Miami Vice
Miami Vice: Season 3

Air Date

September 26, 1986

Episodes

24 episodes

Miami Vice

Season 3

Overview

Go deep undercover with Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs as they infiltrate drug rings, stop human traffickers, and take their chances behind bars with convicted criminals.

Episodes

When Irish Eyes Are Crying

1. When Irish Eyes Are Crying

5.3
September 26, 1986
48 min

Gina falls for an Irish pacifist who believes there is no point fighting fire with fire anymore - or so she thinks.

Stone's War

2. Stone's War

5.0
October 3, 1986
48 min

Crockett's Vietnam journalist buddy, Ira Stone, is back--claiming to have footage of a secret U.S war in Nicaragua; the trail leads Stone, Crockett & Tubbs to Maynard a.k.a. the elusive Captain Real Estate.

Killshot

3. Killshot

4.0
October 10, 1986
48 min

Crockett and Tubbs are fingered as cops by a Customs agent who's being blackmailed by the drug kingpin the detectives are trying to nail.

Walk Alone

4. Walk Alone

3.7
October 17, 1986
48 min

Tubbs poses as a con to expose prison guards who are extorting drugs from inmates, and killing those who refuse.

The Good Collar

5. The Good Collar

4.5
October 24, 1986
48 min

A star high school athlete, arrested for delivering heroin, agrees to help Crockett trap a 15-year-old drug lord; it turns ugly.

Shadow in the Dark

6. Shadow in the Dark

6.5
October 31, 1986
48 min

Crockett tries to nail a psychotic murderer by thinking like his quarry, despite the fact that another cop using that tactic wound up in a psych ward.

El Viejo

7. El Viejo

7.5
November 7, 1986
48 min

Crockett & Tubbs keep tabs on a crusty old stranger who plans to cut a deal with a murderous Bolivian drug dealer.

Better Living Through Chemistry

8. Better Living Through Chemistry

6.3
November 14, 1986
48 min

Tubbs' former partner frames him when he abducts a chemist for some drug dealers.

Baby Blues

9. Baby Blues

5.5
November 21, 1986
48 min

Unexpected contraband--babies and a stowaway mother seeking the child taken from her--puts the cops on the trail of an adoption ring.

Street Wise

10. Street Wise

4.5
December 5, 1986
48 min

An undercover cop and his hooker lover help the detectives find the source of some pharmaceutical grade cocaine.

Forgive Us Our Debts

11. Forgive Us Our Debts

5.3
December 12, 1986
48 min

New leads persuade Crockett that a man he put on death row might be innocent, but a campaign-conscious DA is reluctant to help.

Down for the Count (1)

12. Down for the Count (1)

5.0
January 9, 1987
48 min

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.

Down for the Count (2)

13. Down for the Count (2)

7.5
January 16, 1987
48 min

Switek is outraged by Internal Affairs' findings; Crockett and Tubbs' TV gambit may prove fatal when a mobster reclaims the action lost to Guzman.

Cuba Libre

14. Cuba Libre

7.5
January 23, 1987
48 min

Crockett & Tubbs stumble onto a plot by fanatical Cuban commandos to assassinate an important Cuban diplomat.

Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)

15. Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)

3.7
February 6, 1987
48 min

Castillo is not the only one to realize that a series of prostitute murders matches the M.O. of killings in Vietnam in the early 70s; the cops get help on the case from a man claiming to be a Vietnamese inspector.

Theresa

16. Theresa

3.7
February 13, 1987
48 min

Crockett's romantic entanglement with a heroin-addicted doctor jeopardizes his case against a dealer.

The Afternoon Plane

17. The Afternoon Plane

5.2
February 20, 1987
48 min

Tubbs finds out that his ""raffle prize"" --- a week in the Caribbean --- is set up by a vengeful con and the Calderones to lure him out of his jurisdiction.

Lend Me an Ear

18. Lend Me an Ear

4.5
February 27, 1987
48 min

The electronics whiz providing Crockett & Tubbs with surveillance devices also outfits their drug-dealing quarry.

Red Tape

19. Red Tape

5.5
March 13, 1987
48 min

Tubbs searches desperately for the source of information leaks about future busts.

By Hooker by Crook

20. By Hooker by Crook

3.7
March 20, 1987
48 min

Crockett's latest romance with a respected businesswoman (Melanie Griffith) turns sour when it is revealed that the woman is actually a high-class madam with connections to a notorious money launderer (George Takei).

Knock, Knock, Who's There?

21. Knock, Knock, Who's There?

4.5
March 27, 1987
48 min

Crockett & Tubbs probe drug busts ruined by phony federal agents who disappear with the evidence.

Viking Bikers from Hell

22. Viking Bikers from Hell

6.0
April 3, 1987
48 min

A motorcycle gang seeks to avenge a drug-dealing comrade's death by killing off his former customers.

Everybody's in Show Biz

23. Everybody's in Show Biz

7.5
May 1, 1987
48 min

An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.

Heroes of the Revolution

24. Heroes of the Revolution

5.3
May 8, 1987
48 min

An East German spy seeks to avenge the murder of Gina's mother in Cuba 26 years earlier, and uses her to lure the killer out.