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Things To Note: Episode is followed by a PSA delivered by Steven Williams: "Hi, I'm Steven Williams of 21 Jump Street. If you have been raped, please contact your local Rape Crisis Center or Planned Parenthood. Your operator can give you the phone numbers in your area." Also, the girl who plays Terry Carver was also in #19 "Higher Education"

Friends, Family & Guests: Christianne Hirt (Terry Carver), Jonathan Crombie (Bill Howard), Doug Abrahams (Capt. Briggs), Jan D'arcy (Dean Crane), Roark Critchlow (Dave Gibson), James Kidnie (Mr. Johnson), Rebecca Toolan (Judge), Dolores Drake (Clerk), Suzanne Andersen (Carrie)

Hoffs, Joey and Mac help a raped girl that has no proof to convict the attacker.

It's nighttime, at the University Research Library. A girl, Terry Carver is looking through a card catalog and being watched by a boy. When she leaves to get her book, he gets up, looks in the card catalog to see where she went, and follows her upstairs to the dimly lit and deserted second floor. Terry finds her book, hears a door slam and then warily looks around, walking slowly. She gasps in surprise and then recognizes Bill, who comments about how empty the library gets on a Friday night. She remembers him from yearbook staff. She goes to leave, and he stops her, saying he always wondered about her. She tells him to let go and that he's hurting her. He tells her to relax. She tells him to leave her alone and walks away, and he follows her. Then he grabs her from behind, holds a knife to her face, and pushes her to the floor as she screams.

At the Chapel, Mac and Joey comment on Hoffs, saying that she looks pretty athletic, with long arms, etc. Hoffs asks what they're talking about, and Joey says "basketball." Mac says "Tell us you can play," and Joey says, "No, tell us you can play good." She agrees that yes, she can play good. They ask how good, and she says to try three times all-city guard. They're pleased and ask her to join them in a three on three game with some other officers for a $200 stake. She's up for it, until they tell her it's tonight, and then she says she can't - she has plans. She turns her paperwork in and leaves, over their protestations, and Fuller tells them to let her go. Mac says she can go out with Mr. Wonderful anytime. Fuller says she doesn't have a date, and Joey gripes that that makes it worse. Mac asks if something is wrong with Hoffs, and Fuller says vaguely that she has a personal thing on Wednesday nights and that if they want to know more about it, they'll have to ask her. At the West Side Rape Crisis Center, Hoffs is working with some other women, making phone calls and doing some paperwork. Terry hesitantly comes in and tells them that she needs to talk to somebody. Hoffs sits down with her and introduces herself. Terry bursts into tears and apologizes for it, saying that she hates crying and hates everything about this. Hoffs says she knows, and Terry says she doesn't - that she can't know until she's been there. Hoffs says gently, "You're sad, you're scared, you're mad at the world. You don't like yourself too much either. You don't want to tell people about what happened because of what they may say or how they might treat you. Am I getting warm?" Terry admits that Hoffs has been there and then calls herself stupid. She says she keeps asking herself if she ever did or said anything that he misinterpreted. Hoffs, encouraged by this, asks if Terry knows him. Terry says that the funny thing was that she was glad to see him because the library gets creepy at night. Hoffs listens as she tells her what happened after it was over - she stayed in the library a long time and then she ran to the Student Union to call the Campus Police, who came and asked a bunch of questions and took her to the Med Center. Hoffs says "the medical exam was rough, huh?" and Terry nervously says yes. Hoffs asks if they arrested him, and Terry says the campus police said they would take care of it. Hoffs asks what the city cops said, and Terry says that the dean said she would take care of it, but it's been over a week and she hasn't heard anything, and the dean is never there when she calls. Hoffs says she has a friend who's a cop, and she can get him to look into her case if it's okay. Terry agrees. Hoffs says she needs one more thing - the rapist's name.

