#20. DON'T STRETCH THE RAINBOW: This episode aired on November 1, 1987.
This episode is based on a young african american teenage girl who falls in love with a young caucasian teenage male.  The young girls father is principal of a nearly all white school that the city is attempting to de-segregate and there is a lot of controversy.  The young girl ends up trying to kill herself over all the hype of being in love and pregnant with a white boy's child.  The girls survives her suicide attempt and her unborn child is healthy also.  There is a lot of racial slurs, racial wars among teens, etc.  The Jump Street Gang is sent in to try and prevent racism, discrimination, and especially protect the teens from getting hurt or even killed.  The episode has a very good ending and the young girl goes to school and explains to both the black and white student body that she loves her white boyfriend, she is going to have his child, and all this racism and discrimination isn't worth anything.  She explains that there is only one race in the world and that is the human race.  The episode deals with a very important issue - racism/discrimination.  Depp has a fair amount of airtime in this episode.

***DISCLAIMER:  Due to the amount of racial tendencies, racial slurs, and discriminating remarks - I am refraining from writing an entire episode guide for this particular episode.  I am in no way racist and do not want to appear that way in anyone's eyes.  This episode contains a lot of violence over racial issues and I feel that it's better to just give a brief outline of the episode rather than set myself up for judgmental opinions.  If anyone wants a complete written episode guide, I will be happy to provide that for you.  Please email me at Deppfan@aol.com if you would like further information on this episode.  Also, due to the racial tendencies I am not going to rate this episode at all.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.  This does not reflect the views and/or beliefs of myself, 21 Depp Street, or A Fan's Page for Johnny Depp!***

#21. HONOR BOUND: This episode aired on November 8, 1987.

IMPORTANT NOTE PRIOR TO READING THIS EPISODE GUIDE:  This DOES NOT APPLY to Johnny Depp Fans, anyone who frequents A Fan's Page for Johnny Depp, Vicki, etc.  But, I feel that it's important, in all fairness to Johnny and his background to let his fans know that there has been some discriminating remarks in regards to Johnny Depp's diction that he uses in this episode as a cadet that transferred in from Tulsa Military Academy.  Johnny has been referred to as a redneck, hillbilly, etc. for using this accent and some have even made remarks about the fact that he was born in Kentucky, partly raised in Appalachia (Kentucky), then moved to Florida, and basically once a redneck - always a redneck.  One remark that I read recently that I found to be very inaccurate was that Johnny Depp really brings out his redneck, Kentucky roots in this episode.  I feel that the accurate response would be to acknowledge Johnny's talent as an actor in that he can use many dictions, and use a certain diction that is appropriate to the role he is playing.  Actually I feel that Johnny Depp is very honest and proud about his Kentucky roots and where he came from and when one degrades someone's diction or origin, that also degrades that person's family which Johnny is very proud of, to say the least.  To also add to my soap box, I feel that each individual state has  their own certain diction depending on which part of the state one resides.  I am in no way criticizing anothers opinion and have tried to write this in a diplomatic manner, but I want to say that no one should be categorized by the way the talk and their diction.  It is very apparent that Johnny Depp doesn't have a continual Kentucky accent.  I reside in Tennessee and don't live very far from Owensboro where Johnny grew up and although our diction is somewhat different - it's very much similar.  So who cares if Johnny was born in Kentucky, lived in Florida, moved to LA and where he gets his diction from.  The important thing is that he is who he is and if you are reading this right now then chances are you will agree that regardless of how he talks - he'll always be the same Johnny Depp we admire and adore.  I hope I haven't offended anyone by this little addition and welcome any feedback or comments.  Please email me at Deppfan@aol.com!

*** DISCLAIMER:  Also, I want to be real clear that there is a lot of prejudice remarks made in this episode against the homosexual population and this episode guide is taken directly from the episode itself with no opinions of my own added.  The comments and beliefs in this episode do not reflect the beliefs or opinions of myself, 21 Depp Street, or A Fan's Page for Johnny Depp!***

This episode begins with Fuller briefing Jump Street on their next assignment.  It appears that there have been an enormous amount of attacks on homosexuals in a specific area that is within a 5 mile radius of Norton Military Academy.  Fuller also adds to his suspicion that students of the academy may be doing this because all of the assailants that have been seen have had short hair, most of those attacked had not idea there was anyone around until they were ambushed, and the beatings that these homosexuals suffered appeared to be of a professional nature.  Hanson and Penhall make a good point when they realize that all the attacks have occured after midnight and that most of these young GI Joe's have some type of curfew.  But, Fuller lets Hanson and Penhall in on his next little secret, that maybe these cadets are going over the wall and this is why he is sending both of them in to find out what is going on.  Hanson doesn't seem to mind, but Penhall is dying.  Penhall has no desire to go into a military academy, to be a cadet, to wear a uniform, and especially get his hair cut.  Ioki makes a bit of a joke about Penhall having to get a haircut, the Fuller blows him over with his assignment.  Ioki is gonna be sent in as a decoy at the Milestones Cafe, which is more or less a gay bar.  Hoffs assignment is to back up Ioki and buy him coffee.  Looks like Hoffs is getting off easy here.  Fuller also adds, to Hanson and Penhall's dismay, that this academy is a live in situation, they'll have to stay inside until the case is solved, and they can't run back to the chapel for an update and slice of Pizza.  What a way to start the day for Jump Street.

Penhall arrives at the academy and his first acquaintance is Sergeant Major Jackson.  Penhall is ready to leave already and he hasn't even been signed in yet.  Penhall is going in as a fresh cadet.  Hanson is going in as an experienced cadet who was thrown out of Tulsa Military Academy for "bad behavior".  Hanson doesn't have to go through Jackson, which would have been much easier, but he gets to go straight to the General's office who let's him know that he's a screw up and there will be no screw ups at Norton Military Academy.  The general also informs Hanson that rules and regulation are one thing, but above all else at Norton is Honor.  He tells Hanson that a cadet WILL NOT lie, steal, or cheat nor tolerate those that do.  Hanson is standing at attention and says "Yes Sir".  The general looks over Hanson's record and tells him that he see that he once was a Sergeant Major, but was busted down to Sergeant, and tells Hanson that he had a fine rank.  He tells Hanson that he's gonna let him transfer in at that rank just to see if he can keep it (the Sergeant rank), and his guess is that he can't keep it.  Hanson says, "Thank you Sir." and the the general informs him that if there is nothing else then Hanson is dismissed.  Hanson puts on his cadet hat, straightens it, salutes the general, the general salutes him, Hanson does a little military dance (the about face and all) and then walks out of the general's office.

Jackson has befriended Penhall as much as a Sergeant Major can, has been showing him around, and has now taken Penhall to the one place he didn't want to go - the barber.  Penhall watches the barber as he takes shears and just shaves one cadets hair completely off.  Penhall is getting real nervous as he is the only one left in the waiting area.  Jackson has some type of military meeting to go to and leaves Penhall by himself to get his hair "trimmed".  Penhall is really squirmming, especially when the barber finishes with the other cadet and walks out, looks at Penhall, and says, "Next".  Penhall stand ups, looks at the cadets hair that went in before him, his voice gets really high pitched, and he informed the barber that he gave the tailor the wrong hat size, he needs to go get it fixed because he can't look like a dweeb on his first day of inspection, but tells the barber to keep that seat open for him and he'll be back (yeah-right!).

It's time for lunch at the academy and Hanson gets to sit at the table with all the other high rankers while poor Penhall is just out there on his own.  Hanson is at the table talking to others about how different it was at Tulsa, what he did to be thrown out, etc. then he notices Penhall approaching their table with his tray and says to the other guys, "Uh,Oh. Check this doof out."  Hey, Hanson has a reputation to keep with his bad boy image (pardon the cliche) that is on his transfer record from Tulsa Academy.  Hanson yells out at Penhall and says, "Hey, you steal that earring from your mamma little buddy?"  Penhall looks shocked and replies, "Why would I want to do that if your mother gives them to me for free?"  Hanson just smiles, chews on his gum, nods his head, and then as Penhall walks by, Hanson just sticks his foot out and trips Penhall.  Penhall's food from his tray goes flying everywhere and he jumps up and grabs Hanson by the collar.  A couple of cadets jump in between them to keep them from fighting.  Penhall tells Hanson real quick that he better be watching over his shoulder and Hanson blows Penhall a few kisses.  Penhall walks on and Hanson goes back to his table to tell the other guys that at his old school they'd take a guy like that, hold em' down, and cut his hair off with a huntin' knife.  Hanson goes on to tell more about what he did at his old school out on the lake, that the guys would get some sun, drink some beers, and then finish up with sweeping the area.  Hanson is probing for information and none of these guys have a clue and want to know what sweeping the area means.  Hanson explains that they would drive into town, check out the local ladies, the go to the darkside of town (meaning the african-american part) with a broom sticking out of the window and try to hit the local people standing on the corner.  Well Hanson may be clever, but he just messed up because there happened to be an african-american  at the table with him that didn't take Hanson's comment too lightly and asked Hanson if he thought that was funny.  Hanson knew that what he was saying was wrong, but he had to maintain his role and tells the guy to lighten up that it was just a game.

Meanwhile, Ioki is on his assignment at the Milestone Cafe and then this guy comes up to him and tells Ioki that he's hasn't seen him around before (What a pick-up line!).  Ioki is dying, but remains cool, is very police and begins to tell this guy that he's new and that he thinks that the Milestone is a nice place to hang out.  They guy introduces himself as Willie and Ioki tells him that he's Harry.  Willie then asks Ioki if he's there by himself and Ioki says yes and then backs up and tells him no that he's not there by himself that he's waiting on a friend.  Hoffs saves the day by showing up.  Ioki says to Hoffs, in front of Willie, that it's nice of her to show up as they were just talking about her.  Willie takes the hint, tells Ioki it was nice to meet him, and leaves.  Hoffs sits down next to Ioki and laughs her head off.  Ioki lets her know real quick that it isn't funny, not funny at all.  Hoffs says, "Come on Harry, it is funny.  Are you sure you aren't putting out some type of signals?"  Ioki doesn't like her comment, but knows that it's time that he acts as the decoy and patrol around the block to see if anyone tried to attack him.  Ioki tells Hoffs that he's gonna go patrol the block, she laughs, and says, "Happy Hunting!" and then laughs some more.  Ioki is out on the dark street walking by himself and doesn't look like he's happy to be there.  Suddenly Ioki notices a guy beating up on someone in an alley, they guy has the other guy pinned up against a wall and is kicking him with all the strength he has.  Ioki runs to intervene.  Ioki jumps the wall to stop the one guy from nearly killing this other guy, but then he realizes that there are two more of these guys and they begin to attack Ioki.  Ioki uses his expertise in martial arts to try and protect himself, but there are just too many of them, and they are all trained too well.  Ioki gets knocked to the ground and has his ribs kicked in a couple of times.  Hoffs arrives on the scene and tells the guys that she is police and for them to freeze.  The guys run off and Hoffs has no chance of finding them.

