COPS
Seattle; Tacoma, WA 31
TV Flash files “Seattle; Tacoma, WA 31” as hour 482 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 13, episode 28, aired 2001-03-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E28: listed hour 482 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 28 of 40 in season 13. It aired 2001-03-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Seattle; Tacoma, WA 30” (S13E27). Next is “Seattle; Tacoma, WA 32” (S13E29). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A man crashes his truck after losing control while attempting to evade the police. An eldery woman with an outstanding DUI warrant is arrested for hit and run after citizens using cell phone giving police updates on location. Officers discover methamphetamine while investigating two suspicious vehicles.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Seattle; Tacoma, WA 31 sit in the COPS guide?
S13E28 is listed hour 482 of 1267 — hour 28 of 40 in season 13, season 13 episode 28.
When did COPS S13E28 air?
Seattle; Tacoma, WA 31 aired 2001-03-17 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.**