Miami Vice (TV Series) Made for Each Other (1985) User Reviews

Comedy Vice!

[Tweekums · 7/10 · 24 March 2012]

Many episodes of 'Miami Vice' have their comic moments but this one is nearly all comic. Switek and Zito are given the case of Costelada, who is known to deal in stolen goods but has never been caught. They try to approach him through a middleman but are immediately identified as cops... this is when they have the brilliant idea of unofficially deputising Noogie and Izzy! Initially they claim they can provide a large number of televisions but when that idea fails they offer to provide a cement mixer! Away from the case things aren't going well for Zito and Switek; Zito's house gets destroyed in a gas explosion and Switek invites him over to his place... which makes things awkward for his girlfriend who has just moved in!

Normally I find the comedy antics of Noogie, and to a lesser extent, Izzy a distraction during more serious episodes but here they provide some genuinely laugh out loud moments; the scene with the cement mixer may have been very silly but it was also hilarious. There were also some great moments at the Switek household; you just know that when ever it looks as though he will get lucky with his girlfriend Zito will interrupt them! Even the bad guy provides some laughs as he gets as excited a child at Christmas at the thought of owning a real cement mixer! If you like your 'Miami Vice' serious you will probably hate this episode but if you like to take a break from the serious stuff occasionally you'll love it!

Always love one off episodes

[xbatgirl-30029 · 8/10 · 24 May 2021]

I need to add my name to those who like this episode. I generally love one-off episodes in most shows and this is a really good one. I don't know if the trivia for this show is true, that PMT was injured filming part of what I guess would have been a different story and had to sit out for 2 weeks. If so, maybe this new show was written really fast. It's also pretty common, at least now, for leads to get a week off when they otherwise work like 60-80 hours a week on an action show. Whatever is true, I love the result.

It was fun getting a little character development for Switek and Zito. John Diehl is so good and charismatic - it's easy to see how he's still staring in things today. Like his scene with his new fish. Not sure what happened with Michael Talbott's career. Loved finding out Switek is obsessed with Elvis and seeing Ellen Greene from Little Shop of Horrors as his girlfriend. Noogie and Izzy made a great comic team themselves, although sometimes Noogie can be a bit much. Loved his punk rock, stripper fiancé and her dance down the isle. It was even great seeing Mark Lynn Baker playing someone besides Cousin Larry. I wish everyone in the show got credited because even Costelado's assistant, who had one line, went on to be a character actor for years & I wish I could remember his name. The casting director did a great job with every extra, like the henchman with the crazy facial hair and the tattooed marriage officiant. I only wasn't sure about Costelado at first but he cracked me up when he went crazy over the cement truck.

I wouldn't want to watch this craziness in every episode, but this was really fun. I wish character development was more of a thing in the 80s. There are some other episodes in season one that really need it (like Rites of Passage, ugh) and it makes the show as a whole more interesting.

Made for Each Other

[Prismark10 · 8/10 · 30 March 2020]

Miami Vice was known for its 'designer violence' but it could also do humour at times.

This episode emphasised more on the humour and also concentrated on the side characters of Zito and Switek.

It was also directed by Rob Cohen who went on to direct the first movie in The Fast and the Furious franchise.

After his house is destroyed in a fire, Zito moves in with Switek. However this does not get down well with Switek new girlfriend Darlene. She used to go out with Zito.

They are tasked to bring down a fence for electronic goods but they are recognised by someone they had once busted. So they get Noogie Lamont and Izzy Moreno to go undercover.

An offbeat episode. I would liked to have seen a few more episodes concentrating on Zito and Switek.

Charlie Barnett who played Noogie would certainly put off part of the audience with his irritating mannerisms.

Watching this episode again 35 years later. It is astonishing to see the contrast between Miami Vice and other shows made by US television in the same era.

Successful comic episode with Switek and Zito

[DVD_Connoisseur · 9/10 · 5 April 2007]

"Made for Each Other" opens with a counterfeit money outfit being busted by Crockett and Tubbs, accompanied by Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)". It's literally an explosive beginning, with Zito coming out of the scenario in medium rare condition.

