COPS
Dazed & Confused #5
TV Flash files “Dazed & Confused #5” as hour 879 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 25, episode 10, aired 2013-03-02, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S25E10: listed hour 879 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 10 of 16 in season 25. It aired 2013-03-02 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Street Patrol #3” (S25E09). Next is “Stupid Behavior #5” (S25E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers from the Sacramento Police Department confront a suspect attempting to run from the police and find him in possession of methamphetamines. Next, the Portland Police Bureau in Portland, OR, stops a driver for reckless driving, and later they suspect the driver of a DUI. Finally, the Sacramento Police Department responds to an assistance call after a woman claims that her neighbor stole two of her marijuana plants from her backyard.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dazed & Confused #5 sit in the COPS guide?
S25E10 is listed hour 879 of 1267 — hour 10 of 16 in season 25, season 25 episode 10.
When did COPS S25E10 air?
Dazed & Confused #5 aired 2013-03-02 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.**