mvnyc Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 April 22nd - April 28th:**There was no Season 1 premiere episode****There was no Season 2 premiere episode****There was no Season 3 premiere episode****There was no Season 4 premiere episode**"Over The Line", the 15th episode of the 5th season, premiered on NBC on Friday, April 28th, 1989 at 10Pm EDT. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki):* This episode's plot is very similar to that of the second Dirty Harry film, "Magnum Force", in which a group of motorcycle cops take the law into their own hands and begin executing criminals and also attempt to recruit the main character to their cause.* Robert Fields would play "Highsmith" again in the series finale "Freefall." * In the opening sequence, Tubbs is not in his usual '64 Cadillac convertible, but in a 70s Chevrolet Convertible.* The "Hatch Act" prevents U.S. government employees from participating in partisan political activity. Apparently, the city of Miami or Dade County doesn't have a similar provision (in the fictional sense), as two on-duty Metro-Dade police officers are campaigning for Captain Highsmith before they are shot down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamijimf Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 April 22nd - April 28th:**There was no Season 1 premiere episode****There was no Season 2 premiere episode****There was no Season 3 premiere episode****There was no Season 4 premiere episode**"Over The Line"' date=' the 15th episode of the 5th season, premiered on NBC on Friday, April 28th, 1989 at 10Pm EDT. Some notes on this episode (from Miami Vice Wiki):* This episode's plot is very similar to that of the second Dirty Harry film, "Magnum Force", in which a group of motorcycle cops take the law into their own hands and begin executing criminals, and also attempt to recruit the main character to their cause.* Robert Fields would play "Highsmith" again in the series finale "Freefall." * In the opening sequence, Tubbs is not in his usual '64 Cadillac convertible, but in a 70s Chevrolet Convertible.* The "Hatch Act" prevents U.S. government employees from participating in partisan political activity. Apparently, the city of Miami or Dade County doesn't have a similar provision (in the fictional sense), as two on-duty Metro-Dade police officers are campaigning for Captain Highsmith before they are shot down.[/quote']Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvnyc Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Thanks for posting.Sure thing! It was another slow week in Vice-land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lar Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 I love "Over The Line", very good episode. I've seen it many times, but I watched in on Centric a few weeks back, and it still strikes me just how cool this scene was:[ATTACH=CONFIG]7838[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 :Russ Mayberry directed "Over the Line" the first episode he directed for MV - the second epiosde he directed was the final episode " Freefall" . Mayberry was a Scottish born American established director in television who was also directing episodes of "Star Trek - Next Generation " in 1989 . He was 64 years old in 1989:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt5 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Great photo posted - a similar look was achieved in "Freefall" in opening credits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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