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* ImprobablyCoolCar: Nash's Hemi Cuda. Given that less than ten of them exist, it's a mystery how he was able to afford it on a policeman's salary.
* KilledMidSentence: See CurseCutShort above.

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* ImprobablyCoolCar: Nash's Hemi Cuda. Given Explained in universe that less than ten his brother Bobby left it to him before going off to fight in Vietnam.
* JuryAndWitnessTampering: One episode has a trial against three gang members fall apart when a witness recants her statement. After the witness and two
of them exist, it's the gang members are killed by a mystery how vigilante, the surviving gang member admits that he was able to afford it on a policeman's salary.
and his partners threatened the witness into recanting.
* KilledMidSentence: See CurseCutShort above.In "Hit And Run", a car bomber lets out an expletive when he accidentally sets off the bomb he's planting. The explosion occurs before he can finish the word.


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* VigilanteMan: An episode has a trial against three gang members fall apart when a vital witness recants her statement. The witness and two of the gang members are killed shortly afterward by a man who lost his wife to a similar attack. The surviving gang member eventually admits he and his partners threatened the witness into recanting so he can go to jail to be safe from the vigilante. [[spoiler:Nash conveniently leaves out the part that the vigilante has already been killed.]]
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* TerminallyIllCriminal: A sting operation is disrupted by a former gangster executing the criminals but sparing Evan. The mobster is later revealed to have a terminal illness and is killing his former associates. Nash spares him, saying "When you die, it's on God's terms."
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* PlayingGertrude: James Gammon played Nash's father, Nick Bridges, despite being only nine years older than Don Johnson.
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The show centers around the elite, unorthodox Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. Inspectors Nash Bridges (Creator/DonJohnson) and Joe Dominguez ([[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]]) employ a slick, streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. Fellow inspectors Harvey Leek (Creator/JeffPerry) and Evan Cortez (Creator/JaimePGomez) acting as a BetaCouple to Nash and Joe. Other notable team members include Lieutenant A.J. Shimamura (Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa) in Seasons 1–2 and female inspectors Bryn Carson (Creator/MaryMara) in Season 2, Michelle Chan (Creator/KellyHu) in Seasons 3–4, Caitlin Cross (Yasmine Bleeth) in Seasons 4–5, and Rachel [=McCabe=] (Creator/WendyMoniz) in Season 6.

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The show centers around the elite, unorthodox Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. Inspectors Nash Bridges (Creator/DonJohnson) and Joe Dominguez ([[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]]) employ a slick, streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. Fellow inspectors Harvey Leek (Creator/JeffPerry) and Evan Cortez (Creator/JaimePGomez) acting as a BetaCouple to Nash and Joe. Other notable team members include Lieutenant A.J. Shimamura (Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa) in Seasons 1–2 and female inspectors Bryn Carson (Creator/MaryMara) in Season 2, Michelle Chan (Creator/KellyHu) in Seasons 3–4, Caitlin Cross (Yasmine Bleeth) (Creator/YasmineBleeth) in Seasons 4–5, and Rachel [=McCabe=] (Creator/WendyMoniz) in Season 6.
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The show centers around the elite, unorthodox Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. Inspectors Nash Bridges (Creator/DonJohnson) and Joe Dominguez ([[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]]) employ a slick, streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. Fellow inspectors Harvey Leek (Creator/JeffPerry) and Evan Cortez (Jaime P. Gomez) acting as a BetaCouple to Nash and Joe. Other notable team members include Lieutenant A.J. Shimamura (Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa) in Seasons 1–2 and female inspectors Bryn Carson (Creator/MaryMara) in Season 2, Michelle Chan (Creator/KellyHu) in Seasons 3–4, Caitlin Cross (Yasmine Bleeth) in Seasons 4–5, and Rachel [=McCabe=] (Creator/WendyMoniz) in Season 6.

