COPS
Kiss and Make Up
TV Flash files “Kiss and Make Up” as hour 1037 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 30, episode 31, aired 2018-05-07, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S30E31: listed hour 1037 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 31 of 33 in season 30. It aired 2018-05-07 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Change of Heart” (S30E30). Next is “Cheek to Cheek” (S30E32). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A motorcyclist leads officers on a chase down city streets. Even a dead car battery doesn't stop a grieving man from eluding the police. A jumpy driver fails to avoid the cops and gives an awkward apology to his girlfriend.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Kiss and Make Up sit in the COPS guide?
S30E31 is listed hour 1037 of 1267 — hour 31 of 33 in season 30, season 30 episode 31.
When did COPS S30E31 air?
Kiss and Make Up aired 2018-05-07 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.**