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The Best Episodes of 21 Jump Street Season 1

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

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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 young adults.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 8 - Bad Influence
    8.1/10(274 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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  2. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 13 - Mean Streets and Pastel Houses
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    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.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Jonathan Lemkin

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  3. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 12 - 16 Blown to 35
    7.8/10(256 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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  4. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 6 - The Worst Night of Your Life
    7.6/10(259 votes)

    S1:E6

    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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  5. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 3 - America, What a Town
    7.5/10(309 votes)

    S1:E3

    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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  6. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot (1)
    7.4/10(485 votes)

    S1:E1

    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. His first case involves catching drug dealers.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Patrick Hasburgh

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  7. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 4 - Don't Pet the Teacher
    7.4/10(272 votes)

    S1:E4

    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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  8. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 10 - Next Generation
    7.3/10(207 votes)

    S1:E10

    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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  9. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 11 - Low and Away
    7.3/10(231 votes)

    S1:E11

    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
    Writers:Bill Nuss, Paul Bernbaum

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  10. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 2 - Pilot (2)
    7.2/10(327 votes)

    S1:E2

    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. His first case involves catching drug dealers.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Patrick Hasburgh

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  11. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 7 - Gotta Finish the Riff
    7.1/10(231 votes)

    S1:E7

    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
    Writers:Patrick Hasburgh, Bill Nuss

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  12. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 9 - Blindsided
    7.1/10(219 votes)

    S1:E9

    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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  13. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 5 - My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
    6.9/10(257 votes)

    S1:E5

    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 8.1/10 based on 274 votes. Directed by Kim Manners and written by Paul Bernbaum, it aired on 5/24/1987. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Mean Streets and Pastel Houses".