The next morning, Hanson is awakened by some other cadet telling him he has a phone call.  It's Fuller who is calling and is informing Hanson that Ioki is in the hospital and also lets Hanson know that these guys hit Ioki from behind.  Fuller tells Hanson that he wants him to meet them at the hospital and bring a yearbook from Norton Military Academy.  The general is standing over Hanson the whole time he is talking to Fuller.  Hanson tells the general that he has an emergency situation and his brother is in the hospital.  The general informs Hanson that he knows that because he just spoke with his father (Fuller), tells Hanson that his father seems like a fine man, and asks Hanson if his father ever spent any time in the military.  Hanson informs the general that his father is a police officer.  The general then tells Hanson that he comes from fine stock and that he wouldn't mind meeting his father sometime (whoa that would go over good).  Hanson then tells the general that he's sure that he'd find meeting his father very enjoyable.  Hanson then head straight to the hospital to see Ioki with a yearbook in hand.  Hanson is at Ioki's bedside as Ioki looks through the yearbook.  Hanson is really concerned that Ioki is alright and Ioki tells him that he's only there for observation.  Hanson makes a joke with him to try and cheer him up.  Hanson says, "I'm disappointed in you Iokage, you against only three  combat trained psychos; what'd you do slip on a banana peel or something?"  Ioki says, "Yeah, Something..."  Ioki finally spots one of the guys that attacked him, Hank Demerest.  Fuller asks Hanson if he knows him and Hanson says yeah, but that he hasn't met him officially.  Fullet stresses to Hanson to go back and meet him - OFFICIALLY!  Ioki then tells Fuller and Hanson that the second guy was hidden in the shadows and he didn't even see the third guy.  Hanson tells them that he's got a line on who the others might be.  Ioki then asks Fuller and Hanson if they can bring in Demerest and see if he rolls over on the other two.  Fuller and Hanson both tell Ioki that they doubt Demerest rolling over on anyone because in the military, the Honor Code is the biggest and and he won't break that code which means basically that he's not gonna rat out his buddies.  Fuller tells Hanson to bring Penhall more into the investigation and try to get some better leads.  Ioki then asks how Penhall is doing and Hanson sort of laughs and tells Ioki and Fuller that Penhall is a natural soldier.

Of course Penhall isn't a natural soldier and can't even march right.  Everyone is screaming at Penhall especially for not getting his hair cut.  Jackson is the only one who has taken up for Penhall actually taken some pity on him.  Jackson runs to the other Sergeant Major and tells him that Penhall is new and to cut him some slack.  He tells Jackson to make sure Penhall's hair is cut, for Penhall to drop and give him 20 push ups, and asks Jackson to count them out.  Penhall starts doing his push ups, cheats a bit, and Jackson informs him that he owes him 6 more push ups.  Jackson also tells Penhall that it is his responsibility to see that he gets through training safely and gets the most out of it and asks Penhall not to confuse Jackson's actually liking him with the thought that Jackson's gonna let him get away with any and every thing.  Jackson then takes Penhall to the side and tries to help him in his stance and marching techniques.  Jackson is called away by another cadet and tells Penhall that he'll be right back.  Penhall sees that this is his chance to look at the sign in - sign out sheets.  Penhall goes quickly to look at the list from the night before and finds Demerest's, Adderly's, and Hudson's name on the list from the night before and finds it very interesting.  Penhall doesn't want to diappoing Jackson so he goes back to the barber to get his head shaved, but has no intention of having it done for he has a plan.  As soon as the barber starts, Penhall accidentally knocks off the barber's glasses, breaks them, apologizes, and wants to know if he has another pair.  The barber tells Penhall that he does have another pair at home.  So Penhall informs the barber that he'll kindly wait until he gets his glasses before he gets his hair cut.  Hey, Penhall is slick - he went for his haircut and couldn't get it - it's a good excuse according to Penhall.

Next the cadets are in gym class learning wrestling techniques.  Penhall makes a comment that the instructor doesn't like and Penhall tells him that he was just admiring the instructors technique.  The instructor tells Penhall that this is good because now he can show the whole class what he has learned.  The instructor pairs Penhall and another cadet together and tells them to go through the King of the Mountain drill.  Hanson makes a snide remard and say, "Looks more like Queen of the Mountain to me."  The wrestling match starts and Penhall takes his opponent down easily.  The instructor calls in Demerest to wrestle Penhall who quickly pins him also.  Penhall is on a roll and looks like coach is gonna call it a day until Hanson says, "Can I have a shot coach?"  The coach tells Hanson and Penhall to go for it and the whole gymnasium goes wild because they know they've got a match now.  Hanson and Penhall square off and everyone is yelling, "Search and Destroy."  Hanson looks at Penhall and says, "How 'bout a little kiss first?" and Penhall says, "Okay, pucker up."  Penhall hardly gets the words out of his mouth when Hanson just draws back, punches Penhall in the face, and knocks him out cold.  The coach isn't real happy, but Hanson says, "I won didn't I?" and the coach tells Hanson that if he does that again he'll pack his bags and be out of the academy and sends Hanson to the shower.

Hanson goes to the shower room and believe it or not there was a good reason that Hanson did what he did because in the showers, Rick Adderly comes up to Hanson and is discussing what he did to Penhall and tells Hanson that it was about time that someone did it.  Hanson tells him that most of the people around there wouldn't know a good time if they walked in on it.  See there ya go - Hanson's looking for info and from the right guy too.  Hanson also asks Adderly if he is any different (referring to whether or not Adderly knows about having a good time).  One of Adderly's buddies, Hank Demerest, tells Hanson that they go alone on their escapades and Adderly stop his friend from speaking and tells him that he should be more polite (to Hanson) especially with someone who can whip his butt.  Demerest then tells Hanson that he has his brother's car that day to go out if he's intersted in going with them.  The other friend, Hudson, interrupts as he can't believe that Adderly is telling Hanson about this stuff that they do.  Hanson tells him that it sounds good and asks where they are going.  Adderly informs Hanson that they are going into town for a little search and destroy.  Hanson asks if they are going to find some women to wrestle, Adderly tells him that what they are gonna do is even better, and they'll pick Hanson up in ten minutes.  Hanson knows right then and there that he's got his three guys, but now all he has to do is get the evidence, but he's gonna need Penhall's help who may not be so willing since he just punched him out.  Hanson goes to find Penhall who is also in the shower room nursing his face where Hanson hit him.  Penhall looks at Hanson and tells him that he he would appreciate a little warning next time before Hanson decides to just go off and knock him out.  Hanson tells Penhall to just listed.  About that time the coach walks up and catches the two of them conversing, thinks that there is still some type of fight going on between them, and tell Hanson that he obviously wasn't listening to what he told him earlier and Adderly walks up orders him back to quarters.  Hanson then says outloud, hoping that Penhall will catch on to what he is trying to tell him, "Yeah I guess he's not worth the trouble."  Hanson then points at Adderly and says, "Parking lot in ten minutes right?"  Then Hanson walks off.  Penhall got Hanson's message and knows that he has to do something.

Penhall runs down to the cadet payphone where there is a line a mile long and he tells the guy on the phone that it's an emergency and he has to use the phone.  The guy won't let him use the phone.  Penhall has to get a hold of Fuller or someone right then and now, so he slips through a window into the general's office to use the phone.  Penhall gets a hold of Hoffs and about the time she says Hello, two cadets with Jackson come in and catch Penhall.  Well, Penhall is in trouble and Hanson is out cruising around with these three psychos.  Hanson then asks the cadets how they get away with breaking the curfew and was informed that Sergeant Major Jackson covered for them the first time and then they just sort of held it over his head all the rest of the times and this is how they get out and are able to stay out so late.  Hanson acts to the three guys like he's getting bored and wants to know if this is the search or destory part of the evening and one of he guys tells him that it's neither.  Back at Norton, Penhall is taken to the general's quarters for breaking into his office.  Penhall tries to explain that he desperately needed to call his father and the public phones were taken.  The general asks how he got in and Jackson tells him that Penhall got in through the window.  The general then tells Penhall that he was breaking and entering along with tresspassing and which Penhall rebuttles by informing him that no property was damaged and he had every right to be on campus.  The general then tells Penhall to call his father and tell him to get his butt out of Norton Academy tonight.  Penhall seems a bit confused and then tells the general that he needs to get something straight - that he's being kicked out of the academy for trying to call his father and now that he's kicked out he can call his father.  Penhall laughs it off and tells the general and Jackson that he can't wait to get back to public school.  Penhall is overjoyed that he's getting out.

Hanson is still riding around with the other three cadets and one of them spots a guy walking down the street and Demerst points him out to the others.  Hanson asks the cadets why that guy and the response is because he is a faggot.  Hanson asks if that's it, that's the only reason to pick on this guy.  The cadet then tells Hanson that's all he needs to know and he's not to question orders around there.  Hanson then asks what they are gonna do, beat on his head for a little while and the others reply no.  They tell Hanson that he's gonna get in front of the guy, make him think that Hanson's gonna take him out, and when he tries to run, they'll get him from behind.  Hanson does what they ask and when the guy approaches, Hanson says, "Run past me, don't turn around - just run past me.  I'm not gonna hurt you.  I won't hurt you I swear man, just run"  About that time, the guy blows this whistle he has hanging around his neck and runs backwards straight into the other three cadet who start beating up on him pretty bad.  The people in the Milestone Cafe heard the whistle and they all came running out to help whoever was in trouble.  The three cadets see the other guys coming and jump in the car leaving Hanson behind facing all these people.  Finally, before Hanson gets his head beat in, the cadets circle around, yell at Hanson who jumps over a brick wall to get into the car.

