C.H.i.P.s. Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - PilotAfter tracking a gang of sports car thieves, Ponch and Jon earn commendations. Ponch also learns his probation period is over. |
Episode 2 - UndertowPonch accidentally breathes in some nitrous oxide, leaving him ineffective. The California Highway Patrolmen investigate reports of a tow truck driver robbing people whose cars break down. |
Episode 3 - Dog GonePonch and Jon rescue a dog that causes an accident. |
Episode 4 - Moving ViolationPonch and Jon track a stolen bus and deal with a mad driver who begins to dismantle his car after receiving a ticket for speeding. Rosie Grier guest stars. |
Episode 5 - Career DayPonch's former high school principal asks Ponch to talk about the CHP for Career Day. When it's time to make a speech at the event, Ponch freezes up and Jon must intervene to entertain the audience. |
Episode 6 - Baby FoodThe CHP investigate a shipment of baby food that spilled from a truck and is contaminated with botulism. |
Episode 7 - Taking Its TollWhen two thieves escape from Jon after a robbery at a toll booth, it's the start of a crime wave and a massive manhunt. |
Episode 8 - Green Thumb BurglarLandscape larceny of the plants and shrubs along the Los Angeles freeways poses a $60,000 problem for Jon and Ponch. |
Episode 9 - HustleThe officers investigate some motorcycle-riding thieves, while Ponch convinces Jon to join a CHP bowling tournament. |
Episode 10 - Highway RobberyWhen Alice the elephant breaks out of her wagon, Ponch and Jon have to keep the pachyderm and motorists under control. Meanwhile, a robber stealing motorcycles turns out to be Jon's former football teammate. |
Episode 11 - Name Your PricePonch tries to win fame and fortune on a game show called "Name Your Price," which guest stars Jack Knight. |
Episode 12 - Aweigh We GoWhile patrolling a weigh station, Ponch and Jon go after a hijacked truck. |
Episode 13 - One Two ManyHeadquarters receives complaints about Jon. But it's really someone impersonating Jon and causing all sorts of trouble along the highway. |
Episode 14 - RustlingThe CHP investigate a group of cattle rustlers trying to cheat insurance companies. |
Episode 15 - Surf's UpLonging for a more tranquil setting, Jon and Ponch are fed up with mid-town traffic hassles. So when they're temporarily transferred to Malibu Beach, the duo is overjoyed. |
Episode 16 - Vintage '54Ponch and Jon help reunite a baby with the family who left the little one behind during the confusion of packing for a vacation. Meanwhile, the CHP tracks down a group of car thieves. |
Episode 17 - Hitch-Hiking HitchFormer pro-football player Ben Davidson guest stars as a truck driver who has a method for obtaining parking spaces, and hitch-hiking teenage girls cause problems for Ponch and Jon. |
Episode 18 - Cry WolfA rash of calls sends CHP officers, ambulances and fire trucks to the scenes of nonexistent accidents. Can Jon and Ponch get to the bottom of these false alarms? |
Episode 19 - Crash DietJon and Ponch suffer wounded egos when a girls' volleyball team trounces them. The officers must thwart a man who throws dirt on cars on the freeway; Jon and Ponch must deal with a trailer filled with explosives. |
Episode 20 - Rainy DayA compulsive gambler who loses in a poker game, a gun-loving motorist and a kindergarten teacher with an eye for Officer Poncherello create problems. |
Episode 21 - Crack-UpA jovial hospital patient prescribes laughter as the best medicine when Jon is injured by a felon bent on getting even with police officers. With Phyllis Diller ("A Bug's Life," "Eight on the Lam"). |
Episode 22 - Flashback!When a hotshot rookie joins the CHP, Jon and Ponch reminisce about how they met and how Ponch became an officer. |
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