The WORST episodes of C.O.P.S.
Every episode of C.O.P.S. ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of C.O.P.S.!
"C.O.P.S. - Central Organization of Police Specialists. Fighting crime in a future time,... protecting Empire City from Big Boss, and his gang of crooks. C.O.P.S.!" "It's crime fighting time!" In 1993, CBS picked up the syndication of this show, it was renamed "Cyber C.O.P.S."
#1 - The Case of the Invisible Crime
Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 2/6/1989
Big Boss' crooks make themselves invisible to make things difficult for the COPS team to catch them and have an easy time committing robberies in the process. This episode features Mace being highly annoyed by Airwave and his constant babbling. Airwave is the newest member of COPS who serves the team as a communications expert and could make an excellent sportscaster if he hadn't chosen to be part of COPS.
#2 - The Case of the Boy Nobody Wanted
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/28/1988
A deaf boy is afraid to tell the COPS team about a crime he witnessed being committed by Turbo Tu-Tone and Rock Krusher. Once he's brave enough to tell what he saw, the boy helps the team thwart another caper by switching a floppy disk containing some vital information Big Boss wants to get his hands on with a fake disk containing a computer virus that causes the computer system in the penthouse to go haywire.
#3 - The Case of Berserko's Big Surprise
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/24/1988
It's Big Boss' birthday and Berserko plans on giving his uncle The Cornucopia Bridge for his birthday. Mirage, on the other hand, has a much different plan – save the bridge and arrest Berserko and his henchmen in the process.
#4 - The Case of the Bad Luck Burglar
Season 1 - Episode 65 - Aired 2/20/1989
Buttons McBoomBoom got upset when he lost his lucky penny: the very first penny he ever stole. He searched frantically for it in the sewers and also in his old rundown apartment house. Big Boss wanted him to rob the lottery machine filled with money at a huge mall but Buttons can't find his lucky penny and he's been getting a lot of bad luck as a result of this. So, Big boss have decided to double-cross him into robbing a lottery machine at the Mall.
#5 - The Case of the Lawless Lady
Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 1/9/1989
Nightshade is falsely accused of robbing several jewelry stores. But she is planning on robbing the main jewelry store that's unfortunately guarded by a mean vicious dog named Shredder who's owned by the proprietor of the store who is the real culprit behind the robberies.
#6 - The Case of the Kangaroo Caper
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 11/17/1988
Sundown had to go after Rock Krusher and Louie the Plumber, who not only kidnapped a famous Australian boxing kangaroo, but Whitney Morgan as well. The two crooks were holding them both prisoners at the Empire City Park in a forested area for ransom. Sundown was able to track them down, freeing Whitney and the kangaroo - who had a little joey tucked inside her pouch. With the help of this special marsupial, Sundown was able to take down Louie and Krusher and get the jump on their plans.
#7 - The Case of the Baby Badguy's Return
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 11/14/1988
Small Guy and his men are back. This time to pose as three grandsons of an old lady to infiltrate the mansion and get their greedy little hands on the old lady's fortune.
#8 - The Case of the Bogus Bride
Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 1/5/1989
Crooked Wedding bells are ringing as Jamie Wheeler, a con artist, makes plans to marry Berserko as part of a plot to ran off with a horde of stolen gold bars stashed away at a hotel, where Big Boss is keeping the loot at. The C.O.P.S. team will have to call off the wedding before Jamie heads to the altar with Berserko and out the door with the stolen horde.
#9 - The Case of the Big Boss's Master Plan (1)
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/12/1988
The President of the United States (who is an African American woman) is traveling to Empire City to attend a dedication ceremony of the S.S. Empire, a brand new state-of-the-art aircraft carrier built as part of the country's defense. She is traveling on board the presidential train with Agent Belson and many other FBI agents who's there on the train to provide security for her. Bulletproof, Hardtop, and LongArm are also there for additional security as well. But this doesn't stop Berserko, Buttons McBoomBoom, and Ms. Demeanor from breaking into the train, kidnap the president, and took her away by the orders of Big Boss who then agree to release her in exchanged for the aircraft carrier he wants to have for his own. The COPS team and Mayor Davis agrees, only for Big Boss to double cross them by making them receive an android version of the president while he and his crooks went out to take procession of the aircraft carrier, still holding the real Madame President captive.
