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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.

Overview

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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
User Comments:
AKA The Don Johnson Show (just kidding) more (61 total)

Cast

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Don Johnson ... Detective James Crockett (111 episodes, 1984-1990)
Philip Michael Thomas ... Detective Ricardo Tubbs (111 episodes, 1984-1990)

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

Edward James Olmos ... Lieutenant Martin Castillo (106 episodes, 1984-1990)
John Diehl ... Detective 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

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Miami tourism officials credit the series for transforming the impression of the city from a retirement community to a fun and exciting place for young people to visit. 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:
Sonny Crockett: [Describing his ex-wife] She left me at Sears, and had me cryin' all the way to Walgreens. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in La notte degli squali (1988) more
Soundtrack:
In The Air Tonight more

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11 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
AKA The Don Johnson Show (just kidding), 27 October 2001
Author: highlites from England

I was about six when this show came over to Britain [in 1986-i think]. As soon as they showed the last series, they repeated the show all over again. So by the time I was 12 I had just about seen everything, but not in the right order.

Of course in the 80's us Brits lapped up stuff like this; Don Johnson, cool cars, laid back cops, (ours walked around with batons and very big hats), so naturally it was a MASSIVE success although no man ever dared to walk around in pastels and palm tree ensembles down our highstreet. The tragic thing about it was the fact by the fifth series it practically became about Sonny and Rico. Where did the action go and why wasn't there more about the exploits of the Bug Van? Add canned laughter and you've got The Don Johnson Show (with side show Phil). Oh dear. Where was Zito when you needed him?

I haven't seen it for a while and I hope that they repeat it over here on terrestrial TV. Sure it was (ground-breaking?!) stuff which set the trends but I haven't seen a Hawaiian Shirted man in a while, have you? No-waaaay. 10/10. For just being.

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