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"Miami Vice" The Good Collar (1986)


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"Miami Vice" (1984): Season 3: Episode 5 -- Take a ride on the dangerous side with the action-packed third season of one of the most innovative and powerful TV series of its time, Miami Vice! In 24 unforgettable episodes, go deep undercover with Vice cops Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Rico Tubbs

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Anthony Yerkovich (creator)
Dennis Cooper (written by)
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24 October 1986 (Season 3, Episode 5)
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Don Johnson ... Detective James Crockett
Philip Michael Thomas ... Detective Ricardo Tubbs
Saundra Santiago ... Detective Gina Calabrese
Michael Talbott ... Detective Stan Switek
John Diehl ... Detective Larry Zito
Olivia Brown ... Detective Trudy Joplin

Edward James Olmos ... Lieutenant Martin Castillo

Charles S. Dutton ... Ed McCain

Jsu Garcia ... Officer Ramirez (as Nick Corri)

John Spencer ... Lt. Lee Atkins

Keith Diamond ... Archie Ellis (as Vincent Keith Ford)

Terry Kinney ... Asst. State Atty. William Pepin
Sam Graham ... Count Curtis Walker (as Samuel Graham)
Marion Griffin ... Ralph
Raycell Long ... Luther Johns
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The Good Collar, 18 January 2008
10/10
Author: randall-oneil from United States

This was an unbelievable episode. One of the main characters, Archie, a high school athlete who lived in the "hood" and got mixed up with a dealer named "Count Walker" illustrated two conflicts: good kids in a bad neighborhood who sometimes had to deal with "monied" thugs to get by to attain basic necessities and the cops who felt bound to collar anyone involved with those associated with the drug trade.

Absent of one bad mark, Archie was on his way to a college career playing football. The cops felt bound to thwart him from his well deserved glory due to his minor transgression with being a one time drug mule. How many times does this play out in the real world? Anyway, Archie winds up dead after being caught wearing a wire to catch the "count" talking about his trade. The dealer is arrested but his fate is never known. At that point, does it matter? Charles Dutton and Don Johnson played their roles to the utmost of guilt and despair. At the end, when Archie's grandmother hands Johnson the shoes he gave Archie earlier, you knew it was going to be a long time before he forgot about his role in this case.

See this episode the next time it's on and you'll feel what it must be like to battle the tenants of job responsibility and the reality of doing the right thing.

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