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21 Jump Street: Season 2, Episode 13

A Big Disease with a Little Name (7 Feb. 1988)

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Hanson goes into a school to protect a student that the community doesn't want there because he has AIDS. Also, Penhall's high school flame shows up at his apartment.

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Hanson goes into a school to protect a student that the community doesn't want there because he has AIDS. Also, Penhall's high school flame shows up at his apartment.

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