After a very up and down season four in terms of quality, the fifth season is back on track. Well, sorta. Mostly watchable to good episodes, albeit with Jan Hammer gone, so is most of the atmosphere that made Vice such a unique show in the first place. Which leaves us with a more "standard" cop show with some familiar faces, and occasionally good writing. This episode is one of the better ones of the season and it has a twisted plot involving a gang of youths ripping of an eccentric drug dealer, a congresswoman who will do what she has to do to save her wayward son and a Crockett in therapy. There is also the shooting of a major character which makes for some more tense hospital scenes (been a few of those lately it seems). I will not delve further into plot, let's just say this is one of the better episodes so far in a pretty average season and no MV fan should miss it.
3 Reviews
Another cop style show!
mm-3918 March 2017
Warning: Spoilers
An interesting police show about drugs and politics! The standard surprise plot twists. Some very good personal scenes between mother and son. Crockett showing a young officer on how to do undercover work was inspiring! The Lieutenant Martin Castillo supporting character was much deep exposed in Miami squeeze. Castillo is a mysterious, quiet and thinks a level above the unit. Miami Squeeze explains why Castillo is professional and always follows procedure. Castillo guards his sterling reputation, which is evident in a emotional ending between Crockett and Castillo. By the numbers police plot with great character development. Main plot a two and sub plots an eight! Six out of ten stars.
Politics and drugs
Tweekums10 March 2013
Warning: Spoilers
This episode opens with the police turning up at a drugs drop; one of the three criminals is shot and killed but the other two escape with the drugs. These two see this as an opportunity to make some serious money by claiming that they had to drop the drugs
unfortunately for them Sebastian Ross, the man they were working for, knows they are lying and he wants his drugs back. Things are somewhat complicated by the fact that the dead criminal had been working for Congresswoman Madelyn Woods who has made her career on a staunchly anti-drug platform. As the episode progresses we learn that another of the criminals is actually related to the Congresswoman and Ross intends to use this to force her to help implicate Lt. Castillo in a drug deal! Away from the case Crockett must talk to a psychiatrist again due to the events at the start of the series.
I was most impressed with this episode; the opening was classic Miami Vice as we see a speedboat powering its way to the drug drop off followed by a dramatic shoot out. As the story progressed there were a good number of exciting moments including a shocking scene where it looks as though a major character might actually die. Robert Joy was suitably villainous as Ross although I didn't buy the fact that he was meant to be English. The secondary scenes where Crockett saw the psychiatrist reminded us that the show's creators haven't forgotten about earlier episodes and could point to events in episodes to come.
I was most impressed with this episode; the opening was classic Miami Vice as we see a speedboat powering its way to the drug drop off followed by a dramatic shoot out. As the story progressed there were a good number of exciting moments including a shocking scene where it looks as though a major character might actually die. Robert Joy was suitably villainous as Ross although I didn't buy the fact that he was meant to be English. The secondary scenes where Crockett saw the psychiatrist reminded us that the show's creators haven't forgotten about earlier episodes and could point to events in episodes to come.
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