Plot

-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.

-James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs are undercover Miami police detectives. Their world is the sordid yet distinctly high-flying and glamorous world of drug dealers. To fit in they need to look and act the part: flashy cars, trendy clothes, glamorous women.—grantss

Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Stubbs are two undercover cops in Miami. Crockett is an ex college football star and Vietnam veteran and 'Rico' Tubbs is a streetwise migrant from the streets of New York City. The show was the embodiment of the style, the music and the attitudes in the late 80's. It showcased cameos of virtually every actor and musician of the time. Its innovative style had a deep and lasting influence on television and cinema.—melcher-2001

-Stubble-faced detective Crockett lived in a sailboat guarded by his alligator Elvis. His partner Tubbs was a black New York cop looking for his brother's killer. Together they took on the Florida drug world. The show influenced men's fashions toward Italo-casual and interior decor toward the Miami look. Very trendy music and unusual guest performers.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

-Detective James "Sonny" Crockett and detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, of the Miami-Dade police department's organized crime bureau vice unit, work deep undercover as seedy criminals to infiltrate and bring down the various criminal enterprises of southern Florida.—gorb