21 Jump Street - The Complete Fourth Season DVD 21 Jumpstreet DVDs

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131288599
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 01, 2005
Running Time: 1201 minutes
Sales Rank: 6947
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: April 12, 1987

Season 4

1. "Draw the Line" (Sepember 18, 1989)
2. "Say It Ain't So, Pete" (Sepember 25, 1989)
3. "Eternal Flame" (October 2, 1989)
4. "Come from the Shadows" (October 9, 1989)
5. "God is a Bullet" (October 16, 1989)
6. "Old Haunts in a New Age" (October 30, 1989)
7. "Out of Control" (November 6, 1989)
8. "Stand by Your Man" (November 13, 1989)
9. "Mike's P.O.V." (November 20, 1989)
10. "Wheels and Deals Part Two" (November 27, 1989; Part One aired as part of the spin-off series Booker)
11. "Parental Guidance Suggested" (December 4, 1989)
12. "Things We Said Today" (December 18, 1989)
13. "Research and Destroy" (Jan. 8, 1990)
14. "A Change of Heart" (Jan. 15, 1990)
15. "Back from the Future" (January 29, 1990; A clip show framed by interviews of the retired cops)
16. "2245" (February 5, 1990)
17. "Hi Mom" (February 12, 1990)
18. "Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom" (February 19, 1990)
19. "La Bizca" (February 26, 1990)
20. "Last Chance High" (March 19, 1990)
21. "Unfinished Business" (April 9, 1990)
22. "Shirts and Skins (also known as "A New Breeze Blowing"; April 30, 1990)
23. "How I Saved the Senator" (May 7, 1990)
24. "Rounding Third" (May 14, 1990)
25. "Everyday is Christmas" (May 21, 1990)
26. "Blackout" (also known as "Business as Usual"; June 18, 1990)

Season 4 was the last season to air on the FOX Network. In commentary on the Season 5 DVD set, Peter DeLuise said that FOX had decided to cancel the show after Season 4 because the ratings had fallen below a set limit. Following this season, Johnny Depp and Dustin Nguyen left the show. It was never explained where Officers Hanson or Ioki went, or why they were no longer with the Jump Street Unit. (It should be noted that Hanson's whereabouts were possibly hinted at by Penhall, saying "an old friend of his now runs a bowling alley." Hanson is known for his love of bowling.) The Booker spin-off crossover episode, "Wheels and Deals Part One", is included with 21 Jump Street's syndication package, and is also included on the fourth season DVD set.

Officer Dean Garrett (David Barry Gray) makes his first appearance in "Everyday is Christmas." As it became harder for the original cast members to plausibly pass as high school students, his character and Officer Kati Rocky (Alexandra Powers) were intended to be "youthful" replacements, so the show could maintain its original premise of younger looking cops posing as high school students, while still allowing the older cast a meaningful role on the show.

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Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/01/2005

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The fourth season of Fox's hip undercover cop phenomenon opens with Ioki (Dustin Nguyen) in the hospital and Hanson (Johnny Depp) in prison (falsely convicted of murder). The end of the premiere ("Draw the Line") brings good news for one of them when Penhall (Peter DeLuise) and Booker (Richard Greico) join forces, while the fate of the other looks promising. This is confirmed in the following episode ("Say It Ain’t So, Pete"), but by then, Booker will have split the scene (to return for the Booker-Jump Street crossover, "Wheels & Deals").

Other notable episodes include "Eternal Flame," directed by Mario Van Peebles (Baadasssss!) and guest starring a longhaired Thomas Haden Church (Sideways). There's also "Come From the Shadows," in which Penhall marries a Salvadoran refugee to prevent her deportation (and adopts her nephew when he becomes orphaned), "Stand By Your Man," in which Hoffs (Holly Robinson Peete) is the victim of date rape, and "Mike's P.O.V." with a scruffy Donovan Leitch (Gas, Food Lodging) and preppy Vince Vaughn (Swingers).

The rap on the fourth year is that Depp started turning in lackluster performances when he couldn't get out of his contract. Fortunately, he doesn't sink the show, but it's clear his heart isn't in it anymore. On the bright side, 21 Jump Street remained as much a time capsule of the late-1980s as ever with music from the B-52s and Devo and references to Ghostbusters and Back to the Future. (Hoffs’ surname was even taken from a notable 1980s figure: Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles.) Once Depp was set free, Fox pulled the plug on the program, which ran for a final season in syndication. In exchange for the Booker episode, this set deletes the season finale, "Blackout," which featured Depp's final appearance as Officer Tom Hanson. --Kathleen C. Fennessy