Miami Vice
Overview
Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson
Don Johnson
Donnie Wayne "Don" Johnson is an American actor known for his work in television and film. He played the lead role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s TV cop series, Miami Vice, which led him to huge success. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, Nash Bridges...

 and Philip Michael Thomas
Philip Michael Thomas
Philip Michael Thomas is an American actor. Thomas's most famous role is that of detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series Miami Vice. His first notable roles were in Coonskin and opposite Irene Cara in the 1976 film Sparkle...

 as two Metro-Dade Police Department
Miami-Dade Police Department
The Miami-Dade Police Department , formerly known as the Metro-Dade County Police Department , Dade County Public Safety Department and the Dade County Sheriff's Office is a Limited Service County Police Department serving Miami-Dade County, Florida's unincorporated areas, although they have...

 detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989. The USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...

 later began airing reruns the next year, in 1990, and actually broadcast an originally unaired episode during its syndication run of the series on January 25, 1990.

Unlike standard police procedurals, the show drew heavily upon 1980s New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 culture and music.
Quotations

[describing his ex-wife] She left me at Sears, and had me cryin' all the way to Walgreens.

I don't believe you for a New York minute.

I get these occasional urges for stability in my life.

Nice to know there's still a little poetry left in the world.

It's like taking nose candy off a baby.

You know what they say about architecture, it's like frozen music.

I thought we were going to have a meaningful diabolical time.

In this life the low road sometimes takes you to a more interesting route.

Brenda: This is America you need to be in debt, only way banks can get money back.

Melody: All I know about you is you drive a Testarossa and live in a boat.

 
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