One Way Ticket (24 Jan. 1986)

When the State Attorney's killed, Crockett investigates. And brings him in contact with the man's friend an attorney whom Crockett hates. They learn that a Canadian, the S.A. was ... See full summary »

Director:

Craig Bolotin

Writers:

Anthony Yerkovich (creator), Craig Bolotin

Stars:

Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Don Johnson	...	Detective James Crockett
Philip Michael Thomas	...	Detective Ricardo Tubbs
Saundra Santiago	...	Detective Gina Calabrese
Michael Talbott	...	Detective Stan Switek
John Diehl	...	Det. Larry Zito
Olivia Brown	...	Detective Trudy Joplin
Edward James Olmos	...	Lieutenant Martin Castillo
John Heard	...	Laurence Thurmond
Jan Hammer	...	Wedding Musican
Lothaire Bluteau	...	Philippe Sagot
Jean-Pierre Matte	...	Jean Faber
Guy Thauvette	...	Marcel
Jon DeVries	...	D.A. Richard Langley
Annie Golden	...	Tommy
Rose McVeigh	...	Alecia

Storyline

When the State Attorney's killed, Crockett investigates. And brings him in contact with the man's friend an attorney whom Crockett hates. They learn that a Canadian, the S.A. was investigating could be the man who ordered it. Later Crockett gets an anonymous call telling him that the Canadian and a man who was arrested on a minor charge, whom the lawyer got off, are indeed responsible for the S.A.'s death.

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Plot Keywords:

number in title

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 January 1986 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Michael Mann Productions, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

There are 4 different Learjets in the first flight sequence. First it has 3 side windows, then 1, then 2, 3 again, 6 (with missing wingtip fuel tanks), 1, 3, 1.

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Soundtracks

"Kyrie"
(uncredited)
Written by Steve George, John Lang and Martin Page
Performed by Mr. Mister

User Reviews

Another personal one as Crockett butts heads with a sell-out lawyer

"One Way Ticket" opens with the murder of the assistant state attorney at the hands of French assassin Philippe Sagot (Lothaire Bluteau). But standing in the way of Vice's investigation is Laurence Thurmond, high- powered defense attorney (John Heard) who shares a bitter history with Crockett.

Central to the story is Thurmond's self-hatred from selling out to some bad people. For too many years, he's been in the employ of a major drug connection (Crockett: "What'd you do, trade in your conscience when you passed the bar?"), and the man responsible for killing a righteous crusader may very well go free because of Thurmond's help.

Pete Townshend's "Face the Face" is put to terrifically evocative use, juxtaposing Thurmond's private plane flight in the clouds ("high- altitude meditation") with Crockett's stress-relief afternoon at the shooting range ("Three hundred out of three hundred. I'm impressed, Crockett").

But "One Way Ticket" isn't all gloom. There's a minor injection of humor with the introduction of Tommy (the cute Annie Golden), Crockett's repair girl. And it even ends on a somewhat humorous note. Not to mention the sweet powerboat chase scene toward the end (just as thrilling as the car chase in "Bought and Paid for").

But surely they could've found a better actor for Sagot?

7/10