COPS
Wild and Crazy #2
TV Flash files “Wild and Crazy #2” as hour 876 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 25, episode 7, aired 2013-02-09, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S25E07: listed hour 876 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 7 of 16 in season 25. It aired 2013-02-09 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Busted #2” (S25E06). Next is “Caught in a Lie” (S25E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers from the Las Vegas Police Department investigate a woman who refused to pay her taxi fare. Then, the Portland Police Bureau questions two men after officers receive two separate calls regarding a fight involving a knife. Finally, officers from the Broward County Sheriff's Office respond to a robbery-on-foot call involving a tourist chasing after a man who allegedly stole his gold necklace.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Wild and Crazy #2 sit in the COPS guide?
S25E07 is listed hour 876 of 1267 — hour 7 of 16 in season 25, season 25 episode 7.
When did COPS S25E07 air?
Wild and Crazy #2 aired 2013-02-09 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.**