Directed by Daniel Attias
Airdate: April 9, 1990
Guest Star: Geri Jewell (Officer Rebecca Scanlon)
Hoffs is assigned to go undercover at a college where people with disabilities are being assaulted. Fuller is reluctant to assign Hoffs after her recent traumatic experience. Officer Rebecca Scanlon is also introduced; Fuller was her Captain at one time but is reluctant to send her out after she was wounded in the line of duty. Ioki is assigned to back up Hoffs, while Penhall works with Scanlon.
"Unfinished Business" has its poignant moments. Scanlon schools Penhall on working with a person with disabilities, while Hoffs panics and blows her cover.
The execution is a bit clunky. Penhall makes an uncharacteristic mistake late in the investigation, while the culprit is telegraphed early in the episode. A major theme in the episode is the way people with disabilities are treated with society, reactions ranging from patronizing to contempt. Geri Jewell appeared in recurring roles on Facts of Life and Deadwood; she did not make a return appearance on 21 Jump Street.
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