• Air date: 20 Sep '87 22 episodes
      21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network and in first run syndication from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools, colleges, and other teenage venues. It was originally going to be titled Jump Street Chapel, after the deconsecrated church building in which the unit has its headquarters, but was changed at Fox's request so as not to mislead viewers into thinking it was a religious program. Created by Patrick Hasburgh and Stephen J. Cannell, the series was produced by Patrick Hasburgh Productions and Stephen J. Cannell Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Executive Producers included Hasburgh, Cannell, Steve Beers and Bill Nuss. The show was an early hit for the fledgling Fox Network, and was created to attract a younger audience. The final season aired in first-run...
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. In the Custody of a Clown

      20 Sep '87
      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.
    • 2. Besieged (1)

      27 Sep '87
      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.
    • 3. Besieged (2)

      04 Oct '87
      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.
    • 4. Two for the Road

      11 Oct '87
      The Jump Street unit is investigating a counterfeit drivers license ring when Captain Fuller gets arrested for drunk driving.
    • 5. After School Special

      18 Oct '87
      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 his mother is moving in with her boyfriend.
    • 6. Higher Education

      25 Oct '87
      A pregnant school girl fingers Ioki as the father to be.
    • 7. Don't Stretch the Rainbow

      01 Nov '87
      Racial violence threatens to break out at an integrated school when word leaks out that a white student got a black student pregnant.
    • 8. Honor Bound

      08 Nov '87
      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.
    • 9. You Ought to Be in Prison

      15 Nov '87
      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?

      22 Nov '87
      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 steroid abuse. Hanson considers becoming a big brother.
    • 11. Christmas in Saigon

      18 Dec '87
      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.
    • 12. Fear and Loathing with Russell Buckins

      20 Dec '87
      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.
    • 13. A Big Disease with a Little Name

      07 Feb '88
      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.
    • 14. Chapel of Love

      14 Feb '88
      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

      21 Feb '88
      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.
    • 16. Orpheus 3.3

      28 Feb '88
      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

      06 Mar '88
      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.
    • 18. Brother Hanson & the Miracle of Renner's Pond

      13 Mar '88
      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.
    • 19. Raising Marijuana

      17 Apr '88
      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.
    • 20. Best Years of Your Life

      01 May '88
      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 of depression and forces Penhall to relive bitter childhood memories.
    • 21. Cory and Dean Got Married

      08 May '88
      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.
    • 22. School's Out

      22 May '88
      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 scheduled to be deactivated over the summer, should be reactivated in the fall, and Doug decides it's time to grow up.