The show also featured the personal lives of the officers, particularly Nash, whose daughter Cassidy (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) was a series regular throughout its run. Also featured regularly were Joe's wife, Inger (Caroline Lagerfelt), and Nash's elderly father, Nick (James Gammon). A special mention should go out to Nash's yellow Barracuda convertible, which was such an integral part of the show that it even got its own DayInTheLimelight episode.

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The show centers around the elite, unorthodox Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. Inspectors Nash Bridges (Creator/DonJohnson) and Joe Dominguez ([[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]]) employ a slick, streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. Fellow inspectors Harvey Leek (Creator/JeffPerry) and Evan Cortez (Jaime P. Gomez) (Creator/JaimePGomez) acting as a BetaCouple to Nash and Joe. Other notable team members include Lieutenant A.J. Shimamura (Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa) in Seasons 1–2 and female inspectors Bryn Carson (Creator/MaryMara) in Season 2, Michelle Chan (Creator/KellyHu) in Seasons 3–4, Caitlin Cross (Yasmine Bleeth) in Seasons 4–5, and Rachel [=McCabe=] (Creator/WendyMoniz) in Season 6.

The show also featured the personal lives of the officers, particularly Nash, whose daughter Cassidy (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) (Creator/JodiLynOKeefe) was a series regular throughout its run. Also featured regularly were Joe's wife, Inger (Caroline Lagerfelt), (Creator/CarolineLagerfelt), and Nash's elderly father, Nick (James Gammon).(Creator/JamesGammon). A special mention should go out to Nash's yellow Barracuda convertible, which was such an integral part of the show that it even got its own DayInTheLimelight episode.

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The show also featured the personal lives of the officers, particularly Nash, whose daughter Cassidy (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) was a series regular throughout its run. Also featured regularly were Joe's wife, Inger, and Nash's elderly father, Nick. A special mention should go out to Nash's yellow Barracuda convertible, which was such an integral part of the show that it even got its own DayInTheLimelight episode.

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The show also featured the personal lives of the officers, particularly Nash, whose daughter Cassidy (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) was a series regular throughout its run. Also featured regularly were Joe's wife, Inger, Inger (Caroline Lagerfelt), and Nash's elderly father, Nick.Nick (James Gammon). A special mention should go out to Nash's yellow Barracuda convertible, which was such an integral part of the show that it even got its own DayInTheLimelight episode.



* BatmanColdOpen:Most shows start with Nash in the middle of solving a case.

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* CatchPhrase: In his line of work, Nash often gets to utter an exit dialogue phrase "Hold that thought", and whenever he's the one about to handcuff or at least offer to handcuff a baddie there's a high probability of hearing "Slip into these".
** Calling everyone "Bubba" probably counts too.

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* CatchPhrase: CatchPhrase:
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In his line of work, Nash often gets to utter an exit dialogue phrase "Hold that thought", and whenever he's the one about to handcuff or at least offer to handcuff a baddie baddie, there's a high probability of hearing "Slip into these".
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these". Calling everyone "Bubba" probably counts too.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Jake's actor is well-known as a pro wrestler Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and first two times he's in an episode of the show, his first appearance on screen is accompanied by his Titantron music, i.e. his wrestling persona's entrance theme, complete with shattering glass sounds.
* LifesavingMisfortune: The start of "Hit and Run" has Nash and Joe visiting a hacker friend in his office when Nash sees a car thief trying to steal the 'Cuda. He and Joe go outside to intervene. While they're dealing with the car thief, a bomb goes off in the hacker's office.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Jake's Inspector Jake Cage's actor is the well-known as a pro professional wrestler Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and first two times he's in an episode of the show, his first appearance on screen appearance, he is accompanied by his Titantron music, i.e. his wrestling persona's entrance theme, complete with shattering glass sounds.
* LifesavingMisfortune: LifesavingMisfortune:
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The start of "Hit and Run" has Nash and Joe visiting a hacker friend in his office when Nash sees a car thief trying to steal the 'Cuda. He and Joe go outside to intervene. While they're dealing with the car thief, a bomb goes off in the hacker's office.