Back at Norton Academy, the cadets are arguing over what happened and Hudson tells Demerest that he doesn't think that he want's to do this stuff anymore.  Demerest gets angry and doesn't understand Hudson's reasoning for wanting to stop.  These cadets have really lost sense of reality because they truly believe that what they are doing is justice in society, plus they think it's fun and it's not harming anyone, but it's harming everyone - including themselves.  Hudson finally tells Hanson, Demerest, and Adderly that he's afraid and asks the other guys if they have any idea what would have happed to them if they had been caught by those guys.  Hanson jumps in and lets them know that if they would have caught anybody it would have been him first.  Hanson's trying to hang in there to get more evidence and has to be this tough guy, but he doesn't like it, and then Hanson says, "And so what if they caught is, they're just a bunch of fags."  Hudson tells them all that he just thinks that they should just cool it, maybe shut down for a while and Adderly agrees and informs them all that they are shutting down until further notice.  Hanson jumps up and starts to say something and Adderly informs him that the subject is not up for discussion.

Back at the chapel, Hoffs and Ioki are giving fuller the run down on what happened the night before.  Ioki tells Fuller that if those guys would have caught them there would have been serious trouble because the gays are out for blood, they aren't about to take any prisoners, and are ready to go after anyone who looks at them sideways.  Fuller asks Hoffs and Ioki if any one came up with a description.  Hoffs sort of frown and says, "Yeah, we got a great one - of Hanson."  Fuller then informs Hoffs and Ioki that he has some bad news.  One of the guys who was beaten severely at the beginning of the episode, Benny Mason, which led to Jump Street's involvement in this case died that afternoon.  Hoffs knows that this not only means that they are looking at an assault case, but now a murder case as well.  Fuller tells Hoffs and Ioki that there is nothing to prove these guys did it and if these kids are smart, they are gonna take themselves out of the game for a little while.  Fuller also tells them that Penhall has reported to him that a cadet Jackson signed in Demerest and two other guys the night Mason was attacked, that Jackson signed them all in at 11:00pm before curfew and over an hour before the beating of Mason.

That day Penhall goes in street clothes to the cadet firing range to speak with Jackson.  Penhall tells Jackson that he happens to know that 5 days ago that he signed in Adderly and his buddies after curfew.  Jackson apologizes to Penhall for being dismissed from the academy, as he doesn't know Penhall is a cop, and then tells Penhall that accusations like he just made against Jackson would not get him reinstated into the Academy.  Penhall just smiles, pulls out his badge, and tells Jackson that it's okay because he's already got a day job.  Jackson asks Penhall if he was masquerading as a cadet and Penhall tells him that he was undercover because Adderly and his buddies were playing war games and beating up homosexuals for practice.  Jackson denies any knowledge of this and Penhall informs him that maybe he does, maybe he doesn't, but now someone is dead.  Jackson then asks Pnehall if Hanson is a police officer too and he won't do anything to impede Hanson's work to solve the crime if he is undercover.  Penhall tells Jackson that he was looking for Jackson to help him in a different way, a little more direct approach.  Jackson tells Penhall that there is nothing more that he can do and Penhall assures him that there is plenty more that he can do like why he covered their butts for coming in two hours late.  Jackson then tells Penhall that he stands by his report.  Penhall then asks Jackson if he knows what type of trouble he could be in for being an accessory to murder.  Jackson tells Penhall again that there is nothing more he can do and wants to know if Penhall learned anything while at the academy.  Penhall informs Jackson that he hasn't learned anything that he wants to remember and wants to know if covering murders is what Jackson has learned because someone is dead and if he don't help then these guys are just gonna walk away from it.  Jackson quickly tells Penhall that the academy has taught him honor and that honor is his life.  Jackson then tells Penhall that he has dreams and he is going to West Point Military Academy and that Penhall just doesn't understand.  Penhall tells Jackson that he understands, but that he's wrong about where he's going because he's going to jail and all because he won't violate some unwritten fraternity code.

Penhall goes back to the chapel and informs Fuller and Hoffs that Jackson wouldn't budge and that Jackson figured out that Hanson was a cop.  Fuller tells Hoffs and Penhall that they are gonna have to bring in Hanson and Demerest or Hanson may walk right into an ambush.  Penhall tells Hoffs and Fuller that Jackson promised that he wouldn't say anything.  Hoffs asks Penhall is he really believes Jackson.  Penhall tells Hoffs that he does believe Jackson and he gave him his word.  Hoffs can't believe that Penhall would trust someone who would rather go to jail than turn over three murder suspects and Penhall makes it very clear that's his whole point.  Penhall then tells Fuller that he knows it sounds crazy, but that he trusts Jackson.  Fuller thinks for a moment and agrees that he'll give Hanson a little more time.

Hanson is still undercover and no one at the academy but Hanson and Jackson know that he is a cop.  Hanson is also dressed out in his cadet blues right down to the shined shoes when he walks up to Adderly at the shooting range and shows him the mornings paper that reads - "Beating Victim Dies."  Adderly kinda shrugs it off like he knows nothing about it and Hanson tells him that it sounds sort of like a search and destroy mission to him.  Demerest mouths off and asks Hanson if he thinks that they are the only one who beat up on fags.  Hudson then tells Hanson that this happened after curfew.  Hanson tells the three of them not to tell him, but to tell the cops because after what happened last night, the cops are gonna be swarming all over campus of the academy.  Demerest asks Hanson what he's gonna tell about this story and Adderly breaks in and says that Hanson isn't gonna say anything because he knows better than to break the code.  Hanson then tells the three of them that he don't know anything because he was on a plane from Tulsa when all this stuff went down, but if they had anything to do with it then they had better be getting their stories straight, to make sure that if anyone else that may have known about it on campus to get their story straight, and if it wasn't them - then they ain't got nothing to worry about.  Hanson smacks the newspaper against his hand, then he swats Demerest on the arm with it and says, "Besides, they's just a bunch'a fags anyway", and walks away knowing that these guys are for sure the one that killed Mason.  Hudson gets nervous and wants to know what they are gonna do.  Adderly and Demerest tells Hudson that they aren't gonna do anything about it because Jackson knows the code and he'll cover for them.  Adderly leaves quickly and meets his brother who is a homosexual that he hasn't spoken to in a long time, but Adderly knows that Benny Mason was his brother's partner and he went there to tell his brother that he knew who was doing the beatings.  Adderly apologizes, tells him that he can't tell him names, but that he was involved in it.  Adderly's brother tells him that someone he loved died because of those beatings, that it could have been him that they beat, and that if he is half the man he claims to be he will do the right thing, the right thing would be what their father would have wanted him to do.  Adderly's brother then walks away leaving Adderly alone.

Hanson goes to visit Jackson as a cadet and Jackson tells him to drop the bull because he knows that he's a cop.  Hanson tells him that he's the only witness and this is the only thing that bring this case to justice.  Jackson tells Hanson that around there Honor is the only thing that matters, that it embodies a special trust and confidence, and it's about valor.. Hanson interrupts and tells Jackson that it's a load of crap and Jackson tells Hanson that he doesn't understand.  Hanson gets angry and tells him that he understands that three of his cadets killed sombody because he was gay, them tomorrow it will be sombody black or jewish, or someone with a stupid label that makes it okay.  Jackson walks over to his desk and refuses to talk.  Hanson tells Jackson that this is just fine, but for him to call and get a pass because he is being arrested for suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.  Jackson tells Hanson that he already made a phone call.  Hanson and Jackson walk out together to the front building of the Norton Military Academy only to find Adderly leading a pack of cadets coming their way.  Commander Richard Adderly turns over his team to Jackson, Hanson motions for Jackson to take command, and Jackson accepts.  Then Adderly informs Hanson that he, Hudson, and Demerest are turning themselves over to his custody.  Jackson is no longer in trouble and asks Adderly and his guys to surrender their arms (weapons).  Adderly turns over the weapons to Jackson, salutes him, Jackson salutes back and states that Adderly, Hudson, and Demerest are restricted to quarters until further notice.  The case is solved.  This episode was great and the action between Hanson and Penhall is excellent and a must see.  Depp has a lot of airtime and I must admit that the accent he has in this episode makes him even the more cute than ever.  One of my favorites.  OVERALL RATING = 10.

#22. YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PRISON: This episode aired on November 15, 1987.
Okay, this episode could go on forever and really isn't one of my favorites, so I'm just gonna give a brief summary because there are lots more episodes that deserve more attention than this one.  Hanson and Penhall are sent is as undercover bodyguards to protect this young hot shot movie star, Jeremy Woods, because he's been getting threatening fan mail.  Also, Woods has been known to trash hotel rooms and drive cars into pools just to see if the lights work under water.  Ioki and Hoffs just think that Woods is great and Hoffs just drools all over the thought of him, but Hanson and Penhall know that he's a jerk.  Penhall ends up getting a small role in the movie Jeremy is making as a police office who pulls him over for speeding (how appropriate).  Then, Jeremy takes a fit on the set of this movie, Hanson and Penhall are on the set as his bodyguards, Woods' fires the director, and the media is there filming his every move along with getting in some good shots of Hanson and Penhall.  This little fit is going to be aired all over the local television stations.

So, remember Tyrell (Waxer) from the pilot, well he ended up killing someone in juvenile and is being transferred to the state prison and sentenced as an adult.  During Waxer's transfer on a highly secured bus, something happens, Waxer ends up shooting one of the guards and escapes.  Waxer goes to a buddy's house and is watching the news to see what the reporters are saying about him and the footage from Jeremy Woods' fit throwing airs on the televion and Waxer recognizes Hanson in the background of the set.  Waxer is out for blood and plans on killing Hanson for busting him and sending him away.  Hoffs and Ioki decide that it's time to meet Jeremy and figure out that Hanson has some mail at the chapel and they really need to take it to him.  Hanson, Penhall, and Woods are in Woods' trailer talking about Jeremy's fame because just minutes before an obsessed fan tried to give Jeremy a present, thought that all his movies were about her, and Woods' had to have her sent to the hospital.  Then there is a knock on the trailer door and it's Hoffs and Ioki bringing Hanson his mail.  Hanson and Penhall aren't thrilled that they showed up and are really upset when Jeremy invites them to hang out around the set for the rest of the day.  Hoffs even gets a part as an extra in his movie.  While Hoffs is being filmed as an extra, a student who just walks down the hall - Waxer walks right past her and he's caught on tape.  But, it's too late, Waxer already got to Hanson and he didn't just kidnap Hanson, but also Woods.  Hoffs then realizes that it was Waxer, she and the rest of the Jump Street gang go over the tape, know that it's him, and also know that Hanson is in touble.

