Line #33 Recap/MiamiViceS1E01BrothersKeeper


1	Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs and James "Sonny" Crockett are both on the trail of a mysterious drug supplier named "The Columbian." Both of them are out to avenge dead police as the Columbian killed both two New York policemen as well as Crockett's partner, Eddie Rivera. The two reluctantly agree to work together in order to bring down the drug lord, developing a fast friendship along the way.
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3	It was originally shot as a PilotMovie but was split into two parts in syndication.
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6	This episode contains the following tropes:
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8	* AnimalCompanion: Crockett has a pet crocodile named Elvis.
9	* AssassinOutclassin: Tubbs takes down the cross-dressing hitman with Crockett providing a distraction.
10	* TheBadGuyWins: Calderone gets away the end, no worse for wear.
11	* BashBrothers: Crockett and Tubbs gradually evolve into this over the course of the episode.
12	* BatmanGambit: Crockett has the judge say that Leon the Drug Dealer cooperated with the police in hopes of getting him to actually do. Sadly, this gets Leon killed.
13	* BerserkButton: Bringing up the death of Eddie Rivera.
14	* BigBad: The Columbian AKA Calderone.
15	* TheCartel: The Columbian is a member of one of these if the name wasn't clue enough.
16	* CopKiller: The Columbian doesn't hesitate to kill cops.
17	* CreepyCrossdresser: The cross-dressing hitman who kills Leon.
18	* DeadPartner: Both Crockett and Tubbs have one of these, killed by the Columbian AKA Calderone. Tubbs actually lost his brother.
19	* DeadPersonImpersonation: Tubbs impersonates his brother, killed by Calderone.
20	* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Eddie Rivera has a pregnant wife that he is presently fighting with over money.
21	* DirtyCop: Scott Wheeler is TheMole for Calderone. Which means Calderone knows Tubbs was a cop.
22	* DownerEnding: Calderone escapes at the end, showing ''Miami Vice'' would have a very different view of law enforcement than typical cop shows.
23	* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
24	** Tubbs intimidates a group of punks and silently stalks a dealer before getting into a shootout where he is utterly lethal.
25	** Crockett has a chatty amiable attitude that allows him to ingratiate himself with a local drug dealer as well as reassure his partner in equal measure.
26	* FlockOfWolves: Crockett complains that a big drug bust went belly up because three of the four individuals involved were cops.
27	* HisNameIs: Leon the Drug Dealer is killed before he can give up any information.
28	* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Tubbs almost guns down Calderone for killing his brother but pulls back at the last second.
29	* KarmaHoudini: Calderone gets away scott free at the end due to paying two million dollars in bail then skipping town.
30	* MaleGaze: Leon spends an extended time looking at a BikiniBar dancer as does the camera.
31	* MyFistForgivesYou: Tubbs punches out Crockett for punching him first (he'd made a crack about his dead partner).
32	* ProfessionalKiller: The cross-dressing hitman is one of these for TheCartel.
33	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Crockett asks if Tubbs is down in Miami to work on his tan.
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