COPS
Busted #2
TV Flash files “Busted #2” as hour 875 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 25, episode 6, aired 2013-02-02, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S25E06: listed hour 875 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 6 of 16 in season 25. It aired 2013-02-02 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Liar Liar #6” (S25E05). Next is “Wild and Crazy #2” (S25E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers from the Newport News Police Department in Virginia stop a man riding his bike and discover a concealed weapon in his possession. Next, officers from the Broward County Sheriff's Office respond to a burglary in progress call after the homeowner's eldest son punched several windows in an attempt to break into the home. Finally, following a domestic disturbance call in Palm Beach, FL, a man is taken into custody for evaluation after he denies firing bullets in his residence.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Busted #2 sit in the COPS guide?
S25E06 is listed hour 875 of 1267 — hour 6 of 16 in season 25, season 25 episode 6.
When did COPS S25E06 air?
Busted #2 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.**