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The Complete Watch Guide

Miami Vice — Every Season, Every Episode

Pastel suits, a black Testarossa, and the show that taught television how to look like a music video. Here is where to watch all five seasons legally in the US today, and the complete 114-episode guide to watch them in order — season by season, episode by episode.

1984–1989Original NBC run
5Seasons
114Episodes
Free on TubiStreaming now (US)

Why It Matters Now

Here is the thing about Miami Vice: it never really left. When Rockstar built Vice City, it bottled this show — the neon, the palms, the speedboats, the synth score humming under everything. And with GTA VI finally sending us back to Vice City on November 19, 2026, a whole new generation is about to meet the original. If you are counting down to launch day, there is no better way to spend the wait than the series that started it all.

Back in 1984 this was a genuine revolution. Executive producer Michael Mann shot a cop show like a feature film, dressed his detectives like fashion models, and — unheard of at the time — paid for the original hit songs instead of cheap covers. Phil Collins, Glenn Frey, Tina Turner: the soundtrack was the charts. Don Johnson's Sonny Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas's Ricardo Tubbs became the coolest partnership on TV, and Friday night television was never the same.

So whether you are rewatching for the hundredth time or pressing play on the pilot for the very first time, this guide has you covered: the legal ways to stream it right now, and every single episode in order below. — Ad

Where to Watch (Legally, US)

Good news first: as of November 2026, the entire series is streaming free in the US. No discs, no sketchy sites, no nonsense. Availability rotates between services more often than Crockett changes shirts, so here is the lineup we verified this month:

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Tubi

All five seasons — the full 114-episode run — streaming free with ad breaks. No subscription needed; just press play.

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Prime Video

Buy individual episodes or whole seasons on Amazon and they stay in your library no matter where streaming rights wander off to.

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Apple TV & Fandango at Home

Both stores also sell the complete run by episode or season — handy if your library already lives in one of those apps.

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Complete Series Disc Sets

The DVD and Blu-ray box sets are the purist play: no ads, no rotations off the service, and the DVD set even includes one classic episode streaming skips (see the notes below).

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Season 1 (1984–85) — 23 episodes

The pastel era begins: a two-hour pilot, the Calderone saga, and a cop show that suddenly looks like a movie.

S1 E1–E2
Brother's KeeperSep 16, 1984

The two-hour pilot movie: a Miami vice cop and a New York detective hunting the same drug lord collide, clash — and become partners.

S1 E3
Heart of DarknessSep 28, 1984

Working a vice ring, the partners start to wonder whether the undercover fed beside them has switched sides.

S1 E4
Cool Runnin'Oct 5, 1984

A small-time street hustler becomes the squad's unlikely guide to a gang pulling deadly drug rip-offs.

S1 E5
Calderone's Return: The Hit List (Part 1)Oct 19, 1984

Calderone hires a legendary hitman to erase his rivals — and Crockett's name is on the list.

S1 E6
Calderone's Return: Calderone's Demise (Part 2)Oct 26, 1984

The trail leads to the Bahamas, where Tubbs falls for the worst possible woman: Calderone's daughter.

S1 E7
One Eyed JackNov 2, 1984

A stone-faced new lieutenant (Edward James Olmos) takes over just as Crockett is framed for taking bribes.

S1 E8
No ExitNov 9, 1984

Stolen Stinger missiles hit the black market and the squad races to stop the sale. Watch for a young Bruce Willis.

S1 E9
The Great McCarthyNov 16, 1984

Crockett puts his own cigarette boat on the line in a race that fronts for a smuggling run.

S1 E10
GladesNov 30, 1984

Into the Everglades to drag back a witness who would rather vanish than testify.

S1 E11
Give a Little, Take a LittleDec 7, 1984

Crockett picks a jail cell over burning an informant while Gina and Trudy work the street undercover.

S1 E12
Little PrinceDec 14, 1984

A rich kid caught in a raid becomes the key to taking down his own father's cocaine business.

