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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!

Best episode
S2E16 Orpheus 3.3
8.4246 votes
Worst episode
S4E15 Back from the Future
5.3151 votes
Top season
Season 3
7.6avg
Binge time
3d 6h
103 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 16 - Orpheus 3.3
    8.4/10(246 votes)

    S2:E16

    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

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  2. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 9 - Swallowed Alive
    8.4/10(206 votes)

    S3:E9

    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

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  3. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 14 - Nemesis
    8.3/10(181 votes)

    S3:E14

    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

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  4. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 13 - A Big Disease with a Little Name
    8.2/10(220 votes)

    S2:E13

    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

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  5. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 1 - Draw the Line
    8.2/10(147 votes)

    S4:E1

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

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writers:Glen Morgan, James Wong

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  6. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 8 - Bad Influence
    8.1/10(275 votes)

    S1:E8

    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

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  7. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 15 - I'm OK, You Need Work
    8.1/10(197 votes)

    S2:E15

    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

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  8. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 16 - 2245
    8.1/10(157 votes)

    S4:E16

    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
    Writers:Glen Morgan, James Wong

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  9. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 19 - Loc'd Out (1)
    8.1/10(149 votes)

    S3:E19

    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.
    Writers:Eric Blakeney, Michelle Ashford

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  10. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 3 - Besieged (2)
    8.0/10(199 votes)

    S2:E3

    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

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  11. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 20 - Loc'd Out (2)
    8.0/10(139 votes)

    S3:E20

    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:Unknown

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  12. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 11 - Christmas in Saigon
    7.9/10(195 votes)

    S2:E11

    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

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  13. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 6 - Hell Week
    7.9/10(171 votes)

    S3:E6

    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

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  14. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 20 - Last Chance High
    7.9/10(125 votes)

    S4:E20

    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:Unknown

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  15. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 10 - Wheels and Deals (II)
    7.9/10(121 votes)

    S4:E10

    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:Unknown

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  16. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 12 - 16 Blown to 35
    7.8/10(257 votes)

    S1:E12

    Hoffs enrolls in a teen modeling school after several of its graduates end up appearing in pornography.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  17. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 8 - Honor Bound
    7.8/10(198 votes)

    S2:E8

    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

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  18. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 1 - Fun with Animals
    7.8/10(179 votes)

    S3:E1

    Hanson is assigned Booker as his new partner and the two don't hit it off as Booker's racist attitudes lead Hanson to believe that Booker raped a black student.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Eric Blakeney

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  19. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 9 - You Ought to Be in Prison
    7.8/10(175 votes)

    S2:E9

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

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Bill Nuss

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  20. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 3 - The Currency We Trade In
    7.8/10(132 votes)

    S3:E3

    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

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  21. 21 Jump Street Season 5 Episode 4 - Poison
    7.8/10(86 votes)

    S5:E4

    Doug falls for a narcotics officer with questionable tactics and a possible drug problem herself.

    Director:Don McBrearty
    Writer:Ann Donahue

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  22. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 2 - Besieged (1)
    7.7/10(220 votes)

    S2:E2

    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

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  23. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 9 - Mike's P.O.V.
    7.7/10(162 votes)

    S4:E9

    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.

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 7 - The Dragon and the Angel
    7.7/10(152 votes)

    S3:E7

    While working undercover in a Vietnamese streetgang, Ioki learns of a communist businessman who may be able to help his grandmother who is still in Vietnam.

    Director:Jefferson Kibbee
    Writer:E. Paul Edwards

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  25. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 11 - Woolly Bullies
    7.7/10(147 votes)

    S3:E11

    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
    Writers:Bruce Kirschbaum, Bill Nuss, Eric Blakeney

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Best Episodes Summary

"Orpheus 3.3" is the best rated episode of 21 Jump Street. It scored 8.4/10 from 246 votes. Directed by James A. Contner and written by Bill Nuss, it aired on February 28, 1988.

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