Episode
21 Jump Street: A Big Disease with a Little Name
Overview
Dorothy an old girlfriend of Penhall's, who walked out on him two years ago, returns and decides to move in with him. Hanson gets assigned to protect a student with AIDS who is being made to feel unwelcome in class.
Details
- Series
- 21 Jump Street
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1988-02-07
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
A Big Disease with a Little Name is Episode 13 in Season 2 of 21 Jump Street. It aired on 1988-02-07. The runtime is 46 min.
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Hanson contemplates leaving the force and leaves town instead of going to a refresher course at the police academy he and Penhall had been assigned to take after they went drag racing to try to catch a hit and run driver.
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