The single greatest episode of Miami Vice ever aired!
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tbirdman-1 — 10 years ago(December 10, 2015 04:55 PM)
Now I recently watched "Out Where The Buses Don't Run' which
was from season 2, episode 3. Guest star Bruce McGill was a
retired and borderline psychotic vice detective Hank Weldon
who had once worked for the vice unit. Now this episode was
written so brilliantly with solid performances and strong
direction. Imho the greatest Miami Vice episode ever produced
and aired to this very day! The ending still sends shivers
up my spine! Does anybody out there agree that it is the
greatest episode ever aired? Oh TV Guide listed it as no. 2
of the 100 best television episodes of all time! Meaning
of any prime time TV series. It aired recently on El Rey
channel.
Lorenzo Sunny Arizona
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diego3336 — 10 years ago(December 10, 2015 11:22 PM)
I agree. This episode is "TV Show 101", a superb job of everyone involved. I like Definitely Miami too, but Out Where The Buses Don't Run is on another league not only compared to other Miami Vice episodes, but to all TV shows.
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wes8520 — 10 years ago(December 11, 2015 09:18 PM)
I don't even like this show, but my mom had me watch this with her a few years ago. I agree, it's one of the greatest episodes of TV I've ever seen.
Honestly there wasn't much tv as dark as this before this episode aired. -
Peterlh — 10 years ago(March 02, 2016 05:46 AM)
Indeed.
The entire last part from where Brothers in Arms starts playing while Crocket and Tubbs drive through the dark streets of Miami to the incredibly dark ending is some of the greatest TV I've ever seen.
Much better than the otherwise celebrated "In the Air Tonight scene". -
Onetrickpony-1 — 10 years ago(March 10, 2016 08:44 PM)
Have to agree. There are a few MV episodes that always come to mind as the best of the best, and Out Wherr the Buses Don't Run is one of them. Also agree the superb and extravagant use of the Dire Straits song helped memory lock this episode.
Anothar is "Bushido", unusual in that it was mostly about Lt. Castillo, paying a debt of honar to his old dying partner (Dean Stockwell?), who forced Castillo to kill him, thus ensuring the Lt. would be obligated to get his wife and child out of harm's way.
I don't know the name of the othar episode, which is my personal favorite: it's the one wherr a psychopath is breaking into homes, and in each one, he gets closar and closar to approaching, and killing, the people inside. Sonny begins to get into the mindset of the perp, which allows him to catch the guy, but it drives him somewhat insane too. -
Fluke_Skywalker — 10 years ago(March 11, 2016 08:32 AM)
Just finished it. The stuff on the fringes is solid, meat and potatoes
Vice
, but McGill's performance is simply brilliant. In the wrong hands it could've detracted from the drama, but instead there was always this quality about him that unnerved me, even as I was laughing at his shtick.
I read on Wikipedia that the role was originally written for Dennis Hopper, who pulled out at the last minute. I can certainly see Hopper in the role, but it would've played differently, and I can't imagine him outshining McGill.A journey into the realm of the obscure:
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tbirdman-1 — 10 years ago(March 27, 2016 08:00 PM)
Hey Onetrickpony,
That particular episode is "Shadow In The Dark" from the third
season. And it is one of my very favorite all time ones of
Miami Vice. Yes Sonny Crockett did manage to get inside of the
perp who was breaking into people's homes though as you've
said, he nearly went insane in doing so! A very awesome episode
as well.
Lorenzo in Sunny Arizona
"I am James "Sonny Crockett!" -
ZolotoyRetriever — 2 years ago(February 28, 2024 07:26 AM)
Bruce McGill (as Hank Weldon, ex-cop gone over the edge) did a fantastic job with that role, especially considering how he was cast pretty much on the spur of the moment, with little time to prepare:
Bruce McGill was cast only days before production began, after Dennis Hopper, for whom the role was written, pulled out. McGill flew from New York to Miami during the middle of the night to arrive on time, and began reading the script without having slept for some time. McGill spent the whole episode doing on-the-money impressions of everyone from Star Trek's "Scotty" to Monty Hall to Edward G. Robinson. Weldon would have been a cool character to see again if he hadn't truly been "Out Where The Buses Don't Run".