We Sold Our Love Here.
We just saw Ioki and Penhall's crossdressing roommates story. What genre of fic will Jump Street tackle next?
Next we have the episode where THEY'RE ALL PROSTITUTES.
Just when you thought Jump Street was as much like fanfic as it could be:
HI.
PROSTITUTES.
You gotta love a show that writes its own Hooker AU.
Johnny Depp was of course a lovely hooker.
Everyone else wasn't bad either. I was saddened by the lack of makeup, though. But with the exception of Judy, *everyone* was really pretty and angsty in this ep. Yum. (Judy looks more like the nice, tomboyish girl next door.)
And Judy got to be an ex-hooker. Go Judy!
I only wish that Fuller had been a pimp. He would have made a stylin' pimp.
I guess this episode seemed so much like fanfic because I could maybe understand this plot as a B plot with Harry and Judy undercover as hookers or something, but it's everyone. It's the only plot. It's like kinkfic.
I was surprised they were able to show, imply, and talk about so much homosexuality, rape, and perversity onscreen, but it pays off because this ep does take a good, emotionally-affecting look at street kids.
With um...
Jodie Foster. Okay...
I have a feeling this is one of the eps prompted by Johnny always being like "Why don't you let me go undercover as [insert insane thing here] for an episode (or I'll leave the show)?" God he was such a little drama queen.
More details:
Okay, the john saying, "You look just like my son" in the teaser was creeeeepy.
Doug is homeless for real in this episode after Harry kicked him out last episode. Hahaha. Oh, Doug.
Doug becomes new leader/protector of the group of street kids after their old leader was killed in the teaser - the leader is the one who takes johns to get money so the rest don't have to. And he is AWESOME AND ADORABLE AND I LOFF HIM. He's always so nurturing aww. So then poor Doug gets roped into being picked up by this harmlessly sweet john and has to arrest him.
IOKI: God, I hate this assignment.
HANSON: I hate feeling like a piece of meat.
I, uh, never get tired of watching the boys pretend to be hookers. Sorry, Hanson!
Their little costumes! The hats and fingerless gloves!
The ripped jeans!
The one-leg-bent poses!
Of course Hanson is the one who finally picks up the dude that's been killing prostitutes.
I, um, may be incapable of stopping capping hooker!Hanson.
Hanson takes the dude to a hotel room.
JOHN: You look just like my son.
HANSON: OMFG.
JOHN: Turn around. (takes off jacket) Let's have a look at you.
HANSON: I don't turn my back on nobody.
JOHN: ...Going rate okay? (lays out a towel)
HANSON: Being?
JOHN: 75 a shot.
HANSON: (nods)
The john retreats to the bathroom (while Hanson TURNS HIS BACK)
and prepares for murder by like fellating his billy club and being generally OMG CREEPY.
But Hanson was also preparing, and pulls out his gun! Yay justice!
So all the jump streeters are pulled off the case. But there's still the loose end of the kid who was killed in the teaser, the kid who was the leader of the group of street kids before Doug showed up. The street kids, along with their friends Doug and Judy, search for and eventually find his body in a flophouse.
They are devastated.
GIRL: What do we do now?
DOUG: Find a... find a home. (leaves)
And aww he was almost crying. I hope he doesn't just abandon them. Judy at least seems like the kind of person to try and keep up with them.
But that's one of the best things about Jump Street. It leaves things unresolved and doesn't give us easy answers or happy endings. Just lots and lots of fan service.
Next we have the episode where THEY'RE ALL PROSTITUTES.
Just when you thought Jump Street was as much like fanfic as it could be:
HI.
PROSTITUTES.
You gotta love a show that writes its own Hooker AU.
Johnny Depp was of course a lovely hooker.
Everyone else wasn't bad either. I was saddened by the lack of makeup, though. But with the exception of Judy, *everyone* was really pretty and angsty in this ep. Yum. (Judy looks more like the nice, tomboyish girl next door.)
And Judy got to be an ex-hooker. Go Judy!
I only wish that Fuller had been a pimp. He would have made a stylin' pimp.
I guess this episode seemed so much like fanfic because I could maybe understand this plot as a B plot with Harry and Judy undercover as hookers or something, but it's everyone. It's the only plot. It's like kinkfic.
I was surprised they were able to show, imply, and talk about so much homosexuality, rape, and perversity onscreen, but it pays off because this ep does take a good, emotionally-affecting look at street kids.
With um...
Jodie Foster. Okay...
I have a feeling this is one of the eps prompted by Johnny always being like "Why don't you let me go undercover as [insert insane thing here] for an episode (or I'll leave the show)?" God he was such a little drama queen.
More details:
Okay, the john saying, "You look just like my son" in the teaser was creeeeepy.
Doug is homeless for real in this episode after Harry kicked him out last episode. Hahaha. Oh, Doug.
Doug becomes new leader/protector of the group of street kids after their old leader was killed in the teaser - the leader is the one who takes johns to get money so the rest don't have to. And he is AWESOME AND ADORABLE AND I LOFF HIM. He's always so nurturing aww. So then poor Doug gets roped into being picked up by this harmlessly sweet john and has to arrest him.
IOKI: God, I hate this assignment.
HANSON: I hate feeling like a piece of meat.
I, uh, never get tired of watching the boys pretend to be hookers. Sorry, Hanson!
Their little costumes! The hats and fingerless gloves!
The ripped jeans!
The one-leg-bent poses!
Of course Hanson is the one who finally picks up the dude that's been killing prostitutes.
I, um, may be incapable of stopping capping hooker!Hanson.
Hanson takes the dude to a hotel room.
JOHN: You look just like my son.
HANSON: OMFG.
JOHN: Turn around. (takes off jacket) Let's have a look at you.
HANSON: I don't turn my back on nobody.
JOHN: ...Going rate okay? (lays out a towel)
HANSON: Being?
JOHN: 75 a shot.
HANSON: (nods)
The john retreats to the bathroom (while Hanson TURNS HIS BACK)
and prepares for murder by like fellating his billy club and being generally OMG CREEPY.
But Hanson was also preparing, and pulls out his gun! Yay justice!
So all the jump streeters are pulled off the case. But there's still the loose end of the kid who was killed in the teaser, the kid who was the leader of the group of street kids before Doug showed up. The street kids, along with their friends Doug and Judy, search for and eventually find his body in a flophouse.
They are devastated.
GIRL: What do we do now?
DOUG: Find a... find a home. (leaves)
And aww he was almost crying. I hope he doesn't just abandon them. Judy at least seems like the kind of person to try and keep up with them.
But that's one of the best things about Jump Street. It leaves things unresolved and doesn't give us easy answers or happy endings. Just lots and lots of fan service.