Max persuades Miranda to dance with him when they are made to stay in the town of Cazador to work on a case
Max Winter: If you're interested, there's a brilliant documentary about the bullfight: Cuernos de Acero.
Miranda Blake: Horns of Steel? Sounds like a porno.
Max Winter: That's why I watched it. But it turned out it was about bullfighting.
Max and Miranda investigate the death of a controversial British novelist in the bullring of a small town. The case is not easy as so many people seem to have had a grievance against the man, who was an anti-bullfighting campaigner.
Tropes
- Almost Kiss: Max and Miranda almost kiss while dancing.
- Dance of Romance: Max and Miranda dance the paso doble.
- Fan Fic Fuel: Dancing features in many fanfics for the Max and Miranda pairing.
- I Never Said It Was Poison: The murderer gives themselves away by trying to explain how the murder weapon was chipped, when Miranda hadn't specified the nature of the damage.
- Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Max and Miranda agree that they will move on from what happened when they danced, as 'some things are better left'.
- Moment Killer: Another danced crashes into Max, preventing him and Miranda kissing.
- No Social Skills: Miranda has to be encouraged by Max to comfort a widow.
- Strictly Professional Relationship: Max tells a suspect that he and Miranda are 'professional partners, end of story'.