Hoffs, back at the Chapel, tells Capt. Fuller that the rapist's name is Bill Howard, but she can't find any record of investigation. Fuller says, "are you saying nobody reported the rape?" and Hoffs says she's just saying it's been over a week and the more time goes by the less chance they have of prosecuting the guy. Fuller has to go to a budget meeting and says he will go by the campus and see what he can find out. On campus, Fuller goes to campus police and talks to the commanding officer, Captain Briggs. He shows his badge and asks about the rape last Friday night. Briggs says it's the first time he heard of it. Fuller tells him what Terry said, and Briggs tells another cop, McDaniels, to bring him last Friday night's blotter. Briggs shows him the blotter - no rape report and no call from anyone named Carver. Fuller sees this and thanks him. At the Chapel, at night, Hoffs has stayed late to organize her files, and Fuller comes in, looking at his watch, surprised she is still there. He tells her about his visit to campus security. She is surprised and says unless she is some amazing actress, she's telling the truth. Fuller says he's not saying she wasn't, and Hoffs accuses him of thinking it. She apologizes and explains that she's been in Terry's shoes and it's impossible to fake what the girl is going through. Fuller says he trusts Hoffs' instincts and is going to put her on campus to check it out. Hoffs, relieved, thanks him. Fuller says that there might be a camouflage job going on and they won't be able to ask the campus for their cooperation, so she'll need a cover. Hoffs says, "not to worry - super fingers," wiggling her fingers, and explains that he is looking at the star of Miss Baroni's 12th grade typing class - 80 words per minute. Next, we see Hoffs typing something and handing it to Dean Crane, who compliments her and says she is too good at this to be a temp and should think about going full time. Hoffs says she's just doing it to make ends meet while she's getting her M.B.A at night school. The dean likes her ambition. Hoffs gives her a phone message from Terry Carver that came in while she was at the Alumni Brunch. Crane thanks her for the message, and Hoffs offers to get Terry on the line. Crane declines and Hoffs asks what she should tell Terry when she calls back. Crane tells her just to take another message. Hoffs indicates the log and says that the last temp recorded ten messages from the same girl, and that she said something about being raped - isn't she concerned? Crane says that of course she is concerned, but only for Terry's mental health - she has talked to her several times, and what can she do for someone who tells her about an incident that simply couldn't have happened. "Couldn't have happened?" Hoffs repeats in disbelief, and Crane explains that the boy Terry accused was 50 miles away buying beer for a fraternity party.

At the hospital, a doctor searches the ER files for the night of Terry's exam, and she doesn't find any record of Terry being there. She tells Hoffs that if Terry was there, it would be in the file. Hoffs asks about "Jane Doe" records, and the doctor says no, just one Jane Doe in cardiac, no rapes. Hoffs is puzzled and begins to get visibly upset. The doctor asks if she is okay, and Hoffs says she's been better. Later, Hoffs asks Terry to tell her the truth. Terry says she has. Hoffs asks why there is no record of her visit to the hospital, and Terry admits that it's because she didn't stay. She meant to, but the ER was full of hurt people and screaming babies, and she waited for hours, and then she found out what they wanted to do to her for the exam. She had already been raped once, she says. So she took off, went home, took a hot bath and a Valium and went to sleep. Hoffs asks about the campus police who were supposed to have been with her, and Terry says they just dropped her off. Hoffs looks away, and Terry says frustratedly that she blew it and that nothing's going to happen because she didn't go for her exam. Hoffs says it won't be easy - he's got an alibi, and they have no evidence. At campus police, Captain Briggs says that Joey's paperwork says that he dropped out of the police academy and asks why. Joey says he didn't like it. Briggs points out that it didn't like him much, according to his grades. Joey says, "Look man, I'm honest, I'm tough, and I'm available." Briggs considers this and says he'll take a chance - he can start tonight, and he has to buy his own uniforms and gear. He tells him he'll show him around, and Joey thanks him, coming back into the office. Briggs says the pay isn't great, but the work isn't hard. Joey indicates a recorder and asks what it is. Briggs says it records campus 911 calls, and Joey asks if they get many calls. He says no, most of the campus crime is just stolen bikes, fights, and parties. Joey asks what they do if it's something real, like murder, and Briggs says they do what anyone else would do - call the cops. Joey follows him off, looking a bit disdainful. Later, Joey comes out to Mac, who is waiting outside in Hanson's Mustang and drinking coffee. He gets in, and Mac asks how it went. Joey grabs Mac's coffee and takes a drink of it, saying that they have all the state of the art equipment in there, including a recorded 911. Mac asks if he got the job, and Joey grins and says he starts tonight. Mac, who is eating a Twinkie, says he has been accepted at Phi Kappa Delta, Bill Howard's fraternity. Joey gives Mac's coffee back, and Mac says he kinda always wanted to be in a fraternity - they always look like they're having fun and have girls named Buffy and Muffy around. Joey laughs and pinches off part of Mac's Twinkie and eats it, asking, "don't they make you do, like a bunch of weird rituals where you have to run across town in your underpants, with like, olives taped to your nipples?" Mac cracks up and says that's only for pledges, he'll be an active. He proudly shows him his fraternity pin, putting on an silly accent as he does so. Joey asks where he got that. Mac says "In a pawn shop, where else?"

