The mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen to The Socially Distanced Podcast's latest mini-series "The Impossible Podcasting Force." This three-week series will see our intrepid team of podcasters rewatching and reviewing the films of the Mission: Impossible franchise.

In the first episode, dubbed "Tom Cruise, '90s Action Star" Bill Bodkin, Amanda Rivas and Alex Marcus discuss 1996's Mission: Impossible and 2000's Mission: Impossible II. They discuss the cast, why the franchise has survived for nearly 30 years, amazing stunts, horrible romances, the ugliness of European monarchs throughout history, Thandwie Newton trying her best, amazing plot twists and how this franchise inadvertently impacted pop culture.