TV Show

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Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.

TV Show Stats +8%

6 seasons

139 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1977

Rating

TV Show

6.8/10

132 votes • HD

Season 1

22 episodes
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Pilot
Episode 1

Pilot

Episode 1 • Sep 15, 1977

Jon and Ponch are chasing thieves who steal luxury cars. Ponch has problems with Sgt. Getraer and can't do anything right by him. The thieves are using moving vans with stolen licence plates, so the chippies can't get them first. Nice scene: Ponch and his sticky ticket.

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Undertow
Episode 2

Undertow

Episode 2 • Sep 22, 1977

A woman gets robbed by a tow truck driver and then he causes an accident. A chemical substance is spilled on the highway. Ponch gets intoxicated by the stuff. Jon has to get him to a hospital but Ponch is not very cooperative

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Dog Gone
Episode 3

Dog Gone

Episode 3 • Sep 29, 1977

Ponch and Jon are chasing a dog which causes an accident. They bring it to Central and hide it in a truck. Some guys do sabotage on Jon's motorbike, but they wanted Ponch's. Jon and Ponch stop a motorbike driver who has frozen up. After they stop him he wanders off muttering how he never wants to ride it again. Jon and Ponch chase down a speeding car with a heart attack victim. They help to save him before an ambulance arrives. One of the boys who did sabotage to Jon's bike tells Getrear what they have done. The Sarge tries to warn Ponch , but Ponch realizes that they have done it to Jons motorbike. Jon falls off his bike but lukyliy he 's not even bruised. Finally the dog's owner shows up at CHP Central looking for his dog. Ponch gets him out of a truck and the dog proceeds to relieve itself on Sarge's motorbike. This synopsis was given from CHiPs Online

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Moving Violation
Episode 4

Moving Violation

Episode 4 • Oct 13, 1977

When Jon and Ponch stop a speeding car on the freeway, a very large man emerges from the vehicle. The raging driver proceeds to take his car apart and wouldn't mind doing the same to Ponch who has made the mistake of laughing during the demolition. Later, Ponch himself gets a ticket, and to keep his driving record clean, enrolls in a driving safety course. There he meets people he's given tickets. The Sarge calls Jon to go to a woman whose husband died by an accident on this morning. Jon is nearly crying when the little son takes him for his daddy.

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Career Day
Episode 5

Career Day

Episode 5 • Oct 20, 1977

Ponch is giving a ticket to his old high school principal who asked him to tell about the CHP in his old school on career day. Jon and Ponch respond to a call about a traffic jam, they find that everyone's gawking at models nearby. Since Ponch's motorcycle needs repairs, Getraer sticks him on the front desk. When the helicopter pilot comes, Ponch jumps at the chance to leave. In the helicopter he helps Jon to find a lost boy and two elusive burglars. Later that afternoon as then Ponch gives his speech, he freezes up and Jon helps him by telling about saving the kid. Then Ponch wakes up and starts telling exaggerated stories without help.

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Baby Food
Episode 6

Baby Food

Episode 6 • Oct 27, 1977

A truck loses toxic baby food on the highway. A tramp pair with a baby finds two boxes. Ponch and Jon try to find the lost boxes. Ponch is interested in his neighbor Melinda, but Melinda falls in a love with Jon. On the highway Jon and Ponch save a dog out of a burning car. When they find the tramp family they save the baby by taking it on their motorbikes.

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Season 2

23 episodes
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Peaks and Valleys
Episode 1

Peaks and Valleys

Episode 1 • Sep 16, 1978

Central gets a new mechanic, Harlan Arliss. Ponch and Jon are accused of improperly moving an accident victim. Jon meets an old friend who tries to convince him that there are better jobs out there than CHP officers.

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The Volunteers
Episode 2

The Volunteers

Episode 2 • Sep 23, 1978

Jon and Ponch must take on the dangerous assignment of escorting a convoy of trucks carrying hazardous chlorine gas.

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Family Crisis
Episode 3

Family Crisis

Episode 3 • Sep 30, 1978

Jon's nephew starts stealing cars with some friends. Ponch moves into a new apartment. A movie car, designed with special features, is used for robbing banks. The CHP has a hard time catching it.

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Disaster Squad
Episode 4

Disaster Squad

Episode 4 • Oct 07, 1978

A television news crew - the Disaster Squad - edit a report to make it look as though Ponch had threatened them with violence. However, the reporter is forced to confess all during a later report when Jon and Ponch rescue a child from a river.

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Neighborhood Watch
Episode 5

Neighborhood Watch

Episode 5 • Oct 14, 1978

Ponch and Jon have their hands full trying to deal with a persistent dangerous driver and a group of delinquent kids.

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Trick or Trick
Episode 6

Trick or Trick

Episode 6 • Oct 21, 1978

Ponch and Jon find themselves having to deal with a bewildering array of petty thefts and false alarms when on patrol during Halloween.

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Season 3

24 episodes
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Roller Disco (1)
Episode 1

Roller Disco (1)

Episode 1 • Sep 22, 1979

While Ponch is busy trying to recruit celebrities for the CHP roller disco, Jon and Getraer deal with a teenage thief. Later, Ponch and Jon chase after two thieves who get away on roller-skates.

