Smuggler's Blues (Miami Vice)
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| “Smuggler's Blues” | |
|---|---|
| Miami Vice episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
| Guest stars | Glenn Frey |
| Written by | Miguel Pinero |
| Directed by | Paul Michael Glaser |
| Original airdate | February, 1985 |
| Episode chronology | |
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| List of Miami Vice episodes | |
"Smuggler's Blues" is the fifteenth episode of Miami Vice's first season.
[edit] Plot
After witnessing the bombing of a drug dealer's yacht, a DEA agent tells the Vice Squad that someone is blackmailing and killing local drug dealers and their familes. The suspicion is that the criminal is someone in the Miami police system.
To solve this case, Crockett and Tubbs are assigned to go to Cartagena de Indias, portraying drug smugglers. Their mission is absolutely secret, only know by the DEA agent, Lt. Castillo, and Trudy Joplin (who is acting as Tubbs' wife.)
Crockett and Tubbs hire a mercenary plane pilot called Jimmy Cole (played by music star Glenn Frey) and fly to Cartagena. While they are on business with a local drug lord called Grassero, they have to deal with local delinquents and corrupt policemen. When they depart Cartagena, they are involved in a shooting with Grassero's gunmen.
Back in Miami, Trudy has been tied to a bomb in a caravan by the Miami blackmailer. While Crockett helps the bomb squad free Trudy, Tubbs chases down and kills the blackmailer, that turned to be a local Homicide Squad agent.
[edit] Music
- Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider
- Smuggler's Blues by Glenn Frey
