Sonny fights for his life when he is gunned down during a drug bust. As they await the news of his condition, the vice squad recounts their memories of Sonny, and Tubbs helps to track down the woman who shot him with help from Izzy.
Review: When Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" plays in the background of the opening scene, you may ask yourself "Haven't I seen this episode before?" So it's only fitting that "A Bullet For Crockett" would be filled with flashbacks from Miami Vice's better days (including the pilot episode, in which the song had been previously featured). I then asked myself why would the writer's want to try and recreate a scene and a soundtrack that to this day, has such powerful magnitude with Miami Vice fans and casual viewers alike? I still can't completely put my finger on it, but at the end I'll take a guess.
More than half of the episode includes scenes from other episodes, which usually means that: 1. Writers are really struggling to find story lines at this particular point in the season. 2. The budget is low, so they need an episode of stock footage to fill sixty minutes (almost every long running TV series has an episode where this takes place), or 3. They are saving the budget for an awesome, two-part season finale! If you break it down that way, all three of the above kind of make sense. The episode is worth a look more than anything to really see what once was, and now is no longer.
But anyhow, back to the episode. Yeah, yeah Crockett doesn't die, Tubbs tracks down Angel, and in the end everybody's happy (an oddity for season four). However, all is not well for too long. Come to think of it, the reappearance of Mr. Collins kind of brings the show to the end of an era, and into the the most famous storyline of the entire series. What was an up and down season for Miami Vice will soon end with a bang (or should I say explosion) in the next two episodes. And like it or not, for better or for worse, things will never be the same down in Miami ever again.
3 out of 5 stars
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