Waxer really has it in for Hanson and finds Woods to be quite amusing.  Waxer has every intent on killing both of them and is holding them at gunpoint.  Woods begins to cry and beg for his life.  Waxer really makes fun of Woods because he plays this tough guy in the movies, but is nothing but a crybaby in real life.  Hanson pleads with Waxer not to kill Woods, tells Waxer that Woods didn't do anything to him and he has no reason to kill Woods.  Fuller and the rest of the gang are searching high and low for Waxer, Hanson, and Woods'.  Hanson continues to plead with Waxer to let Woods go.  Hanson tells Waxer that Woods didn't bust him, he did, and if he's gonna kill anybody to kill him, but let Woods go.  Waxer makes jokes and tells them that they both are gonna go and wants to know which one wants to go first.  Hanson finally catches Waxer off guard, wrestles the gun away from Waxer, and saves his and Woods' life.  Just about the time Hanson gets the gun away from Waxer, Fuller and the rest of the gang show up, along with the media.  Fuller makes sure that Hanson is alright and Waxer is arrested.  Don't look like Waxer's gonna be seeing daylight for a while.  Fuller gets real angry when the media tries to tape his undercover officers and forbids any shots of Hanson or any of the others.  The media then focuses on Woods and does a complete interview with him on what happened.  Well we all know that Hanson saved the day, but according to Woods in his interview - he was cool and saved Hanson's life as well as his own, but he does give Hanson a small amount of credit.  This is a good episode, but it's one of those that the story could be told in 15 minutes rather than 50 minutes.  Depp has some good scenes which I did add in this guide and a fair amount of airtime.  OVERALL RATING = 6.5

#23. HOW MUCH IS THAT BODY IN THE WINDOW?: This episode aired on November 22, 1987.
A young gymnast dies after a gymnastics meet at her local school. The cause of death is found to be a result of steriod use. Hanson and Ioki are partnered together to investigate local gyms and the use of steroids. Penhall and Hoffs are sent in undercover at the school where the young gymnast died to investiage steriod use within school system. Hanson signs up to be a Big Brother in this episode, but begins to have second thoughts after he attends a meeting for Big Brothers of America. Penhall is making waves within the school setting and also with Fuller when he a makes a steriod buy from a teen at school. Penhall ends up swalloring the steroid and doesn't make a bust. Hanson's hesitance to be a Big Brother is explained further in the episode. Hanson tells Fuller that he is second guessing his decision to be a Big Brother because he knows that he will end up being undercover and investigating these same kids and it will only be a matter of a few years.  Hanson thinks that he will end up hurting the Jump Street Program in the long run as well as hurting these kids by befriending these young boys.

Meanwhile, Penhall gets in deeper and deeper in the investigation and becomes extremely defensive. Due to Hanson' preoccupation over being a Big Brother and Penhall's defensiveness about the case, tension begins between the two. Hanson also finds tension building between himself and the director of Big Brothers of America when the two realize that they are attracted to each other. Hanson's feelings for Penhall and the director change quickly when Penhall gives Hanson a bad recommendation to be a Big Brother and the director refuses his application.  Penhall finally does the right thing and arrests a high school teen for steroids.  Hanson makes a discovery on the  identity of the teen's steriod supplier which leads  to another arrest and the shutting down a steroid operation. Hanson and Penhall are able to put their differences aside and get back on good terms with each other.  Penhall expains to Hanson that he gave him a bad reference to be a Big Brother intentionally so his application would be rejected.  Penhall explains that he felt like Hanson would not have enough time or attention to be a Big Brother which would be very unfair to these kids and all others involved.  Hanson agrees with Penhall. Hanson's relationship with the director of the Big Brothers Association, takes a positive leap as they grow more and more intimate with one another. This episode is not one of the best. The tension is so high between all the Jump Street charcters that the viewer can't help but become tense just watching the episode. Depp has a fair amount of air time, looks great, and steroids is a great issue to be tackled in an episode, but this is my least favorite episode. OVERALL RATING = 4.

#24. CHRISTMAS IN SAIGON: This episode aired on December 18, 1987.
This episode really is focused around Ioki and I will be the first to admit that it was time that Dustin Nguyen got the airtime. At Christmas, Ioki's cover is blown. Ioki has been posing as a Japanese immigrant who was born in the US and became a police officer. We all know from previous episodes such as Beseiged I and I that there were problems, that something was going on and all the pieces of the puzzle didn't fit because Ioki kept getting these letters from the US Government.  Apparently at the time Ioki was getting those letters,  the US Government gound that Ioki was either dead or didn't even exist.  Unfortunately, Fuller finds out that Ioki is not really who he says he is and this is the whole reason why he was getting those letters in previous episodes.  Ioki isn't who he says he is, but he isn't dead and he does exist.  Ioki comes clean and lets the whole Jump Street gang know that he is Vietnamese and why he presented with a fake identity of being Japanese.  Ioki has to be released from his duties at Jump Street by Fuller until there is an investigation and things are solved.  Ioki is okay with that and goes on to explain his reasoning for doing what he did.  Ioki believed that if law enforcement knew he was Vietnamese, he would never have gotten into the police academy or gotten a job. This episodes takes the viewer through scenes of the Vietnam War that could only be described through the eyes of a young Vietnamese boy. Ioki describes the terror, the lonliness, how he ended up in the US, the inability to speak or read the English language, and his gratitude to those who took him in and helped him. Finally in the end, Ioki is reinstated with Jump Street as by some Christmas Miracle - Fuller finds some paperwork regarding to Ioki and his Vietnamese heritage filed away in some cabinet by Captain Jenko.  Jenko never filed anything in his life, so this just shows what a little Christmas spirit and hope can do, plus what kind of strings Fuller pulled to forge those papers too.  Then in the final scene Ioki has Christmas dinner with Hanson and his mother - what a great ending.  This episode was supposed to be based on Dustin Nguyen's true to life story of how he got escaped from Vietnam during the war, came to the United States, and the hardships he endured in the United States as a Vietnamese immigrant. Depp has very little air time in this episode, but the content is fabulous and worth seeing. Eventhough Depp has limited air time, the content counts in the rating of this episode.  OVERALL RATING = 8.

#25. FEAR AND LOATHING WITH RUSSELL BUCKINS: This episode aired on December 20, 1987.
Hanson gets stuck right in the middle of something he has no desire to be in from the beginning.  He has to have his car turned into a hot rod so he and Penhall can go undercover to catch a gang of illegal drag racers.  Hanson is in the garage with Fuller and Penhall and continues to remind Fuller what is happening to his car.  Fuller informs Hanson that the garage mechanics promised him that they would put it back the way it was before turning it into a hot rod.  Hanson asks Fuller why they have to use his car and why they can't just go pull a car from the impound.  Fuller says, "Oh sure Hanson we'll give you a car we pulled off the hill last week.  The kids would never recognize an electric blue road runner with born to boogie painted across the hood."  Fuller goes on to explain that the guy they are after isn't just a drag racer, he has hit and run charges, and many more to add to that.  Fuller continues to talk when Hanson hears a very loud crash in the garage.  He gets this terrified look on his face, he jumps, Penhall puts his arm around Hanson and pats him on the shoulder to try and calm him down.  Hanson says, "Why don't they just shoot it and put it out of it's misery."  Hanson and Penhall go out to look at Hanson's car and Hanson cannot believe what has happened to his car and the engine is so loud that it makes Hanson's ears ring.  It sort of still looks the same, but to Hanson it's not the same car.  Hanson explains to Penhall that his Mustang is a work of art like a DeVinci (Leonardo).  Penhall laughs and tells Hanson that now his car is a Warholl (Andy).  Hanson gets in his new hot rod mustang and can barely drive it out of the garage.  Hanson's no hot rodder.

Hanson finally gets his car home, he and Penhall go up to his apartment only to find an old friend of Hanson's waiting for him - Russell Buckins.  Hanson can't believe his eyes.  Hanson introduces Russell to Penhall and the immediate conversation about Russell lack of work and job opportunities automatically come up.  But, Russell hasn't stopped by to see Hanson because he's out of work.  One of Hanson's old girlfriends, Debbie Eaton, is getting married, Russell got an invitation to the wedding, and decided to stop by and see if Hanson wanted to go along with him.  Russell then has to show Penhall a yearbook that Debbie signed for Hanson.  Penhall gets real curious about why their relationship didn't make it.  Hanson tries to blow it off as a three and a half week thing that just crashed, but Russell lets Penhall know real quick that Hanson was a loser and Hanson was the only obstacle that got in the way of him and Debbie, especially in bed.  Hanson tries to take up for himself and tell Penhall that he always had it in the back of his mind to call her, but it's too late.  Hanson can't save face on this one.  Hanson and Penhall leave the apartment going to find their drag racer.  Penhall is impressed by Russell, but Hanson let's Penhall know real quick that Russell hasn't changed since kindergarden and he just lives day to day.  Hanson and Penhall stop at a traffic light and Penhall starts laughing at Hanson and asks him if he ever had an onion head hair cut or a pocket protector when he was in high school.  Hanson gets real mad, looks straight at Penhall and says, "I DID NOT Have a Pocket Protector!"  Penhall goes the other route and asks Hanson if he ever got sent to detention, got caught shoplifting, or got an F in school for blowing off his homework.  Of course not, Hanson was a responsible kid and he makes it clear to Penhall that  there is nothing wrong with that either.  The traffic light turns green and Penhall informs Hanson that "Green means Go."  Hanson forgot about his new hot rod, pulls out, squeals the tires, and smoke just pours from his tires.

