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|ShortSummary= Crockett puts his beloved cigarette boat on the line during the Vice squad's attempt to collar a drug smuggler who moves his product using his favorite |
|ShortSummary= Crockett puts his beloved cigarette boat 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. |
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|ShortSummary= Crockett and Tubbs must journey into the Everglades to find a witness who fled from Miami two days before he is supposed to testify against a drug dealer. |
|ShortSummary= Crockett and Tubbs must journey into the Everglades to find a witness ([[Keith Szarabajka]]) who fled from Miami two days before he is supposed to testify against a drug dealer. |
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|OriginalAirDate= December 7, 1984 |
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|ShortSummary= Crockett's refusal to identify an informant in court gets him locked up on contempt charges. Meanwhile, Trudy and Gina encounter difficulties while attempting to infiltrate a prostitution ring. |
|ShortSummary= Crockett's refusal to identify an informant ([[Lenny Von Dolen]]) in court gets him locked up on contempt charges. Meanwhile, Trudy and Gina encounter difficulties while attempting to infiltrate a prostitution ring. |
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|OriginalAirDate= January 4, 1985 |
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|ShortSummary= Two naïve college students from New York City run afoul of the Vice squad during their attempt to run a shipment of cocaine from Colombia to Miami. |
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|ShortSummary= Lt. Castillo agrees to let the rest of the Vice squad help him bring down Lao Li ([[Keye Luke]]), the Chinese drug lord who tried to have Castillo killed years ago, who is now living in Miami and |
|ShortSummary= Lt. Castillo agrees to let the rest of the Vice squad help him bring down Lao Li ([[Keye Luke]]), the Chinese drug lord who tried to have Castillo killed years ago, who is now living in Miami and holding Castillo's former wife ([[Joan Chen]]) hostage as leverage against him. |
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|ShortSummary= The Vice squad's investigation of an arms dealer is complicated when Crockett encounters Evan Freed ([[William Russ]]), a former Vice cop-turned-[[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|ATF]] agent who's past history with Crockett has left them both with a mutual hatred for each other. |
|ShortSummary= 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-[[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|ATF]] agent who's past history with Crockett has left them both with a mutual hatred for each other. |
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Revision as of 04:18, 10 August 2010
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 111 episodes, spanning five years (1984–1989) of the show's run. The individual seasons are available on DVD in Regions 1, 2, and 4.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Discs | Originally aired | Miami Vice DVD releases | Prod. code | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||||||
| 1 | 22 | 3 | 1984—1985 | February 8, 2005[1] | April 25, 2005[2] | July 13, 2005[3] | 595xx | |
| 2 | 22 | 3 | 1985—1986 | November 22, 2005[4] | July 24, 2006[5] | July 20, 2006[6] | 600xx | |
| 3 | 24 | 5 | 1986—1987 | March 20, 2007[7] | May 14, 2007[8] | July 5, 2007[9] | 620xx | |
| 4 | 22 | 5 | 1987—1988 | March 20, 2007[7] | August 13, 2007[10] | December 4, 2007[11] | 635xx | |
| 5 | 21 | 5 | 1988—1990 | June 26, 2007[12] | December 26, 2007[13] | TBA | 639xx | |
| ALL | 111 | 27 | 1984—1990 | November 13, 2007[14] | October 8, 2007[15][16] | TBA | – | |
Season 1: 1984-1985
Season one of Miami Vice premiered on September 16, 1984 with the two hour pilot premiere on NBC. The first season concluded on May 10, 1985, after 22 episodes. Season one 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.[17] The show's crew took up semipermanent residence in the Alexander Hotel for the first season.[17] They later worked out of Greenwich Studios.[18] Episodes were produced at an average cost of $1.3 million, which compared to a typical cop-show episode of $1 million is much higher.[17] The show went to unusual lengths to get the right settings and props for each episode.[17] Music which was an integral part of the show was looked at differently. The show's directors looked for creative ways to use music on the show.[17] Unlike other television shows at the time that used rock music,[17] Miami Vice would buy the rights to original records rather than imitations.[17] The show would spend up to $10,000 per episode for original recordings on artists like Todd Rundgren, U2, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood to name a few.[17] Jan Hammer, the show's musical composer, would create the rest of the shows musical score.
