Episode
Miami Vice: Line of Fire
Overview
Crockett & Tubbs reluctantly comply with an FBI request to guard their key witness in a drug overlord's trial.
Details
- Series
- Miami Vice
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1988-12-16
- Runtime
- 48 min
Episode context
Line of Fire is Episode 6 in Season 5 of Miami Vice. It aired on 1988-12-16. The runtime is 48 min.
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Episode 10: To Have and to Hold (a.k.a. Second Chance)
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Episode 11: Miami Squeeze
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