Miami Vice

S01E01 Heart of Darkness 1984-09-28

Crockett and Tubbs are skeptical of rumors that an undercover FBI agent has betrayed an operation. Switek and Zito setup a burglary sting operation.

Pilot note — From the desk: Miami Vice opens its catalog run with “Heart of Darkness” (1984-09-28). Proved style could be substance for a generation of directors. Don Johnson negotiations and the music-budget arms race.

S01E02 Cool Runnin' 1984-10-05

Crockett and Tubbs must rely on a big-talking small-time hustler to help them solve a series of drug-related murders.

S01E03 The Hit List 1984-10-19

A hired killer's hastily abandoned briefcase contains an eight-name list: the first six are dead drug dealers; the eighth is Sonny Crockett.

S01E04 Calderone's Demise 1984-10-26

The detectives trace drug kingpin Calderone to a Caribbean island, where the vengeful Tubbs gets caught up in a dangerous romance.

S01E05 One-Eyed Jack 1984-11-02

Crockett gets set up to receive a "payoff" from a racketeer while trying to settle the gambling debt of an old friend.

S01E06 No Exit 1984-11-09

Crockett and Tubbs form an uneasy alliance with Federal agents in the pursuit of an arms dealer looking to move ground-to-air missiles.

S01E07 The Great McCarthy 1984-11-16

Crockett's entry fee---$25,000 provided by the department---is on the line in a speedboat competition that may be a cover for a drug pickup.

S01E08 Glades 1984-11-30

Crockett and Tubbs wade through the Everglades after a witness who bolted from custody and must testify in 48 hours.

S01E09 Give a Little, Take a Little 1984-12-07

In court, Crockett refuses to identify an informant and spends more time in jail than the drug dealer he's trying to bust. Meanwhile, Gina tries to nail a ruthless crime kingpin.

S01E10 Little Prince 1984-12-14

Crockett thinks that a wealthy industrialist's son nailed in a heroin bust could lead them to bigger connections in the supply network.

S01E11 The Milk Run 1985-01-04

Two naive New Yorkers hope for one big score running coke from Colombia to Miami.

S01E12 The Golden Triangle (1) 1985-01-11

A series of busts leads Crockett and Tubbs to a drug-related hit that reveals a side of Castillo they've never seen before.

S01E13 The Golden Triangle (2) 1985-01-18

A drug kingpin brings Castillo's wife---who was thought to be dead---to Miami as insurance against police interference.

S01E14 Smuggler's Blues 1985-02-01

Crockett and Tubbs pose as drug smugglers to smoke out whoever has been killing drug dealers and their families.

S01E15 Rites of Passage 1985-02-08

Tubbs is reunited with an old flame, an NYPD detective looking for her missing sister, while he and Crockett search for a call girl's killer.

S01E16 The Maze 1985-02-22

Tubbs is taken hostage by a gang in an abandoned hotel, thanks to the would-be heroics of a cop trying to avenge his partner's murder.

S01E17 Made for Each Other 1985-03-08

By day, Switek and Zito supervise a pair of jive-talking master informants; by night, they're sharing quarters with Switek's girl friend---who's also Zito's ex.

S01E18 The Home Invaders 1985-03-15

Castillo clashes with Crockett's former mentor, who's heading an investigation into a series of burglaries.

S01E19 Nobody Lives Forever 1985-03-29

When three drug-crazed teens go on a murderous rampage, Tubbs feels as if he's working alone---Crockett's mind is on his new love.

S01E20 Evan 1985-05-03

An undercover Fed poses complications for a weapon sting and for Crockett, who bears a grudge for the man.

S01E21 Lombard 1985-05-10

Crockett and Tubbs are assigned to protect a crime boss subpoenaed to testify against a rival.

S02E01 The Prodigal Son 1985-09-27

Crockett and Tubbs pose as big dealers in the Big Apple to smoke out Colombian drug lords responsible for the deaths of Federal agents.

S02E02 Whatever Works 1985-10-04

The ritual killings of two cops on the take lead to the priestess of a cult that deals in drugs.

S02E03 Out Where the Buses Don't Run 1985-10-18

Crockett and Tubbs question the sanity of a retired vice cop who wants them to chase after a coke dealer long thought dead.

S02E04 The Dutch Oven 1985-10-25

Trudy is torn between love and duty when she learns that her lover's friend is connected to a big-time cocaine dealer.

S02E05 Buddies 1985-11-01

Crockett learns that an old friend is connected to organized crime---a tie that may block the cops' attempt to prevent the murder of a young mother and her baby.

S02E06 Junk Love 1985-11-08

Crockett and Tubbs' connection to a major smuggler is a young woman who acts like his girl though she claims to hate him, and whose drug habit may blow the bust.

