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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 Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 7 - Missing Hours
    1.8/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Missing Hours

    S4:E7

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

    Director:Ate de Jong
    Writer:Thomas M. Disch

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  2. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 6 - God's Work
    2.6/10(5 votes)

    #2 - God's Work

    S4:E6

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

    Director:Jan Eliasberg
    Writer:Edward Tivnan

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  3. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 3 - Death and the Lady
    2.8/10(5 votes)

    #3 - Death and the Lady

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:David Black

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  4. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 4 - The Big Thaw
    3.0/10(7 votes)

    #4 - The Big Thaw

    S4:E4

    Two factions fight for possession of a dead reggae legend's body.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Michael Duggan

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  5. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 12 - The Cows of October
    3.0/10(6 votes)

    #5 - The Cows of October

    S4:E12

    A cowboy's larcenous attempt to improve his cattle attracts attention from the US government, Cuban Communists, and Izzy.

    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  6. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 13 - Vote of Confidence
    3.2/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Vote of Confidence

    S4:E13

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

    Director:Randy Roberts
    Writer:John Schulian

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  7. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 5 - Child's Play
    3.4/10(5 votes)

    #7 - Child's Play

    S4:E5

    Crockett agonizes about shooting a child during a weapons investigation.

    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Michael Piller

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  8. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 9 - Rising Sun of Death
    3.4/10(5 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Leon Ichaso
    Writer:Peter Lance

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  9. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 18 - Badge of Dishonor
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 21 - Deliver Us from Evil (1)
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:George Mendeluk
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Miami Vice Season 5 Episode 13 - The Cell Within
    3.7/10(6 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Michael B. Hoggan
    Writer:Jack Richardson

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  12. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 10 - Love at First Sight
    3.8/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Love at First Sight

    S4:E10

    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:Peter McCabe

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  13. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 8 - Like a Hurricane
    4.0/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Like a Hurricane

    S4:E8

    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:Robert Palm

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  14. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 19 - Blood & Roses
    4.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Blood & Roses

    S4:E19

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

    Director:George Mendeluk
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 1 - Contempt of Court
    4.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Contempt of Court

    S4:E1

    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:Peter McCabe

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  16. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 20 - A Bullet for Crockett
    4.3/10(3 votes)

    #16 - A Bullet for Crockett

    S4:E20

    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:Donald L. Gold
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Miami Vice Season 5 Episode 6 - Line of Fire
    4.3/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Line of Fire

    S5:E6

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

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Raymond Hartung

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  18. Miami Vice Season 5 Episode 8 - Hard Knocks
    4.5/10(6 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 17 - Hell Hath No Fury...
    4.7/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Hell Hath No Fury...

    S4:E17

    The highly publicized release of a convicted rapist makes Trudy fear that the man's victim may have revenge on her mind.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Miami Vice Season 5 Episode 20 - Leap of Faith
    4.8/10(6 votes)

    #20 - Leap of Faith

    S5:E20

    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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  21. Miami Vice Season 2 Episode 6 - Junk Love
    5.0/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Junk Love

    S2:E6

    When Crockett and Tubbs bust the owner of a bordello (Miles Davis), they discover that one of his drug-addicted prostitutes is the object of a powerful drug dealer's twisted obsession.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Julia Cameron

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  22. Miami Vice Season 3 Episode 20 - By Hooker by Crook
    5.0/10(8 votes)

    #22 - By Hooker by Crook

    S3:E20

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

    Director:Don Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Miami Vice Season 4 Episode 11 - A Rock and a Hard Place
    5.0/10(3 votes)

    #23 - A Rock and a Hard Place

    S4:E11

    Two music executives try to ruin Caitlin's comeback by exposing Crockett as drug kingpin Burnett.

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Miami Vice Season 5 Episode 2 - Redemption in Blood (4)
    5.0/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Redemption in Blood (4)

    S5:E2

    As now drug-lord Crockett's memory returns, Tubbs feels his partner has gone bad and must be destroyed.

    Director:Paul Krasny
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Miami Vice Season 3 Episode 16 - Theresa
    5.2/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Theresa

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel
    Writer:Pamela Norris

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Missing Hours" is the worst rated episode of "Miami Vice". It scored 1.8/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Ate de Jong and written by Thomas M. Disch, it aired on 11/13/1987. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "God's Work".