Hammer used the Fairlight CMI IIx, a computer based music workstation comprising of an 8-bit sampler, digital synthesizer, midi controller and sequencer. The Fairlight enabled to Hammer to score and perform the entire show's music single handedly. [17] Jan would work out of his state-of-the-art studio in his 150-year-old home in Brewster, New York composing the score for each episode.[17]
The film crew on the show, was 95% local to the Miami area.[18] 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.[18]
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Brother's Keeper" | Thomas Carter | Anthony Yerkovich | September 16, 1984 | 83504 |
James "Sonny" Crockett is a Miami Vice Squad policeman who has just lost his colleague Eddie Rivera (Jimmy Smits) in a car bombing. Crockett was investigating Esteban Calderone, a Colombian drug dealer, when he meets a New York police agent Rafael Tubbs. Since they're having problems approaching Calderone, Crockett and Tubbs are forced to work together. Crockett confronts "Rafael" and discovers that he is Ricardo, Rafael's brother, that wants revenge on Calderone, who killed his brother. They decide to work together and Calderone is arrested. He is freed when he pays $2 million bail and escapes. In the end Crockett persuades Tubbs to enter a career in "Southern Law Enforcement". | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Heart of Darkness" | John Llewellyn Moxey | A.J. Edison | September 28, 1984 | 59501 |
Crockett and Tubbs go undercover to infiltrate an illicit pornography distribution ring and rein in an undercover FBI agent (Ed O'Neill) that may have gone over to the other side. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Cool Runnin'" | Lee H. Katzin | Joel Surnow | October 5, 1984 | 59502 |
The Vice squad is forced to rely on a petty criminal (Charlie Barnett) to help them bust a gang of violent Jamaican thugs that are responsible for a series of deadly drug ripoffs around the city. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Calderone's Return: The Hit List (Part 1)" | Richard Colla | Joel Surnow | October 19, 1984 | 59504 |
Calderone, Crockett and Tubbs' old nemesis, hires a notorious hitman to take out his largest competitors in Miami, and the Vice squad soon learns that Crockett's name is also on the hit list. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Calderone's Return: Calderone's Demise (Part 2)" | Paul Michael Glaser | Joel Surnow & Alfonse Ruggiero Jr. | October 26, 1984 | 59507 |
Although Crockett survived the attempt on his life, Lt. Rodriguez (Gregory Sierra) wasn't so lucky. Now Crockett and Tubbs must travel to Bimini to get Calderone and avenge the Lieutenant's death. Along the way, however, Tubbs falls for a beautiful woman whose connection to Calderone is far deeper than he realizes. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "One Eyed Jack" | Lee H. Katzin | Alfonse Ruggiero Jr. | November 2, 1984 | 59503 |
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 infamous loan shark Al Lombard (Dennis Farina). | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "No Exit" | David Soul | Charles R. Leinenweber | November 9, 1984 | 59508 |
The Vice squad joins forces with the FBI in an effort to stop an arms dealer (Bruce Willis) from selling off a cache of stolen Stinger missiles. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Great McCarthy" | Georg Stanford Brown | Philip Reed & Joel Surnow | November 16, 1984 | 59509 |
Crockett puts his beloved cigarette boat 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. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Glades" | Stan Lathan | Rex Weiner & Allan Weisberger | November 30, 1984 | 59506 |
Crockett and Tubbs must journey into the Everglades to find a witness (Keith Szarabajka) who fled from Miami two days before he is supposed to testify against a drug dealer. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Give a Little, Take a Little" | Bobby Roth | Chuck Adamson | December 7, 1984 | 59505 |
Crockett's refusal to identify an informant (Lenny Von Dolen) in court gets him locked up on contempt charges. Meanwhile, Trudy and Gina encounter difficulties while attempting to infiltrate a prostitution ring. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Little Prince" | Allan J. Levi | Joel Surnow & Wendy Cozen | December 14, 1985 | 59515 |
After the Vice squad arrests the son of a drug-dealing industrialist during a raid, Crockett and Tubbs try to convince him to help them bring down his father. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Milk Run" | John Nicolella | Allison Hock | January 4, 1985 | 59512 |
