Tropical Heat S1 - Welcome to the Sweating Bullets guide at TV Tome. This show was also know as Tropical Heat. The series - made in Canada, Mexico and as an Israel co-production - tells the story of two private investigatiors; ex-DEA agent Nick Slaughter and ex-travel-agency worker, Sylvie Girard. Mystery, adventure and romance fill this crime-drama with a sense of excitment. Picture the backdrop of a beautiful exotic island, in a town called Key Mariah. This show was part of 'Crimetime After Primetime', a CBS venture that aired after the local news at 11:00ET, before Letterman was on the network, from 1991-1992.