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"Miami Vice" Brother's Keeper (1984)


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"Miami Vice" (1984): Season 1: Episode 1 -- Two very different vice detectives go after a Colombian drug kingpin in the pilot episode of the explosive and groundbreaking TV series, "Miami Vice."

Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   988 votes
Director:
Thomas Carter
Writers:
Anthony Yerkovich (creator)
Anthony Yerkovich (written by)
Contact:
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TV Series:
"Miami Vice" (1984)
Original Air Date:
16 September 1984 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
Miami detective Sonny Crockett reluctantly teams with New York cop Rico Tubbs when both of them end up pursuing a drug dealer who killed their partners. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
The Best pilot ever made more (13 total)

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
Gregory Sierra ... Lt. Lou Rodriguez

Bill Smitrovich ... Lt. Scott Wheeler
Belinda Montgomery ... Caroline Crockett
Martin Ferrero ... Trini DeSoto

Mykelti Williamson ... Leon Jefferson (as Mykel T. Williamson)
Olivia Brown ... Detective Trudy Joplin
Miguel Pinero ... Esteban Calderone

Jimmy Smits ... Eddie Rivera
Michael Santoro ... Corky Fowler
Jossie DeGuzman ... Maria Rivera
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Finland:92 min | USA:97 min (DVD)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Finland:K-16 (video rating) | Norway:16 | UK:15 (video rating)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When this pilot script was being considered at NBC, an executive wrote the note "MTV Cops" to summarize the show. That nickname stuck. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In this first episode of the show, the judge refers to a recommendation by the State Attorney's Office. However, after the first episode, the characters frequently refer to the "Assistant D.A." or "District Attorney," which is incorrect. In Florida, prosecutors are referred to as Assistant State Attorneys. more
Quotes:
Sonny Crockett: ...then Mr. GQ here makes a special guest appearance from New York! more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Miami Vice: Undercover (2006) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
In The Air Tonight more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
The Best pilot ever made, 3 August 2007
Author: ivo-cobra8 from Slovenia

Miami Vice the pilot Brother's Keeper is probably the best episode in TV series,here it's all begin,how Sonny and Rico meet,the opening main title,everything.Here we meet Sonny,Ricardo,Gina,Trudy,Lt.Lou Rodriguez,Calderone how it begin's,everything.The story begins,were Sonny works undercover to find Columbian drug lord,but somebody blows up the car and kill's Sonny's friends,Eddie and Corky,so he try to move on,in meantime Ricardo Tubbs comes to Miami,to find Columbian drug lord Calderone who kills three week's earlier his brother Rafael,later Crockett and Tubbs they meet by there meeting,but when cops come's,Tubbs runs away with his speed boat,so Sonny chase him with his car and he jump on his boat,and he fought's with him,later he find's that he's a cop from New York,later they become partners and they go both against the same guy,on the end they find the lick in there apartment and on the end became a showdown with Calderone's men but before this,when they were ready was great soundtrack performed by Phil Collins:In The Air Tonight,on the end they get Calderone,but some judge bail's him out from jail,so he escapes with his airplane,so Crockett and Tubbs go empty,then ends the show.I'can say only one thing,probably the best pilot in the first season in Miami Vice.

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