Several characters who have teamed up with Ethan Hunt in the past do not appear in the recently released Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

While some antagonistic characters of Dead Reckoning believe Ethan to be misguided in his decision to destroy the Entity, Jasper is convinced that the agent is dirty all along. There’s some logic behind Jasper’s beliefs,

During a couple of scenes in "Final Reckoning," viewers get a flash of the dossier of Ethan Hunt, the character Tom Cruise has played in the "Mission: Impossible" movies since the big-screen reboot began in 1996. At the top of the first page visible in Hunt's top-secret file is his place of birth — Madison, Wisconsin.