

Two of the gang members reveal themselves as undercover DEA agents Tom Hanson and Doug Penhall, and former members of the 21 Jump Street program. As a result, gang leader Domingo recognizes Schmidt and Jenko and orders his men to kill them. The motorcycle gang arrives for the deal but Molly interrupts them and starts arguing with Schmidt.

Having caught Eric smoking marijuana, he was able to persuade him to be his dealer. Walters, who created the drug accidentally and started selling it to the students to supplement his teacher's salary and pay alimony to his ex-wife. At the prom, they discover that the supplier is the physical education teacher, Mr. While dressing for the prom, Schmidt and Jenko rekindle their friendship. They are expelled from school and fired from the Jump Street program.Įric, stressed and terrified, recruits Schmidt and Jenko as security for a deal taking place at the school prom. They return to school, argue, and eventually begin fighting, which disrupts the school play. Schmidt and Jenko track Eric to a cash transaction with the distributors of HFS – the motorcycle gang from the park – and a chase ensues on the freeway. The rift between the duo grows as their new school life intrudes upon their official police work. Jenko's friends hack Eric's phone to enable them to listen in on his conversations.Īt a party at Eric's house, using the phone hack, Jenko and his friends overhear information about an upcoming meeting between Eric and his supplier, but also catch Schmidt making disparaging comments about Jenko.

Schmidt wins the fight, solidifying his social status and gaining Eric's trust. During the party, a fight breaks out between Schmidt, Jenko, and some party crashers. Schmidt and Jenko throw a party at Schmidt's parents' house, where they are living during the course of their assignment, and invite Eric. Jenko becomes friends with the students in his AP Chemistry class and finds himself becoming more interested in geeky hobbies and academic pursuits. After experiencing the drug's effects, the duo discovers that Schmidt's intelligence now makes him popular, while Jenko's lax attitude is frowned upon.Įric takes a liking to Schmidt, who develops a romantic interest in Molly. The two take HFS in front of him to maintain their cover. Schmidt gets a lead on HFS from classmate Molly, and he and Jenko meet the school's main dealer, popular student Eric. He gives them new identities and enrolls them as students, giving them class schedules fitting their previous academic performances Jenko taking mostly arts and humanities, and Schmidt taking mostly science classes, but the duo mixes up their identities. Captain Dickson assigns them to contain the spread of a synthetic drug called HFS ("Holy Fucking Shit") at Sagan High School. The duo is reassigned to a revived scheme from the 1980s, which specializes in infiltrating high schools. They catch a break when they arrest Domingo, the leader of a one-percenter motorcycle gang, but are forced to release him after they failed to read him his Miranda rights. Seven years later, the duo meets again at the police academy and become friends and partners on bicycle patrol. In 2005, scholarly student Morton Schmidt and popular underachieving jock Greg Jenko miss their school prom, Schmidt being rejected by the girl he was trying to ask to be his date and Jenko being barred from attending due to failing grades.
