Written by Jonathan Glassner
Directed by Brenton Spencer
Airdate: December 1, 1990
Guest Star: Ocean Hellman (Suzanne)
A high school hit and run is the inciting event in "The Girl Next Door." McCann and J. Penhall are sent in to investigate. Mac develops a crush on Suzanne, one his informants at the school, they make a point of saying she's 18. Suzanne confesses to Mac she contracted AIDS by a needle.
Mac suspects her father of getting revenge on a football player who distributed the needle that gave his daughter the disease. But on further investigation we learn someone else was responsible.
The episode builds some dramatic tension but never quite hits like the previous episode on AIDS "A Big Disease with a Little Name." The story expresses concern about the spread of AIDS among teens at the time, but the convoluted murder plot takes away from the story. Nice guest star performance by Ocean Hellman.
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