Miami Vice: Season 5

Miami Vice: Season 5

Universal (1988)
Drama, Crime, Action
USA / English / Color / 1058 min
7.7
Cast View More ↓
Don Johnson Detective Sonny Crockett
Philip Michael Thomas Detective Ricardo Tubbs
Edward James Olmos Lieutenant Martin Castillo
Olivia Brown Trudy Joplin
John Diehl Detective Lawrence « Larry » Zito
Saundra Santiago Detective Gina Navarro Calabrese
Michael Talbott Detective Stanley Switek
Plot
Miami Vice is one the most innovative and powerful TV series of all time. Focusing on the Miami Metro-Dade Police "Vice" Department and it`s continued battle against the illicit drug, prostitution, and firearms crime underworld of the city of Miami. It used fashion, color, and a varied musical selection in order to accentuate and amplify the emotional undercurrent of the drama it portrayed.
Episodes
1
Hostile Takeover (3)
45 min 1988-11-04
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: Ken Solarz
2
Redemption in Blood (4)
45 min 1988-11-11
As now drug-lord Crockett's memory returns, Tubbs feels his partner has gone bad and must be destroyed.
Director: Paul Krasny, Robert Ward
Writer: Ken Solarz, Scott Shepherd
3
Heart of Night
45 min 1988-11-18
Castillo grapples with emotions while protecting his ex-wife from a drug kingpin trying to kill her current husband.
Director: Paul Krasny
Writer: James Becket
4
Bad Timing
45 min 1988-12-02
Ordered to take time off, Crockett's vacation is cut short when he is kidnapped by 3 homicidal prison escapees.
Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: Scott Shepherd
5
Borrasca
45 min 1988-12-09
Tubbs & Castillo attempt to intervene in a drug deal in which government agents want no police interference.
Director: Vern Gillum
Writer: Robert Crais, Vladislavo Stepankutza
6
Line of Fire
45 min 1988-12-16
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
7
Asian Cut
45 min 1989-01-13
Crockett & Tubbs use Trudy as a decoy to lure a sadistic serial killer who preys on call girls.
Director: James A. Contner, Robert Ward
Writer: Peter McCabe
8
Hard Knocks
45 min 1989-01-20
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: Ken Solarz, Vern Gillum, Scott Shepherd, Robert Ward
Writer: Ken Solarz
9
Fruit of the Poison Tree
45 min 1989-02-03
Crockett & Tubbs investigate an attorney who defends drug dealers, then steals and resells their drugs.
Director: Michelle Manning
Writer: Rob Bragin
10
To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)
45 min 1989-02-10
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: William Conway
11
Miami Squeeze
45 min 1989-02-17
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: Peter McCabe, Michelle Manning, Robert Ward, Ted Mann (I)
Writer: Peter McCabe, Ted Mann (I)
12
Jack of All Trades
45 min 1989-03-03
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, Robert Ward
Writer: Ken Solarz
13
The Cell Within
45 min 1989-03-10
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
14
The Lost Madonna
45 min 1989-03-17
Crockett & Tubbs help an NYPD detective retrieve a stolen 15th century Madonna statue in the possession of a mob family.
Director: Chip Chalmers
Writer: Robert Goethals
15
Over the Line
45 min 1989-04-28
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, Scott Shepherd, Robert Ward
Writer: Terry McDonnell
16
Victim of Circumstance
45 min 1989-05-05
Holocaust survivors are being murdered in Miami. Crockett and Switek infiltrate a White-supremacist group that might be responsible.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Richard Lourie
17
Freefall
45 min 1989-05-21
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: William T. Conway (teleplay) Frank Holman (story)
18
World of Trouble
45 min 1989-06-14
Director: Alan Myerson
Writer: Anthony Yerkovich
19
Miracle Man
45 min 1989-06-21
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, Gillian Horvath, Robert Ward
Writer: Rob Bragin
20
Leap of Faith
45 min 1989-06-28
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
21
Too Much, Too Late
45 min 1990-01-25
Tubbs' old flame Valerie returns to Miami to assist an old friend and her goddaughter. Tubbs wants to renew his relationship with Valerie, but she is intent on rescuing her friend from the threats of a drug dealer.
Director: Richard Compton, John A. Connor
Writer: Jack Richardson
Editions
Barcode Format Region Release Edition
025192103520 1 2007-06-26
5050582520859 2 2007-00-00