Crockett and Tubbs realize they have been "dropped in the trick bag" by someone high up in government, whom Borbon has considerable dirt on. 1 decade ago. He especially brought in those youngsters who didn’t yet have cable, who watched Miami Vice and then kept the TV tuned to NBC to watch Friday Night Videos. The producers of Miami Vice had pulled off the Florida dream: They told a lie that came true. Crockett gets a call from Tubbs in obvious distress before Montoya gets on, saying he has 12 hours to deliver Borbon or Tubbs is dead. He threatens to have Crockett and Tubbs shot for what they have done, telling them he has the power to pin their deaths on Borbon. When Miami Vice came to an end after 5 years in May 1989, million viewers tuned in to say goodbye to James "Sonny" Crockett (Don Johnson). The credits leave no doubt about where the show is set, or what it’s selling: pretty pictures and decadence. Crockett and Tubbs ignore Jimendez's suggestion about where to go over the wall, and realize they were right not to trust him when a convoy of soldiers shows up where they should have gone over. The series’ heroes, James “Sonny” Crockett (played by Don Johnson) and Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) begin the episode by staking out a sleepy, beach-adjacent neighborhood along with their colleagues in the Miami PD’s vice division, waiting for an undercover operation to culminate in the arrest of some arms dealers. The shots of Crockett and Tubbs heading out into the night for their final showdown to Honeymoon Suite's "Bad Attitude" is reminiscent of, and probably an homage to, the iconic. Tubbs asks her why she is fighting to get Borbon out of the country, when it was he who has caused all the turmoil in the first place. After a rock is thrown into the car, they spot Ramirez running away, and the Vice cops bolt from the car just before it explodes. This is the Michael Mann touch in spades: a sparely furnished high-end abode, some slick professionals, and a soundtrack that suffuses everything with poetic melancholy. There originally wasn’t going to be a show. Meanwhile, Montoya arrives in Miami, and Borbon is unhappy about his set up. Crockett, cynical and feeling the mission is suicide, nevertheless agrees to join his partner. Tubbs and Felicia find they're fighting the same things --drugs, gangs, and poverty-- and Tubbs expresses a wistfulness for New York. We see the sign outside the doors of OCB and what it says: Organized Crime Bureau, Strategic Intelligence, Tactical Intelligence, Vice/Narcotics. One shot in particular has been used in the opening credits since season 3, and clearly shows only Crockett in the car (no Tubbs). In an essay in a 1988 issue of Jump Cut, ONC Wang wrote: In this critical period in history, when it is absolutely necessary to know whom we live next to, and thus among, what does Miami Vice most often show, and what do we most often see? It had a notoriously troubled production, even without… It premiered on May 21, 1989. I picked 13 of my favorite cuts…all the best of the new stuff. --, "I have these very important friends in the national GOP, and if you want to run for anything more prestigious than, "If you don't tell me where they have my partner, I'm going to turn that pretty wall into an, "Thanks Lieutenant, but there's no other way..." --, "We had one hell of a run, didn't we, partner." Crockett and Tubbs shoot down Borbon's plane. The Vice cops are led to a darkened theater, which lights up to reveal a group of people led by Colonel Andrew Baker of the Special Drug Enforcement Task Force. Four years after Miami Vice, Glenn Frey had a seven-episode run on the show mob show Wiseguy.He was cast as the lead on the 1993 CBS detective … Next time on A Very Special Episode: Nash Bridges, “Wild Card”. Miami Vice is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC. Crockett and Tubbs, figuring they're on their way out, are recruited by the government to help a dictator escape from his war-torn country - … Baker promises to have their badges for what they have done; a burned out Crockett and Tubbs throw down their shields in disgust and quit the force, despite Castillo's pleas to reconsider. 1:20. During the opening car chase, the participants suddenly jump from driving on public roads with other traffic to driving on an empty race track -- the distinctive striped corner kerbs can be seen in several shots, and at one point, just before the agents stop Crockett and Tubbs, an overhead advertising gantry decked out with racing images and checkered flags can clearly be seen. The cold open of the first-season episode “No Exit” doesn’t, either. But the opening sequence is a fine piece of filmmaking in and of itself, filled with local color—old people, Cuban coffee, pink-hued art-deco architecture—and clear characterizations. Few network executives have ever experienced the sort of hot streak that Brandon Tartikoff did when he took over in 1981 as the chief programmer at NBC when he was just 32 years old. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. (For his part, Wolf moved on in 1990 to his next NBC show, Law & Order, which also reshaped the policier for its times, albeit more gradually.). Jan Hammer: It’s the Best of Miami Vice, on Reality. In riot-torn Costa Morada, General Manuel Borbon is speaking with reporters about his regime and the massive civil unrest; he answers with indifference and denies rumors he's leaving the country, before leaving with his aide-de-camp, Captain Jimindez. It was originally broadcast as an extended, two-hour episode, but is often split into two one-hour episodes for syndication. Miami Vice was a massive hit in the mid-to-late 1980s.Flashy, featuring the biggest hits in music, harnessing plenty of action sequences and of course following two of television's celebrated detectives, Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Rico Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas). We