Miami Vice: Season 4

1987 · 22 episodes · ★ 4.7

What Season 4 of Miami Vice

Hit the streets again with Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs, two of the world's slickest undercover cops.

22episodes

Sep 25, 1987premiered

May 6, 1988latest episode

16.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 Contempt of Court
Sep 25, 1987 · 44 min · ★ 6.0
By scaring the jury into a mistrial, a mobster hopes to buy time to find and silence the witness Crockett is protecting.
Directing: Jan Eliasberg · Writing: Peter McCabe · Starring: Meg Foster, Mark Blum, Stanley Tucci, Philip Baker Hall
4x02 Amen... Send Money
Oct 2, 1987 · 44 min · ★ 5.7
The fury of feuding TV evangelists hits Tubbs when he is accused raping a parishoner.
Directing: James Quinn · Writing: John Schulian · Starring: Anita Morris, Brian Dennehy, Ben Stiller, Jo Anderson
4x03 Death and the Lady
Oct 16, 1987 · 44 min · ★ 5.0
An actress' on-screen murder propels Crockett & Tubbs to investigate the film's flaky director.
Directing: Colin Bucksey · Writing: David Black · Starring: Miguel Ferrer, Michael David Morrison, Penelope Ann Miller, Paul Guilfoyle
4x04 The Big Thaw
Oct 23, 1987 · 46 min · ★ 2.9
Two factions fight for possession of a dead reggae legend's body.
Directing: Richard Compton · Writing: Michael Duggan · Starring: Alfred Molina, Martin Ferrero, Bill Raymond, Seret Scott
4x05 Child's Play
Oct 30, 1987 · 47 min · ★ 5.4
Crockett agonizes about shooting a child during a weapons investigation.
Directing: Vern Gillum · Writing: Michael Piller · Starring: Isaac Hayes, Ving Rhames, Danitra Vance, Belinda Montgomery
4x06 God's Work
Nov 6, 1987 · 45 min · ★ 4.6
The return of a kingpin's financial wizard son sets off speculations in the Miami underworld.
Directing: Jan Eliasberg · Writing: Edward Tivnan · Starring: Alfonso Arau, Francesco Quinn, Jonathan Del Arco, Esai Morales
4x07 Missing Hours
Nov 13, 1987 · 46 min · ★ 1.7
A man's body disappears from the morgue. Trudy has an encounter with UFOs.
Directing: Ate de Jong · Writing: Thomas M. Disch · Starring: James Brown, Chris Rock, Martin Ferrero, Charlie Barnett
4x08 Like a Hurricane
Nov 20, 1987 · 45 min · ★ 5.4
Crockett is assigned to guard a recording star who is a witness in a payola scandal, and ends up falling in love.
Directing: Colin Bucksey · Writing: Robert Palm · Starring: Sheena Easton, Teller, Tony Hendra, Toukie Smith
4x09 Rising Sun of Death
Dec 4, 1987 · 44 min · ★ 5.5
An executive's murder alerts Castillo to Yakuza presence in Miami, but the arrival of a Japanese investigator is no help.
Directing: Leon Ichaso · Writing: Peter Lance · Starring: R. Lee Ermey, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Sheena Easton, James Hong
4x10 Love at First Sight
Jan 15, 1988 · 45 min · ★ 3.8
Newlywed Caitlin fears Crockett's latest undercover assignment as bait for a killer at a dating service will make her a widow.
Directing: Don Johnson · Writing: Peter McCabe · Starring: Annabelle Gurwitch, Sheena Easton, Lori Petty, Toukie Smith
4x11 A Rock and a Hard Place
Jan 22, 1988 · 45 min
Two music executives try to ruin Caitlin's comeback by exposing Crockett as drug kingpin Burnett.
Directing: Colin Bucksey · Writing: Robert Palm · Starring: Jack Kenny, Sheena Easton, Tony Hendra, Toukie Smith
4x12 The Cows of October
