S03E12Miami Vice season 3 episode 12: Down for the Count (1)
Aired 9 January 198747 minRated TV-14
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What happens in “Down for the Count (1)”
Zito reluctantly uses a boxer as bait to help the vice squad nail a former drug kingpin involved in bookmaking; it ends in tragedy and the loss of a comrade for the vice cops.
Episode summary: TMDB.
Before you watch
- It is episode 12 of 24 of season 3, so watch episodes 1 to 11 first.
- It runs about 47 minutes.
- Directed by Richard Compton, written by Dick Wolf and John Schulian.
- TMDB users rate it 7.4 out of 10 (7 votes).
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Cast and crew of this episode
- Director
- Richard Compton
- Writers
- Dick WolfJohn Schulian
- Guest stars
- John Diehl as Larry ZitoDon King as Mr. CashPepe Serna as Oswaldo GuzmanRandall 'Tex' Cobb as MoonAntoni Corone as George SordoniMark Breland as Bobby SykesHector Echavarria as BatistaRico Paisley
Credits: TMDB.
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