The Great McCarthy

Episode aired Nov 16, 1984
TV-14
49m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

751

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Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Crockett and Tubbs get involved in the world of offshore power boat racing and drug smuggling.Crockett and Tubbs get involved in the world of offshore power boat racing and drug smuggling.Crockett and Tubbs get involved in the world of offshore power boat racing and drug smuggling.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

751

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This episode marks the debut of Martin Ferrero as informant Izzy Moreno. Ferrero previously played the cross-dressing Calderone lieutenant and killer Trini DeSoto in the pilot episode Brother's Keeper (1984). He would go on to reprise the role of Izzy in a further twenty episodes, becoming the only character outside of the principal cast to appear in every season of the show.

Goofs
The band playing at the party has none of their instruments plugged in. Also, the audio features a full drum kit, but the only drums visible are guys playing on snare drums.

Soundtracks
Some Guys Have All The Luck
(uncredited)
(Cover of Rod Stewart's release)
Written by Jeff Fortang
Performed by ?

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5/10

The Great McCarthy

Crockett and Tubbs enter the world of powerboat racing.

They try to ingratiate themselves with businessman Louis McCarthy. He is using the powerboat racing as a cover to smuggle drugs.

His accountant is also one of Crockett's informants.

This is a middling episode that tries to show other facets of Miami Beach.

However I felt that several songs from the band at the party and Tubb's romance was pure filler.

It used to be the case in the 1980s that some shows particularly glamour soaps used extended lovemaking scenes.

The powerboating scenes were poorly staged.

No wonder there was a comic scene featuring Switek and Zito to add some variety.