The WORST episodes of 21 Jump Street

Every episode of 21 Jump Street ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.

Last Updated: 6/8/2026Network: FOXStatus: Ended
Wheels and Deals (2)
star
5.75
12 votes

#1 - Wheels and Deals (2)

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1989

Working on a tip from Booker, the Jump Street cops join a motorcycle caravan in order to bring Raymond Crane to justice.

Directors: Jefferson Kibbee
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How I Saved the Senator
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5.83
12 votes

#2 - How I Saved the Senator

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1990

The Jump Street cops each relate a different version (with the teller as the hero of a film from their favorite genre), to a reporter investigating the foiled attempt to kill a senator.

Writer: Gary Rosen
Things We Said Today
star
6.00
8 votes

#3 - Things We Said Today

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1989

Ioki is confronted by a teenage boy with a gun, who three years earlier Ioki had talked into turning in his drug abusing family.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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A.W.O.L.
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6.15
13 votes

#4 - A.W.O.L.

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/19/1989

An old Army buddy comes to Fuller seeking the Jump Street unit's help in bringing in an AWOL soldier who will be classified a deserter if he doesn't return to base within two days.

Directors: Mike Robison
Back from the Future
star
6.18
11 votes

#5 - Back from the Future

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1990

In the 21st century a young cop hoping to revive the Jump Street program interviews the retired officers who were there when it all started.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
Writer: David Stenn
The Dreaded Return of Russell Buckins
star
6.27
11 votes

#6 - The Dreaded Return of Russell Buckins

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/26/1989

Hanson goes after an old friend who wrote an article exposing the Jump Street program causing Hanson to get suspended from duty.

Directors: Rob Iscove
Woolly Bullies
star
6.36
14 votes

#7 - Woolly Bullies

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/19/1989

Penhall's encounter with a bully while undercover causes the members of the Jump Street unit to reminisce about their dealings with bullies while they were in school.

Directors: Bill Corcoran
School's Out
star
6.44
16 votes

#8 - School's Out

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/1988

Hanson goes undercover to find a student who is blowing up toilets. Meanwhile, Fuller must convince the higher-ups that the Jump Street program, which is scheduled to be deactivated over the summer, should be reactivated in the fall, and Doug decides it's time to grow up.

Directors: Kim Manners
Film at Eleven
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6.44
9 votes

#9 - Film at Eleven

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1991

After finding the missing daughter of a famous reporter, Mac tries to solve the mistery behind the missing.

Directors: Peter DeLuise
Rounding Third
star
6.44
9 votes

#10 - Rounding Third

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/1990

After volunteering to become a Little League coach Penhall learns that one of the players was kidnapped by his father, from his mother and step-father.

Directors: Jefferson Kibbee
Writer: Gary Rosen
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Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom
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6.50
10 votes

#11 - Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1990

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.

Directors: Jorge Montesi
Best Years of Your Life
star
6.50
14 votes

#12 - Best Years of Your Life

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/1988

The suicide of a popular student, whom Hanson and Penhall had arrested the night before, leaves his family, fellow students and Hanson in a state of depression and forces Penhall to relive bitter childhood memories.

Directors: Bill Corcoran
Nemesis
star
6.50
14 votes

#13 - Nemesis

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/26/1989

Booker is laiden with guilt when after he infiltrates a gang of drug users that kill one of their own whom they suspect is an undercover cop.

Directors: Ken Wiederhorn
Writer: John Truby
Buddy System
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6.50
10 votes

#14 - Buddy System

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1990

McCann joins up to be the partner of a mentally handicapped youth in a school buddy system, to investigate the murder of the boy's former partner.

Directors: Jorge Monte
Diplomas for Sale
star
6.50
8 votes

#15 - Diplomas for Sale

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/1990

Doug and Joey enroll in a college where good students are mysteriously being turned into criminals.

Directors: Randy Bradshaw
In the Name of Love
star
6.56
9 votes

#16 - In the Name of Love

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/1991

Mac has to date a daughter of a reputed drug dealer in a confidential FBI case at the same time he is trying to rebuild a relantionship with an old flame.

Directors: Zale Dalen
Last Chance High
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6.56
9 votes

#17 - Last Chance High

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/19/1990

Donning their McQuaid brother aliases for one last time Hanson and Penhall discover a teenage girl who has kidnapped her baby sister to get her away from their abusive parents; while Penhall adjusts to becoming a father figure.

Directors: Kim Manners
A Change of Heart
star
6.56
9 votes

#18 - A Change of Heart

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/1990

A lesbian student makes a pass at Hoffs when she and Capt. Fuller go undercover at a high school to learn the identity of a student who was a witness to a teacher's murder.

Directors: Jan Eliasberg
Homegirls
star
6.57
7 votes

#19 - Homegirls

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/1991

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

Directors: Brad Turner
Writer: Jeff Myrow
Wasted
star
6.57
7 votes

#20 - Wasted

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/1991

Mac goes undercover as a football player when a high school football star dies from an unexplained heart attack.

Directors: Brenton Spencer
Equal Protection
star
6.57
7 votes

#21 - Equal Protection

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1991

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

Directors: Brad Turner
Writer: Jeff Myrow
Crossfire
star
6.63
8 votes

#22 - Crossfire

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/1991

Hoffs is charged in a civil suit for a man she has arrested for solicitation. At court, she has to confront the man and his representative, her boyfriend's vindictive ex-wife.

Directors: Jorge Montesi
Writer: Ann Donahue
Chapel of Love
star
6.64
14 votes

#23 - Chapel of Love

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/1988

Past romances that didn't have happy endings are the subject of conversation at a Valentine Day Eve poker game.

Directors: Michael Robinson
Bad Day at BlackBurn
star
6.67
9 votes

#24 - Bad Day at BlackBurn

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/13/1991

Fuller, Hoffs and Mac go undercover to investigate a gang of high school extortionists operating in a high school.

Directors: Brenton Spencer
The Education of Terry Garver
star
6.70
10 votes

#25 - The Education of Terry Garver

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1991

Hoffs, Joey and Mac help a raped girl that has no proof to convict the attacker.

Directors: Randy Bradshaw