Styled differed from earlier police shows, Miami Vice got the revolutionary aspects reflecting the more glitzy and gritty feel of 1980's new Wave culture. Phil Collins, Glen Frey Peter Gabriel, U2 and more artists' music added dramatical background to the show made specially for MTV audience, the lyrics and tempo contributes to the storyline showing character's images, emotions and energies.Miami Vice was a story about two cops; Detective James "Sonny Burnett" Crockett - a former University of Florida Gators football legend but injured, drafted to US Army and served two tours in Southeast Asia and lately became uniformed patrol cop and live in his sailboat St. Vitus' Dance guarded by his crocodile pet, Elvis. Sonny's partner, Detective Ricardo Tubbs - a black ex-New York street cop came to south to find the drug dealer who murdered his brother. Together they cruise around Miami using Sonny's Ferrari Daytona Spyder 365 GTS/4 taking down Florida drug world, crime, prostitution, end large gunbattles, drug traffickers and throw down big Latin American drug dealer in series finale. In the emotional ending episodes, Tubbs says goodbye planning going back to "the big bad Bronx" while Sonny ask if Tubbs consider a career in further south law enforcer where the water is warm and drinks are cold, the two from being engaged in cynical and burned out still sharing close friendship.
MTV-influenced action tv series Miami Vice launced in 1984 until 1989, made five seasons with 111 episodes of adventures and misadventures, now available on DVD at TVAddicts.tv
