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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!

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...
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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".

  • Fun with Animals
    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

  • Slippin' Into Darkness
    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

  • The Currency We Trade In
    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

  • Coach of the Year
    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

  • Whose Choice is it Anyways?
    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

  • Hell Week
    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

  • The Dragon and the Angel
    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

  • Blu Flu
    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

  • Swallowed Alive
    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

  • What About Love?
    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

  • Woolly Bullies
    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

  • The Dreaded Return of Russell Buckins
    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

  • A.W.O.L.
    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

  • Nemesis
    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

  • Fathers and Sons
    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

  • High High
    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

  • Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light
    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

  • Next Victim
    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

  • Loc'd Out (1)
    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

  • Loc'd Out (2)
    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