The BEST Episodes of 21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street revolved around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.

#1 - 2245

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired Feb 5, 1990

Hanson tries to convince a juvenile inmate on death row to appear in a film intended to keep his peers out of prison.

8.14

7 votes

Directors: Kim Manners

Writers: Glen Morgan, James Wong, Michelle Ashford

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#2 - Pilot (2)

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Apr 12, 1987

Hanson gets assigned to the Jump Street unit, a special division of the police force which uses young cops to go undercover and stop juvenile crime, when his youthful appearance causes him to be underestimated while on patrol. His first case involves catching drug dealers.

8.11

81 votes

Directors: Kim Manners

Writers: Patrick Hasburgh

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#3 - After School Special

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired Oct 18, 1987

Hanson is unable to keep his mind on the investigation of a shooting of a teacher at an inner city school when he learns that his mother is moving in with her boyfriend.

8.00

15 votes

Directors: David Jackson

Writers: David Jackson

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#4 - My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired May 3, 1987

Hanson and Penhall infiltrate an exclusive preppie clique to investigate a prank that left a girl dead.

7.97

31 votes

Directors: Gary Winter

Writers: Bill Nuss

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#5 - Pilot (1)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired Apr 12, 1987

Hanson gets assigned to the Jump Street unit, a special division of the police force which uses young cops to go undercover and stop juvenile crime, when his youthful appearance causes him to be underestimated while on patrol. His first case involves catching drug dealers.

7.89

104 votes

Directors: Kim Manners

Writers: Patrick Hasburgh

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#6 - Equal Protection

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired Jan 5, 1991

After discovering that some white officers are responsible for beating and harassing black teenagers, Hoffs, with Fuller's help, try to convict them.

7.83

6 votes

Directors: Brad Turner

Writers: Jeff Myrow

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#7 - Homegirls

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired Apr 20, 1991

After seeing a teenager being murdered, Hoffs infiltrates the girl's street gang to find out who killed her.

7.83

6 votes

Directors: Brad Turner

Writers: Jeff Myrow

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#8 - Swallowed Alive

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired Feb 5, 1989

Hanson becomes an inmate in a juvenile detention hall in order to investigate the murder of one of the inmates.

7.82

11 votes

Directors: James A. Contner

Writers: Eric Blakeney

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#9 - Parental Guidance Suggested

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired Dec 4, 1989

While observing a family suspected of operating a burglary ring, Hoffs begins to suspect that a boy is being abused.

7.78

9 votes

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#10 - Loc'd Out (1)

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired May 14, 1989

Hanson finds himself on the wrong side of the law after he decides to seek revenge on members of a street gang who shot and seriously wounded Ioki.

7.75

12 votes

Directors: James Whitmore Jr.

Writers: Eric Blakeney, Michelle Ashford

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#11 - Mike's P.O.V.

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired Nov 20, 1989

Hanson and Penhall investigate the murder of a high school teacher's wife and discover that the teacher hired one of his students to kill her.

7.75

8 votes

Directors: Jorge Montesi

Writers: John Truby

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#12 - I'm OK- You Need Work

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired Feb 21, 1988

Hanson becomes trapped in a private drug clinic where he had himself placed in order to investigate claims of patient abuse made by a kid he once busted on drug charges.

7.69

13 votes

Directors: Neill Fearnley

Writers: Clifton Campbell

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#13 - Besieged (2)

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired Oct 4, 1987

Hanson and Hoffs go undercover in order to put a crack ring out of business. Penhall, working on the same case, returns to squad car and becomes convinced that his new partner killed a drug pusher.

7.69

16 votes

Directors: Bill Corcoran

Writers: Jonathan Lemkin

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#14 - Orpheus 3.3

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired Feb 28, 1988

Hanson blames himself for failing to prevent the shooting death of his girlfriend in a convenience store robbery and becomes obsessed with revenge.

7.67

15 votes

Directors: James A. Contner

Writers: Bill Nuss

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#15 - Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired Feb 19, 1990

Hanson and Penhall find a way to get out of the cold while remaining on the job as they trail a suspected bomber to Florida during spring break.

7.67

6 votes

Directors: Jorge Montesi

Writers: Glen Morgan, James Wong

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#16 - The Girl Next Door

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired Dec 1, 1990

While investigating the hit and run murder of a high school football star, McCann becomes involved with a cheerleader who has AIDS.

7.67

6 votes

Directors: Brenton Spencer

Writers: Jonathan Glassner

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#17 - Baby Blues

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired Jan 21, 1991

Joey feels responsible for a baby girl he is taking care in a experimental program and try to find her drug addicted mother.

7.67

6 votes

Directors: Zale Dalen

Writers: Deborah Starr Seibel

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#18 - Honor Bound

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired Nov 8, 1987

Hanson and Penhall find the military code of honor hampering their undercover investigation of a military academy where the cadets are suspected of killing homosexuals.

7.65

17 votes

Directors: Bill Corcoran

Writers: E. Paul Edwards

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#19 - Hell Week

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired Dec 18, 1988

Hanson and Ioki must endure hell week as fraternity pledges in order to gain the confidence and get evidence on a gang rape which occurred at a frat party.

7.64

14 votes

Directors: Jonathan Wacks

Writers: Bill Nuss

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#20 - You Ought to Be in Prison

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired Nov 15, 1987

Hanson and a film star he had been assigned to protect are kidnapped by an escaped murderer.

7.60

20 votes

Directors: Kim Manners

Writers: Bill Nuss

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#21 - Christmas in Saigon

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired Dec 18, 1987

Ioki faces being dismissed from the force when internal affairs discovers that he is a Vietnamese refuge who is using an alias. Flashback sequences show his escape from Saigon.

7.60

15 votes

Directors: Kim Manners

Writers: Bill Nuss

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#22 - Just Say No! High

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired Nov 10, 1990

Hoffs is suspended from the force when while working undercover in high school she is forced to take a mandatory drug test and the results come back positive.

7.60

5 votes

Directors: Randy Bradshaw

Writers: Sharon E. Doyle

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#23 - Two for the Road

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired Oct 11, 1987

The Jump Street unit is investigating a counterfeit drivers license ring when Captain Fuller gets arrested for drunk driving.

7.59

17 votes

Directors: Steve Beers

Writers: Paul Bernbaum

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#24 - Next Victim

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired May 7, 1989

Booker goes undercover as a radio DJ to discover who killed a controversial college radio personality by planting a bomb in his car.

7.57

14 votes

Directors: James A. Contner

Writers: Bruce Kirschbaum

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#25 - Research and Destroy

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired Jan 8, 1990

The Jump Street Cops are sent to investigate a college chemistry lab where it is suspected that new designer drugs are being manufactured.

7.57

7 votes

Directors: Jefferson Kibbee

Writers: Gary Rosen

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