"Miami Vice" Milk Run (1985)

Director:

John Nicolella

Writers:

Anthony Yerkovich (creator)
Allison Hock (written by)

TV Series:

"Miami Vice" (1984)

Original Air Date:

4 January 1985 (Season 1, Episode 12)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Police | Undercover | Drugs | Miami Florida

Cast

Don Johnson	...	Detective James Crockett
Philip Michael Thomas	...	Detective Ricardo Tubbs
Saundra Santiago	...	Detective Gina Calabrese (credit only)
Michael Talbott	...	Detective Stan Switek
John Diehl	...	Detective Larry Zito
Olivia Brown	...	Detective Trudy Joplin (credit only)
Edward James Olmos	...	Lieutenant Martin Castillo
Evan Handler	...	Louis
Al Shannon	...	Eddie
Rainbow Harvest	...	Angela
Eric Bogosian	...	Zeke
Shawn Elliott	...	Moya's Cousin
John Kapelos	...	Andy Sloan
Alexis Arguello	...	Pepe Moya
Jesus Bolano	...	Diego Moya (as Jesus Bolono)

Runtime:

Finland:47 min (DVD)

Language:

English

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When a stuntman throws himself backwards into a display case to simulate being shot by a shotgun, you can see the front of his t-shirt - with no hole or blood. He is also wearing safety goggles.

Quotes:

Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett: Uh-uh. No more games. Stand up. Sit. Who do you think you are to ask us to beg for your help?
Eddie: I'm not -
Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett: Shut up! I'm talkin'. You think we don't have better things to do then to teach punks like you about life? Class is over, pal. You committed a felony. Now, either play ball or do the time, startin' right now.
Eddie: Wait. Listen, I want to help, but the lawyer said you're just gonna use me and chump me off!
Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett: Who said that to you?
Eddie: Mr. Sloan.

Soundtrack:

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Despite a strong opening, a disappointing episode

Like the "Little Prince" episode that preceded it, this is a cautionary tale about the innocent entering the world of drug dealing and the resulting fallout.

Starting with a sequence accompanied by ZZ Top's classic "Legs", the first five minutes of this episode are certainly entertaining. Tubbs manages to cover himself with half of Starbucks while on a stake-out at the airport and even Crockett comes a cropper when he tries to catch the two juvenile suspects. Good slapstick fun!

Sadly, the episode fails in the same way as "Little Prince." The two juveniles with big plans to carry out one large drugs deal are not particularly likable and I found it very difficult to sympathise with them. As a result, the episode really failed to hit the mark for me.

An almost unrecognisable Evan ("Sex and the City") Handler plays Louis in this episode. Eric ("Talk Radio") Bogosian also appears.

Despite the weaknesses of this episode, the production values are excellent as always.

7 out of 10.