Hanson and Penhall arrive on the drag racing scene with Hanson's new hot rod.  Penhall continues to aggravate Hanson about Debbie Eaton, tells him to go with Russell to her wedding.  Penhall asks Hanson if he has ever drag raced, borrowed somebody's car, got into a brawl after a football game, or if he punched somebody out.  Hanson stops Penhall dead in his tracks and says, "I'm gonna punch you out in about 10 seconds."  Penhall lets Hanson know that he's got the right idea now, that he missed out on life, that Hanson missed being a teenager.  Hanson and Penhall walk around the scene and check out the racers on the lot.  Hanson keys in on a guy that he thinks is their man.  Hanson walks up to him, introduces himself, and is trying to set up a race between himself and this guy.  This guy explains the rules of racing to Hanson and who all Hanson has to race before he can race him, that Hanson has to earn the right to race him.  Hanson puts up an attitude especially after he asks Hanson if his Daddy bought him that car, but it woked and the guy took the bait, but tells Hanson that there has to be stakes.  Hanson tells him that he never races for nothing.  The guy puts up $500 against Hanson's pink slip, tells Hanson that if he's so bad then they need to race right now, and pushes Hanson slightly.  Hanson get right back in this guys face.  Hanson's fixing to be in his first brawl, but Penhall pulls them apart.  Hanson then tells Penhall that he thinks that he can beat this guy.  Penhall thinks Hanson has lost his mind.  Hanson isn't supposed to race this guy.  He is supposed to get him to the line-up and call in for back-up officers to move in.  Hanson tells Penhall that he'll make the call, but that he still thinks he can beat this guy.  Penhall warns Hanson that he is out of his league racing this guy and that he better make that call.  Hanson assures Penhall that he'll make the call and then yells over to the guy that he doesn't have $500 in cash but he'll put up the pink slip to his car (the title).  Fuller informs Ioki and the backup what the plan is, that Hanson will make the call at the starting line, and to jump in on the red Chevelle.  Everyone knows the plan.  Hanson's at the starting line with this guy who is driving the red Chevelle.  Hanson looks at his radio to make the call, puts it in the seat beside him, doesn't radio for backup, when the white flag drops - Hanson goes.  Hanson is actually drag racing this guy and is winning.  Penhall watches Hanson fly by him and says, "What the Hell?"  Hanson looks behind him and sees cop cars and flashing lights behind him and he pulls over to the side.  The guy in the red Chevelle keeps on going until he runs under a truck, tears the entire top off of his car, and ends up in the hospital.  Fuller explains to this boy's father how sorry he is that this happened, but that his son will face charges.  The father informs Fuller that his son will face those charges only if he lives.

Hanson and Penhall are in trouble and in trouble deep.  Fuller informs them that they are going back to the police academy, they committed a grievance error, there will be an IAD (Internal Affairs Department) investigation, and they need to be at the academy at 6am the next morning.  Penhall is angry, he was 50 yards away, didn't know Hanson was going to actually drag race this guy, and wants to know when he became his partners keeper.  Fuller informs Penhall that he became his partners keeper when he was sworn into the police force.  Hanson tells Fuller that Penhall didn't do anything and Fuller informs him that he is right - he didn't do anything to stop Hanson.  Hanson tries to convince Fuller that Penhall shouldn't have to go back through the academy and that it was all his fault.  Fuller informs Hanson that partners are responsible for each other, that his screw up could have cost both his and Penhall's job, and that he has to get a squad car to take him home because his car has been impounded for evidence.   Penhall tells Hanson as they walk out of Fuller's office that he picked a real good time to become irresponsible.  The next morning at 6am Penhall shows up at the academy, but there is no Hanson.  Hanson has decided to take off with Russell Buckins to Debbie's wedding.  Hanson is becoming real irresponsible.  Russell asks Hanson if he's lost his mind and if he is sure about all of this because Hanson is the guy who folds his socks before he puts them in his drawer.  Hanson says, "Yeah, Well maybe I'm tired of folding my socks."  Russell asks Hanson what they'll do to him for not showing up and Hanson plainly says, "Fire me."  Hanson's gonna go through with this trip with Russell and actually live a little while Penhall gets stuck at the academy with an instructor who hates him, degrades him, and uses him as an example as an official screw up.  It doesn't take long for Fuller to find out that Hanson didn't show up at the academy and puts Hoffs on assignment right away to find him.  Ioki is worried about Hanson's location also because the two of them are due in court the next day to testify on a case.  Hoffs and Ioki both go to the academy to see Penhall and to try and find out where Hanson is.  Ioki tells Penhall that IAD is climbing all over Fuller, Hanson has to testify in court for a preliminary trial in the morning, and he could get canned for all of this (he could get fired).  Penhall can't believe it - Hanson canned, he hasn't ever done anything wrong in his life.  Penhall tells Hoffs and Ioki that Hanson hasn't even know anyone that has done anything wrong except for him.  Then it finally hits Penhall - Russell Buckins.  Now they all know who Hanson is with, but not real sure where he is at.

Hanson and Russell are on a road trip to a wedding in a jeep with the top off.  They can't stop talking about Debbie.  Hanson is talking to Russell about Debbie being a fantasy of his and about how he always wondered if the real thing, being with her, could be as good as he ever imagined.  Russell looks at Hanson and tells him that it's even better.  Hanson is shocked, slams on the brakes, completely stops the jeep on an empty road late at night, and says, "WHAT! What was better?"  Russell tries to weasel out of it by telling Hanson that  it will be better and that he has a problem with tenses.  Hanson doesn't buy it for one second, knows Russell slept with Debbie, and just flat out asks him about it.  Russell is really trying to distract Hanson because they are out in the middle of nowhere and he shouts at him, "Hanson, we're in the middle of a major thoroughfare here!"  Hanson replies, "Tell me the truth or I'll rip your throat out."  Russell tells Hanson the truth and yes he did sleep with Debbie, but he also tells Hanson that if it makes him feel any better - Debbie screamed his name.  Hanson feels better and they're off again on their adventure.  First stop is at a bar and pool hall.  Russell is trying to convince Hanson to wrestle someone named Sheila, he'll get $500, and all he has to do is stay in the ring with her for 60 seconds.  Hanson tells Russell no, but then Russell tells him that he'll take his picture wrestling Sheila, they'll show it off at the wedding, and Debbie will like him better.  Hanson agrees.  So bring on Sheila because Hanson is ready or so he thinks.  Sheils comes out, but not by herself.  She has to be led out by two men who have her tied to a rope.  Sheila is a grizzly bear.  Hanson gets in the ring, Sheila immediately thows him out, and Russell does what he promised - he takes Hanson's pictures as he gets throwed out of the ring by Sheila.  While Hanson's wrestling bears, Penhall is still at the academy getting in trouble, and the rest of Jump Street are looking for him especially Ioki because Hanson didn't show up to testify.  Lucky for Hanson the judge agreed to restart the trial at 9am the next day, but the judge tells Ioki to inform Hanson that if he doesn't have a valid excuse for not showing up that he will be found in contempt of court and either fined or imprisoned.  Second stop for Hanson and Russell had to be a tattoo parlor.  Hanson is so hung over from the night before that he doesn't even know what happened. Russell is driving Hanson down the road telling him all about what he has done such as blowing off his job, restling a bear, and then he adds that Hanson got a tattoo.  Hanson looks shocked, rips off his shirt sleeve and there on his right bicep is a tattoo of a Cherokee Indian.   Russell tells Hanson to calm down and forget about the tattoo.  Hanson says, "You can't forget about a tattoo.  That's the point!"  Russell and Hanson then begin talking about the plan for making their entrance into the rehearsal dinner of the wedding when Hanson finally realizes that he can't do this, he's gotta be nuts for doing this.  Russell thinks Hanson is talking about his job, but he's talking about Debbie.  Russell is trying to stop Hanson from wussing out on him, which leads them to their third stop.  Hanson and Russell are arguing about this wedding when Russell looks up and runs over a huge cow in the middle of the road out in the middle of nowhere.  Their third stop is the county jail.  They are fined $500 plus $150 to impound the jeep which is totally undrivable, and they are being charged with vehicular cowacide.  Russell argues with the sheriff about the fine.  The sheriff tells Russell that he killed a $5,500 cow and he doesn't have insurance.  Russell informs the sheriff that the cow didn't have insurance either and tells Hanson to get ready they are going to the wedding.  The sheriff informs Hanson that Fuller has contacted him, he has to be in court by 9am the next morning or his and Ioki's case is blown, and he can get him a ride back to Jump Street so he can make it in time.  Russell starts pleading with Hanson and tells him that they have "the wedding" to go to.  The sheriff asks Hanson if referral to Russell, "Where in the hell did you pick up this felon?"  Hanson then informs Russell that he can't go, he has to go back, he's a cop and has a lot of responsibility."

Hanson goes back to Jump Street and Russell goes to the rehearsal dinner and tells Debbie that Hanson almost made it there.  Debbie was happy that Hanson remembered her, but wanted to know if Russell told Hanson about the two of them sleeping together.  Of course Russell denied telling Hanson, but Debbie knew Russell told him and wanted to know what Hanson said and how close Hanson got to getting to the rehearsal dinner and the wedding.  Hanson makes it to the preliminary trial and Penhall scores some points with the instructor at the academy who hates him by tricking him and saving a hostage.  Hanson goes to Fuller's office after the trial and explains to him what happened and why, that maybe he did miss something growing up by taking care of his mom after his father was killed, that wrestling a bear, getting a tattoo, and even going to jail wasn't that bad.  Fuller informs Hanson that he's a little ripe for his teenage rebellion stage.  Fuller and Hanson get into a shouting match about blowing off orders, Hanson apologizes, Fuller tells him that sorry isn't good enough, and Hanson asks Fuller if he wants his badge.  Fuller asks Hanson what he feels like doing and Hanson tells him that he's tired of putting his butt on the line for complete strangers, if people want to do drugs - fine, if they want to crack up at 100 miles per hour - fine, let them kill each other, maybe someday he wants to get married, have a kid, and he just doesn't want to miss anything.  Fuller tells Hanson that he did something wrong, but fortunately nobody died.  Fuller offers to make some calls, straighten things out with IAD, and maybe even get him some time off.  Hanson informs Fuller that he doesn't think it will matter.  Fuller tells Hanson that he's typed up his resignation at least a half a dozen time and asks Hanson to just give the job some time before he calls it a career.  Hanson shakes his head and starts out of Fuller's office.  Fuller stops Hanson before he gets out the door and tells Hanson that he is NOT Russell Buckins.  Hanson tells Fuller that he knows that and Hanson really does know that he IS NOT like Russell.  Fuller asks Hanson if he's going home and Hanson tells him that he doesn't think so.

