Miami Vice

The Best Episodes of Miami Vice

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Network:NBC

Every episode of Miami Vice ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Miami Vice!

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...
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  1. 8.8/10(978 votes)

    #1 - Whatever Works

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    S2:E3

    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.

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  2. 8.7/10(2.1k votes)

    #2 - Phill the Shill

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    S2:E12

    A British television personality who has dealings with a major cocaine dealer is targeted by Crockett and Tubbs.

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    Director:Rob Cohen
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.6/10(782 votes)

    #3 - Evan

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    S1:E21

    Crockett and Tubbs join forces with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ... including Crockett's old partner Evan Freed. Tubbs tries to understand their troubled relationship.

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  4. 8.5/10(997 votes)

    #4 - Calderone's Return: The Hit List - Part 1

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    S1:E4

    The team moves to protect Crockett and his family from an assassin, hired by Calderone to re-empty the void he left behind.

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  5. 8.5/10(525 votes)

    #5 - Forgive Us Our Debts

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    S3:E11

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

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  6. 8.4/10(838 votes)

    #6 - Smuggler's Blues

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    S1:E15

    Someone in law enforcement is murdering drug dealers and their families in cold blood. To find the culprit, Crockett and Tubbs go undercover and travel to Colombia with a laid-back pilot to pose as dealers.

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  8. 8.4/10(526 votes)

    #7 - Trust Fund Pirates

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    S2:E22

    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.

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  9. 8.3/10(2.5k votes)

    #8 - Brother's Keeper

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    S1:E1

    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.

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  10. 8.3/10(839 votes)

    #9 - The Prodigal Son (1)

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    S2:E1

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

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  11. 8.3/10(649 votes)

    #10 - One Way Ticket

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    S2:E15

    A district attorney is killed at a wedding for getting too close to a French-Canadian drug lord that's operating in Miami. Since the victim was a close friend of the criminal's lawyer, Sonny tries to make the lawyer do something about it.

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  12. 8.3/10(542 votes)

    #11 - The Fix

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    S2:E19

    A judge with heavy gambling debts tries to persuade his college all-star son to throw a game. Crockett suspects the judge let a drug dealer go free because of his money troubles.

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  13. 8.3/10(487 votes)

    #12 - Down for the Count (1)

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    S3:E12

    Zito reluctantly uses a boxer as bait to help the vice squad nail a former drug kingpin involved in bookmaking; it ends in tragedy and the loss of a comrade for the vice cops.

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  14. 8.2/10(950 votes)

    #13 - Calderone's Return: Calderone's Demise - Part 2

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    S1:E5

    While on the trail of Calderone in Bimini, Tubbs falls in love with a woman who forces him to consider his loyalties.

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  15. 8.2/10(667 votes)

    #14 - Tale of the Goat

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    S2:E8

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  16. 8.2/10(536 votes)

    #15 - Walk Alone

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    S3:E4

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

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  17. 8.2/10(503 votes)

    #16 - The Good Collar

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    S3:E5

    A star high school athlete, arrested for delivering heroin, agrees to help Crockett trap a 15-year-old drug lord; it turns ugly.

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    Director:N/A
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  18. 8.2/10(448 votes)

    #17 - Down for the Count (2)

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    S3:E13

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

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  19. 8.2/10(479 votes)

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

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    S3:E15

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  20. 8.2/10(407 votes)

    #19 - Deliver Us from Evil (1)

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    S4:E21

    A murder case that hits close to home reunites Crockett with the man who used him to trick his way off Death Row.

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  21. 8.2/10(438 votes)

    #20 - Mirror Image (2)

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    S4:E22

    A concussion leaves Crockett thinking he is his drug dealer alter-ego Burnett and goes to work for a Colombian crime boss.

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  22. 8.2/10(422 votes)

    #21 - Hostile Takeover (3)

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    S5:E1

    Still thinking he is really Sonny Burnett, Crockett starts a war between the crime family he has joined and a rival clan.

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    Director:Don Johnson
    Writer:N/A
  23. 8.1/10(903 votes)

    #22 - No Exit

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    S1:E7

    Crockett and Tubbs reluctantly help government agents in their pursuit of a dangerous arms dealer.

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    Director:David Soul
    Writer:N/A
  24. 8.1/10(730 votes)

    #23 - Golden Triangle - Part 1

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    S1:E13

    Crockett and Tubbs work undercover in a hotel. They uncover criminals that are an old enemies of Lt. Castillo and have also kidnapped Castillo's long-lost wife.

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  25. 8.1/10(711 votes)

    #24 - Golden Triangle - Part 2

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    S1:E14

    Lt. Castillo must bring down his old enemy, who has passed his organization to his grandsons. They have kidnapped Castillo's long-lost wife to ensure their escape from prosecution.

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  26. 8.1/10(720 votes)

    #25 - The Home Invaders

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    S1:E19

    The squad is assigned to assist Robbery with a string of brutal home invasions. Castillo is concerned the officer in charge - who was Crockett's mentor - is mishandling the investigation and the two clash, leaving Crockett torn between loyalty and a resolved case.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Whatever Works" is the best rated episode of "Miami Vice". It scored 8.8/10 based on 978 votes. Directed by Jim Johnston and written by Maurice Hurley, it aired on 10/4/1985. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Phill the Shill".