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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...

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  1. Background image for In the Custody of a Clown
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - In the Custody of a Clown

    S2:E1

    The Jump Street unit discovers that a boy who was being used as a pawn by his feuding parents faked his kidnapping with the aid of his grandfather to get away from his parents.

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  2. Background image for Slippin' Into Darkness
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Slippin' Into Darkness

    S3:E2

    Hoffs and Ioki go undercover in a Guardian Angel-type street patrol whose members have a vendetta out for a drug dealer who Hanson is trying to set up for a bust.

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  3. Background image for Bad Influence
    8.1/10(257 votes)

    #3 - Bad Influence

    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.

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    Director:Kim Manners
  4. Background image for Mean Streets and Pastel Houses
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Mean Streets and Pastel Houses

    S1:E13

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

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  5. Background image for Besieged (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Besieged (1)

    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.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Besieged (2)

    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.

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  8. Background image for Two for the Road
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Two for the Road

    S2:E4

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

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    Director:Steve Beers
  9. Background image for After School Special
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - After School Special

    S2:E5

    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.

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  10. Background image for Higher Education
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Higher Education

    S2:E6

    A pregnant school girl fingers Ioki as the father to be.

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  11. Background image for Don't Stretch the Rainbow
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Don't Stretch the Rainbow

    S2:E7

    Racial violence threatens to break out at an integrated school when word leaks out that a white student got a black student pregnant.

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  12. Background image for Honor Bound
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Honor Bound

    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.

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  13. Background image for You Ought to Be in Prison
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - You Ought to Be in Prison

    S2:E9

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

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Bill Nuss
  14. Background image for How Much is That Body in the Window?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - How Much is That Body in the Window?

    S2:E10

    Penhall gets close to a football player suspected of using steroids at a school where an olympic hopeful gymnast died after a performance due to steroid abuse. Hanson considers becoming a big brother.

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  15. Background image for Christmas in Saigon
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Christmas in Saigon

    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.

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Bill Nuss
  16. Background image for Fear and Loathing with Russell Buckins
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Fear and Loathing with Russell Buckins

    S2:E12

    Hanson contemplates leaving the force and leaves town instead of going to a refresher course at the police academy he and Penhall had been assigned to take after they went drag racing to try to catch a hit and run driver.

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  17. Background image for A Big Disease with a Little Name
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - A Big Disease with a Little Name

    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.

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  18. Background image for Chapel of Love
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Chapel of Love

    S2:E14

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

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  19. Background image for I'm OK- You Need Work
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - I'm OK- You Need Work

    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.

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  20. Background image for Orpheus 3.3
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Orpheus 3.3

    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.

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  21. Background image for Champagne High
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Champagne High

    S2:E17

    Penhall & Hanson go undercover as the McQuaid brothers in a suburban high school, that recently has had inner city kids bused in, to investigate the theft of a Porsche. Meanwhile, Judy must deal with a love-sick teenage boy.

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    Director:Larry Shaw
  22. Background image for Brother Hanson & the Miracle of Renner's Pond
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Brother Hanson & the Miracle of Renner's Pond

    S2:E18

    When a small-town teacher refuses to teach the theory of evolution after his son has a near-death experience, Hanson infiltrates the school to try to discover who's behind the recent burning of the science books.

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  23. Background image for Raising Marijuana
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Raising Marijuana

    S2:E19

    Penhall and Ioki go undercover as the ""Swark Twins"" to get in with teenage boys working for drug smugglers. Meanwhile, Hoffs becomes romantically involved with the head drug smuggler.

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  24. Background image for Best Years of Your Life
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Best Years of Your Life

    S2:E20

    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.

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  25. Background image for Cory and Dean Got Married
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Cory and Dean Got Married

    S2:E21

    Hoffs and Penhall must deal with a pursuing husband when they are assigned to escort a girl arrested for killing her father when he tried to prevent her from eloping.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - School's Out

    S2:E22

    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.

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    Director:Kim Manners

Best Episodes Summary

"In the Custody of a Clown" is the best rated episode of "21 Jump Street". It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Kim Manners and written by Clifton Campbell, it aired on 9/20/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Slippin' Into Darkness".