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Tormented by his shooting a 13-year-old kid, Crockett tries to reconnect with his estranged son while attempting to take down a gun runner.
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Title: Child's Play (30 Oct 1987)
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| Don Johnson | ... | Detective James Crockett | |
| Philip Michael Thomas | ... | Detective Ricardo Tubbs | |
| Saundra Santiago | ... | Detective Gina Calabrese | |
| Michael Talbott | ... | Detective Stan Switek | |
| Olivia Brown | ... | Detective Trudy Joplin | |
| Edward James Olmos | ... | Lieutenant Martin Castillo | |
| Danitra Vance | ... | Annette McAllister | |
| Ving Rhames | ... | Walker Monroe | |
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Clayton Barclay Jones | ... | Billy Crockett |
| Isaac Hayes | ... | Holiday | |
| Belinda Montgomery | ... | Caroline Crockett | |
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Parris Buckner | ... | Bob Ballard |
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Robert MacBeth | ... | Olson |
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Rafael Prieto | ... | Mathias |
| Jimmy Roger | ... | Leader | |
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Tormented by his shooting a 13-year-old kid, Crockett tries to reconnect with his estranged son while attempting to take down a gun runner.
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"Child's Play" opens with some pretty dark stuff - Crockett shoots a kid in the line of duty - and there's some nice material to work with here. Don Johnson certainly offers a great performance; and I like that they used his brooding to bring back Caroline and Billy (what better time for Jan Hammer to bust out with Crockett's Theme?). Eventually, it moves a bit away from this, turning into something larger with Chicago gangs and gun running (not to mention Isaac Hayes and Ving Rhames).
But it's really about the painful decisions brought about by the high cost of Vice work. Don Johnson owns this episode, and as the later seasons go, it's a winner.
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