"Miami Vice" Down for the Count: Part 2 (1987)

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Director:

Richard Compton

Writers:

Anthony Yerkovich (creator)
Dick Wolf (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"Miami Vice" (1984)

Original Air Date:

16 January 1987 (Season 3, Episode 13)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Police | Drugs | Famous Opening Theme | Ferrari | Cult Favorite

Cast

Don Johnson	...	Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
Philip Michael Thomas	...	Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs
Saundra Santiago	...	Det. Gina Navarro Calabrese
Michael Talbott	...	Det. Stan Switek (also archive footage)
John Diehl	...	Det. Larry Zito (archive footage)
Olivia Brown	...	Det. Trudy Joplin
Edward James Olmos	...	Lt. Martin Castillo
Pepe Serna	...	Oswaldo Guzman
Mark Breland	...	Bobby Sykes
Chris Elliott	...	Danny Allred the Cryptographer
Robert Pastorelli	...	Vespa
Joe Dallesandro	...	Alfredo Giulinni
Antoni Corone	...	Geo Sordini
Kenny Enriquez	...	Echevarria
Joe Hess	...	Javier Escobar

Language:

English | Japanese

Certification:

Iceland:16

Quotes:

Oswaldo Guzman: What are you-What are you-What are you doin'?
Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett: Uh, we're leaving. You see, it's traditional when there's nothing more to say. We'll see ya.

Soundtrack:

Blind Faith

That's not Tubbs!!!

I was really hurt that this 2 part episode had to come at the expense of Zito dying. What I found more interesting was that a stand-in was used in one of the major action scenes. During the final action sequence in the shopping mall, Crockett and Tubbs both have driven their own cars to the scene. If you look closely, the man that jumps out of the Cadillac is not Tubbs, but some stand-in. You even see the same guy when he draws his gun. He looks nothing like Tubbs, and actually looks a lot older. Tubbs is not seen throughout the entire shooting bonanza, but later on on Crockett's boat. I wonder why PMT wasn't available for that scene?