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CRIME . 1987-1991 . 5 Seasons . 45 min/ep . English . 7.2/10

21 Jump Street_

"Too cool for school."

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.

Created By Stephen J. Cannell, Patrick Hasburgh
Network FOX
Episodes 103
7.2/10
Rating
5
Seasons
103
Episodes
ENDED
Status
45 min/ep
Episode
Updated Feb 16, 2026
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Too cool for school.

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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Overview
21 Jump Street has 5 seasons with 103 episodes spanning 1987-1991.
Cast
Holly Robinson Peete stars as Judy Hoffs in 21 Jump Street.
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Rating
21 Jump Street holds a 7.2/10 rating based on 185 votes.
Year context
21 Jump Street first aired 39 years ago in 1987.

SEASONS (5 seasons, 103 episodes)

SEASON 113 eps1987+
01
Pilot (1)
Apr 12, 198746m9.5
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…
02
Pilot (2)
Apr 12, 198744m9.3
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…
03
America, What a Town
Apr 19, 198748m8.0
Hoffs goes undercover to keep a wild Eastern Bloc exchange student out of trouble. Hanson and Penhall enroll in a shop class suspected of being…
04
Don't Pet the Teacher
Apr 26, 198746m8.0
A woman with car trouble, whom Hanson helps out and makes a date with, turns out to be a teacher who has been getting threatening…
05
My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
May 3, 198746m8.0
Hanson and Penhall infiltrate an exclusive preppie clique to investigate a prank that left a girl dead.
06
The Worst Night of Your Life
May 10, 198745m8.0
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…
07
Gotta Finish the Riff
May 17, 198747m8.0
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…
08
Bad Influence
May 24, 198746m8.0
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…
09
Blindsided
May 31, 198747m8.0
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…
10
Next Generation
Jun 7, 198747m8.0
Hanson, who is out to catch a loan shark, finds his cover threatened when his high school quiz team makes it to the semi-finals, which…
11
Low and Away
Jun 14, 198747m8.0
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…
12
16 Blown to 35
Jun 21, 198747m8.0
Hoffs enrolls in a teen modeling school after several of its graduates end up appearing in pornography.
13
Mean Streets and Pastel Houses
Jun 28, 198747m8.0
Hanson goes undercover as a punk rocker in an effort to stop a feud between two rival gangs from turning into a war.
SEASON 222 eps1987+
01
In the Custody of a Clown
Sep 20, 198745m9.0
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…
02
Besieged (1)
Sep 27, 198746m8.0
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…
03
Besieged (2)
Oct 4, 198746m8.0
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…
04
Two for the Road
Oct 11, 198745m8.0
The Jump Street unit is investigating a counterfeit drivers license ring when Captain Fuller gets arrested for drunk driving.
05
After School Special
Oct 18, 198746m8.0
Hanson is unable to keep his mind on the investigation of a shooting of a teacher at an inner city school when he learns that…
06
Higher Education
Oct 25, 198746m8.0
A pregnant school girl fingers Ioki as the father to be.
07
Don't Stretch the Rainbow
Nov 1, 198746m8.0
Racial violence threatens to break out at an integrated school when word leaks out that a white student got a black student pregnant.
08
Honor Bound
Nov 8, 198746m8.0
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.
09
You Ought to Be in Prison
Nov 15, 198745m8.0
Hanson and a film star he had been assigned to protect are kidnapped by an escaped murderer.
10
How Much is That Body in the Window?
Nov 22, 198746m8.0
Penhall gets close to a football player suspected of using steroids at a school where an olympic hopeful gymnast died after a performance due to…
11
Christmas in Saigon
Dec 18, 198745m8.0
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…
12
Fear and Loathing with Russell Buckins
Dec 20, 198746m8.0
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…
13
A Big Disease with a Little Name
Feb 7, 198846m8.0
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…
14
Chapel of Love
Feb 14, 198845m8.0
Past romances that didn't have happy endings are the subject of conversation at a Valentine Day Eve poker game.
15
I'm OK- You Need Work
Feb 21, 198846m8.0
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…
16
Orpheus 3.3
Feb 28, 198846m8.0
Hanson blames himself for failing to prevent the shooting death of his girlfriend in a convenience store robbery and becomes obsessed with revenge.
17
Champagne High
Mar 6, 198844m8.0
Penhall & Hanson go undercover as the McQuaid brothers in a suburban high school, that recently has had inner city kids bused in, to investigate…
18
Brother Hanson & the Miracle of Renner's Pond
Mar 13, 198846m8.0
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…
19
Raising Marijuana
Apr 17, 198845m8.0
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…
20
Best Years of Your Life
May 1, 198845m8.0
The suicide of a popular student, whom Hanson and Penhall had arrested the night before, leaves his family, fellow students and Hanson in a state…
