The WORST episodes of Miami Vice
Every episode of Miami Vice ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Miami Vice!
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.
#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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Vote of Confidence
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/12/1988
A prominent senatorial candidate is arrested during a raid of a mobile whorehouse.
#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.
#6 - Lend Me an Ear
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1987
The electronics whiz providing Crockett & Tubbs with surveillance devices also outfits their drug-dealing quarry.
#7 - Walk-Alone
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1986
Tubbs poses as a con to expose prison guards who are extorting drugs from inmates, and killing those who refuse.
#8 - Glades
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1984
Crockett and Tubbs wade through the Everglades after a witness who bolted from custody and must testify in 48 hours.
#9 - The Big Thaw
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1987
Two factions fight for possession of a dead reggae legend's body.
#10 - When Irish Eyes Are Crying
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1986
Gina falls for an Irish pacifist who believes there is no point fighting fire with fire anymore - or so she thinks.
#11 - Free Verse
Season 2 - Episode 20 - 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.
#12 - The Dutch Oven
Season 2 - Episode 4 - 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.
#13 - Made for Each Other
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/8/1985
By day, Switek and Zito supervise a pair of jive-talking master informants; by night, they're sharing quarters with Switek's girlfriend --- who's also Zito's ex.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - Little Miss Dangerous
Season 2 - Episode 15 - 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.
#17 - The Fix
Season 2 - Episode 18 - 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.
#18 - Florence Italy
Season 2 - Episode 16 - 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.
#19 - The Great McCarthy
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1984
Crockett's renovated cigarette boat is used in an operation to stop a man who smuggles drugs using his speedboat racing hobby.
#20 - Trust Fund Pirates
Season 2 - Episode 21 - 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.
#21 - Better Living Through Chemistry
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1986
Tubbs' former partner frames him when he abducts a chemist for some drug dealers.
#22 - 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.
#23 - Bought and Paid For
Season 2 - Episode 9 - 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.
#24 - Sons and Lovers
Season 2 - Episode 22 - 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.
#25 - 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.