[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

The episode that I remember the most is ‘Out Where the Buses Don’t Run’. You just knew the cracked up, retired cop had killed Arcaro, but they could never catch him up on anything. Never forget his beverage of choice was clam juice.

A very odd episode with a very ‘down’ ending.

[bobby.223]

Just watched that Ep. 2 weeks ago. It was a good one. (I have Seasons #1-#3 on DVD.) Most of the remainder of Miami Vice’s run was just average TV inmho. I guess they just ran out of ideas but that is understandable.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

One of the great things about Vice was that, for all the neon and pastels, it was very much a “noir” detective series, where the heroes could lose as often as win.

These days, howver, what with “the Shield,” “True Detective,” and even early seaons of “CSI” that’s common place.

Miami Vice is a victim of its own success. So many other cop shows borrowed from it (and Hill St Blues) that to a modern viewer it would just seem cliched, not groundbreaking.

[kallisti]

Great episode. Bruce McGill sitting in the back seat singing “I Fought the Law.”

[Political Junkie Too]

I remember that "down ending" featured the song Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits, which fit the mood perfectly. I recall seeing it only that one time.

-PJ