S02E07 Tale of the Goat 1985-11-15

Tubbs infiltrates a criminal voodoo cult whose leader has returned from Haiti---and apparently the grave---to collect an old debt.

S02E08 Bushido 1985-11-22

Castillo is contacted by a former associate who's on the run from both the CIA and the KGB.

S02E09 Bought and Paid For 1985-11-29

Gina is out to nail the man who raped her friend, but is frustrated by the suspect's wealth and connections---and by the victim's sudden recantation.

S02E10 Back in the World 1985-12-06

A journalist that Crockett knew in Vietnam is ready to break a story about "The Sergeant," a shadowy legend thought to have shipped heroin stateside in body bags.

S02E11 Phil the Shill 1985-12-13

Switek has to cool his vendetta against a shady game-show host who could lead the vice cops to an elusive coke dealer.

S02E12 Definitely Miami 1986-01-10

Crockett falls for the wife of a murderous drug dealer; and the Feds want the vice cops to give up a protected witness to help bust a major distributor.

S02E13 Yankee Dollar 1986-01-17

Crockett and Tubbs engage a drug dealer in a game of wits, double-crosses and "let's make a deal" to snare bigger game.

S02E14 One Way Ticket 1986-01-24

Efforts to convict a drug dealer who murdered a deputy DA are hampered by a lack of evidence and by a defense attorney Crockett doesn't get along with.

S02E15 Little Miss Dangerous 1986-01-31

A psychotic earns the sobriquet "crayon killer" for leaving behind childlike drawings at murder scenes.

S02E16 Florence, Italy 1986-02-14

A Grand Prix driver has a lot on his mind: first-time fatherhood, a race against his legendary dad---and the fact that he's suspected of killing a teen prostitute.

S02E17 French Twist 1986-02-21

An Interpol agent arouses Crockett's interest---and Tubbs' suspicion.

S02E18 The Fix 1986-03-07

A judge with heavy gambling debts tries to persuade his college all-star son (Bernard King) to throw a game.

S02E19 Payback 1986-03-14

A reclusive drug supplier thinks Crockett has the $3 million stolen by the dealer's former employee.

S02E20 Free Verse 1986-04-04

Crockett and Tubbs have trouble keeping a rein on their charge, a recently freed Central American political prisoner who likes to party.

S02E21 Trust Fund Pirates 1986-05-02

Crockett and Tubbs prevail upon a pilot to stall his retirement from the contraband business long enough to connect them with a band of 20th-century pirates.

S02E22 Sons and Lovers 1986-05-09

The Calderones are back: Angelina reveals that Tubbs fathered her son; and her half-brother has put up a $1 million bounty to revenge her father's death.

S03E01 When Irish Eyes Are Crying 1986-09-26

Gina's smitten with an Irish revolutionary she thinks has renounced violence, but the authorities believe he's an IRA gunrunner.

S03E02 Stone's War 1986-10-03

Crockett's journalist buddy Stone claims to have film of U.S. mercenaries fighting in Nicaragua---and leading them is Stone's nemesis Maynard.

S03E03 Killshot 1986-10-10

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.

S03E04 Walk Alone 1986-10-17

Tubbs poses as a con to expose prison guards who are extorting drugs from inmates, and killing those who refuse.

S03E05 The Good Collar 1986-10-24

Crockett tries to preserve the career of a high-school athlete who stumbled into a heroin ring, but the prosecution needs the kid to help nail a 15-year-old kingpin.

S03E06 Shadow in the Dark 1986-10-31

Crockett tries to nail a psychotic murderer by thinking like his quarry, despite the fact that another cop using that tactic wound up in a psych ward.

S03E07 El Viejo 1986-11-07

Willie Nelson plays a former lawman who has a coke-filled briefcase that's crucial to Crockett and Tubbs' pursuit of a major Bolivian dealer.

S03E08 Better Living Through Chemistry 1986-11-14

Tubbs' former partner---who has a grudge against Tubbs over his dismissal from the force---is involved with bikers dealing crack.

S03E09 Baby Blues 1986-11-21

Unexpected contraband---babies and a stowaway mother seeking the child taken from her---puts the cops on the trail of an adoption ring.

S03E10 Street Wise 1986-12-05

A pharmaceutical grade of coke makes its way to a hooker involved with a married undercover cop.

S03E11 Forgive Us Our Debts 1986-12-12

New leads persuade Crockett that a man he put on death row might be innocent, but a campaign-conscious DA is reluctant to help.

S03E12 Down for the Count (1) 1987-01-09

An uncomfortable Zito uses a boxer as bait to help the vice squad nail a former drug kingpin involved in bookmaking.

S03E13 Down for the Count (2) 1987-01-16

Switek is outraged by Internal Affairs' findings; Crockett and Tubbs' TV gambit may prove fatal when a mobster reclaims the action lost to Guzman.

