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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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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 3 Episode 9 - Swallowed Alive
    8.4/10(204 votes)

    S3:E9

    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

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  2. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 14 - Nemesis
    8.3/10(180 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ken Wiederhorn
    Writer:John Truby

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  3. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 19 - Loc'd Out (1)
    8.1/10(148 votes)

    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.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writers:Eric Blakeney, Michelle Ashford

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  4. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 20 - Loc'd Out (2)
    8.0/10(138 votes)

    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.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 6 - Hell Week
    7.9/10(170 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jonathan Wacks
    Writer:Bill Nuss

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  6. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 1 - Fun with Animals
    7.8/10(178 votes)

    S3:E1

    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

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  7. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 3 - The Currency We Trade In
    7.8/10(131 votes)

    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.

    Director:Neill Fearnley
    Writer:Eric Blakeney

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  8. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 7 - The Dragon and the Angel
    7.7/10(151 votes)

    S3:E7

    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

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  9. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 11 - Woolly Bullies
    7.7/10(146 votes)

    S3:E11

    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
    Writers:Bruce Kirschbaum, Bill Nuss, Eric Blakeney

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  10. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 13 - A.W.O.L.
    7.6/10(142 votes)

    S3:E13

    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:Unknown

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  11. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 15 - Fathers and Sons
    7.6/10(136 votes)

    S3:E15

    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

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  12. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 17 - Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light
    7.6/10(146 votes)

    S3:E17

    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
    Writers:Glen Morgan, James Wong

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  13. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 18 - Next Victim
    7.6/10(127 votes)

    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.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Bruce Kirschbaum

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  14. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 4 - Coach of the Year
    7.5/10(152 votes)

    S3:E4

    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

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  15. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 16 - High High
    7.5/10(152 votes)

    S3:E16

    The Jump Street cops enroll in a performing arts school to bust a drug ring being run there.

    Director:Mario Van Peebles
    Writers:Bill Nuss, Eric Blakeney

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  16. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 5 - Whose Choice is it Anyways?
    7.3/10(139 votes)

    S3:E5

    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:Unknown

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  17. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 10 - What About Love?
    7.3/10(128 votes)

    S3:E10

    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

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  18. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 2 - Slippin' Into Darkness
    7.2/10(165 votes)

    S3:E2

    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

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  19. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 12 - The Dreaded Return of Russell Buckins
    6.9/10(135 votes)

    S3:E12

    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
    Writers:Paul Bernbaum, Marc Abraham

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  20. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 8 - Blu Flu
    6.8/10(140 votes)

    S3:E8

    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

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Swallowed Alive" is the best rated episode of "21 Jump Street" season 3. It scored 8.4/10 based on 204 votes. Directed by James A. Contner and written by Eric Blakeney, it aired on 2/5/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Nemesis".