* MetallicarSyndrome: Nash drives his Hemi Cuda everywhere, even undercover. Given that there are roughly seven Hemi-powered Cuda convertibles in existence out of a grand total of just under 3,000 third-generation Plymouth Barracuda convertibles, it's an odd choice for an undercover cop trying to remain inconspicuous.

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* MetallicarSyndrome: MetallicarSyndrome:
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Nash drives his Hemi Cuda everywhere, even undercover. Given that there are roughly seven Hemi-powered Cuda convertibles in existence out of a grand total of just under 3,000 third-generation Plymouth Barracuda convertibles, it's an odd choice for an undercover cop trying to remain inconspicuous.



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* SpiritualSuccessor: It's ''Series/MiamiVice'', in the 90s, and on the other side of the country.
** Two episodes even had Phillip Michael Thomas as a guest star.

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Creator/DonJohnson and [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] star as Nash Bridges and Joe Dominguez in this 1990s buddy cop show with elements of both drama and comedy about the unorthodox SIU squad of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. The cops use a slick streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. It also featured Inspectors Harvey Leek and Evan Cortez as a BetaCouple and fellow members of the SIU team.

Other notable team members include Creator/KellyHu as Michelle Chan (1997-1998) and Yasmine Bleeth as Caitlin Cross (1998-2000). The show also featured the personal lives of the officers particularly Nash, his daughter Cassidy was a series regular throughout its run. Also featured regularly were Joe's wife, Inger, and Nash's elderly father, Nick. A special mention should go out to Nash's yellow Barracuda convertible, which was such an integral part of the show that it even got its own DayInTheLimelight episode.

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Creator/DonJohnson and [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] star as Nash Bridges and Joe Dominguez in this 1990s buddy cop show A BuddyCopShow, with elements of both drama and comedy about comedy, that aired for six seasons (1996–2001) on Creator/{{CBS}}.

The show centers around
the elite, unorthodox SIU squad Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. The cops use Inspectors Nash Bridges (Creator/DonJohnson) and Joe Dominguez ([[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]]) employ a slick slick, streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. It also featured Inspectors Fellow inspectors Harvey Leek (Creator/JeffPerry) and Evan Cortez (Jaime P. Gomez) acting as a BetaCouple to Nash and fellow members of the SIU team.

Joe. Other notable team members include Creator/KellyHu as Lieutenant A.J. Shimamura (Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa) in Seasons 1–2 and female inspectors Bryn Carson (Creator/MaryMara) in Season 2, Michelle Chan (1997-1998) and Yasmine Bleeth as (Creator/KellyHu) in Seasons 3–4, Caitlin Cross (1998-2000). (Yasmine Bleeth) in Seasons 4–5, and Rachel [=McCabe=] (Creator/WendyMoniz) in Season 6.

The show also featured the personal lives of the officers officers, particularly Nash, his whose daughter Cassidy (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) was a series regular throughout its run. Also featured regularly were Joe's wife, Inger, and Nash's elderly father, Nick. A special mention should go out to Nash's yellow Barracuda convertible, which was such an integral part of the show that it even got its own DayInTheLimelight episode.
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Though the series copyright is held by Rysher Entertainment, for the show's last two seasons Rysher's logo was replaced with that of Creator/{{Paramount}} Television, as Paramount began distributing the Rysher library in the summer of 1999.
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* UnintentionalFinalMessage: The bouquet of flowers [[spoiler:Michelle]] orders to thank Nash for lobbying to keep her on the SIU doesn't arrive until after she's murdered by a serial rapist.
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* ImprobablyCoolCar: Nash's Hemi Cuda. Given that less than ten of them exist, it's a mystery how he was able to afford it on a policeman's salary.
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* MetallicarSyndrome: Nash drives his Hemi Cuda everywhere, even undercover. Given that there are roughly seven Hemi-powered Cuda convertibles in existence out of a grand total of just under 4,000 third-generation Plymouth Barracuda convertibles, it's an odd choice for an undercover cop trying to remain inconspicuous.

