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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
    4.6/10(473 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 Sons and Lovers
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Sons and Lovers

    S2:E23

    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.

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  3. Background image for Leap of Faith
    5.5/10(344 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Director:Robert Iscove
  4. Background image for The Big Thaw
    6.0/10(393 votes)

    #4 - The Big Thaw

    S4:E4

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

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  5. Background image for The Cows of October
    6.1/10(363 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.

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    Director:Vern Gillum
  6. Background image for Payback
    6.5/10(465 votes)

    #6 - Payback

    S2:E20

    A reclusive drug supplier thinks Crockett has the $3 million stolen by the dealer's former employee.

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  8. Background image for The Cell Within
    6.5/10(316 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for Miracle Man
    6.5/10(299 votes)

    #8 - Miracle Man

    S5:E19

    A vigilante believes he is a superhero, Miracle Man. His efforts to rid Miami of ""drug dealing slim"" intefers with Tubbs & Switek's operations.

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    Director:Alan Myerson
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Junk Love
    6.6/10(542 votes)

    #9 - Junk Love

    S2:E7

    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.

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  11. Background image for Everybody's in Show Biz
    6.6/10(367 votes)

    #10 - Everybody's in Show Biz

    S3:E23

    An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Vote of Confidence
    6.7/10(331 votes)

    #11 - Vote of Confidence

    S4:E13

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

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  13. Background image for Hell Hath No Fury...
    6.7/10(323 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Jack of All Trades
    6.7/10(306 votes)

    #13 - Jack of All Trades

    S5:E12

    Crockett's cousin Jack, the black sheep of the family, gets him mixed up in a scheme. Jack must repay a $50,000 debt.

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    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Afternoon Plane
    6.8/10(437 votes)

    #14 - The Afternoon Plane

    S3:E17

    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.

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    Director:David Jackson
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for A Bullet for Crockett
    6.8/10(375 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Viking Bikers from Hell
    6.9/10(448 votes)

    #16 - Viking Bikers from Hell

    S3:E22

    A motorcycle gang seeks to avenge a drug-dealing comrade's death by killing off his former customers.

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  18. Background image for Indian Wars
    6.9/10(328 votes)

    #17 - Indian Wars

    S4:E15

    Tubbs relates to American Indians trying to save their homeland.

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    Director:Leon Ichaso
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Made for Each Other
    7.0/10(682 votes)

    #18 - Made for Each Other

    S1:E18

    Switek and Zito use two of their favorite informants to set up a transaction with a stolen goods dealer.

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  20. Background image for Little Miss Dangerous
    7.0/10(528 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Amen... Send Money
    7.0/10(398 votes)

    #20 - Amen... Send Money

    S4:E2

    The fury of feuding TV evangelists hits Tubbs when he is accused raping a parishoner.

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    Director:James Quinn
  22. Background image for Like a Hurricane
    7.0/10(373 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
  23. Background image for A Rock and a Hard Place
    7.0/10(344 votes)

    #22 - A Rock and a Hard Place

    S4:E11

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

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Little Prince
    7.1/10(709 votes)

    #23 - Little Prince

    S1:E11

    Crockett thinks that a wealthy industrialist's son nailed in a heroin bust could lead them to bigger connections in the supply network.

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    Director:Alan J. Levi
  25. Background image for Out Where the Buses Don't Run
    7.1/10(542 votes)

    #24 - Out Where the Buses Don't Run

    S2:E4

    Crockett and Tubbs question the sanity of a retired vice cop who wants them to chase after a coke dealer thought to be dead.

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  26. Background image for Florence, Italy
    7.1/10(474 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 4.6/10 based on 473 votes. Directed by Ate de Jong and written by Thomas M. Disch, it aired on 11/13/1987. This episode scored 0.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sons and Lovers".