Miami Vice Tv Series Episodes

Two very different vice detectives go after a Colombian drug kingpin in the pilot episode of the explosive, groundbreaking TV series, 'Miami Vice'. The following weapons were used in Season 2 of the television series Miami Vice: Miami Vice - Season 2 (1985 - 1986) Contents. 1.1 Dornaus & Dixon Bren Ten. Tubbs and Castillo both use Detonics Scoremasters in 'The Prodigal Son' episode. Castillo also uses one in 'Whatever Works'. Miami Vice stars Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as undercover detectives. Watch Seasons 1-4 of the classic 80s crime series free on NBC.com. Check out episodes of Miami Vice by season. Don't miss any episodes, set your DVR to record Miami Vice This series is largely remembered for the stylish clothes Detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs wore, the soundtrack, and its distinct visuals.

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  • 1984-09-16T04:00:00Z
  • 45 mins
  • 3 days, 17 hours, 51 mins (113 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Crime
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Miami Vice centers around the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas), two undercover detectives from the Miami Police Department’s vice squad battling against drug trafficking and prostitution in the city’s seamy underworld. Its use of New Wave music and colorful Italian men’s fashion was groundbreaking and the series had a defining influence on the popular culture of the 1980s.
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Special 1The Vibe of Vice

  • 2005-02-08T05:00:00Z — 45 mins

Miami Vice and its ascetic properties.

2005-02-08T05:00:00Z

Special 2Building the Perfect Vice

Special 2Building the Perfect Vice

  • 2005-02-08T05:00:00Z — 45 mins

Miami Vice Production at various stages of its creation/production.

Special 3The Style of Vice

  • 2005-02-08T05:00:00Z — 45 mins

A special feature focuses on the clothing characters on the show wore.

Special 4The Music of Vice

  • 2005-02-08T05:00:00Z — 45 mins

A special feature covering the music of Miami Vice, includes an interview with Jan Hammer speaking about the scoring of episodes.

Episode

Special 5Miami after Vice

  • 2005-02-08T05:00:00Z — 45 mins

A short montage showcasing modern Miami.

Series Premiere

1984-09-16T04:00:00Z

1x01Pilot (Brother's Keeper Part 1)

1x01Pilot (Brother's Keeper Part 1)

  • Series Premiere

    1984-09-16T04:00:00Z — 96 mins

Sonny Crockett is an undercover Miami vice detective. As part of his cover as Sonny Burnett, he lives on a sailboat called St. Vitus' Dance, guarded by his pet alligator, Elvis and drives a black Ferrari. Ricardo Tubbs is a New York street cop who comes to Miami looking for the drug smuggler responsible for his brother's death. He poses as a Jamaican looking for cocaine. Tubbs and Crockett unwillingly become partners in their efforts to catch the same man, a Colombian smuggler named Calderone. When Calderone gets away after a judge releases him on bail, Tubbs decides to stay on in Miami as Crockett's new partner.Episode SoundtrackIn The Air Tonight - Phil CollinsGirls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi LauperSomebody's Watching Me - RockwellMiss You - Rolling StonesAll Night Long - Lionel RichieBody Talk - DeeleMi Rumbon - Los VirtuososOnly In Miami - Bette MidlerSalsa Caliente - Los VirtuososInland Sea - Brian Eno

1984-09-16T04:00:00Z

1x02Pilot (Brother's Keeper Part 2)

1x02Pilot (Brother's Keeper Part 2)

  • 1984-09-16T04:00:00Z — 45 mins

Sonny Crockett is an undercover Miami vice detective. As part of his cover as Sonny Burnett, he lives on a sailboat called St. Vitus' Dance, guarded by his pet alligator, Elvis and drives a black Ferrari. Ricardo Tubbs is a New York street cop who comes to Miami looking for the drug smuggler responsible for his brother's death. He poses as a Jamaican looking for cocaine. Tubbs and Crockett unwillingly become partners in their efforts to catch the same man, a Colombian smuggler named Calderone. When Calderone gets away after a judge releases him on bail, Tubbs decides to stay on in Miami as Crockett's new partner.Episode SoundtrackIn The Air Tonight - Phil CollinsGirls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi LauperSomebody's Watching Me - RockwellMiss You - Rolling StonesAll Night Long - Lionel RichieBody Talk - DeeleMi Rumbon - Los VirtuososOnly In Miami - Bette MidlerSalsa Caliente - Los VirtuososInland Sea - Brian Eno

1x03Heart of Darkness

  • 1984-09-28T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett and Tubbs are skeptical of rumors that an undercover FBI agent has betrayed an operation. Switek and Zito setup a burglary sting operation.

1x04Cool Runnin'

  • 1984-10-05T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett and Tubbs must enlist the help of an unreliable petty thief to bust a drug operation run by a trio of homicidal Jamaicans.

1x05The Hit List (1)

  • 1984-10-19T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

Tubbs works to save Crockett and his family from falling victim to an Argentinean assassin hired by Calderon.

1x06Calderone's Demise (2)

  • 1984-10-26T04:00:00Z — 47 mins

While on the trail of Calderone in Bimini, Tubbs falls in love with a woman who forces him to consider his loyalties.

1x07One-Eyed Jack

  • 1984-11-02T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett attempts to help an old flame free herself from a racketeer, then is framed for taking bribes. Martin Castillo becomes the squad's new Lieutenant.

1984-11-09T05:00:00Z

1x08No Exit (a.k.a. Three-Eyed Turtle)

1x08No Exit (a.k.a. Three-Eyed Turtle)

  • 1984-11-09T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Federal agents join Crockett and Tubbs to stop an arms dealer from selling stolen Stingers.

1x09The Great McCarthy

  • 1984-11-16T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett's renovated cigarette boat is used in an operation to stop a man who smuggles drugs using his speedboat racing hobby.

1x10Glades

  • 1984-11-30T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Crockett and Tubbs wade through the Everglades after a witness who bolted from custody and must testify in 48 hours.

1984-12-07T05:00:00Z

1x11Give a Little, Take a Little

1x11Give a Little, Take a Little

  • 1984-12-07T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

In court, Crockett refuses to identify an informant and spends more time in jail than the drug dealer he is trying to bust. Gina and Trudy infiltrate a prostitution ring. Gina is placed in a compromising position when they are suspicious that she is not a hooker.

1x12Little Prince

  • 1984-12-14T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett thinks that a wealthy industrialist's son nailed in a heroin bust could lead them to bigger connections in the supply network.

1x13The Milk Run

  • 1985-01-04T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Two naive New Yorkers hope for one big score running coke from Colombia to Miami.

1985-01-11T05:00:00Z

1x14Golden Triangle (1) (a.k.a. Score)

1x14Golden Triangle (1) (a.k.a. Score)

  • 1985-01-11T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

When Crockett & Tubbs masquerade as hotel security acting as pimps, they uncover an operation to rip-off the hotel vault.

1x15Golden Triangle (2)

  • 1985-01-18T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Castillo asks Crockett & Tubbs to help him find an old adversary, a drug smuggler who has kidnapped his former wife.

1x16Smuggler's Blues

  • 1985-02-01T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett & Tubbs are recruited by DEA to pose as drug smugglers in an effort to expose someone in law enforcement who is murdering drug dealers and their families.

1x17Rites of Passage

  • 1985-02-08T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Tubbs is reunited with an old flame, an NYPD detective, looking for her missing sister. While he and Crockett are searching for a call girl's killer.

1x18The Maze

  • 1985-02-22T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Tubbs is taken hostage by a gang in an abandoned hotel, thanks to the would-be heroics of a cop trying to avenge his partner's murder.

1x19Made for Each Other

  • 1985-03-08T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

By day, Switek and Zito supervise a pair of jive-talking master informants; by night, they're sharing quarters with Switek's girlfriend --- who's also Zito's ex.

1x20The Home Invaders

  • 1985-03-15T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett resents Castillo's attack on his mentor during an investigation of a string of brutal burglaries in wealthy neighborhoods.

1x21Nobody Lives Forever

  • 1985-03-29T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

While three joyriding teenage boys embark on a murderous, drug induced rampage, Sonny is distracted by a new romance.

1x22Evan

  • 1985-05-03T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

A former Vice member, Evan Freed, is now working undercover with ATF to bring down an arms dealer. Sonny and Evan have a mysterious past that Tubbs is determined to learn. They must reconcile long enough to calibrate efforts in the weapons sting.

