Sonny Burnett’s Complete Story Arc | Miami Vice

[@spicypancakeproductions5057]

Damn, Don Johnson makes for an excellent villain

[@lindacollins903]

You need to watch him in the movie Guilty as Sin. Positively evil

[@robertgibbs7513]

@@lindacollins903 I've seen guilty as Sin loved it he was an awesome villain in it

[@lindacollins903]

@@robertgibbs7513 Absolutely

[@parkjamesshaw3189]

Afuckinmen to that

[@lukedaley17]

@@lindacollins903also Django Unchained.

[@cbod14]

For those that don’t know, this story arc was supposed to last more than three episodes but the writers strike in 88 caused them to shorten it.

[@lindacollins903]

A shame because the Sonny Burnett arc could have run for a whole season

[@RealArtVandelay]

Thats cool facts, and so sad...mirror image was by far one of the most interesting episodds

[@jak8720]

Oh WoW,thx 4 that Intel! Always wanted them to continue with longer appreciate that Thx

[@sherwoodcrump3716]

I read a long time ago that the story line was supposed to run for the first half (11-13 episodes) of Season 5. Sonny’s recovery and the aftermath was supposed to be the second half of Season 5. Michael Mann had done a multi episode arc in both seasons of “Crime Story”. In Season 1 of that show, the Las Vegas storyline took the second half of the season. In Season 2, the aftermath of the H-bomb test and Ray Lucas’s recovery made up the first half of that season, and his attorney’s flip and becoming a special U.S Attorney made up the latter half. The strike upended all of those plans and the scripts that were written didn’t help with the ratings during the November sweeps period of 1988.

[@jason_m_schmidt622]

Very unfortunate

[@Roshand-pl9tn]

Best show ever long live the 80s

[@mikemelina7395]

Sonny "Burnett" was Sonny turned up to the max. The cliffhanger was intense. MV was as cool as cop shows ever got.

[@mm-gl7sz]

And after Tubbs and Crockett left Miami Vice, Crockett's 3rd alter ego, Nash Bridges came out and he moved to San Francisco to eventually lead the SIU

[@StudioMargalima]

80s', Miami, a cop serie, epic good music. And then all 2gether. Miami Vice should be UN Heritage

[@rockyaoki8929]

Best character development ever.

[@markmorris76]

Exccept for this arc seasons 4 and 5 were pretty much garbage. I was really disappointed they didn't extend this. Really brought great energy back into the show,. Great compilation!

[@grealdomatos3229]

This is my favorites show Miami Vice

[@rashad051402]

Fantastic good stuff! One of the coolest actor's of all time with the likes of James Dean and Paul Newman Don Johnson at his best.

[@Deckard-by1qd]

Would’ve been DARK, but an infinitely more realistic and interesting tale, to let him remain Burnett, and have his friends and former coworkers attempting to bring him down for a season or two. Considering how they glossed his crimes and murders, just go all the way down that road.

[@BadTV1993]

would have been hard to catch , esp if glimpses of his police life came back to him every now & then..that would have been a great path to take

[@CopperTop2024]

How life goes

[@asifkhan4822]

This was an interesting experiment the show took in creating a 4 part story arc and the first season to feature a cliffhanger with Season 4's Mirror Image. Although the B-U-R-N-E-T-T saga started in Mirror Image it actually started with Deliver us from Evil which started Crockett's descent. It's a shame they didn't capitalize on this storyline in Season 5, as there is a whole period in which Sonny goes from working the Gutierrez to the Guerra's. This would have extended the storyline in Season 5, and could have peppered it with Individual standalone stories with the Vice squad in between. It would have provided the show with a better edge to either continue or close the show out on a bang. As it is the show's filmmakers, who replaced some of the previous BTS talent rushed the storylines due to the show being cancelled by the network. It's huge opportunity to provide MV with its best season totally squandered.

[@seanmetro3496]

The seeds of the BURNETT arc started with season 3's FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS

[@cbod14]

The story arc was supposed to last half of the season but due to a writers strike they had to shorten it.

[@markmorris76]

@@cbod14 It was a fantastic arc and really turned around a disastrous season 4. Antiheroes like Walter White in Breaking Bad weren't really a thing then and I bet NBC wasn't comfortable with a "bad guy" being the focus of the show. Anyway wow Julia Roberts!

[@markmorris76]

Agree 100%. What coulda been..... An antihero before antiheroes were cool like Walter White

[@johnaustin209]

Best season....yeah right.

[@Olivira210]

"Sonny Crockett through the Looking Glass"(c) I love this storyline👍❤

[@Holanduzo]

Best tv character EVER, the real Burnett.

[@vegetasolo1221]

Michael Mann's involvement in the show was in effect over by season 5.

[@Holanduzo]

@@vegetasolo1221 And whats your point?

[@RonaldReaganRocks1]

AMEN!

[@parkjamesshaw3189]

Afuckinmen to that

[@catherinewilliams9680]

Sonny Burnett never kills an innocent.

