COPS
What Were They Thinking # 2
TV Flash files “What Were They Thinking # 2” as hour 748 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 20, episode 33, aired 2008-06-14, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E33: listed hour 748 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 33 of 38 in season 20. It aired 2008-06-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “What Were They Thinking #1” (S20E32). Next is “Stupid Behavior #2” (S20E34). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers in Palm Beach County, FL, encounter an armed robbery suspect "sleeping" in the woods. When officers in Las Vegas, NV, respond to a home invasion call, they soon discover the suspect may be no stranger to the victim. Officers in Rialto, CA find a man on parole for involuntary manslaughter suspected of drug possession and dealing.
Viewer FAQ
Where does What Were They Thinking # 2 sit in the COPS guide?
S20E33 is listed hour 748 of 1267 — hour 33 of 38 in season 20, season 20 episode 33.
When did COPS S20E33 air?
What Were They Thinking # 2 aired 2008-06-14 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.**