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Miami Vice |
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Miami Vice started in the fall of 1984 with a 2-hour movie. When the summer of 1985 hit it seemed as if everyone had just suddenly discovered Vice. Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas were seen everywhere. They received attention usually reserved for rock stars. Miami Vice was consecutively in the top ten that summer. Miami Vice became a huge hit. Miami Vice had a great premise. Two cops from different backgrounds and totally different attitudes were thrown together in a rock and roll fantasy on steroids! Tubbs was the street smart cop from New York, and Crockett was the tough guy from the South who had severe guilt about his ex-wife and son. Tubbs was rock and roll and Crockett was country even though he dressed like a drug dealer heavily into the Miami scene. Miami Vice weaved pop music into the story lines in a way that hasn't been seen before or since! It worked perfectly. You could almost feel what the characters felt including the intense heat of Miami. Several guest stars were seen in the first season including Bruce Willis before Moonlighting. The first season of Miami Vice was given more Emmy nominations than almost any other show that season. The list of die-hard Miami Vice fans had grown enormous. And then the second season of Miami Vice started with a huge amount of hype. The 2- hour season opener had Crockett and Tubbs going to New York. It included a guest appearance from Gene Simmons from Kiss and was jam packed with pop hits. The second season was more of a visual spectacle than a emotional roller coaster like the first season, but it was well worth watching. The best episodes of Miami Vice from the second season included an episode with Ted Nugent as the bad guy of the week! |
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Edward James Olmos |
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