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The Best Episodes of 21 Jump Street

Every episode of 21 Jump Street ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of 21 Jump Street!

21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and...
Genres:CrimeMysteryDrama
Network:FOX

Best Episodes Summary

"Orpheus 3.3" is the best rated episode of "21 Jump Street". It scored 8.3/10 based on 234 votes. Directed by James A. Contner and written by Bill Nuss, it aired on 2/28/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Swallowed Alive".

  • Orpheus 3.3
    8.3/10234 votes
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    #1 - Orpheus 3.3

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/1988

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

    Director: James A. Contner

    Writer: Bill Nuss

  • Swallowed Alive
    8.3/10191 votes
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    #2 - Swallowed Alive

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 2/5/1989

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

    Director: James A. Contner

    Writer: Eric Blakeney

  • A Big Disease with a Little Name
    8.1/10197 votes
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    #3 - A Big Disease with a Little Name

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1988

    Dorothy an old girlfriend of Penhall's, who walked out on him two years ago, returns and decides to move in with him. Hanson gets assigned to protect a student with AIDS who is being made to feel unwelcome in class.

    Director: Neill Fearnley

    Writer: Patrick Hasburgh

  • Nemesis
    8.1/10164 votes
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    #4 - 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.

    Director: Ken Wiederhorn

    Writer: John Truby

  • Loc'd Out (2)
    8.1/10120 votes
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    #5 - Loc'd Out (2)

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/1989

    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.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: N/A

  • Bad Influence
    8.0/10247 votes
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    #6 - Bad Influence

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/1987

    Hanson and Penhall try to locate some missing juveniles while Ioki tries to find a link between a teenage prostitution ring and a series of burglaries.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Paul Bernbaum

  • Mean Streets and Pastel Houses
    8.0/101 votes
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    #7 - Mean Streets and Pastel Houses

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/28/1987

    Hanson goes undercover as a punk rocker in an effort to stop a feud between two rival gangs from turning into a war.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: Jonathan Lemkin

  • I'm OK- You Need Work
    8.0/10175 votes
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    #8 - I'm OK- You Need Work

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/1988

    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.

    Director: Neill Fearnley

    Writer: Clifton Campbell

  • 2245
    8.0/10142 votes
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    #9 - 2245

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1990

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

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: James Wong, Glen Morgan

  • Besieged (2)
    7.9/10174 votes
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    #10 - Besieged (2)

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1987

    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.

    Director: Bill Corcoran

    Writer: Jonathan Lemkin

  • The Currency We Trade In
    7.9/10114 votes
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    #11 - The Currency We Trade In

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/20/1988

    A popular sports writer finds his whole life ruined when Penhall believes his ex-wife's allegations of his being a child molester.

    Director: Neill Fearnley

    Writer: Eric Blakeney

  • Woolly Bullies
    7.9/10127 votes
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    #12 - 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.

    Director: Bill Corcoran

    Writer: Bruce Kirschbaum, Bill Nuss, Eric Blakeney

  • Loc'd Out (1)
    7.9/10128 votes
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    #13 - Loc'd Out (1)

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 5/14/1989

    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.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: Eric Blakeney, Michelle Ashford

  • Draw the Line
    7.9/10130 votes
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    #14 - Draw the Line

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1989

    Booker resigns from the police force after solving a case that gets Hanson out of prison.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: James Wong, Glen Morgan

  • Stand by Your Man
    7.9/10110 votes
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    #15 - Stand by Your Man

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1989

    While trying to expose a drug ring at a prestigious medical school, Hoffs is raped while on a date with one of the suspects who later claims that she seduced him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • La Bizca
    7.9/10123 votes
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    #16 - La Bizca

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1990

    Penhall ends up taking his nephew back to America after he and Hanson travel to El Salvador in order to find Penhall's wife, whom they learn was killed in the fighting.

    Director: David Nutter

    Writer: Larry Barber, Paul Barber

  • Honor Bound
    7.8/10171 votes
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    #17 - Honor Bound

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1987

    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.

    Director: Bill Corcoran

    Writer: E. Paul Edwards

  • You Ought to Be in Prison
    7.8/10151 votes
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    #18 - You Ought to Be in Prison

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1987

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

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Bill Nuss

  • Christmas in Saigon
    7.8/10174 votes
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    #19 - Christmas in Saigon

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1987

    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.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Bill Nuss

  • Hell Week
    7.8/10152 votes
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    #20 - Hell Week

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/1988

    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.

    Director: Jonathan Wacks

    Writer: Bill Nuss

  • A.W.O.L.
    7.8/10122 votes
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    #21 - 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.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: N/A

  • Fathers and Sons
    7.8/10115 votes
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    #22 - Fathers and Sons

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 4/9/1989

    Fuller and the Jump Street unit are given a lot of flak and told to pull off the case when city hall learns Hanson and Penhall are about to bust the mayor's son on drug dealing charges.

    Director: Jefferson Kibbee

    Writer: John Truby

  • Out of Control
    7.8/10112 votes
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    #23 - Out of Control

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1989

    Penhall and Ioki become rent a cops while Hanson becomes a member of a clique of thrill seeking kids who break into houses to annoy the rent a cops.

    Director: Mario Van Peebles

    Writer: N/A

  • Wheels and Deals (II)
    7.8/10111 votes
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    #24 - Wheels and Deals (II)

    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. The crossover starts on Booker S01E08 Deals and Wheels (I).

    Director: Jefferson Kibbee

    Writer: N/A

  • Last Chance High
    7.8/10112 votes
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    #25 - 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.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: N/A