Miami Vice: Season 3
1986 · 24 episodes · ★ 6.4
What Season 3 of Miami Vice
Go deep undercover with Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs as they infiltrate drug rings, stop human traffickers, and take their chances behind bars with convicted criminals.
Season 3 Episodes
3x01 When Irish Eyes Are Crying
Gina falls for an Irish pacifist who believes there is no point fighting fire with fire anymore - or so she thinks.
Directed by: Mario DiLeo · Writer: Dick Wolf · Starring: John Diehl, Liam Neeson, Walter Gotell, Paul Gleason
3x02 Stone's War
Crockett's Vietnam journalist buddy, Ira Stone, is back--claiming to have footage of a secret U.S war in Nicaragua; the trail leads Stone, Crockett & Tubbs to Maynard a.k.a. the elusive Captain Real Estate.
Directed by: David Jackson · Writer: David Jackson · Starring: G. Gordon Liddy, Bob Balaban, Lonette McKee, Raymond Forchion
3x03 Killshot
Crockett and Tubbs are fingered as cops by a Customs agent who's being blackmailed by the drug kingpin the detectives are trying to nail.
Directed by: Leon Ichaso · Writer: Marvin Kupfer · Starring: Angela Alvarado, Fernando Allende, Carlos Augusto Cestero, María Duval
3x04 Walk Alone
Tubbs poses as a con to expose prison guards who are extorting drugs from inmates, and killing those who refuse.
Directing: David Jackson · Writing: W.K. Scott Meyer · Starring: John Diehl, Kevin Conway, Laurence Fishburne, Ron Perlman
3x05 The Good Collar
A star high school athlete, arrested for delivering heroin, agrees to help Crockett trap a 15-year-old drug lord; it turns ugly.
Directing: Mario DiLeo · Writing: Dennis Cooper · Starring: John Spencer, Terry Kinney, Charles S. Dutton, Jsu Garcia
3x06 Shadow in the Dark
Crockett tries to nail a psychotic murderer by thinking like his quarry, despite the fact that another cop using that tactic wound up in a psych ward.
Directing: Christopher Crowe · Writing: Chuck Adamson · Starring: Timothy Carhart, Ed Lauter, Jack Thibeau, Vincent Caristi
3x07 El Viejo
Crockett & Tubbs keep tabs on a crusty old stranger who plans to cut a deal with a murderous Bolivian drug dealer.
Directing: Aaron Lipstadt · Writing: Alan Moskowitz · Starring: John Diehl, Steve Buscemi, Willie Nelson, Andrew Castillo
3x08 Better Living Through Chemistry
Tubbs' former partner frames him when he abducts a chemist for some drug dealers.
Directing: Leon Ichaso · Writing: Dick Wolf, Michael Duggan · Starring: John Diehl, Rob Nilsson, Victor Love, Martin Ferrero
3x09 Baby Blues
Unexpected contraband--babies and a stowaway mother seeking the child taken from her--puts the cops on the trail of an adoption ring.
Directing: Dan Attias · Writing: Michael Duggan · Starring: John Diehl, Jane Brucker, Hallie Foote, Patrice Martinez
3x10 Street Wise
An undercover cop and his hooker lover help the detectives find the source of some pharmaceutical grade cocaine.
Directing: Fred Walton · Writing: Dennis Cooper · Starring: Wesley Snipes, Bill Paxton, Alice Adair, Tom Mardirosian
3x11 Forgive Us Our Debts
New leads persuade Crockett that a man he put on death row might be innocent, but a campaign-conscious DA is reluctant to help.
Directing: Jan Eliasberg · Writing: Gustave Reininger · Starring: John Diehl, D.W. Moffett, Val Bisoglio, Gy Mirano
3x12 Down for the Count (1)
Zito reluctantly uses a boxer as bait to help the vice squad nail a former drug kingpin involved in bookmaking; it ends in tragedy and the loss of a comrade for the vice cops.
Directing: Richard Compton · Writing: John Schulian, Dick Wolf · Starring: John Diehl, Don King, Pepe Serna, Randall 'Tex' Cobb
3x13 Down for the Count (2)
Switek is outraged by Internal Affairs' findings; Crockett and Tubbs' TV gambit may prove fatal when a mobster reclaims the action lost to Guzman.