[@LassieFarm]

We do what we're told 🎵. Such a great song choice

[@merrynichols1514]

This was such a good Miami Vice!

[@cwally]

nice work on this . love the sonny burnett story thanks

[@th3ciscokid]

Loved the whole Sonny Burnett-amnesiac thingy in Season 4, but the story kind of weakened in the second episode of season 5.

[@cologne2792]

Don Johnson did it well but the musical switch from Jan Hammer to Tim Truman weakened the atmospheric quality considerably. The visual reduction in season five's film quality didn't help either.

[@pauljosham2551]

The southern guy played max headroom in the 80s ,name is matt frewer

[@michellew4637]

Thats B U R N E double T ❤

[@DanStrayer]

Who’d have guessed the guy that got shot (Chris Cooper) would have a better career? That’s a rare BINGO card if ever there was one.

[@billybull6149]

We are fun of Miami Vice♥️

[@bridgetbowman8875]

The best of the best ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mikemencher112]

More vice, How nice! Palm 🌴 in my eyes, Dogpatch! 😂

[@PedroLanzarini]

Man I love "Redemption in blood"

[@PB...]

Hey Miami Vice team, is it possible to post this scene? one of my favorites, which I've listened to at least 100 times, which is very punchy with intense action, very well done editing, and a musical score by Tim Truman Pink Floyd style with his gripping and intense electric guitar. (This is in the episode "Victims of Circumstance", season 5), the very last scene before the beginning intro; Sonny and Ricardo in Ricardo's blue convertible car, on surveillance in front of the restaurant, including the shooting in the restaurant?.... Thanks :)

[@martinnorman8177]

This was my favorite episode! It was three parts right?

[@julianaylor4351]

The amnesia thing with Crockett happens because the murder of Caitlin, causes him to have a psychotic episode, then he thinks he's actually Burnett. He's a totally stone cold villain, the opposite of Crockett's hot blooded temperament.

[@lindacollins903]

Actually, it was the head injury he suffered when the boat exploded that started him on the downward spiral into thinking he really was Sonny Burnett

[@stingerfan30]

he never got over losing Caitlyn.

[@MrQuicheProductions]

@@stingerfan30 Caitlin and his unborn child at the same time, you can clearly notice how he his cold-blooded with Hackman, that's when Burnett actually really manifests in his mind, the boat explosion "simply" damaged his Crockett part and the only thing left for his brain was to force the Burnett part of him at least i guess so, like all brains we will never understand why stuff happens but we can clearly say that if weren't for his whole career in the police department an explosion wouldn't have caused a switch of personality

[@leestockton9367]

​@@lindacollins903got that right

[@wufongtanwufong5579]

>Grow up in a rural town in Australia. >Be 14 >Mid 80's with Miami Vice at its height. >Walking down the street with a mate >Get stopped in my tracks by a mannequin in store window >Mannequin dressed in white suit and pink t-shirt >Both of us, must have suit. Be like Crockett >Look at price tag. >$160. Lot of money for 14 yrs old in the 80's >Save money. $100 to go >Meet chick. >Spend all my suit money trying to impress her. >Money all gone and so was the suit. >Get pissed. >Skip to today >So happy chick saved me from buying that suit >Saved from having photo of me strutting down the street in my Miami Vice Suit brought out every Christmas.

[@muhammadjijeli1865]

Magnifique épisode

[@myerkord]

Nice to see Julia Roberts and Antonio Fargas in this one 😉

[@CarlosHernandez-kd2vb]

Pretty woman and huggy bear!

[@exitnecro]

Crockett was the alter-ago.

[@mt.rushmore7916]

Man....what I wouldn't give for about 3 hours with Celeste on the holideck!

[@ValeriaKnapczyk]

Sonny Crockett valeria love you so very much

[@julioarruda4379]

Miami vice expetacular seriado oss

[@MickSupper]

I can just watch it on my dvd boxset.

[@Mr.Spanky]

I don't have internet I don't have cable but I got Miami Vice on DVD who's bored not me

[@TheJustUsLeague]

WOW, Julia Roberts was smoking hot on this show way before she was "Pretty Woman".

[@ernestbamburg329]

Dam,,,,, that's good stuff

[@SIKE01]

that's BOSS Burnett, B-U-R-N-E-double-T

[@josueinhan8436]

Sometimes I ask myself, why the hell Don Johnson didn't interpret 007 after Moore or Dalton? Just because he was an american? C'mon!.. James Bond would be much cooler with his acting lol

[@Madbandit77]

I think he would have been made a better Felix Lighter than Bond. Johnson's both flippant and hard.

[@lindacollins903]

He would have made a great James Bond ♥️🔥

[@lrobie123]

this show would be on Paramount+ today. not regular networks

[@ciankeane6485]

How the hell did sonny survive being blown up on a boat in the middle of the ocean?

[@crazyrabbits]

His plot armor was maxed at 100 until the fourth season.

[@thepayne7862]

Just watched it he realized somethign was going down and he actually dove off the boat before it exploded, but he was close enough to tbe blast for it to knock him out,. But also plot armor.

