COPS
Resisting Arrest 2
TV Flash files “Resisting Arrest 2” as hour 591 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 16, episode 25, aired 2004-03-06, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S16E25: listed hour 591 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 25 of 41 in season 16. It aired 2004-03-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Coast to Coast 55” (S16E24). Next is “Coast to Coast 56” (S16E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An inebriated man is arrested after getting caught peering through the window of a recovery center. After a foot chase officers bring down a well-known local felon. Police respond to a domestic dispute at a local mobile home park.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Resisting Arrest 2 sit in the COPS guide?
S16E25 is listed hour 591 of 1267 — hour 25 of 41 in season 16, season 16 episode 25.
When did COPS S16E25 air?
Resisting Arrest 2 aired 2004-03-06 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.**