COPS
Grand Theft Auto 3 Special Edition
TV Flash files “Grand Theft Auto 3 Special Edition” as hour 636 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 17, episode 29, aired 2005-05-14, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E29: listed hour 636 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 29 of 36 in season 17. It aired 2005-05-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Caught in the Act 2 Special Edition” (S17E28). Next is “Armed & Dangerous 2 Special Edition” (S17E30). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In the first of two Grand Theft Auto Special Editions, Deputy Kris Nordstrom of the Pierce County, WA, Police Department is in pursuit of a stolen vehicle with a desperate driver speeding through intersections and barreling down dark city streets. Also featured is Officer Ryan Hudson of the Little Rock, AR, Police Department, who pulls over a stolen vehicle and listens to the suspect claiming that a female crack addict let him borrow the car.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Grand Theft Auto 3 Special Edition sit in the COPS guide?
S17E29 is listed hour 636 of 1267 — hour 29 of 36 in season 17, season 17 episode 29.
When did COPS S17E29 air?
Grand Theft Auto 3 Special Edition aired 2005-05-14 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.**