21 Jump Street
I missed 21 Jump Street the first time around so I though I would check out the series. It is not the deepest TV you will find, but is surprisingly good for a 1987 show, which is mostly due to Johnny Depp not being a superstar yet, so he would deign to be in a TV show.
Love this scene when Johnny’s character, Officer Tom Hanson, defends himself against allegations of being a liberal.
I was also surprised to see Vancouver as the setting for a TV show that long ago. I guess they were ahead of the curve much like another well known Fox show the Simpson’s who outsourced much of their animation to the talented animator’s in South Korea.
I go to Vancouver only twice a year these days, but spent a week of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Gastown. While it has been gentrified quite a bit, it is still fun to see this historic neighborhood over 20 years ago looking surprisingly similar to today.
Overall it is a fun show to watch for unwinding after a few tense episodes of a more intense show such as Treme or the Wire.
What is somewhat embarrassing to admit is that I just assumed this was one of those LA shows until I saw in the credits this picture of a hockey goalie.
Well that was a surprise so then I did a little digging to find out the show was set in “Evergreen State.” The only place that fits that description is Washington state, which is just a small remove from Vancouver. I guess the northwest was a bit more on the map back then, aside from the Twilight bubble which will hopefully just go the fuck away.
