Upgrade this series to 4K and nothing even remotely comes close to it today. Michael Mann was way ahead of his time with this gem.

jezus...I miss the eighties so much it hurts.....anybody else has the same thing?

They matched the song and the scene so well it’s like magic.

One of the DEEPEST and MOST profound of any episode of ANY show of ANY kind........

... 36 years later, and though I've seen it countless times, that ending still gives me goosebumps ... you understand?

This show was insanely ahead of its time.

To me, this was the best scene of the series

A whole LOT of Talent in that scene... those were the Days, my friend, those were the days!

This ending was so heartbreaking. Throughout the episode, you knew Hank was off the deep end, but how this culminated made you realize just how deep into madness he had gone. When he says " funny, he's just a tired,old man. Guess he's kinda relieved it's over." You come to realize he was probably talking about himself. Heart wrenching ending.

During it's height, this show was better than most movies being released at the same time!

My mom loved this show and she really loved Dire Straits. Went back to my parents house for the first time after she passed and started streaming old episodes. This episode, the last scene, I just lost my shit. I really miss my mom. It’s been 6 years now but this still nails me in the feels every time.

The roar of Crockett's Daytona transitioning into the majestic sound of Mark Knopfler's guitar is pure heaven.

"I helped him build the wall". These simple few words define unconditional loyalty.

Maybe the greatest ending in television history. Dire straits brothers in arms playing while cruising down Miami streets at night In a Ferrari kit car looking for Tony Arcaro.... priceless

There’s a reason why so many have never forgotten this after nearly 39 years. Perfect pairing of cinematography and music. Bruce McGill’s portrayal of Hank in this episode was a hypnotic slow burn from his first scene until it all just boiled over in such an understated way in the last scene. Great episode. Great TV.

I lived in Miami, but was stationed in DC in the Navy when this first aired. Left me numb, speechless, with tears in my eyes My wife was like BABY! WTF! Well, it sounds like alot of you know! ❤🎉

The greatest 10 minutes laid down on TV film. Every part of the song from start to finish fits with the scene. It's so, so perfect.

" He's just a tired old man, guess he's kind of relieved it's over". He's talking about himself.

Arguably one of the best episodes of the whole series. Certainly in my top five.

Not many shows can claim two truly iconic scenes but Miami Vice does. This and the In the Air Tonight scene are truly great TV. For sheer impact and their effect on TV as a whole, they are only rivalled by "Did You See the Sunrise?" on Magnum. Like that one, both of these MV scenes are perfect. I think we tend to forget how ahead of its time and just damn good this show was.

"He was my partner. You understand. You understand!" - I remember seeing this on TV as a kid, that indignation and brotherhood/loyalty burned right into my brain.

My g/f and I used to watch this episode together all the time. She said she got chills the first time she heard this song and watched Weldon break the wall down. She sadly passed in 2017. I hear this know and my throat tightens and my eyes water...

"Out where the buses don't run." THE best episode of Miami Vice.

"Out Where the Buses don't Run"......One of the best episodes of Miami Vice.

I lived in Miami in the late 80’s. Every Friday night we would all gather around the tv and watch Miami Vice. I remember this scene vividly. I loved “Brothers in Arms “. I used to listen to it over and over!

The music of Dire Straits is unreal.

TV at its finest. Watched Miami Vice via Antenna. Simple times.

The word play in this scene is superb. When Hank says "he's a tired old man and relieved it's over".. He is of course referring to himself. Such a great series and time in TV

"He was my partner, you understand? Understand?" "...Yeah."

“We’re gonna need backup” “I know what you’re gonna need” Just like Castillo

I'm 70, I was 32 when this show came out and it still blocked me away!

Might be one of the best scenes in television/film history

" It's going down ". THE iconic MV phrase. Love when Sonny said it. You knew the action was coming... fast and heavy😊❤

This scene was the zenith of 80's television.

Dire Strait's song is perfect for this scene; a hearthbreak for Crocket and Tubbs when they realize the old tired ex cop went out the ridge and became a murdered out of desperation. Song perfectly matches the sadness and desolation surrounding them.

This ending is utterly iconic.

This ending was so fucking good. This show changed the entire landscape of television. Just brilliant.

Watched this entire scene a billion times. Never Ever get sick of it.

This is the greatest scene in TV history.

One of the best episode endings EVER!! Bruce McGill played the fuck out of that shit.

One of the best scenes of this show.

30+ years later and this scene still holds simply stunning

Micheal Mann was great at picking the perfect song for a scene, that you cant think of the song without the scene and vice versa. Whenever I hear "In The Air Tonight", "Cry" or "Brothers In Arms" on the radio today, I think of Miami Vice.

