COPS
Ho! Ho! Ho! #10
TV Flash files “Ho! Ho! Ho! #10” as hour 871 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 25, episode 2, aired 2012-12-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S25E02: listed hour 871 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 2 of 16 in season 25. It aired 2012-12-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Odd Arrests #5” (S25E01). Next is “Street Arrests #3” (S25E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Portland Police Bureau catches a man and a woman engaged in lewd activity in a vehicle, and upon closer investigation, they discover an unused meth pipe in the backseat. Next, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office goes undercover and conducts a prostitution sting at a hotel. Finally, two officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confront an underage prostitute on the Vegas Strip.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ho! Ho! Ho! #10 sit in the COPS guide?
S25E02 is listed hour 871 of 1267 — hour 2 of 16 in season 25, season 25 episode 2.
When did COPS S25E02 air?
Ho! Ho! Ho! #10 aired 2012-12-22 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.**