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The Best Episodes of Miami Vice Season 5

Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:NBC

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...
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  • Hostile Takeover (3)
    8.2/10(418)
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    #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

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  • Redemption in Blood (4)
    8.1/10(410)
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    #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

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  • Freefall
    8.1/10(386)
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    #3 - 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

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  • Fruit of the Poison Tree
    7.8/10(319)
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    #4 - 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

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  • Line of Fire
    7.7/10(349)
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    #5 - 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

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  • World of Trouble
    7.7/10(304)
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    #6 - 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

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  • Hard Knocks
    7.4/10(311)
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    #7 - 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

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  • To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)
    7.4/10(295)
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    #8 - 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

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  • Miami Squeeze
    7.4/10(309)
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    #9 - 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

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  • Over the Line
    7.4/10(302)
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    #10 - 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

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  • Asian Cut
    7.3/10(323)
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    #11 - 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

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  • Heart of Night
    7.2/10(327)
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    #12 - 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

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  • Bad Timing
    7.2/10(346)
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    #13 - 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

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  • Borrasca
    7.2/10(324)
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    #14 - 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

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  • The Lost Madonna
    7.2/10(373)
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    #15 - 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

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  • Victims of Circumstance
    7.2/10(301)
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    #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

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  • Jack of All Trades
    6.7/10(299)
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    #17 - 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

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  • The Cell Within
    6.5/10(310)
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    #18 - 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

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  • Miracle Man
    6.5/10(290)
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    #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

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  • Leap of Faith
    5.6/10(334)
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    #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

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Hostile Takeover (3)" is the best rated episode of "Miami Vice" season 5. It scored 8.2/10 based on 418 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)".