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The Best Episodes Directed By John Nicolella

Every TV Episode Directed by John Nicolella Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

John Nicolella Ratings Summary

"Lombard" is the best rated episode directed by John Nicolella. It scored 7.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 5/10/1985 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "Tale of the Goat".

  • Lombard
    7.5/102 votes

    #1 - Lombard

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1985

    Crockett and Tubbs must protect a reluctant witness from his prior employers -- the Mafia family that wants to silence him.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A

  • Tale of the Goat
    6.7/103 votes

    #2 - Tale of the Goat

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1985

    Crockett and Tubbs escort a coffin containing a criminal to his final Miami resting place ... until its learned that he has risen from the dead and has a similar zombie fate scheduled for Tubbs.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A

  • Payback
    6.0/103 votes

    #3 - Payback

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1986

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

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: Shel Willens

  • Milk Run
    5.7/103 votes

    #4 - Milk Run

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1985

    Crockett and Tubbs encounter two naive young men smuggling cocaine-filled statues for a murderous criminal.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: Allison Hock

  • Back in the World
    5.5/102 votes

    #5 - Back in the World

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1985

    Crockett flashes to his role during the Saigon evacuation as he and a war correspondent uncover heroin smuggled in body bags. Ten years later in Miami the H resurfaces and so does the reporter looking for the CIA connection.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A

  • Sons and Lovers
    5.5/102 votes

    #6 - Sons and Lovers

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/9/1986

    The son of Tubbs' arch-enemy Calderone oozes to the surface with a $1 million contract on Tubbs, while Calderone's sister Angelina says Tubbs is the father of her child.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A

  • Trust Fund Pirates
    5.3/103 votes

    #7 - Trust Fund Pirates

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/1986

    A Bolivian cruise ship is attacked by pirates leading Crockett and Tubbs to enlist the help of a renegade pilot in the contraband business to solve the case.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: Dennis Cooper

  • Bushido
    4.5/102 votes

    #8 - Bushido

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1985

    Castillo is forced to choose between friendship and duty when Jack Gretsky, his best friend from his days in Vietnam with the CIA, reemerges from the criminal underground complete with a Russian wife who is being pursued by the KGB.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A

  • The Prodigal Son (2)
    4.0/101 votes

    #9 - The Prodigal Son (2)

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1985

    Crockett and Tubbs go to Manhattan to find a group of Colombian drug dealers who are killing federal agents.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pinnacle
    4.0/101 votes

    #10 - The Pinnacle

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/27/1987

    Luca's greedy ploy to take over another casino puts his entire gambling empire in jeopardy.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A

  • Little Miss Dangerous
    3.7/103 votes

    #11 - Little Miss Dangerous

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1986

    Crocket and Tubbs visit Miami's kinky Sex World parlor when a sailor shows up murdered. The trail leads to a mysterious underage dancer Tubbs tries to straighten out - but is this more than social work?

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A

  • Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)
    3.7/103 votes

    #12 - Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/1987

    Castillo is not the only one to realize that a series of prostitute murders matches the M.O. of killings in Vietnam in the early 70s; the cops get help on the case from a man claiming to be a Vietnamese inspector.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A

  • The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob
    1.0/101 votes

    #13 - The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1987

    An overzealous senator outrages crime bosses by subpoenaing them to appear before an organized crime commission. An actress with a shady past falls for Torello.

    Director: John Nicolella

    Writer: N/A