History Awesome / MiamiVice

** In "Golden Triangle Part 2", Castillo manages a BatmanGambit that ends with the arrest of a crooked CIA agent and the RetiredMonster, General Lao Li. This includes releasing his StupidCrooks grandchildren, knowing he'd plan to kill them and implicate himself in the process.

* In "Golden Triangle Part 1", Castillo kills a Thailand assassin in hand-to-hand combat. In Part 2, he manages a BatmanGambit that ends with the arrest of a crooked CIA agent and the RetiredMonster, General Lao Li. This includes releasing his StupidCrooks grandchildren, knowing he'd plan to kill them and implicate himself in the process.

* "Deliver Us From Evil" James Sonny Crockett, ByTheBookCop and general NiceGuy has seen his wife get shot. He goes and pays a visit to the man who killed her. After a brief talk, he coldly tells him to "get up". The man refuses, closes his eyes and smugly smiles. In a great piece of acting by Creator/DonJohnson, Crockett executes him, without flinching, shooting him in the heart through his book with a epic DeathGlare on his face. Then he walks off with the last song his wife sang playing in the background.

* "The Great [=McCarthy=]" Crockett races his boat in a race around Biscayne Bay to Music/{{Steppenwolf}}'s "Born to be Wild".
* The episode "Definitely Miami", [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt00647056/ with an IDMB rating of 9/10]] one of the highest for the series, involves an over-ambitious federal agent risking a witness' safety in order to capture a wanted drug lord (who's also her brother) while Crockett gets ensnared by a seductive woman who tempts men so her sadistic husband can kill them for their money. By episode's end, everyone's schemes have left nearly everyone else dead or broken, while Crockett wordlessly hands over the seductress to police for arrest. With Godley and Creme's "Cry" playing as the soundtrack, the final shot of Crockett in the distance watching the ocean waves along the beach is [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0647056/reviews?ref_=ttexrv_sa_3 considered one of the bleakest and most beautiful endings]] in television history.

* The episode "Definitely Miami", [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt00647056/ with an IDMB rating of 9/10]] one of the highest for the series, involves an over-ambitious federal agent risking a witness' safety in order to capture a wanted drug lord (who's also her brother) while Crockett gets ensnared by a seductive woman who tempts men so her sadistic boyfriend can kill them for their money. By episode's end, everyone's schemes have left nearly everyone else dead or broken, while Crockett wordlessly hands over the seductress to police for arrest. With Godley and Creme's "Cry" playing as the soundtrack, the final shot of Crockett in the distance watching the ocean waves along the beach is [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0647056/reviews?ref_=ttexrv_sa_3 considered one of the bleakest and most beautiful endings]] in television history.

* The episode "Definitely Miami", [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt00647056/ with an IDMB rating of 9/10]] one of the highest for the series, involves an over-ambitious federal agent risking a witness' safety in order to capture a wanted drug lord (who's also her brother) while Crockett gets ensnared by a seductive woman who tempt men so her sadistic boyfriend can kill them for their money. By episode's end, everyone's schemes have left nearly everyone else dead or broken, while Crockett wordlessly hands over the seductress to police for arrest. With Godley and Creme's "Cry" playing as the soundtrack, the final shot of Crockett in the distance watching the ocean waves along the beach is [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0647056/reviews?ref_=ttexrv_sa_3 considered one of the bleakest and most beautiful endings]] in television history.

* The entire "In The Air Tonight" sequence from the pilot movie, from Tubbs loading his shotgun on the drive to the Ferrari speeding away right in time with the famous [[Music/PhilCollins drum beat]]. ''Miami Vice'' became an instant classic and one of the biggest influences on 80s TV with it.

* The episode "Definitely Miami," [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt00647056/ with an IDMB rating of 9/10]] one of the highest for the series, involves an over-ambitious federal agent risking a witness' safety in order to capture a wanted drug lord (who's also her brother) while Crockett gets ensnared by a seductive woman who tempt men so her sadistic boyfriend can kill them for their money. By episode's end, everyone's schemes have left nearly everyone else dead or broken, while Crockett wordlessly hands over the seductress to police for arrest. With Godley and Creme's "Cry" playing as the soundtrack, the final shot of Crockett in the distance watching the ocean waves along the beach is [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0647056/reviews?ref_=ttexrv_sa_3 considered one of the bleakest and most beautiful endings]] in television history.