S1 E13
Milk RunJan 4, 1985

Two college kids play smuggler for one weekend and learn how the game really ends.

S1 E14
Golden Triangle (Part 1)Jan 11, 1985

A hotel sting uncovers a robbery crew — and a ghost from Lt. Castillo's past in Southeast Asia.

S1 E15
Golden Triangle (Part 2)Jan 18, 1985

Castillo faces the drug lord who wiped out his old DEA team and is holding his past hostage.

S1 E16
Smuggler's BluesFeb 1, 1985

Posing as smugglers for the DEA, the partners fly to Colombia to smoke out a killer inside law enforcement. Glenn Frey rides along.

S1 E17
Rites of PassageFeb 8, 1985

Tubbs' old flame from New York (Pam Grier) arrives hunting her missing sister in a trafficking ring.

S1 E18
The MazeFeb 22, 1985

A botched rescue turns into a hostage standoff, with Tubbs trapped inside a derelict hotel.

S1 E19
Made for Each OtherMar 8, 1985

Switek and Zito become the roommates from hell, and their bickering nearly wrecks a fencing sting.

S1 E20
The Home InvadersMar 15, 1985

A crew is terrorizing wealthy homes, and one of Crockett's old mentors may be losing his edge.

S1 E21
Nobody Lives ForeverMar 29, 1985

A new romance pulls at Crockett's focus while three hoods tear through the city on a spree.

S1 E22
EvanMay 3, 1985

An arms case forces Crockett to face a bitter ex-partner and an old guilt. Often called the finest hour of season one — see the note below on where to find it.

S1 E23
LombardMay 10, 1985

Bodyguard duty for mobster Al Lombard, who has agreed to testify against the family that wants him silent.

Season 2 (1985–86) — 23 episodes

The phenomenon peaks — bigger stories, bigger guest stars, and some of the most acclaimed episodes of the decade.

S2 E1–E2
The Prodigal SonSep 27, 1985

The two-hour premiere: the partners take the hunt to New York, tracking the Colombians who are killing undercover agents.

S2 E3
Whatever WorksOct 4, 1985

Ritual-style murders of police officers lead the squad to a Santeria priestess (Eartha Kitt) for guidance.

S2 E4
Out Where the Buses Don't RunOct 18, 1985

A retired vice cop insists a long-dead trafficker is back. TV Guide later named this one of the greatest TV episodes ever.

S2 E5
The Dutch OvenOct 25, 1985

Trudy's new boyfriend turns out to be best friends with the dealer the squad is hunting.

S2 E6
BuddiesNov 1, 1985

A waitress runs from mob hitmen, and Crockett's old friend behind the bar may be part of the problem.

S2 E7
Junk LoveNov 8, 1985

Using a trafficker's addicted girlfriend as the way in leads somewhere darker than anyone expected. Miles Davis guests.

S2 E8
Tale of the GoatNov 15, 1985

A voodoo priest appears to climb out of his own grave to settle an old score.

S2 E9
BushidoNov 22, 1985

Castillo hides his dying CIA friend's family from the KGB assassins hunting them.

S2 E10
Bought and Paid ForNov 29, 1985

An assault case against a general's privileged son runs headlong into money, power and a story that keeps changing.

S2 E11
Back in the WorldDec 6, 1985

Crockett's Vietnam-era journalist buddy returns with a story about heroin, body bags and the CIA.

S2 E12
Phil the ShillDec 13, 1985

A smarmy game-show con man (Phil Collins) becomes the squad's best bait for a cocaine kingpin.

S2 E13
Definitely MiamiJan 10, 1986

A femme fatale, a protected witness and a trafficker offering to surrender — nothing here is what it seems.

S2 E14
Yankee DollarJan 17, 1986

Crockett's girlfriend dies carrying a smuggler's secret, and a corporate raider circles the deal she left behind.

