It is never clear who devised the plan, although the team leader is often shown writing or making notes. Jim and Rollin are on a hunting trip when Jim is taken mysteriously ill. The series pilot involved a phonograph record, which was delivered to Briggs in an airtight plastic envelope and which would "decompose one minute after the breaking of the seal" from exposure to air. The s revival reinstated the "dossier scene" in the first episode, when Phelps selects his new team, but since the same team appeared in subsequent episodes, no other dossier scenes were made. This would manifest itself the following year with the IMF frequently battling organized crime, though the fifth season still featured more international forays than not.
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