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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 1 - Pilot (1)
    7.4/10(456 votes)

    #1 - Pilot (1)

    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.

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  2. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 2 - Pilot (2)
    7.2/10(311 votes)

    #2 - Pilot (2)

    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.

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  3. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 3 - America, What a Town
    7.5/10(298 votes)

    #3 - America, What a Town

    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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  4. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 4 - Don't Pet the Teacher
    7.4/10(262 votes)

    #4 - Don't Pet the Teacher

    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.

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  5. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 5 - My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
    6.9/10(246 votes)

    #5 - My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

    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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  6. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 6 - The Worst Night of Your Life
    7.6/10(247 votes)

    #6 - The Worst Night of Your Life

    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.

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  8. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 7 - Gotta Finish the Riff
    7.2/10(214 votes)

    #7 - Gotta Finish the Riff

    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.

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  9. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 8 - Bad Influence
    8.1/10(263 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Kim Manners

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  10. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 9 - Blindsided
    7.1/10(207 votes)

    #9 - Blindsided

    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.

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  11. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 10 - Next Generation
    7.3/10(193 votes)

    #10 - Next Generation

    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.

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  12. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 11 - Low and Away
    7.3/10(216 votes)

    #11 - Low and Away

    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.

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  13. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 12 - 16 Blown to 35
    7.8/10(244 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 13 - Mean Streets and Pastel Houses
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot (1)" is the best rated episode of "21 Jump Street" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 456 votes. Directed by Kim Manners and written by Patrick Hasburgh, it aired on 4/12/1987. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Pilot (2)".