#79 "Rounding Third" (Season 4 #24)

#79 "Rounding Third" (Season 4 #24)

Original Air Date: May 14, 1990

Writer: Gary Rosen

Director: Jefferson Kibbee

Production Code: 16427

Things To Note:

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Friends, Family & Guests: Sam Bottoms [ Unknown ], Chris Wilding [ Unknown ], Tony Dakota [ Clavo ], Lindy Nisbet [ Unknown ]

Episode Summary from The 21 Jump Street Episode Guide:

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

After volunteering to become a Little League coach Penhall learns that one of the players was kidnapped by his father, from his mother and step-father.

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’s interesting to note that this was actually the last episode filmed in Season 4 - AFTER the two Season 5 episodes featuring Dean and Kati (#82 "Tunnel of Love" and #83 "Back To School"). Hanson, of course, was gone, and they did make an excuse in this episode, saying he was on assignment in that area and could not coach the team. This is the closest TPTB ever let any of the characters come to admitting that Hanson was no longer there. What I like about this episode is the friendship between Danny and Clavo, and the fact that it’s Clavo who brings Danny’s face on the milk carton to Doug’s attention.

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