Miami Vice: Season 3

ok, they are taking forever with these sets. anyway, its finally here. i think season two was the best season overall, but season three had some of the best episodes; unfortunately, it had some pretty bad ones as well. here's the quick and dirty on each episode:When irish eyes are crying: the season premier episode. i was a little let down after the spectacular season premier of season 2 (the prodigal son). this is a very good episode though with liam neeson as the IRA terrorist. also, an important episode because crockett gets his ferrari blown up (its a classic mv moment; the expression on crocket's face lol)stone's war: the stone eps are always good. crocket's reporter friend from viet nam returns to try and take down g. gordon liddy (yea, good luck with that pal!)kill shot: a ho-hum episode about an impotent jai alai player who gets black mailed by drug dealers. nothing to write home about...walk alone: ok, one of the best episodes of mv, imho. tubbs has to go undercover in a prison to get the guys that killed his girlfriend in a club. larry fishburne plays a guard. great music in this one and one of the more brutal eps of mv...the good collar: a ho hum episode again. crockett identifies with a star football player that gets caught up in the drug world. nuthin' special...shadow in the dark: ok, again one of my fav. eps. dark, moody, dreamlike and strange. a cat burgler goes after people's pants and ear-rings and freaks crockett and a detective out as they both try to develop the mindset of the cat burgler to catch him. GREAT scene with castillo and crockett sitting in a coffee shop together :)el viejo: i really like this episode featuring willie nielson. has bon jovi song, wanted, dead or alive and flies on the windscreen by depache mode. also features the little reservior dogs geek, steve buscimi. great music, action and plot...better living through chemistry: i really like this ep too in which tubbs' old partner comes back from NY for a little revenge on tubbs. a genius chemist figures out how to synthesize cocaine. hummm, all they need is a guina pig now. hey, is that izzie??baby blues: ok, this ep [...]. something about a black market for babies and a dirty lawyer. i only watched it maybe twice, when i've watched the other eps many, many times...streetwise: another [...] ep featuring the clown that can't act from tombstone (bill paxton). about an undercover cop who is in love with a hooker. this can't end well...down for the count: sad, dreery 2 part ep. in which zito is killed. didn't really care for these eps and didn't like to see zito go :(the savage: i like this episode about an assassin and his handler that have been brought in to take out a communist sympathizer. crockett and castillo find some help from an old viet nam friend who was trying to track down the assassin in nam. Michael wright is great as the assassin who has a nasty habit of killing hookers along with his "legit" i.e., "sanctioned" targets. good music and ending...theresa: crockett's dr. girlfriend (helena bonham carter) is also a junkie. too bad for you crockett! she compromises his case and i.a. goes after crockett, thinking he's dirty. he has to prove himself by taking down brad dourif! a good epan afternoon plane: ok, really good ep. in which calderon's son, john leguizmo, comes back to get a little revenge by tricking tubbs and his new lady (also a dr.) to stay on an island that has no guns on it. good music and good acting in an ep in which tubbs takes on 3 stone killers. but why did tubbs' girl think she could help with that??lend me an ear: great ep. has the song, lend me an ear by the waterboys. crockett and tubbs try to put surveillance on a money launderer and enlist the help of a free-lance bug-guy, who, unfortunately, plays both sides of the fence...by hooker or by crook: interesting ep. featuring melanie griffith and george takie. melanie is a heidi fliess type madame and crockett uses her to go after sulu. she comes to his boat to tell him what a [...] he is. a decent ep...viking bikers from hell: ahh, one of my all time fav eps featuring a lot of great new mv music. crockett and tubbs track down, with the help of izzie, the leader of a motorcycle gang who is seeking revenge against the person who took out his friend. he uses the, um, process of elimination to make sure he gets his man. tubbs gets shot in this ep...everybody's in showbiz: i kinda liked this ep. about a guy sonny put in the clink but who happens to be an artist (writes plays and acts in them). the guy steals a briefcase from a crack dealer and apparently, the crack dealer's entire business is in the briefcase. needless to say, he's not amused. kind of a funny ending as crockett and tubbs get duped...heroes in the revolution: WTF?!?! where did this s#$) come from? something about gina's mom and a revolution. one of the worst mvs in my opinion...ok, i left out a couple eps, so sue me. maybe someone could fill in the gaps. anyway, now that i look back on that season, i realize it had a few of my favorite all time eps. the bad episodes bring the season down a little though. hope this guide was helpful to you pal!