Directing: Richard Compton · Writing: John Schulian, Dick Wolf · Starring: Robert Pastorelli, Joe Dallesandro, Pepe Serna, Chris Elliott
3x14 Cuba Libre
Crockett & Tubbs stumble onto a plot by fanatical Cuban commandos to assassinate an important Cuban diplomat.
Directing: Virgil W. Vogel · Writing: Eric Estrin, Michael Berlin · Starring: Ismael 'East' Carlo, Beeson Carroll, Rico Paisley, Joe Urla
3x15 Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)
Castillo is not the only one to realize that a series of prostitute murders matches the M.O. of killings in Vietnam in the early 70s; the cops get help on the case from a man claiming to be a Vietnamese inspector.
Directed by: John Nicolella · Writer: Marvin Kupfer · Starring: Brad Sullivan, Michael Wright, Helena Bonham Carter, Haing S. Ngor
3x16 Theresa
Crockett's romantic entanglement with a heroin-addicted doctor jeopardizes his case against a dealer.
Directing: Virgil W. Vogel · Writing: Pamela Norris · Starring: Brad Dourif, Calvin Levels, Richard Chaves, Helena Bonham Carter
3x17 The Afternoon Plane
Tubbs finds out that his ""raffle prize"" --- a week in the Caribbean --- is set up by a vengeful con and the Calderones to lure him out of his jurisdiction.
Directing: David Jackson · Writing: David Jackson · Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, John Leguizamo, John Verea, Antone Pagán
3x18 Lend Me an Ear
The electronics whiz providing Crockett & Tubbs with surveillance devices also outfits their drug-dealing quarry.
Directed by: James Quinn · Writer: Michael Duggan · Starring: John Glover, Martin Ferrero, Neith Hunter, Yorgo Voyagis
3x19 Red Tape
Tubbs searches desperately for the source of information leaks about future busts.
Directing: Gabrielle Beaumont · Writing: Jonathan Polanski · Starring: Viggo Mortensen, John Glover, Annette Bening, Lou Diamond Phillips
3x20 By Hooker by Crook
Crockett's latest romance with a respected businesswoman turns sour when it is revealed that the woman is actually a high-class madam with connections to a notorious money launderer.
Directing: Don Johnson · Writing: John Schulian · Starring: Melanie Griffith, George Takei, Martin Ferrero, Vanity
3x21 Knock, Knock, Who's There?
Crockett & Tubbs probe drug busts ruined by phony federal agents who disappear with the evidence.
Directing: Tony Wharmby · Writing: Michael Duggan · Starring: Ian McShane, Samm-Art Williams, Elizabeth Ashley, Martin Ferrero
3x22 Viking Bikers from Hell
A motorcycle gang seeks to avenge a drug-dealing comrade's death by killing off his former customers.
Directing: James Quinn · Writing: Michael Duggan, Dick Wolf · Starring: Sonny Landham, John Matuszak, Kim Coates, Martin Ferrero
3x23 Everybody's in Show Biz
An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.
Directed by: Richard Compton · Writer: David J. Burke · Starring: Benicio del Toro, Michael Carmine, Charles Keating, Coati Mundi
3x24 Heroes of the Revolution Season Finale
An East German spy seeks to avenge the murder of Gina's mother in Cuba 26 years earlier, and uses her to lure the killer out.
Directing: Gabrielle Beaumont · Writing: John Schulian · Starring: Jeroen Krabbé, George Dickerson, Larry Block, Shawn Elliott
Season 3 Cast
Philip Michael ThomasRico Tubbs24 episodes
Saundra SantiagoGina Calabrese24 episodes
Olivia BrownTrudy Joplin24 episodes
Michael TalbottStan Switek24 episodes
Martin FerreroIzzy Moreno7 episodes
Pepe SernaOswaldo Guzman2 episodes
Antoni CoroneGeorge Sordoni2 episodes
Angela AlvaradoJan LarkenEpisode 1
Robert PastorelliVespaEpisode 1
G. Gordon LiddyCapt. William 'Mr. Real Estate' MaynardEpisode 1
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does season 3 of Miami Vice have?
Season 3 of Miami Vice has 24 episodes.
When did season 3 of Miami Vice premiere?
Premiered on September 26, 1986.
Where to Watch Miami Vice Season 3?
In Spain, on Tivify and AMC Channels Amazon Channel.
What is the best episode of Season 3?
According to the TMDB audience rating, episode 3x04, "Walk Alone," with a 6.2.