8.2/10408 votes#1 - Hostile Takeover (3)
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/1988
Still thinking he is really Sonny Burnett, Crockett starts a war between the crime family he has joined and a rival clan.
Director: Don Johnson
Writer: N/A
8.1/10401 votes#2 - Redemption in Blood (4)
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/1988
As now drug-lord Crockett's memory returns, Tubbs feels his partner has gone bad and must be destroyed.
Director: N/A
Writer: Scott Shepherd
7.2/10319 votes#3 - Heart of Night
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/1988
Castillo grapples with emotions while protecting his ex-wife from a drug kingpin trying to kill her current husband.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10339 votes#4 - Bad Timing
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/1988
Ordered to take time off, Crockett's vacation is cut short when he is kidnapped by 3 homicidal prison escapees.
Director: N/A
Writer: Scott Shepherd
7.2/10317 votes#5 - Borrasca
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/1988
Tubbs & Castillo attempt to intervene in a drug deal in which government agents want no police interference.
Director: Vern Gillum
Writer: Robert Crais
7.8/10342 votes#6 - Line of Fire
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/16/1988
Crockett & Tubbs reluctantly comply with an FBI request to guard their key witness in a drug overlord's trial.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: N/A
7.3/10319 votes#7 - Asian Cut
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 1/13/1989
Crockett & Tubbs use Trudy as a decoy to lure a sadistic serial killer who preys on call girls.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: N/A
7.4/10307 votes#8 - Hard Knocks
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 1/20/1989
Switek sinks into drinking and gambling when thugs convince him to talk a friend's son, a major college quarterback, into throwing a game.
Director: Vern Gillum
Writer: N/A
7.8/10312 votes#9 - Fruit of the Poison Tree
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 2/3/1989
Crockett & Tubbs investigate an attorney who defends drug dealers, then steals and resells their drugs.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rob Bragin
7.4/10288 votes#10 - To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 2/10/1989
While undercover, Tubbs falls for the widow of a slain drug kingpin. Crockett must leave to help his son deal with the pregnancy of his remarried mother.
Director: Eugene Corr
Writer: N/A
7.4/10303 votes#11 - Miami Squeeze
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 2/17/1989
The irresponsible son of a fierce, anti-drug-minded Congresswoman jeopardizes his mother's political career when he incurs the wrath of a British drug lord by stealing his shipment of drugs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/10294 votes#12 - Jack of All Trades
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 3/3/1989
Crockett's cousin Jack, the black sheep of the family, gets him mixed up in a scheme. Jack must repay a $50,000 debt.
Director: Vern Gillum
Writer: N/A
6.5/10305 votes#13 - The Cell Within
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 3/10/1989
A dark, chilling episode in which Tubbs is held prisoner - along with a drug dealer, a young prostitute and a prison psychologist - in the personal dungeon (complete with electric chair) of a supposedly reformed, freed killer who he once put behind bars. One of the highlights of Season 5.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10368 votes#14 - The Lost Madonna
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 3/17/1989
Crockett & Tubbs help an NYPD detective retrieve a stolen 15th century Madonna statue in the possession of a mob family.
Director: Chip Chalmers
Writer: N/A
7.4/10296 votes#15 - Over the Line
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 4/28/1989
In the midst of working an undercover assignment, Crockett and Tubbs come across a clandestine vigilante group of frustrated law enforcement officers working within the department. Aware of Sonny and Rico's own frustration with how easily the bad guys seem to circumvent the law, the vigilante organization offers them an opportunity to join in. Lieutenant Castillo encourages them to accept the offer and work undercover in ferreting out the identities of everyone involved and to make sure that no one gets hurt. Unfortunately, that is too tall an order for his detectives to accomplish successfully.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
7.2/10295 votes#16 - Victims of Circumstance
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 5/5/1989
Holocaust survivors are being murdered in Miami. Crockett and Switek infiltrate a White-supremacist group that might be responsible.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: N/A
8.1/10383 votes#17 - Freefall
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 5/21/1989
Crockett & Tubbs embark on what they see as a suicide mission. They are recruited by a Special Drug Taskforce to escort the corrupt dictator of Costa Morada, a fictional Revolution ravaged Latin American country. Gen. Manuel Borbon has promised to reveal the members of the most powerful South American drug cartel. Crockett & Tubbs are faced with what might be their final showdown.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
7.7/10296 votes#18 - World of Trouble
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 6/14/1989
Al Lombard, thought to be dead, returns to Miami to see his son and the grandson he never knew, while eluding his rival Librizzi's hitmen.
Director: Alan Myerson
Writer: Anthony Yerkovich
6.5/10284 votes#19 - Miracle Man
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 6/21/1989
A vigilante believes he is a superhero, Miracle Man. His efforts to rid Miami of ""drug dealing slim"" intefers with Tubbs & Switek's operations.
Director: Alan Myerson
Writer: Rob Bragin
5.6/10327 votes#20 - Leap of Faith
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 6/28/1989
Agent Joey Harden returns to assist Crockett as part of a new division, Youth Crime Unit, that was formed by a previous partner. The YCU investigates a college professor that has created a new designer drug, Bliss.
Director: Robert Iscove
Writer: Robert Ward
The Best Episodes of Miami Vice Season 5
Every episode of Miami Vice Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Miami Vice Season 5!
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 5 Ratings Summary
"Hostile Takeover (3)" is the best rated episode of "Miami Vice" season 5. It scored 8.2/10 based on 408 votes. Directed by Don Johnson and written by N/A, it aired on 11/4/1988. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Redemption in Blood (4)".