#53 "Next Victim" (Season 3 #18)

#53 "Next Victim" (Season 3 #18)

Original Air Date: May 7, 1989

Writer: Bruce Kirschbaum

Director: James A. Contner

Production Code: 16330

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Friends, Family & Guests: Paul Abbott [ Unknown ], Brian Bloom [ Unknown ], John Zarchen [ Unknown ], Calvin Levels [ Unknown ], Nicholas Cattral [ Unknown ]

Episode Summary from The 21 Jump Street Episode Guide:

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

Booker goes undercover as a radio DJ to discover who killed a controversial college radio personality by planting a bomb in his car.

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: This is exactly what the audience needed - the beginning of Booker realizing that his semi-racist attitudes might be hurtful to others. They manage to make him open his mind a little bit and start to care what his co-workers (especially Hoffs) think of him, without totally nicing him up or making too sudden a transition. Booker certainly seems comfortable on the radio - much more so than Mac does in #91 "Number One With A Bullet" (Season 5).

John DeCarli: A good "transitional" Booker episode. I have the feeling that TPTB were trying to sell FOX on a spinoff and needed another episode to show the network. Good work from all concerned. Was Depp off filming "Cry Baby" when this was produced?

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