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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 3 Episode 19 - Loc'd Out (1)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 20 - Loc'd Out (2)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 9 - Mike's P.O.V.
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Mike's P.O.V.

    S4:E9

    Hanson and Penhall investigate the murder of a high school teacher's wife and discover that the teacher hired one of his students to kill her.

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 19 - La Bizca
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 20 - Last Chance High
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 21 Jump Street Season 5 Episode 2 - Back to School
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Back to School

    S5:E2

    Garrett attempts to infiltrate a high school drug ring by dating the sister of the ring's suspected leader.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Glen Morgan

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  7. 21 Jump Street Season 5 Episode 6 - Brothers
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Brothers

    S5:E6

    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

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  8. 21 Jump Street Season 5 Episode 11 - Equal Protection
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Equal Protection

    S5:E11

    After discovering that some white officers are responsible for beating and harassing black teenagers, Hoffs, with Fuller's help, try to convict them.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. 21 Jump Street Season 5 Episode 13 - Baby Blues
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Baby Blues

    S5:E13

    Joey feels responsible for a baby girl he is taking care in a experimental program and try to find her drug addicted mother.

    Director:Zale Dalen
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. 21 Jump Street Season 5 Episode 14 - Film at Eleven
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Film at Eleven

    S5:E14

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

    Director:Peter DeLuise
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot (1)
    9.4/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Pilot (1)

    S1:E1

    Hanson gets assigned to the Jump Street unit, a special division of the police force which uses young cops to go undercover and stop juvenile crime. His first case involves catching drug dealers.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Patrick Hasburgh

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  12. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 2 - Pilot (2)
    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Pilot (2)

    S1:E2

    Hanson gets assigned to the Jump Street unit, a special division of the police force which uses young cops to go undercover and stop juvenile crime. His first case involves catching drug dealers.

    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Patrick Hasburgh

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  13. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 5 - My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Gary Winter
    Writer:Bill Nuss

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  14. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 6 - The Worst Night of Your Life
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Worst Night of Your Life

    S1:E6

    Hoffs is not convinced that the captured suspect in an arson case at a Catholic girls school is the guilty party and believes that the real culprit will strike again at the school's prom.

    Director:Rob Bowman
    Writer:Patrick Hasburgh

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  15. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 7 - Gotta Finish the Riff
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Gotta Finish the Riff

    S1:E7

    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
    Writers:Patrick Hasburgh, Bill Nuss

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  16. 21 Jump Street Season 1 Episode 11 - Low and Away
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Low and Away

    S1:E11

    Penhall joins the school baseball team in order to keep an eye on one of its star players, whose life has been threatened when his father agrees to testify against the mob.

    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writers:Bill Nuss, Paul Bernbaum

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  17. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 1 - In the Custody of a Clown
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - In the Custody of a Clown

    S2:E1

    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

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  18. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 13 - A Big Disease with a Little Name
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 14 - Chapel of Love
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Chapel of Love

    S2:E14

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

    Director:Michael Robinson
    Writers:Jonathan Lemkin, Bill Nuss

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  20. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 17 - Champagne High
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Champagne High

    S2:E17

    Penhall & Hanson go undercover as the McQuaid brothers in a suburban high school, that recently has had inner city kids bused in, to investigate the theft of a Porsche. Meanwhile, Judy must deal with a love-sick teenage boy.

    Director:Larry Shaw
    Writer:Paul Bernbaum

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  21. 21 Jump Street Season 2 Episode 21 - Cory and Dean Got Married
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Cory and Dean Got Married

    S2:E21

    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

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  22. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 4 - Coach of the Year
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Coach of the Year

    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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  23. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 7 - The Dragon and the Angel
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - The Dragon and the Angel

    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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  24. 21 Jump Street Season 3 Episode 13 - A.W.O.L.
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - A.W.O.L.

    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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  25. 21 Jump Street Season 4 Episode 3 - Eternal Flame
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Eternal Flame

    S4:E3

    Hanson meets an old flame now married to the owner of a 80's nightclub suspected of providing LSD to high school students.

    Director:Mario Van Peebles
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Loc'd Out (1)" is the best rated episode of "21 Jump Street". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by James Whitmore Jr. and written by Eric Blakeney, Michelle Ashford, it aired on 5/14/1989. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Loc'd Out (2)".