Written by Sharon E. Doyle
Airdate: April 6, 1991
Guest Star: Dale Wilson (Tommy Boylan)
According to IMDB, "Wasted" is the lowest rated episode of 21 Jump Street. To be fair, during this era of television, shows often ended on anti-climactic notes, it was the nature of the medium in those days.
Mac is assigned to investigate the death of a High School football player, believing it was steroid abuse. However, clues lead to a toxic waste dump near the school that's making students sick. Of course there's a cover-up involving a local business owner. Much of the episode's drama deals with Mac fearing he's been poisoned, while Fuller fights off a cold through various methods - total sitcom antics.
One can feel the desperate need to fill airtime in this episode; one starts to think the Jump Street Unit is down to a meager few. Episodes like this just make you long for the older ones, it's like the series has become a ghost of its former self.
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