"21 Jump Street" Bad Influence (TV Episode 1987) Poster

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(1987)

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Bad Influence
Prismark1017 May 2023
21 Jump Street wants to tackle social issues. Lauren Carlson is a new girl at High School and has quickly got a reputation for being an easy ride.

All it takes is some cash, a nice quiet pad and she's yours for the night.

Hoffs and Ioki go undercover to find out if she is an underage hooker. Hoffs tries to understand her, maybe Lauren is just misunderstood. Loki takes her out for the night but Hoffs figures that Lauren is taking note of alarm security codes of the house she is entering. Later selling them on.

With an absent father, a junkie mother Lauren is trying her best to keep her mother clean but unsuccessfully.

The light relief segment is two teenagers come across money from a cash machine raid they disrupt. Instead of handing the money to the police, they go on a spending spree. It is left to Hanson and Penhall to find them and stop their good time fun.

Although meant to be comic relief it is an absurd story, the kids want to spend thousands of dollars until they have nothing left. Maybe hook up with a couple of easy women.

I guess the subtext of the episode is women being used for a good time.
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