#1 "21 Jump Street (1)"

#4 "Don’t Pet The Teacher" (Season 1 #4)

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Original Air Date: April 26, 1987

Writer: Clifton Campbell

Director: Les Sheldon

Production Code: 16104

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Friends, Family & Guests: Leah Ayres Hendrix [ Susan Chadwick ], Mark Lowenthal [ Albert Janowitz ], Geoffrey Blake [ Jeffrey Stone ], Susan Chapple [ Kathryn ], Beverly Hendy [ Connie ], Jana Mortil [ Karla ], Ben Bass [ Leonard (Wayne) ], Debbie Karr [ Alex ], John Curtis [ Lorenzo ], Sandra Head [ Clerk ], Peter Chapek [ Meek Man ]

Episode Summary from The 21 Jump Street Episode Guide:

NOTE: Stop with this one if you don’t want spoilers.

A woman with car trouble whom Hanson helps out and makes a date with turns out to be a teacher who has been getting threatening messages and whose class he has been assigned to undercover.

Detailed Episode Review (contains spoilers!):

(NOTE: I am doing these from the FX repeats. Email me with missing scenes & I’ll add them).

Commentary:

John DeCarli: I like the way some of these Season 1 episodes play off the discomfort of undercover police work. It seemed so easy in later seasons. In this case, it's Hanson who's having trouble concentrating on the case. The plot here seems to be pretty thin in spots, but there's so much charm between Hanson, Ms. Chadwick, and Jeffery Stone that I can forgive the shortcomings. Watchable.

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