Don’t Pet the Teacher
Overview: Hanson investigates a series of breaking and entering incidents.
Air date: 4/26/1987
Directed by: Les Sheldon
Guest Stars: Geoffrey Blake as Jeffrey Stone, Ben Bass as Leonard.
In this episode, the 21 Jump Street crew is on the case of a school that keeps getting vandalized. The twist? The school isn’t actually being broken into, making it look like an inside job. Enter Officer Hanson, the undercover mastermind, to crack the case.
Now, call me crazy, but if the same school is getting trashed and no one is breaking in, shouldn’t it be pretty easy to figure out who’s behind it? I mean, just eliminate the suspects who don’t have access and boom, you’ve got your culprit. But no, they decide to send Hanson undercover and make things way more complicated than necessary.
Overall, the story just didn’t grab me. It felt like they were trying too hard to make it seem like a big mystery when it really wasn’t. Sometimes, the simplest solution is the best solution. But hey, at least we got to see Hanson in action, right?