As of July 2026, 21 Jump Street Season 1 aired in 1987 with 13 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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21 Jump Street Season 1

1987 13 Episodes Crime · Mystery ⭐ 7/10

21 Jump Street Season 1 has quietly become one of the more dependable crime dramas currently available on and . The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. 198 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Holly Robinson Peete anchors it, but the writing does the real work. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, 21 Jump Street Season 1 earns its spot. 21 Jump Street Season 1 treats its mystery as a means, not an end in itself. Season 1 of 21 Jump Street includes 13 episodes. It aired from April 1987 to June 1987. This season stars Holly Robinson Peete, Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise. Holly Robinson Peete and Johnny Depp lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1987. The plot mechanics of 21 Jump Street Season 1 never overwhelm the human cost underneath them. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers who think they have seen every crime drama tend to find 21 Jump Street Season 1 proves them wrong. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Watch Holly Robinson Peete work — it is a masterclass in the genre. Few crime dramas earn their twists this consistently.

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🎬 21 Jump Street Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
Pilot (1)
1987-04-12
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.
E2
Pilot (2)
1987-04-12
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.
E3
America, What a Town
1987-04-19
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 a chop shop for an auto theft ring.
E4
Don't Pet the Teacher
1987-04-26
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 messages and whose class he has been assigned to undercover.
E5
My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
1987-05-03
Hanson and Penhall infiltrate an exclusive preppie clique to investigate a prank that left a girl dead.
E6
The Worst Night of Your Life
1987-05-10
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.
E7
Gotta Finish the Riff
1987-05-17
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.
E8
Bad Influence
1987-05-24
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.
E9
Blindsided
1987-05-31
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.
E10
Next Generation
1987-06-07
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 are to be broadcast on TV.
E11
Low and Away
1987-06-14
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.
E12
16 Blown to 35
1987-06-21
Hoffs enrolls in a teen modeling school after several of its graduates end up appearing in pornography.
E13
Mean Streets and Pastel Houses
1987-06-28
Hanson goes undercover as a punk rocker in an effort to stop a feud between two rival gangs from turning into a war.

🎭 Cast of 21 Jump Street Season 1

Holly Robinson Peete
Holly Robinson Peete
Judy Hoffs
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
Tom Hanson
Peter DeLuise
Peter DeLuise
Doug Penhall
Dustin Nguyen
Dustin Nguyen
Harry Truman Ioki

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