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* MetallicarSyndrome: Nash drives his Hemi Cuda everywhere, even undercover. Given that there are roughly seven Hemi-powered Cuda convertibles in existence out of a grand total of just under 4,000 3,000 third-generation Plymouth Barracuda convertibles, it's an odd choice for an undercover cop trying to remain inconspicuous.
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* MetallicarSyndrome: Nash drives his Hemi Cuda everywhere, even undercover. Given that there are roughly seven Hemi-powered Cuda convertibles in existence out of a grand total of just under 4,00 third-generation Plymouth Barracuda convertibles, it's an odd choice for an undercover cop trying to remain inconspicuous.

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* MetallicarSyndrome: Nash drives his Hemi Cuda everywhere, even undercover. Given that there are roughly seven Hemi-powered Cuda convertibles in existence out of a grand total of just under 4,00 4,000 third-generation Plymouth Barracuda convertibles, it's an odd choice for an undercover cop trying to remain inconspicuous.
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* BadCopIncompetentCop: Pretty much any Cop who disagreed with Nash's signature style fell into this trope but Richard Bettina was a textbook example.

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* BadCopIncompetentCop: Pretty much any Cop Practically every cop who disagreed with Nash's signature style fell into this trope but Richard Bettina was a textbook example.



* MetallicarSyndrome: Nash Bridges' Hemi Cuda (which there are like 7 in existence). He, a renowned decorated successful police force officer, drives it everywhere even while undercover at times.

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* MetallicarSyndrome: Nash Bridges' drives his Hemi Cuda (which everywhere, even undercover. Given that there are like 7 roughly seven Hemi-powered Cuda convertibles in existence). He, existence out of a renowned decorated successful police force officer, drives it everywhere even while grand total of just under 4,00 third-generation Plymouth Barracuda convertibles, it's an odd choice for an undercover at times.cop trying to remain inconspicuous.
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Creator/DonJohnson and [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] star as Nash Bridges and Joe Dominguez in this 1990s buddy cop show with elements of both drama and comedy about the unorthodox SIU squad of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. The cops use a slick streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. It also featured Detectives Harvey Leek and Evan Cortez as a BetaCouple and fellow members of the SIU team.

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Creator/DonJohnson and [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] star as Nash Bridges and Joe Dominguez in this 1990s buddy cop show with elements of both drama and comedy about the unorthodox SIU squad of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. The cops use a slick streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. It also featured Detectives Inspectors Harvey Leek and Evan Cortez as a BetaCouple and fellow members of the SIU team.
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* SkewedPriorities: One episode has the SIU investigate when a prison transport is raided and several prisoners escape. After Nash looks at the list of escapees, he walks into a nearby gourmet food store. He walks out a few seconds later with one of the escaped prisoners, a noted gourmand who decided that upper class food was more important than escaping. Even better, Nash ''knew'' he would do that.
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* AnimalDisguise: In an episode focusing on a group of animal traffickers, at one point, they capture a bear that was being trafficked and keep it in a cage. The traffickers go after the bear to recapture it. When they get in the cage, the "bear" takes off his "head" to reveal he's actually Officer Ronnie and the traffickers are now under arrest.

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* BatmanColdOpen:
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* LifesavingMisfortune: The start of "Hit and Run" has Nash and Joe visiting a hacker friend in his office when Nash sees a car thief trying to steal the 'Cuda. He and Joe go outside to intervene. While they're dealing with the car thief, a bomb goes off in the hacker's office.
** A variation occurs because of this. The car thief cuts the wrong wire while trying to hotwire the 'Cuda and renders it inoperable. While it's being repaired, Nash is given a Porsche to drive around in. The bomber tries again to kill Nash by planting a bomb in the Porsche. He accidentally sets it off and destroys the car. Thus, the car thief inadvertently saved ''the 'Cuda's'' life.
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* PlayingGertrude: James Gammon played Nash's father, Nick Bridges, despite being only nine years older than Don Johnson.

