Episode Data

Miami Vice

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Season 0

• _{Tuesday, February 8th, 2005}

  1: The Vibe of Vice

  Miami Vice and its ascetic properties.

• _{Tuesday, February 8th, 2005}

  2: Building the Perfect Vice

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

• _{Tuesday, February 8th, 2005}

  3: The Style of Vice

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

• _{Tuesday, February 8th, 2005}

  4: The Music of Vice

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

• _{Tuesday, February 8th, 2005}

  5: Miami after Vice

  A short montage showcasing modern Miami.

Season 1

• _{Sunday, September 16th, 1984}

  1: Brother's Keeper

  Miami Vice Squad detective James 'Sonny' Crockett has just lost his partner, Eddie Rivera, 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 detective, 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." NOTE: This was originally a two-hour pilot movie, but in syndication it is shown as two separate episodes.

• _{Friday, September 28th, 1984}

  2: Heart of Darkness

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

• _{Friday, October 5th, 1984}

  3: Cool Runnin'

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

• _{Friday, October 19th, 1984}

  4: Calderone's Return (1) - The Hit List

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

• _{Friday, October 26th, 1984}

  5: Calderone's Return (2) - Calderone's Demise

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

• _{Friday, November 2nd, 1984}

  6: One Eyed Jack

  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.

• _{Friday, November 9th, 1984}

  7: No Exit (a.k.a. Three-Eyed Turtle)

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

• _{Friday, November 16th, 1984}

  8: The Great McCarthy

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

• _{Friday, November 30th, 1984}

  9: Glades

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

• _{Friday, December 7th, 1984}

  10: Give a Little, Take a Little

  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.

• _{Friday, December 14th, 1984}

  11: Little Prince

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

• _{Friday, January 4th, 1985}

  12: Milk Run

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

• _{Friday, January 11th, 1985}

  13: Golden Triangle (1)

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

• _{Friday, January 18th, 1985}

  14: Golden Triangle (2)

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

• _{Friday, February 1st, 1985}

  15: Smuggler's Blues

  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.

• _{Friday, February 8th, 1985}

  16: Rites of Passage

  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.

• _{Friday, February 22nd, 1985}

  17: The Maze

  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.

• _{Friday, March 8th, 1985}

  18: Made for Each Other

  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.

• _{Friday, March 15th, 1985}

  19: The Home Invaders

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

• _{Friday, March 29th, 1985}

  20: Nobody Lives Forever

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

• _{Friday, May 3rd, 1985}

  21: Evan

  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.

• _{Friday, May 10th, 1985}

  23: Lombard

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

• _{Friday, May 10th, 1985}

  22: Lombard

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

Season 2

• _{Friday, September 27th, 1985}

  1: The Prodigal Son (1)

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

• _{Friday, September 27th, 1985}

  2: The Prodigal Son (2)

• _{Friday, October 4th, 1985}

  3: Whatever Works

  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.

• _{Friday, October 18th, 1985}

  4: Out Where the Buses Don't Run

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

• _{Friday, October 25th, 1985}

  5: The Dutch Oven

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

• _{Friday, November 1st, 1985}

  6: Buddies

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

• _{Friday, November 8th, 1985}

  7: Junk Love

  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.

• _{Friday, November 15th, 1985}

  8: Tale of the Goat

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

• _{Friday, November 22nd, 1985}

  9: Bushido

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

• _{Friday, November 29th, 1985}

  10: Bought and Paid For

  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.

• _{Friday, December 6th, 1985}

  11: Back in the World

  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.

• _{Friday, December 13th, 1985}

  12: Phil the Shill

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

• _{Friday, January 10th, 1986}

  13: Definitely Miami

  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.

• _{Friday, January 17th, 1986}

  14: Yankee Dollar

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

• _{Friday, January 24th, 1986}

  15: One Way Ticket

  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.

• _{Friday, January 31st, 1986}

  16: Little Miss Dangerous

  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.

• _{Friday, February 14th, 1986}

  17: Florence Italy

  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.

• _{Friday, February 21st, 1986}

  18: French Twist

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

• _{Friday, March 7th, 1986}

  19: The Fix

  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.

• _{Friday, March 14th, 1986}

  20: Payback

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

• _{Friday, April 4th, 1986}

  21: Free Verse

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

• _{Friday, May 2nd, 1986}

  22: Trust Fund Pirates

  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.

• _{Friday, May 9th, 1986}

  23: Sons and Lovers

  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 3

• _{Friday, September 26th, 1986}

  1: When Irish Eyes Are Crying

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

• _{Friday, October 3rd, 1986}

  2: Stone's War

  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.

• _{Friday, October 10th, 1986}

  3: Killshot

  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.

• _{Friday, October 17th, 1986}

  4: Walk-Alone

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

• _{Friday, October 24th, 1986}

  5: The Good Collar

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

• _{Friday, October 31st, 1986}

  6: Shadow in the Dark

  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.