1x23Lombard

  • 1985-05-10T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

After crime boss Al Lombard is subpeonaed to testify against the Family, Crockett & Tubbs are assigned to provide his protective custody.

Season Premiere

1985-09-27T04:00:00Z

2x01The Prodigal Son (Part 1)

2x01The Prodigal Son (Part 1)

  • Season Premiere

    1985-09-27T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett & Tubbs go to Manhattan to find a group of Colombian drug dealers who are killing federal agents.

2x02The Prodigal Son (Part 2)

  • 1985-09-27T04:00:00Z — 46 mins

Crockett & Tubbs go to Manhattan to find a group of Colombian drug dealers who are killing federal agents.

2x03Whatever Works

  • 1985-10-04T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett, Tubbs & Castillo contact a Santerian priestess to help find the link between ritualistic killings of officers and a group of drug traffickers. Crockett and Izzy try to get the Ferrari back after a city accountant re-possesses it.

1985-10-18T04:00:00Z

2x04Out Where The Buses Don't Run

2x04Out Where The Buses Don't Run

  • 1985-10-18T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett and Tubbs question the sanity of a retired vice cop who wants them to chase after a coke dealer thought to be dead.

2x05The Dutch Oven

  • 1985-10-25T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

Trudy is torn between love and duty when she learns that her lover's friend is connected to a big-time cocaine dealer.

2x06Buddies

  • 1985-11-01T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett is forced to realize that an old Army buddy may be involved with a contract on a young mother's life.

2x07Junk Love

  • 1985-11-08T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett and Tubbs' connection to a major smuggler is a young woman who acts like his girl though she claims to hate him, and whose drug habit may blow the bust.

2x08Tale of the Goat

  • 1985-11-15T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Tubbs infiltrates a criminal voodoo cult whose leader has returned from Haiti --- and apparently the grave --- to collect an old debt.

2x09Bushido

  • 1985-11-22T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Castillo is contacted by a former associate who's on the run from both the CIA and the KGB.

2x10Bought and Paid For

  • 1985-11-29T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Gina is out to nail the man who raped her friend but is frustrated by the suspect's wealth and connections --- and by the victim's sudden recantation.

2x11Back in the World

  • 1985-12-06T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

A journalist that Crockett knew in Vietnam is ready to break a story about 'The Sergeant'--a shadowy legend thought to have shipped heroin stateside in body bags.

2x12Phil the Shill

  • 1985-12-13T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Switek has to cool his vendetta against a shady game-show host who could lead the vice cops to an elusive coke dealer.

2x13Definitely Miami

  • 1986-01-10T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett falls for the wife of a murderous drug dealer and the Feds want the vice cops to give up a protected witness to help bust a major distributor.

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2x14Yankee Dollar

  • 1986-01-17T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett and Tubbs engage a drug dealer in a game of wits and double-crosses to snare bigger game.

2x15One Way Ticket

  • 1986-01-24T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Efforts to convict a drug dealer who murdered a deputy DA are hampered by a lack of evidence and by a defense attorney disliked by Crockett.

2x16Little Miss Dangerous

  • 1986-01-31T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

A psychotic is dubbed the 'Crayon Killer' for leaving behind childlike drawings at murder scenes. Tubbs tries to help a young woman get off the streets.

2x17Florence Italy

  • 1986-02-14T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

A Grand Prix driver has a lot on his mind: first-time fatherhood, a race against his legendary dad --- and the fact that he is suspected of killing a teenage prostitute.

2x18French Twist

  • 1986-02-21T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

An interpol agent arouses Crockett's interest --- and Tubbs' suspicion as they search for an international drug dealing assassin.

2x19The Fix

  • 1986-03-07T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

A judge with heavy gambling debts tries to persuade his college all-star son to throw a game. Crockett suspects the judge let a drug dealer go free because of his money troubles.

2x20Payback

  • 1986-03-14T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

A reclusive drug supplier thinks Crockett has the $3 million stolen by the dealer's former employee.

2x21Free Verse

  • 1986-04-04T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett and Tubbs have trouble keeping a rein on their charge, a recently freed Central American political prisoner who likes to party.

2x22Trust Fund Pirates

  • 1986-05-02T04:00:00Z — 47 mins

Crockett and Tubbs prevail upon a pilot to stall his retirement from the contraband business long enough to connect them with a band of murderous 20th-century pirates.

2x23Son and Lovers

  • 1986-05-09T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

The Calderones are back: Angelina reveals that Tubbs fathered her son; and her half-brother has put up a $1 million bounty to revenge her father's death.

Season Premiere

1986-09-26T04:00:00Z

3x01When Irish Eyes Are Crying

3x01When Irish Eyes Are Crying

  • Season Premiere

    1986-09-26T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

Gina falls for an Irish pacifist who believes there is no point fighting fire with fire anymore - or so she thinks.

3x02Stone's War

  • 1986-10-03T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett's Vietnam journalist buddy, Ira Stone, is back--claiming to have footage of a secret U.S war in Nicaragua; the trail leads Stone, Crockett & Tubbs to Maynard a.k.a. the elusive Captain Real Estate.

3x03Killshot

  • 1986-10-10T04:00:00Z — 47 mins

Crockett and Tubbs are fingered as cops by a Customs agent who's being blackmailed by the drug kingpin the detectives are trying to nail.

3x04Walk Alone

  • 1986-10-17T04:00:00Z — 47 mins

Tubbs poses as a con to expose prison guards who are extorting drugs from inmates, and killing those who refuse.

3x05The Good Collar

  • 1986-10-24T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

A star high school athlete, arrested for delivering heroin, agrees to help Crockett trap a 15-year-old drug lord; it turns ugly.

3x06Shadow in the Dark

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  • 1986-10-31T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Crockett tries to nail a psychotic murderer by thinking like his quarry, despite the fact that another cop using that tactic wound up in a psych ward.

3x07El Viejo

  • 1986-11-07T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett & Tubbs keep tabs on a crusty old stranger who plans to cut a deal with a murderous Bolivian drug dealer.

1986-11-14T05:00:00Z

3x08Better Living Through Chemistry

3x08Better Living Through Chemistry

  • 1986-11-14T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Tubbs' former partner frames him when he abducts a chemist for some drug dealers.

3x09Baby Blues

  • 1986-11-21T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Unexpected contraband--babies and a stowaway mother seeking the child taken from her--puts the cops on the trail of an adoption ring.

3x10Street Wise

  • 1986-12-05T05:00:00Z — 49 mins

An undercover cop and his hooker lover help the detectives find the source of some pharmaceutical grade cocaine.

3x11Forgive Us Our Debts

  • 1986-12-12T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

New leads persuade Crockett that a man he put on death row might be innocent, but a campaign-conscious DA is reluctant to help.

3x12Down for the Count (1)

  • 1987-01-09T05:00:00Z — 49 mins

Zito reluctantly uses a boxer as bait to help the vice squad nail a former drug kingpin involved in bookmaking; it ends in tragedy and the loss of a comrade for the vice cops.

3x13Down for the Count (2)

  • 1987-01-16T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Switek is outraged by Internal Affairs' findings; Crockett and Tubbs' TV gambit may prove fatal when a mobster reclaims the action lost to Guzman.

3x14Cuba Libre

  • 1987-01-23T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett & Tubbs stumble onto a plot by fanatical Cuban commandos to assassinate an important Cuban diplomat.

1987-02-06T05:00:00Z

3x15Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)

3x15Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)

  • 1987-02-06T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Castillo is not the only one to realize that a series of prostitute murders matches the M.O. of killings in Vietnam in the early 70s; the cops get help on the case from a man claiming to be a Vietnamese inspector.

3x16Theresa

  • 1987-02-13T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett's romantic entanglement with a heroin-addicted doctor jeopardizes his case against a dealer.

3x17The Afternoon Plane

  • 1987-02-20T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Tubbs finds out that his 'raffle prize' --- a week in the Caribbean --- is set up by a vengeful con and the Calderones to lure him out of his jurisdiction.

3x18Lend Me an Ear

  • 1987-02-27T05:00:00Z — 49 mins

The electronics whiz providing Crockett & Tubbs with surveillance devices also outfits their drug-dealing quarry.

3x19Red Tape

  • 1987-03-13T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Tubbs searches desperately for the source of information leaks about future busts.

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3x20By Hooker By Crook

  • 1987-03-20T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett & Tubbs seek a murder witness, unaware that she works for a madame who is Sonny's lover.

