Miami Vice (TV Series) French Twist (1986) User Reviews

An average episode with a strong cast

[DVD_Connoisseur · 8/10 · 17 August 2007]

"French Twist" is an average episode of Miami Vice. When the beautiful Cindy ("Coming to America"'s Shari Headley) photographs the murder of a delivery man by a dangerous assassin, her life is in danger and Crockett and Tubbs are made responsible for her safety.

The episode contains performances from Lisa Eichhorn as the business-focused french police inspector Danielle and Leonard Cohen as bad-guy Francois Zolan. Shari Headley brings glamour to the proceedings.

Crockett continues his run of back luck with the ladies when he starts to fall for Danielle's (hidden) charms. Will the man ever learn?!

8 out of 10. Not bad but not particularly gripping. The episode's soundtrack is mainly made up of Jan Hammer's top-notch music but there's Aretha Franklin's "Who's Zoomin' Who" added for good measure.

Serviceable tale of foreign intrigue

[Mr-Fusion · 6/10 · 15 June 2017]

'French Twist' suffers from a few problems. One of them is the Season 2 criticism of Crockett or Tubbs falling for a questionable love interest, and another is the rather flat script. And that's the real reason it's a lesser episode for me. But it'd be unfair to leave it at just that because the episode's got a few things going for it. For one, a funny exchange between Crockett and Elvis (the gator's usually just a prop), or that Tubbs gets larger than usual role as a genuine cop with instincts.

Functional is a good word for this one, but it rides on the show's style and atmosphere.

6/10

Different but definitely Vice

[wallykennedy · 8/10 · 11 November 2019]

A rip-off/murder starts off the episode, where the premise is nailing the doer, an international hit man for hire. Lisa Eichorn (born and raised in the USA) as a French detective, is looking for the same guy. When he says "I'm Sonny Crockett" she answers "how nice for you", in one of the episodes great lines. A good story is helped enormously by Jann Hammer's perfect score. There is a "twist" at the end, making a kind of sluggish episode well worth your attention.

I didn't spot the twist

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 24 November 2009]

While this wasn't the best episode of the season it wasn't the worst either and despite the title I didn't spot the twist. When a girl accidentally photographs a murder her life is in danger and Tubbs is assigned the duty of looking guarding her, although she isn't too keen to be guarded. The killer is also wanted by Interpol who have sent an officer to extradite him. Since the officer concerned happens to be a woman it is hardly surprising that she gets involved with Crockett. It is clear early on that Danielle isn't what she seems, the only question is, who is her target and who will she eliminate to do her job?

This episode lacked chases but made up for that with a couple of shoot outs and an impressive explosion. French Canadian Singer makes a rare acting appearance as the Frenchman giving the orders to Danielle, he doesn't provide any of the episode's music though.

One of the weaker ones

[mm-39 · 4/10 · 6 August 2018]

French Twist has an interesting story. The acting is okay. Regrettably the character development is forgettable. The story is too slow. The twist in French Twist's plot was so lame I saw it coming a mile away. Okay to watch the first time. Well French Twist did not age well. Every series has a few so so episode, and French Twist is one of them. 4 or 5 stars out of ten.