* The episode "Definitely Miami," [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt00647056/ with an IDMB rating of 9/10]] one of the highest for the series, involves an over-ambitious federal agent risking a witness' safety in order to capture a wanted drug lord (who's also her brother) while Crockett gets ensnared by a seductive woman who tempt men so her sadistic boyfriend can kill them for their money. By episode's end, everyone's schemes have left nearly everyone else dead or broken, while Crockett wordlessly hands over the seductress to police for arrest. With Godley and Creme's "Cry" playing as the soundtrack, the final shot of Crockett in the distance watching the ocean waves along the beach is considered one of the bleakest and most beautiful endings in television history.

* The entire "In The Air Tonight" sequence from the pilot movie, from Tubbs loading his shotgun on the drive to the Ferrari speeding away right in time with the famous [[Music/Phil Collins drum beat]]. ''Miami Vice'' became an instant classic and one of the biggest influences on 80s TV with it.

* In "Calderon's Run", we're introduced to the assassin, played by one of the top competition shooters in the USA. After blowing away two targets who he's trapped in a limo, the real driver returns and surprises him. The assassin draws and blows the man away in less than a second with a Mozambique Drill (two to the chest and one to the head) before rapidly unloading his gun and dropping it on the body to frame him.

* In "Calderon's" run, we're introduced to the assassin, played by one of the top competition shooters in the USA. After blowing away two targets who he's trapped in a limo, the real driver returns and surprises him. The assassin draws and blows the man away in less than a second with a Mozambique Drill (two to the chest and one to the head) before rapidly unloading his gun and dropping it on the body to frame him.
* In "Glades," Crockett taking down a bad guy who has a [[SawedOffShotgun sawed-off]] held to a little girl's head. The scumbag thinks he can get away. Crockett disagrees--and [[BoomHeadshot proves himself correct]].

* "Deliver Us From Evil" James Sonny Crockett, by the book cop and general nice guy has seen his wife get shot. He goes and pays a visit to the man who killed her. After a brief talk, he coldly tells him to "get up". The man refuses, closes his eyes and smugly smiles. In a great piece of acting by Don Johnson, Crockett executes him, without flinching, shooting him in the heart through his book with a epic DeathGlare on his face. Then he walks off with the last song his wife sang playing in the background.

* "The Great [=McCarthy=]" Crockett races his boat in a race around Biscayne Bay to Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild".

* Reb Brown's entire role as the villain in "Viking Bikers from Hell." The awesomeness includes shrugging off several bullets from Tubbs before shooting him in the head, a feature film worthy standoff at a warehouse that he escapes by jumping a motorcycle over the cop cars, and almost taking Crockett down with him after being fatally shot (and you can see the stuntman bang his head on the dock in slow motion).

* "The Great McCarthy" Crockett races his boat in a race around Biscayne Bay to Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild".

* Reb Brown's entire role as the villain in "Viking Bikers from Hell." The awesomeness includes shrugging off several bullets from Tubbs before shooting him in the head, a feature film worthy standoff at a warehouse that he escapes by jumping a motorcycle over the cop cars, and almost taking Crockett down with him after being fatally shot (and you can see the stuntman bang his head on the dock in slow motion).

* Any car chase Corckett gets himself into especially the one where the Testarossa is introduced, he wipes the floor with the mercenaries sent to kill him with it.

* In "Calderon's" run, we're introduced to the assassin, played by one of the top competition shooters in the USA. After blowing away two targets who he's trapped in a limo, the real driver returns and surprises him. The assassin blows the man away in under 4 seconds with a perfectly executed Mozambique drill before the driver can even get a shot off.

* "Deliver Us From Evil" James Sonny Crockett, by the book cop and general nice guy has seen his wife get shot. He goes and pays a visit to the man who killed her. After a brief talk, he coldly tells him to "get up". The man refuses, closes his eyes and smugly smiles. In a great piece of acting by Don Johnson, Crockett executes him, without flinching, shooting him in the heart through his book. then he walks off with the last song his wife sang playing in the background.

* "Deliver Us From Evil" James Sonny Crockett, by the book cop and general nice guy has seen his wife get shot. He goes and pays a visit to the man who killed her. After a brief talk, he coldly tells him to "get up". The man refuses, closes his eyes and smugly smiles. In a great piece of acting by Don Johnson, Crockett executes him, without flinching, shooting him in the heart through his book. then he walks off with the last song his wife sang playing in the background.

* "Bushido." Castillo + Katana + DirtyCommunists threatening his dead friend's wife and son = Ass-kicking.

'''Crockett''': Maybe...you won't even...''twitch''... [''fires'']

* In "Glades," Crockett taking down a bad guy who has a [[SawedOffShotgun sawed-off]] held to a little girl's head. The scumbag boasts that he can just twitch and she'll die. Crockett disagrees--and [[BoomHeadshot proves himself correct]].
-->'''Crockett''': Maybe...you won't even...''twitch''... [''fires'']