Two naïve college students from New York City run afoul of the Vice squad during their attempt to run a shipment of cocaine from Colombia to Miami. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Golden Triangle (Part 1)" | Georg Stanford Brown | Maurice Hurley | January 11, 1985 | 59511 |
Crockett and Tubbs go undercover as hotel security guards in an effort to stop a professional thief from robbing the hotel's safe deposit boxes, but the case ends up having a connection to a far larger criminal organization that Lt. Castillo has encountered in the past. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Golden Triangle (Part 2)" | David Anspaugh | Maurice Hurley & Michael Mann | January 18, 1985 | 59516 |
| 15 | 15 | "Smuggler's Blues" | Paul Michael Glaser | Miguel Piñero | February 1, 1985 | 59514 |
Crockett and Tubbs are recruited by the DEA to pose as drug smugglers in an effort to expose someone in law enforcement who has been murdering drug dealers and their families. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Rites of Passage" | David Anspaugh | Daniel Pyne | February 8, 1985 | 59519 |
Tubbs encounters an old flame (Pam Grier), a female detective from New York looking for her missing sister, during the Vice squad's investigation into the murder of a call girl. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "The Maze" | Tim Zinnemann | Michael Eric Stein | February 22, 1985 | 59523 |
Tubbs is taken hostage by gang members in a run-down hotel, along with all of the other tenants, thanks to the would-be heroics of a cop out to avenge his partner's murder. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Made for Each Other" | Rob Cohen | Joel Surnow & Allan Weisbecker | March 8, 1985 | 59527 |
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. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Home Invaders" | Abel Ferrara | Chuck Adamson | March 15, 1985 | 59525 |
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. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Nobody Lives Forever" | Jim Johnston | Edward DiLorenzo | March 29, 1985 | 59520 |
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. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Evan" | Rob Cohen | Paul Diamond | May 3, 1985 | 59518 |
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 who's past history with Crockett has left them both with a mutual hatred for each other. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Lombard" | John Nicolella | David Assael & Joel Surnow | May 10, 1985 | 59529 |
Crockett and Tubbs are assigned to provide protection for mobster Al Lombard, who is set to testify against a Mafia family as part of a plea bargain. | ||||||
Season 2: 1985-1986
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.
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 23 | 1 | "Prodigal Son" | Paul Michael Glaser | Daniel Pyne | September 27, 1985 | 60013 |
Crockett and Tubbs go to New York City to hunt down Colombian drug dealers. Meanwhile, Tubbs reunites with his old flame Valerie (Pam Grier). | ||||||
| 24 | 2 | "Whatever Works" | John Nicolella | Maurice Hurley | October 4, 1985 | 60025 |
Crockett, Tubbs and Castillo seek guidance from a Santerian priestess (Eartha Kitt) to find who ritually killing off cops and drug dealers. Meanwhile, Izzy helps Crockett get back his Ferarri after it is re-possessed by a city accountant. | ||||||
| 25 | 3 | "Out Where the Buses Don't Run" | Jim Johnston | Story: Joel Surnow & Douglas Lloyd MacIntosh Teleplay: Douglas Lloyd MacIntosh & John Mankiewicz | October 18, 1985 | 60006 |
A retired, delusional cop (Bruce McGill) helps Crockett and Tubbs hunt down a cocaine dealer they thought was dead. | ||||||
| 26 | 4 | "The Dutch Oven" | Abel Ferrera | Maurice Hurley | October 25, 1985 | 60003 |
After killing her first perpetrator, Trudy is haunted by her actions and seeks consolement from her club owner ex-boyfriend, David (Cleavant Derricks). What Trudy doesn't know is that David is connected to a petty drug dealer (Giancarlo Esposito) who brings his club business. | ||||||
| 27 | 5 | "Buddies" | Dan Mastrogeorge | Frank Military | November 1, 1985 | 60020 |
Crockett learns that his old college buddy, Robbie (James Remar), a new father, who is trying clean up his life, may be connected to the murder of a teenage mother. | ||||||
| 28 | 6 | "Junk Love" | Michael O'Herlihy | Julia Cameron | November 8, 1985 | 60017 |