Debbie is getting ready for her wedding when there is a knock at the door.  She thinks it's her fiance, opens the door, and there stands Hanson.  They both are shocked to see each other.  Debbie invites Hanson into the room.  She can't believe he is there.  Hanson tells Debbie how beautiful she looks and then tells her the deal.  Hanson informs her that the deal is that they find a house, they buy some clothes, they buy some food, and they get this thing right.  Debbie tells Hanson that he has great timing and he informs her that he's a late bloomer and he's sorry.  Hanson then realizes that he has no idea why he is there, tells Debbie that he doesn't know why he is there and that he had better go.  Debbie asks Hanson not to go just yet.  Hanson asks her to postpone the wedding.  Debbie tells Hanson that she can't, the wedding is in less than four hours, she is going on her honeymoon to Hawaii tonight, and her fiance (Bert) just left to pick up the plane tickets.  Hanson knew that Bert had left and told Debbie that he knew Bert went to pick up the tickets because he called the bellboy at the hotel.  Debbie couldn't believe that Hanson would do that, but he further explains to her that he had to see her alone.  Debbie tells Hanson she can't believe that she's considering this and he tells her that he can't believe he's even asking her to do this.  Debbie asks Hanson what about Bert and Hanson tells her that he'll get over it and besides what will all of it matter in a hundred years.  Debbie tells Hanson she can't hurt Bert like that and that she's getting married tonight.  Hanson asks her if she loves this guy and she tells him that she does and apologizes to him.  Hanson tells her not to be sorry and asks her if she would mind if he didn't stick around for the wedding.  Debbie shakes her head no that she won't mind if he doesn't stick around for the wedding.  Hanson starts out the door and tells Debbie that he's sorry about winter break when they didn't sleep together and that he'll always wonder.

In the end, Hanson had to get a rental car which is a Suzuki Samari and it driving Russell down the road.  Russell is aggravating Hanson and wanting to know about what happened when he went to see Debbie.  Hanson tells Russell not to ask him about it again.  Russell keeps on and on aggravating Hanson and telling him that he knows that Hanson didn't sleep with her.  Russell then starts to think that maybe he did, but Hanson won't tell him anything.  Russell tells Hanson that if he did sleep with Debbie and doesn't  tell him about it that Hanson is a dead man.  Hanson still refuses to say one word about when he went to see Debbie.  Hanson tries to get Russell off the subject of Debbie and starts talking to him about his potential job.  Russell obviously has gotten a job writing for some magazine and he sort of tells Hanson about it.  Hanson tells Russell that he didn't know he was into writing and asks him what kinda stuff he writes and where he gets his ideas.  Russell tells him that he gets his ideas from everyday life.  Hanson tells Russell that he should have a lot to write about from this trip, stops the car on the highway, throws Russell and his bags out of the car.  Hanson drives off with Russell screaming for him to come back, that he'll write about him and make him famous.  Hanson drives out of sight and Russell says to himself, "He did.  He DID.  That son of a .........."  The episode ends with those famous last words.  This is a great episode, very comical, and great to see Hanson actually having fun.  Depp has a lot of airtime.  OVERALL RATING = 10.

#26. A BIG DISEASE WITH A LITTLE NAME: This episode aired on February 7, 1988.
This episode begins with a young teen named, Harley, who is being isolated not only from his peers at school, but his parents are withdrawing from him also because he is infected with the AIDS virus.  He is being harrassed and the town is trying to keep him from attending school because he has the AIDS virus.  The poor kid had to get a court order to attend school which is every young teenagers right.  There are other teens, parents, citizens of the community, and others standing outside the school with picket signs yelling obscenitites and trying to keep this kid from going to school.

Jump Street gets involved in this situation and Hanson gets assigned to the case.  Fuller pulls Hanson into his office and tells Hanson that he has a special assignment for him, but before he tells him what it is he would like to talk to him off the record and explain the assignment a little bit.  Hanson replies, "I'm not gonna have to wear a dress again am I?" Fuller tells Hanson that no he isn't gonna have to wear a dress again.  Hanson says, "Good.  The last time I did some mook from Homicide sent me a dozen roses."  Both Hanson and Fuller laugh at the situation of Hanson having to wear a dress and especially getting a dozen roses, but what Fuller is about to tell Hanson is no laughing matter.  Fuller then asks Hanson how much he knows about AIDS.  Hanson says, "Not much, I never thanked him for the roses."  Fuller tells Hanson that he is serious and Hanson tells Fuller that he guesses that he knows as much about AIDS as everyone else - You get it, you die, it's pretty scary.  Fuller asks Hanson if it scares him and Hanson tells Fuller that yes AIDS scares him when he thinks about it.  Fuller then tells Hanson that there is a young kid who recently transferred in to Hunnington High School who has the AIDS virus or at least he has tested positive for HIV and is exhibiting early symptoms of the disease.  Hanson looks a little confused, asks Fuller what that has to do them there at Jump Street, because it's not against the law to have AIDS - at least not yet.  Fuller agrees with Hanson that it's not against the law to have AIDS, but that it is against the law to beat up on some kid who has tested positive for the virus and try to prevent him from going to school like a regular student.  Hanson then wants to know how this kid contracted the virus and Fuller asks Hanson if it really makes any difference, and yes to Hanson it kinda does make a difference.  Fuller then tells Hanson that it's believed that this kid got the virus from a blood transfusion.  Fuller then tells Hanson that this kid is a hemophilliac, his blood doesn't clot, and if he keeps getting beat up - he's gonna die.  Fuller informs Hanson that someone needs to be with this kid to make sure that this doesn't happen.  Hanson has already figured out that the guy for the job is him, but to his surprise, Fuller asks him if he wants the job.  Hanson tells Fuller NO that he doesn't want the job.  Fuller tells Hanson that it's okay and he'll ask someone else, but that he hopes that whoever he puts on this case won't want to wear rubber gloves.  Hanson then tells Fuller he doesn't really want the case, BUT he doesn't think anyone else is gonna want the job either and tells Fuller that he migh as well give the assignment to him.

While Hanson is getting these assignments that are frightening, he still finds the time to make a few phone calls to set Penhall with this girl, Penny, who works at a Sea World type of place that Penhall doesn't have the guts to contact.  Penhall casually goes to the Sea World place and is talking to this girl and has no idea that Hanson has called her until she finally spills her guts and tells him that Hanson called her and told her what a great guy that Penhall is.  Penhall seems a bit angry, but deep down he's glad that Hanson made the call because it took a lot of pressure off of him.  Well Penhall is visiting his new girl and Hanson decides to make his first visit to his new assignment, Harley.  Hanson pulls into Harley's driveway, introduces himself, and explains to Harley why he is there.  Harley is working on his motorcycle with music blasting in the garage.  Hanson turns the music down in an effort to try to talk to Harley.  Harley asks Hanson if he likes motorcycles and Hanson tells Harley that yeah he like motorcycles.  Harley tells Hanson that he really likes motorcycles too because he likes scaring the heck out of himself.  Hanson looks over Harley's motorcycle and asks him if he races it.  Harley replies to Hanson that he used to race it when he could pass a physical.  Harley then makes some small talk with Hanson about him being a cop and tells him that he doesn't look like a cop.  Hanson tells Harley that he's not supposed to look like a cop and that's why he gets these types of assignments.  Harley asks Hanson if he likes it.  Hanson tells Harley that yeah he likes being a cop.  Harley makes it real clear that Hanson answered the wrong question and that what he wanted to know if whether or not Hanson liked getting these types of assignments, such as baby-sitting some kid with AIDS to be sure that he doesn't bite someone or breathe on them.  Hanson is quick to the defense and tells Harley that his reasoning is not at all accurate as to why Hanson is there.  Harley continues to make wise cracks and Hanson finally very firmly tells Harley that he is there because his civil rights are being violated and because he is getting kicked around at school and he is gonna make sure that it doesn't happen anymore.  Hanson tells Harley that he has also been informed that someone with his situation could die if he gets bruised or anything like that and that it's a real bitch of a disease.  Harley jumps to the defense and tells Hanson that what he has is a condition and that it's just hemophilia, that hemophilia is a condition, but AIDS on the other hand is a disease, and then tells Hanson that he has one hell of a bedside manner.  Hanson tells Harley that he's a cop not a doctor.  Harley continues with his attitude, calling Hanson doc, and talking about dying.  Hanson then tells Harley that everyone is gonna die, but Harley has a smart come back for that too and tells Hanson that yeah everybody is gonna die, but unlike him - most people don't know when they are gonna die and since he has AIDS he's got about 2 years maximum to live.  Harley pulls out a joint of marijuana and asks Hanson if he minds if he smokes.  Hanson says yeah that he minds if he smokes that - meaning marijuana - because it's against the law.  Harley really takes an attitude with Hanson and tells him that a guy with a death sentence doesn't really worry about breaking any laws.  Hanson becomes angry, frustrated with the whole situation, and says, "Yeah, well you better worry about it when you are with me."

Next, Penhall is getting ready for his date with Penny, the girl from the Sea World type of place when low and behold his old girlfriend, Dorothy (who is nothing but a big motor mouth) shows up after 3 years, 11 months, and 12 days.  Penny rings the door bell and Dorothy figures out that Penhall has a date and throws up to Penhall that he promised her that even it was a million years he would always take her back and love her forever.  Penhall is in a real uncomforable position.  Penny asks Penhall who this girls is and Dorothy kindly tells Penny that she is Penhall's girlfriend.  Penny then makes it real clear that she has no intention now or ever going out with Penhall and slams the door behind her.  Penny then quickly opens the door back up, smiles sarcastically, and says, "Goodbye Doug."  Penhall is trying to get something to come out of his mouth, but he can't speak and Dorothy sort of bids Penny a fine farewell with one of those smirky smiles.  How does Penhall always find himself in these types of situations?  Penhall spends the rest of the episode trying to apologize and explain the situation to Penny while Dorothy has moved in his apartment, kicked him out of his own bed, and demands that they get back together and work things out.  Penhall finally agrees to give his romance with Dorothy another try, but it's quite possible that he could have been struck by lightening, hit by a meteor, anything to have made this decision because all they do the entire episode if argue over the littlest things.  But on the brighter side, Penhall finally does get in touch with Penny who forgives him and understands his explanation of what really happened the night of their date.  Penny even wishes Penhall luch in his relationship and it's a good thing because he is gonna need it.

