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People stayed home and watched Miami Vice on Friday nights at 10 pm before going out. It was a crazy time.

"Love it or hate it"? who would hate this show? The best show that ever came out of the decade. Arguably one that defined it.

Phil Collin's "In the Air Tonight" was such an iconic moment on the show it almost felt like watching a movie.

Miami Vice is one those shows that is unapologetically '80's and I love it

When Don Johnson said when asked about if they could reboot this series, he thoughtfully said anything was possible, but this show was from a very specific time and place, and that would be hard to capture again. (my paraphrasing). I agree - the 80s were special in a lot of ways. Loved the fashion and the energy. I was also young then :-) Thanks for this video!

I remember living in the USSR. All foreign things were banned. Content was smuggled in randomly. Bits of taped television. I remember watching a single episode of Miami Vice with maybe 100 other people, on a small TV. We didn't know it was a TV show. We didn't have TV shows like that. The format itself was foreign to us. We had no idea what was happening and why, but we still watched. To us it was an exotic movie.

Phillip Michael Thomas really was a Great actor...and deserved so much more after Miami Vice.

I stopped watching at "While I don't think the pilot is amazing...". The pilot of Miami Vice is one of the greatest pieces of TV or cinema ever recored. FULL STOP.

I've watched Maimi Vice 10 times at least, all 5 seasons, it's the greatest cop show ever.

Born in 1990 im not ashamed to admit....i watched ever Miami Vice episode at least 6 times. Best Show Ever. 😁

I'll never forget watching the pilot first run. It was like no cop show I'd ever seen. Cinematic production and an awesome custom soundtrack? The bad guy even got away. Unheard of. Just a ground breaking show, at least for its first 2-3 seasons.

I wore out my "Miami Vice" cassette in college because my bros would insist on blasting it through the sunroof as we drove around town rocking our Ray-Bans and shooting our sleeves up past our elbows. Good times.

Miami Vice shaped my teen life - I had the vests, pastel jackets with espadrilles and white trousers and a black Fiat convertible: I was the nuts as far as I was concerned! Glory days, great times and MV was a product of its time. Best leave it alone to be remembered fondly rather than try to resurrect it and ruin it. Don - you were my hero and role model bro!

21 years old and this is one of my favourite tv shows ever!! Thank you for this video, really put a smile on my face as we head into another lockdown in the UK

Great iconic show whose influences are felt till today.

Definitely Miami had the greatest ending in tv history

There is nothing like Miami Vice on tv today... nothing could measure up to this genre breaking show. Great video 😎👍

I can hear it calling in the air tonight

Has to be the best tv show ever. Even better than the A-team and knight rider. I watched it as a kid with my parents back in the 80s. Rewatched it for the first time last year and i was instantly hooked. I can't get enough of it. That 80s nostalgia hits hard.

I watch through the series every year and it never gets old. Definitely my favourite TV show of all time, at least the first 3 seasons are.

A show who's concept has been often imitated in tv and movies ,but never duplicated.

Yup, Bruce Willis’ episode was awesome and still my favorite.

I still watch the show a lot. This show defined the 80s.

Michael Mann was also behind the show "crime story" wich really was years ahead of its time

I loved Miami Vice, for the music, for Don Johnson, for Miami, for the clothes, for the guest musicians of which there were so many. Marvelous. Musicians were way more sexy and important and stars and celebrities back then. All of them. I was a big Phil Collins fan.

The 2006 Miami Vice movie is fantastic, though it took me several watches over a number of years to truly appreciate it. I absolutely hated it the first time I saw it, but something kept bringing me back and I found new things to appreciate each time. Now, I freaking love it, that movie rules.

I recommend everyone watch the episode ‘Evan’, specifically the title character’s intro scene when he shoots up some female mannequins with twin MAC-10s to the accompanying soundtrack of Peter Gabriel’s ‘The Rhythm of the Heat

I'm GenX and I've recently re discovered my ❤️ for Miami Vice. Everything about it , the music, the outfits, the guest stars even the corney stuff😆. The thing with the late 80's fashion is pretty spot on for the time tho. The entire cast was attractive. I had no memory of the peanut butter episode lol. This was a great video !🏝❤️

The best cop show of all time.

I'm a 28 year old Millennial I love Miami Vice I still wanna dress like Don Johnson 🙏♥️🤟🔥🙏

The first two seasons were a staple at our place . . . then it got dark and un-fun (for the most part). Still, good times. Favorite episode, Glades.

it is not Ca-STILL-o. it is Cast-ee-oo. double L in spanish makes a Y sound.

