Season 5
20 episodes · Nov 4, 1988
The last action-packed adventures of Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs. Join them as they infiltrate the deadly powers behind the Miami drug empire and take down every bad guy from conniving schemers to ruthless criminals.
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S5E1Hostile Takeover (3)
Nov 4, 198848mStill thinking he is really Sonny Burnett, Crockett starts a war between the crime family he has joined and a rival clan.
S5E2Redemption in Blood (4)
Nov 11, 198848mAs now drug-lord Crockett's memory returns, Tubbs feels his partner has gone bad and must be destroyed.
S5E3Heart of Night
Nov 18, 198848mCastillo grapples with emotions while protecting his ex-wife from a drug kingpin trying to kill her current husband.
S5E4Bad Timing
Dec 2, 198848mOrdered to take time off, Crockett's vacation is cut short when he is kidnapped by 3 homicidal prison escapees.
S5E5Borrasca
Dec 9, 198848mTubbs & Castillo attempt to intervene in a drug deal in which government agents want no police interference.
S5E6Line of Fire
Dec 16, 198848mCrockett & Tubbs reluctantly comply with an FBI request to guard their key witness in a drug overlord's trial.
S5E7Asian Cut
Jan 13, 198948mCrockett & Tubbs use Trudy as a decoy to lure a sadistic serial killer who preys on call girls.
S5E8Hard Knocks
Jan 20, 198948mSwitek sinks into drinking and gambling when thugs convince him to talk a friend's son, a major college quarterback, into throwing a game.
S5E9Fruit of the Poison Tree
Feb 3, 198948mCrockett & Tubbs investigate an attorney who defends drug dealers, then steals and resells their drugs.
S5E10To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)
Feb 10, 198948mWhile undercover, Tubbs falls for the widow of a slain drug kingpin. Crockett must leave to help his son deal with the pregnancy of his remarried mother.
S5E11Miami Squeeze
Feb 17, 198948mThe irresponsible son of a fierce, anti-drug-minded Congresswoman jeopardizes his mother's political career when he incurs the wrath of a British drug lord by stealing his shipment of drugs.
S5E12Jack of All Trades
Mar 3, 198948mCrockett's cousin Jack, the black sheep of the family, gets him mixed up in a scheme. Jack must repay a $50,000 debt.
S5E13The Cell Within
Mar 10, 198948mA dark, chilling episode in which Tubbs is held prisoner - along with a drug dealer, a young prostitute and a prison psychologist - in the personal dungeon (complete with electric chair) of a supposedly reformed, freed killer who he once put behind bars. One of the highlights of Season 5.
S5E14The Lost Madonna
Mar 17, 198948mCrockett & Tubbs help an NYPD detective retrieve a stolen 15th century Madonna statue in the possession of a mob family.
S5E15Over the Line
Apr 28, 198948mIn the midst of working an undercover assignment, Crockett and Tubbs come across a clandestine vigilante group of frustrated law enforcement officers working within the department. Aware of Sonny and Rico's own frustration with how easily the bad guys seem to circumvent the law, the vigilante organization offers them an opportunity to join in. Lieutenant Castillo encourages them to accept the offer and work undercover in ferreting out the identities of everyone involved and to make sure that no one gets hurt. Unfortunately, that is too tall an order for his detectives to accomplish successfully.
S5E16Victims of Circumstance
May 5, 198948mHolocaust survivors are being murdered in Miami. Crockett and Switek infiltrate a White-supremacist group that might be responsible.
S5E17Freefall
May 21, 198991mCrockett & Tubbs embark on what they see as a suicide mission. They are recruited by a Special Drug Taskforce to escort the corrupt dictator of Costa Morada, a fictional Revolution ravaged Latin American country. Gen. Manuel Borbon has promised to reveal the members of the most powerful South American drug cartel. Crockett & Tubbs are faced with what might be their final showdown.
S5E18World of Trouble
Jun 14, 198948mAl Lombard, thought to be dead, returns to Miami to see his son and the grandson he never knew, while eluding his rival Librizzi's hitmen.
S5E19Miracle Man
Jun 21, 198948mA vigilante believes he is a superhero, Miracle Man. His efforts to rid Miami of ""drug dealing slim"" intefers with Tubbs & Switek's operations.
S5E20Leap of Faith
Jun 28, 198948mAgent Joey Harden returns to assist Crockett as part of a new division, Youth Crime Unit, that was formed by a previous partner. The YCU investigates a college professor that has created a new designer drug, Bliss.