Series synopsis
Operation Repo is an American documentary crime drama reality television series that premiered on truTV on November 17, 2008. It ended on February 5, 2014. It stars Sonia Pizarro.
Operation Repo is an American television program that depicts the world of car repossession with a team that portrays fictionalized tales of repossessions from California's San Fernando Valley. Similar to another truTV show, Southern Fried Stings, the series is filmed in a cinema verité style but consists of scripted and dramatized performances by actors. The show is filmed by recreating scenes in which the cast conducts repossessions of automobiles for finance companies. In the show they also p ...
Premise
Operation Repo is an American television program that depicts the world of car repossession with a team that portrays fictionalized tales of repossessions from California's San Fernando Valley. Similar to another truTV show, Southern Fried Stings, the series is filmed in a cinema verité style but consists of scripted and dramatized performances by actors. The show is filmed by recreating scenes in which the cast conducts repossessions of automobiles for finance companies. In the show they also perform repossessions of other exotic and strange items such as luxury boats, planes, limousines, motorcycles, ATVs, Zambonis, ice cream trucks, tow trucks, buses, trucks, expensive bicycles, hot air balloons, wood chippers, forklifts, and tanning beds.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 12 seasons with 213 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | April 27, 2011 | April 27, 2011 |
| Season 1 | 17 | November 17, 2008 | May 18, 2009 |
| Season 2 | 15 | February 3, 2011 | |
| Season 3 | 26 | March 16, 2009 | September 21, 2009 |
| Season 4 | 13 | June 8, 2009 | September 21, 2009 |
| Season 5 | 13 | November 9, 2009 | January 25, 2010 |
| Season 6 | 13 | February 8, 2010 | April 26, 2010 |
| Season 7 | 15 | June 7, 2010 | October 18, 2010 |
| Season 8 | 26 | January 26, 2011 | September 7, 2011 |
| Season 9 | 26 | September 14, 2011 | May 7, 2012 |
| Season 10 | 26 | June 6, 2012 | December 19, 2012 |
| Season 11 | 22 | March 27, 2013 | February 5, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Facebook Special As a result of 500,000 Facebook "likes", the team made a special episode only available on the Facebook website. Matt gets his butt kicked by female martial arts champion while Luis gets his hands on a Corvette. Sonia and Froy have to repo a car during a wedding. |
April 27, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
We Are Operation Repo Meet the team of highly trained San Fernando Valley pros on their first repos involving a gangster and a feisty debtor clinging for life to her car. |
November 17, 2008 |
| 2 |
Don't You Dare Lift-Off Froy and Matt do a repo and run when the bats and guns start swinging and things heat up for Matt and Sonia before an ambush of a helicopter pilot. |
November 17, 2008 |
| 3 |
Collectibles A speedboat, truck and trailer are culled from a cul-de-sac, a highly collectible motorcycle is wheeled off and a scrap happens over a forklift. |
November 24, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Unwanted Seizures The team repos the Corolla a divorcée won in her settlement and cancels a repo while in hot pursuit and a debtor suffers a seizure during his seizure. |
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| 2 |
Pepper Spray and Guns Chemical warfare is deployed against an aggressive debtor, a motorcycle seizure ends in a biker battle and guns are drawn during a repo-gone-wrong. |
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| 3 |
Who Wants Ice Cream It’s the end of the road for a drugged-out debtor, an Infinity meets its end and Lou, Froy and Sonia all scream for an ice cream truck repo. |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Matt's Back Froy, Mike, Matt, Sonia and Luis repossess cars from a paint-ball range and from a snobby British couple. |
March 16, 2009 |
| 2 |
Burgers, Bottles, and Hustlers Gun-toting, bottle-breaking gangsta gals, hot-headed fast food workers and a small-time hustler and his feisty crew give the team a heap of trouble. |
March 30, 2009 |
| 3 |
Strapped on the Court Repos take the team to a basketball court of gun-packing players, a late-night family reunion and some wounded veterans who aren’t what they seem. |
March 16, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Missing RV and the Private Jet After tracking down an RV that’s been missing in action for three decades, the team finds it’s being used for freewheeling Canadian rock n' rollers. |
June 8, 2009 |
| 2 |
Pyramid Scams and Princesses Hot-tempered truckers go to the mat for their tractor-trailer, a woman learns she’s been taken for a ride and a nightclub visit nabs a princess. |
June 15, 2009 |
| 3 |
Jet Skis and Massages A pair of unpaid luxury jet skis becomes a day at the beach, a massage therapist shows off her skills and a dangerous prank is unwittingly pulled. |
June 22, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 501 A biker's Vespa is reclaimed; the sedan of a children's entertainer in an unusual outfit is repossessed; and six cars are retrieved from a failing dealership. |
November 9, 2009 |
| 2 |
Episode 502 A surfer's classic car is repossessed; a rented Segway is reclaimed; and Lyndah, Lou and Froy crash a house party to retrieve a car from a gangster. |
November 9, 2009 |
| 3 |
Episode 503 A canoe is recovered in Venice Beach; soccer players resist the reclamation of their Camaro; and the team deals with a distraught widow. |
November 16, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 601 First, Matt and Froy must repossess a car from an entitled yuppie, but they'll have to contend with his rampaging long-distance girlfriend. Then, Lou, Lyndah, and Matt venture into a trailer park where they find a debtor who's as angry as he is drunk. Plus, Sonia and Lyndah travel under the cover of night to repossess a vehicle from a young woman and her irate yoga instructor. |