Crockett and Tubbs make a bust at a brothel. The brothel owner Ivory Jones (Miles Davis) gives information on one of his prostitutes who is connected to a big-time drug dealer. | ||||||
| 29 | 7 | "Tale of the Goat" | Michael O'Herlihy | Jim Trombetta | November 15, 1985 | 60036 |
Tubbs crosses paths with a Haitian voodoo priest (Clarence Williams III), "who has returned from the dead", to kill a business man (Mykelti Williamson) who double-crossed him. | ||||||
| 30 | 8 | "Bushido" | Edward James Olmos | James Leekley | November 22, 1985 | 60042 |
Jack Gretsky (Dean Stockwell), Castillo's old friend from the Vietnam War, who is dying of cancer asks for protection of his wife and son who are being pursued by the KGB. | ||||||
| 31 | 9 | "Bought and Paid For" | John Nicolella | Marvin Kupfer | November 29, 1985 | 60024 |
Gina's cleaning lady, Odette (Lynn Whitfield), a Haitian immigrant, is raped in Gina's home by Nico (Joaquim de Almeida), the son of wealthy man. Odette then recants her story after Nico pays for her mother moving to America, leaving Gina puzzled. | ||||||
| 32 | 10 | "Back in the World" | Don Johnson | Terry McDonnell | December 6, 1985 | 60023 |
Ira Stone (Bob Balaban), Crockett's journalist friend from the Vietman War is ready to break a story connecting a respected general (G. Gordon Liddy) and soldiers who are smuggling drugs in body bags. | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | "Phil the Shill" | John Nicolella | Paul Diamond | December 13, 1985 | 60037 |
Switek is duped by popular game show host Phil Mayhew (Phil Collins) who has connections to a cocaine dealer. | ||||||
| 34 | 12 | "Definitely Miami" | Rob Cohen | Michael Ahnemann & Daniel Pyne | January 10, 1986 | 60012 |
Crockett is caught in a romance with an attractive, mysterious woman (Arielle Dombasle) whose drug dealing boyfriend (Ted Nugent) kills off his clients in cold blood, stealing their drugs and money. | ||||||
| 35 | 13 | "Yankee Dollar" | Aaron Lipstadt | John Mankiewicz & Daniel Pyne | January 17, 1986 | 60047 |
Crockett and Tubbs agree to cooperate with a shady drug dealer who has the answers to an unsolved murder. | ||||||
| 36 | 14 | "One Way Ticket" | Craig Bolotin | Craig Bolotin & John Mankiewicz | January 24, 1986 | 60040 |
Crockett learns that a deputy district attorney (John Heard) may be responsible for the killing of the state attorney. | ||||||
| 37 | 15 | "Little Miss Dangerous" | Leon Ichaso | Frank Military | January 31, 1986 | 60038 |
Tubbs befriends a teenage prostitute (Fiona) who may be responsible for a number of killings that involve child-like drawings. | ||||||
| 38 | 16 | "Florence Italy" | John Nicolella | Wilton Crawley | February 14, 1986 | 60011 |
Crockett and Tubbs investigate the death of a teenage prostitute, with a big-time Grand Prix racer (Danny Sullivan) possibly being connected. | ||||||
| 39 | 17 | "French Twist" | David Jackson | Michael Hoggan & Jason Summers Teleplay: Jason Summers | February 21, 1986 | 60049 |
Crockett's romance with a French Interpol agent (Lisa Eichhorn), leads to Tubbs' suspicion of her connection to a international drug-dealing assassin. | ||||||
| 40 | 18 | "The Fix" | Dick Miller | Chuck Adamson | March 7, 1986 | 60008 |
A respected judge (Bill Russell) with a lot of gambling debts, asks his son (Bernard King) to throw basketball game to break even with a big-time hustler (Michael Richards). | ||||||
| 41 | 19 | "Payback" | Aaron Lipstadt | Robert Crais | March 14, 1986 | 60048 |
A drug supplier (Frank Zappa), believes Crockett's alter-ego, Burnett has stolen $3 million from him. | ||||||
| 42 | 20 | "Free Verse" | John Nicolella | Shel Williams & Jim Trombetta Teleplay: Jim Trombetta | April 4, 1986 | 60005 |
Crockett and Tubbs must protect a revolutionary poet, recently freed from prison. | ||||||
| 43 | 21 | "Trust Fund Pirates" | Jim Johnston | Daniel Pyne | May 2, 1986 | 60027 |
Crockett and Tubbs ask for the assistance of amateur pilot (Gary Cole), who personally knows a group of rich kids who are killing off drug dealing sailors and stealing their drugs and money. | ||||||
| 44 | 22 | "Sons and Lovers" | John Nicolella | Dennis Cooper | May 9, 1986 | 60008 |
Angelina, Esteban Calderone's daughter returns and reveals to Tubbs that he fathered her child. Also, Angelina's half-brother Ivan Calderone (John Leguizamo), is after Tubbs for murdering his father. | ||||||
Season 3: 1986-1987
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 taking over as producer for 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).