21
Cory and Dean Got Married
May 8, 198846m8.0
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…
22
School's Out
May 22, 198846m8.0
Hanson goes undercover to find a student who is blowing up toilets. Meanwhile, Fuller must convince the higher-ups that the Jump Street program, which is…
SEASON 320 eps1988+
01
Fun with Animals
Nov 6, 198846m8.0
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…
02
Slippin' Into Darkness
Nov 11, 198846m9.0
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…
03
The Currency We Trade In
Nov 20, 198846m8.0
A popular sports writer finds his whole life ruined when Penhall believes his ex-wife's allegations of his being a child molester.
04
Coach of the Year
Nov 27, 198846m8.0
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…
05
Whose Choice is it Anyways?
Dec 11, 198846m8.0
Hoffs goes undercover as a pregnant teen to investigate threats of violence being made to a family planning center by anti-abortionists.
06
Hell Week
Dec 18, 198846m8.0
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…
07
The Dragon and the Angel
Jan 15, 198946m8.0
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…
08
Blu Flu
Jan 29, 198947m8.0
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…
09
Swallowed Alive
Feb 5, 198946m8.0
Hanson becomes an inmate in a juvenile detention hall in order to investigate the murder of one of the inmates.
10
What About Love?
Feb 12, 198946m8.0
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.
11
Woolly Bullies
Feb 19, 198943m8.0
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…
12
The Dreaded Return of Russell Buckins
Feb 26, 198946m8.0
Hanson goes after an old friend who wrote an article exposing the Jump Street program causing Hanson to get suspended from duty.
13
A.W.O.L.
Mar 19, 198946m8.0
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…
14
Nemesis
Mar 26, 198946m8.0
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…
15
Fathers and Sons
Apr 9, 198946m8.0
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…
16
High High
Apr 23, 198945m8.0
The Jump Street cops enroll in a performing arts school to bust a drug ring being run there.
17
Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light
Apr 30, 198946m
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…
18
Next Victim
May 7, 198946m
Booker goes undercover as a radio DJ to discover who killed a controversial college radio personality by planting a bomb in his car.
19
Loc'd Out (1)
May 14, 198947m
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…
20
Loc'd Out (2)
May 21, 198946m
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…
SEASON 426 eps1989+
01
Draw the Line
Sep 18, 198946m
Booker resigns from the police force after solving a case that gets Hanson out of prison.
02
Say It Ain't So, Pete
Sep 25, 198946m
Penhall gets caught up in the excitement as he and Hanson go undercover to bust a college gambling operation.
03
Eternal Flame
Oct 2, 198946m
Hanson meets an old flame now married to the owner of a 80's nightclub suspected of providing LSD to high school students.
04
Come from the Shadows
Oct 9, 198946m
Penhall finds himself falling for an illegal immigrant from El Salvador when the Jump Street unit is sent in to investigate a priest suspected of…
05
God is a Bullet
Oct 16, 198946m
The Jump Street team intervenes when a tough new principal goes too far in his attempts to clean up a drug and crime infested inner…
06
Old Haunts in a New Age
Oct 30, 198946m
During a Halloween string of high school fires, Hanson becomes a bit skeptical of a teen age psychic claiming to be able to predict where…
07
Out of Control
Nov 6, 198946m
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…
08
Stand by Your Man
Nov 13, 198947m
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…
09
Mike's P.O.V.
Nov 20, 198946m
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.
10
Wheels and Deals (II)
Nov 27, 198946m
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…
11
Parental Guidance Suggested
Dec 4, 198947m
While observing a family suspected of operating a burglary ring, Hoffs begins to suspect that a boy is being abused.
12
Things We Said Today
Dec 18, 198946m
Ioki is confronted by a teenage boy with a gun, who three years earlier Ioki had talked into turning in his drug abusing family.
13
Research and Destroy
Jan 8, 199046m
The Jump Street Cops are sent to investigate a college chemistry lab where it is suspected that new designer drugs are being manufactured.
14
A Change of Heart
Jan 15, 199047m
A lesbian student makes a pass at Hoffs when she and Capt. Fuller go undercover at a high school to learn the identity of a…
15
Back from the Future
Jan 29, 199047m
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.
16
2245
Feb 5, 199047m
Hanson tries to convince a juvenile inmate on death row to appear in a film intended to keep his peers out of prison.
17
Hi Mom
Feb 12, 199047m
Hanson and Penhall expose a point shaving scheme when they go undercover to investigate the drug related death of a college basketball star.
18
Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom
Feb 19, 199046m
Hanson and Penhall find a way to get out of the cold while remaining on the job as they trail a suspected bomber to Florida…
19
La Bizca
Feb 26, 199045m
