Free Fall leaves a few things up in the air
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Miami Vice
stephenalienkissane — 9 years ago(May 11, 2016 09:39 AM)
what happens to Stan ? it seems like it was over for him . Would Sonny be a cop further south , also I have a feeling Tubbs would not get back in to NYPD , FBI is up there too
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thesnowleopard — 9 years ago(May 22, 2016 03:32 PM)
Well, it was '89 and a lot was about to change. Post-Reagan, much of that drug corruption in the DEA, etc. got cleaned up, and the kind of bozos who got Crockett and Tubbs bounced were about to get bounced, too. Law enforcement also started dealing with job-related PTSD much better.
Thing is, I'm not sure Crockett and Tubbs would have wanted to be cops again, since they thrived in that Wild West atmosphere and didn't like a lot of red tape. But some fans of both shows have noted that Nash Bridges could easily be an older, wiser version of Crockett.
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thesnowleopard — 9 years ago(December 16, 2016 07:51 PM)
People can change a lot. For example, the hints of the Crockett that we saw in Vietnam were very different from what he was like during the show. He had a very distinct arc during Miami Vice. It ended with "Free Fall," but since he's still alive when the credits roll, he's still got more story to tell. It's just a very different story.
So, I could see his becoming a Nash down the line, after he'd taken a break, gone fishing for a bit, and gotten his head straight again. A lot of blood had flowed under Nash's bridges in the past (sorry, couldn't resist), and under his cheerfully sardonic exterior was a fair bit of darkness and cynicism. He at least had a Crockett-like past.
I think Stan's killing those guys who framed him got him off the hook. More or less. Not sure he still had a career with law enforcement, either, afterward, or whether he became someone like that guy in "Lend Me An Ear."
With Tubbs, it's harder to say. Maybe he became a private detective. I could see that.
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