8/7/2023 0 Comments Miami vice movie 1984![]() ![]() This episode started developing the trademark Vice style. On the Region 1 Miami Vice DVD release, the episode is presented in its entirety the Region 2 version uses the two-part version.Īt least one VHS release of "Brother's Keeper" replaces the Rolling Stones' song " Miss You" with generic rock music. This episode, which has a 2-hour duration (with commercials) is also sometimes split as a two-part episode each an hour long in some countries. From then on, it remained unchanged throughout the series. After that, the Miami Vice opening theme was altered to include the signature electric guitar riff over the original Fairlight-generated synthesizer sequence. The opening theme to the episode is an extended version of the " Miami Vice Theme" which is only used for the first four episodes of the series. This episode also featured regular supporting actor Martin Ferrero, but he played the transvestite killer Trini DeSoto instead of his usual Izzy Moreno character, the small and incompetent criminal who confides to Crockett and Tubbs. The Squad's boss was for the first four episodes Lt. Martin Castillo would not show until the sixth episode. Only Edward James Olmos is missing, since his character, Lt. Most of the series regular cast are introduced in this pilot episode: Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson), Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas), Gina Calabrese (Saundra Santiago), Trudy Joplin (Olivia Brown), Stan Switek ( Michael Talbott) and Larry Zito ( John Diehl). Crockett and Tubbs decide that they like working with each other after all, and Tubbs decides to transfer to Miami. Sonny and Rico arrive just in time to see Calderone get into a seaplane (which later in real life crashes as Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101) and fly off. ![]() Soon afterwards, Calderone himself is arrested, but within a matter of hours gets a judge to sign his release on $2 million bail. After being confronted and assaulted by Crockett (his former partner), Wheeler is then arrested. Crockett confronts "Rafael" and discovers that he is Rafael's brother Ricardo who wants to catch Calderone, his brother's murderer.Ĭrockett and Tubbs agree to still work together and it pays off, discovering that the traitor is Scott Wheeler ( Bill Smitrovich), a DEA agent who works closely with the vice squad. Gina and her colleague Trudy Joplin ( Olivia Brown) still help Crockett for all job matters, and they discover that Rafael Tubbs is actually a dead New York officer. But he is not very fortunate, since he whispers his wife's name to Gina, while they were in bed. Since they are having problems approaching Calderone due to a traitor (leading Tubbs to say "You've got a leak in your department the size of the East River"), Crockett and Tubbs team up, after a suggestion from the former's lieutenant Lou Rodriguez ( Gregory Sierra) to work together, even though they don't like each other.Ĭrockett is also dating a colleague, Gina Calabrese ( Saundra Santiago). ![]() He also is in the middle of an ugly divorce, since his wife can't stand the stress of having a husband working undercover with criminals.Ĭrockett is investigating a Colombian drug dealer, named Calderone ( Miguel Piñero), when he meets a New York police detective named Rafael Tubbs ( Philip Michael Thomas). James "Sonny" Crockett ( Don Johnson) is a Metro-Dade vice detective who has just lost his partner Eddie Rivera ( Jimmy Smits) due to a car bombing while they were trying to arrest a small-time drug dealer. NBC would rebroadcast the episode in 2006 during the opening weekend for executive producer/director Michael Mann's theatrical remake starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. The episode was received well critically, winning two out of three Emmy Awards for which it was nominated. The episode premiered on September 16, 1984, with a two-hour (including commercials) season premiere. " Brother's Keeper" is the pilot episode of the first season of the American television series Miami Vice. "In The Air Tonight" scene from the episode ![]()
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