COPS
Dazed & Confused #2
TV Flash files “Dazed & Confused #2” as hour 793 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 22, episode 4, aired 2009-09-26, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E04: listed hour 793 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 4 of 36 in season 22. It aired 2009-09-26 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Domestic Distrubances Special Edition” (S22E03). Next is “Family Ties #2” (S22E05). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An officer in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department follows up on a disturbance call from a local fast food restaurant to find a man with a bloody forehead who is a bit dazed and confused. Also in the episode, officers in the Palm Beach County (FL) Sheriff's Department respond to a domestic violence call between a 52-year-old man and his elderly parents.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dazed & Confused #2 sit in the COPS guide?
S22E04 is listed hour 793 of 1267 — hour 4 of 36 in season 22, season 22 episode 4.
When did COPS S22E04 air?
Dazed & Confused #2 aired 2009-09-26 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.**