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The Best Episodes of 21 Jump Street

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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 Orpheus 3.3
    8.3/10(240 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for Swallowed Alive
    8.3/10(195 votes)

    #2 - Swallowed Alive

    S3:E9

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

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  3. Background image for A Big Disease with a Little Name
    8.1/10(203 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Nemesis
    8.1/10(169 votes)

    #4 - Nemesis

    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.

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    Writer:John Truby
  5. Background image for Loc'd Out (2)
    8.1/10(123 votes)

    #5 - Loc'd Out (2)

    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.

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  6. Background image for Bad Influence
    8.0/10(253 votes)

    #6 - 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
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  8. Background image for Mean Streets and Pastel Houses
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for I'm OK- You Need Work
    8.0/10(180 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for 2245
    8.0/10(144 votes)

    #9 - 2245

    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.

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  11. Background image for Besieged (2)
    7.9/10(182 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for The Currency We Trade In
    7.9/10(117 votes)

    #11 - The Currency We Trade In

    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.

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  13. Background image for Loc'd Out (1)
    7.9/10(132 votes)

    #12 - Loc'd Out (1)

    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.

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  14. Background image for Draw the Line
    7.9/10(132 votes)

    #13 - Draw the Line

    S4:E1

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

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  15. Background image for 16 Blown to 35
    7.8/10(231 votes)

    #14 - 16 Blown to 35

    S1:E12

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

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  16. Background image for Christmas in Saigon
    7.8/10(179 votes)

    #15 - 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
  17. Background image for Hell Week
    7.8/10(157 votes)

    #16 - Hell Week

    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.

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    Writer:Bill Nuss
  18. Background image for Come from the Shadows
    7.8/10(100 votes)

    #17 - Come from the Shadows

    S4:E4

    Penhall finds himself falling for an illegal immigrant from El Salvador when the Jump Street unit is sent in to investigate a priest suspected of selling babies.

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  19. Background image for Out of Control
    7.8/10(115 votes)

    #18 - Out of Control

    S4:E7

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Stand by Your Man
    7.8/10(112 votes)

    #19 - Stand by Your Man

    S4:E8

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Wheels and Deals (II)
    7.8/10(114 votes)

    #20 - Wheels and Deals (II)

    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).

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Last Chance High
    7.8/10(114 votes)

    #21 - Last Chance High

    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.

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Honor Bound
    7.7/10(177 votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. Background image for You Ought to Be in Prison
    7.7/10(161 votes)

    #23 - 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
  25. Background image for Next Victim
    7.7/10(114 votes)

    #24 - Next Victim

    S3:E18

    Booker goes undercover as a radio DJ to discover who killed a controversial college radio personality by planting a bomb in his car.

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  26. Background image for Everyday is Christmas
    7.7/10(94 votes)

    #25 - Everyday is Christmas

    S4:E25

    After botching an assignment, Penhall is transferred to a different precinct where he learns the cops routinely accept bribes and finds himself the subject of a Jump Street investigation.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Orpheus 3.3" is the best rated episode of "21 Jump Street". It scored 8.3/10 based on 240 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".