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"Miami Vice" Smuggler's Blues (1985)
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1 February 1985
(Season 1, Episode 15)
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Someone in law enforcement is murdering drug dealers and their families in cold blood. To find the culprit, Crockett and Tubbs go undercover and travel to Colombia with a laid-back pilot to pose as dealers. | add synopsis
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Drugs
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An excellent first season episode
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Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Don Johnson | ... | Detective James Crockett |
 | Philip Michael Thomas | ... | Detective Ricardo Tubbs |
| Saundra Santiago | ... | Detective Gina Calabrese |
| Michael Talbott | ... | Detective Stan Switek |
| John Diehl | ... | Detective Larry Zito |
| Olivia Brown | ... | Detective Trudy Joplin |
 | Edward James Olmos | ... | Lieutenant Martin Castillo |
 | Richard Jenkins | ... | Ed Waters |
| Jaime Sánchez | ... | Grocero (as Jaime L. Sanchez) |
| Richard Edson | ... | Wavey Davey |
| Ron Vawter | ... | Lt. Jones |
| Glenn Frey | ... | Jimmy Cole |
 | Coati Mundi | ... | Tucker Smith |
| John Garcia | ... | Lt. Todo |
| John Girard | ... | Bruce |
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Finland:47 min (DVD)
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Continuity: Before they board the plane it has three-rotor props, the next scene where the engine starts it shows a two-rotor prop.
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Jimmy Cole:
I don't come cheap ya know... I take you where you wanna go, wait so long, then I'm a memory... Oh, and I don't have an "S" on my chest. I'm down with you cats if the play calls for it, but otherwise... I ain't into violence.
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Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#26.10)" (2009)
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Smuggler's Blues
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"Smugglers Blues" was inspired by the song of the same name by one Glenn Frey. In fact, the talented Frey appears in the episode as the guitar playing bush pilot, Jimmy Cole.
This is, not surprisingly, a fan favourite. The episode has a great use of locations and a fast-moving plot, with Crockett and Tubbs journeying to Cartagena in Colombia. Accompanied by Frey's "Smugglers Blues", the tale is entertaining, tense and gripping.
With a kidnapped Trudy in genuine danger, this episode has a nail-biting and memorable finale.
Again, Paul Michael Glaser shows his usual strong directing skills here. Jan Hammer's soundtrack is the icing on this delicious Miami cake.
One of the best stories of the first season - 10 out of 10.