1987-03-27T05:00:00Z

3x21Knock, Knock, Who's There?

3x21Knock, Knock, Who's There?

  • 1987-03-27T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Crockett & Tubbs probe drug busts ruined by phony federal agents who disappear with the evidence.

3x22Viking Bikers from Hell

  • 1987-04-03T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

A motorcycle gang seeks to avenge a drug-dealing comrade's death by killing off his former customers.

3x23Everybody's in Showbiz...

  • 1987-05-01T04:00:00Z — 49 mins
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An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.

3x24Heroes of the Revolution

  • 1987-05-08T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

An East German spy seeks to avenge the murder of Gina's mother in Cuba 26 years earlier, and uses her to lure the killer out.

Season Premiere

1987-09-25T04:00:00Z

4x01Contempt of Court

4x01Contempt of Court

  • Season Premiere

    1987-09-25T04:00:00Z — 46 mins

By scaring the jury into a mistrial, a mobster hopes to buy time to find and silence the witness Crockett is protecting.

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4x02Amen... Send Money

  • 1987-10-02T04:00:00Z — 45 mins

The fury of feuding TV evangelists hits Tubbs when he is accused raping a parishoner.

4x03Death and the Lady

  • 1987-10-16T04:00:00Z — 47 mins

An actress' on-screen murder propels Crockett & Tubbs to investigate the film's flaky director.

4x04The Big Thaw

  • 1987-10-23T04:00:00Z — 46 mins

Two factions fight for possession of a dead reggae legend's body.

4x05Child's Play

  • 1987-10-30T05:00:00Z — 49 mins

Crockett agonizes about shooting a child during a weapons investigation.

4x06God's Work

  • 1987-11-06T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

The return of a kingpin's financial wizard son sets off speculations in the Miami underworld.

4x07Missing Hours

  • 1987-11-13T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

A man's body disappears from the morgue. Trudy has an encounter with UFOs.

4x08Like a Hurricane

  • 1987-11-20T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Crockett is assigned to guard a recording star who is a witness in a payola scandal, and ends up falling in love.

4x09Rising Sun of Death

  • 1987-12-04T05:00:00Z — 46 mins

An executive's murder alerts Castillo to Yakuza presence in Miami, but the arrival of a Japanese investigator is no help.

4x10Love at First Sight

  • 1988-01-15T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Newlywed Caitlin fears Crockett's latest undercover assignment as bait for a killer at a dating service will make her a widow.

4x11A Rock and a Hard Place

  • 1988-01-22T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Two music executives try to ruin Caitlin's comeback by exposing Crockett as drug kingpin Burnett.

4x12The Cows of October

  • 1988-02-05T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

A cowboy's larcenous attempt to improve his cattle attracts attention from the US government, Cuban Communists, and Izzy.

4x13Vote of Confidence

  • 1988-02-12T05:00:00Z — 45 mins

A prominent senatorial candidate is arrested during a raid of a mobile whorehouse.

4x14Baseballs of Death

  • 1988-02-19T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Crockett & Tubbs suspect a Chilean police chief in a double murder.

4x15Indian Wars

  • 1988-02-26T05:00:00Z — 48 mins

Tubbs relates to American Indians trying to save their homeland.

4x16Honor Among Thieves?

  • 1988-03-04T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Crockett & Tubbs want to bring in a serial killer, but fear that it may blow their covers to break too soon.

4x17Hell Hath No Fury...

  • 1988-03-11T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

The highly publicized release of a convicted rapist makes Trudy fear that the man's victim may have revenge on her mind.

4x18Badge of Dishonor

  • 1988-03-18T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

When a string of murders is linked to another unit, Crockett & Tubbs believe an undercover officer may be the killer.

4x19Blood and Roses

  • 1988-04-01T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

The mobster who killed Crockett's friend is released from prison.

4x20A Bullet for Crockett

  • 1988-04-15T04:00:00Z — 46 mins

Sonny and Rico work undercover with a big dealer, Ricque 'Loco' Mendez. During the police intervention, Sonny shot Loco, and the girlfriend of Loco shot Sonny. Members of the vice squad reminisce while Crockett lies close to death from the gunshot wound. We see why the other policemen love Sonny. At the end, we understand why Sonny is a cop.

4x21Deliver Us from Evil (1)

  • 1988-04-29T04:00:00Z — 47 mins

A murder case that hits close to home reunites Crockett with the man who used him to trick his way off Death Row.

4x22Mirror Image (2)

  • 1988-05-06T04:00:00Z — 48 mins

A concussion leaves Crockett thinking he is his drug dealer alter-ego Burnett and goes to work for a Colombian crime boss.

Season Premiere

1988-11-04T05:00:00Z

5x01Hostile Takeover (3)

5x01Hostile Takeover (3)

  • Season Premiere

    1988-11-04T05:00:00Z — 44 mins

Still thinking he is really Sonny Burnett, Crockett starts a war between the crime family he has joined and a rival clan.

5x02Redemption in Blood (4)

  • 1988-11-11T05:00:00Z — 46 mins

As now drug-lord Crockett's memory returns, Tubbs feels his partner has gone bad and must be destroyed.

5x03Heart of Night

  • 1988-11-18T05:00:00Z — 45 mins

Castillo grapples with emotions while protecting his ex-wife from a drug kingpin trying to kill her current husband.

5x04Bad Timing

  • 1988-12-02T05:00:00Z — 45 mins

Ordered to take time off, Crockett's vacation is cut short when he is kidnapped by 3 homicidal prison escapees.

5x05Borrasca

  • 1988-12-09T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Tubbs & Castillo attempt to intervene in a drug deal in which government agents want no police interference.

5x06Line of Fire

  • 1988-12-16T05:00:00Z — 45 mins

Crockett & Tubbs reluctantly comply with an FBI request to guard their key witness in a drug overlord's trial.

5x07Asian Cut

  • 1989-01-13T05:00:00Z — 46 mins

Crockett & Tubbs use Trudy as a decoy to lure a sadistic serial killer who preys on call girls.

5x08Hard Knocks

  • 1989-01-20T05:00:00Z — 44 mins

Switek sinks into drinking and gambling when thugs convince him to talk a friend's son, a major college quarterback, into throwing a game.

5x09Fruit of the Poison Tree

  • 1989-02-03T05:00:00Z — 45 mins

Crockett & Tubbs investigate an attorney who defends drug dealers, then steals and resells their drugs.

1989-02-10T05:00:00Z

5x10To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)

5x10To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)

  • 1989-02-10T05:00:00Z — 46 mins

While undercover, Tubbs falls for the widow of a slain drug kingpin. Crockett must leave to help his son deal with the pregnancy of his remarried mother.

5x11Miami Squeeze

  • 1989-02-17T05:00:00Z — 46 mins

The irresponsible son of a fierce, anti-drug-minded Congresswoman jeopardizes his mother's political career when he incurs the wrath of a British drug lord by stealing his shipment of drugs.

5x12Jack of All Trades

  • 1989-03-03T05:00:00Z — 46 mins

Crockett's cousin Jack, the black sheep of the family, gets him mixed up in a scheme. Jack must repay a $50,000 debt.

5x13The Cell Within

  • 1989-03-10T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

A dark, chilling episode in which Tubbs is held prisoner - along with a drug dealer, a young prostitute and a prison psychologist - in the personal dungeon (complete with electric chair) of a supposedly reformed, freed killer who he once put behind bars. One of the highlights of Season 5.

5x14The Lost Madonna

  • 1989-03-17T05:00:00Z — 47 mins

Crockett & Tubbs help an NYPD detective retrieve a stolen 15th century Madonna statue in the possession of a mob family.

5x15Over the Line

  • 1989-04-28T04:00:00Z — 46 mins

In the midst of working an undercover assignment, Crockett and Tubbs come across a clandestine vigilante group of frustrated law enforcement officers working within the department. Aware of Sonny and Rico's own frustration with how easily the bad guys seem to circumvent the law, the vigilante organization offers them an opportunity to join in. Lieutenant Castillo encourages them to accept the offer and work undercover in ferreting out the identities of everyone involved and to make sure that no one gets hurt. Unfortunately, that is too tall an order for his detectives to accomplish successfully.

5x16Victim of Circumstance

  • 1989-05-05T04:00:00Z — 46 mins

Holocaust survivors are being murdered in Miami. Crockett and Switek infiltrate a White-supremacist group that might be responsible.