[@benzer126]

Amor cheat: ➡️➡️⬆️⬇️⬅️⬅️ ❌️🔴🔺️🚽

[@darrylturner4566]

He dove in the water to escape the blast!

[@vegetasolo1221]

Richard Dean Anderson was considered for the part of Sonny Crockett.

[@th3ciscokid]

And so was Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges and Mickey Rourke.

[@seanmetro3496]

Tom Berenger

[@ernestbamburg329]

I like Anderson,,, but he'd a never been burnett

[@lindacollins903]

Couldnt hold a candle to Don Johnson. He was made for this part

[@CarlosHernandez-kd2vb]

@@th3ciscokid So was Jilambu Mustafa and Alibaba Rahim!

[@paulzammataro7185]

Where's the scene where he shoots Tubbs??

[@maryjanedeolivier5313]

My love I cried like crazy, when I saw you in this state!! my beautiful sexy hot Soony I adore you!!

[@chaddelk3605]

I didn't particularly care for the Burnett story arc. Considering the kind of life Sonny has to lead due to his job as an undercover vice cop, which already makes him a shady character, but deep down he's a good guy. To make a long story short, I didn't like seeing Sonny as a villain.

[@lindacollins903]

It really showed his range as an actor. It was amazing how he could make those beautiful green eyes look so dark and cold

[@chaddelk3605]

Good point!

[@crotalusjbc]

Dude doesn't even lock that stinger in. Pretty skilled to off hand a guided missile. Oh well. who cares, it's freaking MV!

[@BeyondallreasonPHd]

Missed the best scene

[@Roonlovesfish3874]

Wait! Isn't the doctor the same guy (security guard) who asked Crockett to get him a danish?

[@seanmetro3496]

The amnesiac BURNETT story arc is How far-flung the series became by season 4.

[@JohnBakerKKK]

Nothing wrong with that

[@ghostbond1074]

Honestly the actor is way better at playing the villain, than he is the hero, I wish we saw more of him being the actual bad guy.

[@JohnBakerKKK]

@@ghostbond1074 that “actor” is THE Don Johnson

[@ghostbond1074]

@@JohnBakerKKK Ok...THE Don Johnson...is excellent playing the bad guy. Top notch. Draws you in. You really feel the character as the bad guy. As the good guy? The Don Johnson is not very believable, kinda awkward to watch. It's like the bad guy pretending to be the good guy to get something before going back to being the bad guy.

[@JohnBakerKKK]

@@ghostbond1074 Don Johnson as the good guy is what made Miami Vice, well, Miami Vice. The show would not have been a hit if it wasn’t for Don Johnson

[@leestockton9367]

Totally missed the most important part where he shot Tubbs

[@melvinwilliams9735]

WAIT A MIN IT E.....IS THAT Ms. PRETTY WOMAN her seeelf...Yes it is....

[@laurenchristianna2092]

Wow 🙄

[@robertgibbs7513]

Cliff King was afraid of Sonny Burnett

[@robertgibbs7513]

@Stefano Pavone do you know who really created Sunny Burnett was Frank Hackman Sunny Burnett was brewing to come out even before the boat blew up

[@TheTheratfarmer]

Miami dade, here is my ID.

[@luxbeci2]

Black Leopard killed he? Very funny

[@babymammoth34]

"My guess is, you're a drug dealer. Of course, that's your business..." Not in reagan's america, dude...

[@jesseperez1727]

That young Julia Robert's looks like lana Delray lol

[@TheTheratfarmer]

burnrt?

[@Oldspartan65]

The fat guy got got by the kitty cat 😅😅😅

[@TheTheratfarmer]

easy woman. she may have.

[@markmorris76]

Would have liked to see a faceoff between Sonny Burnett and Al Pacino/Scarface.

[@GNX157]

Bunrnett

[@TheTheratfarmer]

elgato.

[@TheTheratfarmer]

elgato

[@mikeinthetruth]

So when he was in his amnesiac state he killed people and was able to get away with it when his memory came back......cmon

[@brucewayne1662]

It is a tad far fetched but I was relieved the show spent time at least trying to reconcile it. It doesnt even try to reconcile the fact he shot a man in cold blood BEFORE he got his amnesia.

[@ricoprussin3140]

I love sonny as the bad guy this world is evil so you need be a bad guy to win

[@TheTheratfarmer]

you love me.

[@TheTheratfarmer]

i an off thr egrid

[@princeadambinalwaleed2148]

#HisRoyalHighness #PrinceAdamBinAlwaleed has a few bones to pick with this storyline though.....there are a few flaws......

[@princeadambinalwaleed2148]

Like when the cocking of a .38 remenberence scene, with memory loss such as what Sonny had, he wouldn't have that recollection unless that was the moment when his memory returned.....

[@davidharris8797]

Who is Sonny Burnet ¿

[@johnaustin209]

BURNETT. Sonny Crockett's alter ego. Can you even read?

[@TheTheratfarmer]

elgato.

[@TheTheratfarmer]

elgato

[@JanieLovesTeacake]

money!...knock knock knock.