Cop Rock
Cop Rock
TV ShowEnded

Cop Rock

4.0 / 10
1990
1 season
11 episodes
Drama

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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  • Pilot

    1.Pilot

    26-09-199049m

    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...

  • Ill-Gotten Gaines

    2.Ill-Gotten Gaines

    03-10-199048m

    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...

  • Happy Mudder's Day

    3.Happy Mudder's Day

    10-10-199048m

    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 im...

  • A Three-Corpse Meal

    4.A Three-Corpse Meal

    17-10-199048m

    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.

  • The Cocaine Mutiny

    5.The Cocaine Mutiny

    24-10-199048m

    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...

  • Oil of Ol' Lay

    6.Oil of Ol' Lay

    31-10-199048m

    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 s...

  • Cop-a-Feeliac

    7.Cop-a-Feeliac

    07-11-199048m

    The green eyed monster grabs Ruskin, who tails Quinn and Campo. Potts receives threats for "betraying" his brothers in blue. Mayor Plank sees red when a journalist threatens to "ou...

  • Potts Don't Fail Me Now

    8.Potts Don't Fail Me Now

    21-11-199048m

    Racism is an issue for Rose who punishes a bigoted detective to follow up on the shooting of a black youth; Potts who is having second thoughts about testifying; and Chief Kendrick...

  • Marital Blitz

    9.Marital Blitz

    05-12-199048m

    The Larusso trial gets underway, with a battle royal shaping up between D.A. Phelan and defense attorney Weltz. Quinn and Campo clash with their new partners. Chief Kendrick has a...

  • No Noose Is Good Noose

    10.No Noose Is Good Noose

    12-12-199048m

    Larusso takes the stand as the case goes to the jury; Quinn and Ruskin take a stab at marriage counseling; Campos new partner takes to the streets on hooker detail; Kendrick is acc...

  • Bang the Potts Slowly

    11.Bang the Potts Slowly

    26-12-199048m

    Larusso returns to the force, Quinn reflects on the end of her marriage, Mayor Plank renews her run for the Senate, and a serial rapist outwits detectives.

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