Miami Vice Changed Everything S01E13 & 14 Golden Triangle

A look at the two-part Miami Vice episode Golden Triangle, which guest-starred Robin Johnson, Keye Luke, Joan Chen, and John Santucci and delved into the mysteries of Castillo's past.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

This is one of my favorites. I really wish they'd done more like this with Castillo.

[@SIKE01]

this was the episode that solidified badass CASTILLO and garnered EDWARD JAMES OLMOS an Emmy award.

[@JayNinerZero]

You said: “Miami Vice is at its very best when it teeters on that line between the everyday and the level of exoticism that borders on the surreal." I say: "You nailed it!" That is the most succint description of Miami Vice I've ever heard.

[@jamesconnolly3384]

Great episode I watched many,many times. By the way Edward James Olmos looks looked like a model in the speedo. Very GOOD !!!! THIS WAS HIS AND HIS ALONE TIME TO SHINE !!!!

[@PhantomRenegades94]

Yay, first 5 flamingo rated episode(s)! I remember watching this for the first time a couple of years ago and being quite impressed with the Castillo character. Can't wait for your review of Smuggler's Blues, fantastic episode!!!

[@rasalghul9331]

I often come back and listen to a random episode review of Miami VIce. Without getting too sappy, I have to say, there is something just so beautifully 80's about Miami Vice - it captures that materialistic, slace to fashion and status and $$$$ that is so undeniable!

[@mjma4797]

Your music analysis was spot on and really made me laugh.So did your bingo -card reference concerning Castillo in a speedo....in fact, I'm still laughing!!

[@mjma4797]

I love your background on this episode. This was a great synopsis. I especially like hearing about the actors and their former roles on other shows!! Thank you, thank you!!!!

[@lordbison]

Great 2 Parter!

[@msvitles]

I watched Miami Vice all the way through, then started watching Mayans M.C., and had to come back to watch Edward James Olmos in what is showing on Tubi as #15 in season 1, just to see his incredibleness in the Speedo - Luckily I can rewind and rewatch it over and over and over... Of all the cast he was my favorite, strong, mainly silent, and with those superhuman powers... Ooh, La-la. I cannot believe I never saw this series in the '80s - those were the days I would have been out dancing all night at the discos in South Florida, myself. (I am now 70-71 in mid-September). Thank you for your wonderful series, you are teaching me so much I did not know about the era I lived through in a parallel life. I have not been able to find the episode about Evan, although he did appear briefly in one other episode; I cannot remember which.

[@msvitles]

Thank you so much for this series!

[@CourtneyCoulson]

Edward James Olmos continues to impress me in Miami Vice. He's fine in Battlestar and Blade Runner, but here he's an absolute MVP.

[@victorrain]

Keye Luke is also the voice of Han in Enter the Dragon!

[@RobotsPajamas]

The bank has the greatest interior design in the history of mankind.

[@phillipbushpianist8914]

Just discovering your wonderful series of episode summaries as I rewatch the series in order from the beginning. Really enjoying them. Maybe there's more attention to this in later videos, but while there's a lot of discussion of the brilliant (and for the time, groundbreaking) use of contemporary pop music in the show, I think not enough credit is given to the brilliance of Jan Hammer's (who by this time was a veteran of groups like Jeff Beck's and Mahavishnu Orchestra) underscoring which , the pop tunes not withstanding, still constitutes at least 50% of what's going on musically in these shows. The atmosphere of this show would not be the same without his contribution. A great example comes in this episode, a seemingly throwaway scene of Tubbs & Castillo canvassing various Thai restaurants...an awesome groove with asymmetrical 5-bar phrase lengths...completely unlike cop-show music that had existed before, or even since, really! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYKWcmpjrp6NsKssi=PCFTfCXhxTDNuhKJ

[@dogbarbill]

Here is the music track for this episode. It was used again in Season Three "Duty and Honor".

[@CaptGage]

Near-supernatural abilities. Kind of reminds me of the IMDB description of Happy Days, where they describe Fonzie as being "near-superhuman" LOL. they're right and you're right about Marty. Yes, the song choices were interesting. A lot of oldies.

[@msvitles]

They weren't really so "oldies" in the '80s!

[@chardtomp]

Keye Luke was also famous movie detective Charlie Chan's number one son, Lee Chan in the films of the 1930s.

[@mattdaitsman5694]

John Santucci played a cop in Michael Mann’s Thief

[@jamesconnolly3384]

4 1\2 flamingos

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

Which Season is your favorite? Season 1 or 2?!

[@MorganRichter]

Season two by the slimmest of margins -- season one is also excellent!

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

@@MorganRichter Ok I prefer Season 1 but Season 2 is excellent too. What are your top 5 favorite episodes? I know #1 for you is Evan. May you do a top 10-20 best/favorite episodes of Miami Vice?

[@MorganRichter]

@@clarissawestbrook2203 My easy top three would be Evan, Out Where the Buses Don't Run, and Definitely Miami, and then after that I have a bunch in strong contention for the list. In my look at the finale, Freefall, I gave my top ten episodes, in no particular order. There are too many great episodes to choose from!

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

@@MorganRichter Ok and yes there are just based on how strong the first two seasons are alone. My top 5 are My Brother's Keeper/Pilot, Carelone's Returns Parts 1 and 2, The Maze, The Home Invaders and Sons and Lovers. An honorable mention at #6 is Milk Run.

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

I'm rewatching the whole series before I go back to college in August. I'm on Season 2 now and will watch Season 3. I know Seasons 4 and 5 are mediocre to weak but with a few good episodes. Should I watch Seasons 4 or 5 or just stop after the end of Season 3?

[@Sifo_Dyas]

I wish Robin Johnson were more successful.