COPS
Wildest Chases
TV Flash files “Wildest Chases” as hour 478 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 13, episode 24, aired 2001-02-27, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E24: listed hour 478 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 24 of 40 in season 13. It aired 2001-02-27 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Dumbest Suspect” (S13E23). Next is “Animal Encounters” (S13E25). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A dangerous pursuit between Officers and a known meth dealer ends in an arrest. A suspect with several felony warrants is apprehended without incident. A pursuit involving a stolen motorcycle exceeds speeds of 100mph.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Wildest Chases sit in the COPS guide?
S13E24 is listed hour 478 of 1267 — hour 24 of 40 in season 13, season 13 episode 24.
When did COPS S13E24 air?
Wildest Chases aired 2001-02-27 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.**