Miami Vice

Miami Vice Season 5

TV Show"There's no stopping them."

Season 5 Plot

The last action-packed adventures of Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs. Join them as they infiltrate the deadly powers behind the Miami drug empire and take down every bad guy from conniving schemers to ruthless criminals.

Miami Vice Season 5 aired on November 4th, 1988.

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Season 5 Episodes

75

1. Hostile Takeover (3)

November 4th, 198848 min

Still thinking he is really Sonny Burnett, Crockett starts a war between the crime family he has joined and a rival clan.

52

2. Redemption in Blood (4)

November 11th, 198848 min

As now drug-lord Crockett's memory returns, Tubbs feels his partner has gone bad and must be destroyed.

75

3. Heart of Night

November 18th, 198848 min

Castillo grapples with emotions while protecting his ex-wife from a drug kingpin trying to kill her current husband.

67

4. Bad Timing

December 2nd, 198848 min

Ordered to take time off, Crockett's vacation is cut short when he is kidnapped by 3 homicidal prison escapees.

60

5. Borrasca

December 9th, 198848 min

Tubbs & Castillo attempt to intervene in a drug deal in which government agents want no police interference.

43

6. Line of Fire

December 16th, 198848 min

Crockett & Tubbs reluctantly comply with an FBI request to guard their key witness in a drug overlord's trial.

53

7. Asian Cut

January 13th, 198948 min

Crockett & Tubbs use Trudy as a decoy to lure a sadistic serial killer who preys on call girls.

47

8. Hard Knocks

January 20th, 198948 min

Switek sinks into drinking and gambling when thugs convince him to talk a friend's son, a major college quarterback, into throwing a game.

70

9. Fruit of the Poison Tree

February 3rd, 198948 min

Crockett & Tubbs investigate an attorney who defends drug dealers, then steals and resells their drugs.

60

10. To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)

February 10th, 198948 min

While undercover, Tubbs falls for the widow of a slain drug kingpin. Crockett must leave to help his son deal with the pregnancy of his remarried mother.

75

11. Miami Squeeze

February 17th, 198948 min

The irresponsible son of a fierce, anti-drug-minded Congresswoman jeopardizes his mother's political career when he incurs the wrath of a British drug lord by stealing his shipment of drugs.

65

12. Jack of All Trades

March 3rd, 198948 min

Crockett's cousin Jack, the black sheep of the family, gets him mixed up in a scheme. Jack must repay a $50,000 debt.

30

13. The Cell Within

March 10th, 198948 min

A dark, chilling episode in which Tubbs is held prisoner - along with a drug dealer, a young prostitute and a prison psychologist - in the personal dungeon (complete with electric chair) of a supposedly reformed, freed killer who he once put behind bars. One of the highlights of Season 5.

65

14. The Lost Madonna

March 17th, 198948 min

Crockett & Tubbs help an NYPD detective retrieve a stolen 15th century Madonna statue in the possession of a mob family.

65

15. Over the Line

April 28th, 198948 min

In the midst of working an undercover assignment, Crockett and Tubbs come across a clandestine vigilante group of frustrated law enforcement officers working within the department. Aware of Sonny and Rico's own frustration with how easily the bad guys seem to circumvent the law, the vigilante organization offers them an opportunity to join in. Lieutenant Castillo encourages them to accept the offer and work undercover in ferreting out the identities of everyone involved and to make sure that no one gets hurt. Unfortunately, that is too tall an order for his detectives to accomplish successfully.

70

16. Victims of Circumstance

May 5th, 198948 min

Holocaust survivors are being murdered in Miami. Crockett and Switek infiltrate a White-supremacist group that might be responsible.

53

17. Freefall

May 21st, 19891 hr 31 min

Crockett & Tubbs embark on what they see as a suicide mission. They are recruited by a Special Drug Taskforce to escort the corrupt dictator of Costa Morada, a fictional Revolution ravaged Latin American country. Gen. Manuel Borbon has promised to reveal the members of the most powerful South American drug cartel. Crockett & Tubbs are faced with what might be their final showdown.

45

18. World of Trouble

June 14th, 198948 min

Al Lombard, thought to be dead, returns to Miami to see his son and the grandson he never knew, while eluding his rival Librizzi's hitmen.

70

19. Miracle Man

June 21st, 198948 min

A vigilante believes he is a superhero, Miracle Man. His efforts to rid Miami of ""drug dealing slim"" intefers with Tubbs & Switek's operations.

50

20. Leap of Faith

June 28th, 198948 min

Agent Joey Harden returns to assist Crockett as part of a new division, Youth Crime Unit, that was formed by a previous partner. The YCU investigates a college professor that has created a new designer drug, Bliss.

All Seasons

Season 5

Season 5

Nov 4, 1988
Season 4

Season 4

Sep 25, 1987
Season 3

Season 3

Sep 26, 1986
Season 2

Season 2

Sep 27, 1985
Season 1

Season 1

Sep 16, 1984
Specials

Specials

Jan 25, 1990