I am a total sucker for detective shows, probably because of early and prolonged exposure to the “Mathnet” segment on that old PBS show Square One. That and a huge dose of Nancy Drew circa fourth grade. Anyway, I began a 21 Jump Street marathon a few days ago and I CANNOT seem to get past certain plot holes, inconsistencies, and just outright nonsense. Namely:

- How many high schools are in this frigg’n city? Every episode it’s a different one!

- How is it even remotely plausible that people from surrounding high schools are not telling each other about the seemingly widespread presence of undercover cops posing as transfer students? Especially when they “blow their cover” at the end of pretty much every episode. AND kids are in and out of that bizarre churchy headquarters all damn day. There’s even a holding cell. Yet NO ONE recognizes them EVER?!

- Who the hell would actually believe that Peter DeLuise is in high school?

- Why does Vietnamese actor Dustin Nguyen play a Japanese guy? Not the same thing geniuses.

(And as an aside, why is Josh Brolin, who guest starred, so good at playing assholes yet seems like a pretty okay guy in real life?)

*I am completely aware I’m over-thinking all this, and that yes, the show was made for adolescents, but come on, kids are not MORONS. Even the theme song makes no sense whatsoever. No wonder Johnny Depp wanted out of his contract. Of course I will totally finish watching the rest of the season though. I, uh, need to know what happens.

Image via Hulu, my source of daily brain rot.