S2 E15
One Way TicketJan 24, 1986

When a prosecutor friend is murdered, Crockett works on the conscience of the trafficker's own lawyer.

S2 E16
Little Miss DangerousJan 31, 1986

Tubbs tries to pull a teenage runaway out of the life while the 'Crayon Killer' stalks the city.

S2 E17
Florence ItalyFeb 14, 1986

A murdered teenager, and a Grand Prix racer sitting at the top of the suspect list.

S2 E18
French TwistFeb 21, 1986

Crockett romances a French agent hunting an assassin — but Tubbs doesn't buy her story.

S2 E19
The FixMar 7, 1986

A judge deep in debt to a loan shark, and a college basketball star being squeezed to throw a game.

S2 E20
PaybackMar 14, 1986

A trafficker (Frank Zappa) is convinced that 'Sonny Burnett' stole three million dollars from him.

S2 E21
Free VerseApr 4, 1986

Guarding a poet that two sides of a revolution both want dead — for opposite reasons.

S2 E22
Trust Fund PiratesMay 2, 1986

Rich kids turned pirates are robbing drug runners on the open water.

S2 E23
Sons and LoversMay 9, 1986

Calderone's son comes to Miami for revenge — and Tubbs learns he has a child.

Season 3 (1986–87) — 24 episodes

Dick Wolf takes the wheel, the black Testarossa arrives, and the neon starts to cast longer shadows.

S3 E1
When Irish Eyes Are CryingSep 26, 1986

Gina falls for a charming Irish activist whose charity work may be a cover for an arms deal. Liam Neeson guests, and the Testarossa era begins.

S3 E2
Stone's WarOct 3, 1986

Ira Stone is back, chasing a story about American mercenaries in Nicaragua with killers on his tail.

S3 E3
KillshotOct 10, 1986

A jai alai star is framed for murder to sabotage a joint operation with U.S. Customs.

S3 E4
Walk-AloneOct 17, 1986

Tubbs goes inside a state prison to expose the guards running drugs through its walls.

S3 E5
The Good CollarOct 24, 1986

Crockett tries to save a football phenom caught delivering heroin before his whole future burns down.

S3 E6
Shadow in the DarkOct 31, 1986

To catch a home invader, Crockett has to learn to think like him — the same method that broke the last cop who tried it.

S3 E7
El ViejoNov 7, 1986

A retired Texas Ranger (Willie Nelson) mistakes undercover Crockett for a genuine drug dealer.

S3 E8
Better Living Through ChemistryNov 14, 1986

Tubbs' bitter ex-partner from New York resurfaces holding a kidnapped chemist and a grudge.

S3 E9
Baby BluesNov 21, 1986

A plane the squad expects to be loaded with cocaine is carrying babies instead — and a trafficking ring behind them.

S3 E10
StreetwiseDec 5, 1986

A married undercover cop is in dangerously deep, while Tubbs moves on a violent pimp. Wesley Snipes guests.

S3 E11
Forgive Us Our DebtsDec 12, 1986

Days before an execution, new evidence surfaces in the case of the man convicted of killing Crockett's partner.

S3 E12
Down for the Count (Part 1)Jan 9, 1987

Zito goes undercover in the boxing world — and the case takes a tragic turn.

S3 E13
Down for the Count (Part 2)Jan 16, 1987

Switek fights to clear his partner's name while the squad tries to salvage the case that cost them everything.

S3 E14
Cuba LibreJan 23, 1987

A robbery crew's trail leads to exile paramilitaries plotting an assassination on U.S. soil.

S3 E15
Duty and HonorFeb 6, 1987

A string of murders matches a case Castillo worked in Vietnam — and the detective from that case just landed in Miami.

S3 E16
TheresaFeb 13, 1987

Crockett's girlfriend, an ER doctor hiding an addiction, becomes the leak that blows a major case apart.

