COPS
Liar Liar #6
TV Flash files “Liar Liar #6” as hour 874 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 25, episode 5, aired 2013-02-02, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S25E05: listed hour 874 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 5 of 16 in season 25. It aired 2013-02-02 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Chases... and Cars #2” (S25E04). Next is “Busted #2” (S25E06). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
On this milestone 850th episode of COPS, the Atlanta Police Department responds to an officer assistance call after a suspect flees from the police, and upon further investigation, they discover that the suspect's vehicle was stolen. Then, officers from the Kansas City Police Department confront two teenagers in possession of concealed weapons. Finally, officers from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida interrogate two occupants of a car for suspicious drug activity after they discover a large amount of prescription pills in the vehicle.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Liar Liar #6 sit in the COPS guide?
S25E05 is listed hour 874 of 1267 — hour 5 of 16 in season 25, season 25 episode 5.
When did COPS S25E05 air?
Liar Liar #6 aired 2013-02-02 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.**