What Happened To Kittridge Between Mission: Impossible 1 & M:I7?

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Eugene Kittridge was the Director of the IMF (Impossible Mission Force) in the first Mission: Impossiblemovie, but he's been absent from the franchise ever since, leaving viewers anticipating his return in Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning to wonder what happened to the character. The Mission: Impossible movies began as standalone adventure stories without much connection between each installment, so characters not being back for the sequels was normal. As the series has continued, however, the worldbuilding and the returning cast have grown with each entry, and now with the final two Mission: Impossible installments, any living character from the franchise could be expected to make an appearance. 

Played by Henry Czerny, Kittridge was last seen in the 1996's Mission: Impossible wrongfully accusing Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) of being an IMF mole. Ethan and his team have encountered many traitors amongst the IMF, including Sean Ambrose in Mission: Impossible 2 and Musgrave in Mission: Impossible III, which gives weight to Kittridge's suspicions regarding his agents. It's safe to say that following the first Mission: Impossible's ending, Kittridge left the agency, since Mission: Impossible III sees Theodore Brasssel (Lawrence Fishburne) as the head of the independent espionage agency. Later, CIA director Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin) took over as IMF director at the end of Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation and then returned for Mission: Impossible - Fallout, in which was killed off. Life in the espionage profession is a dangerous one, so Kittridge still standing by the seventh installment of Mission: Impossible shows his resilience and cunning.

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