S3 E17
The Afternoon PlaneFeb 20, 1987

Tubbs' quiet island vacation collides head-on with Orlando Calderone's revenge plot.

S3 E18
Lend Me an EarFeb 27, 1987

A surveillance expert happily sells his ears to the squad and to the dealers they're chasing.

S3 E19
Red TapeMar 13, 1987

After a rookie dies, suspicion falls on Tubbs — so he plays dirty cop to flush out the real leak. Viggo Mortensen and Lou Diamond Phillips guest.

S3 E20
By Hooker, By CrookMar 20, 1987

Crockett's respectable new girlfriend (Melanie Griffith) runs a very exclusive, very illegal business.

S3 E21
Knock, Knock... Who's There?Mar 27, 1987

A gang posing as federal agents keeps robbing the squad's own drug busts.

S3 E22
Viking Bikers From HellApr 3, 1987

A biker gang leader walks out of prison with a revenge list — and Crockett is on it.

S3 E23
Everybody's in Show BizMay 1, 1987

A desperate young actor steals a drug dealer's briefcase to save his community theater.

S3 E24
Heroes of the RevolutionMay 8, 1987

An East German spy from Gina's family past returns to settle a Cold War score.

Season 4 (1987–88) — 22 episodes

Love, loss and the Burnett arc: the season that ends with Crockett forgetting who he is.

S4 E1
Contempt of CourtSep 25, 1987

Mobster Frank Mosca (Stanley Tucci) is silencing witnesses, and Crockett must stop a dead friend's son from taking revenge.

S4 E2
Amen... Send MoneyOct 2, 1987

Feuding televangelists, a drug connection and a frame-up aimed at Tubbs. Ben Stiller guests.

S4 E3
Death and the LadyOct 16, 1987

Did an eccentric art-film director shoot an actual murder and call it cinema?

S4 E4
The Big ThawOct 23, 1987

Every faction in Miami wants custody of a vanished reggae star's cryogenically frozen body. Yes, really.

S4 E5
Child's PlayOct 30, 1987

A raid goes wrong in a single terrible second, and Crockett's whole career hangs on it.

S4 E6
God's WorkNov 6, 1987

A drug kingpin's son comes home to Miami to take his place in the family business.

S4 E7
Missing HoursNov 13, 1987

A UFO cult with drug ties, and Trudy sees something she cannot explain. James Brown guests.

S4 E8
Like a HurricaneNov 20, 1987

Protecting a threatened pop star (Sheena Easton), Crockett falls for the woman he's guarding.

S4 E9
The Rising Sun of DeathDec 4, 1987

A Yakuza-linked murder case pulls in a former Japanese detective who is out for payback.

S4 E10
Love at First SightJan 15, 1988

A killer is hunting through a video dating service — so Crockett signs up.

S4 E11
A Rock and a Hard PlaceJan 22, 1988

Ruthless music executives plot to expose Caitlin's secret marriage to 'Sonny Burnett.'

S4 E12
The Cows of OctoberFeb 5, 1988

The squad gets caught in a bidding war between a cowboy, the feds and Cuban agents over prize cattle genetics.

S4 E13
Vote of ConfidenceFeb 12, 1988

A gubernatorial candidate caught in a vice bust will do anything to protect his respectable image.

S4 E14
Baseballs of DeathFeb 19, 1988

A double murder leads to a cluster-bomb deal bound for Chile. Oliver Platt guests.

S4 E15
Indian WarsFeb 26, 1988

Tubbs works undercover on a reservation where an activist movement and a trafficking ring overlap.

S4 E16
Honor Among Thieves?Mar 4, 1988

Closing in on a serial killer could cost the partners their covers — and more.

S4 E17
Hell Hath No FuryMar 11, 1988

A convicted rapist walks free, and Trudy races to stop his victim from taking justice into her own hands.

S4 E18
Badge of DishonorMar 18, 1988

A dockside murder spree points at drug dealers — and at crooked cops.

