COPS
Love Hurts Part 2
TV Flash files “Love Hurts Part 2” as hour 586 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 16, episode 20, aired 2004-02-14, 43 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S16E20: listed hour 586 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 20 of 41 in season 16. It aired 2004-02-14 (43 min). The listed hour before it is “Love Hurts Part 1” (S16E19). Next is “Foolish Criminals 3” (S16E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Miami, FL Ofc Freddie Cruz won't say how her false teeth got out the window to the building awning below her window. Virginia Beach, VA Ofc Chet Hamilton talks to a man who kicked in his locked door when his girlfriend locked his apartment doors. Sarasota, FL Sgt Steve Burns on a domestic call where a jealous girlfriend hits boyfriend on side of his head. Police get her glasses back from the man. Lee County, FL on a domestic battery call finds a woman with major bruises and a new 'shiner' and teeth knocked out of her mouth. Kansas City, KA Ofc Mike Bowman stops a husband-and-wife fist-fight that started when he wanted to take one baby picture. Mesa, AZ Ofc Tom Intrieri finds a woman bleeding from her head after a beating from her boyfriend. L.A. CA Dep Scott Anger finds aftermath of fight between boyfriend and girlfriend. Bystanders saved her by restraining him until he turned blue. Providence, RI Ofc Fabio Zuena finds a man with knife wounds and a woman holding a bloody carving knife.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Love Hurts Part 2 sit in the COPS guide?
S16E20 is listed hour 586 of 1267 — hour 20 of 41 in season 16, season 16 episode 20.
When did COPS S16E20 air?
Love Hurts Part 2 aired 2004-02-14 and is listed at 43 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.**