5x17Freefall

  • 1989-05-21T04:00:00Z — 47 mins

Crockett & Tubbs embark on what they see as a suicide mission. They are recruited by a Special Drug Taskforce to escort the corrupt dictator of Costa Morada, a fictional Revolution ravaged Latin American country. Gen. Manuel Borbon has promised to reveal the members of the most powerful South American drug cartel. Crockett & Tubbs are faced with what might be their final showdown.

5x18World of Trouble

  • 1989-06-14T04:00:00Z — 46 mins

5x19Miracle Man

  • 1989-06-21T04:00:00Z — 46 mins

A vigilante believes he is a superhero, Miracle Man. His efforts to rid Miami of 'drug dealing slim' intefers with Tubbs & Switek's operations.

5x20Leap of Faith

  • 1989-06-28T04:00:00Z — 46 mins

Agent Joey Harden returns to assist Crockett as part of a new division, Youth Crime Unit, that was formed by a previous partner. The YCU investigates a college professor that has created a new designer drug, Bliss.

5x21Too Much, Too Late

  • 1990-01-25T05:00:00Z — 46 mins

Tubbs' old flame Valerie returns to Miami to assist an old friend and her goddaughter. Tubbs wants to renew his relationship with Valerie, but she is intent on rescuing her friend from the threats of a drug dealer.

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The Miami Vice intertitle (color scheme as per season three)

The following is an episode list for the 1980s' undercover cop television series Miami Vice. In the United States, the show was aired on NBC. The first episode of the series premiered on September 16, 1984 with the series concluding on May 21, 1989 after five seasons. Though the series concluded on May 21, 1989, NBC aired three more episodes after the series finale, and USA Network aired a fourth post-series finale episode, thus concluding the series on January 25, 1990. There are a total of 112 episodes, spanning five years (1984–1989) of the show's run. The individual seasons are available on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4.

  • 2Episodes

Series overview[edit]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
123September 16, 1984May 10, 1985
222September 27, 1985May 9, 1986
324September 26, 1986May 8, 1987
422September 25, 1987May 6, 1988
521November 4, 1988January 25, 1990

Episodes[edit]

Season 1 (1984–85) [edit]

Season one of Miami Vice premiered on September 16, 1984 with the two-hour pilot premiere on NBC and concluded on May 10, 1985, after 22 episodes. Regular cast members included Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Gregory Sierra, Michael Talbott, John Diehl, Olivia Brown, and Edward James Olmos.

The first season was filmed on location in Miami, Florida.[1] The show's crew took up semipermanent residence in the Alexander Hotel.[1] They later worked out of Greenwich Studios.[2]

The film crew on the show, was 95% local to the Miami area.[2] Various filming locations on the show included: Downtown Miami, Old Miamarina (Bayside Market Place), Opa Locka Airport, Biscayne Boulevard, Key Biscayne, Florida, Venetian Causeway, Coconut Grove, South Beach, North Miami Beach, St. Croix, McArthur Causeway, Ocean Drive, and Tamiami Trail.[2]

Episodes were produced at an average cost of $1.3 million, much higher than the typical cop-show episode of $1 million.[1] The show went to unusual lengths to get the right settings and props for each episode.

Music was an integral part of the show. Unlike other television shows at the time, Miami Vice would buy the rights to original versions rather than covers. The show would spend up to $10,000 per episode for original recordings by artists like Todd Rundgren, U2, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.[1]Jan Hammer, the show's musical composer, would create the rest of the show's musical score. Hammer used the Fairlight CMI IIx, a computer based music workstation consisting of an 8-bit sampler, digital synthesizer, MIDI controller and sequencer. The Fairlight enabled Hammer to score and perform the entire show's music single-handedly. Jan would work out of his state-of-the-art studio in his home in Brewster, New York composing the score for each episode.[1]

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1212'Brother's Keeper'[3]Thomas CarterAnthony YerkovichSeptember 16, 198483504

(Miami) Vice Squad detective Jamison Sonny Crockett has just lost his partner, Eddie Rivera (Jimmy Smits) in a car bombing. Crockett was investigating Esteban Calderone, a Colombian cocaine dealer, when he meets a New York City narcotics detective, Rafael Tubbs. Since they are having difficulties approaching Calderone, Crockett and Tubbs are forced to work together. Crockett later confronts 'Rafael' and discovers that he is actually Ricardo, Rafael's younger brother and a New York traffic cop, who is seeking revenge on Calderone, for killing his brother. They agree to work together and Calderone is collared but he pays $2 million bail and escapes. In the end Crockett persuades Tubbs to enter a career in 'Southern law enforcement'.

  • Originally shown as a Two-hour Pilot Movie, but in syndication is shown as 2 separate episodes.
33'Heart of Darkness'John Llewellyn MoxeyA.J. EdisonSeptember 28, 198459501
Crockett and Tubbs go undercover to infiltrate an illegal pornography ring, as well as rein in an undercover FBI agent (Ed O'Neill) who may have gone over to the other side.
44'Cool Runnin'Lee H. KatzinJoel SurnowOctober 5, 198459502
The Vice squad is forced to rely on a petty criminal (Charlie Barnett) to help the force bust a gang of violent Jamaican thugs that are responsible for a series of deadly drug ripoffs around the city.
55'Calderone's Return: The Hit List' (Part 1)Richard CollaJoel SurnowOctober 19, 198459504
Calderone, Crockett and Tubbs' old nemesis, hires a notorious Argentinian assassin to take out his largest competitors in Miami, and the Vice squad soon learns that Crockett's name is last on a list of eight victims.
66'Calderone's Return: Calderone's Demise' (Part 2)Paul Michael GlaserJoel Surnow & Alfonse Ruggiero Jr.October 26, 198459507
Although Crockett survived the attempt on his life, Lt. Rodriguez (Gregory Sierra) was not so lucky. Now Crockett and Tubbs must travel to Bimini to get Calderone and avenge the Lieutenant's murder. Along the way, however, Tubbs unknowingly falls for Calderone's daughter, who is unaware of her father's nefarious dealings.
77'One Eyed Jack'Lee H. KatzinAlfonse Ruggiero Jr.November 2, 198459503
As the Vice squad is taken over by a new Lieutenant, Martin Castillo (Edward James Olmos), Crockett is framed for taking bribes as he tries to help an old flame get out of a debt to the infamous loan shark Al Lombard (Dennis Farina).
88'No Exit'David SoulStory by : Charles R. Leinenweber
Teleplay by : Maurice Hurley
November 9, 198459508
The Vice squad joins forces with the FBI in an effort to prevent an arms dealer (Bruce Willis) from selling off a cache of stolen FIM-92 Stinger missiles.
99'The Great McCarthy'Georg Stanford BrownPhilip Reed & Joel SurnowNovember 16, 198459509
Crockett puts his beloved cigarette speedboat on the line during the Vice squad's attempt to collar a drug smuggler who moves his product using his favorite hobby—speedboat racing—as a cover.
1010'Glades'Stan LathanRex Weiner & Allan WeisbergerNovember 30, 198459506
Crockett and Tubbs must journey into the Everglades to recover a key witness (Keith Szarabajka) who fled from their protection two days before he is scheduled to testify against a Colombian drug importer.
1111'Give a Little, Take a Little'Bobby RothChuck AdamsonDecember 7, 198459505
Crockett's refusal to identify an informant (Lenny Von Dohlen) in court gets him locked up on contempt charges. Meanwhile, Detectives Trudy and Gina encounter difficulties while attempting to infiltrate a prostitution ring.
1212'Little Prince'Alan J. LeviStory by : Joel Surnow & Wendy Cozen
Teleplay by : A.J. Edison
December 14, 198459515
After the Vice squad arrests the heroin-addicted son of a wealthy industrialist during a raid, Crockett and Tubbs recruit him to bring down his own father, who is supplementing the family's fortune with cocaine distribution.
1313'Milk Run'John NicolellaAllison HockJanuary 4, 198559512
Two naïve college students from New York City run afoul of the Vice squad during their attempt to run a small shipment of cocaine from Colombia to Miami.
1414'Golden Triangle' (Part 1)Georg Stanford BrownStory by : Joseph Gunn
Teleplay by : Joseph Gunn & Maurice Hurley
January 11, 198559511
While working undercover to bust dirty cops shaking down prostitutes at a high-end hotel, Crockett and Tubbs stumble upon a plan by two thieves to rob the hotel's safe deposit boxes. When the thieves are brutally murdered and mutilated, Lt. Castillo recognizes a connection to a far larger criminal organization, one that has encountered in the past, when he worked as a DEA agent in Thailand.
1515'Golden Triangle' (Part 2)David AnspaughMaurice Hurley & Michael MannJanuary 18, 198559516
The Vice squad puts their other cases on hold to help Castillo bring down Lao Li (Keye Luke), a Chinese drug lord who killed Castillo's DEA colleagues 5 years ago, who is now living in Miami with his extended family and holding Castillo's former wife (Joan Chen) hostage to deter Castillo from acting against him.
1616'Smuggler's Blues'Paul Michael GlaserMiguel PiñeroFebruary 1, 198559514
Crockett and Tubbs are recruited by the DEA to pose as drug smugglers and travel to Cartagena in an effort to flush out someone in law enforcement who has been extorting drug dealers by kidnapping their families. Glenn Frey plays a pilot who flies Crockett and Tubbs to South America to conduct a drug deal.
1717'Rites of Passage'David AnspaughDaniel PyneFebruary 8, 198559519
Tubbs' old flame, NYPD Detective Valerie Gordon (Pam Grier), comes to Miami in search of her missing sister, who has become involved with a prostitution ring that the Vice squad is trying to bring down.
1818'The Maze'Tim ZinnemannMichael Eric SteinFebruary 22, 198559523
Tubbs is taken hostage by gang members in a run-down hotel, along with all of the other squatters, thanks to the would-be heroics of a cop out to avenge his partner's murder.
1919'Made for Each Other'Rob CohenStory by : Allan Weisbecker & Joel Surnow &
Teleplay by : Allan Weisbecker & Dennis Cooper
March 8, 198559527
After his house is destroyed in an accidental fire, Zito is forced to move in with Switek and his new girlfriend, who also happens to be Zito's ex. The resulting friction threatens to derail the pair's investigation of a ring of thieves selling stolen goods.
2020'The Home Invaders'Abel FerraraChuck AdamsonMarch 15, 198559525
The Vice squad is brought in to help the Robbery division stop a series of violent home invasions in wealthy neighborhoods. During the investigation, Crockett learns that one of his old mentors may be losing his touch.
2121'Nobody Lives Forever'Jim JohnstonEdward DiLorenzoMarch 29, 198559520
As the Vice squad races to track down a trio of hoods on a violent, drug-fueled joyride through the city, Crockett's new romance proves to be a major distraction.
2222'Evan'Rob CohenPaul DiamondMay 3, 198559518
The Vice squad's investigation of an arms dealer (Al Israel) is complicated when Crockett encounters Evan Freed (William Russ), a former Vice cop-turned-ATF agent whose past history with Crockett has left them both with a mutual hatred for each other.
2323'Lombard'John NicolellaStory by : Joel Surnow
Teleplay by : David Assael
May 10, 198559529
Crockett and Tubbs are assigned to provide witness protection for an infamous Miami mobster Al Lombard, who is set to testify against a Mafia family as part of a plea bargain to reduce his sentence, but the family won't let him away so easily.