#10 - The Case of C.O.P.S. File #1 (2)
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 11/21/1988
The Ultimate Crime Machine, a huge air vessel shaped like a flying saucer, looms over Empire City. Piloted by Turbo Tu-Tone, Buzzbomb, and Rock Krusher, this machine hovers over the Empire City Mint, rips it off of its foundation with powerful cables and carries it up into the sky with Bulletproof inside of it! It's up to the COPS team to stop the large vessel and thwart the first of many criminal schemes rigged up by Big Boss.
#11 - The Case of the Super Shakedown
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/20/1988
Dr. BadVibes creates an earthquake device known as The Ground Shaker for Big Boss who plans on using this device to level the city to the ground unless his demands for the city are met. It's up to the C.O.P.S. team to stabilized the city and shakedown Big Boss' crooked caper.
#12 - The Case of the Half-Pint Hero
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/19/1988
In this caper, C.O.P.S. are aided by a very unusual ally - Cindy Johnson as Captain Crimefighter! A little girl in a superhero costume who helps the team capture Rock Krusher, Turbo Tu-Tone, and Ms. Demeanor and, along the way, uncover 2 bags of stolen cash hidden at a construction site taken from a robbed bank by Krusher and Turbo.
#13 - The Case of the Big Boss's Master Plan (2)
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/12/1988
Empire City is plunged into a state of crisis when Big Boss tells everyone that Empire city is all his and he's got the president all lock up tight in a cage. The citizens were force to bow to Big Boss demands and leave the city forever if they ever want to see the president again. As for C.O.P.S., Big Boss wanted them locked away in prison so he can get back at them for all the times they imprisoned the crooks. They weren't there for long. With the help of Agent Belson and his men, the C.O.P.S. team escaped and went out to rescue the president and bring the city back to normal.
#14 - The Case of the Lesser of Two Weevils
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/25/1988
The Bugman escapes from prison when his prized weevil Gaylord gets brainwashed and bugnapped by his arch nemesis Boll Weevil. He then uses a stolen growth formula to turn Gaylord and another bug into giants and then teams up with Big Boss to rob a large gold scarab being displayed in the Empire City Museum. Elsewhere, Mace and Bowser go out searching for the Bugman the moment they found out about his escape. Will they know that he broke out of jail just to rescue his bug friend?
#15 - The Case of the Ready Room Mutiny
Season 1 - Episode 63 - Aired 2/14/1989
Bulletproof fakes a vacation trip after a failed raid on the Crooks' hideout and puts Sundown in charge of the entire COPS team, who has a very low approval rating for Sundown's poor leadership. That way he can engage in a secret plot to expose a certain fellow from city hall named Brannigan as a spy for the Big Boss who sent him to spy on the COPS' handling of Sundown's poor leadership.
#16 - The Case of the Missing Masterpiece
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 11/1/1988
The Famous painting of the Mona Lisa gets stolen by Big Boss for his own stolen art collection, but Nightshade beats him to it and tries to seduce Rock Krusher into allowing her to keep the painting, but the crooks steal it back and plan to cut the painting up in shreds -- but not if the COPS can help it.
#17 - The Case of the Brilliant Berserko
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/7/1988
Berserko steals a special headband that makes him unusually intelligent when he puts it on his head. In this new form, Berserko makes plans to intelligently trap the COPS team at his amusement park hideaway while inciting Dr. BadVibes' jealousy of his new-found brilliance.
#18 - The Case of the Prison Break-In
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/14/1988
Rock Krusher has taken over Graystone Prison and plans on using a large device known as The Neutron Pulverizer to disintegrate City Hall unless demands are met by 6:00 pm. Bowser, going undercover as a prison inmate named "Maddog", was able to radio the C.O.P.S. team on Krusher's plan just before Krusher cuts off all communications to the outside. The only way for the C.O.P.S. team to stop Krusher's plan is to break into the prison the same way inmates break out.
