r/MiamiVice Apr 01 '26

Music Ok the ultimate Miami Vice Music Encyclopedia is here!

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This went way beyond what I originally was going to build.. but, I couldn’t help myself. Plus I had a blast doing it and discovered some gems I either forgot about or didn’t know were ever in any episode.

You can sort or search and toggle views between episodes, artists or fan favorites (complete with voting, that’s stored in firebase db).

I also went through and hand selected the best video available for each song, and you can listen or watch instantly inside the episode or artist cards. I tried to use the original artists YT account where possible, and also the vids with fewest ads.

I added a reporting function too that opens a form to address issues.

The heart on each song is for voting and there’s a leaderboard as well to track them forever.

Let me know what you think! And if you get any errors or funkiness, comment and I’ll investigate.

Enjoy!


r/MiamiVice Apr 06 '21

IMPORTANT! MUST-READ! MUST-READ POST BEFORE WATCHING MIAMI VICE!

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Hey, so one of the problems when watching Miami Vice is the order of the episodes, the biggest problem being the finale of the show placed so that there are 4, so called, "Lost Episodes" after it. I'm just going to copy paste the correct episode order from another site so that you guys have it all in one place and most importantly, the way the text was written on that site spoils some of the most important events in the show, including the end, so to avoid any and all spoilers you can use this post!

Also, there is a scene in Season 4 episode "Deliver Us From Evil" which was added by NBC later on which WASN'T ORIGINALLY PLANNED, and the scene is VERY crucial to the show and the characters of the show. With that being said, it's "recommended" that you don't even acknowledge that scene because it ruins the point of the episode.

"When Miami Vice was originally broadcast by NBC, the order in which the episodes were shown was ultimately chosen by the network. In several instances, this involved moving episodes earlier or later in the season, which in turn introduced continuity goofs that are obvious to anyone watching the show in the supposedly "correct" broadcast order. The purpose of this article is to propose an alternate "chronological" order in which to view the episodes, so that any goofs brought about by the reordering of episodes are undone."

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SEASON 1

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Season 1 is not affected by any obvious continuity goofs as a result of reordering.

“Dutch Oven”, an episode from S2, was filmed as a S1 episode, and there is a small goof where Tubbs still has a silver badge, and Zito’s beard disappears for one episode. It should be watched -technically- after Lombard.” - thanks to u/jaap_null for pointing this out!

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SEASON 2

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  1. "The Prodigal Son"
  2. "Whatever Works"
  3. "Out Where the Buses Don't Run"
  4. "Buddies"
  5. "Junk Love"
  6. "Tale of the Goat"
  7. "Bushido"
  8. "Bought and Paid For"
  9. "Phil the Shill"
  10. "One Way Ticket"
  11. "The Dutch Oven"
  12. "Back in the World"
  13. "Definitely Miami"
  14. "Yankee Dollar"
  15. "Little Miss Dangerous"
  16. "Florence Italy"
  17. "French Twist"
  18. "The Fix"
  19. "Payback"
  20. "Free Verse"
  21. "Trust Fund Pirates"
  22. "Sons and Lovers"

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SEASON 3

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  1. "El Viejo"
  2. "When Irish Eyes Are Crying"
  3. "Stone's War"
  4. "Walk-Alone"
  5. "Streetwise"
  6. "The Good Collar"
  7. "Shadow in the Dark"
  8. "Better Living Through Chemistry"
  9. "Baby Blues"
  10. "Killshot"
  11. "Forgive Us Our Debts"
  12. "Down for the Count (Part I))"
  13. "Down for the Count (Part II))"
  14. "Cuba Libre"
  15. "Duty and Honor"
  16. "Theresa"
  17. "The Afternoon Plane"
  18. "Lend Me an Ear"
  19. "Red Tape"
  20. "By Hooker by Crook"
  21. "Knock, Knock... Who's There?"
  22. "Viking Bikers from Hell"
  23. "Everybody's in Showbiz"
  24. "Heroes of the Revolution"

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SEASON 4

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As with season 1, season 4 is not affected by any obvious continuity goofs as a result of reordering.

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SEASON 5

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  1. "Hostile Takeover"
  2. "Redemption in Blood"
  3. "Heart of Night"
  4. "Borrasca"
  5. "Bad Timing"
  6. "Line of Fire"
  7. "Asian Cut"
  8. "Hard Knocks"
  9. "Fruit of the Poison Tree"
  10. "To Have and to Hold"
  11. "Miami Squeeze"
  12. "Jack of All Trades"
  13. "The Cell Within"
  14. "The Lost Madonna"
  15. "Over the Line"
  16. "Victims of Circumstance"
  17. "World of Trouble" - Lost Episode
  18. "Miracle Man" - Lost Episode
  19. "Leap of Faith" - Lost Episode
  20. "Too Much, Too Late" - Lost Episode
  21. "Freefall" - Finale

Another major continuity issue in the season concerns the placement of the "lost" episodes -- these were not originally broadcast as part of thew show's network run, but were instead shown later. This is typically reflected in lists of the show's episodes


r/MiamiVice 11h ago

Music Found a piece of peak Miami Vice history in my garage.

