COPS
I'm a Mermaid
TV Flash files “I'm a Mermaid” as hour 1187 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 35, episode 32, aired 2024-03-22, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S35E32: listed hour 1187 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 32 of 33 in season 35. It aired 2024-03-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Fast & Pho-Urious” (S35E31). Next is “Flip Flopped” (S35E33). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Suspects in a white van throw a bike at police during a wild pursuit. A man runs from deputies on a mini-bike. A mermaid commits traffic infractions and is caught with pills.
Viewer FAQ
Where does I'm a Mermaid sit in the COPS guide?
S35E32 is listed hour 1187 of 1267 — hour 32 of 33 in season 35, season 35 episode 32.
When did COPS S35E32 air?
I'm a Mermaid aired 2024-03-22 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.**