Hanson is still on his assignment with Harley and has gone to school with him.  The two are going through the lunch line in the school cafeteria.  Harley has a bit better attitude and is asking Hanson questions about whether or not any of the other kids in the school know he's a cop.  Hanson explains to Harley that no one knows he's a cop and that just isn't how they usually do things and the two of them begin walking through the cafeteria to find a place to sit.  Harley kinda makes a joke about Hanson's job and tells him that if kids knew he was a cop it would be kinda hard to bust them for smoking joints in the bathroom.  Hanson doesn't really like Harley's little joke at all and frankly tells him that he is NOT there with Harley, at that school, to bust kids for smoking joints in the bathroom.  Harley has his own comeback in relation to Hanson telling him not to smoke pot in front of him and tells Hanson that he only busts people for smoking joints in the garage.  Hanson becomes even more irritated and tells Harley that they don't have to talk to each other because Hanson is there to protect him and he doesn't get paid any extra for talking to him.  Harley then threatens Hanson and asks him what he would do if he told everyone that he was a cop and blew his cover.  Hanson tells Harley that if he blew his cover that he's thank him because then Hanson wouldn't have to put up with Harley's attitude and they (the city) would have to get him a new boy to protect him.  Harley stops walking as he spots a table that is completely full with students with the exception of two seats, Hanson continues to walk.  Harley then yells out at Hanson for him to come back and sit down at the table he has scoped out.  Harley did this deliberately just to get a reaction from the students.  He and Hanson sit down at the table and as Harley puts his tray on the table, he asks the other students if they mind.  The students don't reply and they all pick up their lunch trays to go sit somewhere else.  Harley is till cracking off at the mouth and yelling at the students, asking them where they are going, that there is plenty of lunch time left, and then tells the students that he probably doesn't even know that he'll catch up with them after school.

Hanson then tries to help Harley by telling him that in his situation he should be trying to make friends rather than running them all off.  Harley tells Hanson that he doesn't want these people as friends because their parents are the ones picketing outside the school and he just doesn't need them.  Hanson tells Harley that he thinks he's a real tough guy, a James Dean, the cowboy who wants to die alone.  Harley becomes defensive, lets Hanson know that first of all he doesn't want to die, and then informs him that dying  the one think in life that everyone must do ALONE, there are no chaperones when you die, it's just you and your stuff.  Hanson asks Harley about God and Harley smiles and tells Hanson that he'll let him know about that one.  They both smile and for the first time Hanson and Harley connect.  Harley tells Hanson that he hasn't always been such a horse's ass and Hanson tells him that he sure hopes not, but Harley then explains to Hanson that dead men don't make friends easily especially with kids who think that they are never gonna die.  Hanson then tells Hanson, "I just wish they weren't so afraid to just even touch me.  Nobody touches me anymore man, not my dad, hardly even my mom."  Harley goes on to explain that not being touched is the worst part and that he may give his parents a pair of rubber gloves for their anniversary.  Hanson is really confused emotionally and is beginning to really empathasize with Harley's situation.  The two are able to laugh at Harley's joke abouthis parent's anniversary present.  Harley picks up his chocolate milk, takes a drink out of it through a straw and Hanson notices that he forgot to get his milk.  Harley takes his milk and offers to share his with Hanson.  Hanson stares at the milk, doesn't know how to respond, looks baffled, and then says very nervously, "I don't like chocolate."  Harley looks really hurt, tears come to his eyes, he pull his chocolate milk from Hanson's tray and says very sadly, "Yeah, well, no one does."  Hanson gets up from the table at that time to go and get a carton of milk.

After school is over, Hanson walks Harley to his motorcyle in the school parking lot.  Hanson notices that Harley doesn't have a helmet and asks him why.  Harley tells Hanson that it's too safe to wear a helmet and even told Hanson that he used to race those motorcylces until he got the AIDS virus.  He told Hanson that his dad was so proud of him when he raced, but now he hardly even talks to him.  Harley starts up his motorcycle and races out of the parking lot way ahead of Hanson.  Harley pulls up to a stop sign and two teens in the car behind Harley ease down on the gas and bump him in the tail end of his bike.  Harley looks back, the teens to it again which causes Harley to spin out on the pavement and turn his bike over.  Harley isn't hurt physically, get up very angry, and goes back to the car behind him to confront the two teens.  The teens refuse to roll the windows down in the car so Harley can talk to them so Harley kicks the glass out of the driver's side window and both teens come bailing out of the car.  The driver gets in Harley's face, asks him if he's foolish, and says, "I'd beat the crap out of you right now, but I'm afraid I just might catch something."  Harley gets real angry, is ready to fight both of these guys, and Hanson pulls up at the perfect time.  One of the guys yells out to Harley when he sees Hanson approach that Harley's boyfriend has arrived.  Hanson jumps out of the car, tells the guys to leave Harley alone, but they still keep running their mouth.  Hanson has had all he can take of this especially when one of the guys takes a swing at him.  Hanson punches one of the guys and throws him on the hood of the car.  The other guy grabs Hanson from behind, but it doesn't take long for Hanson to get him off.  Harley isn't afraid to get in the middle of this fight either.  Hanson got his point across loud and clear because the two guys get back in their car, make no complaint about the broken window, and drive away.  Hanson, thinking that Harley is a hemophilliac is concerned that he got hurt or cut and Harley assures Hanson that he is fine.  The two guys did drive away, but had to get the last laugh and ran over the rear end and rear tire of Harley's bike as they were leaving.  This literally broke Harley's heart.  Hanson helps Harley pick his bike up off the street, both know that Harley will not be able to drive the bike home, and Hanson nearly begs Harley to let him give him a ride home, and Harley continued to push his bike down the street toward his home.  Harley had his back to Hanson while pushing his bike and for the first time the viewer is able to see Harley weeping heavily and wiping tears from his eyes.  Hanson definitely knows that Harley is deeply hurt and has a good idea that Harley is crying, but unlike the viewer, Hanson is unable to see Harley's tears.

The next day Harley didn't show up for school, Hanson has looked everywhere for him, and finally goes to  Harley's house.  Hanson find a SOLD sticker on the real estate sign in the front yard and Harley's mother is at home packing up dishes, appliances, etc. since they will be moving.  Hanson asks her if she knows where Harley is and his mother informs Hanson that Harley just took off and she doesn't know where he is.  Hanson expresses his concern about Harley's missing school and Harley's mother doesn't seemed surprised that Harley didn't show up for school as he told both her and his father the night before that he had decided to quit school.  Harley's mother told Hanson that Harley had explained to them that he didn't need good SAT scores to get in to Heaven and Harley's mother seems rather content with Harley's decision.  Hanson tells Harley's mother that he doesn't feel that Harley's quitting school is the best thing because at least he is raising an awareness of this disease.  Harley's mother becomes upset, not a Hanson, but just at the fact that her little boy is dying.  She goes on to explain to Hanson that he knows as well as she does that Harley is dying, the papers say that AIDS will kill you, then the doctors say that there is research being done everyday, and explains that she is getting so much information thrown at her from too many directions.  Hanson is very sincere and makes an effort to comfort her by telling her that there is always hope.  Harley's mother smiles and explains to Hanson that the Hope is one thing and that thing is fear, that hope is all that's left when people are afraid to face what is real, and that what is real in her life is that her son is dying.  Harley's mother then tells Hanson that people have been dying from this disease for 8 years now (this was 12 years ago that this show aired so it would be 20 years today in 1999), and the presidents have never even publically mentioned  the word AIDS, that the president would mention it if it were his son or part of his family that had AIDS, and probably some of those new miracle drugs they are testing out would be available to Harley right now if only people would just understand.  Harley's mother then thanks Hanson for spending time with Harley and that it's hard for Harley to express his feelings, but she knows and can tell that Harley really likes Hanson.  Hanson then tells Harley's mother that he'd really like to see him and asks her to tell him where Harley is.  Harley's mother tells Hanson where Harley is, but that Harley didin't  want him to know where he is.  Hanson is confused and tells Harley's mother that he thought she had just told him that Harley liked him.  Harley's mother acknowledged what she had said and that Harley does like Hanson, but also tells Hanson that Harley feels like a Leper around Hanson.  Hanson looks shocked, doesn't understand, and asks why Harley feels that way around him.  Harley's mother is real soft spoken, kind, and says, "Because you wouldn't drink the milk.  It won't kill you."  Harley's mother pats Hanson on the arm and Hanson leaves to find Harley and talk to him.

Hanson goes to a nearby motorcycle race track and finds Harley running his motorcyle just as hard as he can run it.  Apparently Harley spent most of his evening the night before fixing his bike to get it running and back on the road.  Hanson watches as Harley performs tricks on his bike, popping wheelies, racing, looking so free, and then Harley speeds by Hanson, is shocked that he is there, turns around to look at Hanson, turns back around, loses control of his bike, and has a terrible wreck right in front of Hanson.  Hanson rushes to his side to check on him, make sure that he is okay, and especially be sure that he wasn't cut and and that he wasn't bleeding.  Harley assures Hanson that he is fine, wants to know what he is doing there, and tells him that he doesn't need his protection any more.  Hanson and Harley begin walking toward his bike to see if it's damaged and Harley asks Hanson how he found out where he was at and Hanson's honest and tells Harley that his mother told him.  Harley tells Hanson that he told his mother not to tell him, Hanson nods that he is aware of this, and says, "Hey, look, I'm sorry about the milk, man."  Harley looks at Hanson strange and says, "Ya Know, You can relax Hanson.  I mean you got nothing to worry about, unless we have sex or share the same hypodermic needle.  I don't know about you, but, uh, I'm not interested in either of those options."  Harley then asks Hanson to help him get his bike up off the ground and the two decide that the bike is in decent shape and can be ridden.  Harley asks Hanson if he want to take his bike for a spin and Hanson is thrilled.  Harley warns Hanson to be careful and watch the clutch.  Hanson informs Harley that he's driven bikes before, big police bikes - the Harley Davidson - and that he can handle Harley's bike.  Hanson puts on his helmet and Harley laughs to himself almost knowing that Hanson is gonna mess up somehow.  As Hanson pulls out on the bike, Harley yells out again for him to WATCH THAT CLUTCH!  Hanson gets about 10 feet away from Harley, pops the clutch, loses control, spins the bike completely around, with Hanson ending up under this bike that he just knew he could handle.  Hanson and the bike were both fine, but Harley got some amuzement out of it and began making fun of Hanson and asks Hanson if the reason he wrecked is because he it wasn't a police bike/Harley Davidson.  Hanson is embarrassed and angry.  He yells out to Harley that he wasn't even using the clutch which basically blamed the bike for his wreck.  Harley helps Hanson get the bike off of him and Hanson stands up, is irritated, and just rares back and kicks Harley's bike.

