Miami ViceThere's no stopping them.
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
WritersPeter McCabe, Ken Solarz
Brother's Keeper
Sep 16, 1984
Miami detective Sonny Crockett reluctantly teams with New York cop Rico Tubbs when both of them end up pursuing a drug dealer who killed their partners.
Heart of Darkness
Sep 28, 1984
Investigating a porn baron, Crockett and Tubbs become involved with an undercover FBI agent who may have gone native and become a criminal, and may have murdered an underage porn starlet. Meanwhile, Zito and Switek pose as fences, and Elvis the crocodile feels unloved!
Cool Runnin'
Oct 5, 1984
Crockett and Tubbs must enlist the help of an unreliable petty thief to bust a drug operation run by a trio of homicidal Jamaicans.
Calderone's Return: The Hit List (1)
Oct 19, 1984
The team moves to protect Crockett and his family from an assassin, hired by Calderone to re-empty the void he left behind.
Calderone's Return: Calderone's Demise (2)
Oct 26, 1984
While on the trail of Calderone in Bimini, Tubbs falls in love with a woman who forces him to consider his loyalties.
One Eyed Jack
Nov 2, 1984
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.
No Exit
Nov 9, 1984
Crockett and Tubbs reluctantly help government agents in their pursuit of a dangerous arms dealer.
The Great McCarthy
Nov 16, 1984
Crockett and Tubbs get involved in the world of offshore power boat racing and drug smuggling.
Glades
Nov 30, 1984
Crockett & Tubbs have to recover a witness in a major drug dealer's trial, who has ran off to the Everglades and must testify in 48 hours.
Give a Little, Take a Little
Dec 7, 1984
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.
Little Prince
Dec 14, 1984
Crockett thinks that a wealthy industrialist's son nailed in a heroin bust could lead them to bigger connections in the supply network.
Milk Run
Jan 4, 1985
Crockett and Tubbs encounter two naive young men smuggling cocaine-filled statues for a murderous criminal.
Golden Triangle (1)
Jan 11, 1985
Crockett and Tubbs work undercover in a hotel. They uncover criminals that are an old enemies of Lt. Castillo and have also kidnapped Castillo's long-lost wife.
Golden Triangle (2)
Jan 18, 1985
Lt. Castillo must bring down his old enemy, who has passed his organization to his grandsons. They have kidnapped Castillo's long-lost wife to ensure their escape from prosecution.
Smuggler's Blues
Feb 1, 1985
Someone in law enforcement is murdering drug dealers and their families in cold blood. To find the culprit, Crockett and Tubbs go undercover and travel to Colombia with a laid-back pilot to pose as dealers.
Rites of Passage
Feb 8, 1985
Sparks fly between Tubbs and an old flame who has come to Miami to rescue her sister from a life of prostitution.
The Maze
Feb 22, 1985
A group of young punks kill a cop and then take hostages - including an undercover Tubbs - while negotiators try to end the situation without more bloodshed and a SWAT team closes in.
Made for Each Other
Mar 8, 1985
Switek and Zito use two of their favorite informants to set up a transaction with a stolen goods dealer.
The Home Invaders
Mar 15, 1985
The squad is assigned to assist Robbery with a string of brutal home invasions. Castillo is concerned the officer in charge - who was Crockett's mentor - is mishandling the investigation and the two clash, leaving Crockett torn between loyalty and a resolved case.
Nobody Lives Forever
Mar 29, 1985
A passionate romance distracts Crockett to the point that it nearly derails the pursuit of three thugs on a rampage.
Evan
May 3, 1985
Crockett and Tubbs join forces with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ... including Crockett's old partner Evan Freed. Tubbs tries to understand their troubled relationship.
Lombard
May 10, 1985
Crockett and Tubbs must protect a reluctant witness from his prior employers -- the Mafia family that wants to silence him.
GenerationofSwine
@GenerationofSwine
They weren't really undercover were they? I'm not saying that they were obvious, but it was more like a couple of cops that dressed and drove around in clothes and cars that would stand out in any crowd. But who cares, right, the how was all flash and style and it really needed to be. It was a police show that tried to epitomize everything that 80s pop culture thought was cool. But then it came on when I was 4 and I remember watching the last two seasons live with my parents so there might be a nostalgia component to it. But even then, when people think of the 80s, they think of Miami Vice. That's how they picture they style, it's how they picture the music, and that goes straight to the logo. It positively stinks of the 80s, and it stinks of all the things that we want to remember about the 80s. The only way to describe the show then was cool. And now, in 2020, the only way to describe the show today is, well, cool. It's dated to a decade, it's dated to an era in time and even then the appeal lingers to the present. Not many things can achieve that feeling of dated and appeal at the same time. Miami Vice can, and we still see it's influence reverberating in pop culture today from games like GTA to patroons like Archer, it's spoofed and paid homage to with such regularity that people who never saw the show can recognize it instantly. The appeal is lasting and the entertainment that came with it outlasted the show by generations.
