mvnyc Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 (edited) December 2nd - December 8th: "Give A Little, Take A Little", the 10th episode of the 1st season, premiered on NBC on Friday, December 7th, 1984 at 10PM EST. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki): * This episode marks the first appearance of Tubbs' Cadillac Coupe de Ville. * The footage of Crockett's Daytona speeding through the night, with the car skipping off of the camber of the Miami streets, is recycled from "Cool Runnin'" and was also used in "Calderone's Return (Part I)". * An extra scene of Crockett and Tubbs meeting with Noogie at the beach and (unsuccessfully) trying to get information on Sally Alvarado was shot, but ultimately cut from the broadcast episode. It also does not appear on the subsequent DVD or Blu-Ray issues for the series. "Back In The World", the 10th episode of the 2nd season, premiered on NBC on Friday, December 6th, 1985 at 10PM EST. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki): * Season 3's "Stone's War" was the sequel to this episode. * Crockett's army helmet disguises his 1985 haircut in the flashback scenes from 1975. * Don Johnson made his directorial debut in this episode. He would direct one episode in each of the next three seasons. * This episode's costs went over budget, escalating to $2 million dollars when the budget was $1.4 million dollars. This was mainly due to the water scenes and other logistics issues. * Larry Zito's beard is suddenly gone in this episode, yet it reappears in the next. This continuity error is because the studio changed the running order of the episodes when they broadcast them, which happened several times throughout the series. "Streetwise", the 10th episode of the 3rd season, premiered on NBC on Friday, December 5th, 1986 at 9PM EST. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki): * Wesley Snipes makes his first TV appearance in this episode. * John Diehl (Zito) does not appear in this episode. * Olivia Brown and Whoopi Goldberg performed backup vocals on the song "Streetwise." Brown performs her spoken lines from the song live in the episode, the second time a main cast member would sing live on the show (Philip Michael Thomas sang his song "Livin' The Book Of My Life" in the episode "The Maze" and Saundra Santiago sings two jazz standards in "Heroes Of The Revolution"). * When Tubbs and Carla argue in the hotel room there is an obvious jump cut edit, as she tells him her boyfriend is a cop and they abruptly start struggling. "The Rising Sun Of Death", the 9th episode of the 4th season, premiered on NBC on Friday, December 4th, 1987 at 9PM EST. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki): * The opening scene with Crockett/Caitlin house-hunting was filmed for the episode "Love at First Sight", but was subsequently edited into this episode to give Sheena Easton more appearances throughout the season. * Haskell is seen wearing a "Vasquez for Mayor '88" badge while on duty. In many states, politicking by a public servant while on duty (and therefore on the taxpayer's dime) is illegal. * Castillo continues his habit of sleeping at OCB after hours, as he has done in previous episodes. "Borrasca", the 5th episode of the 5th season, premiered on NBC on Friday, December 9th, 1988 at 10PM EST. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki): * Don Johnson does not appear in this episode, his absence explained by Crockett being up in Pompano Beach testifying. This would be the only episode where Johnson has no screen time in the entire series run. * Tubbs' beard, (which was gone in the previous episode), reappears at the start of this episode and disappears for good when he & Switek visit the bar. (Switek even mentions that Tubbs looks better now that he's shaved). This continuity error is because the studio changed the running order of the episodes when they were broadcast. This would also explain why Crockett is away testifying in this episode - presumably trying to clear his name after the Burnett story arc - despite being exonerated in the previous episode. * This episode begins the story arc about Switek's gambling problems, which continued to the end of the season. * Borrasca's killer is never definitively identified, although it is heavily implied to be Castillo, based on his statements in the final scene of the episode. Edited December 1, 2016 by mvnyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 Great post and so informative Thankyou for posting these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytona74 Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 (edited) Am 1.12.2016 um 22:39 schrieb mvnyc: "The Rising Sun Of Death", the 9th episode of the 4th season, premiered on NBC on Friday, December 4th, 1987 at 9PM EST. Some notes on this episode This was the point where Miami Vice was really beginning to slip. The story itself wasn't necessarily that bad, but the episode simply didn't seem that well put together. It could have been a whole lot better, but just ended up being boring and slightly silly. Edited December 3, 2016 by Daytona74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Daytona74 said: This was the point where Miami Vice was really beginning to slip. The story itself wasn't necessarily that bad, but the episode simply didn't seem that well put together. It could have been a whole lot better, but just ended up being boring and slightly silly. Yes indeed - production was slipping and ratings also despite the hugely rated audiences for "Like a Hurricane " one episode previous. Edited December 3, 2016 by Matt5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytona74 Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 Episodes like that one make you think that John Diehl left at the right time... why, oh why didn't they just stick to the formula of seasons one and two (and a handful of season 3 episodes)... instead of letting Dick Wolf make episodes about aliens and cattle sperm... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Hanna Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 The only good thing about "The Rising sun of death" was Flesh for Fantasty playing at the start. I remember someone on here saying that song should've played in "Little Miss Dangerous" instead, Which I concur with. That sword fight at the end was silly too. We went from the awesome Castillo fist-fight in Golden Triangle, to a sword fight that looked like it was filmed underwater it was so slow. The fight scene with Kirk vs Gorn in Star Trek was better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytona74 Posted December 4, 2016 Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 (edited) Having watched the entire fourth season this summer, what baffled me was that certain things in season four so obviously didn't work at all that it didn't even take some highly trained and experienced writer or series developer to figure out just how wrong they were. Anybody who has ever written a short story in English writing class could have done a better job on them. Like Crockett said in "Hit List"... I'd need about ten hands to count the number of times I thought season four was a bust. if they'll ever actually remake the series, we can only hope that they will take their inspiration from seasons one and two and about half of season three. Edited December 4, 2016 by Daytona74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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