The BEST episodes of Miami Vice season 2

Every episode of Miami Vice season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Miami Vice season 2!

Miami Vice centers around the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas), two undercover detectives from the Miami Police Department’s vice squad battling against drug trafficking and prostitution in the city’s seamy underworld. Its use of New Wave music and colorful Italian men’s fashion was groundbreaking and the series had a defining influence on the popular culture of the 1980s.

Last Updated: 2/23/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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Out Where the Buses Don't Run
star
8.22
175 votes

#1 - 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.

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One Way Ticket
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8.16
155 votes

#2 - One Way Ticket

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1986

Efforts to convict a drug dealer who murdered a deputy DA are hampered by a lack of evidence and by a defense attorney disliked by Crockett.

Directors: Craig Bolotin
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The Prodigal Son (1)
star
7.80
83 votes

#3 - The Prodigal Son (1)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1985

Crockett and Tubbs go to Manhattan to find a group of Colombian drug dealers who are killing federal agents.

Writer: Daniel Pyne
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Bushido
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7.73
150 votes

#4 - Bushido

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1985

Castillo is contacted by a former associate who's on the run from both the CIA and the KGB.

Writer: John Leekley
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Payback
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7.60
108 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Aaron Lipstadt
Writer: Robert Crais
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Phil the Shill
star
7.55
93 votes

#6 - Phil the Shill

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1985

Switek has to cool his vendetta against a shady game-show host who could lead the vice cops to an elusive coke dealer.

Directors: John Nicolella
Writer: Paul Diamond
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Tale of the Goat
star
7.53
118 votes

#7 - Tale of the Goat

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1985

Tubbs infiltrates a criminal voodoo cult whose leader has returned from Haiti --- and apparently the grave --- to collect an old debt.

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Back in the World
star
7.52
119 votes

#8 - Back in the World

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1985

A journalist that Crockett knew in Vietnam is ready to break a story about "The Sergeant"--a shadowy legend thought to have shipped heroin stateside in body bags.

Directors: Don Johnson
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The Prodigal Son (2)
star
7.42
109 votes

#9 - The Prodigal Son (2)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1985

Writer: Daniel Pyne
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Junk Love
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7.33
151 votes

#10 - Junk Love

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1985

Crockett and Tubbs' connection to a major smuggler is a young woman who acts like his girl though she claims to hate him, and whose drug habit may blow the bust.

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Buddies
star
7.05
119 votes

#11 - Buddies

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1985

Crockett is forced to realize that an old Army buddy may be involved with a contract on a young mother's life.

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Whatever Works
star
7.01
163 votes

#12 - Whatever Works

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1985

Crockett, Tubbs & Castillo contact a Santerian priestess to help find the link between ritualistic killings of officers and a group of drug traffickers. Crockett and Izzy try to get the Ferrari back after a city accountant re-possesses it.

Directors: John Nicolella
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Yankee Dollar
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6.97
119 votes

#13 - Yankee Dollar

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1986

Crockett and Tubbs engage a drug dealer in a game of wits and double-crosses to snare bigger game.

Directors: Aaron Lipstadt
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French Twist
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6.96
118 votes

#14 - French Twist

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1986

An interpol agent arouses Crockett's interest --- and Tubbs' suspicion as they search for an international drug dealing assassin.

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Definitely Miami
star
6.92
89 votes

#15 - Definitely Miami

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1986

Crockett falls for the wife of a murderous drug dealer and the Feds want the vice cops to give up a protected witness to help bust a major distributor.

Directors: Rob Cohen
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Bought and Paid For
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6.80
125 votes

#16 - Bought and Paid For

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1985

Gina is out to nail the man who raped her friend but is frustrated by the suspect's wealth and connections --- and by the victim's sudden recantation.

Directors: John Nicolella
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Sons and Lovers
star
6.71
73 votes

#17 - Sons and Lovers

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/9/1986

The Calderones are back: Angelina reveals that Tubbs fathered her son; and her half-brother has put up a $1 million bounty to revenge her father's death.

Directors: John Nicolella
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Little Miss Dangerous
star
6.58
98 votes

#18 - Little Miss Dangerous

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1986

A psychotic is dubbed the "Crayon Killer" for leaving behind childlike drawings at murder scenes. Tubbs tries to help a young woman get off the streets.

Directors: Leon Ichaso
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The Fix
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6.56
87 votes

#19 - The Fix

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1986

A judge with heavy gambling debts tries to persuade his college all-star son to throw a game. Crockett suspects the judge let a drug dealer go free because of his money troubles.

Directors: Dick Miller
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Florence Italy
star
6.49
94 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: John Nicolella
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Trust Fund Pirates
star
6.41
114 votes

#21 - Trust Fund Pirates

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/1986

Crockett and Tubbs prevail upon a pilot to stall his retirement from the contraband business long enough to connect them with a band of murderous 20th-century pirates.

Directors: Jim Johnston
Writer: Daniel Pyne
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The Dutch Oven
star
5.89
132 votes

#22 - The Dutch Oven

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1985

Trudy is torn between love and duty when she learns that her lover's friend is connected to a big-time cocaine dealer.

Directors: Abel Ferrara
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Free Verse
star
5.74
96 votes

#23 - Free Verse

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/4/1986

Crockett and Tubbs have trouble keeping a rein on their charge, a recently freed Central American political prisoner who likes to party.

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