Miami Vice: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Miami Vice Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Contempt of Court
Sep 25, 1987
By scaring the jury into a mistrial, a mobster hopes to buy time to find and silence the witness Crockett is protecting.
Amen... Send Money
Oct 2, 1987
The fury of feuding TV evangelists hits Tubbs when he is accused raping a parishoner.
Death and the Lady
Oct 16, 1987
An actress' on-screen murder propels Crockett & Tubbs to investigate the film's flaky director.
The Big Thaw
Oct 23, 1987
Two factions fight for possession of a dead reggae legend's body.
Child's Play
Oct 30, 1987
Crockett agonizes about shooting a child during a weapons investigation.
God's Work
Nov 6, 1987
The return of a kingpin's financial wizard son sets off speculations in the Miami underworld.
Missing Hours
Nov 13, 1987
A man's body disappears from the morgue. Trudy has an encounter with UFOs.
Like a Hurricane
Nov 20, 1987
Crockett is assigned to guard a recording star who is a witness in a payola scandal, and ends up falling in love.
Rising Sun of Death
Dec 4, 1987
An executive's murder alerts Castillo to Yakuza presence in Miami, but the arrival of a Japanese investigator is no help.
Love at First Sight
Jan 15, 1988
Newlywed Caitlin fears Crockett's latest undercover assignment as bait for a killer at a dating service will make her a widow.
A Rock and a Hard Place
Jan 22, 1988
Two music executives try to ruin Caitlin's comeback by exposing Crockett as drug kingpin Burnett.
The Cows of October
Feb 5, 1988
A cowboy's larcenous attempt to improve his cattle attracts attention from the US government, Cuban Communists, and Izzy.
Vote of Confidence
Feb 12, 1988
A prominent senatorial candidate is arrested during a raid of a mobile whorehouse.
Baseballs of Death
Feb 19, 1988
Crockett & Tubbs suspect a Chilean police chief in a double murder.
Indian Wars
Feb 26, 1988
Tubbs relates to American Indians trying to save their homeland.
Honor Among Thieves?
Mar 4, 1988
Crockett & Tubbs want to bring in a serial killer, but fear that it may blow their covers to break too soon.
Hell Hath No Fury...
Mar 11, 1988
The highly publicized release of a convicted rapist makes Trudy fear that the man's victim may have revenge on her mind.
Badge of Dishonor
Mar 18, 1988
When a string of murders is linked to another unit, Crockett & Tubbs believe an undercover officer may be the killer.
Blood & Roses
Apr 1, 1988
The mobster who killed Crockett's friend is released from prison.
A Bullet for Crockett
Apr 15, 1988
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 vic
Deliver Us from Evil (1)
Apr 29, 1988
A murder case that hits close to home reunites Crockett with the man who used him to trick his way off Death Row.
Mirror Image (2)
May 6, 1988
A concussion leaves Crockett thinking he is his drug dealer alter-ego Burnett and goes to work for a Colombian crime boss.