- 7.7/10159 votes
#1 - Fun with Animals
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/6/1988
Hanson is assigned Booker as his new partner and the two don't hit it off as Booker's racist attitudes lead Hanson to believe that Booker raped a black student.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Eric Blakeney
- 7.1/10150 votes
#2 - Slippin' Into Darkness
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/1988
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.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Clifton Campbell
- 7.9/10114 votes
#3 - The Currency We Trade In
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/20/1988
A popular sports writer finds his whole life ruined when Penhall believes his ex-wife's allegations of his being a child molester.
Director: Neill Fearnley
Writer: Eric Blakeney
- 7.4/10132 votes
#4 - Coach of the Year
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/27/1988
Penhall and Booker join a high school football team in attempt to prove that the coach's negligence led to the paralyzing injury of one of the players.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Bill Nuss
- 7.2/10119 votes
#5 - Whose Choice is it Anyways?
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/11/1988
Hoffs goes undercover as a pregnant teen to investigate threats of violence being made to a family planning center by anti-abortionists.
Director: Bill Corcoran
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10152 votes
#6 - Hell Week
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/1988
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.
Director: Jonathan Wacks
Writer: Bill Nuss
- 7.6/10133 votes
#7 - The Dragon and the Angel
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 1/15/1989
While working undercover in a Vietnamese streetgang, Ioki learns of a communist businessman who may be able to help his grandmother who is still in Vietnam.
Director: Jefferson Kibbee
Writer: E. Paul Edwards
- 7.2/10118 votes
#8 - Blu Flu
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1/29/1989
Everyone in the Jump Street unit gets blue flu when the police force goes on strike forcing Captain Fuller to team up with a rookie cadet.
Director: Bill Corcoran
Writer: Clifton Campbell
- 8.3/10191 votes
#9 - Swallowed Alive
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 2/5/1989
Hanson becomes an inmate in a juvenile detention hall in order to investigate the murder of one of the inmates.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Eric Blakeney
- 7.3/10108 votes
#10 - What About Love?
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 2/12/1989
Dorothy and Penhall split up forcing Penhall to move in with Ioki. Hoffs becomes involved with a city inspector, who is auditing Jump Street's records.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: Michelle Ashford
- 7.9/10126 votes
#11 - Woolly Bullies
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 2/19/1989
Penhall's encounter with a bully while undercover causes the members of the Jump Street unit to reminisce about their dealings with bullies while they were in school.
Director: Bill Corcoran
Writer: Bruce Kirschbaum, Bill Nuss, Eric Blakeney
- 7.3/10114 votes
#12 - The Dreaded Return of Russell Buckins
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2/26/1989
Hanson goes after an old friend who wrote an article exposing the Jump Street program causing Hanson to get suspended from duty.
Director: Robert Iscove
Writer: Paul Bernbaum, Marc Abraham
- 7.8/10122 votes
#13 - A.W.O.L.
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/19/1989
An old Army buddy comes to Fuller seeking the Jump Street unit's help in bringing in an AWOL soldier who will be classified a deserter if he doesn't return to base within two days.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10163 votes
#14 - Nemesis
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 3/26/1989
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.
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Writer: John Truby
- 7.8/10115 votes
#15 - Fathers and Sons
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 4/9/1989
Fuller and the Jump Street unit are given a lot of flak and told to pull off the case when city hall learns Hanson and Penhall are about to bust the mayor's son on drug dealing charges.
Director: Jefferson Kibbee
Writer: John Truby
- 7.4/10128 votes
#16 - High High
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 4/23/1989
The Jump Street cops enroll in a performing arts school to bust a drug ring being run there.
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Writer: Bill Nuss, Eric Blakeney
- 7.5/10124 votes
#17 - Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/30/1989
Undercover looking for a person who has been preying on homeless teens, the Jump Street cops learn what it is really like to live on the street.
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: James Wong, Glen Morgan
- 7.6/10109 votes
#18 - Next Victim
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 5/7/1989
Booker goes undercover as a radio DJ to discover who killed a controversial college radio personality by planting a bomb in his car.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Bruce Kirschbaum
- 7.9/10128 votes
#19 - Loc'd Out (1)
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 5/14/1989
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.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Eric Blakeney, Michelle Ashford
- 8.1/10119 votes
#20 - Loc'd Out (2)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/1989
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.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of 21 Jump Street Season 3
Every episode of 21 Jump Street Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 21 Jump Street Season 3!
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Fun with Animals" is the best rated episode of "21 Jump Street" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 159 votes. Directed by James Whitmore Jr. and written by Eric Blakeney, it aired on 11/6/1988. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Slippin' Into Darkness".