COPS
Undeniably Fishy
TV Flash files “Undeniably Fishy” as hour 962 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 28, episode 22, aired 2016-01-09, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S28E22: listed hour 962 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 22 of 33 in season 28. It aired 2016-01-09 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Two in the Bush” (S28E21). Next is “Nothing to See Here” (S28E23). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After a night out on the town, a man loses his friend and finds trouble. Officers stop a vehicle that they believe was involved in an officer-related shooting. A young couple in a parked car strikes officers as suspicious.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Undeniably Fishy sit in the COPS guide?
S28E22 is listed hour 962 of 1267 — hour 22 of 33 in season 28, season 28 episode 22.
When did COPS S28E22 air?
Undeniably Fishy aired 2016-01-09 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.**