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".

JACKIE, NO! CROCKETT, SHOOT THE LOCK!

This is what you want This is what you get!
Harrison Ford is radiating our testicles with microwave satellite transmissions.

Just recently saw Little Miss Dangerous. Sat there for 10 minutes in silence after that ending, holy hell lol

"Out Where The Buses Don't Run" and "Definitely Miami" are my 2 favorite eps.

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Yeah, that's saying something.
You don't understand anything, man. Leave your
stupid
comments in your pocket!

SITD is probably the only episode where nobody dies, which is a miracle.

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!"

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.

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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.

I didn't like it.
My favorite episode was Duty and Honor.

DIE, FANBOY, DIE

I don't even like this show,
Why don't you like it?

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".

Hard to argue. Tremendous episode. Last 5 minutes are epic. "Brothers in Arms" was a perfect song there.

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.

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.