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Roller Disco (2)
Episode 2

Roller Disco (2)

Episode 2 • Sep 22, 1979

Ponch and Jon deal with a rock star and help organizing a roller-skating fund-raiser. Ponch and Jon continue chasing the roller-skating thieves.

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Valley Go Home!
Episode 3

Valley Go Home!

Episode 3 • Sep 29, 1979

Officers mediate a feud between teenagers . Ponch and Jon intervene when some irate surfers chase the Valley kids who bumped their car.

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High Octane
Episode 4

High Octane

Episode 4 • Oct 06, 1979

A couple of gasoline smugglers steal gasoline from different stations using a gas truck they suck the gas in instead of delivering it. The C.H.P gang play roller hockey.

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Death Watch
Episode 5

Death Watch

Episode 5 • Oct 13, 1979

After a fellow officer is killed, Ponch and Jon investigate a crooked stuntman who has been causing accidents as part of an insurance scam.

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Counterfeit
Episode 6

Counterfeit

Episode 6 • Oct 20, 1979

Ponch finds out about a counterfeiting scam run by a bogus preacher when he gets hold of some fake money.

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Season 4

21 episodes
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Go-Cart Terror
Episode 1

Go-Cart Terror

Episode 1 • Sep 21, 1980

A friendly go-cart race between the CHP and the fire department kids' teams results in some unwelcome competition. Sonny Bono costars.

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Sick Leave
Episode 2

Sick Leave

Episode 2 • Sep 28, 1980

An officer's erratic behavior is such serious subject matter that it is the series' only episode (and perhaps in all of television's history) produced without a soundtrack.

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To Your Health
Episode 3

To Your Health

Episode 3 • Oct 05, 1980

The daring duo investigates a series of sabotaged trucks, while Ponch "goes green" to impress two pretty proprietors of a health food store.

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The Poachers
Episode 4

The Poachers

Episode 4 • Oct 19, 1980

While giving chase in the forest, Ponch and Jon encounter a Native American man who's teaching his son the old honored ways of wildlife survival.

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The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (1)
Episode 5

The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (1)

Episode 5 • Dec 07, 1980

The guys save Hollywood icon Milton Berle's Malibu mansion from a threatening boulder. Gilligan's Island's Tina Louise costars.

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The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (2)
Episode 6

The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (2)

Episode 6 • Dec 07, 1980

At an A-list Hollywood party, Ponch and Jon get down with stars Gil Gerard, Cindy Williams, Todd Bridges, Rose Marie, Gary Burghoff and more!

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Season 5

27 episodes
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Suicide Stunt
Episode 1

Suicide Stunt

Episode 1 • Oct 04, 1981

Ponch and Jon struggle to keep their eyes on a visiting motorcycle star who keeps pulling screwball shenanigans all around town in the pursuit of love.

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Vagabonds
Episode 2

Vagabonds

Episode 2 • Oct 11, 1981

Our determined CHP team outwits a family of con artists who are scamming drivers by staging auto accidents. Four-time Academy Award nominee Ed Harris (HBO's Westworld) guest stars.

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Moonlight
Episode 3

Moonlight

Episode 3 • Oct 18, 1981

Ponch and Jon's 4th anniversary as partners is nearly ruined when a toxic-chemicals dumper (William Lucking, Sons of Anarchy) has a near-catastrophic semi truck crash.

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The Killer Indy
Episode 4

The Killer Indy

Episode 4 • Oct 25, 1981

Caitlyn Jenner (as Bruce Jenner) joins the squad as Officer Steve McLeish, but a harrowing street race may make his first day his last.

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Weed Wars
Episode 5

Weed Wars

Episode 5 • Oct 31, 1981

Drug syndicates are being reckless on the road and loose with the law. A boy puts a hex on Ponch for asking him too many questions.

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Anything But the Truth
Episode 6

Anything But the Truth

Episode 6 • Nov 08, 1981

Jon and Steve ditch their bikes for a wild ATC (all terrain cycle) adventure with a beautiful compulsively lying witness to a strong of hit-and-run robberies.

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Season 6

22 episodes
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Meet the New Guy
Episode 1

Meet the New Guy

Episode 1 • Oct 10, 1982

Ponch and his new partner, Bobby, get off to a rocky start, but when a baby is abandoned, they're determined to work as a team.

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Tight Fit
Episode 2

Tight Fit

Episode 2 • Oct 17, 1982

After returning stolen equipment from a photo shoot, Ponch ends up in front of the camera and is soon a modeling sensation.

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The Spaceman Made Me Do It
Episode 3

The Spaceman Made Me Do It

Episode 3 • Oct 24, 1982

Ponch and Bobby pursue a jewelry thief who turns out to be a young girl claiming an extraterrestrial made her do it.

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Rock Devil Rock
Episode 4

Rock Devil Rock

Episode 4 • Oct 31, 1982

The guys are called on to protect a rock star who fears he's cursed, while the squad throws a spooky Halloween party that includes the vampiress Elvira.

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Speedway Fever
Episode 5

Speedway Fever

Episode 5 • Nov 07, 1982

Ponch and Bobby get left in the dust when pursuing bandits on high-speed race bikes. Cadet Bruce Nelson makes a big decision.

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Something Special
Episode 6

Something Special

Episode 6 • Nov 21, 1982

A motorcycle/airplane jump and a treacherous water rescue take a back seat when Ponch changes the life of a Special Olympics competitor.

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