COPS
Seattle; Tacoma, WA 34
TV Flash files “Seattle; Tacoma, WA 34” as hour 485 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 13, episode 31, aired 2001-04-14, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S13E31: listed hour 485 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 31 of 40 in season 13. It aired 2001-04-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Seattle; Tacoma, WA 33” (S13E30). Next is “Seattle; Tacoma, WA 35” (S13E32). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers pursue a male suspect in a speeding truck and ultimately force the vehicle off the road. With K-9 assistance, the suspect is taken into custody without injury. Officers take a baby into protective custody when they respond to a domestic abuse call. Officers are called to a home where a dead body is found.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Seattle; Tacoma, WA 34 sit in the COPS guide?
S13E31 is listed hour 485 of 1267 — hour 31 of 40 in season 13, season 13 episode 31.
When did COPS S13E31 air?
Seattle; Tacoma, WA 34 aired 2001-04-14 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.**