#66 "Parental Guidance Suggested" (Season 4 #11)
Original Air Date: Dec. 4, 1989
Writer: Sam Bushwick & Glen Morgan & James Wong
Director: Jeffrey ???
Production Code: 16311
Things To Note: Filmed during season 3 and held back.
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LOD:
Regulars:
Friends, Family & Guests:
Jay Underwood [ Unknown ], Lenore Kasdorf [ Unknown ], Paul Gleason [ Unknown ], Stephen Fanning [ Unknown ]
Episode Summary from The 21 Jump Street Episode Guide:
NOTE: Stop with this one if you don’t want spoilers.
While observing a family suspected of operating a burglary ring, Hoffs begins to suspect that a boy is being abused.
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: Ioki and Penhall come into the room with the McQuaid brothers’ trademark "Hello!" This makes me wonder if this was originally a Hanson/Penhall episode. Maybe Depp objected to Hanson enjoying the porno as much as Ioki seemed to, when just three episodes earlier he was so sympathetic to Hoffs being raped. I have a hard time believing that Penhall and Ioki would enjoy the porn that much after how hard they worked to bust the porno ring in #12 "16 Blown To 35." Or maybe he didn't believe in telescopic surveillance of a private residence. It's nice to see Hoffs reaching out to try to help the kid - and Fuller trying to help the mother.
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