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Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Season released 4th Nov, 1988Rated TV-1420 episodes

Where to watch Miami Vice Season 5

Miami Vice season 5 is not streaming in Australia on any service we track right now. You can buy it on Prime Video Store from $19.99. Season 5 was released on 4 November 1988.

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About Miami Vice Season 5

The last action-packed adventures of Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs. Join them as they infiltrate the deadly powers behind the Miami drug empire and take down every bad guy from conniving schemers to ruthless criminals.

Season summary: TMDB.

Miami Vice Season 5 episodes

  1. S05 E01

    Hostile Takeover (3)

    42 mins · Fri, 4 Nov 1988

    Still thinking he is really Sonny Burnett, Crockett starts a war between the crime family he has joined and a rival clan.

  2. S05 E02

    Redemption in Blood (4)

    42 mins · Fri, 11 Nov 1988

    As now drug-lord Crockett's memory returns, Tubbs feels his partner has gone bad and must be destroyed.

  3. S05 E03

    Heart of Night

    42 mins · Fri, 18 Nov 1988

    Castillo grapples with emotions while protecting his ex-wife from a drug kingpin trying to kill her current husband.

  4. S05 E04

    Bad Timing

    42 mins · Fri, 2 Dec 1988

    Ordered to take time off, Crockett's vacation is cut short when he is kidnapped by 3 homicidal prison escapees.

  5. S05 E05

    Borrasca

    42 mins · Fri, 9 Dec 1988

    Tubbs & Castillo attempt to intervene in a drug deal in which government agents want no police interference.

  6. S05 E06

    Line of Fire

    42 mins · Fri, 16 Dec 1988

    Crockett & Tubbs reluctantly comply with an FBI request to guard their key witness in a drug overlord's trial.

  7. S05 E07

    Asian Cut

    42 mins · Fri, 13 Jan 1989

    Crockett & Tubbs use Trudy as a decoy to lure a sadistic serial killer who preys on call girls.

  8. S05 E08

    Hard Knocks

    42 mins · Fri, 20 Jan 1989

    Switek sinks into drinking and gambling when thugs convince him to talk a friend's son, a major college quarterback, into throwing a game.

  9. S05 E09

    Fruit of the Poison Tree

    42 mins · Fri, 3 Feb 1989

    Crockett & Tubbs investigate an attorney who defends drug dealers, then steals and resells their drugs.

  10. S05 E10

    To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)

    42 mins · Fri, 10 Feb 1989

    While undercover, Tubbs falls for the widow of a slain drug kingpin. Crockett must leave to help his son deal with the pregnancy of his remarried mother.

  11. S05 E11

    Miami Squeeze

    42 mins · Fri, 17 Feb 1989

    The irresponsible son of a fierce, anti-drug-minded Congresswoman jeopardizes his mother's political career when he incurs the wrath of a British drug lord by stealing his shipment of drugs.

  12. S05 E12

    Jack of All Trades

    42 mins · Fri, 3 Mar 1989

    Crockett's cousin Jack, the black sheep of the family, gets him mixed up in a scheme. Jack must repay a $50,000 debt.

  13. S05 E13

    The Cell Within

    42 mins · Fri, 10 Mar 1989

    A dark, chilling episode in which Tubbs is held prisoner - along with a drug dealer, a young prostitute and a prison psychologist - in the personal dungeon (complete with electric chair) of a supposedly reformed, freed killer who he once put behind bars. One of the highlights of Season 5.

  14. S05 E14

    The Lost Madonna

    42 mins · Fri, 17 Mar 1989

    Crockett & Tubbs help an NYPD detective retrieve a stolen 15th century Madonna statue in the possession of a mob family.

  15. S05 E15

    Over the Line

    42 mins · Fri, 28 Apr 1989

    In the midst of working an undercover assignment, Crockett and Tubbs come across a clandestine vigilante group of frustrated law enforcement officers working within the department. Aware of Sonny and Rico's own frustration with how easily the bad guys seem to circumvent the law, the vigilante organization offers them an opportunity to join in. Lieutenant Castillo encourages them to accept the offer and work undercover in ferreting out the identities of everyone involved and to make sure that no one gets hurt. Unfortunately, that is too tall an order for his detectives to accomplish successfully.

  16. S05 E16

    Victims of Circumstance

    42 mins · Fri, 5 May 1989

    Holocaust survivors are being murdered in Miami. Crockett and Switek infiltrate a White-supremacist group that might be responsible.

  17. S05 E17

    Freefall

    42 mins · Sun, 21 May 1989

    Crockett & Tubbs embark on what they see as a suicide mission. They are recruited by a Special Drug Taskforce to escort the corrupt dictator of Costa Morada, a fictional Revolution ravaged Latin American country. Gen. Manuel Borbon has promised to reveal the members of the most powerful South American drug cartel. Crockett & Tubbs are faced with what might be their final showdown.

  18. S05 E18

    World of Trouble

    42 mins · Wed, 14 Jun 1989

  19. S05 E19

    Miracle Man

    42 mins · Wed, 21 Jun 1989

    A vigilante believes he is a superhero, Miracle Man. His efforts to rid Miami of ""drug dealing slim"" intefers with Tubbs & Switek's operations.

  20. S05 E20

    Leap of Faith

    42 mins · Wed, 28 Jun 1989

    Agent Joey Harden returns to assist Crockett as part of a new division, Youth Crime Unit, that was formed by a previous partner. The YCU investigates a college professor that has created a new designer drug, Bliss.

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