COPS
Family Ties #2
TV Flash files “Family Ties #2” as hour 794 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 22, episode 5, aired 2009-10-03, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E05: listed hour 794 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 5 of 36 in season 22. It aired 2009-10-03 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Dazed & Confused #2” (S22E04). Next is “Neighborhood Busts #2” (S22E06). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police chases a man on foot when he flees after being stopped for jaywalking. In Rialto, CA, a suspect is arrested for a reported robbery, and with the victim able to identify the suspect, her purse is successfully recovered. Also in the episode, the Martin County, FL, Police Department stops a driver with expired tags and an expired license, but they also find illegal substances in the vehicle..
Viewer FAQ
Where does Family Ties #2 sit in the COPS guide?
S22E05 is listed hour 794 of 1267 — hour 5 of 36 in season 22, season 22 episode 5.
When did COPS S22E05 air?
Family Ties #2 aired 2009-10-03 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.**