Episode guide
Miami Vice: Season 5
20 episodes · premiered Nov 4, 1988
The last action-packed adventures of Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs. Join them as they infiltrate the deadly powers behind the Miami drug empire and take down every bad guy from conniving schemers to ruthless criminals.
- Episode 1: Hostile Takeover (3) Nov 4, 1988 · 45m Still thinking he is really Sonny Burnett, Crockett starts a war between the crime family he has joined and a rival clan.
- Episode 2: Redemption in Blood (4) Nov 11, 1988 · 44m As now drug-lord Crockett's memory returns, Tubbs feels his partner has gone bad and must be destroyed.
- Episode 3: Heart of Night Nov 18, 1988 · 46m Castillo grapples with emotions while protecting his ex-wife from a drug kingpin trying to kill her current husband.
- Episode 4: Bad Timing Dec 2, 1988 · 46m Ordered to take time off, Crockett's vacation is cut short when he is kidnapped by 3 homicidal prison escapees.
- Episode 5: Borrasca Dec 9, 1988 · 44m Tubbs & Castillo attempt to intervene in a drug deal in which government agents want no police interference.
- Episode 6: Line of Fire Dec 16, 1988 · 45m Crockett & Tubbs reluctantly comply with an FBI request to guard their key witness in a drug overlord's trial.
- Episode 7: Asian Cut Jan 13, 1989 · 45m Crockett & Tubbs use Trudy as a decoy to lure a sadistic serial killer who preys on call girls.
- Episode 8: Hard Knocks Jan 20, 1989 · 46m Switek sinks into drinking and gambling when thugs convince him to talk a friend's son, a major college quarterback, into throwing a game.
- Episode 9: Fruit of the Poison Tree Feb 3, 1989 · 46m Crockett & Tubbs investigate an attorney who defends drug dealers, then steals and resells their drugs.
- Episode 10: To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance) Feb 10, 1989 · 46m 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.
- Episode 11: Miami Squeeze Feb 17, 1989 · 46m 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.
- Episode 12: Jack of All Trades Mar 3, 1989 · 46m Crockett's cousin Jack, the black sheep of the family, gets him mixed up in a scheme. Jack must repay a $50,000 debt.
- Episode 13: The Cell Within Mar 10, 1989 · 46m 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)…
- Episode 14: The Lost Madonna Mar 17, 1989 · 47m Crockett & Tubbs help an NYPD detective retrieve a stolen 15th century Madonna statue in the possession of a mob family.
- Episode 15: Over the Line Apr 28, 1989 · 47m 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…
- Episode 16: Victims of Circumstance May 5, 1989 · 46m Holocaust survivors are being murdered in Miami. Crockett and Switek infiltrate a White-supremacist group that might be responsible.
- Episode 17: Freefall May 21, 1989 · 1h 31m 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…
- Episode 18: World of Trouble Jun 14, 1989 · 48m Al Lombard, thought to be dead, returns to Miami to see his son and the grandson he never knew, while eluding his rival Librizzi's hitmen.
- Episode 19: Miracle Man Jun 21, 1989 · 48m A vigilante believes he is a superhero, Miracle Man. His efforts to rid Miami of ""drug dealing slim"" intefers with Tubbs & Switek's operations.
- Episode 20: Leap of Faith Jun 28, 1989 · 48m 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…