COPS
Grand Theft Auto #2
TV Flash files “Grand Theft Auto #2” as hour 615 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 17, episode 8, aired 2004-11-13, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E08: listed hour 615 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 8 of 36 in season 17. It aired 2004-11-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Tased and Confused Special Edition” (S17E07). Next is “Bad Girls! #6” (S17E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After a high-speed chase, the suspect gives kudos to the police, especially the K-9 that tracks him down. Another segment features the lengths to which criminals will go when found with stolen vehicles clearly beyond their monetary means.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Grand Theft Auto #2 sit in the COPS guide?
S17E08 is listed hour 615 of 1267 — hour 8 of 36 in season 17, season 17 episode 8.
When did COPS S17E08 air?
Grand Theft Auto #2 aired 2004-11-13 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.**