• Air date: 04 Nov '88 22 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. Hostile Takeover (3)

      04 Nov '88
      Still thinking he is really Sonny Burnett, Crockett starts a war between the crime family he has joined and a rival clan.
    • 2. Redemption in Blood (4)

      11 Nov '88
      As now drug-lord Crockett's memory returns, Tubbs feels his partner has gone bad and must be destroyed.
    • 3. Heart of Night

      18 Nov '88
      Castillo grapples with emotions while protecting his ex-wife from a drug kingpin trying to kill her current husband.
    • 4. Bad Timing

      02 Dec '88
      Ordered to take time off, Crockett's vacation is cut short when he is kidnapped by 3 homicidal prison escapees.
    • 5. Borrasca

      09 Dec '88
      Tubbs & Castillo attempt to intervene in a drug deal in which government agents want no police interference.
    • 6. Line of Fire

      16 Dec '88
      Crockett & Tubbs reluctantly comply with an FBI request to guard their key witness in a drug overlord's trial.
    • 7. Asian Cut

      13 Jan '89
      Crockett & Tubbs use Trudy as a decoy to lure a sadistic serial killer who preys on call girls.
    • 8. Hard Knocks

      20 Jan '89
      Switek sinks into drinking and gambling when thugs convince him to talk a friend's son, a major college quarterback, into throwing a game.
    • 9. Fruit of the Poison Tree

      03 Feb '89
      Crockett & Tubbs investigate an attorney who defends drug dealers, then steals and resells their drugs.
    • 10. To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)

      10 Feb '89
      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.
    • 11. Miami Squeeze

      17 Feb '89
      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.
    • 12. Jack of All Trades

      03 Mar '89
      Crockett's cousin Jack, the black sheep of the family, gets him mixed up in a scheme. Jack must repay a $50,000 debt.
    • 13. The Cell Within

      10 Mar '89
      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.
    • 14. The Lost Madonna

      17 Mar '89
      Crockett & Tubbs help an NYPD detective retrieve a stolen 15th century Madonna statue in the possession of a mob family.
    • 15. Over the Line

      28 Apr '89
      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
    • 16. Victims of Circumstance

      05 May '89
      Holocaust survivors are being murdered in Miami. Crockett and Switek infiltrate a White-supremacist group that might be responsible.
    • 17. Freefall

      21 May '89
      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.
    • 18. World of Trouble

      14 Jun '89
    • 19. Miracle Man

      13 Sep '92
      A vigilante believes he is a superhero, Miracle Man. His efforts to rid Miami of ""drug dealing slim"" intefers with Tubbs & Switek's operations.
    • 20. Leap of Faith

      20 Sep '92
      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.
    • 21. Too Much, Too Late

      16 Aug '92
      Tubbs' old flame Valerie returns to Miami to assist an old friend and her goddaughter. Tubbs wants to renew his relationship with Valerie, but she is intent on rescuing her friend from the threats of a drug dealer.
    • 22. Episode 22

      23 Sep '92