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Miami Vice
S2.E12
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Definitely Miami

  • Episode aired Jan 10, 1986
  • TV-14
  • 48m
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
2.2K
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Don Johnson in Miami Vice (1984)
ActionCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

Crockett finds out first hand about Charlie Basset as a violent drug runner with an enticing wife that Sonny just can't get out of his mind.Crockett finds out first hand about Charlie Basset as a violent drug runner with an enticing wife that Sonny just can't get out of his mind.Crockett finds out first hand about Charlie Basset as a violent drug runner with an enticing wife that Sonny just can't get out of his mind.

  • Director
    • Rob Cohen
  • Writers
    • Michael Ahnemann
    • Daniel Pyne
  • Stars
    • Don Johnson
    • Philip Michael Thomas
    • Saundra Santiago
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.7/10
    2.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Rob Cohen
    • Writers
      • Michael Ahnemann
      • Daniel Pyne
    • Stars
      • Don Johnson
      • Philip Michael Thomas
      • Saundra Santiago
    • 16User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Don Johnson
    Don Johnson
    • Detective James Crockett
    Philip Michael Thomas
    Philip Michael Thomas
    • Detective Ricardo Tubbs
    Saundra Santiago
    Saundra Santiago
    • Detective Gina Calabrese
    Michael Talbott
    Michael Talbott
    • Detective Stan Switek
    John Diehl
    John Diehl
    • Detective Larry Zito
    Olivia Brown
    Olivia Brown
    • Detective Trudy Joplin
    Edward James Olmos
    Edward James Olmos
    • Lieutenant Martin Castillo
    Arielle Dombasle
    Arielle Dombasle
    • Callie Basset
    Albert Hall
    Albert Hall
    • Joe Dalva
    Kamala Lopez
    Kamala Lopez
    • Maria Rojas
    Enrique Sandino
    • Gravas
    Ted Nugent
    Ted Nugent
    • Charlie Basset
    Roger Pretto
    • Sergio Clemente
    Jim Fitzpatrick
    Jim Fitzpatrick
    • Teddy Lake
    Richard Brams
    • Policeman #1
    • (as Richard N. Brams)
    Parris Buckner
    • Alfred Clark
    Robert Monica
    • Bartender
    Robert Hoelscher
    • S.W.A.T. Commander
    • (as Bob Hoelscher)
    • Director
      • Rob Cohen
    • Writers
      • Michael Ahnemann
      • Daniel Pyne
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    10CourtneyBrees

    Trekkie in the house

    Yo-yo-yo-yo!!!!!!! I just this episode of Miami Vice on cable and I was totally shocked to see one of my favorite actors playing a Ted Nugent crone.

    Actor Jim Fitzpatrick (IV) was in the beginning of the episode supposedly dropping some money or drugs or both and Ted Nugent shot him and then covered Jim with sand.

    I don't know if you've ever watched Star Trek Enterprise, but Jim Fitzpatrick whom played the characters of Commander Williams would've been such a great Captain.

    But it seems that Paramount felt the show needed a pseudo star to prop-up the dying genre'.

    You go Jim Fitzpatrick! Love seeing my heroes in anything.

    CC
    10AlabamaWins

    Maybe the best episode in the series

    Crockett realizes he is being set up and turns the tables on con man using drug deals as a cover for robbery. In the other story the feds blow deal on witness which leads to a double murder. Fantastic opening.
    9ccthemovieman-1

    The Title Says It All!

    Ted Nugent guest stars in here and shoots a guy right in the intro, then buries he and his car under a ton of sand as the music blasts 'Angry Young Man." Ah, some of the openings on these Miami Vice shows were great....real eye openers.

    Speaking of eye-openers, French actress Arielle Dombasle makes one of the best entrances to any TV show I've ever seen. She's just lying there getting a sun tan and....well, you have to see this woman and this scene to believe it. I had to laugh when I read the other reviewers comments here. Easy, guys!! Hey, I don't blame you. That was an incredible minute as the camera - and Don Johnson with a stupid smile on his face - went up and down this woman's body, admiring it. This actress has done a lot of work but almost all of it in France, so she's a new face to us here in America.

    Anyway (it's hard to concentrate on the story after those opening shots of her), Crockett and Tubbs are waiting for a guy named Clemente to turn state's evidence. He wants to see his sister first but she says that's only because he wants to kill her.

    What happens when Clemente and his sister do meet is surprising. What happens with the hot French babe and her boyfriend is predictable.

    Overall, the story wasn't all that great - a bit convoluted in the first half - but the bad and the beautiful and the wild colors in this episode, all made this "definitely Miami," as the title says.
    10Yiannis-T

    10/10

    One of the top3 episodes of Miami Vice!it's a must watch!
    10Jpk10065

    Top Notch Vice

    One of my Top 3 Vice episodes ("out where the buses don't run" and "give a little take a little" are the others. Just a crackling, potboiler of a series appropriately set in a heat wave that is, to my recollection, the only time that the weather of sultry Miami is it's own character. And the hot, humid weather ushers in two forces of nature - grafting wife and husband Callie and Charlie Bassett. Callie is my favorite Vice femme fatale. Her intro Perrier bath is as hot as the city itself. Charlie (played by Ted Nugent) is a gleeful psychopath to whom no crime even registers as remarkable. Strong character work gets us closer to Sonny as he tries to bring some light into the overwhelming darkness of this episode and helps us share Rico's frustration as he is worried that Sonny is losing his ability to judge things correctly. Crackerjack episode. 10/10.

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    • Trivia
      This episode is one of the very few in which something slipped past the censors. As we see Callie handing Crockett his drink her baggy shirt sleeve falls open revealing her nipple for a split second before the scene cuts back to Crockett.
    • Goofs
      When Gravas runs from Crockett and Tubbs by the pool, his hair and clothes are dry. But when he jumps into his getaway car, his hair and clothes are soaking wet. A shot of Gravas falling or jumping in the pool was probably deleted.
    • Quotes

      Detective Ricardo Tubbs: [During heat a wave and dripping in sweat] I can dig tropical, but this is outta bounds.

    • Connections
      Featured in Fan des années 80: 1987 #2 (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Angry Young Man
      (uncredited)

      Written and Performed by Ted Nugent

      Produced by Michael Verdick and Ted Nugent and Peter Solley

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 10, 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • -Description and comments about this episode
      • -Excerpt from this episode
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Filming locations
      • 4343 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, USA(Callie pool scenes, rebuilt later)
    • Production companies
      • Michael Mann Productions
      • Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      • 48m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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