S4 E19
Blood & RosesApr 1, 1988

Frank Mosca is back in Miami. Gina goes undercover to get close, and the mobster falls for her.

S4 E20
A Bullet for CrockettApr 15, 1988

Crockett clings to life in a hospital bed while the squad trades stories about him outside the operating room.

S4 E21
Deliver Us From EvilApr 29, 1988

Frank Hackman returns, the loss turns personal, and Crockett goes hunting on his own.

S4 E22
Mirror ImageMay 6, 1988

A boat explosion erases Crockett's memory — and his cover identity, Burnett, takes the wheel. The story continues in season five.

Season 5 (1988–89) — 22 episodes

The final ride — the Burnett saga concludes, the badge gets heavy, and four 'lost episodes' close the book.

S5 E1
Hostile TakeoverNov 4, 1988

Still believing he is Burnett, Crockett runs a drug empire and drags it into a gang war.

S5 E2
Redemption in BloodNov 11, 1988

Crockett's memory starts flickering back — just as Tubbs receives orders to take him down.

S5 E3
Heart of NightNov 18, 1988

Castillo protects his ex-wife from a drug lord, while her current husband may be tied to the man.

S5 E4
Bad TimingDec 2, 1988

Crockett's hard-earned vacation ends with two escaped killers holding him hostage upstate.

S5 E5
BorrascaDec 9, 1988

A government agent orders Tubbs and Castillo to stay out of his drug deal. They decline.

S5 E6
Line of FireDec 16, 1988

The partners bodyguard a young witness whose testimony could bring down a drug lord.

S5 E7
Asian CutJan 13, 1989

Trudy goes undercover to bait a serial killer stalking Miami's nightlife.

S5 E8
Hard KnocksJan 20, 1989

Switek's gambling debt drags a star college quarterback toward a rigged game.

S5 E9
Fruit of the Poison TreeFeb 3, 1989

A defense attorney with a profitable sideline: robbing his own drug-dealer clients.

S5 E10
To Have and to HoldFeb 10, 1989

Undercover, Tubbs falls for the widow of the kingpin he helped bring down.

S5 E11
Miami SqueezeFeb 17, 1989

A congresswoman's anti-drug crusade (Rita Moreno) is undercut by her own son's side hustle.

S5 E12
Jack of All TradesMar 3, 1989

Crockett's con-artist cousin picks exactly the wrong drug lord to scam.

S5 E13
The Cell WithinMar 10, 1989

A freed killer turned bestselling author keeps a private prison in his home — and Tubbs becomes his newest inmate.

S5 E14
The Lost MadonnaMar 17, 1989

A stolen 15th-century masterpiece surfaces in Miami. Michael Chiklis guests.

S5 E15
Over the LineApr 28, 1989

The partners embed with a crew of burned-out vigilante cops handing out their own justice.

S5 E16
Victims of CircumstanceMay 5, 1989

Holocaust survivors are being murdered one by one, and the trail leads into a neo-Nazi group.

S5 E17–E18
FreefallMay 21, 1989

The two-hour series finale: one last assignment guarding a dictator who knows everyone's secrets pushes the partners to the edge of the job.

S5 E19
World of TroubleJun 14, 1989

Al Lombard, presumed dead, returns to Miami to keep his son out of the family business. One of the 'lost episodes' aired after the finale.

S5 E20
Miracle ManJun 21, 1989

A delusional vigilante in a homemade costume keeps wrecking Tubbs and Switek's investigation. Aired after the finale.

S5 E21
Leap of FaithJun 28, 1989

A youth crime unit goes undercover on a college campus to catch a professor dealing a dangerous new drug. Aired after the finale.

S5 E22
Too Much, Too LateJan 25, 1990

Valerie returns to Miami to rescue a friend — and the friend's daughter — from a dealer's grip. Too raw for NBC in 1989, it finally aired on USA Network.

Good-to-Know Notes

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