Season 2 (1985–86) [edit]

Season two of Miami Vice premiered on September 27, 1985, with the two hour episode 'Prodigal Son'. The second season concluded on May 9, 1986, after 22 episodes. Season two regular cast members included Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott, John Diehl, Olivia Brown and Edward James Olmos.

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241'Prodigal Son'Paul Michael GlaserDaniel PyneSeptember 27, 198560013
Crockett and Tubbs go to New York City to assist the DEA in hunting down a gang of Colombian drug dealers responsible for killing several undercover agents who were posing as dealers in Miami. Meanwhile, Tubbs reunites with his old flame Valerie (Pam Grier).
252'Whatever Works'John NicolellaMaurice HurleyOctober 4, 198560025
Crockett, Tubbs and Castillo seek guidance from a Santería priestess (Eartha Kitt) while investigating the ritualistic murders of police officers and drug dealers. Meanwhile, Izzy helps Crockett get back his Ferrari Daytona after it is repossessed by a city accountant.
263'Out Where the Buses Don't Run'[5]Jim JohnstonStory by : Joel Surnow & Douglas Lloyd MacIntosh
Teleplay by : Douglas Lloyd MacIntosh & John Mankiewicz
October 18, 198560006

A retired Vice detective (Bruce McGill) offers to assist Crockett and Tubbs with their latest case. The only problem? The man the former detective claims is running the drug ring they are investigating supposedly died years ago.

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #90 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[4]
274'The Dutch Oven'Abel FerraraMaurice HurleyOctober 25, 198560003
Trudy is torn between duty and romance when she learns that her boyfriend (Cleavant Derricks) is best friends with a drug dealer (Giancarlo Esposito) who has connections to a big-time supplier the Vice Squad is trying to bring down.
285'Buddies'Harry MastrogeorgeFrank MilitaryNovember 1, 198560020
A nightclub waitress goes on the run from Mafia hitmen after accidentally taking evidence of their illegal gambling ring from her workplace. As the Vice Squad tries to track her down, Crockett learns that the club's manager, his old friend Robbie Cann (James Remar) may be involved with the girl's disappearance.
296'Junk Love'Michael O'HerlihyJulia CameronNovember 8, 198560017
Crockett and Tubbs attempt to use an elusive heroin trafficker's girlfriend, a drug-addicted prostitute, to get closer to him. But they soon learn that her connection to the man is far deeper, and more disturbing, than they could have imagined.
307'Tale of the Goat'Michael O'HerlihyJim TrombettaNovember 15, 198560036
Tubbs crosses paths with a Haitian voodoo priest (Clarence Williams III), who has apparently returned from the dead to kill a business associate (Mykelti Williamson) who double-crossed him years ago.
318'Bushido'Edward James OlmosJohn LeekleyNovember 22, 198560042
Castillo's old friend Jack Gretsky (Dean Stockwell), a retired CIA agent, reveals that he is dying of lung cancer, and asks Castillo to protect his wife, a Soviet defector, and their son from the KGB assassins that are pursuing them.
329'Bought and Paid For'John NicolellaMarvin KupferNovember 29, 198560024
Gina's friend Odette (Lynn Whitfield), a Haitian immigrant, is raped by the psychotic son (Joaquim de Almeida) of an exiled Bolivian general living in Miami. The Vice Squad's subsequent investigation soon becomes complicated by Odette's sudden recantation of her story.
3310'Back in the World'Don JohnsonTerry McDonnellDecember 6, 198560023
Ira Stone (Bob Balaban), Crockett's journalist friend from the Vietnam War, arrives in Miami looking for help to break a story connecting a CIA operative (G. Gordon Liddy) to a drug ring that smuggled heroin into the United States in the body bags of dead soldiers.
3411'Phil the Shill'John NicolellaPaul DiamondDecember 13, 198560037
Switek is forced to put his vendetta against a sleazy con artist (Phil Collins) who swindled him on hold when the Vice Squad learns they may be able to use the grifter to bring down a big-time cocaine dealer.
3512'Definitely Miami'Rob CohenMichael Ahnemann & Daniel PyneJanuary 10, 198660012
Crockett suspects a set-up when a mysterious woman (Arielle Dombasle) tries to seduce him and asks for help getting away from her abusive husband (Ted Nugent). Meanwhile, an elusive cocaine trafficker offers to turn himself in to the Vice Squad in exchange for a face-to-face meeting with his sister, a protected witness who testified against him.
3613'Yankee Dollar'Aaron LipstadtDaniel Pyne & John MankiewiczJanuary 17, 198660047
Crockett's stewardess girlfriend dies suddenly, and her autopsy reveals ruptured balloons of cocaine in her stomach. As the Vice Squad investigates, they learn she was muling the drugs for a sleazy corporate raider (Ned Eisenberg) who is setting himself up as the middleman for a major impending deal.
3714'One Way Ticket'Craig BolotinCraig BolotinJanuary 24, 198660040
The Vice squad's efforts to bring down a French-Canadian drug lord who ordered the murder of ADA Richard Langley is stymied by a defense attorney (John Heard) with whom Crockett has an adversarial history.
3815'Little Miss Dangerous'Leon IchasoFrank MilitaryJanuary 31, 198660038
As the police scour the city searching for the 'Crayon Killer', a serial killer who leaves childlike drawings next to their victim's bodies, Tubbs tries to help a teenage prostitute (Fiona) turn her life around, unaware that he may be closer to the Crayon Killer than he realizes.
3916'Florence Italy'John NicolellaWilton CrawleyFebruary 14, 198660011
Crockett and Tubbs investigate the murder of a teenage prostitute, and a big-time Grand Prix racer (Danny Sullivan) ends up at the top of their suspect list. But is the driver really responsible, or is it someone close to him?
4017'French Twist'David JacksonStory by : Michael Hoggan & Jaron Summers
Teleplay by : Jaron Summers
February 21, 198660049
Crockett strikes up a romance with a French Interpol agent (Lisa Eichhorn) who is in Miami pursuing a drug-dealing assassin, but Tubbs suspects she might not be who she says she is.
4118'The Fix'Dick MillerChuck AdamsonMarch 7, 198660008
After a respected judge (Bill Russell) sets a ridiculously low bail for a drug dealer, Crockett and Tubbs investigate the man and learn that he owes a large gambling debt to a violent loan shark (Michael Richards), who wants the judge to convince his son (Bernard King), a college basketball star, to throw his next game.
4219'Payback'Aaron LipstadtRobert CraisMarch 14, 198660048
Crockett learns that a prominent drug trafficker (Frank Zappa) believes Crockett's undercover alias, Sonny Burnett, has stolen $3 million from him, and must find out who set him up before the trafficker's hitmen get to him.
4320'Free Verse'John NicolellaStory by : Shel Willens & Jim Trombetta
Teleplay by : Jim Trombetta
April 4, 198660005
The Vice Squad is assigned to protect a Latin American poet who has been targeted for assassination by both his home country's secret police, who want him silenced, and the anti-government guerrillas, who want to make him a martyr.
4421'Trust Fund Pirates'Jim JohnstonDaniel PyneMay 2, 198660027
Crockett and Tubbs recruit a semi-retired smuggler (Gary Cole) in their efforts to take down a gang of rich kids who are killing off drug runners and stealing their cargo to resell it.
4522'Sons and Lovers'John NicolellaDennis CooperMay 9, 198660008
Angelina, Esteban Calderone's daughter, returns and reveals to Tubbs that he fathered her child. However, she also informs him that her half-brother, Orlando Calderone (John Leguizamo), is in Miami and preparing to avenge the death of his father.