S03E14 Cuba Libre 1987-01-23

When a drug dealer and cop are killed by men dressed as commandos, Crockett and Tubbs are stymied by an agent claiming they may imperil an international operation.

S03E15 Duty and Honor 1987-02-06

Castillo is not the only one to realize that a series of prostitute murders matches the M.O. of killings in Vietnam years ago.

S03E16 Theresa 1987-02-13

Crockett's case on a heroin-addicted doctor jeopardizes his case against a dealer.

S03E17 The Afternoon Plane 1987-02-20

Tubbs finds out that his "raffle prize"---a week in the Caribbean---is a setup by a vengeful con and the Calderones to lure him out of his jurisdiction.

S03E18 Lend Me an Ear 1987-02-27

Crockett and Tubbs suspect that their difficulty in nailing a suspected smuggler is connected to an electronic-surveillance wizard they hired.

S03E19 Red Tape 1987-03-13

A series of booby-trap cop killings drives Tubbs over the edge, and he quits the department in fear for his life.

S03E20 By Hooker By Crook 1987-03-20

Crockett finds his personal life mixing with his professional life when his socialite girl friend figures into two drug-related murders.

S03E21 Knock, Knock, Who's There? 1987-03-27

A covert DEA operation brings Crockett and Tubbs under Internal Affairs scrutiny after the Feds' intrusion on a bust results in the loss of $250,000.

S03E22 Viking Bikers from Hell 1987-04-03

A biker returns from prison to revenge the death of a drug-dealer friend by targeting the last eight persons to do business with him, including Crockett.

S03E23 Everybody's in Show Biz 1987-05-01

Crockett and Tubbs try to retrieve a crack dealer's attache case from a thief---a celebrated playwright turned petty criminal.

S03E24 Heroes of the Revolution 1987-05-08

The cops aren't the only ones following a Cuban drug dealer, and Gina finds that he has ties to her mother, who was killed when Gina was a baby.

S04E01 Contempt of Court 1987-09-25

The vice cops and the Feds prepare for a mob boss's attempts to orchestrate a mistrial, and Crockett goes to jail for refusing to name the informant whose revelations are the basis for the prosecution's case.

S04E02 Amen... Send Money 1987-10-02

After the squad traps a TV-evangelist's wife in a drug sting, Tubbs is set up for rape, pulling the vice cops into a rivalry between TV ministries.

S04E03 Death and the Lady 1987-10-16

Crockett becomes obsessed with determining whether a famous director actually "snuffed" an actress in a film.

S04E04 The Big Thaw 1987-10-23

Crockett and Tubbs stumble onto a cryogenically frozen Rastafarian and have to uncover who's entitled to the body---a mad scientist's assistant, his estranged wife, or Izzy.

S04E05 Child's Play 1987-10-30

Crockett is devastated when he shoots a young boy during an investigation, and it spurs him to reconcile with his own son, whom he hasn't seen for years.

S04E06 God's Work 1987-11-06

Castillo wants to bring down a crime family, but complicating the probe is a mobster's son, a Wall Street whiz who's back in town.

S04E07 Missing Hours 1987-11-13

Trudy has a weird encounter with an R&B singer (James Brown), and has Vice checking out mysterious happenings, missing bodies and UFOs.

S04E08 Like a Hurricane 1987-11-20

A fading rock star begins to make beautiful music with Crockett, who's protecting her in a music-payola case.

S04E09 The Rising Sun of Death 1987-12-04

Castillo and the squad investigate a Japanese mob now in Miami, and the enigmatic private eye who followed the gang there.

S04E10 Love at First Sight 1988-01-15

Crockett becomes bait for a killer who mutilates victims picked from a video-dating service.

S04E11 A Rock and a Hard Place 1988-01-22

Caitlin and Crockett find that rock and roll on the road spins discord in a marriage as record execs plot to sic the media on Crockett's undercover drug-dealing.

S04E12 The Cows of October 1988-02-05

Izzy horns in on negotiations between an incensed Cuban, an off-the-farm agriculture agent and an enterprising rancher who are haggling over bull semen.

S04E13 Vote of Confidence 1988-02-12

Crockett and Tubbs catch a gubernatorial candidate with his pants down, exposing them to political dirty-dealing, blackmail and murder.

S04E14 Baseballs of Death 1988-02-19

A double murder has Crockett and Tubbs breathing down the neck of a Chilean police chief, who's in town to complete a weapons deal.

S04E15 Indian Wars 1988-02-26

Tubbs comes to admire a dedicated but violent Indian out to stop the corruption of his tribe by a coke dealer, who's being sought by an undercover Castillo.

S04E16 Honor Among Thieves? 1988-03-04

Drug kingpins go after the Doll Killer, a psychopath who injects his victims with cocaine before killing them.

