COPS
Thick as Thieves
TV Flash files “Thick as Thieves” as hour 947 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 28, episode 7, aired 2015-08-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S28E07: listed hour 947 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 7 of 33 in season 28. It aired 2015-08-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Drive and Dash” (S28E06). Next is “Pinky Promise” (S28E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers chase a pair of car thieves through town and into the bushes. A friendship crumbles quickly when the cops begin to ask questions. A deputy stops a man who insists that he lets homeless people use his car for storage.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Thick as Thieves sit in the COPS guide?
S28E07 is listed hour 947 of 1267 — hour 7 of 33 in season 28, season 28 episode 7.
When did COPS S28E07 air?
Thick as Thieves aired 2015-08-15 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.**