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 45 | 1 | "When Irish Eyes Are Crying" | Mario Di Leo | Story: John Leekley Teleplay: Dick Wolf and John Leekley | September 26, 1986 | 62004 |
Gina begins a romance with a Irish revolutionary (Liam Neeson) who is buying hi-tech terrorist weapons. | ||||||
| 46 | 2 | "Stone's War" | David Jackson | David Jackson | October 3, 1986 | 62012 |
Ira Stone returns showing Crockett footage of U.S. soldiers engaging in a secret war in Nicaragua with General Maynard once again, being behind it all. | ||||||
| 47 | 3 | "Killshot" | Leon Ichaso | Story: Marvin Kupfer, Leon Ichaso & Manuael Arce Teleplay: Marvin Kupfer | October 10, 1985 | 62018 |
A talented Jai alai player (Fernando Allende) is framed for killing a prostitute with his customs agent older brother trying to cover it up. | ||||||
| 48 | 4 | "Walk Alone" | David Jackson | W.K. Scott Meyer | October 17, 1986 | 62014 |
Tubbs goes undercover as a prisoner to expose drug dealing prison guards. | ||||||
| 49 | 5 | "The Good Collar" | Mario Di Leo | Dennis Cooper | October 24, 1986 | 62001 |
A high school football player (Keith Diamond) caught by Crockett delivering heroin, he agrees to help Crockett stop a teenage druglord. | ||||||
| 50 | 6 | "Shadow in the Dark" | Christopher Crowe | Chuck Adamson | October 31, 1986 | 62003 |
Crockett loses his cool and possibly his mind when trying to stop a house intruder with a murderous past. | ||||||
| 51 | 7 | "El Viejo" | Aaron Lipstadt | Alan Moskowitz | November 7, 1986 | 62009 |
A Texas Ranger (Willie Nelson) believes Crockett's undercover role, Burnett, is legit, and is out to stop him. | ||||||
| 52 | 8 | "Better Living Through Chemistry" | Leon Ichaso | Story: Ken Edwards and Harold Rosenthal Teleplay: Dick Wolf and Michael Duggan | November 14, 1986 | 62007 |
Tubbs' former partner from New York is out for revenge, believing that Tubbs is responsible for having him dropped from the force. | ||||||
| 53 | 9 | "Baby Blues" | Daniel Attias | Story: Dick Wolf and Michael Duggan Teleplay: Michael Duggan | November 21, 1986 | 62017 |
The Vice squad discover that babies are involved in a illegal apdoption ring | ||||||
| 54 | 10 | "Streetwise" | Fred Walton | Dennis Cooper | December 5, 1986 | 62002 |
A undercover cop (Bill Paxton) with a wife and child at home, has a romance with a prostitute (Deborah Adair). Meanwhile, Tubbs goes undercover as a pimp to stop a rival (Wesley Snipes). | ||||||
| 55 | 11 | "Forgive Us Our Debts" | Jan Eliasberg | Gustave Reininger | December 12, 1986 | 62013 |
Crockett does all he can to stop the execution of Frank Hackman (Guy Boyd), a man convicted of killing his former partner. | ||||||
| 56 | 12 | "Down For The Count (Part 1)" | Richard Compton | Story: Dick Wolf Teleplay: Dick Wolf and John Schulian | January 9, 1987 | 62020 |
Zito goes undercover as trainer for a young boxer (Mark Breland), to expose a ruthless druglord. But his investigation leads to his death. | ||||||
| 57 | 13 | "Down For The Count (Part 2)" | Richard Compton | Story: Dick Wolf Teleplay: Dick Wolf and John Schulian | January 16, 1987 | 62023 |
Switek is upset when Internal affairs finds out Zito was dirty and goes out to clear his partner's name. | ||||||
| 58 | 14 | "Cuba Libre" | Virgil W. Vogel | Eric Estrin & Michael Berlin | January 23, 1987 | 62015 |
Crockett and Tubbs must stop the assassination plot on a Cuban diplomat. | ||||||
| 59 | 15 | "Duty and Honor" | John Nicolella | Marvin Kupfer | February 6, 1987 | 62019 |
Castillo investigates on a number of prostitute murders, which has similarities to a early '70s case during his time in Vietnam. | ||||||
| 60 | 16 | "Theresa" | Virgil W. Vogel | Pamela Norris | February 13, 1987 | 62024 |
Crockett's romance with a heroin-addicted doctor, named Theresa Lyons (Helena Bonham Carter), jeopardizes his case against a drug dealer. | ||||||
| 61 | 17 | "The Afternoon Plane" | David Jackson | David Jackson | February 20, 1987 | 62022 |
Tubbs' vacation in a small island turns for the worst when everyone in the island is working for his nemesis, Ivan Calderone. With Calderone wanting to make sure that Tubbs does not make it out of the island alive. | ||||||
