Written by Eric Blakeney and Bill Nuss
Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Airdate: April 23, 1989
Guest Stars: Michael Des Barres (Mr. Karst); Phillip Linton (Jimmy); Mario Van Peebles (Dana)
The Jump Street unit crashes art school in the fan favorite episode, "High High." Drugs at rampant at a local performing arts school so Hanson, Penhall, Ioki, and Booker are sent in to mix with art students (Hoffs as well, but she's not been given much to do recently).
Everyone manages to find their niche at the school. Hanson joins the rock band class allowing Depp to whale on his guitar for the entire episode. Penhall takes acting class but struggles until he finds his way through by reinterpreting Jackie Gleason. Booker has the most fun of all by joining the performance art troupe, he spews punk poetry and smashes televisions, considered one of his iconic moments from the series.
Mario Van Peebles directed the episode with style and appears in one scene as a film professor. British rocker Michael des Barres is also memorable as the acting teacher who pushed Penhall to greatness on the stage.
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| Wake up Penhall! |
The only drawback to the script is the exhausted trope of drugs in schools. Apparently, everyone is getting high. Booker befriends Jimmy, a proto–David Foster Wallace type harboring a symbiotic relationship with substances. In a staged assembly, the entire school is arrested by the county judge! That was sort of awesome. Who's up for some community service?
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