Miami Vice

In an almost entirely unused revision of Mr. Weisbecker's story by Paul Diamond (Evan, Phil the Shill), a parrot reads the bad guy his rights (mocking the TV shorthand... "You have the right to remain silent"... then fading and going to commercial -- "a parrot could do that!"). In the version as filmed, Zito holds the parrot and reads the Miranda warning in a parrot voice.

After Tubbs gets rough with David Traynor and accuses him of murdering Diane Gordon, David's lawyer tells Tubbs he's opening himself to libel and assault. The lawyer is incorrect—libel is untruthful statements about someone that are either in writing or sent through the broadcast media. The lawyer should have said slander, which is spoken untruthful statments about someone.

Check out the scene where Tubbs is on the bridge waiting to pay the ransom. Right before the boat arrives, he turns and walks away from the side of the bridge, then turns around and walks back. Pay particular attention to the lady with the fishing rod and what she does with the reel. The film is simply played in reverse when Tubbs walks back to the side of the bridge.

When Jimmy's plane is in the hangar, the engines have three propeller blades. On the runway in Colombia, the engines have two propeller blades.

When Tubbs races through the streets of Miami to save Crockett and his ex-wife, the stock footage reveals Crockett behind the wheel of the car. It gives the impression that Crockett is racing to save his own life. Stock footage of both Ferraris would leave room for plenty of continuity glitches during the run of the series.

Noogie's full name is Nugart Neville Lamont. Ricardo says it at the end of the episode, when Noogman comes out of the hospital.

The Ferrari Daytona Spyder convertible featured in the pilot episode and the first two seasons of Miami Vice was actually one of two replica kit cars, built on a 1980 Corvett chassis with Ferrari hardware by Tom McBurnie for auto importer Al Mardikian. Miami Vice's producers purchased the two replicas after Mardikian lost them to the IRS.

We learn that Sonny has a six-year-old son named Billy.