Season 3 (1986–87) [edit]

Season three of Miami Vice premiered on September 26, 1986, with the episode 'When Irish Eyes Are Crying'. The third season concluded on May 8, 1987, after 24 episodes. Season three regular cast members included Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott, John Diehl, Olivia Brown and Edward James Olmos. Changes in season three included Dick Wolf joining the crew as executive producer working with Michael Mann, different style and fashion looks, the introduction of the Ferrari Testarossa, Sonny Crockett's new car and the death of Larry Zito (Diehl).

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461'When Irish Eyes Are Crying'Mario Di LeoStory by : John Leekley
Teleplay by : Dick Wolf & John Leekley
September 26, 198662004
Gina begins a romance with a reformed Irish revolutionary (Liam Neeson), but the rest of the Vice Squad soon learns that his charitable crusade may be a cover for a planned IRA operation against British MI5 agents currently working in Miami.
472'Stone's War'David JacksonDavid JacksonOctober 3, 198662012
Ira Stone (Bob Balaban) returns to Miami looking to break a story on American mercenaries operating illegally in Nicaragua, and asks for Crockett's protection from assassins sent after him by their mutual adversary, crooked CIA agent William Maynard (G. Gordon Liddy).
483'Killshot'Leon IchasoStory by : Marvin Kupfer and Leon Ichaso & Manuel Arce
Teleplay by : Marvin Kupfer
October 10, 198662018
The Vice Squad's joint operation with U.S. Customs against a cocaine trafficker is jeopardized when the trafficker frames a Customs agent's brother, a talented Jai alai player (Fernando Allende), for a prostitute's murder.
494'Walk-Alone'David JacksonW.K. Scott MeyerOctober 17, 198662014
Tubbs risks his life when he goes undercover as a prison inmate in order to expose a drug ring being run by two corrupt corrections officers (Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Conway).
505'The Good Collar'Mario Di LeoDennis CooperOctober 24, 198662001
After Crockett catches a promising high school football player (Vincent Keith Ford) delivering heroin to an understood dealer, he tries to convince the teen to save his athletic career by helping the Vice Squad bring down a teenage drug lord.
516'Shadow in the Dark'Christopher CroweChuck AdamsonOctober 31, 198662003
Crockett tries to get inside the head of a mentally unstable home invader in order to catch him before his crimes turn violent, despite the fact that the last cop who tried that approach ended up in a mental hospital.
527'El Viejo'Aaron LipstadtAlan MoskowitzNovember 7, 198662009
Crockett's investigation of a drug ring is complicated by the interference of a Texas Ranger (Willie Nelson) who has mistaken Crockett's undercover identity as a drug dealer for the real thing.
538'Better Living Through Chemistry'Leon IchasoStory by : Ken Edwards & Harold Rosenthal
Teleplay by : Dick Wolf & Michael Duggan
November 14, 198662007
Clarence Batisse (Victor Love) Tubbs' former partner from New York is out for revenge, believing that Tubbs is responsible for getting him kicked off the force, and threatens to derail the Vice Squad's latest investigation when he kidnaps a drug dealer's chemist.
549'Baby Blues'Daniel AttiasStory by : Dick Wolf & Michael Duggan
Teleplay by : Michael Duggan
November 21, 198662017
The Vice Squad begins investigating an illegal adoption and human trafficking ring after an interdicted Colombian airplane thought to be full of drugs turns out to contain live human infants.
5510'Streetwise'Fred WaltonDennis CooperDecember 5, 198662002
While Crockett tries to convince an undercover cop (Bill Paxton) with a wife and child at home to break off his affair with a prostitute (Deborah Adair), Tubbs goes undercover to bring down a violent, drug-dealing pimp (Wesley Snipes) responsible for stealing pharmaceutical-grade cocaine from a hospital.
5611'Forgive Us Our Debts'Jan EliasbergGustave ReiningerDecember 12, 198662013
Crockett does all he can to stop the execution of Frank Hackman (Guy Boyd), the man convicted of killing his former partner, after new evidence is uncovered that seems to prove his innocence.
5712'Down For The Count' (Part 1)Richard ComptonStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : Dick Wolf & John Schulian
January 9, 198762020
Zito goes undercover as trainer for a young boxer (Mark Breland) to expose a ruthless drug lord with a passion for the sport, but the investigation takes a tragic turn when Zito's cover is blown and he is then killed by the drug lord's hitmen.
5813'Down For The Count' (Part 2)Richard ComptonStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : Dick Wolf & John Schulian
January 16, 198762023
Switek is upset when Internal Affairs begins investigating Zito on suspicion of corruption, and sets out to clear his dead partner's name. Meanwhile, the Vice Squad attempts to salvage its floundering investigation of the drug lord that killed their comrade.
5914'Cuba Libre'Virgil W. VogelEric Estrin & Michael BerlinJanuary 23, 198762015
An undercover cop is killed when a group of paramilitary soldiers attempt to rob a drug dealer, and the killers' trail leads the Vice Squad to an anti-Communist militia plotting to assassinate a visiting Cuban diplomat.
6015'Duty and Honor'
'The Savage'
John NicolellaMarvin KupferFebruary 6, 198762019
A series of recent prostitute murders closely resemble similar deaths Castillo investigated while in Vietnam, and his suspicion that the killer is the same one from before are confirmed when the Vietnamese detective (Haing S. Ngor) he worked with on the previous case arrives in Miami looking for his help bringing the killer to justice.
6116'Theresa'Virgil W. VogelPamela NorrisFebruary 13, 198762024
When the Vice Squad's case against a major trafficker (Brad Dourif) goes up in smoke after a police warehouse is bombed, Crockett learns that the bombers got the hidden warehouse's address from his girlfriend (Helena Bonham Carter), a painkiller-addicted ER doctor who has turned to street dealers to get her fix.
6217'The Afternoon Plane'David JacksonDavid JacksonFebruary 20, 198762022
Tubbs' vacation on a small Caribbean island with his girlfriend soon turns into a nightmare when his nemesis Orlando Calderone (John Leguizamo) arrives with a full-armed and trained hit squad intent on avenging his father and finally killing him.
6318'Lend Me an Ear'James QuinnStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : Michael Duggan
February 27, 198762027
Steve Duddy (John Glover), a former police surveillance expert who now works as a private security consultant, agrees to help Crockett and Tubbs by supplying them with equipment to nab drug dealers, while simultaneously selling similar equipment to the same dealers the Vice squad is trying to nail.
6419'Red Tape'Gabrielle BeaumontStory by : Dennis Cooper
Teleplay by : Jonathan Polansky
March 13, 198762029
After an undercover rookie Vice cop Eddie Trumbull (Viggo Mortensen) is killed by a booby trap while working a case, Internal Affairs begin investigating Tubbs on suspicion of selling information to drug dealers. Tubbs almost turns in his badge in anger, but is eventually convinced that the only way to clear his name is to pretend to be the dirty cop everyone thinks he is in order to expose the real source of the leak. Meanwhile, Eddie's partner Bobby Diaz (Lou Diamond Phillips) sets out for revenge.
6520'By Hooker By Crook'Don JohnsonStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : John Schulian
March 20, 198762026
Crockett's latest romance with a respected businesswoman (Melanie Griffith) turns sour when it is revealed that the woman is actually a high-class madam with connections to a notorious money launderer (George Takei).
6621'Knock Knock...Who's There?'Tony WharmbyStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : John Schulian
March 27, 198762028
Crockett and Tubbs investigate a gang of stickup men who have been derailing Vice Squad drug busts by posing as Federal agents and making off with the drugs and the buy money.
6722'Viking Bikers From Hell'James QuinnStory by : Walter Kurtz
Teleplay by : Dick Wolf & Michael Duggan
April 3, 198762032
When the leader (Reb Brown) of a gang of violent, drug-dealing bikers is released from prison, he sets out on a bloody mission of revenge against those he feels were responsible for the death of one of his comrades while he was locked up, a list that includes Crockett.
6823'Everybody's In Showbiz...'Richard ComptonStory by : Reinaldo Povod & Dennis Cooper
Teleplay by : David Burke
May 1, 198762031
A talented local stage actor attempts to save a struggling community theater by stealing the crack-filled briefcase of a drug dealer (Paul Calderón) and selling the product himself, but this puts his own life in jeopardy.
6924'Heroes of the Revolution'Gabrielle BeaumontStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : John Schulian
May 8, 198762033
An East German spy (Jeroen Krabbé) from Gina's mother's past returns to avenge her death at the hands of a drug-running former Cuban army officer the Vice Squad is investigating.