Feb 5, 1988 · 46 min · ★ 3.0
A cowboy's larcenous attempt to improve his cattle attracts attention from the US government, Cuban Communists, and Izzy.
Directing: Vern Gillum · Writing: Ed Zuckerman · Starring: Gerrit Graham, Harry Shearer, Martin Ferrero, Geno Silva
4x13 Vote of Confidence
Feb 12, 1988 · 45 min · ★ 3.2
A prominent senatorial candidate is arrested during a raid of a mobile whorehouse.
Directing: Randy Roberts · Writing: John Schulian · Starring: Barry Lynch, Moultrie Patten, Lucinda Jenney, Jonathan Hadary
4x14 Baseballs of Death
Feb 19, 1988 · 44 min
Crockett & Tubbs suspect a Chilean police chief in a double murder.
Directing: Bill Duke · Writing: Peter Lance · Starring: Michael Des Barres, Oliver Platt, Lisa Marie, Mark Metcalf
4x15 Indian Wars
Feb 26, 1988 · 46 min
Tubbs relates to American Indians trying to save their homeland.
Directing: Leon Ichaso · Writing: Peter Lance, Michael Duggan, Robert Palm · Starring: Joe Turkel, Lisa Marie, Patrick Bishop, Lorraine Morin-Torre
4x16 Honor Among Thieves?
Mar 4, 1988 · 46 min
Crockett & Tubbs want to bring in a serial killer, but fear that it may blow their covers to break too soon.
Directing: Jim Johnston · Writing: Jack Richardson · Starring: Dylan Baker, Brian Tarantina, Gary Basaraba, John Bowman
4x17 Hell Hath No Fury...
Mar 11, 1988 · 46 min
The highly publicized release of a convicted rapist makes Trudy fear that the man's victim may have revenge on her mind.
Directing: Virgil W. Vogel · Writing: Michael Duggan · Starring: John Michael Higgins, Don Harvey, John Finn, Carla Brothers
4x18 Badge of Dishonor
Mar 18, 1988 · 45 min
When a string of murders is linked to another unit, Crockett & Tubbs believe an undercover officer may be the killer.
Directing: Richard Compton · Writing: Peter Lance, Michael Duggan · Starring: Jsu Garcia, Reni Santoni, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Michele Shay
4x19 Blood & Roses
Apr 1, 1988 · 45 min
The mobster who killed Crockett's friend is released from prison.
Directing: George Mendeluk · Writing: Robert Palm · Starring: Meg Foster, Frank Stallone Jr., Michael Wincott, Stanley Tucci
4x20 A Bullet for Crockett
Apr 15, 1988 · 44 min
Sonny and Rico work undercover with a big dealer, Ricque ""Loco"" Mendez. During the police intervention, Sonny shot Loco, and the girlfriend of Loco shot Sonny. Members of the vice squad reminisce while Crockett lies close to death from the gunshot wound. We see why the other policemen love Sonny. At the end, we understand why Sonny is a cop.
Directing: Donald L. Gold · Writing: Peter Lance, Michael Duggan · Starring: Jesse Borrego, Lisa Vidal, Martin Ferrero, Bam Rubenstein
4x21 Deliver Us from Evil (1)
Apr 29, 1988 · 45 min
A murder case that hits close to home reunites Crockett with the man who used him to trick his way off Death Row.
Directing: George Mendeluk · Writing: Michael Duggan, Robert Palm, David Black · Starring: Don Keith Opper, Sheena Easton, Mary Fanaro, Martin Ferrero
4x22 Mirror Image (2) Season Finale
May 6, 1988 · 46 min · ★ 6.0
A concussion leaves Crockett thinking he is his drug dealer alter-ego Burnett and goes to work for a Colombian crime boss.
Directing: Richard Compton · Writing: Robert Palm, Daniel Sackheim · Starring: Antonio Fargas, Julia Roberts, Brent Jennings, Chris Cooper