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"Brother's Keeper (Miami Vice)"

""Brother's keeper" is the pilot episode of Miami Vice's first season.


Plot

James "Sonny" Crockett is a Miami Vice Squad policeman who has just lost his colleague Eddie Rivera (Jimmy Smits) at a car bombing, when they were trying to arrest a small drug dealer. He also is in the middle of an ugly divorce, since his wife can't stand the stress of having a husband working undercover with criminals. In fact, even his boss, Lt. Rodriguez (Gregory Sierra) has trouble with keeping him between the law limits.

Crockett is investigating a Colombian drug dealer, called Calderone, when he meets a New York police agent called Rafael Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas). Since they are having problems approaching Calderone (it is obvious that there is a traitor inside the Vice squad), Crockett and Tubbs are forced to work together, even though they do not like each other.

Crockett is also dating a colleague, Gina Calabrese (Saundra Santiago). But he is not very fortunate, since he whispers his wife's name at Gina, when they are in bed. Anyway, Gina and her colleague Trudy Joplin (Olivia Brown) still help Crockett at all job matters, and they discover that Rafael Tubbs is actually a dead New York officer. Crockett confronts "Rafael" and discovers that in fact he is Ricardo his brother, that wants to catch Calderone, his brother's murderer.

They still decide to work together and it pays off, since the traitor (another policeman) is discovered, and Calderone is arrested. The problem is that he is freed when he pays two million dollars bail. Calderone escapes. Crockett and Tubbs decide that they like working with each other after all, and Tubbs decides to transfer to Miami.

Notes

Most of the series regular cast are introduced in this pilot episode: Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson), Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas), Gina Calabrese (Saundra Santiago), Trudy Joplin (Olivia Brown), Stan Switek (Michael Talbott) and Larry Zito (John Diehl). Only Edward James Olmos is missing, since his character, Lt. Martin Castillo would not show until the sixth episode. The Squad's boss was for the first four episodes Lt. Rodriguez (Gregory Sierra). This episode also featured regular supporting actor Martin Ferrero, but he played the transvestite killer Trini DeSoto instead of his usual Izzy Moreno character, the small and incompetent criminal who confides to Crockett and Tubbs (and gives a comic tone to the series).

The pilot also included some of the series trademarks, such as Crocketts' Ferrari Daytona Spyder 365 GTS/4, his boat, the St. Vitus Dance and Elvis, his pet alligator. Of course, the music, the clothing, the fashion, the style was included.

This episode, which has a 2 hour duration (with commercials) also has been presented as two different 1 hour episodes at some countries and at the series 1st season's DVD.

Quotes

First quote by Sonny Crockett at the series, when he is upset that a breakdancer is near him, when he waits for a small drug dealer:

Crockett: Five thousand corners in Greater Miami, and Gumby here has got to pick ours.

Music

The Region 1 DVD of season one does not include original versions of the Lionel Richie and Cyndi Lauper hits; cover versions are substituted instead.

References

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