COPS
Wild Chases Special Edition
TV Flash files “Wild Chases Special Edition” as hour 733 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 20, episode 18, aired 2008-02-02, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E18: listed hour 733 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 18 of 38 in season 20. It aired 2008-02-02 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Stupid Behavior #1” (S20E17). Next is “Chases and Takedowns Special Edition” (S20E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When officers in Spokane, WA, spot a stolen truck, the suspects take off down country roads and outpace police in an off-road chase through a heavily wooded area. As one officer attempts to keep up with the well-equipped truck, his vehicle catches fire, adding fuel to an already intense situation. Also featured are officers in Rialto, CA, and Palm Beach County, FL, encountering uncertain circumstances when they respond to calls of suspicious behavior and the suspects flee.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Wild Chases Special Edition sit in the COPS guide?
S20E18 is listed hour 733 of 1267 — hour 18 of 38 in season 20, season 20 episode 18.
When did COPS S20E18 air?
Wild Chases Special Edition aired 2008-02-02 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.**