This episode of Miami Vice, "Junk Love", concerns a maladjusted heroine junkie, Rosella (Ely Pouget), having fled the coup from her "man", Juan Carlos Silva (José Pérez), to a high-class brothel operated by a former associate of Silva's, Ivory Jones (Miles Davis, looking a bit weary, spent, tired
). Crockett and Tubbs hope to use Rosella's hatred for Silva to get close to her "sugar daddy". Silva is into transporting his drugs by boats, into fish, to the shore, having been successful because his methods change frequently. Crockett believes Rosella went back to Silva, and remains with him, for a reason besides the money, house, yacht, and drugs (she seems to hate this life Silva has produced with his drugs), while Tubbs thinks she's just a spoiled brat who is still with him because of all the amenities that come with trafficking and selling dope. The twist regarding Silva and Rosella's relationship explains a great deal of the repulsion, agony, and burden that Rosella carries for him. It leaves a bad taste. That said, the whole sequence at the end when it seems Silva has the upper hand, with his giant cruise liner, men and their machine guns, Rosella in tow, as Crockett and Tubbs is at their mercy in just a speedboat (Castillo and his Vice Squad were misdirected by Silva in a clever ruse); it all plays out a bit oddly and unpredictably. To prove his love for Rosella, Silva promises not to kill Crockett (she become close with Crockett because he offered sympathy and kindness towards her), and even hands her a gun to shoot him if she doesn't love him! He felt she truly loved him despite her claims she didn't. Well, the ending leaves it up for the debate, but it does appear she will prove she "doesn't" love him. Silva proves to be a truly repellent cretin and Rosella damaged goods.
Review of Junk Love
