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The Best Episodes of 21 Jump Street

Every episode of 21 Jump Street ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of 21 Jump Street!

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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
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    21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 16 - Orpheus 3.3
    8.4/10(253 votes)

    #1 - Orpheus 3.3

    S2:E16

    Hanson blames himself for failing to prevent the shooting death of his girlfriend in a convenience store robbery and becomes obsessed with revenge.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Bill Nuss

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  2. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 9 - Swallowed Alive
    8.4/10(207 votes)

    #2 - Swallowed Alive

    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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  3. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 14 - Nemesis
    8.3/10(177 votes)

    #3 - Nemesis

    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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  4. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 13 - A Big Disease with a Little Name
    8.2/10(219 votes)

    #4 - A Big Disease with a Little Name

    S2:E13

    Dorothy an old girlfriend of Penhall's, who walked out on him two years ago, returns and decides to move in with him. Hanson gets assigned to protect a student with AIDS who is being made to feel unwelcome in class.

    Director:Neill Fearnley
    Writer:Patrick Hasburgh

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  5. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 8 - Bad Influence
    8.1/10(263 votes)

    #5 - 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
    Writer:Paul Bernbaum

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  6. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 15 - I'm OK- You Need Work
    8.1/10(192 votes)

    #6 - I'm OK- You Need Work

    S2:E15

    Hanson becomes trapped in a private drug clinic where he had himself placed in order to investigate claims of patient abuse made by a kid he once busted on drug charges.

    Director:Neill Fearnley
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  7. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 19 - Loc'd Out (1)
    8.1/10(141 votes)

    #7 - Loc'd Out (1)

    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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  8. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 1 - Draw the Line
    8.1/10(142 votes)

    #8 - Draw the Line

    S4:E1

    Booker resigns from the police force after solving a case that gets Hanson out of prison.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writers:Glen Morgan, James Wong

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  9. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 16 - 2245
    8.1/10(152 votes)

    #9 - 2245

    S4:E16

    Hanson tries to convince a juvenile inmate on death row to appear in a film intended to keep his peers out of prison.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writers:Glen Morgan, James Wong

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

    #10 - 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.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Jonathan Lemkin

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  11. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 3 - Besieged (2)
    8.0/10(194 votes)

    #11 - Besieged (2)

    S2:E3

    Hanson and Hoffs go undercover in order to put a crack ring out of business. Penhall, working on the same case, returns to squad car and becomes convinced that his new partner killed a drug pusher.

    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writer:Jonathan Lemkin

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  12. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 3 - The Currency We Trade In
    8.0/10(123 votes)

    #12 - The Currency We Trade In

    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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  13. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 9 - You Ought to Be in Prison
    7.9/10(169 votes)

    #13 - You Ought to Be in Prison

    S2:E9

    Hanson and a film star he had been assigned to protect are kidnapped by an escaped murderer.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Bill Nuss

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  14. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 11 - Christmas in Saigon
    7.9/10(188 votes)

    #14 - Christmas in Saigon

    S2:E11

    Ioki faces being dismissed from the force when internal affairs discovers that he is a Vietnamese refuge who is using an alias. Flashback sequences show his escape from Saigon.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Bill Nuss

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  15. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 6 - Hell Week
    7.9/10(167 votes)

    #15 - Hell Week

    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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  16. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 20 - Loc'd Out (2)
    7.9/10(132 votes)

    #16 - Loc'd Out (2)

    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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  17. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 8 - Stand by Your Man
    7.9/10(122 votes)

    #17 - Stand by Your Man

    S4:E8

    While trying to expose a drug ring at a prestigious medical school, Hoffs is raped while on a date with one of the suspects who later claims that she seduced him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 10 - Wheels and Deals (II)
    7.9/10(119 votes)

    #18 - Wheels and Deals (II)

    S4:E10

    Working on a tip from Booker, the Jump Street cops join a motorcycle caravan in order to bring Raymond Crane to justice. The crossover starts on Booker S01E08 Deals and Wheels (I).

    Director:Jefferson Kibbee
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 19 - La Bizca
    7.9/10(129 votes)

    #19 - La Bizca

    S4:E19

    Penhall ends up taking his nephew back to America after he and Hanson travel to El Salvador in order to find Penhall's wife, whom they learn was killed in the fighting.

    Director:David Nutter
    Writers:Larry Barber, Paul Barber

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  20. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 20 - Last Chance High
    7.9/10(117 votes)

    #20 - Last Chance High

    S4:E20

    Donning their McQuaid brother aliases for one last time Hanson and Penhall discover a teenage girl who has kidnapped her baby sister to get her away from their abusive parents; while Penhall adjusts to becoming a father figure.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #21 - 16 Blown to 35

    S1:E12

    Hoffs enrolls in a teen modeling school after several of its graduates end up appearing in pornography.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  22. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 8 - Honor Bound
    7.8/10(189 votes)

    #22 - Honor Bound

    S2:E8

    Hanson and Penhall find the military code of honor hampering their undercover investigation of a military academy where the cadets are suspected of killing homosexuals.

    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writer:E. Paul Edwards

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  23. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 1 - Fun with Animals
    7.8/10(172 votes)

    #23 - Fun with Animals

    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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  24. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 7 - Out of Control
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    #24 - Out of Control

    S4:E7

    Penhall and Ioki become rent a cops while Hanson becomes a member of a clique of thrill seeking kids who break into houses to annoy the rent a cops.

    Director:Mario Van Peebles
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. 21 Jump Street Season 5 Episode 4 - Poison
    7.8/10(79 votes)

    #25 - Poison

    S5:E4

    Doug falls for a narcotics officer with questionable tactics and a possible drug problem herself.

    Director:Don McBrearty
    Writer:Ann Donahue

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Best Episodes Summary

"Orpheus 3.3" is the best rated episode of "21 Jump Street". It scored 8.4/10 based on 253 votes. Directed by James A. Contner and written by Bill Nuss, it aired on 2/28/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Swallowed Alive".