Vice and Easy

This week on Miami Vice: Vice goes to bust a suspected drug lab for it only to turn out to be a cryogenic lab.... with a frozen Reggae superstar...? Drama ensues when his estranged wife, her hot lawyer (Alfred Molina) and these cyrogenic bioloigists (Dr. Frobel and Dr. Poe) all hash it out over who gets to keep the body and what they want to do with it. Cash it in (wife) or bring back to life (cyrogenic biologists and ...Izzy?)

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This week on Miami Vice: Vice gets involved in the adult film industry when a well-known artiste premiering his new snuff film, Death and the Lady, is accused of murder, not film magic. As they dig deeper, they wander through peep shows and art schools to get an answer... the beautiful blonde in the film turns up - twice! (Kelly Lynch) but, where is her lookalike? Crockett can tell by the eyes on screen, they're dead eyes, but the artiste, Glantz (CSI's Paul Guilfoyle) is too busy cosplaying as Willem DaFoe in To Live and Die in LA to have left any tracks. The DA (Miguel Ferrer RIP!) doesn't think a jury will convict with mostly circumstantial evidence, and Crockett refuses to ignore his intuition in this highly stylized episode. Happy news? A feline friends joins the Vice team.

CONTENT WARNING: ADULT THEMES AND SITUATIONS! NOT FOR KIDS!

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This week on Miami Vice: A big-time televangelist's wife gets busted by Vice which sets off a chain reaction of events: framing Tubbs, a rogue rival televangelist, an Act of God-caused explosion (how fitting!) and lots of crocodile tears and fundraising. This very ripped-from-the-headlines nod to Jim Bakker is rife with zealous acting and wild outfit choices. And the power of satellite in the 1980s vs cable.

Spicy language warning! Not an episode for the kiddos.

Programming note: Thanksgiving week episode is not confirmed, so may be off next week!

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Links:

• You're Wrong About - Tammy Faye Bakker and Jessica Hahn

This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs are tasked with protecting witnesses testifying in a RICO trial against a bigtime New Jersey mafioso named Frank Mosca (Stanley Tucci who came to play!). Despite all the precautions and obtaining an anonymous jury, witnesses still get whacked and they can't directly pin Mosca, and things get hairier when he goes after Crockett's informant. Crockett refuses to name his informant in a cross-examination in court and gets thrown in jail (again!) for not being a snitch, while his snitch ends up in jail on a shady drug charge... uh oh!

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Links:

• How Courts Care for Jurors in High Profile Cases | United States Courts

This week on Miami Vice: Viced Tea special! We go through the turbulent romantic history of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith and all the supporting players: Marjorie Wallace (feat. a scandal with Tom Jones), Steven Bauer, Antonio Banderas (and his first wife and Madonna), and more!

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Links:

• The Voice judge Tom Jones' affair with Miss World and how his wife won him back - Mirror Online
• Not So Magic Johnson
• Pedro Almodóvar Reveals What Really Happened at Madonna’s ‘Truth or Dare’ Party in Madrid
• Melanie Griffith Files for Divorce From Don Johnson - Los Angeles Times
• El misterio de Ana Leza, la primera esposa de Antonio Banderas que le ayudó a triunfar en Hollywood | Vanity Fair
• Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, 1989 Oscars - 1989 Academy Awards: Fashion flashback | Gallery | Wonderwall.com

This week on Miami Vice: We close out Season 3 with a Gina-centric episode when her late mother's fiancé comes to Miami in the name of vengeance (we love Miami vengeance!) against a Cuban exile with ties to Castro who killed her mother in a fit of jealousy. We get to see Saundra Santiago sing her heart out with a lot of blue light as she learns more about her family's past through this fiancé, Klaus... who is wanted by the cops... and also a top East German Intelligence Officer. Gina can never win!

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This week on Miami Vice: Tubbs is trying to make a deal with a bigwig crack dealer named Gallego when Gallego gets ripped off for cash and a suitcase that he almost gave up his life to protect... questions? What's in the suitcase? And why were the robbers wearing prosthetics and stage makeup? This leads back to a once reformed ex-con who runs a theatre for ex-cons called Mi Vida Loca (no relation to the movie) as a way to give them a safe form of expression. Crockett knows the talent Mikey has and can't understand why he gave up so much and burned so many bridges along the way, and now he's at risk of throwing his whole life away, and of those that love him, for Gallego's suitcase. Guest starring: Benecio Del Toro!

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett is indirectly responsible for the death of a biker gang member to prevent his cover from being blown, which set off a chain of events as one gang member, Reb (Reb Brown), is freshly out on parole and dedicated to avenging his fallen friend, which means killing as many as it takes. Reb tries doing right by his friend's sister, Victoria, who wants nothing to do with her brother's other life and believes he's doing the right thing on his way to Valhalla as Vice tries to stop him, as Tubbs becomes collateral damage. Guest stars include: John Matuszak and Kim Coates as biker gang member before Sons of Anarchy.

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Links:

• Five Things You May Not Know About Villa Regina
• John Milius - Wikipedia

This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs get raided by the DEA while making a deal with Esteban Montaya (Ian McShane) and after they take the goods... they realize something's off. As they try to uncover unsavoury DEA involvement, Internal Affairs eye Crockett and Tubbs. They try to use old contacts to get more info, one of which is a DEA agent, a woman who is at the end of her rope with quite possibly the worst luck you can imagine.

Editor's note: apologies for the sound quality being off, technical issues with my editing software I couldn't problem solve, will try and have it resolved by next episode!

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This week on Miami Vice: Guest stars galore! Don Johnson directs his ex-wife - and at this time, future ex-wife again and mother of his child in this episode, as Melanie Griffith plays a secretive businesswoman who has a role to play in the death of a dirty businessman and a beautiful escort (Vanity) and who has a long-standing relationship with an even bigger businessman, played by George Takei. Crockett once again falls for someone out of his world, but this time, it's a lot more surprising when connections are made (and exposed in a live television interview). Was Christine von Marburg the original SHE-E-O/Girlboss? Or the inspiration for Heidi Fleiss? Maybe both?

Shoutout to Evelyn in CT for writing in about this epsiode a while back!

Personal story time/editor's note: 0:00-4:18

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Links:

• Vizcayne - Wikipedia
• Prince and Vanity Rolling Stone Cover - 1983
• Vanity - Denise Matthews
• Raiders DE Anthony Smith's story ended tragically - Sports Illustrated Las Vegas Raiders News, Analysis and More