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The Best Episodes of Miami Vice Season 3

Every episode of Miami Vice Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Miami Vice Season 3!

The Best Episodes of Miami Vice Season 3

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. 8.5/10(528 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. 8.3/10(491 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 8.2/10(539 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. 8.2/10(452 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 8.2/10(480 votes)

    #5 - 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
  6. 8.1/10(506 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. 8.1/10(548 votes)

    #7 - El Viejo

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    S3:E7

    Crockett & Tubbs keep tabs on a crusty old stranger who plans to cut a deal with a murderous Bolivian drug dealer.

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    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.1/10(507 votes)

    #8 - Red Tape

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    S3:E19

    Tubbs searches desperately for the source of information leaks about future busts.

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  10. 7.9/10(576 votes)

    #9 - When Irish Eyes Are Crying

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    S3:E1

    Gina falls for an Irish pacifist who believes there is no point fighting fire with fire anymore - or so she thinks.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Dick Wolf
  11. 7.9/10(520 votes)

    #10 - Stone's War

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    S3:E2

    Crockett's Vietnam journalist buddy, Ira Stone, is back--claiming to have footage of a secret U.S war in Nicaragua; the trail leads Stone, Crockett & Tubbs to Maynard a.k.a. the elusive Captain Real Estate.

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    Director:David Jackson
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  12. 7.9/10(582 votes)

    #11 - Shadow in the Dark

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    S3:E6

    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.

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  13. 7.9/10(450 votes)

    #12 - Lend Me an Ear

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    S3:E18

    The electronics whiz providing Crockett & Tubbs with surveillance devices also outfits their drug-dealing quarry.

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    Director:David Jackson
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.6/10(471 votes)

    #13 - Killshot

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    S3:E3

    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.

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    Director:Leon Ichaso
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.6/10(453 votes)

    #14 - Theresa

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    S3:E16

    Crockett's romantic entanglement with a heroin-addicted doctor jeopardizes his case against a dealer.

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    Director:N/A
  16. 7.6/10(435 votes)

    #15 - By Hooker by Crook

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    S3:E20

    Crockett's latest romance with a respected businesswoman (Melanie Griffith) turns sour when it is revealed that the woman is actually a high-class madam with connections to a notorious money launderer (George Takei).

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  17. 7.5/10(427 votes)

    #16 - Baby Blues

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    S3:E9

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

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    Director:Dick Wolf
  18. 7.5/10(446 votes)

    #17 - Street Wise

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    S3:E10

    An undercover cop and his hooker lover help the detectives find the source of some pharmaceutical grade cocaine.

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  19. 7.5/10(390 votes)

    #18 - Heroes of the Revolution

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    S3:E24

    An East German spy seeks to avenge the murder of Gina's mother in Cuba 26 years earlier, and uses her to lure the killer out.

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  20. 7.4/10(425 votes)

    #19 - Better Living Through Chemistry

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    S3:E8

    Tubbs' former partner frames him when he abducts a chemist for some drug dealers.

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  21. 7.4/10(396 votes)

    #20 - Knock, Knock, Who's There?

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    S3:E21

    Crockett & Tubbs probe drug busts ruined by phony federal agents who disappear with the evidence.

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    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.1/10(389 votes)

    #21 - Cuba Libre

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    S3:E14

    Crockett & Tubbs stumble onto a plot by fanatical Cuban commandos to assassinate an important Cuban diplomat.

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  23. 6.9/10(448 votes)

    #22 - Viking Bikers from Hell

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    S3:E22

    A motorcycle gang seeks to avenge a drug-dealing comrade's death by killing off his former customers.

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  24. 6.8/10(436 votes)

    #23 - The Afternoon Plane

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    S3:E17

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

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    Director:David Jackson
    Writer:N/A
  25. 6.6/10(367 votes)

    #24 - Everybody's in Show Biz

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    S3:E23

    An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Forgive Us Our Debts" is the best rated episode of "Miami Vice" season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 528 votes. Directed by Jan Eliasberg and written by Gustave Reininger, it aired on 12/12/1986. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Down for the Count (1)".