Miami Vice (1984)

Action · Crime · Drama

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (34,672 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1984)

7.86 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 51 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Brother's Keeper	8.3	2,864
2	Heart of Darkness	7.9	1,245
3	Cool Runnin'	7.3	1,047
4	Calderone's Return: Part 1 - The Hit List	8.5	1,154
5	Calderone's Return: Part 2 - Calderone's Demise	8.2	1,106
6	One Eyed Jack	7.7	928
7	No Exit	8.1	1,047
8	The Great McCarthy	7.4	906
9	Glades	7.3	868
10	Give a Little, Take a Little	7.8	840
11	Little Prince	7.1	814
12	Milk Run	7.9	830
13	Golden Triangle: Part 1	8.1	837
14	Golden Triangle: Part 2	8.1	818
15	Smuggler's Blues	8.4	966
16	Rites of Passage	8.0	822
17	The Maze	7.3	752
18	Made for Each Other	7.0	781
19	The Home Invaders	8.2	830
20	Nobody Lives Forever	7.5	738
21	Evan	8.6	884
22	Lombard	8.2	757

Season 2 (1985)

7.72 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 8.5 50 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Prodigal Son	8.3	976
2	Whatever Works	7.5	665
3	Out Where the Buses Don't Run	8.8	1,142
4	The Dutch Oven	7.2	627
5	Buddies	7.7	628
6	Junk Love	7.2	612
7	Tale of the Goat	6.6	616
8	Bushido	8.3	759
9	Bought and Paid For	7.9	610
10	Back in the World	7.7	611
11	Phil the Shill	7.8	680
12	Definitely Miami	8.7	2,180
13	Yankee Dollar	7.9	598
14	One Way Ticket	7.6	566
15	Little Miss Dangerous	8.3	753
16	Florence Italy	7.1	597
17	French Twist	7.2	545
18	The Fix	7.3	563
19	Payback	8.3	619
20	Free Verse	6.6	536
21	Trust Fund Pirates	7.3	540
22	Sons and Lovers	8.5	613

Season 3 (1986)

7.77 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 7.6 47 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	When Irish Eyes Are Crying	7.9	673
2	Stone's War	8.0	599
3	Killshot	7.6	556
4	Walk-Alone	8.3	621
5	The Good Collar	8.3	583
6	Shadow in the Dark	7.9	674
7	El Viejo	8.2	628
8	Better Living Through Chemistry	7.5	493
9	Baby Blues	7.6	495
10	Streetwise	7.6	518
11	Forgive Us Our Debts	8.6	608
12	Down for the Count: Part 1	8.3	566
13	Down for the Count: Part 2	8.2	511
14	Cuba Libre	7.2	449
15	Duty and Honor	8.3	554
16	Theresa	7.6	513
17	The Afternoon Plane	6.9	503
18	Lend Me an Ear	7.9	512
19	Red Tape	8.2	570
20	By Hooker by Crook	7.7	499
21	Knock, Knock... Who's There?	7.5	456
22	Viking Bikers from Hell	6.9	508
23	Everybody's in Show Biz	6.6	427
24	Heroes of the Revolution	7.6	449

Season 4 (1987)

7.10 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.3 47 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Contempt of Court	7.8	485
2	Amen... Send Money	7.0	459
3	Death and the Lady	7.9	492
4	The Big Thaw	5.9	455
5	Child's Play	7.8	446
6	God's Work	7.4	410
7	Missing Hours	4.6	551
8	Like a Hurricane	7.0	432
9	The Rising Sun of Death	7.4	427
10	Love at First Sight	7.4	421
11	Rock and a Hard Place	7.0	396
12	The Cows of October	6.0	418
13	Vote of Confidence	6.7	382
14	Baseballs of Death	7.6	416
15	Indian Wars	6.9	373
16	Honor Among Thieves?	7.2	415
17	Hell Hath No Fury	6.8	373
18	Badge of Dishonor	7.2	373
19	Blood & Roses	7.5	401
20	A Bullet for Crockett	6.7	424
21	Deliver Us from Evil	8.2	464
22	Mirror Image	8.3	496

Season 5 (1988)

7.30 avg 21 episodes 8.3 → 7.5 49 min avg

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Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hostile Takeover	8.3	475
2	Redemption in Blood	8.1	465
3	Heart of Night	7.2	380
4	Bad Timing	7.2	402
5	Borrasca	7.2	377
6	Line of Fire	7.7	399
7	Asian Cut	7.3	379
8	Hard Knocks	7.3	366
9	Fruit of the Poison Tree	7.8	371
10	To Have and to Hold	7.4	348
11	Miami Squeeze	7.4	357
12	Jack of All Trades	6.7	356
13	The Cell Within	6.5	365
14	The Lost Madonna	7.1	425
15	Over the Line	7.4	350
16	Victims of Circumstance	7.3	355
17	Freefall	8.2	459
18	World of Trouble	7.7	360
19	Miracle Man	6.5	341
20	Leap of Faith	5.5	378
21	Too Much, Too Late	7.5	373