Season 4 (1987–88)[edit]

Season four of Miami Vice premiered on September 25, 1987, with the episode Contempt of Court'. The fourth season concluded on May 6, 1988, after 22 episodes. Season four regular cast members included Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott, Olivia Brown and Edward James Olmos.

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701'Contempt of Court'Jan EliasbergPeter McCabeSeptember 25, 198763504
Frank Mosca (Stanley Tucci), a big-time mobster, has one of Crockett's old friends killed to prevent him from testifying in court. As Mosca's trial approaches, Crockett has to try to stop his friend's son from taking revenge on Mosca.
712'Amen... Send Money'James J. QuinnJohn SchulianOctober 2, 198763502
When a drug ring investigation turns up a connection to two feuding televangelists Rev. Billy Bob Proverb (Brian Dennehy) and Mason Mather (James Tolkan), one of them attempts to derail the police probe by framing Tubbs for raping one of their parishioners. 'Fast' Eddie Felcher (Ben Stiller) a former con-artist helps Crockett and Tubbs get information from on the feud between Proverb and Mather.
723'Death and the Lady'Colin BuckseyDavid BlackOctober 16, 198763501
Crockett suspects an eccentric porno director (Paul Guilfoyle) killed the star of his latest movie on camera, and is now attempting to pass off a snuff film as artistic erotica.
734'The Big Thaw'Richard ComptonJoseph DeBlasiOctober 23, 198763507
An investigation takes a turn for the weird when the Vice Squad find themselves embroiled in a dispute over the cryogenically frozen corpse of a famous reggae musician who disappeared years ago.
745'Child's Play'Vern GillumStory by : Priscilla Turner
Teleplay by : Michael Piller
October 30, 198763508
The Vice Squad's attempted arrest of a drug dealer (Ving Rhames) goes badly, resulting in Crockett accidentally shooting a young boy who points a Belgian Browning Hi-Power pistol at him during the raid which puts Crockett's entire career in jeopardy.
756'God's Work'Jan EliasbergEdward TivnanNovember 6, 198763503
The Vice Squad sets its sights on a drug kingpin's son (Esai Morales), who has returned to Miami after a long absence in Europe to help run the family business back again.
767'Missing Hours'Ate de JongThomas M. DischNovember 13, 198763515
While the Vice Squad investigates a UFO cult leader (James Brown) with suspected ties to the drug trade, Trudy has a bizarre encounter with something she cannot possibly explain.
778'Like a Hurricane'Colin BuckseyRobert PalmNovember 20, 198763511
While working a protection detail for Caitlin Davies (Sheena Easton), a recording artist whose life has been threatened by a drug ring, Crockett finds himself falling in love with his charge.
789'The Rising Sun of Death'Leon IchasoPeter LanceDecember 4, 198763506
The Vice Squad's investigation of murder connected to a suspected Yakuza prostitution ring is complicated by the arrival of a former Japanese detective (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) who is out for revenge against the gang's leader.
7910'Love at First Sight'Don JohnsonPeter McCabeJanuary 15, 198863517
Caitlin becomes concerned for Crockett's own life when he reluctantly agrees to go undercover in a popular video dating service to catch a sadistic serial killer who is on the loose.
8011'Rock and a Hard Place'Colin BuckseyStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : Robert Palm
January 22, 198863512
Two ruthless music executives are out to ruin Caitlin's comeback by exposing her secret marriage to Crockett's drug-dealing cover identity, Sonny Burnett.
8112'The Cows of October'Vern GillumEd ZuckermanFebruary 5, 198863510
The Vice Squad becomes involved in a bidding war between an American beef company and a Latin-American drug cartel over a supply of rare, high-quality cattle sperm.
8213'Vote of Confidence'Randy RobertsJohn SchulianFebruary 12, 198863520
A respected, but secretly corrupted gubernatorial candidate (Larry Pine) is caught in a prostitution ring bust. Fearing for his precious reputation, he is ready to do anything to silence the Vice Squad from revealing his true nature.
8314'Baseballs of Death'Bill DukePeter LanceFebruary 19, 198863522
The double murder of a prostitute and her pimp leads the Vice Squad to a Chilean National Police chief (Tony Plana) who has come to Miami to buy cluster bombs for the Pinochet regime from a notorious arms dealer (Oliver Platt).
8415'Indian Wars'Leon IchasoStory by : Frank Coffey & Carl Waldman
Teleplay by : Frank Coffey & Michael Duggan & Peter Lance & Robert Palm & Carl Waldman
February 26, 198863514
Tubbs goes undercover at a Florida Indian reservation to uncover the connection between a Native rights group and a drug trafficker (Joe Turkel).
8516'Honor Among Thieves?'Jim JohnstonJack RichardsonMarch 4, 198863519
A delusional serial killer with an affinity for glass dolls is killing young girls, and also happens to run a resort popular with drug dealers that Crockett and Tubbs are staying at while undercover.
8617'Hell Hath No Fury'Virgil W. VogelStory by : David Black
Teleplay by : Michael Duggan
March 11, 198863521
A serial rapist is released from prison, and while trying to start fresh and anew, Trudy fears that the victim will avenge her distraught situation by killing the man.
8718'Badge of Dishonor'Richard ComptonStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : Michael Duggan & Peter Lance
March 18, 198863524
Tubbs begins to develop a romantic connection with a female undercover officer from the squad, both of whom are investigating a series of prostitute murders by the Miami docks.
8819'Blood & Roses'George MendelukStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : Robert Palm
April 1, 198863523
Frank Mosca returns to Miami, and Crockett is eager to avenge his friend's murder by bringing him down. Gina goes undercover to get close to Mosca, but the assignment becomes complicated when the mobster ends up falling for her.
8920'A Bullet for Crockett'Donald L. GoldStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : Peter Lance & Michael Duggan
April 15, 198863525
Crockett clings to life in the hospital after being shot and put in a coma by the girlfriend (Lisa Vidal) of a drug dealer he killed in self-defense. While Crockett is in surgery, Tubbs and the other members of the Vice squad reminisce about their memories with Crockett.
9021'Deliver Us From Evil'George MendelukStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : David Black & Michael Duggan & Robert Palm
April 29, 198863528
Frank Hackman returns and kills Caitlin during her returning concert after Crockett accidentally kills Hackman's girlfriend during a drug bust. Crockett, setting for revenge, goes to hunt him down.
9122'Mirror Image' (Part 1)Richard ComptonStory by : Nelson Oramas & Daniel Sackheim
Teleplay by : Robert Palm & Daniel Sackheim
May 6, 198863526
Crockett gets amnesia while boarding a drug dealer's boat. He is rescued by a shady drug dealer (Antonio Fargas), and Crockett is left believing that he is his undercover drug dealer alter-ego Burnett.

