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Season one of Miami Vice premiered on September 16 1984 with the two hour Pilot premiere on NBC. The first season concluded on May 10 1985, after 22 episodes. Season one regular cast members included Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Gregory Sierra, Michael Talbott, John Diehl, Olivia Brown, and Edward James Olmos. The first season starts off with Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs (Thomas), and NYPD Police Officer, coming down from New York City on a hunt for a drug dealer named Calderone. There in Miami, Tubbs meets James "Sonny" Crockett (Johnson) who assists him on his quest to seek revenge for his brother's death, whom was killed by one of Calderone's henchmen. Following the fourth episode Lt. Lou Rodrigez (Sierra) was shot and killed trying to save Crockett from a sniper. Then in the sixth episode, Lt. Martin "Marty" Castillo (Olmos) joined the Vice crew.

Miami Vice was filmed entirely on location in Miami, Florida, unlike any shows which were filmed in Los Angeles. Recurring cast members included Belinda Montgomery, Martin Ferrero, and Charlie Barnett.

Production
The first season of Miami Vice was filmed on location in Miami, Florida. The show's crew took up semipermanent residence in the Alexander Hotel for the first season. They later worked out of Greenwich Studios. Episodes were produced at an average cost of $1.3 million, which compared to a typical cop-show episode of $1 million is much higher. The show went to unusual lengths to get the right settings and props for each episode. Music which was an integral part of the show was looked at differently. The show's directors looked for creative ways to use music on the show. Unlike other television shows at the time that used rock music, Miami Vice would buy the rights to original records rather than imitations. The show would spend up to $10,000 per episode for original recordings on artists like Todd Rundgren, U2, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood to name a few. Jan Hammer, the shows's musical composer, would create the rest of the shows musical score. He would use sound stored on his digital computer synthesizer to create the music heard on the show. Jan would work out of his state-of-the-art studio in his 150-year-old home in Brewster, New York composing the score for each episode.

The film crew on the show, was 95% local to the Miami area. Various filming locations on the show included: Downtown Miami, Old Miamarina (Bayside Market Place), Opa Locka Airport, Biscayne Boulevard, Key Biscayne, Florida, Venetian Causeway, Coconut Grove, South Beach, North Miami Beach, St. Croix, McArthur Causeway, Ocean Drive, and Tamiami Trail.

Awards and nominations
In its first season, Miami Vice was nominated for, at that time, a record 15 Emmy nominations in 1985. On September 22 1985 it won four Emmy awards including Oustanding Supporting Actor and Cinematography for a Drama Series. The show was starting to change the way television looks and sounds. The show also won two Grammy Awards for best Pop Instrumental Performance and Instrumental Composition.