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The Worst Episodes of Miami Vice

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The Worst Episodes of Miami Vice

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. Background image for Missing Hours
    3.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Missing Hours

    S4:E7

    A man's body disappears from the morgue. Trudy has an encounter with UFOs.

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  2. Background image for The Cell Within
    3.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - The Cell Within

    S5:E13

    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.

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  3. Background image for Death and the Lady
    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Death and the Lady

    S4:E3

    An actress' on-screen murder propels Crockett & Tubbs to investigate the film's flaky director.

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
  4. Background image for God's Work
    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - God's Work

    S4:E6

    The return of a kingpin's financial wizard son sets off speculations in the Miami underworld.

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  5. Background image for Little Miss Dangerous
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Little Miss Dangerous

    S2:E16

    Crocket and Tubbs visit Miami's kinky Sex World parlor when a sailor shows up murdered. The trail leads to a mysterious underage dancer Tubbs tries to straighten out - but is this more than social work?

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  6. Background image for Walk Alone
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Walk Alone

    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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  8. Background image for Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)

    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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  9. Background image for Theresa
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Theresa

    S3:E16

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

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  10. Background image for By Hooker by Crook
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - By Hooker by Crook

    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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    Director:Don Johnson
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Killshot
    4.0/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Killshot

    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:Unknown
  12. Background image for Child's Play
    4.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Child's Play

    S4:E5

    Crockett agonizes about shooting a child during a weapons investigation.

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  13. Background image for Definitely Miami
    4.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Definitely Miami

    S2:E13

    Crockett finds out first hand about Charlie Basset as a violent drug runner with an enticing wife that Sonny just can't get out of his mind.

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  14. Background image for Rising Sun of Death
    4.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Rising Sun of Death

    S4:E9

    An executive's murder alerts Castillo to Yakuza presence in Miami, but the arrival of a Japanese investigator is no help.

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    Director:Leon Ichaso
  15. Background image for Vote of Confidence
    4.3/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Vote of Confidence

    S4:E13

    A prominent senatorial candidate is arrested during a raid of a mobile whorehouse.

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  16. Background image for Line of Fire
    4.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Line of Fire

    S5:E6

    Crockett & Tubbs reluctantly comply with an FBI request to guard their key witness in a drug overlord's trial.

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  17. Background image for The Good Collar
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Good Collar

    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:Mario DiLeo
  18. Background image for Street Wise
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Street Wise

    S3:E10

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

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    Director:Fred Walton
  19. Background image for Lend Me an Ear
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Lend Me an Ear

    S3:E18

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

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    Director:James Quinn
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Knock, Knock, Who's There?
    4.5/10(2 votes)

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

    S3:E21

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

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    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Badge of Dishonor
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Badge of Dishonor

    S4:E18

    When a string of murders is linked to another unit, Crockett & Tubbs believe an undercover officer may be the killer.

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Blood & Roses
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Blood & Roses

    S4:E19

    The mobster who killed Crockett's friend is released from prison.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Deliver Us from Evil (1)
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Deliver Us from Evil (1)

    S4:E21

    A murder case that hits close to home reunites Crockett with the man who used him to trick his way off Death Row.

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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for World of Trouble
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - World of Trouble

    S5:E18

    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.

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  25. Background image for Hard Knocks
    4.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Hard Knocks

    S5:E8

    Switek sinks into drinking and gambling when thugs convince him to talk a friend's son, a major college quarterback, into throwing a game.

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    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Florence, Italy
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Florence, Italy

    S2:E17

    A Grand Prix driver has a lot on his mind: first-time fatherhood, a race against his legendary dad --- and the fact that he is suspected of killing a teenage prostitute.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Missing Hours" is the worst rated episode of "Miami Vice". It scored 3/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Ate de Jong and written by Thomas M. Disch, it aired on 11/13/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Cell Within".