Reprise for Bruce McGill

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2004)

I believe that Michael Mann featured Bruce McGill about 20 years ago in one of the early episodes of Miami Vice, called "Out Where the Buses Don't Run." Interestingly, McGill then played a homicide detective obsessed with finding a disappeared gangland boss. It was a really quirky role - something that Vincent D'Onofrio would do today. Can't remember name of McGill's character, but he drank clam juice out of the bottle, and had his homicide files stored in a personal computer (female name), with whom he argued and fought - which blew me away, it was then so novel! Music showcased in episode was the "Brothers in Arms" album by Mark Knopfler - very edgy and haunting, particularly at the climax, with the title track playing, as Crockett and Tubbs move through an abandoned hotel, looking for and ultimately finding - with McGill's help - the now mummified boss, walled up so long ago by guess who. What an ending - high drama, even for Michael Mann - and IMHO one of the finest MV episodes!