At the frat house, the boys are drinking and playing poker. Mac is introduced as "Tony Parker," a brother from Syracuse. Bill gets up and shakes his hand, introducing himself as the chapter president. He introduces Jim, Ron and Phil. Mac says he's in town for a couple of days to see if he can transfer, and Bill offers his help, advice, whatever he needs, and tells him to stay as long as he wants. They invite him to pay poker, and he sits in, sitting next to Bill. They're using chips instead of cookies - creams are 25, chocolate chips are 50 and oatmeal are a dollar. He buys in. Later, he arrives at the Chapel with a big plastic bag of cookies. Hoffs says, "cookies?" and Mac says, "$43.65 worth." Hoffs asks if they're made of gold, and he tells her about the poker game, including that he met Dave the Alibi. He says the alibi will be a tough one to break - he has a receipt for the beer and apparently there's a store in Brinley that doesn't card. Hoffs realizes this means the clerk will deny everything. She asks what Bill is like. Mac says she's not going to like the answer and says he's friendly and seems nice. Hoffs says cynically, "unless you're a girl and he's got a knife." Mac says she has to face the fact that Bill has an alibi and asks, "what do we have?" Hoffs says nothing, except Terry and her word. At the frat house the next day, Mac is sitting alone writing his transfer application, and Bill comes to talk to him. Mac asks what his major is, because the application wants him to declare one. Bill asks why he doesn't just write what his major is at Syracuse, and Mac says that he doesn't think "undecided" would wow them. Bill laughs and agrees, suggesting that he write down a major that isn't too crowded to give him a better shot at getting in. Mac says he likes the way he thinks and asks him what he's going to do with a history major. Bill is going to tell him, but he's interrupted - he has a phone call. Bill says that he is applying for law school and goes off to take his call. Dave laughs about Bill having to apply for law school - he tells Mac that Bill's had a saved seat since the day he was born - his dad is the chairman of the Petramco Corporation and they give tons of money to this school every year.

