COPS
Strange Behavior #1
TV Flash files “Strange Behavior #1” as hour 740 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 20, episode 25, aired 2008-03-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E25: listed hour 740 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 25 of 38 in season 20. It aired 2008-03-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Coast to Coast #138” (S20E24). Next is “Coast to Coast #139” (S20E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When a 70-year old parole violator leads officers on a high-speed chase in Kansas City, MO, spike strips, helicopter patrol and hounds become involved in the pursuit. In Las Vegas, NV, officers investigate a dispute involving two transvestites accused of disturbing the peace. Police officers in Rialto, CA, respond to a traffic accident involving an abandoned and stolen vehicle.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Strange Behavior #1 sit in the COPS guide?
S20E25 is listed hour 740 of 1267 — hour 25 of 38 in season 20, season 20 episode 25.
When did COPS S20E25 air?
Strange Behavior #1 aired 2008-03-15 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.**