COPS
Got a Habit Special Edition
TV Flash files “Got a Habit Special Edition” as hour 622 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 17, episode 15, aired 2005-01-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E15: listed hour 622 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 15 of 36 in season 17. It aired 2005-01-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Maui Wowie Special Edition” (S17E14). Next is “Busts Special Edition” (S17E16). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Officer Jeff Kilby of the Norwood, OH, Police Division assists an undercover unit on a traffic stop of a suspicious vehicle that was allegedly involved in drug activity, suspects are taken into custody and questioned about their suspicious behavior. Officer Kilby was tipped off by the drug paraphernalia and oddly wrapped balls of tobacco found in the car during a search. When questioned about the tobacco, one of the suspects claims that he intended to smuggle it into jail. Later, Officer Kilby responds to a call from a local bank involving a man who was trying to pass a bad check. At the scene, the officer helps several officers take the combative suspect into custody.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Got a Habit Special Edition sit in the COPS guide?
S17E15 is listed hour 622 of 1267 — hour 15 of 36 in season 17, season 17 episode 15.
When did COPS S17E15 air?
Got a Habit Special Edition aired 2005-01-22 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.**