COPS
This Man Stabbed Me
TV Flash files “This Man Stabbed Me” as hour 896 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 26, episode 11, aired 2013-11-23, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S26E11: listed hour 896 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 11 of 22 in season 26. It aired 2013-11-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Get Off My Roof” (S26E10). Next is “Blood and Scars, Bro!” (S26E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A car thief leads police on a high speed chase until officers pit his vehicle to end the pursuit. Cops cool off a baby and search for the man who left him in a car. Potty-mouthed witnesses inform officers that their friend has been stabbed in the chest.
Viewer FAQ
Where does This Man Stabbed Me sit in the COPS guide?
S26E11 is listed hour 896 of 1267 — hour 11 of 22 in season 26, season 26 episode 11.
When did COPS S26E11 air?
This Man Stabbed Me aired 2013-11-23 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.**