February 8, 2010 |
| 2 |
Episode 602 First, Froy and Sonia trace an out-of-state skip account to a seedy motel, where they come face-to-face with a hopping-mad cowboy and his female companion. Then, Matt and Sonia must repossess a car from a delusional nerd who may as well actually be from space. Plus, a chainsaw-wielding gardener presents a challenge for Lou and Lyndah. |
February 8, 2010 |
| 3 |
Episode 603 First, Sonia and Froy storm a studio to repossess a car from a surly European photographer and his hapless, bikini-clad subjects. Then, Lou and Matt stumble into a lover's quarrel - will they be able to reclaim the vehicle from two suited suitors? And, Lyndah and Sonia wind up getting burned on a repo, literally, when a coffee-wielding waitress goes buck-wild. |
February 15, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 701 First, Matt and Froy discover that their target car is owned by bat-equipped gang bangers. Then, Sonia, Matt, and Lyndah go undercover as college students to extract an expensive bicycle from an irate athlete. Plus, after the tow truck breaks down on the side of the road, Lou, Matt, and Froy find themselves stuck in the middle of a violent dispute between gun-wielding neighbors. |
June 7, 2010 |
| 2 |
Episode 702 First, Sonia and Lou repossess a car from an irate doctor. Then, a seemingly friendly teacher and an assistant principal nearly come to blows over one of their vehicles. Plus, Lou and Froy retrieve a van from a minister with a terrible secret. |
June 14, 2010 |
| 3 |
Episode 703 First, Lou and Froy pose as a pair of reality TV stars to repossess a dirt bike from a wannabe pro daredevil. Then, Sonia and Matt head to the business district for a different sort of quarry - a high-end luxury tanning bed owned by a less-than-sympathetic German. And, Lou and Matt set up a high-stakes sting operation to bust a shady tow-truck driver, but will their best-laid plans go up in smoke? |
June 21, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hooligans and Explosions First, Lou and Sonia get back on the job and jump into the deep end with an enraged Scot who won't give up his Mini Cooper. |
January 26, 2011 |
| 2 |
Reading, Painting, and Physical Education First, Froy and Sonia try to repossess a luxury car from a high-strung librarian. Then, it's some serious sibling rivalry when Matt and Froy retrieve a van from two brothers. Plus, Lou and Matt get knocked for a loop by a sub-professional baseball team who doesn't want to lose their bus. |
February 2, 2011 |
| 3 |
Heavy Hitters First, it's payback time when Lou, Matt, and Froy stake out the baseball bus that got away - and this time, they've got a foolproof plan. Then, Lou, Matt, and Froy head to a late-night construction site to repossess an enormous crane. And, Sonia and Froy face their worst nightmare when a gang of bikers follows them back to the office. |
February 9, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Road to Recovery Sonia's rehabilitation from her gunshot wound takes a shocking turn. Then, the whole team runs into trouble when they attempt to repossess a carnival ride from a group of wannabes. Plus, Froy and Matt wrangle with a gym owner and his fleet of thugs, and Lou and Sonia repo a truck from a protester in a revealing outfit |
September 14, 2011 |
| 2 |
Monk In The Trunk Sonia's recovery takes another unexpected turn when she goes too far with a debtor. Sonia and Matt sneak onto a big studio lot to repossess a trailer, but there's a big surprise in store when it turns out Matt and the movie's star have a checkered history, Lou and Sonia interrupt a knitting circle to take a car from a booze-soaked craft enthusiast, and Matt and Froy head out to wine country for a disastrous run-in with a group of debtors who have sworn an oath of silence. |
September 21, 2011 |
| 3 |
Super-Sonia Things get a lot more complicated for the team when Sonia snaps and puts herself on the business end of a knife and the gangbanger wielding it. |
September 28, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Monumental Changes In the Season 10 opener, Lou takes two new hires on their first job, where they are greeted by chainsaw-wielding debtors. Meanwhile, Froy and Matt hit the road when a driving-school instructor persuades his student to put the pedal to the metal. Later, Lou and Sonia encounter a debtor armed with medicine balls. |
June 6, 2012 |
| 2 |
Adapt, Improvise, and Overcome Lou's elaborate sting operation to infiltrate an alleged cult hits a snag when the new guys arrive unprepared, while Sonia and Matt are surprised when they show up to repo a car and discover that the owner is blind. Later, Ronnie's inexperience causes problems during a truck recovery. |
June 6, 2012 |
| 3 |
Deep Dish Disaster Matt and Sonia are cheesed off after being outsmarted by a pizza deliveryman and having to call in Matt's mom for back-up; and later, Matt and Carlos almost come to blows. Meanwhile, Lyndah and Froy confront a nunchaku-wielding bodyguard. |
June 13, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lou's Big Gamble Lou sets up shop in Las Vegas; a live tiger stands between the team and a truck. |
March 27, 2013 |
| 2 |
All In Froy brings unwanted trouble to the office; Ronnie and Froy run into an unexpected dilemma; Carlos and Sonia repossess a car from a lottery winner. |
April 3, 2013 |
| 3 |
Viva Las Vegas! An Elvis impersonator gets Matt and Ronnie all shook up; a ventriloquist's dummy has a nasty attitude that gets on Sonia's bad side; when Froy goes missing, Lou has to pick up the slack in a repo that goes terribly wrong. |
April 10, 2013 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | truTV |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 17, 2008 |
| Last aired | February 5, 2014 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Canceled |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 22:00:00 |