At the library, Terry calls for an escort service, telling them that she's been waiting for over half an hour. She agrees to wait longer and hangs up. Joey, with a police jacket on, arrives outside the library and begins to write a parking ticket for an illegally parked car. Bill and Dave come downstairs with escort armbands on, and Terry recognizes Bill. "YOU?!" she yells, outraged. Joey hears her screaming at him and runs inside. Terry is struggling with Bill, and a crowd has gathered, and Joey pulls Bill away from her to handcuff him. When Joey says for everyone to stick around, that they're all witnesses, Dave says sure, they're all witnesses, but Bill didn't do anything - Terry attacked Bill. She yells in front of everyone that Bill raped her. Bill says she's nuts and that she was all over him. Joey looks around at the crowd and sees them all nodding and agreeing with Bill, and he continues looking around, frustrated. Later, Captain Briggs tells Joey that he turned out to be a real piece of work. Joey asks what he would have done - it looked like Bill was all over her. Briggs says that he is supposed to get between them and find out what happened - and not to touch, insult or handcuff anybody. Joey yells, "are you serious?" Briggs says that these are not street trash, they're college students. Joey asks if that means they should turn their head when a crime is being committed by one of them. Briggs says to keep it between them and "let them sue each other, not you." At the dean's office, Hoffs says Terry has called again and says that she hates giving Terry a line when she thinks they're doing something for her. Dean Crane says patiently that they are doing everything they can to see that she gets the help that she needs. Hoffs asks what kind of help. Crane says psychiatric help and financial assistance. Hoffs says that Terry said she saw the rapist at the library last night and asks if they shouldn't call the police. Crane says, amused, that Terry attacked Bill last night, and Hoffs argues that it was because he raped her. Crane asks, if he had raped her, why would he be so stupid as to go anywhere near her? Hoffs says she doesn't know, it just seems unfair, that's all.

At the frat house, Mac, Bill and Dave are shooting pool. Mac casually brings up what happened at the library and refers to Terry as the date from hell. Bill says it's not like that - she's crazy and attacked him for no reason, and that Dave was there and saw the whole thing. Mac laughs, and Dave says it isn't funny, that Terry is psycho, and what if she comes after Bill when no one else is around? Bill says that's why he called his dad's lawyer - he's going to take care of it. At the courthouse, Terry is on the witness stand, and Bill's lawyer, Mr. Johnson, asks for a restraining order against her, saying that two days earlier Terry attacked Bill and he has depositions from 14 witnesses included with the complaint. Hoffs is in the audience and looks disgustedly at Bill. The judge, an older female, explains to Terry that she has not been charged with a crime, but if the order is granted she will not be allowed within 100 feet of Mr. Howard, nor will she be allowed to damage his reputation by saying things about him. She asks if Terry objects to it, and Terry tearfully says yes, pointing at Bill and saying "he's the one who should be..." The judge interrupts her and asks her to stick to yes or no, reminding her that she is eligible for representation and asks her somewhat kindly if she wishes time to arrange an attorney. She quietly says no. Mr. Johnson asks Terry if she struck Bill, and she says yes and finally manages to say loudly that he raped her almost two weeks ago. The judge asks Mr. Johnson if Bill has been charged with sexual assault on this woman, and he says no. She asks Terry if she has filed charges with the district attorney's office, and Terry says no. Mr. Johnson says that this is an example of the need for the restraining order, saying that she is a mentally unbalanced, unattractive girl who has become obsessed with a popular, good-looking young man. The judge cautions Terry against perjury charges and reminds her that she is under oath. Mr. Johnson starts playing hardball, asking Terry how she met Bill, and she says she was on the yearbook staff, and he was the editor. He asks if she thought about Bill a lot or had sexual fantasies about him, and if she has a steady boyfriend, and she answers no to all of these. He asks if Terry has ever had a steady boyfriend, and she says not really. Then he asks her about how often she goes out on dates, and Hoffs sits in the audience, getting increasingly agitated. Mr. Johnson asks when her last date was, and she says about a month and a half ago. He asks if she had sex on that date, and Terry turns to the judge in disbelief, asking if she has to answer that. Mr. Johnson says that he's trying to establish that Bill represented an unattainable sexual ideal, and that when he ignored Terry, she attacked him physically and accused him of rape. The judge asks her to answer the question. She says yes. He asks if she dated the person again, and she says no, and he asks if it was unsatisfactory and sexually unfulfilling. Terry explodes, calling Mr. Johnson a bastard and yelling that he knows what Bill did - he raped her - and that he has no right. The judge orders Terry to sit down and says that if she was raped, she urges her to report it and get help, but in the meantime she will grant the restraining order. Hoffs sighs, and court is adjourned.