#19 - The Case of C.O.P.S. File #1 (1)
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 11/21/1988
This file has been classified until now. Welcome to Empire City, where we meet for the first time the nefarious Crime Boss, Brandon "Big Boss" Babel and his crooked henchmen who are holding the entire city in their grip of terror. Federal Agent, Baldwin P. Vess (A.K.A. Bulletproof) is sent to take him and his crooks into custody. Unfortunately, he gets seriously injured and has to be taken to the hospital. He is given a new lease on life with a cybernetic torso and the formation of a team of the most highly trained law enforcers in the entire country known as The Central Organization of Police Specialists – COPS!
#20 - The Case of the Giveaway Gold
Season 1 - Episode 58 - Aired 2/3/1989
Dr. BadVibes has decided to be "generous" and shower down a stock pile of gold coins to the people of Empire City. Unfortunately the gold coins are actually explosives Big Boss plans on using to blast open the safes where the fake gold will be stored in to get at the real loot stored inside.
#21 - The Case of the Visiting Mother
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 11/11/1988
Big Momma paid her son, Big Boss a visit in Empire City to accompany him to an auction brought on by Commissioner Highwaters to raise money for charity. Big Boss had to struggle to be good in front of his momma even though it was pretty difficult thing to do for a kingpin such as Big Boss. He even had to hide his true colors from her by pretending to run an orphanage with his crooks posing as orphans.
#22 - The Case of the Rock and Roll Robbers
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 11/28/1988
Dr. BadVibes created musical instruments that hypnotize concert goers so that his pals can rob them of their valuables and formed a rock band he calls The Bad News featuring Berserko and Rock Krusher. Mirage and Hardtop is sent to go undercover as talent scout agents to put an end to The Bad News' musical career and bring one big sour note to this caper.
#23 - The Case of the Ransomed Rascal
Season 1 - Episode 57 - Aired 1/31/1989
Prince Baddin, a bratty prince who came to visit Empire City along with his father the king, gave the COPS team a read hard time with his spoiled rotten behavior which caught the attention of Berserko and Rock Krusher who kidnapped the boy and brought him to "Uncle Fatty Big Boss" and try to hold him for ransom only for the prince to manipulate the crooks into catering to his every whim, prompting the Boss to send him back to the COPS. Later the Prince learned his lesson when he tried to get on a broken down Ferris wheel to ride it only to find himself trapped on the Ferris wheel with the seats coming loose. After being rescued by LongArm, Baddin decides to change his ways and become a good prince rather than a spoiled bad prince leading the king the change his name to from Baddin to Goodin.
#24 - The Case of the Lost Boss
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 1/3/1989
Where's Big Boss? That's what his henchmen would like to know. After discussing plans to snag an island getaway, Big Boss is seized by an ear while going into the subway and gets kidnapped. When the crooks realize what's happening, they go out and kidnap Barricade and hold him captive assuming he and the COPS were the ones who captured Big Boss and brought him into custody. On the other hand, the crooks are unaware that it was really Big Momma, Big Boss' mother, who has made a surprise move to Empire City, where she "kidnaps" her son and brought him back home so she can deliver him into custody when the COPS arrive to arrest him.
#25 - The Case of the Red-Hot Hoodlum
Season 1 - Episode 60 - Aired 2/7/1989
Rock Krusher stole a special flaming suit that causes the wearer to go up in flames literally. With this special suit, he is able to create successful heists and escape from any trap the C.O.P.S. team laid out for him just by burning through walls and floors and incinerate anything in his path, until they are able to lead Krusher onto the Mountback Blimp, where, with the help of Nancy and Cathleen, they are able to trap Krusher by tricking him into melting through the floor to the outside of the blimp, causing him to get stuck through the blimp's bottom, screaming for help since his head is facing down below the city many, many feet up in the air and he's trying to hang on for his dear life. Krusher gave up at that point and was placed back behind bars where he belonged.