Season 5 (1988–90) [edit]

Season five of Miami Vice is the final season of the series. The season premiered on November 4, 1988, with the episode 'Hostile Takeover (Part 2)'. The series concluded on May 21, 1989, with 'Freefall', after 17 episodes, but later NBC aired three new episodes after the series finale. They were 'World of Trouble' (June 14, 1989), 'Miracle Man' (June 21, 1989), and 'Leap of Faith' (June 28, 1989). Additionally, USA Network aired 'Too Much, Too Late' on January 25, 1990, since NBC would not show that episode due to its strong topic of child molestation (NBC and USA are now owned by the same company). Season five regular cast members included Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott, Olivia Brown, and Edward James Olmos.

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProduction
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921'Hostile Takeover' (Part 2)Don JohnsonKen SolarzNovember 4, 198863905
Sonny still assumes the identity of Burnett, unaware of his past as a police officer. Burnett has now gained full control of a powerful drug empire and exposes Tubbs' identity as a cop. Will Tubbs finally manage to get Crockett to his past self?
932'Redemption in Blood' (Part 3)Paul KrasnyStory by : Robert Ward
Teleplay by : Scott Shepherd & Ken Solarz
November 11, 198863906
Crockett's memory begins to come back, just as Tubbs begins a plan to take him down on orders, since his immoral actions begin to have a catastrophic effect on Miami.
943'Heart of Night'Paul KrasnyJames BecketNovember 18, 198863904
Castillo must protect his ex-wife Mai Ying (Rosalind Chao) from a drug lord. Also, Mai Ying's current husband Ma Sek (James Saito) may have connections to the drug lord.
954'Bad Timing'Virgil W. VogelScott ShepherdDecember 2, 198863907
Crockett takes a much needed vacation by traveling to Jacksonville, only to finds himself then kidnapped by three homicidal prison escapees, who would rather die than get arrested again.
965'Borrasca'Vern GillumElvis Cole & Vladislavo StepankutzaDecember 9, 198863901
The Vice squad are asked not to be involved in a drug deal involving government agents, but this proves to be easier said then done.
976'Line of Fire'Richard ComptonRaymond HartungDecember 16, 198863908
Crockett and Tubbs must protect a young man (Justin Lazard) who is a key witness in a local drug lord's upcoming trial.
987'Asian Cut'James ContnerStory by : Robert Ward
Teleplay by : Peter McCabe
January 13, 198963909
Trudy goes undercover as a call girl to lure out a sadistic serial killer who leaves his victims with distinctive knife marks, but as she becomes his next victim, she must hunt him down before he does.
998'Hard Knocks'Vern GillumStory by : Scott Shepherd & Ken Solarz & Robert Ward
Teleplay by : Ken Solarz
January 20, 198963910
Switek tries to convince a major college quarterback to throw a game, to break even with a local hustler with whom he lost a bet.
1009'Fruit of the Poison Tree'Michelle ManningRob BraginFebruary 3, 198963912
Crockett and Tubbs investigate a shady and very corrupted state lawyer who defends drug dealers, then steals and resells their drugs.
10110'To Have and to Hold'Eugene CorrWilliam ConwayFebruary 10, 198963913
While undercover, Tubbs falls for the widow of a slain drug kingpin. Meanwhile, Crockett leaves to be with his son who is not happy about his mother, Crockett's ex-wife (Belinda Montgomery) having another child.
10211'Miami Squeeze'Michelle ManningStory by : Ted Mann & Peter McCabe & Robert Ward
Teleplay by : Ted Mann & Peter McCabe
February 17, 198963917
An anti-drug Congresswoman's (Rita Moreno) campaign is jeopardized when her son steals a shipment of drugs from a big-time kingpin to earn some quick money.
10312'Jack of All Trades'Vern GillumStory by : Robert Ward
Teleplay by : Ken Solarz
March 3, 198963911
Crockett's scheming cousin Jack (David Andrews) unintentionally gets involved with a dangerous druglord while trying to con him into easy money.
10413'The Cell Within'Michael B. HogganJack RichardsonMarch 10, 198963902
Jack Manning (John P. Ryan), a former criminal that Tubbs had imprisoned in New York City, is now in Miami invites Tubbs to dinner. At Manning's house, Tubbs sees that he has imprisoned other people for petty crimes. Manning then imprisons Tubbs for not agreeing to follow his plan to 'rid the world of evil'.
10514'The Lost Madonna'Chip ChalmersRobert GoethalsMarch 17, 198963914
Crockett and Tubbs agree to help an artsy NYPD detective (Michael Chiklis) retrieve a 15th century statue of the Madonna, which has been stolen from the local museum and is suspected to be in Miami.
10615'Over the Line'Russ MayberryStory by : Robert Ward & Scott Shepherd
Teleplay by : Terry McDonell
April 28, 198963918
Crockett and Tubbs go deep undercover by joining an infamous group of vigilante-dillusioned cops, who serve their own justice against local criminals.
10716'Victims of Circumstance'Colin BuckseyRichard LourieMay 5, 198963915
The Vice squad learn that witnesses of The Holocaust are being murdered one by one, forcing Crockett and Switek to go undercover in a White supremacistNeo-Nazi group.
10817'Freefall'Russ MayberryStory by : Frank Holman & Scott Shepherd & Ken Solarz
Teleplay by : William Conway & Ken Solarz
May 21, 198963924
In the two-hour series finale, Crockett and Tubbs are recruited to protect Gen. Manuel Borbon (Ian McShane), a dictator of a ravaged Latin American country, who is wanted for treason.
10918'World of Trouble'[†]Alan MyersonRaymond HartungJune 14, 198963922
Former mob boss Al Lombard (Dennis Farina), who was believed to be dead, returns with a different perspective on his life, to try to convince his beloved son to stay out of the mafia family business.
11019'Miracle Man'[†]Alan MyersonStory by : Gillian Horvath & Robert Ward
Teleplay by : Rob Bragin
June 21, 198963921
A delusional vigilante named 'Miracle Man' donning a blanket as a cape, frequently gets involved with Tubbs and Switek's investigations by murdering the suspects.
11120'Leap of Faith'[†][†2]Robert IscoveRobert WardJune 28, 198963923
A Youth Crime Unit goes undercover as college students to investigate a shady professor (Keith Gordon) who is giving his students a dangerous drug.
11221'Too Much, Too Late'[†][‡]Richard ComptonStory by : John A. Connor
Teleplay by : Jack Richardson
January 25, 199063903
Tubbs' old flame, Valerie (Pam Grier), returns to Miami to help her drug-addicted friend Yvonne (C.C.H. Pounder) who is a slave to her drug dealer's demands. As payment for her addiction, she uses her daughter, Lynette (Malinda Williams) to have sex with the dealer.
  • ^ † These 'lost episodes' aired after the series finale aired on May 21, 1989. The first three episodes aired on NBC in June 1989, while the fourth one aired on USA Network in January 1990.
  • ^ †2 The episode 'Leap of Faith' was a backdoor pilot for a potential series that did not come to fruition.
  • ^ ‡ The episode 'Too Much, Too Late' was not shown on NBC due to its graphic content and a plot vividly involving child molestation, which at the time was considered unsuitable even for nighttime television.

References[edit]

  1. ^ abcdeZoglin, Richard (1985-09-16). 'Cool Cops, Hot Show'. Time Magazine. Time Inc. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
  2. ^ abc'Miami Vice: Seasons 1 & 2'. Bravo Production. www.rbravo.com. 2000. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  3. ^In 1996, TV Guide included this episode as part of its '100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History', ranking it #99.
  4. ^'Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time'. TV Guide (June 28-July 4). 1997.
  5. ^In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode number 90 on its '100 Greatest Episodes of All Time' list.TV Guide Book of Lists. Running Press. 2007. p. 187. ISBN0-7624-3007-9.

External links[edit]

  • List of Miami Vice episodes at TV.com
  • List of Miami Vice episodes at Internet Movie Database
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