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Other notable team members include Creator/KellyHu as Michelle Chan (1997-1998) and Yasmine Bleeth as Caitlin Cross (1998-2000). The show also featured the personal lives of the officers particularly Nash, his daughter Cassidy was a series regular throughout its run. Also featured regularly were Joe's wife, Inger, and Nash's elderly father, Nick. A special mention should go out to Nash's yellow Barracuda convertible, which was such an intergral part of the show that it even got its own DayInTheLimelight episode.

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Other notable team members include Creator/KellyHu as Michelle Chan (1997-1998) and Yasmine Bleeth as Caitlin Cross (1998-2000). The show also featured the personal lives of the officers particularly Nash, his daughter Cassidy was a series regular throughout its run. Also featured regularly were Joe's wife, Inger, and Nash's elderly father, Nick. A special mention should go out to Nash's yellow Barracuda convertible, which was such an intergral integral part of the show that it even got its own DayInTheLimelight episode.



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** In "Skin Trade", Nash sits in his Cuda some 100 meters in sight from the restaurant entrance, while Frankie Dwyer comes by limousine, comes out on the side facing Cuda's direction, ain't sees nothing and proceeds to a meet with an undercover cop to make a deal on asian girlslaves. The same Frankie that had quite a few run-ins with Bridges personally, and had clashed with him, and was put in a wheelchair courtesy of a bullet from Nash's gun, and is going to hire killers few episodes later.

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** In "Skin Trade", Nash sits in his Cuda some 100 meters in sight from the restaurant entrance, while Frankie Dwyer comes by limousine, comes out on the side facing Cuda's direction, ain't sees nothing and proceeds to a meet with an undercover cop to make a deal on asian girlslaves.Asian girl slaves. The same Frankie that had quite a few run-ins with Bridges personally, and had clashed with him, and was put in a wheelchair courtesy of a bullet from Nash's gun, and is going to hire killers few episodes later.



* ShotInTheAss: Caitlin accidentally shoots Nash in his posterior in one episode. It's title? "Shoot The Moon".

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[[Series/MiamiVice Don Johnson]] and [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] star as Nash Bridges and Joe Dominguez in this 1990s buddy cop show with elements of both drama and comedy about the unorthodox SIU squad of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. The cops use a slick streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. It also featured Detectives Harvey Leek and Evan Cortez as a BetaCouple and fellow members of the SIU team.

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[[Series/MiamiVice Don Johnson]] Creator/DonJohnson and [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] star as Nash Bridges and Joe Dominguez in this 1990s buddy cop show with elements of both drama and comedy about the unorthodox SIU squad of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. The cops use a slick streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. It also featured Detectives Harvey Leek and Evan Cortez as a BetaCouple and fellow members of the SIU team.
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* CastingGag: "Wild Card" features guest appearances by Phillip Michael Thomas and Tommy Chong. They are reunited, respectively, with [[Series/MiamiVice Don Johnson]] and [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]].
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[[MiamiVice Don Johnson]] and [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] star as Nash Bridges and Joe Dominguez in this 1990s buddy cop show with elements of both drama and comedy about the unorthodox SIU squad of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. The cops use a slick streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. It also featured Detectives Harvey Leek and Evan Cortez as a BetaCouple and fellow members of the SIU team.

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[[MiamiVice [[Series/MiamiVice Don Johnson]] and [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] star as Nash Bridges and Joe Dominguez in this 1990s buddy cop show with elements of both drama and comedy about the unorthodox SIU squad of the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Police Department. The cops use a slick streetwise style to catch bad guys and are some of the best at it around. It also featured Detectives Harvey Leek and Evan Cortez as a BetaCouple and fellow members of the SIU team.



** The episode "Out of Miami" guest-stars [[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} Steven Bauer as a violent Cuban drug trafficker.]]

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** The episode "Out of Miami" guest-stars [[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} [[Film/Scarface1983 Steven Bauer as a violent Cuban drug trafficker.]]



* SpiritualSuccessor: It's ''MiamiVice'', in the 90s, and on the other side of the country.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: It's ''MiamiVice'', ''Series/MiamiVice'', in the 90s, and on the other side of the country.

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