The show should absolutely come back. It should be more like the first couple seasons though. There is great nostalgia for '80s neon lights, style, music boats, etc. If this was brought back and done well it would be one of my favorite things on TV. As someone who lived through the '80s and was born in 79 you don't have a proper perspective to even judge a show like Miami Vice because you were not there. There is great nostalgia for that decade and the show could absolutely be a huge hit if it was done right. They could recapture everything great about the '80s and make a great cop show again but the trickiest part would probably be casting. It would have to be someone who reminds you of the original Miami Vice cast but would be new at the same time. If they had the right body language, style, wardrobe and direction it could be done right. It would be very tricky but I wouldn't doubt if this did happen sometime due to how much people still like Miami Vice.

Please do an episode on Moonlighting. It has so much in front and behind the camera to discuss.

I was a little kid when this show first aired: knew about it, seen a little of it, had a friend with a cassette of the first released soundtrack. However, I didn't really focus my full attention onto the show until 2009 with rerun on the Centric channel, and I was blown away. Yes, I think the music, fashion, and overall style is amazing, but the stories themselves exceeded my expectations, and now "Miami Vice" is one of my favorite things about life.

My favourite show of all time I’m happy this is getting recognition !

it's pronounced "castiyo", not "castilo"

My parents were addicted to it too ☺️♥️ The show not drugs lol

What was great about Miami Vice... it was soooo good (nostalgia)! AND being in the 80s we actually had to wait for the next episode! Excited chatter in the playground, acting out scenes. It was a ritual. Good times!

I enjoyed that show!!! James Edward Olmos received an Oscar nomination for his role as math teacher Jaime Escalante in the motion picture titled "Stand and Deliver", a few years after Miami Vice went off the air.

the show was one of those perfect storms. Can't recreate that in a million years. Like the Trainspotting sequel, all it did was make me wish I was watching the original instead.

Towards the end of season 2, one drug dealer (played by Frank Zappa) had Crockett on his boat and flat out told him he knew he was a cop since the 2 names were too similar. Pretty intense scene given Crockett was trapped there.

I'd love to see Miami Vice brought back as a video game, It would make alot more things possible since the principle cast is so aged at this point, and it puts our situation back in the 80's so the whole "things are different now" thing wouldn't be much of a factor......Imagine Miami Vice as the backdrop for a spiritual succesor to L.A Noir?

The question isn’t “Should Miami Vice come back” it should be How can we bring Miami Vice back for the 21st century. I believe it’s doable, but it would require some seriously good writing and stylistic direction.

Miami Vice was the best representation of the 80s that I can think of....and I lived that period!

I was in the first season episode 10, Give A Little, Take A Little. It featured Burt Young and a young Michael Madsen. I saw Michael decades later and he actually remembered me. Great times!

Brandon Tartikoff renewed Remington Steele in 1986. Meaning Pierce Brosnan could not sign on to play James Bond in The Living Daylights thus paving the way for Timothy Dalton...actually that was a good thing. Bronsan was not a victim of the six year hiatus and I got my favourite portrayal of Bond.

Coming from a die hard fan the first 3 seasons are fabulous. Season 4 is when things get weird.

I absolutely loved that show. If I like a show, it usually gets cancelled.

"The Great McCarthy", "Rites of Passage" and "The Home Invaders" are some of really great episodes I can only recommend!

PMT, in this case = Tubbs = Tough Unique Bad Bold and Sassy, went on to co star in a detective film series also set in Miami alongside the late great Bud Spencer.

Our party group in the 80s could never go out on Friday night without watching Miami Vice first!

The fact that Phillip Michael Thomas didn't have a career after Miami Vice should be criminal. He was the best part of the show imo

Wasn’t there an episode with Phil Collins in it?

I loved this and Grand theft auto vice City. Crocketts theme by Jan hammer is brilliant.

So the first two seasons were Manmade and the rest of the seasons were Wolfmade? Interesting

I loved the first season of Miami Vice and thought it aged best out of all the seasons.

Loved that show and once in a while, maybe every 4-5 years, I am still watching it again; but not the last season.

This show was what I called a ‘down by law’ phenomenon amongst my generation. We ALL watched Miami Vice. The show changed television and influenced everything from men’s clothing trends to what music was popular at the time. And it was also a wonderful starting point for some of our most popular and talented actors. Julia Roberts , Kyra Sedgwick, Stanley Tucci, Wesley Snipes, Laurence Fishburne and Helena Bonham Carter were just a few of the actors who got their starts on the show. And if you all still want to get your Vice fix check out STARZ Encore Action at 11:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and there are NO commercials!

