21 Jump Street: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of 21 Jump Street Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Fun with Animals
Nov 6, 1988
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.
Slippin' Into Darkness
Nov 11, 1988
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 to set up for a bust.
The Currency We Trade In
Nov 20, 1988
A popular sports writer finds his whole life ruined when Penhall believes his ex-wife's allegations of his being a child molester.
Coach of the Year
Nov 27, 1988
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.
Whose Choice is it Anyways?
Dec 11, 1988
Hoffs goes undercover as a pregnant teen to investigate threats of violence being made to a family planning center by anti-abortionists.
Hell Week
Dec 18, 1988
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.
The Dragon and the Angel
Jan 15, 1989
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.
Blu Flu
Jan 29, 1989
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 cadet.
Swallowed Alive
Feb 5, 1989
Hanson becomes an inmate in a juvenile detention hall in order to investigate the murder of one of the inmates.
What About Love?
Feb 12, 1989
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.
Woolly Bullies
Feb 19, 1989
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 in school.
The Dreaded Return of Russell Buckins
Feb 26, 1989
Hanson goes after an old friend who wrote an article exposing the Jump Street program causing Hanson to get suspended from duty.
A.W.O.L.
Mar 19, 1989
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.
Nemesis
Mar 26, 1989
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.
Fathers and Sons
Apr 9, 1989
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 Penhall are about to bust the mayor's son on drug dealing cha
High High
Apr 23, 1989
The Jump Street cops enroll in a performing arts school to bust a drug ring being run there.
Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light
Apr 30, 1989
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 the street.
Next Victim
May 7, 1989
Booker goes undercover as a radio DJ to discover who killed a controversial college radio personality by planting a bomb in his car.
Loc'd Out (1)
May 14, 1989
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.
Loc'd Out (2)
May 21, 1989
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.