[rbanffy]

Forgive me for being even more pedantic, but the person who received the self-destructing messages was Dan Briggs, who was replaced by Jim Phelps on season 2. Ethan Hunt only got the job on the first movie of the series.

[rkagerer]

Good catch. And yes, I intentionally conflated the two series, which might be unforgivable.

[rbanffy]

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