COPS
Busted #3
TV Flash files “Busted #3” as the last listed hour of season 25 — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 25, episode 16, aired 2013-05-04, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S25E16: listed hour 885 of 1267 in the COPS guide, last listed hour of season 25. It aired 2013-05-04 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Fight Night” (S25E15). Next is “Fight and Flight” (S26E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A suspected prostitute is caught on the Vegas strip; two deputies in Alameda County, Cal., find drugs in a vehicle during a routine traffic stop.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Busted #3 sit in the COPS guide?
S25E16 is listed hour 885 of 1267 — last listed hour of season 25, season 25 episode 16.
When did COPS S25E16 air?
Busted #3 aired 2013-05-04 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.**