S04E17 Hell Hath No Fury... 1988-03-11

Trudy protects a frightened rape victim whose allegedly rehabilitated attacker wants to apologize to her in front of a media circus.

S04E18 Badge of Dishonor 1988-03-18

Tubbs uncovers a cop with a big heart and bad judgment when the Vice squad tracks a group of renegade cops on a killing spree.

S04E19 Blood and Roses 1988-04-01

Mosca is back and Gina's got him in her sights---and her heart---on an undercover assignment.

S04E20 A Bullet for Crockett 1988-04-15

Felled by a bullet, Crockett clings to life, triggering memories for his colleagues as they frantically track the shooter.

S04E21 Deliver Us from Evil (1) 1988-04-29

Crockett dogs his former partner's killer, who's on a robbery-and-murder spree, while Caitlin's waiting to spring some important news.

S04E22 Mirror Image (2) 1988-05-06

A blow to the head turns an emotionally wasted Crockett into his drug-dealing, murderous alter ego "Burnett," who hurtles toward a deadly showdown with Tubbs.

S05E01 Hostile Takeover (3) 1988-11-04

An amnesiac Crockett, believing he's the felonious Burnett, delights in playing the contentious members of a crime family against one another.

S05E02 Redemption in Blood (4) 1988-11-11

As Crockett begins to remember fragments of his past, Burnett continues to build his drug-dealing empire.

S05E03 Heart of Night 1988-11-18

Castillo's former wife comes back looking for help and rekindles old passions as she and her husband are hunted down by killers.

S05E04 Bad Timing 1988-12-02

A vacationing Crockett, getting over his Burnett ordeal, runs afoul of escaped convicts on a rampage.

S05E05 Borrasca 1988-12-09

Castillo and Tubbs battle a Latin counterrevolutionary group out to sell a shipload of drugs, but an agent with questionable government ties interferes with the setup.

S05E06 Line of Fire 1988-12-16

Crockett and Tubbs are assigned to protect a heavy-metal rocker who's set to testify against a drug kingpin.

S05E07 Asian Cut 1989-01-13

Trudy is used as bait for a killer who mutilates his victims, all prostitutes.

S05E08 Hard Knocks 1989-01-20

As his gambling debts mount, Switek is "encouraged" by thugs to persuade a star quarterback to throw a big game.

S05E09 Fruit of the Poison Tree 1989-02-03

Crockett and Tubbs, out to nail a drug kingpin, find a case against his slick down-home lawyer, who looks to be as dirty as his client.

S05E10 To Have and to Hold 1989-02-10

Tubbs romances a drug lord's widow, while Crockett is away helping his son adjust to his mother's pregnancy.

S05E11 Miami Squeeze 1989-02-17

Crockett recruits a young cop to aid in the investigation of a British drug dealer and his mule---the son of an antidrug legislator.

S05E12 Jack of All Trades 1989-03-03

Crockett's cousin Jack, up to his neck in debt and knee-deep in trouble, involves Crockett in his shady dealings.

S05E13 The Cell Within 1989-03-10

Tubbs accepts a dinner invitation from a purportedly recovered sociopath and winds up as a prisoner in the man's private version of hell.

S05E14 The Lost Madonna 1989-03-17

Crockett and Tubbs team with a New York cop to nail a mob family dabbling in the highly profitable illegal art trade.

S05E15 Over the Line 1989-04-28

Crockett and Tubbs walk a tightrope when they infiltrate a band of rogue cops who've fallen into vigilantism.

S05E16 Victims of Circumstance 1989-05-05

Crockett and Switek infiltrate a white-supremacist group that may be linked to murders of concentration-camp survivors set to testify against a Nazi fugitive.

S05E17 Freefall 1989-05-21

Crockett and Tubbs embark on what could be a suicide mission: escorting a corrupt Latin American dictator out of his country.

S05E18 World of Trouble 1989-06-14

Pegged for dead by Vice, a retired gangster returns from the netherworld to find his son involved in the theft of a high-tech weapon.

S05E19 Miracle Man 1989-06-21

Miracle Man, a self-proclaimed superhero, trips over Switek and Tubbs on his way to rescuing Miami from the clutches of its evil drug dealers.

S05E20 Leap of Faith 1989-06-28

Crockett persuades his protégé, Joey Hardin, to join a unit of hotshot cops formed to bring down a professor suspected of killing his students.

S05E21 Too Much, Too Late 1990-01-25

Tubbs considers marrying a former love who is in Miami to help a drug-addicted friend, but then learns that she may be covering up a murder.

Finale note — From the desk: The guide closes on “Too Much, Too Late” (1990-01-25) — a series bookend worth the package context. Don Johnson negotiations and the music-budget arms race.