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"Miami Vice" (1984): Season 4: Episode 22 -- An explosion causes Crockett (Don Johnson) to believe he is really his undercover persona, murderous drug dealer Sonny Burnett.
"Miami Vice" (1984): Season 4: Episode 21 -- A man (Guy Boyd) who once conned Crockett (Don Johnson) into helping him gain freedom from death row threatens Sonny and his pregnant wife (Sheena Easton).
"Miami Vice" (1984): Season 4: Episode 20 -- The girlfriend of a notorious narcotics kingpin critically wounds Crockett (Don Johnson) during a drug bust. With appearances by William Russ and Glenn Frey.
"Miami Vice" (1984): Season 4: Episode 19 -- Crockett has another encounter with Frank Mosca, a seemingly untouchable mobster who killed one of Crockett's closest friends.
"Miami Vice" (1984): Season 4: Episode 18 -- Crockett and Tubbs try to solve a series of slayings involving drug dealers.

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 full episode list
Release Date:
28 September 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
The adventures of the vice squad detectives of the Miami Police Department. full summary
Awards:
Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 5 wins & 25 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(25 articles)
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User Comments:
One of the best drama cop shows I have ever seen! more

Cast

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Don Johnson ... Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett (111 episodes, 1984-1990)
Philip Michael Thomas ... Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs (111 episodes, 1984-1990)

Saundra Santiago ... Det. Gina Navarro Calabrese (111 episodes, 1984-1990)
Olivia Brown ... Det. Trudy Joplin / ... (111 episodes, 1984-1990)
Michael Talbott ... Det. Stan Switek (110 episodes, 1984-1990)

Edward James Olmos ... Lt. Martin Castillo (106 episodes, 1984-1990)
John Diehl ... Det. Larry Zito (56 episodes, 1984-1987)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Gold Coast" (USA) (working title)
"Miami Unworthiness" (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:60 min (including commercials) (111 episodes) | Argentina:60 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:12 (some epiosodes) | Iceland:16 (some epiosodes) | UK:15 (some episodes) | UK:18 (one episode) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-18 (2007) (DVD) (self applied) | Finland:K-15 (DVD) (2005) (season 1) | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:TV-14 | Norway:11 (DVD rating)
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more

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Trivia:
The soundtrack LP went to #1 and stayed there for 12 weeks, making it the most successful TV soundtrack of all time. Jan Hammer received a congratulatory phone call from Henry Mancini, whose music from "Peter Gunn" (1958) was the previous record holder (it was #1 for 10 weeks in 1959). more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the beginning of the episode "Calderon's Return, Part 1", a hired assassin, supposedly one of the best in the world, is seen putting on surgical gloves to keep his fingerprints off the gun he is about to use. However, before he puts on the gloves, he moves the gun off of them by touching the gun butt with his fingertips. more
Quotes:
Izzy Moreno: In this life the low road sometimes takes you a more interesting route. more
Soundtrack:
In The Air Tonight more

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11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the best drama cop shows I have ever seen!, 30 June 2005
Author: SonicStuart from Kansas City, MO

I know that I never got to see Miami Vice when it was out but I know it did end a year after I was born. I got to see the show on DVD and I thought it was just classic and cool! From the way the show is made it looks more like a movie than a TV-series. The show revolves around two cops, Detective James "Sonny" Crockett (Don Johnson) and Detective Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) and their adventures solving crimes around Miami! Stubble-faced detective Crockett lived in a sailboat guarded by his alligator Elvis. His partner Tubbs was a black New York cop looking for his brother's killer. Together they took on the Florida drug world. The show influenced men's fashions toward Italo-casual and interior decor toward the Memphis look. This show aired on NBC from 1984-1989 and lasted 5 seasons and I was amazed my this real neat series when I first watched it especially on the way it was made and such, plus I think Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas are one cool and memorable TV team to remember. I remember that 5 years later after Miami Vice ended, Don Johnson did another detective series called "Nash Bridges" which lasted 6 seasons on CBS! If you like this series then you would also like Nash Bridges!

User Rating: 10/10

BOTTOM LINE: A FANTASTIC SERIES!

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