COPS
Four Felonies and a Flat Tire
TV Flash files “Four Felonies and a Flat Tire” as hour 950 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 28, episode 10, aired 2015-09-19, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S28E10: listed hour 950 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 10 of 33 in season 28. It aired 2015-09-19 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Dead End Dash” (S28E09). Next is “Pants Party” (S28E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The temptation of being on camera proves to be too much for one car thief. In order to catch an oblivious driver's attention, officers are forced to disable his car. A woman tries to evade arrest by giving deputies a fake name.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Four Felonies and a Flat Tire sit in the COPS guide?
S28E10 is listed hour 950 of 1267 — hour 10 of 33 in season 28, season 28 episode 10.
When did COPS S28E10 air?
Four Felonies and a Flat Tire aired 2015-09-19 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.**