COPS
Pierce County, WA #20
TV Flash files “Pierce County, WA #20” as hour 332 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 9, episode 22, aired 1997-03-01, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E22: listed hour 332 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 22 of 36 in season 9. It aired 1997-03-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Seattle; Tacoma, WA 17” (S09E21). Next is “Pierce County, WA 18” (S09E23). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A Pierce County Deputy investigates a report of two suspicious men firing a shotgun in a field, at the scene it is learned that the men are farmhands who were hired to slaughter cows. A domestic violence call at a Pierce County residence is investigated, at the scene the suspect and victim are found in an upstairs bedroom together. A King County shop owner calls to report an alleged robbery that had occurred while he was cleaning up a spill.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Pierce County, WA #20 sit in the COPS guide?
S09E22 is listed hour 332 of 1267 — hour 22 of 36 in season 9, season 9 episode 22.
When did COPS S09E22 air?
Pierce County, WA #20 aired 1997-03-01 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is there a host or a script?
Ride-along vérité: handheld cameras, minimal narration, chaos scored to "Bad Boys." The format is the author.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Handheld ride-alongs set to a reggae hook: policing as weekly spectacle, no narrator required. The format that taught reality TV how to chase, cuff, and cut. Controversial by design — vérité as entertainment, neighborhoods as set, and a chorus that still follows every squad-car clip. View it as craft and as argument; it was always both.
Visual first: handheld grain, a reggae hook, neighborhoods framed as set, no narrator to soften the silhouette. John Langley and Malcolm Barbour's Fox series premiered in 1989 and became a syndication staple through the 1990s. *Ride-along vérité as weekly spectacle.* Inner Circle's *Bad Boys* is inseparable from the brand — the chorus that still follows every squad-car clip. **This was not a procedural costume; this was policing photographed as entertainment.**