COPS
Dazed and Confused #3
TV Flash files “Dazed and Confused #3” as hour 840 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 23, episode 15, aired 2011-02-19, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S23E15: listed hour 840 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 15 of 22 in season 23. It aired 2011-02-19 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Street Patrol #2” (S23E14). Next is “Morons on Parade #4” (S23E16). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Deputies of the Pierce County Sheriff's Department in Pierce County, WA, respond to a suicide threat and end up subduing the suspect after he refuses to follow the officers' commands. During a routine traffic stop, a vehicle's passengers admit to possessing marijuana and are taken into custody by the Cook County Sheriff's Police Department in Illinois. On another routine traffic stop, a deputy of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Tampa, FL, finds that the suspect has several tickets and a suspended license.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dazed and Confused #3 sit in the COPS guide?
S23E15 is listed hour 840 of 1267 — hour 15 of 22 in season 23, season 23 episode 15.
When did COPS S23E15 air?
Dazed and Confused #3 aired 2011-02-19 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.**