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Miami Vice Season 5 Episode 16

Victim of Circumstance

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AIRED: 5/5/89

When witnesses, who are also Holocaust survivors, begin showing up dead, Crockett and Switek infiltrate a White-supremacist group that might be responsible. But is their hunch right? Or are they on the wrong track?

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Weird opening, shocking violence and going down the wrong paths - this episode is a solid entry.

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By OnlyTheHunter, May 01, 2006

The opening sequence, with an old man warning some unseen presence to keep away from his door, is clearly a setup to make the viewer go, \"What?\"

The action switches to 3 brothers in crime at a restaurant, with one leaving the scene moments before the other two and the owner brutally shot and killed in an absolutely suspensful scene that will make your jaw drop.

But it\'s a red herring. The third brother wasn\'t involved, and he convinces Crockett and Tubbs of it.

The investigation turns on the next victims of the killer. Both scenes had bystander victims, but all featured someone who was a Holocaust survivor.

The detectives meet a man, Dr. Krebs, dedicated to persuring the Nazi perps and learned the people killed were ones he had just met with to shore up them testifying. Two witnesses remain alive, an old man at a nursing home and the man himself.

The investigation leads to Crockett and Switek infiltrating a hate group led by John Baker. Having seen a reporter trying to gain access to the group, Sonny is able to set her up to meet with Baker and Krebs.

While the identity of the killer isn\'t that hard to fathom, the show does an excellent job of making you forget about it until the appropriate time. They also do a great job of re-introducing the surviving brother at the perfect moment as well.

This episode is also a perfect studying in the change of Sonny Crockett. Played out ofver the season, this ep shows you the change Crockett has undergone. He still cares about his job, but he is giving in the the feelings of hoplessness about it. Two years before in \"Streetwise\" Crockett thinks there\'s always hope. Now, Crockett is losing sight of it himself.moreless
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Don Johnson	Det. James "Sonny" Crockett
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

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Paul Guilfoyle	John Baker	Guest Star
Stefan Gierasch	Dr. Leo Krebs	Guest Star
Xander Berkeley	Det. Bailey	Guest Star

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- Rico: Is she...?
  Sonny: Yeah, she's dead. But then she's been dead for a long time, Rico. Way back when her dad killed all those people in the Nazi extermination camps. Too bad what she believed in didn't die with her.
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- Due to its Holocaust-related theme, this episode is not aired in Germany.
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- Paul Guilfoyle played Milton Glance in Season 4's "Death And The Lady."
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