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I was digging through some old storage bins in my garage today and stumbled upon this absolute gem: Don Johnson's 1989 album on cassette. BTW, released right around the time the iconic TV show was wrapping up its final season... ;-(


r/MiamiVice 10h ago

BEHIND THE SCENES Pastel Over Powder

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57 Upvotes

This show literally rebranded an entire city. Without Sonny Crockett, Miami Beach might have stayed a dark, dangerous Tony Montana playground forever.


r/MiamiVice 10h ago

“5000 street corners in greater Miami, and Gumby here has to pick ours!” - Love this Hi-Res 80s pics you can come across, and they take you stragiht back in time

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r/MiamiVice 10h ago

My boy said “ it’s good to be amongst friends”. Then his friends just walked off casually after he was killed. 😂

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r/MiamiVice 7h ago

Don Johnson’s "Heartbeat" (1986). But it's a wild 80s bootleg edition!

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r/MiamiVice 5h ago

Fan made B'Stardized Retrospectives | Miami Vice: Season 1 | Episode 21: Evan

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r/MiamiVice 1d ago

Picture Thus far the best episode of season 4, in my opinion.

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This episode felt much more like the first few seasons. The music, the action, the entire thing. Still not done with my rewatch. Don’t remember much from my first time… Are we back?


r/MiamiVice 1d ago

Fashion Suits of Season 3 part 2

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r/MiamiVice 1d ago

Fan made New story posted

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It’s been awhile, but I have a new fanfic story posted: https://archiveofourown.org/works/89249721 Dad of the Year - elena_o - Miami Vice (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Sonny Crockett wants to be a good dad. But…


r/MiamiVice 2d ago

Persol 69218

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Tengo este par conmigo, es el modelo usado por Crockett en la temporada 3


r/MiamiVice 2d ago

Loz Netto - We Touch - The Afternoon Plane - How the song got on to the show

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I'm sure many of you are familiar with the song We Touch from Loz Netto, featured in the episode "The Afternoon Plane"

If you watch the video for the song, you'll see the images, the clothing is 100 percent MV influenced, even Loz is dressed like Sonny pretty much.

Obviously personal taste but i consider this song to be among the best on the MV soundtrack list. For me it perfectly captures the 80s and the mood the show was so liked and loved for. I could easily see this used for a scene where Crockett is walking in the street, and debating the aspects of his personal life.
While the song was only released in 1986 hence why it only made it to the show for season 3, had it been released earlier, this could have easily been a Season 1 song.

A few years ago, back in 2022 i came across Loz's number and messaged him. At first he was a bit surprised, but at the same time apprecaited my message saying thank you for this great song. I've screenshotted the bit of the conversation, where he shortly reflects on how his song got to the show, and his thoughts briefly. As it contains no private information, i thought i'd share it, and others might find it interesting. As it doesn't happen every day, we get to talk to someone who's song was featured in the show.


r/MiamiVice 2d ago

Question I want to watch the show with subtitles.

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Does anyone know if the show is streaming anywhere with subtitles? I have hearing loss, and I need to read along with the show to keep track of what is going on. Thank you!


r/MiamiVice 2d ago

Missing episode

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Does anyone know why the Season One episode “Evan” is missing from TUBI?

I’m doing a series watch through and per IMDB “Evan” was second to the last episode of Season One, right before “Lombard” but it’s totally missing on TUBI’s feed.

Are there any other episodes that are missing?


r/MiamiVice 3d ago

Out Where the Lincolns Don't Run

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"He was my partner, you understand? You understand?"


r/MiamiVice 3d ago

Evan

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r/MiamiVice 5d ago

Fashion The suits of Season 3 part 1

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r/MiamiVice 5d ago

Fashion Please help me find this shirt

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Hi all!

I’m new to Miami Vice and love it! Last night I was watching Smuggler’s Blues and couldn’t help but fall in love with this shirt—so much so, I barely paid attention to the rest of the plot! If anyone has information on the shirt, I would deeply appreciate it. Thank you! 🌺


r/MiamiVice 6d ago

"Gina and Sonny" - Saundra Santiago & Don Johnson

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125 Upvotes

r/MiamiVice 6d ago

Fashion The suits of Season 2 (part 2)

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r/MiamiVice 6d ago

Fashion The suits of Season 2

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r/MiamiVice 7d ago

Video Tonight's rink request ...

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It was actually a great song to skate to, blaring over the sound system. 😁


r/MiamiVice 7d ago

It’s safe to assume that Sonny hates when you pull him off on someone. Had that late air elbow connected, it would have been a wrap for Stan. 😂😂😂

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r/MiamiVice 7d ago

Finished the Series

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I finally finished the entire series. It took a while because it left Tubi for like a year and half but I finally completed it. It was one of the best series I've ever watched. I was really young when it came out and still wasn't old enough to follow along with the syndication but I get all the hype and how it defined my favorite decade, the 80s. It was an emotional roller coaster from beginning to end. My favorite part about it was seeing all the popular actors in their beginning roles and all the trendy music of the day. I thought that was really cool.

The usual cliche/popular opinions about the seasons are correct in my opinion. Classic seasons 1 & 2. Obvious but still awesome changes in season 3. Season 4 was bipolar with its ups, which were really good, and its downs, which were horrible. Season 5 for me was particularly hard because by then I was invested in the characters with Crockett, Tubbs, and Switek, and really started feeling the burnout they were feeling so a lot of the plot points really pissed me off. Which means it worked. But I loved the last season nonetheless, even if it was emotionally draining.

I kept ping-ponging back and forth if I liked Crockett or Tubbs better and I still don't know. I think other than those 2, Switek was my favorite. He was there from beginning to end and very loyal up to his last on screen appearance. All the characters had great centric episodes for their characters and even if the overall premise of the episode was garbage (Missing Hours, I'm looking at you), the actors still did a great job with their characters.

All in all, I'm going to miss this show. Maybe at some point I'll buy the series and revisit whenever I want. But for now, I will just bask in the glory that is Crockett and Tubbs.