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Cop Rock

TV·1990–1990·1 season, 11 episodes·ABC·Drama·1h·Created by Steven Bochco, William M. Finkelstein

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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."

Castfull cast & details

Anne BobbyAnne BobbyOfficer Vicki QuinnBarbara BossonBarbara BossonMayor Louise PlankVondie Curtis-HallVondie Curtis-HallCmdr. Warren OsborneDavid GianopoulosDavid GianopoulosOfficer Andy CampoLarry JoshuaLarry JoshuaCapt. John HollanderPaul McCranePaul McCraneDetective Bob McIntyreJames McDanielJames McDanielOfficer Franklin RoseRon McLartyRon McLartyDet. Lt. Ralph Ruskin

Episodes by season

Season0111Episodes1990Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Cop Rock S01E01PilotSeptember 26, 1990—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. Ty
  2. S01E02Cop Rock S01E02Ill-Gotten GainesOctober 3, 1990—The suspicious death of Tyrone Weeks sparks outrage in the black community. Mayor Plank confronts Kendrick about LaRusso's history as a wil
  3. S01E03Cop Rock S01E03Happy Mudder's DayOctober 10, 1990—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 Pl
  4. S01E04Cop Rock S01E04A Three-Corpse MealOctober 17, 1990—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
  5. S01E05Cop Rock S01E05The Cocaine MutinyOctober 24, 1990—Patty Spence is working to get custody of her baby. An actress is being stalked, and she goes to the police for protection. Larusso continue
  6. S01E06Cop Rock S01E06Oil of Ol' LayOctober 31, 1990—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
  7. S01E07Cop Rock S01E07Cop-a-FeeliacNovember 7, 1990—The green eyed monster grabs Ruskin, who tails Quinn and Campo. Potts receives threats for "betraying" his brothers in blue. Mayor Plank see
  8. S01E08Cop Rock S01E08Potts Don't Fail Me NowNovember 21, 1990—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 thoug
  9. S01E09Cop Rock S01E09Marital BlitzDecember 5, 1990—The Larusso trial gets underway, with a battle royal shaping up between D.A. Phelan and defense attorney Weltz. Quinn and Campo clash with t
  10. S01E10Cop Rock S01E10No Noose Is Good NooseDecember 12, 1990—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 s
  11. S01E11Cop Rock S01E11Bang the Potts SlowlyDecember 26, 1990—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 outw

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