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The Worst Episodes of 21 Jump Street

Every episode of 21 Jump Street ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of 21 Jump Street!

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...
Genres:CrimeMysteryDrama
Network:FOX

Worst Episodes Summary

"Back from the Future" is the worst rated episode of "21 Jump Street". It scored 5.5/10 based on 128 votes. Directed by Peter DeLuise and written by N/A, it aired on 1/29/1990. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Wasted".

  • Back from the Future
    5.5/10128 votes
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    #1 - Back from the Future

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1990

    In the 21st century a young cop hoping to revive the Jump Street program interviews the retired officers who were there when it all started.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: N/A

  • Wasted
    6.0/1059 votes
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    #2 - Wasted

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/1991

    Mac goes undercover as a football player when a high school football star dies from an unexplained heart attack.

    Director: Brenton Spencer

    Writer: N/A

  • Homegirls
    6.3/1068 votes
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    #3 - Homegirls

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/1991

    After seeing a teenager being murdered, Hoffs infiltrates the girl's street gang to find out who killed her.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Girl Next Door
    6.4/1074 votes
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    #4 - The Girl Next Door

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/1990

    While investigating the hit and run murder of a high school football star, McCann becomes involved with a cheerleader who has AIDS.

    Director: Brenton Spencer

    Writer: Jonathan Glassner

  • In the Custody of a Clown
    6.5/10179 votes
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    #5 - In the Custody of a Clown

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1987

    The Jump Street unit discovers that a boy who was being used as a pawn by his feuding parents faked his kidnapping with the aid of his grandfather to get away from his parents.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Clifton Campbell

  • Brother Hanson & the Miracle of Renner's Pond
    6.5/10134 votes
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    #6 - Brother Hanson & the Miracle of Renner's Pond

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/13/1988

    When a small-town teacher refuses to teach the theory of evolution after his son has a near-death experience, Hanson infiltrates the school to try to discover who's behind the recent burning of the science books.

    Director: Bill Corcoran

    Writer: E. Paul Edwards

  • Diplomas for Sale
    6.5/1067 votes
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    #7 - Diplomas for Sale

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/1990

    Doug and Joey enroll in a college where good students are mysteriously being turned into criminals.

    Director: Randy Bradshaw

    Writer: Thomas Perry

  • Just Say No! High
    6.6/1068 votes
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    #8 - Just Say No! High

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/1990

    Hoffs is suspended from the force when while working undercover in high school she is forced to take a mandatory drug test and the results come back positive.

    Director: Randy Bradshaw

    Writer: N/A

  • Film at Eleven
    6.8/1061 votes
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    #9 - Film at Eleven

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1991

    After finding the missing daughter of a famous reporter, Mac tries to solve the mistery behind the missing.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: N/A

  • My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
    6.9/10229 votes
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    #10 - My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/3/1987

    Hanson and Penhall infiltrate an exclusive preppie clique to investigate a prank that left a girl dead.

    Director: Gary Winter

    Writer: Bill Nuss

  • Raising Marijuana
    6.9/10119 votes
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    #11 - Raising Marijuana

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/17/1988

    Penhall and Ioki go undercover as the ""Swark Twins"" to get in with teenage boys working for drug smugglers. Meanwhile, Hoffs becomes romantically involved with the head drug smuggler.

    Director: Bill Corcoran

    Writer: Jonathan Lemkin

  • Cory and Dean Got Married
    6.9/10137 votes
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    #12 - Cory and Dean Got Married

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/1988

    Hoffs and Penhall must deal with a pursuing husband when they are assigned to escort a girl arrested for killing her father when he tried to prevent her from eloping.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Clifton Campbell

  • How I Saved the Senator
    6.9/10127 votes
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    #13 - How I Saved the Senator

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1990

    The Jump Street cops each relate a different version (with the teller as the hero of a film from their favorite genre), to a reporter investigating the foiled attempt to kill a senator.

    Director: James Whitmore Jr.

    Writer: N/A

  • Buddy System
    6.9/1072 votes
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    #14 - Buddy System

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1990

    McCann joins up to be the partner of a mentally handicapped youth in a school buddy system, to investigate the murder of the boy's former partner.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jonathan Glassner

  • Brothers
    6.9/1079 votes
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    #15 - Brothers

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/1990

    Doug has a strained reunion with his estranged younger brother Joey when Joey is assigned to the Jump St. team. Doug comes to his aid after Joey is brainwashed into joining a religious cult he was investigating.

    Director: Don McBrearty

    Writer: Jonathan Glassner

  • This Ain't No Summer Camp
    6.9/1065 votes
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    #16 - This Ain't No Summer Camp

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/1990

    Doug and Joey enroll in a wilderness camp for troubled teams to investigate a murder that happened there and find themselves constantly in trouble with the ex-marine who runs the place.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Morgan Gendel

  • Number One with A Bullet
    6.9/1072 votes
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    #17 - Number One with A Bullet

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1990

    Doug is seriously wounded while on a case and while the doctors try to save his life he enters limbo where the people he meets there cause him to reconsider his choice of career.

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Ann Donahue

  • Under the Influence
    6.9/1063 votes
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    #18 - Under the Influence

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/23/1991

    McCann infiltrates a group of devil worshipers whose leader has enthralled a teenage boy with her beauty.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: N/A

  • Blindsided
    7.0/10191 votes
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    #19 - Blindsided

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/31/1987

    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

  • Two for the Road
    7.0/10165 votes
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    #20 - Two for the Road

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1987

    The Jump Street unit is investigating a counterfeit drivers license ring when Captain Fuller gets arrested for drunk driving.

    Director: Steve Beers

    Writer: Paul Bernbaum

  • Fear and Loathing with Russell Buckins
    7.0/10150 votes
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    #21 - Fear and Loathing with Russell Buckins

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1987

    Hanson contemplates leaving the force and leaves town instead of going to a refresher course at the police academy he and Penhall had been assigned to take after they went drag racing to try to catch a hit and run driver.

    Director: Kevin Hooks

    Writer: Gary Skeen Hall

  • Blackout
    7.0/10129 votes
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    #22 - Blackout

    Season 4 Episode 26 - Aired 6/18/1990

    Hoffs, Hanson and Penhall find themselves at the mercy of a defiant gang when all of them become trapped inside a school with out power.

    Director: Tucker Gates

    Writer: Larry Barber, Paul Barber

  • Cop Love
    7.0/1066 votes
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    #23 - Cop Love

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/1991

    Mac and Joey try to find the responsibles for vandalizing elderly homes. The problem is that one of the prime suspects is the son of Fuller's girlfriend.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: N/A

  • Gotta Finish the Riff
    7.1/10199 votes
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    #24 - Gotta Finish the Riff

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/1987

    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

    Writer: Patrick Hasburgh, Bill Nuss

  • Chapel of Love
    7.1/10139 votes
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    #25 - Chapel of Love

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/1988

    Past romances that didn't have happy endings are the subject of conversation at a Valentine Day Eve poker game.

    Director: Michael Robinson

    Writer: Jonathan Lemkin, Bill Nuss