Cop Rock

1990
Ended
Drama
~1h / ep
1 season
4.3/10

Cop Rock is an Emmy Award-winning American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was co-created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer. TV Guide ranked it #8 on TV Guide's List of the 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list in 2002. The periodical dubbed it "the single most bizarre TV musical of all time."

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E1. Pilot
Sep 26, 1990 · 49m
A drug raid leads to the arrest of Tyrone Weeks and Patricia Spence. Patricia has an infant baby girl who is remanded to child welfare. Tyrone is set free on his own recognizance due to overcrowding of L.A. County's jails. Officer Vicki Hill takes pity on Patty Spence and convinces Captain Hollander to pull strings to have her released and to have the baby, Crystal, returned to her.
E2. Ill-Gotten Gaines
Oct 3, 1990 · 48m
The suspicious death of Tyrone Weeks sparks outrage in the black community. Mayor Plank confronts Kendrick about LaRusso's history as a wild card, fueling his hatred of the mayor even further. Hollander feels it's time for Frank to get back out on the street and assigns Gaines as Frank's new partner. Gaines cannot stand the rookie, especially since Gaines likes to sing Motown hits in the patrol car.
E3. Happy Mudder's Day
Oct 10, 1990 · 48m
Potts and Larusso are taken off the drug case, so Larusso gets down and dirty, using his mud-wrestling girlfriend to set up a bust. Mayor Plank goes under the surgeon's knife to improve her political profile.
E4. A Three-Corpse Meal
Oct 17, 1990 · 48m
LaRusso is charged with murder; Quinn and Campo pose as a married couple to nab the baby-sellers who bought Patti's daughter; Chief Kendrick takes the Mayor on a dinner date.
E5. The Cocaine Mutiny
Oct 24, 1990 · 48m
Patty Spence is working to get custody of her baby. An actress is being stalked, and she goes to the police for protection. Larusso continues his affair with his lawyer, but starts to show his possessive side towards her. The chief of police busts a city councilmen for drug use.
E6. Oil of Ol' Lay
Oct 31, 1990 · 48m
Quinn is in the line of fire, both on and off duty, when a jealous Ruskin takes aim at Quinn and Campo's partnership. Gaines sets his sight on helping a homeless man. Weltz has a shot at making Larusso a bigger hero "than Oliver North." The mayor and the chief go off together for a romantic weekend.