I remember watching this before most TV's were manufactured with Stereo audio, The local FM station would synchronize the broadcast (simulcast) with the episode on TV but in Stereo with vastly greater frequency and dynamic range. So you could crank up your equipment and hear this show in a way I'd never heard it before. Michael Mann seems to care about sound design a fair bit too, especially the downtown LA gun battle in Heat.

One of the greatest TV shows ever made!

I came to learn about Miami vice and became a subscriber. Good video. Very true statement about people who have never seen the show know the feel and look of the show when the words Miami vice are spoken.

I loved the Miami Vice movie. It was amazing. Mike Mann rocks.

Believe it or not, my favorite episode is "Freefall". Ironically, it is the last episode of the entire series. Both Crockett and Tubbs are burned out from all of the BS going on. Everything seems like it is ready to explode at any given moment. Just a great episode.

Hey, Joblo; Great job, here. You might have mentioned the "Smugglers Blues" episodes co-starring the late great Glen Frey of The Eagles. He wasn't a very good actor, but it was kinda cool seeing him mix it up with Crockett and Tubbs. He also wrote the title theme music for the 2 episodes. It's a fact that the sale of home VCR's went through the roof when Miami Vice was up against the mighty "Dallas" in the same time slot. You could watch Dallas, and record Miami Vice, and have it for Desert! I sure did. It was a Friday ritual in my home! **** Suggestion; How about a "WTF Happened to Crime Story?", another great but forgotten show from the 80's? It was also produced by Michael Mann. I actually liked Crime Story a little better than MV. Some folks agree with me, too. Thanks for all of your hard work! You content is first rate, and extremely enjoyable!

13 mins in - I hope we are gonna talk about the excellent music by Jan Hammer. Crockett's theme still makes me cry.

Miami vice was well before my time so I dont have the nostalgia fondness for the show but watching it last year I thought it was fantastic and still holds up exceptionally well today, also loved Magnum PI

I watched the first episode out of curiosity a couple of month ago. Seemed like a great show definitely a good first episodes I will probably watch the full series when I have time

I grew up in the 80's ,besides many others Miami Vice was my favorite, I was stuck with our big ass TV set every friday night . Last week my internet was down, I didnt know what to do and I watched the whole Miami Vice season 1 DVDs. I still love the show and the whole Miami Vice vibe..

One episode I love is with Sonny’s relationship with Dr Theresa Lyons (Helena Bonham Carter) Damn Carter was pretty hot.

The movie with Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx is amazing and criminally underrated

I watched Miami Vice religiously, but I can’t tell you about one episode. I can’t even tell you anything about Crocket and Tubbs. Also Tubbs was much more popular in my house. Tubbs was way more handsome.

"Get out of my face" was so brilliant. Johnson's performance is enhanced as well.

Miami Vice is a genre defining tv classic that is a time capsule of the 1980's, and would not have worked beyond that era. The first 2 seasons are classic Vice but since Micheal Mann & composer Jan Hammer left midway in Season 3 the show took on a different tone. With the incoming new composer Tim Truman and producer Dick Wolf, the remaining seasons lost the pastels of the first 2 seasons and became more of the template for Wolf's later successful long running Law & Order franchise. That's not to say the episodes were weak, but they were a mixed batch i certainly liked the 3 parter Mirror Image, Hostile Takeover and Redemption in Blood. But for me the show's best episodes are from season 2 with the likes of Out where the buses don't run, Payback & Finale Sons & Lovers being among the best of the bunch. I never really saw this show during it's original run, bar the odd episode, as at that time I watched more of Knight Rider, The A Team, Macgyver, LA Law and Airwolf but I did catch up on the show on DVD in the early 2000's. One thing I noticed that nobody ever comments on is how the show seems to recycle character names like Guitteraz, Guzman and Montoya several times sometimes even being mentioned in different episodes within the same season. The show really couldn't be remade as it is a product of it's time and even Mann himself failed to kickstart to what was supposed to be the start of a film franchise with the edgy 2006 film ( which owed more to Manns films Heat & Collateral than it did the original Miami Vice). The film had a really cool line which sums it up really well "Do you understand the meaning of the word foreboding, it means badness is happening right now."

