Daniels, and appearing in TV Guide 's 1997 list of the ' 100 Greatest TV Episodes of All Time'. 'Out Where the Buses Don't Run' was well-received critically, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for editor Robert A. The episode was the second of four in the series directed by Jim Johnston, and was written by John Mankiewicz and Douglas Lloyd McIntosh based on a story idea by McIntosh and Joel Surnow. The episode first aired on NBC on October 18, 1985, and It featured guest star Bruce McGill as an eccentric retired police officer attempting to aid Metro-Dade detectives James 'Sonny' Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs in the search for a missing drug lord. ' Out Where the Buses Don't Run' is the third episode of the second season of the American crime drama television series Miami Vice. 3rd episode of the second season of Miami Vice ' Out Where the Buses Don't Run'
