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Recap / 21 Jump Street S02E17 "Champagne High"

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Bus driver: Hey, where's your bus pass?!
Penhall/MacQuaid brother #1: My dog ate it.
[Bus driver looks to other MacQuaid brother]
Hanson/MacQuaid brother #2: I've got the same dog.

A car is stolen from a mall, where it was the main bingo prize. The prime suspects are high school students, so Hanson and Penhall go undercover and assume their role as "the MacQuaid brothers" again. While they're trying to find the car thief, a high school boy who's being bullied asks "the MacQuaid brothers" to protect him.


This episode provides examples of:

  • Abusive Parents: A boy Hanson and Penhall meet is being mentally and physically abused by his father; amongst other things, he gets a beating with a belt by the father.
  • Battle Discretion Shot: The main guest star of the episode gets a beating by his father. This is not shown on-camera, but by the sounds we hear, it's clear his father whips his back with a belt. Later we see a shot of his bare back and it is covered in scars from the whipping, so it's clear that is indeed what happened, but it wasn't shown on-screen.
  • "Well Done, Son" Guy: Deconstructed. The father of the main guest star scolds and humiliates him for not getting a perfect 100% score for his high school grades. The boy is deparate to earn his father's approval, and he eventually steals a car. After his father finds out about that, a confrontation follows... which sadly leads to the boy killing his father (possibly in self-defense).

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