Smugglers Blues were some good episodes with Glenn Fry. The music of the day and the mood it set were what set it apart. Seeing Crockett blast down the Intercoastal while In The Air is playing was a pretty high water mark in TV history if I am asked

Miami was notorious for drugs and violence during this period of the show. Makes for good art imitating life stuff..

Don Johnson made you believe he was a Vice cop. Great stories. Perfect cast. Fast cars, hotter women! Pure 80s excess. You forgot the best 2 episodes ever: Definitely Miami and Killshot. Who am I kidding, there’s a dozen other best episodes!!!!

started watching miami vice again few days ago, i was expecting to see this series looking a little bit old and eaten by a time, instead i was shocked it was actually opposite it still looks ahead of its time acting and action is so good its like you watching a documentary and Russ Ballard songs are just soooo good, songs like fire still burn and in the night are so amazing

This was a fantastic show!

Whoa, I was just transported back in time with that intro... the power of nostalgia.

Missed a huge element to the undercover work. Tubbs was the "dealer", Crocket was the "smuggler" when it came to working their way into the criminal elements. As such, Crocket kept the "persona" up as a smuggler even OUT of the office in order to keep his cover going for as long as possible. That is why the show really works. Even when not "on the job", Crocket and Tubbs still maintained a sort of "ongoing undercover" lifestyle that constantly provided additional material to work with.

Awesome soundtrack!!! “ IN THE AIR TONIGHT “ PLAY LOUD!!

When Dick Wolf took over it lost that Miami Vibe. I have always said on many of his episodes, you could have called it Chicago Vice or Detroit Vice. Gone were the beaches and art de co. Instead it was dark exteriors and darker stories.

I watched this as a kid around 8 yr old. I liked the Lt. as well but Crocket was my favorite. The flashy but laid back clothing, cool cars, bling jewelry, and cool attitude under pressure. I would dress like him, painted my BMX bike to match the car and talked to everyone including my teachers with an attitude. Unfortunately it got me smoking cigarettes as a kid to look cool.

Best show i've ever seen. Way better than todays stuff that's out!

Still watch the entire show once a year lol. So different, so good, so beautiful!

Philip Michael Thomas also was a Awesome Singing Artist! He made some great videos 🤗❤

I was in love with Saundra Santiago.. still am

I'm on a rewatch of them. Saw them back in the day but was quite young. It's amazing how many of them hold up. The end of each show is good, it's usually a blank cut. Very "European" in the lack of resolution of each episode.

I was a (mid)teenager then and never really got into Miami Vice. It was cool that they drove Ferrari's and didn't dress like TV cops we were used to seeing. Aside from that I just wasn't into cop drama. I started to appreciate it later on and also became a huge fan of Michael Mann. Most importantly, it helped lead to GTA: Vice City. Still my all-time favorite rpg.

In response to your question “Should Miami Vice be brought back?” you and I said “NO” simultaneously...and for the same reasons.

The major problem with the later aesthetics is that Miami is a COLORFUL city to film. When you make the colors less vibrant and make dark, you’re making it more like any other big city that had a crime problem in the 80’s. The colorful and stylish vibes of the city is what made 1980’s -90’s Miami so memorable and Iconic as a city, even with the violence of the Cocaine cowboys era.

Correction - “Out Where The Buses Don’t Run” is episode 3 NOT episode 4.

So funny!! When you introduced “God”, I was just saying the same thing. One of my favourite episodes of Quantum Leap. I loved this!!!

Miami Vice is one of my favorite tv shows ever! Tubbs is my favorite character on the show but Lt Castillo I like to because of his calm and cool demeanor. The first season is the best season in my opinion because it is filled with amazing episodes. This show help put Miami back on the map and one of the staples shows of the 1980s and one of the best crime detective shows ever.

Edward James Olmos is literally my Dad's persona/face when he was unhappy with me as a kid in the 80s-90s, his lack of dramatic anger but menacing stare could melt your soul. Peak masculinity expressed w/out rage.

We just got through watching the entire series on DVD a couple of weeks ago. I think it dated quite well. A lot of the music from that era is still prevalent today so it's not so in your face as you would think. But the story lines are very relevant.

The saddest episode was the one where Sheena Easton played Crockett's girlfriend. She was killed and Crockett found out she was pregnant after she died. Heartbreaking.

I remember playing gta vice city and my dad mentioned that the game probably took inspirations from scarface and Miami vice and well he was right as I watched both and realized how amazing the show was because it takes place in Miami during the 1980s and it made me think of how Miami in the 1980s were magical. It was great show to watch especially on Friday