About this season
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.
Episodes (26)
1. Hooligans and Explosions
Aired 26 January 2011 • 30 min
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.
2. Reading, Painting, and Physical Education
Aired 2 February 2011 • 30 min
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.
3. Heavy Hitters
Aired 9 February 2011 • 30 min
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.
4. Operation Repo Episode 804
Aired 16 February 2011 • 30 min
Sonia and Matt have a confrontation with skateboarders; Froy and Sonia try to take a vehicle from a volatile couple; Lou and Froy repossess from wannabe backyard wrestlers.
5. Everybody Just a Child?
Aired 23 February 2011 • 30 min
First, Matt and Froy get the worst service ever from a street-side coffee vendor who won't give up his truck.
6. Off the Hitch
Aired 2 March 2011 • 30 min
In this very special episode of Operation Repo, it's the 36 hours that change everything.
7. Matt & Froy Auto Recovery
Aired 9 March 2011 • 30 min
Sonia and Lou deal with a germaphobe; Froy and Matt must repossess a car from two socialites; and Lyndah and Lou reclaim a fleet of cars from a used-car salesman.
8. Win Some, Quarrelsome, Lose Some
Aired 23 March 2011 • 30 min
Sonia and Lou repossess a car from an heiress; Froy and Matt attempt to seize a car from a quarreling couple; and a routine job goes wrong for Lyndah, Lou and Rob.
9. We Weren't Informed
Aired 30 March 2011 • 30 min
Matt and Froy run into a group of illegal immigrants and are attacked by a big man with a big beard. Luis and the team meanwhile are accused of being environmentally unfriendly while repo'ing a biodiesel car.
10. Tijuana Surprise
Aired 6 April 2011 • 30 min
Matt and Froy get their truck smashed up while Luis and Sonia repo the car of a federal agent. Froy suggests to Matt that they can double their income in Tijuana.
11. Lyndah's Revenge
Aired 13 April 2011 • 30 min
Luis gets even with Lyndah's attacker from episode 8. Matt and Froy repo the car of a strip club owner in Tijuana
12. El Prisionero
Aired 20 April 2011 • 30 min
A debtor makes accusations against the Pizarros; a repossession involving a socialite comes with the potential for jail time in Mexico.
13. The Final Showdown
Aired 27 April 2011 • 30 min
Matt's out for revenge after Froy bails him out of jail in Tijuana; Lou and Sonia must repossess a vehicle from someone close to them.
14. All Tied Up
Aired 8 June 2011 • 30 min
The team target a warehouse full of cars that need to be seized. Also: a repossession involving a pair of rodeo gals; a confrontation with car thieves.
15. Contact
Aired 15 June 2011 • 30 min
The team get their stolen truck back; Froy and Lou set out to retrieve a car from fighting brothers-in-law; Matt and Lyndah deal with a tourist at a hostel; and Sonia and Froy go after a car owned by a mysterious man with two wives.
16. The Crush
Aired 22 June 2011 • 30 min
Lou deals with a hard loss; exotic-sports enthusiasts face losing their truck; drunken revelers don't want to give back their tricked-out bus; and Matt and Lou head to a junkyard to find a debtor.
17. Daddy's Little Girl
Aired 13 July 2011 • 30 min
The loss of the repo truck could mean the end of the company, but Matt has a possible solution. Elsewhere, Lou and Sonia try to repossess a van from two teens; Froy and Sonia confront an irate baker; Matt and Froy run into trouble during a repo at a truck-racing track.
18. The Junior Partner
Aired 20 July 2011 • 30 min
Sonia, Lyndah and Froy repossess a wealthy teen's car at a party; Matt and Lyndah deal with a man who thinks he's Uncle Sam; and rowdy rugby players confront Matt and Lou.
19. Hard Turns Ahead
Aired 20 July 2011 • 30 min
Matt begins to make business decisions; Matt's daughter Ashley helps him deal with two inebriated débutantes; Froy and Sonia reclaim a vintage truck; one of the team members is seriously injured during a Jeep repossession.
20. 15 Minutes of Fame
Aired 27 July 2011 • 30 min
The confusion over Lou's new business relationship with Matt continues to mount.
21. New Truck Day
Aired 3 August 2011 • 30 min
The repo team's new truck finally arrives, and with it, a new chapter in the building feud between Team Lou and Team Matt.
22. A Blow to the Head
Aired 10 August 2011 • 30 min
Froy suffers a serious injury during a routine repo; animosity between Lou and Matt escalates. Later, Sonia and Froy deal with drunken debtors at a roadhouse; Matt and Sonia go to collect a beach bum's trailer; and Froy and Lyndah run into some bad business from a bunch of businessmen who don't want to part with an SUV.
23. Getting in the Axe
Aired 24 August 2011 • 30 min
Tensions between Lou and Matt continue to boil when Matt enlists his daughter's aid on another job.
24. Burning Up
Aired 24 August 2011 • 30 min
Lou's new business relationship with Matt starts to unravel when a botched job puts a serious strain on the company.
25. The Rift
Aired 31 August 2011 • 30 min
A new rift between Matt and the rest of the crew puts the fate of the team in question.
26. The Final Shot
Aired 7 September 2011 • 30 min