The BEST Episodes of 21 Jump Street
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Jan 27, 2020
Network: FOX
21 Jump Street was a FOX action/drama series that ran for five seasons (1987-1991). The show revolved around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults. 21 Jump Street propelled Johnny Depp to stardom and was the basis for a 2012 comedy/action film of the same name.
#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.
8.50 
#2 - 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.
8.23 
#3 - 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.
8.20 
#4 - 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.
8.20 
#5 - 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.
8.16 
#6 - 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.
8.14 
#7 - 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.
8.00 
#8 - 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.
8.00 
#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.
8.00 
#10 - 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.
8.00 
#11 - 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.
8.00 
#12 - 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.
8.00 
#13 - 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.
8.00 
#14 - 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.
7.98 
#15 - 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.
7.93 
#16 - 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.
7.91 
#17 - 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.
7.91 
#18 - 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.
7.86 
#19 - 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.
7.85 
#20 - 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.
7.83 
#21 - Coppin' Out
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired Feb 23, 1991
Mac and Joey try to find the responsibles for vandalizing elderly homes. The problem is that one of the prime suspects is the son of Fuller's girlfriend.
7.80 
#22 - 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.
7.77 
#23 - 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.
7.77 
#24 - Loc'd Out (2)
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired May 21, 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 
#25 - God is a Bullet
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired Oct 16, 1989
The Jump Street team intervenes when a tough new principal goes too far in his attempts to clean up a drug and crime infested inner city school.
7.75