Written by Paul Bernbaum
Directed by Larry Shaw
Airdate: March 6, 1988
Guest Stars: Peter Berg (Jerome); Andrew Koenig (Wally); William B. Davis (Mr. Wickenton)
After a string of heavy episodes, "Champagne High" lightens things up with the return of the McQuaid Brothers! Hanson and Penhall get back into character as the proudly delinquent duel causing trouble at local High Schools.
The plot's just a bit convoluted on this one. A new busing law has caused class tensions at a High School, and the Jump Street crew is called into investigate a car theft ring. Depp and DeLuise really ham it up this time around, only they're more jokesters than troublemakers. I actually laughed when they "hijacked" a school bus. But they have hearts of gold - stepping in to help academic overachiever Wally fend off bullies.
Fuller sets up a sting operation that goes wrong, arresting the wrong kid. But in the end things work out, the car theft ring is stopped. There's also a subplot about an abusive father. A student develops a serious crush on Hoffs and starts giving her expensive gifts. Like I said, there's a lot going on.
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The McQuaids are given lots of funny lines, they really enjoyed acting like bozos (Penhall seems to be doing a "Bluto" thing). The "Cigarette Smoking Man" William B. Davis appears as a teacher (Is Jump Street a part of the X-Files universe?). Peter Berg plays one of the school bullies, he would star in Wes Craven's Shocker the following year and go on to become a big Hollywood director.
The story comes close to recycling a Season 1 episode, but the looser structure and jokey dialogue goes down easy.
Final Report: B
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