Ep 17. The Field

The episode titled "The Field" in season 5 of Mission: Impossible follows the Impossible Missions Force as they attempt to retrieve a valuable document from a heavily guarded building. This document contains information that could expose the location of a top-secret chemical weapons facility. The team is given a deadline of just 24 hours to retrieve the document before it falls into the wrong hands.

The episode begins with Jim Phelps receiving a call from his contact, Colonel Petrov, who informs him about the document and the danger it poses. Petrov tells Phelps that the only way to retrieve the document is to infiltrate the building where it is being kept, which is guarded by elite soldiers. Phelps assembles his team, which includes Barney, Willy, and Paris, and they get to work on their plan.

Barney, the team's technical expert, creates a fake document that will serve as a decoy. The plan is for Jim to enter the building disguised as a Russian diplomat and hand over the fake document to the head of security. Meanwhile, Willy and Paris will be waiting outside in a van, with a device that will transmit signals to a receiver that Jim will carry inside the building. This will help them track his movements and guide him to the location of the real document.

As Jim enters the building, he is met by the head of security, who takes him to a room where the document is being kept. Jim uses his charm and wit to distract the head of security while he places a tiny device on the document that will allow Willy and Paris to track it once it is moved from the room.

As Jim leaves the building, he is trailed by a suspicious soldier, but he manages to lose him and meet up with Willy and Paris in the van. They track the location of the document and find that it has been moved to a nearby field, where the enemy has set up a trap for them.

The team arrives at the field and discovers that the enemy has planted mines around the area. They realize that the only way to retrieve the document is to create a diversion. Barney comes up with the idea of using a helicopter to create a gust of wind that will blow away the mine detectors, while the team retrieves the document using a remote-controlled car.

The plan works, and the team manages to retrieve the document and escape just in time before the enemy closes in. As they make their way back to their base, they realize that the fake document they created earlier has also fallen into the wrong hands, but they are confident that it will not do any harm.

In the end, the team successfully retrieves the valuable document, and it is destroyed. The episode ends on a positive note, with the IMF team having accomplished its mission despite the numerous obstacles and challenges they faced.