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The Vice Squad has a serious protection assignment: Hector Sandoval, a revered Chilean poet, has been thrown out of his homeland due to his opinion of the oppressive government, and is coming through Miami for an awards ceremony on his way to testify in Washington. Arriving at the airport, the wheelchair-bound Sandoval is surrounded by the squad. He quickly warns them that he suspects his name is on a hit list, and asks where is daughter is. A gaggle of press intercepts the entourage as they leave, leading Sandoval to invite one female reporter to a reception that evening.

After being reunited with his daughter Blanca at the safehouse, Castillo forcefully states that the reception should be called off, to no avail. Even his daughter can’t persuade him to change his itinerary, but he agrees to be escorted by Tubbs. Later, Blanca admits to Tubbs that she and her father are always arguing, and the year he spent in a political prison hasn’t done anything to curb his longstanding reputation as a skirt-chaser.

With a little help form Switek, Sandoval makes a semi-grand entrance at the reception, followed by Tubbs and Calabrese tailing him around the room. No one in particular seems to engage him in conversation, but it looks as though Blanca has found someone tall, dark and Latin (No, not Castillo!) to talk to. Finally, Sandoval falls into a discussion with a woman that looks somewhat familiar to Tubbs. The reporter from the airport! She draws a silenced pistol from her purse, but Tubbs reacts loud and fast, shooting her dead. Zito and Castillo move in, and Sandoval can only look at them sheepishly. Womanizing can do a man in every time.

The next morning back at the safehouse, Sandoval doesn’t seem concerned that Blanca still hasn’t returned from her date (apparently she’s done this before), but he is interested in packing a gun for his own protection. Crockett and Tubbs insist that they handle all the police work. Meanwhile, Blanca is at the front door, throwing a fit over Switek and Zito frisking her date. Sandoval doesn’t feel compromised at all, seeing as her escort is Manuel Guerrero, his old student. While Switek and Zito try to figure him out, Tubbs grills Blanca over her disappearance. She, on the other hand, begins to wonder if his interest in her safety is more than just his job. Meanwhile, Crockett has an ID on last night’s assassin. La Muerta was a reknown hired gun wanted in Argentina. But was she acting alone? No one believes that, so they’re putting a tail on Manuel.

That night at some party, it’s obvious to Joplin and Calabrese that Manuel, like Sandoval, definitely doesn’t gather his inspiration from loneliness. Then a four thugs walk in (A Chilean “death squad”), spray machine gun fire at the cops, and hustle Manuel out of the building. The safehouse is now compromised, but Sandoval still isn’t foregoing the awards ceremony. Switek and Zito are detailed to find Manuel, while the others are still on “The Babysitting Detail”. Zito later gets a call from Castillo saying the death squad’s car was spotted outside an empty mansion, where Manuel is probably being held. SWAT’s on the way so Switek and Zito must meet them.

Sandoval is reading his award-winning poem at the ceremony, without incident. Meanwhile Switek rushes in with SWAT and rescues a beaten Manuel just moments before he was to be executed. Later in the hospital he ID’s the leader as Alfredo Gomez, a gunman with a long reputation. But he doesn’t know where they are. Sonny reveals what they know about him: Manuel financially supports the freedom fighters in Chile with the proceeds from his own poetry. Blanca’s not happy that they checked him out, considering she believes the U.S. has sponsored rebellions in their oppressed neighbors. But the news is getting worse. Sandoval threw a fit at the new safehouse and disappeared. Tipped off by a cabbie, the cops locate him at a club called Miami Springs, where he can’t seem to get another drink, but he has met a young female fan, who’s quickly dragged away by an overmuscled boyfriend. The fun comes to a screaming stop when Sandoval draws and fires at the guy. Crockett and Tubbs disarm him outside the club, trying to talk some sense into him. Sandoval lets down his guard and confesses he’s not sure about the new poem, it’s not really his best work. Seems he read an old one to the audience. Crockett convinces him to try again, then drives him down to the station. But there, Castillo calls them in to report that Manuel did give up the safehouse, and he’s not a civilian. His left-wing guerilla friends back in Chile want to make a martyr out of Sandoval. He’ll be in custody shortly, but the news is getting worse. Sandoval receives a call from the death squad, saying they have Blanca. He gives in to their demands on the phone, saying he has no choice. But the cops aren’t letting him give up. The meeting place is outside a downtown hotel. Sandoval rolls up to meet his contact, but refuses to enter. His daughter was to be brought out to him. Tubbs hits the lights and surprises the contact. She doesn’t even get a shot off before being taken out by Switek’s sniper rifle. Gunfire erupts from the shadows, and Switek blasts another. Sandoval charges into the lobby and finds Gomez and his last thug holding Blanca at gunpoint. They momentarily spar with words, and the police move in and kill the last of the death squad. Outside, Blanca tries to put an end to her feud with her father, until Manuel walks up the drive and pulls a gun on Sandoval. He apologizes, but his mentor will not hear it, accusing him of betrayal. Crockett and Tubbs step out of the hotel and gun Manuel down before he can fire.

With her father safe, Blance falls into Tubbs’s arms. A man armed with words can start far more change than anyone carrying a gun.

Thanks to the fellow Miami Vice Fan C.T. that wrote this synopsis 

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