Detective James "Sonny" Crockett and detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, of the Miami-Dade police department's organized crime bureau vice unit, work deep undercover as seedy criminals to infiltrate and bring down the various criminal enterprises of southern Florida. Resplendent with authentic 1980's music, fashion and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami. This show is one of the classic greats. It's so well made and well acted. The production value also looks high. The music was always awesome and definitive of the 80s. Life's too short to not take inspiration from a great show like this. A TV masterpiece. What a superb series Miami Vice was. I recently caught a few episodes on DVD and I don't think they look dated at all.<br/><br/>Don Johnson played Detective Sonny Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas played Ricardo Tubbs. They were vice cops working in Miami, which has a sleazy reputation in TV land. The two detectives must have been on a good salary to wear the clothes they did and driving around in a Ferrari. The two stars exuded charisma and machismo. Don't know what was the deal about Crockett and his phobia of socks though.<br/><br/>The show had a cool opening tune, plenty of car chases, a bit of detective work and plenty of shooting. Johnson and Michael Thomas seemed to have a huge amount of chemistry on the show.<br/><br/>The plots were relatively simple as Crockett and Tubbs went up against the usual sleaze found in TV land Miami. The show was consistently good throughout. I can still hear the thumping opening music in my head now.<br/><br/>Pure 80's entertainment.
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