America, What a Town
Overview: Hanson investigates a car theft ring while Hoffs keeps an eye on a foreign exchange student from Poland.
Air date: 4/19/1987
Directed by: Larry Shaw
Guest Stars: Ray Abruzzo as Mario Defano, Billy Jayne as Mark Dorian, Steven Antin as Stevie Delano, Traci Lind as Nadia.
In this episode, the Jump Street crew finds themselves investigating a string of stolen cars, which ultimately leads them to a high school automotive class. Meanwhile, they are also tasked with looking after an exchange student from Poland who is reveling in her newfound American freedoms. Unfortunately, both storylines fell a bit flat. The car thief story lacked the adrenaline-pumping excitement we’ve come to expect, and the exchange student subplot felt like a contrived way to shoehorn in one of the main characters. Overall, this episode failed to capture the same level of thrill as its predecessors. It’s like they tried to rev up the engine, but ended up stalling out instead.