Miami Vice

Miami Vice was a popular and innovative television series (five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989) starring Don Johnson (James "Sonny" Crockett) and Philip Michael Thomas (Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs) as two Miami police detectives working undercover. A motion picture based on the series was released on July 28, 2006.

Legend has it that the head of NBC's Entertainment Division, Brandon Tartikoff, wrote a brainstorming memo that simply read "MTV cops". The result was Ethan Inglis's production of Miami Vice. However, according to series creator Anthony Yerkovich, the initial idea for the show came from a Time Magazine article on a then-recently enacted law that allows law enforcement agencies (the DEA, FBI, etc.) to use items recovered in the commission of a crime to further other unrelated investigations. This allowed a confiscated Ferrari, for example, to be used to enhance an undercover officer's cover as a high-profile drug dealer, which is exactly what happened on Miami Vice.

While the series had many regulars, it focused primarily on two lead characters, James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs.

Crockett is a former University of Florida Gators football star, best known for running a 90-yard touchdown in under 6 seconds. After being laid up from a football injury, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, and served 2 tours in Southeast Asia. In 1974 he became a Metro-Dade uniformed patrol officer. As the series begins in 1984 he is a Metro-Dade Police detective assigned to the Vice Unit. Crockett's street cover name is "Sonny Burnett." Elements of the detective's cover include a Ferrari Daytona Spyder (the car used on the show was actually a modified Chevrolet Corvette), a "Scarab" offshore power-boat, and a sailboat on which he lives with his pet alligator Elvis. Later in the show, Crockett's Ferrari Daytona Spyder is blown up during an illegal arms deal and he acquires a Ferrari Testarossa. Creator Anthony Yerkovich originally used the name Sonny Crockett for a criminal on the seminal cop series Hill Street Blues.

Tubbs, a former New York police detective, travels to Miami on a mission involving a personal vendetta against Calderone, the man who killed his brother. After temporarily teaming up with Crockett in the pilot episode, Tubbs follows his counterpart's advice and transfers to "a career in Southern law enforcement". He joins the Miami department and becomes Crockett's permanent partner. Tubbs often poses as "Rico Cooper," a rich out-of-town buyer; with Crockett (posing as Sonny Burnett) brokering Tubbs's deals with criminals, the crooks can be set up for arrest.

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Miami Vice Episodes

Miami Vice Season 1

1. 1- 1 83504 16 Sep 84 Brother's Keeper (1 & 2)
2. 1- 2 59501 28 Sep 84 Heart of Darkness
3. 1- 3 59502 5 Oct 84 Cool Runnin'
4. 1- 4 59504 19 Oct 84 The Hit List (1)
5. 1- 5 59507 26 Oct 84 Calderone's Demise (2)
6. 1- 6 59503 2 Nov 84 One-Eyed Jack
7. 1- 7 59508 9 Nov 84 No Exit (a.k.a. Three-Eyed Turtle)
8. 1- 8 59509 16 Nov 84 The Great McCarthy
9. 1- 9 59506 30 Nov 84 Glades
10. 1-10 59505 7 Dec 84 Give a Little, Take a Little
11. 1-11 59515 14 Dec 84 Little Prince
12. 1-12 59512 4 Jan 85 The Milk Run
13. 1-13 59511 11 Jan 85 Golden Triangle (1) (a.k.a. Score)
14. 1-14 59516 18 Jan 85 Golden Triangle (2)
15. 1-15 59514 1 Feb 85 Smuggler's Blues
16. 1-16 59519 8 Feb 85 Rites of Passage
17. 1-17 59523 22 Feb 85 The Maze
18. 1-18 59527 8 Mar 85 Made for Each Other
19. 1-19 59525 15 Mar 85 The Home Invaders
20. 1-20 59520 29 Mar 85 Nobody Lives Forever
21. 1-21 59518 3 May 85 Evan
22. 1-22 59529 10 May 85 Lombard

Miami Vice Season 2

23. 2- 1 60013 27 Sep 85 The Prodigal Son (1 & 2)
24. 2- 2 60025 4 Oct 85 Whatever Works
25. 2- 3 60006 18 Oct 85 Out Where The Buses Don't Run
26. 2- 4 60003 25 Oct 85 The Dutch Oven
27. 2- 5 60020 1 Nov 85 Buddies
28. 2- 6 60017 8 Nov 85 Junk Love
29. 2- 7 60036 15 Nov 85 Tale of the Goat
30. 2- 8 60042 22 Nov 85 Bushido
31. 2- 9 60024 29 Nov 85 Bought and Paid For
32. 2-10 60023 6 Dec 85 Back in the World
33. 2-11 60037 13 Dec 85 Phil the Shill
34. 2-12 60012 10 Jan 86 Definitely Miami
35. 2-13 60047 17 Jan 86 Yankee Dollar
36. 2-14 60040 24 Jan 86 One Way Ticket
37. 2-15 60038 31 Jan 86 Little Miss Dangerous
38. 2-16 60011 14 Feb 86 Florence, Italy
39. 2-17 60049 21 Feb 86 French Twist
40. 2-18 60008 7 Mar 86 The Fix
41. 2-19 60048 14 Mar 86 Payback
42. 2-20 60005 4 Apr 86 Free Verse
43. 2-21 60027 2 May 86 Trust Fund Pirates
44. 2-22 60008 9 May 86 Sons and Lovers

