7.7/10409 votes#1 - Contempt of Court
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1987
By scaring the jury into a mistrial, a mobster hopes to buy time to find and silence the witness Crockett is protecting.
Director: Jan Eliasberg
Writer: N/A
7.0/10382 votes#2 - Amen... Send Money
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1987
The fury of feuding TV evangelists hits Tubbs when he is accused raping a parishoner.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Schulian
7.8/10418 votes#3 - Death and the Lady
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1987
An actress' on-screen murder propels Crockett & Tubbs to investigate the film's flaky director.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: David Black
6.0/10385 votes#4 - The Big Thaw
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1987
Two factions fight for possession of a dead reggae legend's body.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: N/A
7.8/10382 votes#5 - Child's Play
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1987
Crockett agonizes about shooting a child during a weapons investigation.
Director: Vern Gillum
Writer: Michael Piller
7.5/10347 votes#6 - God's Work
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1987
The return of a kingpin's financial wizard son sets off speculations in the Miami underworld.
Director: Jan Eliasberg
Writer: N/A
4.5/10457 votes#7 - Missing Hours
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1987
A man's body disappears from the morgue. Trudy has an encounter with UFOs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10359 votes#8 - Like a Hurricane
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1987
Crockett is assigned to guard a recording star who is a witness in a payola scandal, and ends up falling in love.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: N/A
7.4/10354 votes#9 - Rising Sun of Death
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1987
An executive's murder alerts Castillo to Yakuza presence in Miami, but the arrival of a Japanese investigator is no help.
Director: Leon Ichaso
Writer: Peter Lance
7.4/10353 votes#10 - Love at First Sight
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/1988
Newlywed Caitlin fears Crockett's latest undercover assignment as bait for a killer at a dating service will make her a widow.
Director: Don Johnson
Writer: N/A
7.0/10329 votes#11 - A Rock and a Hard Place
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/1988
Two music executives try to ruin Caitlin's comeback by exposing Crockett as drug kingpin Burnett.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: N/A
6.1/10346 votes#12 - The Cows of October
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/5/1988
A cowboy's larcenous attempt to improve his cattle attracts attention from the US government, Cuban Communists, and Izzy.
Director: Vern Gillum
Writer: N/A
6.7/10313 votes#13 - Vote of Confidence
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/12/1988
A prominent senatorial candidate is arrested during a raid of a mobile whorehouse.
Director: Randy Roberts
Writer: John Schulian
7.5/10353 votes#14 - Baseballs of Death
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/1988
Crockett & Tubbs suspect a Chilean police chief in a double murder.
Director: Bill Duke
Writer: Peter Lance
6.9/10314 votes#15 - Indian Wars
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/26/1988
Tubbs relates to American Indians trying to save their homeland.
Director: Bill Duke, Leon Ichaso
Writer: Peter Lance
7.2/10355 votes#16 - Honor Among Thieves?
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/1988
Crockett & Tubbs want to bring in a serial killer, but fear that it may blow their covers to break too soon.
Director: Leon Ichaso
Writer: Michael Duggan
6.7/10307 votes#17 - Hell Hath No Fury...
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/1988
The highly publicized release of a convicted rapist makes Trudy fear that the man's victim may have revenge on her mind.
Director: Jim Johnston
Writer: N/A
7.2/10314 votes#18 - Badge of Dishonor
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/1988
When a string of murders is linked to another unit, Crockett & Tubbs believe an undercover officer may be the killer.
Director: Dick Wolf, Richard Compton
Writer: N/A
7.5/10334 votes#19 - Blood & Roses
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/1/1988
The mobster who killed Crockett's friend is released from prison.
Director: Dick Wolf, Richard Compton
Writer: Michael Duggan
6.8/10356 votes#20 - A Bullet for Crockett
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/15/1988
Sonny and Rico work undercover with a big dealer, Ricque ""Loco"" Mendez. During the police intervention, Sonny shot Loco, and the girlfriend of Loco shot Sonny. Members of the vice squad reminisce while Crockett lies close to death from the gunshot wound. We see why the other policemen love Sonny. At the end, we understand why Sonny is a cop.
Director: George Mendeluk, Dick Wolf
Writer: N/A
8.2/10393 votes#21 - Deliver Us from Evil (1)
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1988
A murder case that hits close to home reunites Crockett with the man who used him to trick his way off Death Row.
Director: Dick Wolf, George Mendeluk
Writer: Michael Duggan, David Black
8.2/10425 votes#22 - Mirror Image (2)
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1988
A concussion leaves Crockett thinking he is his drug dealer alter-ego Burnett and goes to work for a Colombian crime boss.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Miami Vice Season 4
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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...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:NBC
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Contempt of Court" is the best rated episode of "Miami Vice" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 409 votes. Directed by Jan Eliasberg and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/1987. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Amen... Send Money".