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This week on Miami Vice: We have arrived at the series finale, Freefall! Crockett and Tubbs are roped into a plan to bring a dictator from a fictional Central American nation known as Costa Morada to help get information about a cartel boss. Crockett is aprehensive and just jaded in general, but Tubbs' enthusiasm is persuasive. They flew to Costa Morada only to be set up multiple times, bring Borbon back to Miami only to be set up again and again. Realizing Crockett was right to be skeptical, they bring matters into their own hands, only to toss their badges on the ground in front of the Feds and Castillo in a horrendous wig. One last drive in the Testarossa into the sunset as they plan for their next steps and we say goodbye with a montage of clips from the entire series. Break out those tissues, I know I did!

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BH90210 Stairs Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4UKied_qXU&t=44s

HD Close-up of the stunt actor: https://www.reddit.com/r/BeverlyHills90210/comments/1nxl5hy/this_scene_in_hd_is_taking_me_the_f_out/

This week on Miami Vice: Valerie Gordon is back! Sadly, it's due to very unpleasant circumstances. Her childhood best friend Yvonne (CCH Pounder) is struggling with addiction and dealing with a violent dealer named Swain. Valerie flies into Miami after receiving a worrisome call from her Goddaughter, Lynette, and tries to help out Yvonne, but, things only unravel more once Swain is not content with taking Yvonne's money and dealing with her late payments. He suggests something very sinister, her daughter, which Yvonne agrees to. Yvonne ends up dead and Lynette is refusing to ID Swain or talk to anyone about what happened, which tickles Sonny's Spidey senses. Switek descends back into gambling, while Rico, the only happy person in this epsiode - albeit momentarily - can't see the forest through the trees because he's just so excited to have Valerie back. As the title of the episode suggests, will it be too late for them?

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett gets a surprise visit from his estranged cousin, Jack, who is in a bit of a jam - as always. He swears he's going straight this time and gets himself a job selling pool accessories. Turns out a con man never changes their spots and and he conned the wrong guy. Robbing Peter to pay Paul has its consequences when he's leant counterfeit money (John Santucci is back!) and Jack is really in deep and needs Sonny's help. Sonny tries to smooth things over with the fabulously dressed kingpin who printed that counterfeit money himself - Escandero, to try and get his cousin out of trouble AGAIN!

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This week on Miami Vice: It's time for our favourite secondary and tertiary characters to bask in the warm glow of the spotlight! Zito and Zwitek inadvertently become roommates, along with Zito's ex and Zwitek's current gf, awkward! Will their history and mutual admiration of Elvis keep their friendship intact? Izzy and Noogie go deeper undercover than usual and end up in hot cement and wet cement (ha!) when trying to infiltrate a counterfeit goods racket led by Costellada, who has never met a cigarette, silk shirt or telephone he didn't like. Guest stars: Ellen Greene and Mark-Linn Baker.

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This week on Miami Vice: Garcelle Beauvais and Ving Rhames guest star! Tubbs goes undercover and accidentally gets involved in a hostage situation when a group of street punks graduate to killers as SWAT tries to diffuse the situation and protect Tubbs' cover with no help from a hot-headed cop. Other topics include: why I could never be a hostage negotiator, getting emotional about Doug Flutie and why you should go where you're wanted, a rumoured "monster dong" according to Garcelle and more!

SPICY CONTENT WARNING: 32:48 - 33:48!

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Doug Flutie

A Football Life: Doug Flutie

Garcelle spills on cheating ex, Mike Nilon

Garcelle's ex

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs go undercover in a high-class escort ring to help Tubbs' old flame Valerie (Pam Grier) reunite with her missing sister. John Turturro guest stars as her high-powered pimp. This episode features a ton of great 80s fashion, diplomatic immunity, love-making under a full moon and smoking at an airport gate.

Spicy content warning! Sexually explicit! Get your kids out of the room between 32:00 and 33:12

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How NOT to use Diplomatic Immunity: https://nyti.ms/3QejsXZ

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs are off to Cartagena with the help of Jimmy (Glenn Frey) to help pinpoint an agency leak that's resulting in the kidnapping and and deaths of smugglers and their families.

We are testing out some more categories! The Fashion segment now has a Wild Card! I wax a little too poetically about CanCon (sorry and I got the categories wrong haha), talk about what came first, Smuggler's Blues the song or the episode, the Miami Vice movie yay or nay (I'm in the nay camp, but I'll try to watch it again this weekend), do undercover cops do drugs to not blow their cover? and Crockett and Tubbs are working with the dad from Step Brothers!

Timestamp: 0:00-6:34 Programming Note (and a thank you to the listeners!)

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CanCon fun facts

How CKLW in Windsor, ON pushed back against CanCon. Bob Seger even wrote a song about Rosie!

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This week on Miami Vice: In Part Two, Castillo confronts his old adversary, Lao Li, who is settling in permanently in Miami and reunites with his long-lost wife in a touching episode with amazing over-the-top decor, outfits and one-liners. Noogie makes a brief appearance while Crockett, Tubbs and the vice team put their efforts together to help their Lieutenant seek justice.

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs discover more than they expected when working undercover at a hotel trying to bust dirty cops when they discover Castillo's old enemy is in town. More of Castillo's past comes to the surface in a great episode with impeccable style.

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs try to set two young men set after catching them about to smuggle drug-filled statues in from Colombia. The first episode I ever saw features a young Evan Handler (that's Harry Goldenblatt to a different generation), boxing, arthouse cinema fashion and A+ acting from Don Johnson. I reminisce on how relaxed flying used to be and point out another GTA: Vice City trivia fact.

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Unfortunately No Man's Land 1987 is not available to stream but, go support your local video store and rent it! Written by Dick Wolf, another MV connection

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