| 62 | 18 | "Lend Me an Ear" | James Quinn | Story: Dick Wolf Teleplay: Michael Duggan | February 27, 1987 | 62027 |
Steve Duddy (John Glover), a former cop from the surveillance unit agrees to help Crockett and Tubbs by supplying them with equipment to nab drug dealers, the problem is Duddy supplies the same equipment to the same drug dealers. | ||||||
| 63 | 19 | "Red Tape" | Gabrielle Beaumont | Story: Dennis Cooper Teleplay: Jonathan Polansky | March 13, 1987 | 62029 |
Tubbs is on the hunt to find out who is leaking information to drug dealers about police drug busts. | ||||||
| 64 | 20 | "By Hooker By Crook" | Don Johnson | Story: Dick Wolf Teleplay: John Schulian | March 20, 1987 | 62026 |
Crockett's latest romance with a respected business woman (Melanie Griffith) turns sour, when it is revealed that the woman is a madam. | ||||||
| 65 | 21 | "Knock Knock...Who's There?" | Tony Wharmby | Story and Teleplay: Dick Wolf & Michael Duggan | March 27, 1987 | 62028 |
Crockett and Tubbs investigate why their drug busts are ruined by possibly fake federal agents who disappear with the evidence. | ||||||
| 66 | 22 | "Viking Bikers From Hell" | James Quinn | Story: Walter Kurtz Teleplay: Dick Wolf and Michael Duggan | April 3, 1987 | 62032 |
A group of bikers hunt down Crockett for the death of one of their comrades. | ||||||
| 67 | 23 | "Everybody's In Showbiz..." | Richard Compton | Story: Reinaldo Povod and David Cooper Teleplay: David Burke | May 1, 1987 | 62031 |
An actor gets in trouble with a ruthless drug dealer (Paul Calderon) for stealing his briefcase. | ||||||
| 68 | 24 | "Heroes of the Revolution" | Gabrielle Beaumont | Story: Dick Wolf Teleplay: John Schulian | May 8, 1987 | 62033 |
A German spy (Jeroen Krabbé) from Gina's mother's past, returns to avenge her death. | ||||||
Season 4: 1987-1988
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.
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 69 | 1 | "Contempt of Court" | Jan Eliasberg | Peter McCabe | September 25, 1987 | 63504 |
Frank Mosca (Stanley Tucci), a big-time mobster refuses to cooperate in court and wants to find the witness that Crockett is protecting. | ||||||
| 70 | 2 | "Amen... Send Money" | James Quinn | John Schulian | October 2, 1987 | 63502 |
Tubbs is accussed of raping a church-goer and is also caught between a feud with two televangelists Rev. Billy Bob Proverb (Brian Dennehy) and Mason Mather (James Tolkan). | ||||||
| 71 | 3 | "Death and the Lady" | Colin Bucksey | David Black | October 16, 1987 | 63501 |
An actress' murder in a snuff film, leads to Crockett and Tubbs investigating the shady director (Paul Guilfoyle). | ||||||
| 72 | 4 | "The Big Thaw" | Richard Compton | Joseph DeBlasi | October 23, 1987 | 63507 |
A deceased reggae musician's widow and cryobiologist argue over the cryogenically frozen corpse. | ||||||
| 73 | 5 | "Child's Play" | Vern Gillum | Story: Priscilla Turner Teleplay: Michael Piller | October 30, 1987 | 63508 |
Crockett accidentally shoots a gun-wielding young boy used as a pawn by a criminal. | ||||||
| 74 | 6 | "God's Work" | Jan Eliasberg | Edward Tivnan | November 6, 1987 | 63503 |
A drug kingpin's son (Esai Morales) returns to Miami to be a part of his father's business and also holds a personal secret. | ||||||
| 75 | 7 | "Missing Hours" | Ate de Jong | Thomas M. Disch | November 13, 1987 | 63515 |
Trudy has a puzzling alien encounter, which sets a change in her behavior. | ||||||
| 76 | 8 | "Like a Hurricane" | Colin Bucksey | Robert Palm | November 20, 1987 | 63511 |
Crockett falls in love with Caitlin Davies (Sheena Easton), a recording artist he is assigned to protect. They later decide to marry. | ||||||
| 77 | 9 | "The Rising Sun of Death" | Leon Ichaso | Peter Lance | December 4, 1987 | 63506 |
Castillo investigates a possible Yakuza presence in Miami. | ||||||
| 78 | 10 | "Love at First Sight" | Don Johnson | Peter McCabe | January 15, 1988 | 63517 |
Caitlin becomes concerned for Crockett's life, when he agrees to go undercover in a video dating service to catch a serial killer. | ||||||
| 79 | 11 | "A Rock and a Hard Place" | Colin Bucksey | Story: Dick Wolf Teleplay: Robert Palm | January 22, 1988 | 63512 |