see Crockett use a shotgun, the Armsel Striker he carries in the final firefight, for the first time. Still, even while the show was on the air, some questioned how progressive it actually was. Tubbs is shown loading up his Ithaca Stakeout and his Smith and Wesson Model 38 prior to the final confrontation with Borbon, but uses neither in the subsequent shootout, opting instead for two SIG Sauer P226s he brings back from Costa Morada. Frankly, when people think about Miami Vice today, most likely what first comes to mind are the white jackets, the pink ties, and the fashion designer’s vision of “casual.” The Miami Vice clothes are so iconic that when a sitcom today wants to signify “the late ’80s” in a flashback sequence, the costume designers just make the male star look like Don Johnson. Tubbs goes to see Miranda while Crockett goes to see Borbon's accountant (who Borbon called at the safe house just before the hit). While Switek phones in a bet at a payphone, Crockett meets Tubbs at Raoul's, where Tubbs muses that Borbon can bring important information to help curb the drug flow and that, for the first time, the Vice cops can make a difference. BRUCE WILLIS: Season 1, Episode 7. And a local police scientist in Cocaine Cowboys estimated that any random $20 bill plucked from a Miami wallet in 1981 would’ve revealed traces of cocaine. Meanwhile, other networks stole Miami Vice’s thunder, premièring their own shows with pop music and cinematic effects, and generally becoming more adventurous and hip with their programming. “MTV COPS” WAS THE MAIN CONCEIT OF THE SERIES. (fires gun) --, "Eventually, you stop feeling anything at all." 1 hit. They set up surveillance on Crockett’s boat, but there two major complications. Bianca thanks Crockett for saving her father's life, knowing he would rather have not; Crockett dismissively says it's his job, and that he learned a long time ago not to let his feelings get in the way. On their phone-tap, Crockett and Tubbs hear a call from Rita Amato (played by Katherine Borowitz, a year before she married her current husband, John Turturro). --, "I don't think that's your problem, detective. Miami Vice followed the same path to success that NBC shows like Hill Street Blues and Cheers did during the ’80s. “No Exit” is remarkably fashion-forward: True, Rita Amato looks strangely dowdy in her best Diane Chambers frock, but Tony Amato’s puffy, high-waisted pants and Sonny Crockett’s striped T-shirt look like they stopped off in Miami on their way from the runway to a catalog. Tubbs is in a trailer, surrounded by Montoya and his men. We also see him use a conventional rifle, a Remington 700, when rescuing Tubbs from Montoya. The two-hour pilot that established the show’s style and tone was scripted by Yerkovich and directed by Thomas Carter, the former White Shadow actor who helmed the snazzy pilot for St. But their discovery turns out to be foreshadowing. 624 Collins Avenue / Collins Court - Collins Court north - 6th Street west - Washington Avenue south - 5th Street west - MacArhut Causeway / Watson Island - exit NE 13th Street - left North Bayshore Drive - Bicentennial Park (Crockett/Tubbs car chase with Ramon), Club Deuce, 222 14th street, Miami Beach (interior of, Espanola Way, Miami Beach (Costa Morada Scenes, Crockett/Tubbs escape from their taxi), Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables (Crockett/Tubbs argue with Baker about keeping Borbon in their safe house), 4731 Pinetree Drive, Miami Beach (Safe House), 4400 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami (Banco Libre where Borbon's fiancee is withdrawing cash), 1700 James Avenue, Miami Beach (Borbon's house), 5100 Biscayne Boulevard (Crockett/Tubbs driving), Hamilton on the Bay Condominiums 555 NE 34th Street, Miami (Building where Tubbs is held-exterior), North of Jose Marti Park, 150 SW 4th Ave (SRT shootout at Montoya's trailer), Under Rickenbacker Causeway Bridge (Crockett/Tubbs are stopped by Ramon and Borbon is shot; final scene shot), Chalk's Ocean Airways/Watson Island am Mac Arthur Causeway (Crockett/Tubbs shoot down Borbon's plane), Next to Miamarina @ Bayside, downtown Miami (Final Scene with Crockett/Tubbs), "Freefall" (Felicia tends to wounded, final scene between Crockett/Tubbs), "Shoot You Right Now" (Crockett/Tubbs confront Borbon's fiancee, Baker threatens to have Crockett/Tubbs shot), Daytona speeding through night - stock footage used in ", Switek on stage - "Give a Little, Take a Little", Switek and Zito watching Elvis Presley on TV - "Made for Each Other", Zito pushing Switek in wheelchair - "Made for Each Other", Strung out Trudy with Gina - "Little Prince", Gina and Trudy in dressing room - "Give a Little, Take a Little", Crockett and Tubbs getting shot at - "Whatever Works", Crockett firing - "When Irish Eyes Are Crying", Crockett and Tubbs in boat chase - "Lend Me an Ear", Izzy herding dogs - "When Irish Eyes Are Crying", Limo passes Crockett and Tubbs - "Definitely Miami", Tubbs dangling from catwalk - "Redemption in Blood", Gina and Trudy bringing food platters onto yacht - ", Crockett and Tubbs punching each other - "Brother's Keeper", Daytona blown up - "When Irish Eyes Are Crying", Crockett running through field - "The Prodigal Son", Crockett and Switek sneaking through house - "Lend Me an Ear", Crockett and Tubbs running - "The Great McCarthy", Trudy running with gun - "Hell Hath No Fury...", Crockett dragging Izzy in captain's uniform - "Whatever Works", Crockett blowing up helicopter - "Line of Fire", Fishtanks shattering - "By Hooker by Crook", Houseboat exploding and blinding Crockett - ", Crockett seeing car bomb and getting blown back by explosion - "Brother's Keeper", Switek tearfully embracing a dead Zito - "Down for the Count (Part I)", Crockett and Tubbs shaking hands - "Freefall", "Yeah, social life in the 80's, isn't it a kick?"