• _{Friday, November 7th, 1986}

  7: El Viejo

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

• _{Friday, November 14th, 1986}

  8: Better Living Through Chemistry

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

• _{Friday, November 21st, 1986}

  9: Baby Blues

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

• _{Friday, December 5th, 1986}

  10: Streetwise

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

• _{Friday, December 12th, 1986}

  11: Forgive Us Our Debts

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

• _{Friday, January 9th, 1987}

  12: Down for the Count (1)

  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.

• _{Friday, January 16th, 1987}

  13: Down for the Count (2)

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

• _{Friday, January 23rd, 1987}

  14: Cuba Libre

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

• _{Friday, February 6th, 1987}

  15: Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)

  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.

• _{Friday, February 13th, 1987}

  16: Theresa

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

• _{Friday, February 20th, 1987}

  17: The Afternoon Plane

  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.

• _{Friday, February 27th, 1987}

  18: Lend Me an Ear

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

• _{Friday, March 13th, 1987}

  19: Red Tape

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

• _{Friday, March 20th, 1987}

  20: By Hooker by Crook

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

• _{Friday, March 27th, 1987}

  21: Knock, Knock...Who's There?

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

• _{Friday, April 3rd, 1987}

  22: Viking Bikers from Hell

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

• _{Friday, May 1st, 1987}

  23: Everybody's in Show Biz

  An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.

• _{Friday, May 8th, 1987}

  24: Heroes of the Revolution

  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 4

• _{Friday, September 25th, 1987}

  1: Contempt of Court

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

• _{Friday, October 2nd, 1987}

  2: Amen...Send Money

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

• _{Friday, October 16th, 1987}

  3: Death and the Lady

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

• _{Friday, October 23rd, 1987}

  4: The Big Thaw

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

• _{Friday, October 30th, 1987}

  5: Child's Play

  Crockett agonizes about shooting a child during a weapons investigation.

• _{Friday, November 6th, 1987}

  6: God's Work

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

• _{Friday, November 13th, 1987}

  7: Missing Hours

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

• _{Friday, November 20th, 1987}

  8: Like a Hurricane

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

• _{Friday, December 4th, 1987}

  9: The Rising Sun of Death

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

• _{Friday, January 15th, 1988}

  10: Love at First Sight

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

• _{Friday, January 22nd, 1988}

  11: Rock and a Hard Place

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

• _{Friday, February 5th, 1988}

  12: The Cows of October

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

• _{Friday, February 12th, 1988}

  13: Vote of Confidence

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

• _{Friday, February 19th, 1988}

  14: Baseballs of Death

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

• _{Friday, February 26th, 1988}

  15: Indian Wars

  Tubbs relates to American Indians trying to save their homeland.

• _{Friday, March 4th, 1988}

  16: Honor Among Thieves?

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

• _{Friday, March 11th, 1988}

  17: Hell Hath No Fury

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

• _{Friday, March 18th, 1988}

  18: Badge of Dishonor

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

• _{Friday, April 1st, 1988}

  19: Blood & Roses

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

• _{Friday, April 15th, 1988}

  20: A Bullet for Crockett

  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.

• _{Friday, April 29th, 1988}

  21: Deliver Us from Evil (1)

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

• _{Friday, May 6th, 1988}

  22: Mirror Image (2)

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

Season 5

• _{Friday, November 4th, 1988}

  1: Hostile Takeover (3)

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

• _{Friday, November 11th, 1988}

  2: Redemption in Blood (4)

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

• _{Friday, November 18th, 1988}

  3: Heart of Night

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

• _{Friday, December 2nd, 1988}

  4: Bad Timing

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

• _{Friday, December 9th, 1988}

  5: Borrasca

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

• _{Friday, December 16th, 1988}

  6: Line of Fire

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

• _{Friday, January 13th, 1989}

  7: Asian Cut

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

• _{Friday, January 20th, 1989}

  8: Hard Knocks

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

• _{Friday, February 3rd, 1989}

  9: Fruit of the Poison Tree

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

• _{Friday, February 10th, 1989}

  10: To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)

  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.

• _{Friday, February 17th, 1989}

  11: Miami Squeeze

  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.

• _{Friday, March 3rd, 1989}

  12: Jack of All Trades

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

• _{Friday, March 10th, 1989}

  13: The Cell Within

  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.

• _{Friday, March 17th, 1989}

  14: The Lost Madonna

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

• _{Friday, April 28th, 1989}

  15: Over the Line

  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.

• _{Friday, May 5th, 1989}

  16: Victims of Circumstance

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

• _{Sunday, May 21st, 1989}

  17: Freefall

  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.

• _{Sunday, May 21st, 1989}

  22: Free Fall, Part II

• _{Wednesday, June 14th, 1989}

  18: World of Trouble

  Former mob boss Al Lombard, 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.

• _{Wednesday, June 21st, 1989}

  19: Miracle Man

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

• _{Wednesday, June 28th, 1989}

  20: Leap of Faith

  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.

• _{Thursday, January 25th, 1990}

  21: Too Much, Too Late

  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.