Miami Vice

The Best Episodes of Miami Vice Season 1

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Network:NBC

Every episode of Miami Vice Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Miami Vice Season 1!

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. 8.6/10(782 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. 8.5/10(997 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 8.4/10(838 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. 8.3/10(2.5k votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 8.2/10(950 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 8.1/10(903 votes)

    #6 - 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
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  8. 8.1/10(730 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. 8.1/10(711 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. 8.1/10(720 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. 8.1/10(665 votes)

    #10 - Lombard

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    S1:E22

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

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    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.0/10(705 votes)

    #11 - Rites of Passage

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    S1:E16

    Sparks fly between Tubbs and an old flame who has come to Miami to rescue her sister from a life of prostitution.

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  13. 7.9/10(1.0k votes)

    #12 - Heart of Darkness

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    S1:E2

    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!

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  14. 7.9/10(721 votes)

    #13 - Milk Run

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    S1:E12

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

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  15. 7.8/10(730 votes)

    #14 - Give a Little, Take a Little

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    S1:E10

    In court, Crockett refuses to identify an informant and spends more time in jail than the drug dealer he is trying to bust. Gina and Trudy infiltrate a prostitution ring. Gina is placed in a compromising position when they are suspicious that she is not a hooker.

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    Director:Bobby Roth
  16. 7.7/10(788 votes)

    #15 - One Eyed Jack

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    S1:E6

    Crockett attempts to help an old flame free herself from a racketeer, then is framed for taking bribes. Martin Castillo becomes the squad's new lieutenant.

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  17. 7.4/10(774 votes)

    #16 - The Great McCarthy

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    S1:E8

    Crockett and Tubbs get involved in the world of offshore power boat racing and drug smuggling.

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  18. 7.4/10(641 votes)

    #17 - Nobody Lives Forever

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    S1:E20

    A passionate romance distracts Crockett to the point that it nearly derails the pursuit of three thugs on a rampage.

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  19. 7.3/10(870 votes)

    #18 - Cool Runnin'

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    S1:E3

    Crockett and Tubbs must enlist the help of an unreliable petty thief to bust a drug operation run by a trio of homicidal Jamaicans.

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  20. 7.3/10(751 votes)

    #19 - Glades

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    S1:E9

    Crockett & Tubbs have to recover a witness in a major drug dealer's trial, who has ran off to the Everglades and must testify in 48 hours.

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  21. 7.3/10(653 votes)

    #20 - The Maze

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    S1:E17

    A group of young punks kill a cop and then take hostages - including an undercover Tubbs - while negotiators try to end the situation without more bloodshed and a SWAT team closes in.

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  22. 7.1/10(700 votes)

    #21 - Little Prince

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    S1:E11

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

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    Director:Bobby Roth
  23. 7.0/10(673 votes)

    #22 - Made for Each Other

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    S1:E18

    Switek and Zito use two of their favorite informants to set up a transaction with a stolen goods dealer.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Evan" is the best rated episode of "Miami Vice" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 782 votes. Directed by Rob Cohen, Jim Johnston and written by Edward di Lorenzo, it aired on 5/3/1985. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Calderone's Return: The Hit List - Part 1".