Harley and Hanson are really bonding and becoming friends.  Hanson takes Harley to a local pool hall / bar.  The two of them are talking about motorcycles, races, etc.  Harley tells Hanson that he got to race in 3 national races before he got sick.  Hanson thinks for a few moments and then asks Harley a real important question.  Hanson looks seriously, but in a friendly and trusting manner, and asks him if he's a hemophiliac and can't risk getting beat up by some kids at school, how can he race motorcycles with all the danger of wrecking, getting cut, bruised, etc.  Harley then tells Hanson that everything is a lie.  Hanson says, "You DON'T race motorcycles?"  Harley tells Hanson that yeah he races motorcycles, but that he is not a hemophiliac.  Hanson asks Harley if he made the story up about hemophilia and Harley tells Hanson that he didn't make it up, but that his father made it up because there was so much attention about him being kept out of school, his father had to tell them something.  Hanson asked Harley why didn't his father just tell the truth and Harley told Hanson that he had to be joking because there is no way that his father would tell the truth about this.  Harley then says, "Look, Hanson, there are three ways to get AIDS - Blood Transfusions, Needles......"  Both Hanson and Harley are quiet for a moment and then Harley says, "Well I don't use needles and I've never had a blood transfusion."  Hanson is overwhelmed with the information he just learned, remains calm, continues to be supportive, and says, "I guess your dad wasn't real cool about that, huh?"  The two discuss Harley's father only for a brief instance, Hanson noticeably begins getting fidgity, and then Harley tells Hanson that he can relax because lucky for Hanson - he doesn't bite.  Hanson tries to shake off his anxiety and tells Harley that he isn't worried.  Harley tells Hanson that he's really glad that he's not worried and aplologizes to Hanson for having to get involved in all this mess, that it wasn't his idea, that he feels back about Hanson having to come to school to be with him, and explained that once the system was fooled into believing that he was a free-bleeder (Hemophiliac), then the city and school system felt like he needed some protection because there would be trouble like at his other school, and everything somehow just got way out of hand.  Hanson then asks Harley if he's dying with AIDS or what and Harley tells Hanson no that he isn't dying of AIDS.  Hanson gets a real disgusted look on his face and tells Harley that all this has just been crap.  Harley looks firmly at Hanson and tells him plainly that he has the AIDS virus, but that he's not gonna die from it - he's gonna beat it.  Hanson smiles and tells Harley that it's good to hear and he's glad to hear him say that he's gonna beat this thing.  Then Harley shocks Hanson by telling him that the only way to beat AIDS, if you have it, is to not to let it kill you first, then when you aren't happy with your life and the disease anymore - You take yourself out.  Hanson gets upset and asks Harley what he's talking about and wants to know if he's talking about suicide.  Harley tells Hanson that he may be talking about suicide and that if he's gonna die, at least he'll know when.  Hanson is more irritated and asks Harley if this is another one of his deals or if this is serious.  Harley tells Hanson that his seriousness  about committing suicide depends on whether or not Hanson is his friend or not.  Harley asks Hanson if he knows how many friends he has.  Hanson doesn't respond so Harley says, "One. You.  I mean, uh, if you are"(Referring to Hanson being the only friend he has).  Hanson looks like he's having severe emotional turmoil, but tells Harley that yes - he is Harley's friend.  Harley then tells Hanson that if he is really his friend that this means that he can't go and blab any of this to his boss and/or try and stop him from doing it or anything.  Harley then tells Hanson that on his birthday, down to the very minute, on the 8th of this month at 5:46am, that he plans to fly his bike off of the edge of Cliff Canyon and see if he can touch the sun.  Hanson tells him that the 8th of the month is less than two days away, but Harley is well aware of that and seems almost happy that the time is drawing near so he will no longer be miserable or suffer from this horrible disease.

Hanson doesn't know what to do.  He knows that ethicall as a police officer that he needs to tell Fuller, but then again he was off duty when he was informed of Harley's suicide plan and feels an obligation to be his friend and not betray his trust.  Hanson is torn trying to figure out the right thing.  Hanson decides to go talk to Fuller even though he still isn't sure about what is right and wrong and tells Fuller he doesn't know what to do.  Fuller tells Hanson that they can have Harley picked up and put in protective custody and Hanson is definitely against that idea.  Fuller firmly informs Hanson that Harley made an open threat to a police officer to take his own life and that is a crime, but Hanson, still pacing around Fuller's office, tells Fuller that it only becomes a crime if Harley goes through with the suicide attempt.  Hanson also tells Fuller that he wasn't a police officer when Harley told him, that he was his friend, and that he is realizing more and more that these days most people don't have a lot of friends, if any.  Hanson tells Fuller that he gave Harley his word and Fuller asks Hanson if his word is worth more than saving Harley's life.  Hanson tells Fuller that's the whole point, no one can save Harley's life, not even Harley himself.  Fuller agrees and then asks Hanson if his word is worth more than maybe making Harley's life a little bit longer. Hanson sighs heavily, tells Fuller that he doesn't know, that maybe his word is worth more to Harley if this is really what Harley wants to do and Hanson believes Harley.  Fuller sheds some light on to the subject for Hanson by telling him that Harley may be doing this to see how good of a friend Hanson is.  Hanson says that he is nobody to be play God with this kid and asks Fuller whether or not Harley has the right to die when he wants to.  Fuller quickly tells Hanson that as far as he is concerned that there is only One Guy (referring to God/Christ)  has that right, that he doesn't ride motorcycles though because His robe would get caught in the spokes on the bike.  Hanson is becoming more nervous and running his hands through his hair.  Hanson then says to Fuller, "So you won't help me."  Fuller responds by saying, "I don't have to."  Fuller knows that Hanson will ethically and morally take care of the situatiion.

The next morning aroung 5:30 am, Hanson drives up to Cliff Canyon in an attempt to find Harley and prevent him from harming himself before it's too late.  Hanson actually beats Harley to the edge of Cliff Canyon.  Hanson is sitting on his car when Harley comes flying up the road and pulls up next to Hanson's car.  Harley tells Hanson that he had a feeling that he would turn cop and wimp out.  Hanson tells Harley that he didn't wimp out, but is looks more like Harley wimped out of riding his bike of the edge of the canyon.  Harley tells Hanson that he was referring to Hanson wimping out over trying to stop him from doing it and reminds Hanson that he gave him his word.  Hanson tells Harley that he gave him his word that he wouldn't tell anybody, but he did, and if Harley's gonna catch him in a lie he might as well catch him in the right one.  Hanson looks at Harley, put his hand out, and says, "Still friends?"  Harley doesn't shake Hanson's hand and says to him as he walks past Hanson to the edge of a cliff , ""We were - Almost."  Hanson walks over to where Harley is standing and says, "Well let's pretent we stll are - almost, so the next time you want to kill yourself, don't tell me.  I can't take it."  As Hanson walks away, Harley turnsss away from the fence and calls out Hanson's name.  Harley then tells Hanson that he can't take it either and that he is glad that Hanson came because no one else would have came.  Harley starts to weep uncontrollably and tells Hanson that he doesn't want to die, but that he is dying.  Hanson sincerely apologizes empathetically for all that Harley has, is, aand will continue to go through.  Harley, with tears in his eyes and rolling down his face, asks Hanson if he'll do a favor for him and Hanson reponds by saying, "sure."  Harley's continues to sob and says to Hanson, "Just Hold Me, Man."  Hanson walks over to Harley with love, care, concern and without any fear at all.  Hanson put his arms around Harley, grasps him tightley while Harley continued to cry uncontrollably.  Harley and Hanson clung to each other as Harley held Hanson tighter and tighter.  Hanson had proven to be that ONE FRIEND that Harley was talking about.

In the end, Penhall's girlfriend Dorothy has invited the entire gang from Jump Street over to Penhall's apartment for dinner and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves as best as possible considering that Dorothy is in the same building.  The phone rings, Penhall answers the phone, and yells for Hanson to come to the phone.  Hanson excuses himself from the table, walks past Penhall toward the phone, makes a joking comment about Penhall's girlfriend, and answers the phone.  Harley's mother is on the other end of the phone.  Hanson is informed by Harley's mother that due to complications with pneumonia, Harley died late that evening.  Hanson suddenly becomes overwhelmed with grief and doesn't know how to respond.  Harley's mother then says to Hanson, "He told me to tell you it's okay about the milk."  Harley's mother hung up the phone at this point and the episode ends.  This has got to be one of the VERY TOP rated 21 Jump Street Episodes of All due to the issues of AIDS, discrimination, segregation, lack of education on important diseases, etc.  Depp also plays a wonderful role here and the viewer gets to see Tom Hanson go through every emotion he has in this episode from fear to confusion to anger, etc.  Hanson also goes through a change of heart from the way he feels in the beginning of the episode to how he feels in the end and reacts to the death of a friend.  This is a must see episode - it's informative, gives proper education on the AIDS virus that was pretty much up to date in 1987 although there is much more info out there today in 1999 that in 1987, and Johnny Depp along with FOX aired a Public Service Announcement at the end of this episode on it's original airdate regarding the AIDS virus and how to get further information.  OVERALL RATING = 10+

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