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Cop Rock: Season 1

11 episodes Premiered Sep 26, 1990
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S1·E1 Mytharc

Pilot

Sep 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. Tyrone is set free on his own recognizance

S1·E2 Core

Ill-Gotten Gaines

Oct 3, 1990

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

S1·E3 Core

Happy Mudder's Day

Oct 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 Plank goes under the surgeon's knife to im

S1·E4 Core

A Three-Corpse Meal

Oct 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 takes the Mayor on a dinner date.

S1·E5 Core

The Cocaine Mutiny

Oct 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 continues his affair with his lawyer, but starts

S1·E6 Core

Oil of Ol' Lay

Oct 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 on helping a homeless man. Weltz has a s

S1·E7 Core

Cop-a-Feeliac

Nov 7, 1990

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

S1·E8 Core

Potts Don't Fail Me Now

Nov 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 thoughts about testifying; and Chief Kendrick

S1·E9 Core

Marital Blitz

Dec 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 their new partners. Chief Kendrick has a

S1·E10 Mytharc

No Noose Is Good Noose

Dec 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 streets on hooker detail; Kendrick is acc

S1·E11 Mytharc

Bang the Potts Slowly

Dec 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 outwits detectives.

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