Two ruthless music executives are out to ruin Caitlin's comeback by exposing that she is married to drug dealer Burnett (Crockett's cover) not Crockett himself. | ||||||
| 80 | 12 | "The Cows of October" | Vern Gillum | Ed Zuckerman | February 5, 1988 | 63510 |
The Vice squad must stop bull semen from contaminating the beef supply. | ||||||
| 81 | 13 | "Vote of Confidence" | Randy Roberts | John Schulian | February 12, 1988 | 63520 |
A respected gubernatorial candidate (Larry Pine) is caught in a prostitution ring bust. | ||||||
| 88 | 14 | "Baseballs of Death" | Bill Duke | Peter Lance | February 19, 1988 | 63522 |
A ruthless criminal (Tony Plana) will stop at nothing to acquire high-quality explosives. | ||||||
| 83 | 15 | "Indian Wars" | Leon Ichaso | Story: Carl Waldman & Frank Coffey Teleplay: Michael Duggan, Peter Lance, Robert Palm, Carl Waldman & Frank Coffey | February 26, 1988 | 63514 |
Tubbs goes undercover in Florida indian reservation to uncover unlawful practices. | ||||||
| 84 | 16 | "Honor Among Thieves?" | Jim Johnston | Jack Richardson | March 4, 1988 | 63519 |
A delusional serial killer with an affinity for glass dolls is killing young girls, he also happens to be the leader of a drug dealer retreat that Crockett and Tubbs are attending. | ||||||
| 85 | 17 | "Hell Hath No Fury" | Virgil W. Vogel | Story: David Black Teleplay: Michael Duggan | March 11, 1988 | 63521 |
A rapist is released from prison and Trudy fears what the victim will avenge her situation by killing the man. | ||||||
| 86 | 18 | "Badge of Dishonor" | Richard Compton | Story: Dick Wolf Teleplay: Michael Duggan & Peter Lance | March 18, 1988 | 63524 |
Tubbs begins to develop a connection with a female undercover officer, who are both investigating a number of murders by the docks. | ||||||
| 87 | 19 | "Blood & Roses" | George Mendeluk | Story: Dick Wolf Teleplay: Robert Palm | April 1, 1988 | 63523 |
Frank Mosca returns and develops romantic interest in Gina. | ||||||
| 88 | 20 | "A Bullet for Crockett" | Donald L. Gold | Story: Dick Wolf Teleplay: Michael Duggan & Peter Lance | April 15, 1988 | 63525 |
Crockett hangs on dear life after being shot by a drug dealer's girlfriend (Lisa Vidal), who shot Crockett because he killed her love. While in the hospital the other members of the Vice squad reminisce about their memories with Crockett. | ||||||
| 89 | 21 | "Deliver Us From Evil (Part 1)" | George Mendeluk | Story: Dick Wolf Teleplay: David Black, Michael Duggan & Robert Palm | April 29, 1988 | 63528 |
Frank Hackman returns and kills Caitlin during her concert after Crockett accidentally kills Hackman's girl during a police bust. | ||||||
| 90 | 22 | "Mirror Image (Part 2)" | Richard Compton | Story: Daniel Sackheim & Nelson Oramas Teleplay: Robert Palm & Daniel Sackheim | May 6, 1988 | 63526 |
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: 1988-1989
Season five of Miami Vice is the final season of the series. The season premiered on November 4, 1988, with the "Hostile Takeover (Part 3)". 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.
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | 1 | "Hostile Takeover (Part 3)" | Don Johnson | Ken Solarz | November 4, 1988 | 63905 |
Sonny still assumes the identity of Burnett, unaware of his past as a police officer. Burnett has now gained full control of a drug empire and exposes Tubbs' identity as a cop. | ||||||
| 92 | 2 | "Redemption in Blood (Part 4)" | Paul Krasny | Story: Robert Ward Teleplay: Scott Shepherd & Ken Solarz | November 11, 1988 | 63906 |
Crockett's memory begins to come back, just as Tubbs begins a plan to take him down. | ||||||
| 93 | 3 | "Heart of Night" | Paul Krasny | James Becket | November 18, 1988 | 63904 |
Castillo must protect his ex-wife Mai Ying (Joan Chen) from a drug lord. Also, Mai Ying's current husband Ma Sek (James Saito) may have connections to the drug lord. | ||||||
| 94 | 4 | "Bad Timing" | Virgil W. Vogel | Scott Shepherd | December 2, 1988 | 63907 |
Crockett takes a much needed vacation in a Florida town and is then kidnapped by three homicidal prison escapees. | ||||||
| 95 | 5 | "Borrasca" | Vern Gillum | Elvis Cole & Vladislavo Stepankutza | December 9, 1988 | 63901 |
