Written by Bill Nuss
Directed by James Whitmore, Jr.
Airdate: February 12, 1990
Guest Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Wesley Williams); David Raynr (Kip Fuller)
"Hi Mom" deals with drugs and corruption in college basketball. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar guest stars as the beleaguered athletic director at a university reeling from the drug-related death of a star player.
Hanson poses as a tutor, Penhall joins the wrestling squad, and Fuller assumes the cover of an African American studies professor. They discover widespread drug use among the athletes, including evidence of point shaving for cocaine money. There's a real "ripped from the headlines" style to the episode.
The script recalls earlier seasons of 21 Jump Street when the series was more of a procedural. There's definitely a getting long in the tooth feel as well, everything seems routine. Real "senior year" vibes to this episode.
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