I'm glad that they finally produced seasons three, four, and five. Season three was one of the best, if not THE best, out of all of them. But what I don't like is that the DVD makers strayed away a little bit from the format that they did in the DVDs for seasons one and two. One thing that was GREAT in the Season One and Two DVD sets is that in the option for English subtitles or captions, whenever a song was played during a scene, the words and lyrics of that song would ALSO show. As part of the captions. But instead of sticking to that cool feature, the geniuses who finally put the seasons three to five DVDs together, decided to omit that lovely cool thing, which is a departure that I don't like at all, cuz in Season Three especially there were specific episodes that I WANTED to know the precise lyrics of certain song tracks. A little more clearly. And I was glad to hear that the Season Three Miami Vice DVD set finally came out. And one reason was I wanted to see the words of a few cool songs in Season Three episodes. With the captions option. Captions are still possible, but for some silly reason, when songs are played during scenes, the words don't nicely show up on the screen for that. Like they did in the Seasons 1 and 2 DVD sets. THAT'S ONE LOUSY CHANGE NOW IN THE FORMATTING OF IT !! Not a good idea. Probably a bit of laziness on the part of the engineers or video editors or whatever. Hence why only 4 stars instead of 5. At least part of the reason. (Because I'm rating the DVD formats and sets themselves too. Not just the episodes.)Also, I actually preferred when the disks were two-sided, as in Seasons one and two DVDs. Anyway, another reason 4 stars instead of 5 is, while I like Miami Vice overall, sometimes, let's be totally honest, the violence, gun killings, etc, are a bit gratuitous and non-credible. At certain times. But what can you do? Even if all those near escapes and constant near misses, and some of the gun things are a bit over-done here and there, which they are sometimes, the total picture needs to be appreciated and understood. Those are two crazy under-cover cops. And fun and passionate. And also deep, in certain ways. And at least are not really corrupt and crooked. Like the sickos on "The Shield". (Even though the subject matter and drama on "The Shield" are pretty realistic and with good acting.) But nothing's perfect. Not even Miami Vice. Anyway, overall though, Don Johnson's hair and apparel and style are great. Drama and dialogue interesting and thought-provoking. Philip Michael Thomas is always in cool and sharp form. Edward James Olmos is always intense, sharp, and great in his speech and suave cool demeanor. Supporting cast really good. Scenery and imagery, topics. Nice stuff. Overall. Not perfect, but interesting and cool basically, in the overall sense. Again though, the DVDs themselves, were made differently than in seasons one and two, for some oddball reason. They should have stuck to that original format, in the DVD sets, instead of changing it in seasons 3 to 5. But you take the good with the bad. So overall, pretty good.

Initially thought I was going to have to send this back as it was sourced from Germany, with German audio and subtitles. Very pleased to say that both audio and subtitles can be changed to English making them superior to the UK release which had no subtitles at all. So check out the German version if you're a little HoH, the subtitles don't half make a difference. Content is still pretty cool in late 80's groundbreaking Miami Vice style. I remember from first time round that Series 3 was the last of the good 'uns before it went seriously downhill in Series 4. Can be viewed as a stand alone, but its better if you've already seen Series 1 & 2 first.

Great addition to any collection. New amaray case edition (Boxset) won't sit well with the previously released carded boxsets on a shelf - but it's a small complaint. If a neat shelf is your thing - then go for the complete boxset in white. Spoiler alert! - gone is Crockets' Daytona in the first episode but the now familiar white Ferrari Testarossa gets a look in early on. Car fanatics should note that the Daytona was a replica based on a Chevy platform but the Testarossa was the real deal. For some bizarre reason the Daytona re-appears again in episode 7: "El Viejo" after being 'blown up' in episode 1: "When Irish Eyes Are Crying"!??... go figure. Recommend.

I am happy with this series. Somehow these episodes are not as depressing as in Season 6 in my opinion. The quality is really good, and I keep enjoying every single episode!

This is regarded as the season before it went a bit naff, and that's certainly the case. There are plenty of stand out episodes in this third season and once again, a flurry of now legendary guest stars. The show feels a bit more gritty, Crockett's wardrobe gets quite colourful, a young Helena Bonham Carter appears a few times as Crockett's love interest and there is the tragic loss of a regular cast member.

Was watching this last night (2015), and can never get enough Miami Vice. Cultural icons from the 1980s, creating their own fashions, highlighting music, and doing some great advertising for Miami and Ferarri.Younger versions of Liam Neeson and Laurence Fishburn appear in an episode each, along with a distant precursor to what we see in 'Criminal Minds" today.