The Vice squad are asked not to be involved in a drug deal involving government agents. | ||||||
| 96 | 6 | "Line of Fire" | Richard Compton | Raymond Hartung | December 16, 1988 | 63908 |
Crockett and Tubbs must protect a young man (Justin Lazard) who is a key witness in a drug lord's trial. | ||||||
| 97 | 7 | "Asian Cut" | James Contner | Story: Robert Ward Teleplay: Peter McCabe | January 13, 1989 | 63909 |
Trudy goes undercover as a call girl to lure sadistic serial killer who leaves his victims with distinctive knife marks. | ||||||
| 98 | 8 | "Hard Knocks" | Vern Gillum | Story: Robert Ward, Scott Shepherd & Ken Solarz Teleplay: Ken Solarz | January 20, 1989 | 63910 |
Switek tries to convince a major college quarterback to throw a game, to break even with a hustler. | ||||||
| 99 | 9 | "Fruit of the Poison Tree" | Michelle Manning | Rob Bragin | February 3, 1989 | 63912 |
Crockett and Tubbs investigate a shady lawyer who defends drug dealers, then steals and resells their drugs. | ||||||
| 100 | 10 | "To Have and to Hold" | Eugene Corr | William Conway | February 10, 1989 | 63913 |
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. | ||||||
| 101 | 11 | "Miami Squeeze" | Michelle Manning | Story: Robert Ward, Peter McCabe & Ted Mann Teleplay: Peter McCabe & Ted Mann | February 17, 1989 | 63917 |
An anti-drug Congresswoman's (Rita Moreno) campaign is jeopardized when her son steals a shipment of drugs from a big-time kingpin. | ||||||
| 102 | 12 | "Jack of All Trades" | Vern Gillum | Story: Robert Ward Teleplay: Ken Solarz | March 3, 1989 | 63911 |
Crockett's scheming cousin Jack (David Andrews) unintentionally gets involved with a dangerous druglord. | ||||||
| 103 | 13 | "The Cell Within" | Michael B. Hoggan | Jack Richardson | March 10, 1989 | 63902 |
Jack Manning (John P. Ryan), a former criminal that Tubbs imprisoned, 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". | ||||||
| 104 | 14 | "The Lost Madonna" | Chip Chalmers | Robert Goethals | March 17, 1989 | 63914 |
Crockett and Tubbs agree to help an artsy NYPD detective (Michael Chiklis) retrieve a 15th century statue of the Madonna. | ||||||
| 105 | 15 | "Over the Line" | Russ Mayberry | Story: Robert Ward & Scott Shepherd Teleplay: Terry McDonell | April 28, 1989 | 63918 |
Crockett and Tubbs go undercover joining a group of vigilante cops, who serve their own justice against criminals. | ||||||
| 106 | 16 | "Victims of Circumstance" | Colin Bucksey | Richard Lourie | May 5, 1989 | 63918 |
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 supremacist group. | ||||||
| 107 | 17 | "Freefall" | Russ Mayberry | Story: Frank Holman, Scott Shepherd & Ken Solarz Teleplay: Ken Solarz & William Conway | May 21, 1989 | 63924 |
In the series finale, Crockett and Tubbs are recruited to protect Gen. Manuel Borbon (Ian McShane), a dictator of a ravaged Latin American country. | ||||||
| 108 | 18 | "World of Trouble[†]" | Alan Myerson | Raymond Hartung | June 14, 1989 | 63922 |
Former mob boss Al Lombard (Dennis Farina), who was believed to be dead, returns to tries convince his son to say out of the mob business. | ||||||
| 109 | 19 | "Miracle Man[†]" | Alan Myerson | Story: Robert Ward & Gillian Horvath Teleplay: Rob Bragin | June 21, 1989 | 63921 |
A delusional vigilante named "Miracle Man" donning a blanket as a cape, frequently gets involved with Tubbs and Switek's investigations. | ||||||
| 110 | 20 | "Leap of Faith[†]" | Robert Iscove | Robert Ward | June 28, 1989 | 63923 |
A Youth Crime Unit goes undercover as college students to investigate a shady professor (Keith Gordon) who is giving his students a dangerous drug. | ||||||
| 111 | 21 | "Too Much, Too Late[†][‡]" | Richard Compton | Story: John A. Connor Teleplay: Jack Richardson | January 25, 1990 | 63903 |
Tubbs' old flame, Valerie (Pam Grier), returns to Miami to help her drug-addicted friend Yvonne (CCH 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 episodes aired on NBC after the series finale, on May 21, 1989, and the fourth one aired on the USA Network.
- ^ ‡ "Too Much, Too Late" was never 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.
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