Miami Vice Season 3

45. 3- 1 62004 26 Sep 86 When Irish Eyes Are Crying
46. 3- 2 62012 3 Oct 86 Stone's War
47. 3- 3 62018 10 Oct 86 Killshot
48. 3- 4 62014 17 Oct 86 Walk Alone
49. 3- 5 62001 24 Oct 86 The Good Collar
50. 3- 6 62003 31 Oct 86 Shadow in the Dark
51. 3- 7 62009 7 Nov 86 El Viejo
52. 3- 8 62007 14 Nov 86 Better Living Through Chemistry
53. 3- 9 62017 21 Nov 86 Baby Blues
54. 3-10 62002 5 Dec 86 Streetwise
55. 3-11 62013 12 Dec 86 Forgive Us Our Debts
56. 3-12 62020 9 Jan 87 Down for the Count (1)
57. 3-13 62023 16 Jan 87 Down for the Count (2)
58. 3-14 62015 23 Jan 87 Cuba Libre
59. 3-15 62019 6 Feb 87 Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)
60. 3-16 62024 13 Feb 87 Theresa
61. 3-17 62022 20 Feb 87 The Afternoon Plane
62. 3-18 62027 27 Feb 87 Lend Me an Ear
63. 3-19 62029 13 Mar 87 Red Tape
64. 3-20 62026 20 Mar 87 By Hooker By Crook
65. 3-21 62028 27 Mar 87 Knock, Knock, Who's There?
66. 3-22 62032 3 Apr 87 Viking Bikers from Hell
67. 3-23 62031 1 May 87 Everybody's in Showbiz...
68. 3-24 62033 8 May 87 Heroes of the Revolution

Miami Vice Season 4

69. 4- 1 63504 25 Sep 87 Contempt of Court
70. 4- 2 63502 2 Oct 87 Amen... Send Money
71. 4- 3 63501 16 Oct 87 Death and the Lady
72. 4- 4 63507 23 Oct 87 The Big Thaw
73. 4- 5 63508 30 Oct 87 Child's Play
74. 4- 6 63503 6 Nov 87 God's Work
75. 4- 7 63515 13 Nov 87 Missing Hours
76. 4- 8 63511 20 Nov 87 Like a Hurricane
77. 4- 9 63506 4 Dec 87 Rising Sun of Death
78. 4-10 63517 15 Jan 88 Love at First Sight
79. 4-11 63512 22 Jan 88 A Rock and a Hard Place
80. 4-12 63510 5 Feb 88 The Cows of October
81. 4-13 63520 12 Feb 88 Vote of Confidence
82. 4-14 63522 19 Feb 88 Baseballs of Death
83. 4-15 63514 26 Feb 88 Indian Wars
84. 4-16 63519 4 Mar 88 Honor Among Thieves
85. 4-17 63521 11 Mar 88 Hell Hath No Fury...
86. 4-18 63524 18 Mar 88 Badge of Dishonor
87. 4-19 63523 1 Apr 88 Blood and Roses
88. 4-20 63525 15 Apr 88 A Bullet for Crockett
89. 4-21 63528 29 Apr 88 Deliver Us from Evil (1)
90. 4-22 63526 6 May 88 Mirror Image (2)

Miami Vice Season 5

91. 5- 1 63905 4 Nov 88 Hostile Takeover (3)
92. 5- 2 63906 11 Nov 88 Redemption in Blood (4)
93. 5- 3 63904 18 Nov 88 Heart of Night
94. 5- 4 63907 2 Dec 88 Bad Timing
95. 5- 5 63901 9 Dec 88 Borrasca
96. 5- 6 63908 16 Dec 88 Line of Fire
97. 5- 7 63909 13 Jan 89 Asian Cut
98. 5- 8 63910 20 Jan 89 Hard Knocks
99. 5- 9 63912 3 Feb 89 Fruit of the Poison Tree
100. 5-10 63913 10 Feb 89 To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)
101. 5-11 63917 17 Feb 89 Miami Squeeze
102. 5-12 63911 3 Mar 89 Jack of All Trades
103. 5-13 63902 10 Mar 89 The Cell Within
104. 5-14 63914 17 Mar 89 The Lost Madonna
105. 5-15 63918 28 Apr 89 Over the Line
106. 5-16 63915 5 May 89 Victim of Circumstance
107. 5-17 63924 21 May 89 Freefall (1 & 2)
108. 5-18 63922 14 Jun 89 World of Trouble
109. 5-19 63921 21 Jun 89 Miracle Man
110. 5-20 63923 28 Jun 89 Leap of Faith
111. 5-21 63903 UNAIRED Too Much, Too Late

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