Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Episode 87- Blood And Roses- 4/1/88

Gina encounters Frank Mosca- the mobster who once had Crockett's friend murdered, at a local Miami party. Sensing an opportunity to finally put Mosca away for good, Gina goes undercover and quickly takes to Mosca- much to the chagrin of Sonny.

Review: The sequel to the season opener "Contempt Of Court." Ok, by season four, Gina has slept with four men. Three of them (with the exception of Sonny) wind up dead at the end of each episode with Gina herself pulling the trigger! Talk about bad luck! The Sonny/Gina storyline from season one comes to the surface again (as it does from time to time), and Gina gets her customary story for the season (although she was the focal point of season three's opener and finale). This episode has more of a feel from the previous seasons than that of season four, although this is Stanley Tucci's second appearance this season as Frank Mosca and third overall in the series. Not to fret, there are the customary dead body and a violent death by starngulation here as well. It truly wouldn't be a fourth season episode without it (LOL). Decent episode if only to see the return and demise of Mosca. Would have liked to see a little more intense ending for a bad guy who took up two episodes, but that's Miami Vice for ya. Frank Stallone (Sly's little brother) makes a cameo as one of Mosca's right hand men.

3 out of 5 stars

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