I remember watching this first run, one of The most powerful episodes of Miami Vice. A show that never will be duplicated, and I’m even talking of that horrible remake. Thank goodness I lived the first runs of this show. The style, power, the music, you can never have the 80s again.

One of their very best episodes made.

We have 2024 and this series it's so beautiful.

The music they used in the scenes was spot on to capture the mood .

I haven’t seen this scene in over 30 yrs....just balled my eyes out...because....the first, and only time I ever saw it..was w my late Daddy....an ex-cop...Didn’t miss an episode together...I was a little too young to be watching this. He knew it...so, so glad we did...I understand....

Season 2 was pure gold. The best one of all 5 seasons

Season 2 is when MV was firing on all cylinders. For a short time, Michael Mann had bottled lightning. This was the greatest episode of the series, and probably the best episode of any cop show ever.

I just got CHILLS rewatching this nearly 40 years later. The complex interconnected storylines and REAL links between TV shows, films and their actors which this scene expounds upon...is FRIGHTENING to me.

One of the greatest endings from one of the best episodes of Miami Vice. The Dire Straits song playing while the black Daytona prowls through the darkened streets of Miami. The distant thunder. Crockett and Tubbs about to discover the mystery hidden behind the wall in the abandoned house. Just amazing. The first two seasons of this show were about as good as television gets.

This is a masterful six minutes from the greatest episode in television history. Don Johnson, who was underrated as an actor, is absolutely at his best. At the 5:53 mark, when the body of Arcaro is revealed, Johnson's expression moves subtly from apprehension/fear to shock/revulsion to resignation/relief in just a few moments -- it's wonderful. McGill, of course, is fantastic throughout the entire episode. Finally, David Strathairn -- long before he was well-known -- seals the deal with his defiant, ""He was my partner, you understand? Understand?"

What I love about this episode is it reflects Welldon’s genius as a detective as well as his insanity. His theories and intel on the two traffickers is dead on. With his help Vice makes a huge bust. But he inserted his fantasy that Arcero is alive into the investigation so he can “will” him back to life. He couldn’t accept that he had done something so wrong by killing him. Brilliant writing!

This scene had a tremendous effect on my life. I still remember the address from this scene in South Miami that Tubbs and Crocket went to. It was 114 South Waters Street. Miami Vice, is and will always be the best TV show ever produced.

The most unforgettable television scene I have ever seen

Damn … best acting and show EVER ! ❤️

When I saw this scene I realised that I was watching a truly great episode. For years I tried to find out what artist performed this song and lo and behold I while eating at Benny’s Burritos in the East Village I heard it and ran over to the employee and asked who does this song. After finding out we went to Tower Records and bought the CD which I still have to this day

for those of us that were able to watch this as it aired...we were the lucky ones, always remember that. for those who discovered this later due to the fact they were not born yet...you have excellent taste.

The GOAT scene from this TV show, one of the GOAT scenes in TV history.

80’s were a great time. Sad its gone forever

When you keep coming back to a segment of a tv show that aired 30+ years ago. This is timeless.

The wheels bouncing, the music, the streets empty, the storm coming in..That's one of the best scene ever.

Not long after this episode aired, I bought the Brothers in Arms album. The more I listen to Mark Knopfler, the more I'm convinced he's the greatest rock guitarist of my lifetime.

This has to be one of the most powerful scene in any TV show of that decade Bar None hands down this scene right here to meet epitomizes The Cutting Edge of 80s TV

What a show…I was a little kid and I’m sure some of it was over my head but in my mid 40’s I can watch this show all day and never get tired of it. Absolutely perfect writing, acting, the aesthetic that is 1980’s Miami. Just incredible stuff. One of the shows I can watch that takes me back and still be immersed in the actual story rather than just have on for nostalgia. Well done Miami Vice.

THE SHOW, THE MUSIC, THE TIME, THE ERA..........I MISS THE 80'S.........MAN HOW I MISS THE 80'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This has got to be the tightest 6-odd minutes of any TV show, and even in middle age, I remember it from when I was 12 - got burned on my brain, and I'm okay with that.

Like somebody else said- the acting was superb. Don Johnson’s eyes are always moving, just like he was searching a building. He was using police tactics that were in use at the time, the “quick peek” into the room at the top of the stairs. When Weldon picks up the pipe Crockett & Tubbs raises their guns slightly, as if they were ready to shoot Weldon if they had to. At the end while Crockett is talking to Weldon’s old partner Castillo is in the background having a muted conversation with a uniform. All brilliant touches.

