All episodes Season 20 S20E20 2008-02-16 30 min 1990s Fox

COPS

Bad Girls #11

TV Flash files “Bad Girls #11” as hour 735 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 20, episode 20, aired 2008-02-16, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S20E20: listed hour 735 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 20 of 38 in season 20. It aired 2008-02-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Chases and Takedowns Special Edition” (S20E19). Next is “War on Drugs #3” (S20E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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When officers patrolling an area known for drug use in Portland, OR, discover drug-related behavior, they are forced to tackle the suspect as he attempts to swallow the evidence. In Spokane, WA, officers respond to a suspicious-behavior call about a prowler, and when the suspect is approached, he takes flight through a neighborhood. In Leon County, FL, a K-9 unit is used to detain a suspect fleeing in a stolen vehicle.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Bad Girls #11 sit in the COPS guide?

S20E20 is listed hour 735 of 1267 — hour 20 of 38 in season 20, season 20 episode 20.

When did COPS S20E20 air?

Bad Girls #11 aired 2008-02-16 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.**

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