1977

S2.E1 ∙ Peaks and Valleys

Fri, Sep 15, 1978

An accident victim Ponch and Jon helped is pressed by his lawyer into suing them. Ponch encourages his partner to stay on the force when a disillusioned Jon considers leaving the CHP to sell used cars for a successful high school friend.

7.1 /10

S2.E2 ∙ The Volunteers

Fri, Sep 22, 1978

Ponch and Jon are tapped to escort a convoy of tanker trucks containing highly explosive and toxic chlorine gas across 140 miles of troublesome terrain.

7.4 /10

S2.E3 ∙ Family Crisis

Fri, Sep 29, 1978

Ponch intervenes when he suspects Jon's young nephew of joyriding in stolen cars. An overeager officer is obsessed with recovering a stolen movie stunt car being employed for diamond heists. Ponch trades in his motor home for an apartment.

7.7 /10

S2.E4 ∙ Disaster Squad

Fri, Oct 06, 1978

Ponch befriends a runaway four-year-old motorcycle enthusiast while Jon romances his divorcée mother. A sensationalist news crew dubbed the Disaster Squad pesters Ponch and Jon.

7.1 /10

S2.E5 ∙ Neighborhood Watch

Fri, Oct 13, 1978

Ponch and Jon are put on patrol in a residential neighborhood where four unsupervised children run amok. Jon has repeated run-ins with a reckless driver with a bad attitude.

7.5 /10

S2.E6 ∙ Trick or Trick

Fri, Oct 20, 1978

Keeping the streets safe for trick-or-treaters, Ponch and Jon search a haunted house for a runaway boy, foil a ghoulish getaway and nab a candy bag snatcher. Meanwhile, Sgt. Getraer is determined to bust the Halloween Hobgoblin.

7.6 /10

S2.E7 ∙ High Flyer

Fri, Nov 03, 1978

Ponch and Jon pick up the trail of an auto theft ring. A fatherless teenage girl has a crush on Jon. Ponch is running out of excuses to avoid going up on patrol in the CHP helicopter.

7.9 /10

S2.E8 ∙ The Grudge

Fri, Nov 10, 1978

In retaliation for a drug bust, five frat boys wage psychological and prank warfare on Ponch and Jon.

7.6 /10

S2.E9 ∙ The Sheik

Fri, Nov 17, 1978

It's the "Taming of the Sheik" when Ponch and Jon are put on patrol with a pompous and spoiled young oil sheik studying police science in America.

7.5 /10

S2.E10 ∙ Return of the Turks

Fri, Nov 24, 1978

Ponch and Jon each experience unsettling encounters with past acquaintances. A reckless driver plays bumper cars on the freeway.

7.6 /10

S2.E11 ∙ Supercycle

Fri, Dec 01, 1978

An Evel Knievel-style stunt cyclist evades, outwits and embarrasses the CHP, so Harlan develops a supercycle to put Ponch on a level playing field.

8 /10

S2.E12 ∙ High Explosive

Fri, Dec 08, 1978

Ponch and Jon befriend a fatherless country boy out of place in the big city and in big trouble for firing his pellet gun into traffic. A reckless ambulance driver threatens lives when he illegally transports cases of unstable dynamite.

7.7 /10

S2.E13 ∙ Down Time

Fri, Dec 15, 1978

Ponch's personal and professional lives meet when his prized Firebird is heisted by a trio of beautiful car thieves. Determined to get it back, Ponch turns detective on his down time.

7.7 /10

S2.E14 ∙ Repo Man

Fri, Jan 05, 1979

Jon's heroism makes him a reluctant local celebrity. A disreputable repo man makes life difficult for Ponch and Jon. The CHPs pull a practical joke on their published writer colleague Grossman.

7.5 /10

S2.E15 ∙ MAIT Team

Fri, Jan 12, 1979

Cahill is critically injured in a multi-vehicle pile-up that claims eleven lives. Ponch and Jon are tapped to serve on the Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team determined to pinpoint the cause and to clear Cahill from blame.

7.9 /10

S2.E16 ∙ Pressure Point

Fri, Jan 19, 1979

Ponch and Jon put away their bikes and play a diplomat and his chauffeur when they go undercover to prevent a wealthy man and his beautiful granddaughter from falling victim to a violent extortion racket.

7.6 /10

S2.E17 ∙ The Matchmakers

Fri, Jan 26, 1979

Jon and Ponch are matchmakers for two lonely people: an officer forced to retire and a widow pressured by the city to move.

7.4 /10

S2.E18 ∙ Rally 'Round the Bank

Fri, Feb 02, 1979

While investigating a string of drive-in-bank robberies, Ponch is baffled by a visit from his mother.

7.9 /10

S2.E19 ∙ Bio-Rhythms

Fri, Feb 16, 1979

Ponch reconnects with Robbie, whose trucking business is at the mercy of a competitor trying to put her out of business. Meanwhile, Officer Cahill is tracking everyone's biorhythms to see if it affects their performance on the job.

7.3 /10

S2.E20 ∙ Quarantine

Fri, Feb 23, 1979

A young hitchhiker with a bomb succumbs to a rare illness after being taken into custody by Jon and Ponch, putting the CHP headquarters on a quarantine alert.

6.5 /10

S2.E21 ∙ CHP BMX

Fri, Mar 02, 1979

Distracted by his son's accident, Sgt. Getraer mistakenly releases a narcotics suspect.

7.4 /10

S2.E22 ∙ Ride the Whirlwind

Fri, Mar 09, 1979

Jon and Ponch encounter unruly dirt bikers, a clandestine PCP operation and a macho city councilman showing off on the hillsides when they volunteer as members of a pilot trail bike team.

7.4 /10

S2.E23 ∙ The Greatest Adventures of CHiPs

Fri, May 11, 1979

While Ponch and Jon are off in Sacramento attending a seminar, Grossman starts to collect anecdotes about the team from other officers so that - win or lose - they can give them a party, half testimonial and half roast.

6.3 /10