When Zito's run of bad luck continues and he finds his home burned to the ground, he moves in with his partner Switek and his girlfriend, Darlene.

The chaos continues when the madcap Neville 'Noogie' Lamont and eccentric Izzy Moreno enter the scene. Noogie's expression as he watches his wife-to-be, Ample Annie, is priceless.

Capably directed by Rob Cohen, this is a great episode. There are many memorable moments, including the most amusing henchmen I've ever seen in a cop drama.

When the show was originally aired, I used to dislike the hard-hitting drama being interrupted by these comic interludes. Time has passed and I now really appreciate the change of pace these episodes introduce.

9 out of 10.

One of my favorite episodes!

[hunkazine · 9/10 · 2 July 2023]

A show can sometimes get stale, so freshening it up with something different is a welcome change. This was a welcomed change up. I really had fun watching the secondary characters take center stage. I read somewhere that Philip Michael Thomas was injurd, and that is one reason he is in this episode very little. But he isn't missed. Ample Annie is a great little added character. The final scene where she walks down the aisle is so much fun! Did I miss Don Johnson? Not really. I knew he would be back in the next episode.

Watching the dump truck scene. And Izzy. Lots of laughs there. If you want a change up of a cool, fun, Miami Vice episode. Give this one a try.

Not a great episode

[jasonrfoss · 10 May 2021]

I'm wondering if this was an NBC attempt at a back door pilot. Crockett and Tubbs barely appear and Tubbs doesn't appear at all in the following episode. Seems a little early to try that if you're NBC but I can't explain having your two huge stars off screen like that.

The original Other Guys

[xiiiveritas · 8/10 · 24 January 2021]

A nice break point to levy the tension of a consistent serious tone, and better yet that it is early on to give you an appreciation of the lesser known or remembered cast in a shows beginning, while near the cusp of both a season finale and continued adventure afterwards.

this is so bad it requires me to shove a review for an episode.

[PatrynXX · 1/10 · 12 July 2020]

I mostly just rate them, but well I think just about all shows have one very rotten episode. The two are okay guys. But this episode makes them appear really stupid. Experiment gone wrong. beyond. Only reason I'm watching is to say hey I watched every ep since I was banned as a kid from watching it (and I'm watching and trying for the life of me of why I was. Save for the episode NBC never really aired. (lost episodes) but there was 1 that outranked the boundries. But this outracks the stupidity !! and I'm screaming to get my brain back..

This was so bad it makes the rest of the series look like Citizen Kane

[anthony_olson · 1/10 · 5 March 2008]

Absolute crap!

What moron decided to take a show in it's first season and have an episode that has almost no scenes with it's lead actors? The fact that Tubbs is absent in the next episode leads me to believe there was some sort of salary or health issue that caused this piece of crap to have to exist (if anyone has any information on this I would love to read about it - please post). The episode features some of the worst acting I have ever seen in any medium and a ridiculous plot. I am hoping very sincerely that the producers had the sense to stop with these retarded forays with half-assed secondary characters and instead focus on the lead actors.

Funny in some parts but largely a bore

[ChristianP96 · 5/10 · 8 May 2019]

Where are Crockett and Tubbs?? Switek and Zito are decent comic relief but they cannot carry an episode. Same goes for Izzy and Noogie. I guess this was intended to be a fun comedic episode but it doesn't really work. The plot is boring and the laughs are few and far between. I haven't finished season 1 yet but I'll say it now: this is the worst episode of the season. It's not awful but it's not that good either.

This episode is bananas

[Mr-Fusion · 5/10 · 21 July 2023]

Switek and Zito take the lead this week as they try to bring down a major fencing kingpin. When it's about them, it's a relationship comedy and it's a chore; I mean the writing is bleak. But their harebrained operation hinges on Izzy and the Noogman and, god as my witness, they are the bright spot. If you told me those two would be the saving grace of an episode of Miami Vice, I'd tell you to look into a CAT scan. But here we are.

It's kinda crazy that way.

The one thing I've always liked about this is a scene in which Crockett is actually nice to the unhoused Zito. I can't imagine another instance in the show's run that the B-team is treated so warmly.