Good episode for Olivia Brown, her Vice cop Trudy getting a chance to star as the focal character. Trudy kills a man who disturbs a drug bust by Vice by holding up Tubbs at gunpoint along with a partner, attempting to flee with the "blow" and cash to be exchanged. Shaken by taking a life, Trudy needs a break and becomes involved with an old flame, club singer David, seemingly a sensitive soul with a shoulder to cry on. A flamboyant, assured, fast-talking wannabe big-time drug pusher, Adonis, could be a close associate with David, much to the chagrin of Trudy, who might have to do the unthinkable--help Vice shakedown her lover's best friend. Adonis, who calls himself with delight "the Candyman", is in cahoots with a much bigger fish, a Colombian from a large drug family. The bottom line is that Trudy could jeopardize her relationship with David if she helps Vice orchestrate a bust on Adonis. As I mentioned earlier, this episode is a good showcase for a secondary character, Trudy, which allows her to take center stage. Trudy is having to cope with killing a man, facing a possible disciplinary charge, and setting up the friend of her boyfriend. Other than an exciting car chase at the beginning, this episode of Miami Vice doesn't contain a really potent finale, but shows that female or male cop, being able to juggle the job and an outside relationship is extremely difficult, particularly when no matter what party you find yourself, drug use seems to be in abundance. This episode is loaded with pop songs, including a lively number by The New York Dolls' David Johansen who entertains with "King of Babylon". Giancarlo Esposito steals this episode as Adonis, who talks a big game but is perhaps in over his head, with Cleavant Derricks as David, not reacting too well to what Trudy does to his friend behind his back, as if it were an act of betrayal. David Provol, known to portray hotheaded mafioso types, here is an explosive Internal Affairs interrogator who drills Crocket and Trudy over the murder of the criminal. This episode was directed by Abel Ferrara(Ms. 45; King of New York).
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