In ‘85 I moved for my junior year of high school and one of the only kids who was welcoming was a guy named Scott. He played peace maker when I almost got into a fight and then invited the guy I almost fought to his house and we snuck some whiskey from his dad’s liquor cabinet and all became friends. The week that we left for college we had some beers and listened to this album and the title song meant a lot to us. We all saw each other at Christmas break and had some fun thinking we’d have the rest of our lives. During second semester, Scott was home for a visit and wrecked a four wheeler crushing his skull between the metal rack on the back and a rock. This song always takes me back to those fun times with my friend.

Best scene in broadcast tv history way ahead of its time !

Cops driving a $100,000 Ferrarri and wearing $1,000 suits...loved this show...

Also this scene is very sad it gets me teared up it really makes you feel sorry for Hank Weldon & Marty Lang what they’re going through. The acting & writing is so phenomenal.

I was a teenager when this came out, every Friday night I would stay home just to watch my MV. Best episode In tv history.

I watched the original episode in 1985. I watch this scene a few times every year and still get chills. A truly iconic scene in television history!

For over 10 years, every time my dad has heard this Dire Straits song he’s told me and my sister a story about how there was a man who was killed and then stuffed into a wall and no one found him for years. I grew up believing it was a true story and was scared by it when I was little and come to find out he’s been telling us this scene from Miami vice all along!

Truly great television. I worked at an NBC station in Florida at the time. I remember being blown away by this episode. Friday nights at 10pm. Appointment Television. No DVRs.

"Miami Vice" was a watershed in the way of producing and directing TV, and it certainly renewed the way of editing and scoring TV in an incredibly beautiful way.

Fantastic. When actors and directors tried to give their best.

My all time favorite Miami Vice episode. Powerful.

The exhaust note with the Brothers In Arms score is epic....

BEST CLASSIC PIECE EVER.

I remember watching this show with my dad when I was a kid. I don't think they make tv shows like this anymore.

What got me as a child watching this show back in the day. Is that it showed the darkness and tragedy. Them finding Arcaro buried in the wall rattled my psyche. Miami Vice did not pull any punches.

The title told us everything Out Where The Buses Don’t Run. The phrase means insanity

I was 18 when this episode premiered and it was jaw dropping to say the least. Even at that age, I knew I was watching something special and the Dire Straights song was perfect for this episode. It’s like you almost were in the car with them when they were speeding to that motel, not knowing if they were walking into a trap

Only episode of Miami Vice that I truly can't forget. Literally the one completely Perfect episode in a series that had a lot of good ones.

What a scene. What a show. Vice RULES!

Best scene from the best episode of the show. Bruce McGill and David Strathairn are two absolute powerhouses.

“Out Where the Buses Don’t Run”. Loved that show, and this episode was the best.

This scene gives me chills every time. I watched it when it aired and it never gets old. The absolute GOAT ending of any series in TV.

Bruce McGill is one of those one-shot actors that a lot of TV shows bring on for just one episode and never mention again, but he's so much fun to watch that he stays with you in a way that most guest-stars-of-the-week never do. This is a case in point.

Brothers in Arms for the opening of the scene is possibly the greatest pairing ever. Classic

It is so easy to take for granted today, but back in the 80s, you never had a TV show play an entire pop song and craft scenes around the unbroken song to tell the story. This was definitely an MTV effect, but it also had to be planned and executed with the sheer brilliance that is Miami Vice. From the foreboding empty dark streets, to the slow, cautious approach to the abandoned building, to the final encounter with Hank Wheldon...this was a perfect ending.

What better way , than getting together, on Friday night with your best friends,some adult beverages and a bowl to watch Miami Vice. One of the best TV Shows Ever put on Television.

A very deep episode. A must see for every one. I don’t care how old you are it’s a must see episode for people to see at least once in their lifetime.

I think everyone here, who come back every so often to watch this again would all get along wonderfully. Something about this scene and the music is appreciated by “Us” that others just don’t or can’t feel. We are brothers, and sisters, in arms and it would cool to all hang out together one day. Cheers! … nobody says "freeze” like Tubbs :)

I was 16 when I saw this episode, a legal immigrant from Romania since Nov 1982. We couldn’t afford much so my brother and I stayed up for hours and recorded the song on cassette straight from the TV. Played that cassette over and over. This was my favorite episode by far and Brothers in Arms made it so.

The scene where Bruce McGill sings "I fought the law" in the back of the convertible... I can't tell you how many times I watched that. Epic! :)

Still gives me goosebumps.... I am so thankful I was in my 20's when i lived this ...Best decade EVER .....