Series synopsis
Miami Vice is an American crime drama television series that premiered on NBC on September 16, 1984. It ended on June 28, 1989. It was created by Anthony Yerkovich. It stars Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago and Olivia Brown.
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
Premise
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
Premise: There's no stopping them.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Don Johnson as James 'Sonny' Crockett
- Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs
- Saundra Santiago as Gina Calabrese
- Olivia Brown as Trudy Joplin
- Michael Talbott as Stan Switek
- Edward James Olmos as Martin Castillo
- John Diehl as Larry Zito
Guest cast
- Jeroen Krabbé as Klaus Herzog
- David Andrews as Jack Crockett
- Jennifer Rubin as Claire
- Angela Alvarado as Jan Larken
- Timothy Carhart as George T. Wyatt
- Don Keith Opper as Johnny Blatt
- Robert Pastorelli as Vespa
- G. Gordon Liddy as Capt. William 'Mr. Real Estate' Maynard
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Leon Wolf
- Brion James as Edward Reese
- John P. Ryan as Jake Manning
- Meg Foster as Alice Carson
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 116 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 6 | January 25, 1990 | February 8, 2005 |
| Season 1 | 22 | September 16, 1984 | May 10, 1985 |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 27, 1985 | May 9, 1986 |
| Season 3 | 24 | September 26, 1986 | May 8, 1987 |
| Season 4 | 22 | September 25, 1987 | May 6, 1988 |
| Season 5 | 20 | November 4, 1988 | January 25, 1990 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Too Much, Too Late Tubbs' old flame Valerie returns to Miami to assist an old friend and her goddaughter. Tubbs wants to renew his relationship with Valerie, but she is intent on rescuing her friend from the threats of a drug dealer. |
January 25, 1990 |
| 2 |
The Vibe of Vice Miami Vice and its ascetic properties. |
February 8, 2005 |
| 3 |
Building the Perfect Vice Miami Vice Production at various stages of its creation/production. |
February 8, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brother's Keeper Miami detective Sonny Crockett reluctantly teams with New York cop Rico Tubbs when both of them end up pursuing a drug dealer who killed their partners. |
September 16, 1984 |
| 2 |
Heart of Darkness Investigating a porn baron, Crockett and Tubbs become involved with an undercover FBI agent who may have gone native and become a criminal, and may have murdered an underage porn starlet. Meanwhile, Zito and Switek pose as fences, and Elvis the crocodile feels unloved! |
September 28, 1984 |
| 3 |
Cool Runnin' Crockett and Tubbs must enlist the help of an unreliable petty thief to bust a drug operation run by a trio of homicidal Jamaicans. |
October 5, 1984 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Prodigal Son Crockett & Tubbs go to Manhattan to find a group of Colombian drug dealers who are killing federal agents. |
September 27, 1985 |
| 2 |
Whatever Works Crockett, Tubbs & Castillo contact a Santerian priestess to help find the link between ritualistic killings of officers and a group of drug traffickers. Crockett and Izzy try to get the Ferrari back after a city accountant re-possesses it. |
October 4, 1985 |
| 3 |
Out Where the Buses Don't Run Crockett and Tubbs question the sanity of a retired vice cop who wants them to chase after a coke dealer thought to be dead. |
October 18, 1985 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
When Irish Eyes Are Crying Gina falls for an Irish pacifist who believes there is no point fighting fire with fire anymore - or so she thinks. |
September 26, 1986 |
| 2 |
Stone's War Crockett's Vietnam journalist buddy, Ira Stone, is back--claiming to have footage of a secret U.S war in Nicaragua; the trail leads Stone, Crockett & Tubbs to Maynard a.k.a. the elusive Captain Real Estate. |
October 3, 1986 |
| 3 |
Killshot Crockett and Tubbs are fingered as cops by a Customs agent who's being blackmailed by the drug kingpin the detectives are trying to nail. |
October 10, 1986 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Contempt of Court By scaring the jury into a mistrial, a mobster hopes to buy time to find and silence the witness Crockett is protecting. |
September 25, 1987 |
| 2 |
Amen... Send Money The fury of feuding TV evangelists hits Tubbs when he is accused raping a parishoner. |
October 2, 1987 |
| 3 |
Death and the Lady An actress' on-screen murder propels Crockett & Tubbs to investigate the film's flaky director. |
October 16, 1987 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hostile Takeover (3) Still thinking he is really Sonny Burnett, Crockett starts a war between the crime family he has joined and a rival clan. |
November 4, 1988 |
| 2 |
Redemption in Blood (4) As now drug-lord Crockett's memory returns, Tubbs feels his partner has gone bad and must be destroyed. |
November 11, 1988 |
| 3 |
Heart of Night Castillo grapples with emotions while protecting his ex-wife from a drug kingpin trying to kill her current husband. |
November 18, 1988 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 16, 1984 |
| Last aired | June 28, 1989 |
| Runtime | 48 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | at 22:00:00 |