a5c7b9f00b 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. Resplendent with authentic 1980's music, fashion and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami. Of course, this is THE favorite of all time for me.<br/><br/>My relationship with this series began in the early eighties when it ran for the first time. It was my older sister's favorite series and I got strung out immediately too.<br/><br/>I could go on and on about the great things about the series. The color scheme, the photography, the cast's chemistry...it's just great.<br/><br/>The big difference to many other police series is the thing about the episodes, when there's is rarely a happy ending. You get in to that feeling pretty deep and many of the episodes stay in your(at least in mine) head for days.<br/><br/>I have over ten four hour VHS-tapes recorded in half speed full of Miami Vice. It runs on a cable network once a week, I tape every episode and usually watch them when I get home from work(I do the graveyard shift), with 2 beers! It's great.<br/><br/>Just bought a DVD with the original 90 minute-pilot and the Calderone-episodes... Probably one of the best TV-series ever made (imo).<br/><br/>I've seen a lot of the episodes when they were first aired during the 80's at Veronica. Halfway the 90's there was a re-run at RTL5. At that time I saw all the episodes but two or three. Last year I bought the first season on DVD. I'm about to buy the second season and can't wait for the other seasons.<br/><br/>What's so cool about this show? The whole picture, I guess. A lot of action, beautiful girls, nice cars and very good music.<br/><br/>I have to say: The series didn't lose any of its magic at all after all this time. When you watch it again after all those years, you still want to be Crockett or Tubbs. At least I am... no longer mentions his pet gator and Elvis was never seen again throughout the rest of the series. In the series finale, Freefall, Sonny leaves the yacht for the last time and Elvis is nowhere to be seen. We can assume that Crockett turned his pet over to the fish and game authorities or to a local zoo or wildlife park to live out the rest of his years. No, the black convertible driven by Crockett and Tubbs was in actuality a Ferrari "kit car." At the time in 1984 the producers and NBC didn't want to pay the auto maker for legal rights to use a real sports coupe. So they commissioned a genuine looking 1972 Ferrari Daytona Spider kit car using a fiber glass shell built onto