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…
20
Last Chance High
Mar 19, 199046m
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…
21
Unfinished Business
Apr 9, 199046m
A handicapped policewoman asks Fuller to send her undercover to investigate a series of attacks on handicapped women; however, Fuller also send in Hoffs in…
22
Shirts and Skins
Apr 30, 199047m
When the leader of a neo-Nazi group is murdered, Hoffs & Ioki go undercover in the liberal group suspected of the killing. While Penhall joins…
23
How I Saved the Senator
May 7, 199046m
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…
24
Rounding Third
May 14, 199046m
After volunteering to become a Little League coach Penhall learns that one of the players was kidnapped by his father, from his mother and step-father.
25
Everyday is Christmas
May 21, 199046m
After botching an assignment, Penhall is transferred to a different precinct where he learns the cops routinely accept bribes and finds himself the subject of…
26
Blackout
Jun 18, 199047m
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.
SEASON 522 eps1990+
01
Tunnel of Love
Oct 13, 199047m
Hoffs and Garrett must deal with a DEA officer while working undercover at a massage parlor suspected of being a front for a drug operation.
02
Back to School
Oct 20, 199047m
Garrett attempts to infiltrate a high school drug ring by dating the sister of the ring's suspected leader.
03
Buddy System
Oct 27, 199043m
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…
04
Poison
Nov 3, 199044m
Doug falls for a narcotics officer with questionable tactics and a possible drug problem herself.
05
Just Say No! High
Nov 10, 199044m
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…
06
Brothers
Nov 17, 199044m
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…
07
This Ain't No Summer Camp
Nov 24, 199043m
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…
08
The Girl Next Door
Dec 1, 199043m
While investigating the hit and run murder of a high school football star, McCann becomes involved with a cheerleader who has AIDS.
09
Diplomas for Sale
Dec 8, 199043m
Doug and Joey enroll in a college where good students are mysteriously being turned into criminals.
10
Number One with A Bullet
Dec 15, 199045m
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…
11
Equal Protection
Jan 5, 199142m
After discovering that some white officers are responsible for beating and harassing black teenagers, Hoffs, with Fuller's help, try to convict them.
12
The Education of Terry Carver
Jan 14, 199143m
Hoffs, Joey and Mac help a raped girl that has no proof to convict the attacker.
13
Baby Blues
Jan 21, 199142m
Joey feels responsible for a baby girl he is taking care in a experimental program and try to find her drug addicted mother.
14
Film at Eleven
Feb 9, 199145m
After finding the missing daughter of a famous reporter, Mac tries to solve the mistery behind the missing.
15
In the Name of Love
Feb 16, 199144m
Mac has to date a daughter of a reputed drug dealer in a confidential FBI case at the same time he is trying to rebuild…
16
Coppin' Out
Feb 23, 199144m
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…
17
Under the Influence
Mar 23, 199145m
McCann infiltrates a group of devil worshipers whose leader has enthralled a teenage boy with her beauty.
18
Crossfire
Mar 30, 199144m
Hoffs is charged in a civil suit for a man she has arrested for solicitation. At court, she has to confront the man and his…
19
Wasted
Apr 6, 199144m
Mac goes undercover as a football player when a high school football star dies from an unexplained heart attack.
20
Bad Day at Blackburn
Apr 13, 199144m
Fuller, Hoffs and Mac go undercover to investigate a gang of high school extortionists operating in a high school.
21
Homegirls
Apr 20, 199143m
After seeing a teenager being murdered, Hoffs infiltrates the girl's street gang to find out who killed her.
22
Second Chances
Apr 27, 199144m
Hoffs and Mac investigate a car theft ring near a high school, and the prime suspect is a pupil of Hoffs.

SERIES INFO

5
Seasons
103
Episodes
45 min/ep
Per Episode
Ended
Status

CREW

Creator
Stephen J. Cannell
Creator
Patrick Hasburgh

NETWORKS (1)

FOX

DETAILS

First Aired
Last Aired
Status
Ended
Seasons
5
Episodes
103
Episode Length
45 min/ep
Language
English
Country
USA
Rating
7.2/10 (185 votes)
Popularity
16
IMDB

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is 21 Jump Street about?
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.
Where can I watch 21 Jump Street?
21 Jump Street is available on Plex, Prime Video, Pluto TV, Tubi, Rakuten TV. Availability varies by region.
How many seasons does 21 Jump Street have?
21 Jump Street has 5 seasons with 103 episodes total.
Who created 21 Jump Street?
21 Jump Street was created by Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh.
Who stars in 21 Jump Street?
The cast of 21 Jump Street includes Holly Robinson Peete, Michael Bendetti, Peter DeLuise, Steven Williams, Michael DeLuise.
What is the rating of 21 Jump Street?
21 Jump Street has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 based on 185 votes on TMDB.
Is 21 Jump Street still running?
21 Jump Street has ended. The final episode aired on .

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