The BEST episodes of Miami Vice season 4

Every episode of Miami Vice season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Miami Vice season 4!

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: 12/5/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
Deliver Us from Evil (1)
star
9.00
99 votes

#1 - Deliver Us from Evil (1)

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1988

A murder case that hits close to home reunites Crockett with the man who used him to trick his way off Death Row.

Directors: George Mendeluk
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Mirror Image (2)
star
8.96
91 votes

#2 - Mirror Image (2)

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1988

A concussion leaves Crockett thinking he is his drug dealer alter-ego Burnett and goes to work for a Colombian crime boss.

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God's Work
star
8.95
129 votes

#3 - God's Work

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1987

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

Directors: Jan Eliasberg
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Child's Play
star
8.33
79 votes

#4 - Child's Play

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1987

Crockett agonizes about shooting a child during a weapons investigation.

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Badge of Dishonor
star
7.89
64 votes

#5 - Badge of Dishonor

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/1988

When a string of murders is linked to another unit, Crockett & Tubbs believe an undercover officer may be the killer.

Directors: Virgil Vogel
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The Rising Sun of Death
star
7.75
59 votes

#6 - The Rising Sun of Death

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1987

An executive's murder alerts Castillo to Yakuza presence in Miami, but the arrival of a Japanese investigator is no help.

Directors: Leon Ichaso
Writer: Peter Lance
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Contempt of Court
star
7.57
110 votes

#7 - Contempt of Court

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1987

By scaring the jury into a mistrial, a mobster hopes to buy time to find and silence the witness Crockett is protecting.

Directors: Jan Eliasberg
Writer: Pete McCabe
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Honor Among Thieves?
star
7.42
79 votes

#8 - Honor Among Thieves?

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/1988

Crockett & Tubbs want to bring in a serial killer, but fear that it may blow their covers to break too soon.

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Love at First Sight
star
7.36
53 votes

#9 - Love at First Sight

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/1988

Newlywed Caitlin fears Crockett's latest undercover assignment as bait for a killer at a dating service will make her a widow.

Directors: Don Johnson
Writer: Pete McCabe
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Death and the Lady
star
7.31
54 votes

#10 - Death and the Lady

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1987

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

Directors: Colin Bucksey
Writer: David Black
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Baseballs of Death
star
7.30
46 votes

#11 - Baseballs of Death

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/1988

Crockett & Tubbs suspect a Chilean police chief in a double murder.

Directors: Bill Duke
Writer: Peter Lance
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Like a Hurricane
star
7.29
85 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Robert Palm
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A Bullet for Crockett
star
7.26
98 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: George Mendeluk
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Rock and a Hard Place
star
7.25
51 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Colin Bucksey
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Amen...Send Money
star
7.25
88 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: James Quinn
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Indian Wars
star
6.82
78 votes

#16 - Indian Wars

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/26/1988

Tubbs relates to American Indians trying to save their homeland.

Directors: Bill Duke
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Blood & Roses
star
6.77
78 votes

#17 - Blood & Roses

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/1/1988

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

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Vote of Confidence
star
5.79
52 votes

#18 - Vote of Confidence

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/12/1988

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

Directors: Randy Roberts
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The Big Thaw
star
5.36
96 votes

#19 - The Big Thaw

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1987

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

Directors: Richard Compton
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Hell Hath No Fury
star
4.90
58 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Jim Johnston
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The Cows of October
star
4.84
58 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: Vern Gillum
Writer: Ed Zuckerman
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Missing Hours
star
4.63
76 votes

#22 - Missing Hours

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1987

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

Directors: Ate de Jong
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