#41 "Hell Week" (Season 3 #6)

#41 "Hell Week" (Season 3 #6)

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Original Air Date: Dec. 18, 1988

Writer: Bill Nuss

Director: Jonathan Wacks

Production Code: 16318

Things To Note:

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Friends, Family & Guests: Doug McKeon [ Unknown ], Gary Hershberger [ Unknown ], Greg Kean Williams [ Unknown ], Deborah Goodrich [ Unknown ], Peter Fox [ Unknown ], Mark Sussman [ Unknown ]

Episode Summary from The 21 Jump Street Episode Guide:

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

Hanson and Ioki must endure hell week as fraternity pledges in order to gain the confidence and get evidence on a gang rape which occurred at a frat party.

Detailed Episode Review (contains spoilers!):

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

Commentary:

Cyndi Glass: It is really sad how 21 Jump Street and other shows brought the issue of fraternity/sorority hazing to the public eye,and still today, in the late 1990’s, these very same things are happening. I was surprised Booker was nice to the geeks. He became their hero, hehe. I liked the Fonzie joke. A serious episode with some a good balance of drama and comedy.

John DeCarli: A good episode, because everyone’s involved in the case. Booker even does some sympathetic things. And the episode remains as topical today as when it aired in 1988. One small question: Did only Hanson, Ioki, and Kerry go down the water slide, or did all the pledges have to do it (and was this edited out of the FX version)?

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