"Miami Vice" Calderone's Return: Part 1 - The Hit List (1984)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Richard A. Colla

Writers:

Anthony Yerkovich (creator)
Joel Surnow (written by)

TV Series:

"Miami Vice" (1984)

Original Air Date:

19 October 1984 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title | Police | Drugs | Famous Opening Theme | Ferrari

Cast

Don Johnson	...	Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
Philip Michael Thomas	...	Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs (also archive footage)
Saundra Santiago	...	Det. Gina Navarro Calabrese
Michael Talbott	...	Det. Stan Switek
John Diehl	...	Det. Larry Zito
Olivia Brown	...	Det. Trudy Joplin
Gregory Sierra	...	Lt. Lou Rodriguez
Jim Zubiena	...	Ludovici Armstrong
Ron Taylor	...	Linus Oliver
Belinda Montgomery	...	Caroline Crockett
Jim Borrelli	...	Felix Castranova
Tara King	...	Susan Castronova
Tito Goya	...	Carlos Mendez
Raymond Forchion	...	Don
Will Knickerbocker	...	Fields

Runtime:

60 min | Finland:47 min (DVD)

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Michael Mann Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: The left tail light on the Ferrari Daytona is out in some shots and lit in others as Tubb's speeds to Crockett's house at the end.

Soundtrack:

In The Night

A stunning episode - thrills, spills and unexpected twists for the show

"Calderone's Return" starts in an undramatic fashion with a light-hearted pre-titles sequence involving Zito and Switek on surveillance duties. As soon as the theme tune and credits have ended, the show shifts gear and the action begins. When the men that Zito and Switek are assassinated by a professional hit-man, a list turns up with Crockett's name as a future target. Crockett's life is never a simple one - he is faced with the double whammy of a potential divorce or the possibility of a swift death from an assassin's bullet. To make matters worse, it transpires that Calderone himself has requested the hits.

Jan Hammer recognises the need for some first-class music in this episode and we are provided with the first appearance of the excellent "Crockett's Theme". Even the Pointer Sisters are "So Excited" at the ensuing action that unfolds.

Ending on a dramatic freeze frame and the sound of squealing tyres, we are advised that this tale is "To Be Continued".

9 out of 10. A genuinely exciting and emotional episode.