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  1. Great info, Matt5! I watched Buddies for the first time in a long time this past week. I sorta neglected the episode, but upon rediscovering it, I really like it. Great Jan music and I really like how the close range shootout is staged with Crockett where he picks off the bad guys in bang-bang fashion. I need to add St. Mary's to my list of things to check out in Miami, however small that scene was. How cool to be able to visit a preserved location.
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  2. The Christening Scene was filmed at St Mary's off 79th Street in Miami at 7525 NW 2nd Avenue - visited this site yesterday and completely unchanged from 1985 - a beautiful location. The lady I spoke to remebered MV filming there in the fall of 1985 and Don Johnson directed the scene even though seasoned tv director Harry Mastrogeorge was credited with the episode. They filmed for over half a day which was a lot for an unspoken 2 minute sequence . The crew was quite large with Don Johnson in control of the scene.
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  3. February 17th - 24th: "The Maze", the 17th episode of the 1st season, premiered on NBC on Friday, February 22nd, 1985 at 10PM EST. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki): * The Maze building is the old Blue Waters Hotel, it was demolished in May of 1987. * When Switek and Zito come out of the store with their Fanta drinks and food, you can see the advertisement of the then-hit movie "Mischief" on the marquee, which featured Terry O'Quinn from the episode "Little Prince." * This episode marks the only time a member of the main cast sings one of their own songs in Miami Vice (Philip Michael Thomas sings his song "Livin' The Book Of My Life"). Don Johnson had two songs used on the show, but both appeared in the background (although Olivia Brown did perform her spoken lines from Johnson's "Streetwise" in the episode of the same name and Saundra Santiago sang two jazz standards in the episode "Heroes Of The Revolution"). "French Twist", the 17th episode of the 2nd season, premiered on NBC on Friday, February 21st, 1986 at 10PM EST. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki): * The Blue Waters Hotel was again used for this episode, as it was for season 1's "The Maze." * Tubbs mentions that Danielle works for the Deuxième Bureau in France, when in fact that organization was dissolved in 1940 after the occupation of France by Germany. "The Afternoon Plane", the 17th episode of the 3rd season, premiered on NBC on Friday, February 20th, 1987 at 9PM EST. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki): * This episode marks the final appearance of the Calderones in Miami Vice. Tubbs' son (whom he fathered with Angelina), was presumed killed in the Calderones' last appearance, but actually survived. His fate is never revealed, except that Tubbs believes him to be dead. Presumably this is a result of the show's producers not wanting to burden Tubbs with a child, for fear of limiting his input in storylines. * Except for Crockett's brief appearance at the opening, Tubbs is the only Miami Vice star to appear in this episode. * The episode mentions several times that Tubbs killed Orlando's father Esteban, when it was actually Crockett that shot him down. It is possible that Orlando assumes Tubbs was responsible, based on his vendetta with Esteban following the death of his brother. * Philip Michael Thomas injured himself jumping off a veranda in this episode and can be seen limping in several scenes. To explain this, it is briefly mentioned in the opening that Tubbs twisted his ankle after slipping in the shower. * During the climatic gunfight, Alicia can be seen trying to put the gun's magazine in backward, but then corrects it. "Baseballs Of Death", the 14th episode of the 4th season, premiered on NBC on Friday, February 19th, 1988 at 9PM EST. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki): * In this episode, the problem of CBUs (more commonly known as Cluster Bombs) being used in foreign wars is explored. They were used in the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s, the Iran-Iraq war, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s and in the War on Terror (in Iraq and Afghanistan) in the 2000s. The main controversy regarding their use is the fact that many do not detonate when dropped. For years after a conflict, they can maim and kill people who either inadvertently step on them, or pick them up and handle them. * When this episode aired back in 1988, cell phones were able to be monitored by police scanners. With the new 3G, 4G, and CDMA technologies now, this is no longer possible. * Switek refers to the "Pizza Connection" case in New York, which was a large Mafia trial that lasted from 1985-87 and resulted in fifteen convictions. * The arms embargo against Chile lasted until 1989, however Crockett references Jimmy Carter as the President who stopped the arms shipments. In actuality, it was Gerald Ford who stopped them in 1976. * The stunt with the speedboat jumping the tug and grounding on the island is one of the most spectacular ones in all five seasons of the series, particularly since it was all done before the use of computer generated imagery. * During the boat chase at the end of the episode, Crockett's SCARAB powerboat changes back to his old Stinger from Season 1 in several shots. **There was no Season Five premiere episode this week**
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  4. Yes Matt, I believe this is where Cocowalk is located now.
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  5. Nice article with some references to MV and DJ going to the Coconut Grove club in mid-late 80s .From the teaser - Biscayne Babies ( 3336 Virginia Street) now I believe where Cocowalk is .http://www.discomusic.com/clubs-more/13469_0_6_0_C/:balloon:
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