The Mission: Impossible TV series was always about an elite team of special agents.
The Mission: Impossible movies have always been about Tom Cruise performing incredibly stunts.
Having said that, the more recent films especially have remembered that every great super spy needs a team behind him, and so the films have put together a solid cast of supporting players.
One of the most recent additions to the cast was Angela Bassett in Mission: Impossible: Fallout and the actress has now confirmed she’ll be back in the franchise, though it’s unclear when.