The Worst Episodes of Miami Vice
Every episode of Miami Vice ranked from worst to best. Explore 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 Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Miami Vice" is "Missing Hours", rated 4.6/10 from 452 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Missing Hours" aired on 11/13/1987 and is rated 0.9 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Sons and Lovers".
4.6/10 452 votes#1 - 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
5.5/10 2 votes#2 - Sons and Lovers
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/9/1986
The son of Tubbs' arch-enemy Calderone oozes to the surface with a $1 million contract on Tubbs, while Calderone's sister Angelina says Tubbs is the father of her child.
Director: John Nicolella, Jim Johnston
Writer: N/A
5.6/10 326 votes#3 - 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
6.0/10 378 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
6.1/10 342 votes#5 - 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
6.5/10 442 votes#6 - Payback
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1986
A reclusive drug supplier thinks Crockett has the $3 million stolen by the dealer's former employee.
Director: John Nicolella
Writer: Shel Willens
6.5/10 304 votes#7 - 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
6.5/10 283 votes#8 - 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
6.6/10 514 votes#9 - Junk Love
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1985
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: N/A
6.6/10 354 votes#10 - Everybody's in Show Biz
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/1/1987
An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: Dick Wolf, Michael Duggan
6.7/10 309 votes#11 - 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
6.7/10 303 votes#12 - 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
6.7/10 292 votes#13 - 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
6.8/10 424 votes#14 - The Afternoon Plane
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1987
Tubbs finds out that his ""raffle prize"" --- a week in the Caribbean --- is set up by a vengeful con and the Calderones to lure him out of his jurisdiction.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: N/A
6.8/10 352 votes#15 - 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
6.9/10 434 votes#16 - Viking Bikers from Hell
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/3/1987
A motorcycle gang seeks to avenge a drug-dealing comrade's death by killing off his former customers.
Director: Tony Wharmby, Dick Wolf
Writer: Dick Wolf, Michael Duggan
6.9/10 311 votes#17 - 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
7.0/10 501 votes#18 - Little Miss Dangerous
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1986
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?
Director: John Nicolella
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 379 votes#19 - 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
7.0/10 326 votes#20 - 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
7.1/10 674 votes#21 - Little Prince
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1984
Crockett thinks that a wealthy industrialist's son nailed in a heroin bust could lead them to bigger connections in the supply network.
Director: Bobby Roth
Writer: Joel Surnow
7.1/10 645 votes#22 - Made for Each Other
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/8/1985
Switek and Zito use two of their favorite informants to set up a transaction with a stolen goods dealer.
Director: Rob Cohen
Writer: Allan Weisbecker
7.1/10 510 votes#23 - Out Where the Buses Don't Run
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1985
Crockett and Tubbs question the sanity of a retired vice cop who wants them to chase after a coke dealer thought to be dead.
Director: Abel Ferrara
Writer: Maurice Hurley
7.1/10 448 votes#24 - Florence, Italy
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1986
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.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: Michael B. Hoggan
7.1/10 353 votes#25 - 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