COPS
Caught in a Lie
TV Flash files “Caught in a Lie” as hour 877 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 25, episode 8, aired 2013-02-09, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S25E08: listed hour 877 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 8 of 16 in season 25. It aired 2013-02-09 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Wild and Crazy #2” (S25E07). Next is “Street Patrol #3” (S25E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A suspect crashes his car into an innocent victim's vehicle, but when he flees the scene, officers from the Kansas City Police Department find drugs and a gun in the abandoned car. Next, the North Las Vegas Police Department responds to a domestic dispute call involving two roommates and an alleged physical altercation. Finally, the Chattanooga Police Department stops two men driving from the residence of a known drug dealer.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Caught in a Lie sit in the COPS guide?
S25E08 is listed hour 877 of 1267 — hour 8 of 16 in season 25, season 25 episode 8.
When did COPS S25E08 air?
Caught in a Lie 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.**