Terry walks quickly out of the courtroom, and Hoffs follows her, apologizing. Terry says she's going home, and Hoffs offers to walk with her, and Terry says not the dorm, home. Hoffs takes her firmly by the arm and tells her not to give up. Terry yells that she's not giving up, she lost. Hoffs says she's running away and she has to show Bill that it was a mistake, adding that Bill is just trying to scare her. Terry says that it worked - she's scared. Hoffs says that what Terry saw today was the worst she could go through, and she survived it. Terry tearfully points out that what she saw was that Bill Howard can rape her, and there isn't anything she can ever do about it. Hoffs says if she doesn't fight back, she's going to regret it for the rest of her life, and Terry says, "I'm not you! I'm not a fighter!" and she just wants to be left alone. Hoffs asks what is she supposed to tell the next girl that Bill Howard rapes. Terry says bitterly, "Tell her there's nothing she can do about it." Hoffs stands, her anger and determination building, and then finally walks off. Dave watches her leave from the courtroom door, looking a bit ashamed - he obviously heard the whole thing. At the Chapel the next morning, Mac comes in apologizing for being late because there was a party at the house. Hoffs sarcastically says, "While Terry's sitting at her parents' house wondering how her life got totaled - party party." Mac explains gently that he had to go, it was his cover. Hoffs says she hopes he didn't have any fun. Fuller says that their cover doesn't matter anymore - it's time to cut their losses and pull out. Hoffs gets mad, saying that Bill's just going to do it again. Fuller points out that they don't have any proof, and now they no longer have a victim - they've got nothing. Hoffs argues that they have Terry's word and have gone with less before, offering to split from the others and stay under, alone. Fuller says no and says that they have half a day to pull out of their covers.

Mac enters the frat house and sets his duffel bag down. Bill comes in, apologizes that the transfer didn't go through and wishes him luck, and then he leaves. Mac watches out the window and sees Dave polishing his black convertible. He goes out and asks Dave about the car, saying he always wanted a little two-seater. Dave says he should get one - they're pretty cheap. Mac says that with all the stuff he always carts around, it wouldn't be big enough, and Dave hops out to show him the big trunk it has. Mac says that's not that big and what if he wanted to pick up a couple keggers of beer? Dave says no problem, put one in the trunk and one in the passenger seat - he did it just a couple of weeks ago. Mac says, oh yeah, that was the time that Bill Howard went along for the ride, right? Dave, beginning to get uncomfortable, says as a matter of fact, it is and asks why? Mac says he was wondering if Bill sat in his lap. Dave asks why he's asking all these questions, and Mac says because it's his job, showing him his badge. Dave gets nervous, saying that Bill never raped anybody, that he was framed. Mac says that if he testifies to that in court, and it isn't true, he'd be guilty of perjury, and Mac also has a pretty good case against Dave for aiding and abetting. Dave asks quietly what he wants to know, and Mac asks what really happened that night. Dave sits in the car and says that the campus cops showed up and asked questions, and Bill said he was with Dave, and what could he say - he's his best friend. Mac asks what happened then, and he says that the campus police took them down to the station and then nothing happened. What kind of nothing, Mac asks, and Dave says the captain got a call on the emergency line, and after that he told us they could go.

