Vice and Easy

S01 E22: Lombard

July 22nd, 2022  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 22 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: We wrap up season one with Dennis Farina returning as Lombard, John Santucci returning after 8 episodes to play a different character (love that Michael Mann loyalty), and Ned Eisenberg as the son of a late Mafioso. Crockett and Tubbs have to protect Lombard, who is very reluctant to testify against the Labrizzi family even as he is backed into a corner with immunity, which means he can't plead the Fifth, but can be held in contempt of Court. We talk about the magic of crushed garlic, not garlic powder, what is Seven Card Stud poker for those of us who grew up watching celebrities play Texas Hold 'Em on TV and the price we all pay for what we feel is morally right.

Programming Note: Season 2 of Vice and Easy will be back in August! Thanks for listening and catch up with old episodes in the catalog and then we are off to meet Sonny and Rico in New York with the Season 2 premiere.

S01 E21: Evan

July 15th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  55 mins 6 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs are trying to bust an arms dealer but things get more complaicated when Crockett recognizes one of his henchman, an ATF agent who used to work with him on Vice. Guest starring: William Russ (Cory Matthews' dad) and Al Israel (Scarface) whose paperwork says he's 27?!?!?!?! This is a very emotionally poignant episode and I'm surprised it wasn't the season finale!
Trigger warnings: homophobia, suicide

S01 E20: Nobody Lives Forever

July 8th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  53 mins 13 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Sonny falls in "Lust With Potential" at a very inopportune time, when a group of youths (pronounced "yutes" like in My Cousin Vinny) are on a murderous crime spree through Miami. Crockett struggles with work-life balance as his romance with Brenda (guest star Kim Greist from Manhunter) gets hotter. Gina learns some hard life lessons (don't date your co-workers!), Tubbs must deal with a distracted partner and Izzy has a new shoe hustle (including clogs?)

S01 E19: The Home Invaders

July 1st, 2022  |  Season 1  |  42 mins 50 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: The Vice team works with Robbery to investigate a string of brutal home robberies across Miami while Tubbs is on vacation with Valerie in NYC. Crockett and co. work his old mentor, the man who taught him everything he knows about robbery, but it seems now that he's lost his touch as the years go on. Guest stars include: David Patrick Kelly, Esai Morales and Nancy Valen!

S01 E18: Made For Each Other

June 24th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  46 mins 25 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: It's time for our favourite secondary and tertiary characters to bask in the warm glow of the spotlight! Zito and Zwitek inadvertently become roommates, along with Zito's ex and Zwitek's current gf, awkward! Will their history and mutual admiration of Elvis keep their friendship intact? Izzy and Noogie go deeper undercover than usual and end up in hot cement and wet cement (ha!) when trying to infiltrate a counterfeit goods racket led by Costellada, who has never met a cigarette, silk shirt or telephone he didn't like. Guest stars: Ellen Greene and Mark-Linn Baker.

S01 E17: The Maze

June 17th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  47 mins 17 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Garcelle Beauvais and Ving Rhames guest star! Tubbs goes undercover and accidentally gets involved in a hostage situation when a group of street punks graduate to killers as SWAT tries to diffuse the situation and protect Tubbs' cover with no help from a hot-headed cop. Other topics include: why I could never be a hostage negotiator, getting emotional about Doug Flutie and why you should go where you're wanted, a rumoured "monster dong" according to Garcelle and more!

S01 E16: Rites of Passage

June 10th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  44 mins 15 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs go undercover in a high-class escort ring to help Tubbs' old flame Valerie (Pam Grier) reunite with her missing sister. John Turturro guest stars as her high-powered pimp. This episode features a ton of great 80s fashion, diplomatic immunity, love-making under a full moon and smoking at an airport gate.

S01 E15: Smuggler's Blues

June 3rd, 2022  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 36 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs are off to Cartagena with the help of Jimmy (Glenn Frey) to help pinpoint an agency leak that's resulting in the kidnapping and and deaths of smugglers and their families.

We are testing out some more categories! The Fashion segment now has a Wild Card! I wax a little too poetically about CanCon (sorry and I got the categories wrong haha), talk about what came first, Smuggler's Blues the song or the episode, the Miami Vice movie yay or nay (I'm in the nay camp, but I'll try to watch it again this weekend), and Crockett and Tubbs are working with the dad from Step Brothers!

Timestamp: 0:00-6:34 Programming Note (and a thank you to the listeners!)

S01 E14: Golden Triangle: Part Two

May 27th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  51 mins 21 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: In Part Two, Castillo confronts his old adversary, Lao Li, who is settling in permanently in Miami and reunites with his long-lost wife in a touching episode with amazing over-the-top decor, outfits and one-liners. Noogie makes a brief appearance while Crockett, Tubbs and the vice team put their efforts together to help their Lieutenant seek justice.

S01 E13: Golden Triangle: Part One

May 20th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  44 mins 52 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs discover more than they expected when working undercover at a hotel trying to bust dirty cops when they discover Castillo's old enemy is in town. More of Castillo's past comes to the surface in a great episode with impeccable style.

S01 E12: Milk Run

May 6th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 55 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs try to set two young men set after catching them about to smuggle drug-filled statues in from Colombia. The first episode I ever saw features a young Evan Handler (that's Harry Goldenblatt to my generation), boxing, arthouse cinema fashion and A+ acting from Don Johnson. I reminisce on how relaxed flying used to be and point out another GTA: Vice City trivia fact.

S01 E11: The Little Prince

April 29th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  45 mins 28 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs go after a wealthy and dirty businessman through his drug addicted son and worry they're doing more harm than good in the process. Crockett goes undercover at the WASPiest Polo Match you can imagine, Gina and Trudy score smack from a baby-faced Giancarlo Esposito as Luther and a 28-year old hunk playing a college kid might be hooking up with his father's girlfriend?

S01 E10: Give A Little, Take A Little

April 22nd, 2022  |  Season 1  |  45 mins 42 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Michael Madsen and Terry O'Quinn guest star! Crockett is forced to do more jail time than the drug and prostitution kingpin he's after when he refuses to name his informant. Gina is forced into an awful situation when the kingpin in question figures her for a snitch. On the bright side, lots of elaborate outfits, high-definition TV of 1984 and an appearance by Noogie. Elvis' Legal Minute explains why you can't smoke in prison anymore and we see what contempt of court is after talking about it last week.TW: sexual assault.

S01 E09: Glades

April 15th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  47 mins 13 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs head down Alligator Alley to the Everglades to pick up a key witness who has bailed 48 hours before he's due in court to testify against a notorious man, Enrique Ruiz, with an affinity for silk shirts and gold chains. Guest Star: John Pankow (To Live and Die in LA) In Viced Tea we discuss the rumoured lawsuit between Michael Mann and William Friedkin, Elvis' Legal Minute explains what happens if you yourself bail on testifying in court and we also touch on Foxy Boxing, seaplanes, outdoor appliances, explaining that most of your favourite Miami-based shows and movies were filmed in Southern California and more!

S01 E08: The Great McCarthy

April 8th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  46 mins 19 secs

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs discover the world of powerboat racing complete with ridiculous 80s decor, a live band in sequins and getting too close to a powerful dealer's girlfriend, which actually might be cuckholding...?

S01 E07: No Exit

April 1st, 2022  |  Season 1  |  39 mins 1 sec

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This week on Miami Vice: Crockett and Tubbs have to pair up with the Feds to catch a notorious arms dealer (Bruce Willis' first credited TV role) and his abused wife is willing to help put him away.