COPS
Liar Liar #3
TV Flash files “Liar Liar #3” as hour 774 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 21, episode 21, aired 2009-03-07, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S21E21: listed hour 774 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 21 of 36 in season 21. It aired 2009-03-07 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “In Denial #2” (S21E20). Next is “On the Run Special Edition” (S21E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers in Cleveland, OH, arrest two young suspects who recklessly hijack a vehicle and cause a crazy car chase. A deputy in Hillsborough County, FL, responds to a call regarding a suspicious vehicle, and upon arrival at the scene, the passenger scrambles to conceal evidence. Also featured is an officer from Sacramento, CA, stopping to a suspect riding a bicycle who disregarded a traffic stop. When the suspect's nervous behavior provokes officers to investigate further, they uncover "something he found" near the highway.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Liar Liar #3 sit in the COPS guide?
S21E21 is listed hour 774 of 1267 — hour 21 of 36 in season 21, season 21 episode 21.
When did COPS S21E21 air?
Liar Liar #3 aired 2009-03-07 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.**