At the security office, Joey and Mac drive up and go in. Joey walks back into the office area with a flourish, going right to the drawer where the tapes are kept. Mac says Dave said it was about 2 AM, and Joey holds up a tape, saying that would mean it was the 16th. They put the tape in to play it, and Captain Briggs arrives, asking them what they're doing. Joey says they're just playing a tape - an oldie but goodie. Briggs tells them to get away from those, and Joey flashes his badge, laughs, and says he lied about dropping out of the academy - he graduated! Briggs asks what they want, and Mac holds up a warrant, saying it's all in there, The tape plays, and it has Dean Crane's voice on it, telling Captain Briggs not to get the city police involved and that Bill's father has given the university over 4 million dollars. Briggs's voice continues, reminding her that rape is a felony and it's not up to them to decide. As Joey plays with his handcuffs, Dean Crane's voice says, "it is if you wants to continue working there." Mac says, in a mock-reprimanding tone, that Briggs should have erased the tape when he re-did the blotter, and Joey handcuffs Briggs, beginning to read him his rights. At the frat house, the rights continue being read, now by Mac, as he, Hoffs, and Joey lead a handcuffed Bill out of the house right in front of his fraternity brothers. At the dean's office, Hoffs finishes up the rights, reading them to Dean Crane as she and Mac arrest her. Dean Crane says this is ridiculous - conspiracy to do what? Hoffs reads, "To prevent the reporting of a felony. To destroy evidence of a felony. To aid a felony suspect in avoiding apprehension." She says she can read the rest on her way downtown, and Crane argues that what she did was in the best interests of those students. Hoffs stops her and says, "what you did was protect a rapist because he was the son of a big contributor." They lead her out, Hoffs saying scornfully that she's sure the university will use some of those big contributions to get Crane a lawyer.

Closing Scene: At the Rape Crisis Center, Terry comes in. Hoffs greets her cheerfully and asks how she's doing. Terry says she wanted to thank her. Hoffs says she was just doing her job, and Terry says she wanted to thank her for setting a good example. "I see you, and I see where I'm going. It doesn't look so bad," she says. She says she has to go, and Hoffs asks her to keep in touch. Terry says she's pressing charges and testifying at his trial, because that's what Hoffs would do. As Terry leaves, another girl comes in and approaches Hoffs tentatively, saying that she needs to talk to somebody. Hoffs stands and says confidently, "You can talk to me, I'm Judy."

Cyndi Glass: This episode, filmed early in the season, unfortunately has Mac driving Hanson's Mustang, and the lighting is too dark in the Chapel scene (I'm beginning to wonder if the budget was so tight that they had to save electricity and make the chapel scenes be at night so they wouldn't have to pay extras to be other Jump Street officers working in the background). Additionally, the Joey character is somewhat undefined in this one - most of his role in this seems as if it were originally written for Doug (except for the quick scene about basketball, which wouldn't have worked since Doug would already know Hoffs could play). Those are the only problems with the the episode. Besides the main plot of Hoffs helping Terry through the aftermath of rape, we also see the the team solidifying into a tight four piece unit after Doug Penhall's resignation. We find out that Hoffs goes to a rape survivors support group every Wednesday night, and that she has previously confided this in Capt. Fuller, and that in high school she was an all-city guard in basketball and able to type 80 wpm. We see the deepening of an easy friendship between Mac and Joey in their scenes - they're teaming up to play basketball, sharing food in the car, etc. Fuller's compassion for Hoffs and respect for her experience and instincts are also evident. Most importantly, we're shown that Hoffs knows it was the right decision for her to prosecute her rapist back in Season 2, and that she has turned this bad experience into something she can help other women with. We see, in a very subtle bit of work, Hoffs staying late to organize files - at night, and Fuller's footsteps are heard before it's possible to see who he is - yet Hoffs is not scared at all. She's completely confident and has not let her rape define or intimidate her. Hoffs' determination is the only thing that keeps the case open, but then at the end, when Fuller formally shuts it down, Mac is the one who finally breaks the case, playing a hunch about the two-seater car and Dave's alibi. Joey's funny as usual - Michael DeLuise's line about the olives being taped to the nipples sounds like an ad lib to me, mainly because Michael Bendetti, as Mac, laughs so suddenly that he almost blows his next line. Christine Hirt, as Terry, plays her very well, reminding us that while Hoffs is strong and confident now, back when it happened to her she was just this scared and intimidated by her very similar situation. Terry's resolve at the end is heartening after the resigned despair she shows throughout the episode. The continuity is tight, the case flows realistically, and we yet again see Hoffs championing the cause of a minority victim with no power, as she did in the last episode.

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