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The Best Episodes of 21 Jump Street Season 1

Genres:CrimeMysteryDrama
Network:FOX

Every episode of 21 Jump Street Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 21 Jump Street Season 1!

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...
Episodes
13
Avg. Rating
7.4
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  • Bad Influence
    8.0/10(249)
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    #1 - 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

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  • Mean Streets and Pastel Houses
    8.0/10(1)
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    #2 - 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

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  • 16 Blown to 35
    7.7/10(229)
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    #3 - 16 Blown to 35

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 6/21/1987

    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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  • The Worst Night of Your Life
    7.5/10(233)
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    #4 - The Worst Night of Your Life

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 5/10/1987

    Hoffs is not convinced that the captured suspect in an arson case at a Catholic girls school is the guilty party and believes that the real culprit will strike again at the school's prom.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: Patrick Hasburgh

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  • America, What a Town
    7.4/10(282)
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    #5 - America, What a Town

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 4/19/1987

    Hoffs goes undercover to keep a wild Eastern Bloc exchange student out of trouble. Hanson and Penhall enroll in a shop class suspected of being a chop shop for an auto theft ring.

    Director: Larry Shaw

    Writer: Bill Nuss

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  • Pilot (1)
    7.3/10(438)
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    #6 - Pilot (1)

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 4/12/1987

    Hanson gets assigned to the Jump Street unit, a special division of the police force which uses young cops to go undercover and stop juvenile crime, when his youthful appearance causes him to be underestimated while on patrol. His first case involves catching drug dealers.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Patrick Hasburgh

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  • Don't Pet the Teacher
    7.3/10(248)
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    #7 - Don't Pet the Teacher

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 4/26/1987

    A woman with car trouble whom Hanson helps out and makes a date with turns out to be a teacher who has been getting threatening messages and whose class he has been assigned to undercover.

    Director: Les Sheldon

    Writer: Clifton Campbell

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  • Next Generation
    7.2/10(183)
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    #8 - Next Generation

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 6/7/1987

    Hanson who is out to catch a loan shark finds his cover threatened when his high school quiz team makes it to the semi finals which are to be broadcast on TV.

    Director: David Nutter

    Writer: Paul Bernbaum

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  • Low and Away
    7.2/10(203)
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    #9 - Low and Away

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 6/14/1987

    Penhall joins the school baseball team in order to keep an eye on one of its star players, whose life has been threatened when his father agrees to testify against the mob.

    Director: Bill Corcoran

    Writer: Bill Nuss, Paul Bernbaum

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  • Pilot (2)
    7.1/10(296)
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    #10 - Pilot (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 4/12/1987

    Hanson gets assigned to the Jump Street unit, a special division of the police force which uses young cops to go undercover and stop juvenile crime, when his youthful appearance causes him to be underestimated while on patrol. His first case involves catching drug dealers.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Patrick Hasburgh

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  • Gotta Finish the Riff
    7.1/10(203)
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    #11 - Gotta Finish the Riff

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 5/17/1987

    Jenko is killed by a drunk driver and is replaced by Captain Fuller who has his hands full dealing with a vengeful gang leader whom has taken his principal and several others hostage, including an undercover Hanson.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Patrick Hasburgh, Bill Nuss

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  • Blindsided
    7.0/10(194)
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    #12 - Blindsided

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 5/31/1987

    The daughter of a policeman who claims her father is sexually abusing her tries to hire Hanson-- undercover with Penhall as one of the drug dealing McQuaid brothers-- to kill her father.

    Director: David Jackson

    Writer: Jonathan Lemkin

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  • My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
    6.9/10(229)
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    #13 - My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 5/3/1987

    Hanson and Penhall infiltrate an exclusive preppie clique to investigate a prank that left a girl dead.

    Director: Gary Winter

    Writer: Bill Nuss

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Bad Influence" is the best rated episode of "21 Jump Street" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 249 votes. Directed by Kim Manners and written by Paul Bernbaum, it aired on 5/24/1987. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Mean Streets and Pastel Houses".