hours for the man, seven for the woman, and eight for the fool.

Are you suggesting I might be a fool, Mr. Taggart?

Oh, perish the thought, Colonel.

But it's kind of early, and we have a lot of business to do.

Just a few more minutes and we can finish all our business, Colonel.

American Double Eagle $20 gold coins.

Each one was over $40 ,000.

Why do I get the feeling I'm supposed to be learning a lesson here?

It took over 100 years for these coins to reach that value.

I don't see why you can't wait a few hours before we do business.

Now I'm tired.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Who is there?

He's there.

It's about time we introduced Colonel Usher to his son.

Father?

Father?

Father, we need you.

In these sheds, we have storage for our cocaine.

We used to grow marijuana here.

1 ,400 pounds of it would bring in 300 ,000 American dollars.

The same weight in cocaine is worth 26 million dollars.

Now your production has cut in half. Now that's a big loss.

Yeah, a big loss.

Bad enough when the Americans indicted me. Me, leader of a sovereign country.

But that wasn't enough for him.

They banned the export of ethyl ether to stop my production.

No ethyl ether. No solvent for your cocaine kitchen. Correct.

I can provide you with ether. It's going to cost you.

I can guarantee you 100 barrels a month.

Another headache?

I'll be all right in a minute.

These headaches, is that why the American doctor is here?

What doctor?

Quint. Some famous neurologist. I was in your newspaper here.

I didn't send for him.

Never heard of him.

The newspapers say where this doctor of yours is staying.

You all right?

Are you sure you can handle this?

Yeah. I can handle it.

I'll get the door.

Thank you.

I hate these affairs.

The anniversary of your third year in power. You couldn't disappoint your

people. Colonel, congratulations on your anniversary, sir. You're an American.

Yes. This is Major Duval.

Major, I'm Dr. Quinn. Dr. Frederick Quinn.

The neurologist that Mr. Taggart was telling me about.

Yes, Mr.

Taggart contacted me. He said I might be of service to you.

He told you of my headaches?

Yes.

But he didn't tell you about my dreams of a boy who beckons me and calls me

father?

No.

Very ironic, Dr. Quinn.

I can buy and sell everybody in this party.

I can have any one of them imprisoned or executed with a knot of my head.

But for all my power and all my money, I can't get rid of this pain.

Father?

Did you find the boy?

No, Colonel. Please try to calm yourself, Colonel. You've had a pretty

Oh, I've had worse, Doctor.

Why don't you stop patronizing me and tell me what's wrong with my body?

Well, according to what Major Duval has told me about your medical history, you

suffer from an arteriovenous malfunction.

Now, that's a... Congenital defect.

Too many blood vessels around the surface of my brain. I've heard it all

But it does explain your headaches.

Does it explain the boy, Dr. Quinn?

Well, if the defect is in a specific area of the brain, it could cause

hallucinations. People I sell drugs to have hallucinations. I don't.

Why is it I get the impression you're holding something back from us, doctor?

I don't know what you mean.

You told me you were here to lecture at the university.

The problem is you haven't been invited to speak. I've checked.

I am here to treat a patient.

It's about the boy, isn't it? The boy in my dreams.

I have been treating a boy.

He has the same symptoms.

He and his mother move around a great deal. London, New York, the south of

France. Now here?

The boys in this country?

Not quite.

His mother guards their privacy with some extreme measures.

This time I was taken in secret to an island not far off your coast to treat

boy. Taken by whom?

A man named Kilpatrick. He flew me there in a seaplane.

Tell me, Doctor, what is wrong with the boy?

He's suffering from arteriovenous malfunction.

Same as you do.

Stop.

Mr.

Kilpatrick. Yeah, who wants to know?

Major Duval, head of security forces.

I'm sure you will accept Colonel Usher's invitation to visit us.

How can I refuse?

Who are you?

Father?

Why do you call me that?

We need you.

Mother needs you.

She's sorry she ran away.

Colonel.

Sir, I had the pilot kill Patrick. He's in your office, sir.

Duval tells me you haven't been very cooperative.

Well, maybe it's his bedside manner.

See what I have to put up with?

Are we asking so much of you, Mr. Kilpatrick?

Look, I was paid a lot of money to fly the doctor to that island and to keep

my mouth shut.

So I'm sure as hell not going to open it without some sort of counter -offer.

You tell us where the island is, and in return, I'll let you live.

It's in international waters.

A small atoll in the Weeping Sisters Archipelago.

Thirty miles due south from the main island of St. Clair.

A reasonable man.

Have the launch fueled and ready to shove off at dawn.

Sir, I thought you would send someone to the island. I want to go myself.

But have you forgotten the Americans, the indictment? As head of security, I

strongly advise against it. As head of the country, I strongly advise you to do

as I say.

I appreciate you coming along, Doctor.

This is the island where you attended the boy?

Yes, yes. I remember the house and the boats.

I am told, Doctor, that certain people can communicate telepathically with one

another. Is that true?

Well, there have been some studies done, mostly involving twins.

Or fathers and sons.

I didn't say that.

The doctors never say what you really mean.

The boy on that island, what's his blood type?

