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Score: 9.7 Superb 33 votes

Out Where The Buses Don't Run

Episode Number: 25    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Friday October 18, 1985    Prod Code: 60006
Crockett and Tubbs question the sanity of a retired vice cop who wants them to chase after a coke dealer thought to be dead.

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Story: Joel Surnow, Douglas Lloyd McIntosh
Teleplay: John Mankiewicz
Director: Jim Johnston
Star: Don Johnson (Det. James "Sonny" Crockett),  John Diehl (Det. Lawrence "Larry" Zito),  Olivia Brown (Det. Trudy Joplin),  Michael Talbott (Det. Stanley "Stan" Switek),  Saundra Santiago (Det. Gina Navarro Calabrese),  Edward James Olmos (Lt. Martin Castillo),  Philip Michael Thomas (Det. Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs)
Guest Star: Little Richard (Marvelle Quinn),  David Strathairn (Marty Lang),  Bruce McGill (Hank Weldon),  Sandra Pereiro (Girl with Bible),  Scott 'Slo-Motion' Randolph (Manuel 'Skates' Santino)

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The German episode title is "Gespensterjagd", meaning "Ghost Hunt". (edit)
This episode ranked #90 on TV Guide's 1997 list of the "100 Greatest TV Episodes of All Time." (edit)
Music: "Baba O'Riley" (at begin) by The Who from album Who's Next; "Brothers in Arms" (at end) by Dire Straits from album of same name. (edit)

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Bruce McGill played D-Day in the 1978 film Animal House. He hums a few bars of "Anchor's Aweigh" as a salute to this character. (edit)
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OnlyTheHunter
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10.0
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Out Where The Buses Don't Run
"Series classic"
A classic of the early Vice style
Continue » Posted Dec 28, 2005 9:19 pm PST

Bren-10
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Out Where The Buses Don't Run
"Revealing"
This has got to be one of the most darkest episodes in the entire series.
Continue » Posted Jul 30, 2005 6:30 pm PST
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