#40 "Whose Choice Is It Anyway

#40 "Whose Choice Is It Anyway?" (Season 3 #5)

Original Air Date: Dec. 11, 1988

Writer: Michelle Ashford

Director: Bill Corcoran

Production Code: 16306

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Friends, Family & Guests: James Sutorius [ Unknown ], Dana Ashbrook [ Unknown ], Stacy Edwards [ Unknown ], Jill Andre [ Unknown ], Sarah Essex [ Unknown ], Paula Shaw [ Unknown ]

Episode Summary from The 21 Jump Street Episode Guide:

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

Hoffs goes undercover as a pregnant teen to investigate threats of violence being made to a family planning center by anti-abortionists.

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 was the last 21JS episode that I had never seen before, and I had NO idea that Hoffs had had an abortion as a teenager. They really kept that fact quiet in the other episodes. It’s strange how morality on TV has shifted in some ways and not in others. An important female lead character would probably never be written to admit this today. Booker was an ass. It looked like Penhall got him back a little bit. I think Penhall doesn’t trust Booker yet, especially because Hanson doesn’t. I like how they keep that going throughout Season 3 to the finale where Penhall and Booker can barely work together because each of them thinks the other is so wrong and Penhall blames Booker for everything.

John DeCarli: Hadn’t seen this one for a long time. It’s a good episode for Hoffs (Ashford’s first?) but a little slow in spots. It was nice to see Sal featured. Booker is still behaving like a jerk in this one.

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