AB negative.

The rarest blood type in the world. My blood type also.

Do you believe in dreams, doctor?

Colonel, I believe in scientifically verifiable facts.

I don't know whether I believe in them either.

But I do know I'm connected with the boy on that island.

And I am not going to be at peace until I find out what that connection is.

Who gave you permission to come here?

I was just having a good look around.

I'll give you guys a few tips on efficiency.

You certainly need them.

Don't you know it's dangerous to have drums of ethyl ether lying around in the

open?

Your audacity truly amazes me.

I don't have to take abuse from a flunky.

This telegram is from the real Mr.

Taggart.

The Mr. Taggart who escaped from the United States authorities just this

morning.

You another doctor?

I'm a friend of Dr. Quinn's.

He said it would be all right for me to see you.

Well, here I am.

You're a fine -looking boy.

Do you like sports?

Yeah.

When I went to regular school, I wanted to try out for all the teams.

But I have...

A condition, so they wouldn't let me.

And you didn't like that?

I didn't like getting teased about it by the kids.

I know.

You're searching for pirate treasure.

I collect coins.

I collect coins, too.

What do you like?

Bullion? Mint sets?

Commemorative? Mom doesn't like me talking to strangers.

Don't go, please.

Does your father travel with you?

I never knew my father.

Mom never talks about him.

Do you wonder what he was like?

Yeah, sometimes.

Look, if she catches me talking to you, I'll get in trouble.

Colonel, we just received an emergency call from Major Duvall.

Your immediate return is requested.

Can I come and see you again?

Maybe. We must get back, Colonel.

Goodbye.

Usher will be back shortly. We'll hold off your interrogation till then.

He likes to watch.

Well, I'll be it for me to deny the Colonel his fun.

While we're waiting, I suggest we round up your friend.

The head of security, huh?

Well, it's going to take the head of security to get us out of this one.

I'll go and get the equipment.

That's good luck.

Where'd you put Duval?

Where no one's going to find him for at least 24 hours.

Next time Asha sees that island, it's got to be completely unrecognizable.

So we have to... to keep him here long enough for our guys to remove all traces

of the false house.

If we can't delay him, Duval will.

Well, we'll have the final contour measurements in just a few moments.

When we finish with this, I think you should stay outside for a while.

Right.

Duval, let's have a drink.

Congratulate me, Duval. I'm a father.

And it's a boy.

I'm happy for you, Colonel.

I should never have left him so suddenly.

He'd be confused.

What was so damned urgent you had to call me back here?

The man calling himself Taggart was an imposter.

I took the liberty and had him shot.

Related birthday present.

Have them fuel the launch.

Launch is going nowhere, sir.

You called me back, Duval. You should never have called me back.

In the last hour, we have received reports of United States naval vessels

patrolling the area.

So fix it, Duval.

Isn't that what you get paid to do?

I can take care of dissidents.

I can handle imposters like Taggart.

But don't ask me to take on Spruance -class destroyers.

We'll lose.

All right, Seth, come down there.

How much time? All right.

Go there. All right, pull it back.

All right, go.

Go away.

I said go away.

Major Duvall asked me to come and see how you were doing. You and Major Duvall

can mind your own business.

It's her fault.

I gave her everything.

I loved her like no other woman.

And what does she do in return?

She runs off and takes my son with her.

Why don't you let me give you something, Colonel? You need rest.

Kill her for doing this to me.

A boy needs a father.

If you really believe that boy is your son, why don't you go back and get him?

Why?

Because apparently the whole United States Navy is looking for me.

They're looking for you on the water.

That's where you usually find the Navy.

Then why don't you go by hair?

You want me here to make another deal?

I think I'll pass.

I didn't do so well on the last one.

I said I'd let you live. I didn't say anything about letting you go.

Until now.

What do you want?

I want you to fly me to the island where the boy was.

What if I tell you to stuff it?

Then whether I continue to let you live is now up for debate.

Do anything about the noise.

Not unless you want to swim to that island of yours.

There's an island down there.

Looks like the one I was on.

There are a lot of islands in this area, Colonel.

I know where I'm going.

But it looks like the one I was on. Is there a house on the island, Colonel?

Or any boats?

No. Well, just relax.

Enjoy the ride.

Trust me.

I've traveled under better conditions, Major Duvall.

May I?

I would say I don't need to get a bang out of life.

That's Mr.

Kilpatrick. We're right over it.

There's something wrong.

Be ready to take off, Mr.

Kilpatrick. Look, Colonel.

I'm on the wrong island.

This is United States territory!

Tell Patrick!

Colonel Gregory Usher, I have a United States warrant for your arrest.

Take him away.

You have the right to remain silent.

You give up this race.

Nice work, Kieran.

Your father will be very proud of you.

Let's go home.

Mission Impossible will be right back.

Next on Mission Impossible.

I haven't got anything!

Your father was arrested.

Jim, is that you?

Barney?

Who are you?

We are from the mission, my son.

Prisons can make life very ugly for beautiful women like yourself.

You knew he'd be dead when I got there.

No! I think you are an accessory to Stanton's murder.

I never murdered anybody.

You're under arrest.

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