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Season 2 – Miami Vice

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43% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 94% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
This series is largely remembered for the stylish clothes Detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs wore, the soundtrack, and its distinct visuals. But beneath the veneer is a surprisingly dark cop show. The cocaine boom of the 1980s framed many stories about drugs and murder, with Crockett and Tubbs often resorting to violence in the course of their work.
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Mike Duffy Detroit Free Press 01/09/2021
The main reason people finally glommed onto the show and began raving enthusiastically is simple to understand. Miami Vice is a super TV series. And like Hill Street Blues before it, it is a series that has shattered formulas and charted new territory. Go to Full Review Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly 05/25/2018
Sure, the hair (on both men and women) was a little pouffy, but the scripts were tight, and it was fun to see, among the guest-starring actors, musicians such as Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, and Leonard Cohen. Go to Full Review Ian Stevens Empire Magazine 04/13/2018
4/5
Most notably we are served up some very familiar Mann-erisms from the show's creator, and 20 years on this still holds up as a decent and influential cop show. Go to Full Review Michael Dougan San Francisco Examiner 01/09/2021
Miami Vice becomes a glittery, high-decibel dud. If It weren't for Edward James Olmos in the role of their detective boss, this would just be a parade of male models with machine guns. Go to Full Review Bill Mandel San Francisco Examiner 01/09/2021
The success of Miami Vice -- particularly the success of Don Johnson -- robbed the producers of their guts. The show has become a showcase for Johnson, turning equally interesting characters into spear carriers. Go to Full Review Mike Boone Montreal Gazette 01/09/2021
Innovative, exciting, and stylish as all get-out last season, Miami Vice has become dull and clichéd. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Anthony Yerkovich

Creator

Don Johnson

Det. James"Sonny" Crockett

Philip Michael Thomas

Det. Ricardo Tubbs

Edward James Olmos

Lt. Martin Castillo

Saundra Santiago

Det. Gina Navarro Calabrese

Olivia Brown

Det. Trudy Joplin

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 27, 1985 Prodigal Son Crockett and Tubbs head to Manhattan to find the Colombian drug-dealers who are systematically killing federal agents. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 27, 1985 Prodigal Son As Tubbs and Valerie (Pam Grier) rekindle romance, he and Crockett are drawn into an inevitable clash with the Colombians. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 4, 1985 Whatever Works Crockett and Tubbs contact a Santera (Eartha Kitt) to find a link between ritual killings of officers and traffickers. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 18, 1985 Out Where the Buses Don't Run Crockett and Tubbs learn the key to finding a mobster lies in a deranged ex-detective's home computer; guest Little Richard. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 25, 1985 The Dutch Oven Trudy finds comfort with an old lover (Cleavant Derricks) until she learns of his friend's business with a cocaine dealer. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 1, 1985 Buddies A stripper helps Crockett and Tubbs search for a young mother who can incriminate a mobster; guest Frankie Valli. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 8, 1985 Junk Love A drug dealer's passion for an addict who despises him gives Crockett and Tubbs a risky edge in a deadly game; guest Miles Davis. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 15, 1985 Tale of the Goat Voodoo comes into play when a Haitian mobster (Clarence Williams III) presumed dead returns to settle a score with a former associate. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 22, 1985 Bushido Hide-and-seek turns deadly when Tubbs and Crockett attempt to protect a renegade CIA agent's (Dean Stockwell) Soviet wife and child. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 29, 1985 Bought and Paid For Gina seeks Crockett's help in finding a victim willing to press assault charges against a Bolivian banker's son; guest El DeBarge. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 6, 1985 Back in the World A former Vietnam correspondent (Bob Balaban) shows up raving about an officer (G. Gordon Liddy) who returned with a fortune in heroin. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 13, 1985 Phil the Shill A clever con artist (Phil Collins) plays a deadly game with cocaine dealers Crockett and Tubbs are shadowing. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 10, 1986 Definitely Miami Castillo attempts to organize the surrender of a crime boss; a mysterious woman (Arielle Dombasle) eyes Crockett; guest Ted Nugent. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 17, 1986 Yankee Dollar When Crockett learns drug smuggling led to a former lover's death, he and Tubbs take confiscated cocaine to lure the men responsible. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 24, 1986 One-Way Ticket An anonymous call from a mobster's lawyer leads Crockett and Tubbs to the hit man who killed a deputy district attorney. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 31, 1986 Little Miss Dangerous Crockett and Tubbs examine the crayon scrawls at murder sites, unaware they are the work of a psychotic teenager (Fiona Flanagan). Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 14, 1986 Florence Italy Crockett and Tubbs track a Grand Prix race-car driver after the body of a slain prostitute is thrown from his speeding car. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 21, 1986 French Twist A smitten Crockett places both of the detectives' lives in danger when he teams with a beautiful French Interpol agent in a search for a murderous international criminal. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 7, 1986 The Fix Crockett vows to expose a debt-ridden judge (Bill Russell) who asked his basketball-star son to throw a game. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 14, 1986 Payback Someone shadows Crockett while he and Tubbs work with a government agent to set up a reclusive drug smuggler (Frank Zappa). Details Episode 21 Aired Apr 4, 1986 Free Verse When assassins kidnap a Latin American activist's daughter, Crockett and Tubbs face a dilemma; guest Bianca Jagger. Details Episode 22 Aired May 2, 1986 Trust Fund Pirates A smuggler (Gary Cole) helps Crockett and Tubbs find pirates who commandeer contraband-laden vessels. Details Episode 23 Aired May 9, 1986 Sons and Lovers Angelyne warns former lover Tubbs of a bounty put on his head by the son of dead drug-kingpin Calderone; guest Lee Iacocca. Details

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Season Info

Director
John Nicolella, Paul Michael Glaser, Michael O'Herlihy, Edward James Olmos, Jim Johnston, Aaron Lipstadt
Creator
Anthony Yerkovich
Executive Producer
Michael Mann
Screenwriter
Daniel Pyne, Frank Military, Maurice Hurley, Jim Trombetta, Craig Bolotin, John Mankiewicz
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Crime, Drama, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 27, 1985