The single greatest episode of Miami Vice ever aired!
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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
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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".