COPS
Familiar Faces
TV Flash files “Familiar Faces” as hour 1208 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 36, episode 20, aired 2024-12-06, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S36E20: listed hour 1208 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 20 of 21 in season 36. It aired 2024-12-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Wild Ride” (S36E19). Next is “Slim Not So Fast” (S36E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers in Wichita, Kansas attempt a traffic stop on a green Honda. The driver begins to drive erratically, hitting a curb and disabling his car. He runs and is tased twice, all the while fighting with Officers. A passenger resists and is also tased. A driver refuses to exit his truck during a traffic stop in Escambia County, Florida leading to a brief struggle. In Wichita, Officers stop a woman and find Percocet in her purse. She claims her sister gave it to her for her depression.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Familiar Faces sit in the COPS guide?
S36E20 is listed hour 1208 of 1267 — hour 20 of 21 in season 36, season 36 episode 20.
When did COPS S36E20 air?
Familiar Faces aired 2024-12-06 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.**