CHIPS: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON was released on DVD from Turner Home Entertainment on June 3, 2008.  The four-disc set includes all episodes from the first season. 

CHIPS: THE COMPLETE FIRST Season was released on DVD from Turner Home Entertainment on June 5, 2007.  The six-disc set includes all episodes from the first season.  Additionally, the DVD set includes never-before-seen special features: CHiPs: The Ride Out of Spanish Harlem retrospective featurette and all-new introductions by Erik Estrada on select episodes.

For six years, Robert portrayed Sgt. Getraer on the hit series CHiPs.  He enjoyed working on the show, and to this day remains friends and is in contact with many of his co-stars.  Please peruse through this page, which includes episode synopsis by the season, photos from Robert's personal collection of his years on the series, as well as covering the CHiPs '99 reunion television movie.  Check back as we add personal comments from Robert about his time on the show.

Episodes:

Season 1

1. Pilot

guest stars: Jim Backus () Tommy J. Huff (Mike) Paul Mantee (Eddie) Brooke Bundy (Carol) Michael Christian (Jerry) Hoke Howell () Eric Server () Philip Simms () Darlene Duralia () Richard Cangey () Charles Huskey () Mary Moon () Jonathan Andrew Baker ()

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 license plates, so the chippies can't get them first.

aired: 9/15/77 writer: Paul Playdon director: Paul Krasny

2. Undertow

guest stars: Doreen Long (Nurse) Betty Ackerman (Mrs. Burgess) Reb Brown (Brouillette) Barney McFadden (De Vito)

A tow truck driver robs a woman and then causes an accident that leaves a dangerous chemical spill on the highway.

aired: 9/22/77     writer: Larry Alexander director: Christian l Nyby ll

3. Dog Gone

guest stars: Bill Adler (Boots) Jeffrey Druce (Zero) William Lanteau (Rogovia) Joanne Linville (Hirsh)

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 luckily 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.

aired: 9/29/77     writer: Richard B. Mittleman d: Michael Caffey

4. Moving Violation

guest stars: Catherine Ferrar (Brenda) James Nicholas () Harvey Perry (Andy) Kathi Kuni (Hippy Girl) Fawne Harriman (Mrs. Karantz) Roosevelt Grier (car destroyer)

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.

aired: 10/13/77     writer: Charles Sailor director: Ed Abroms

5. Career Day

guest stars: R. B. Sorko-Ram (Shain) Richard Deacon (Singleton) David Man (Rudolph) Jerry Ayres (Burglar) Bebe Kelly (Ms. Burglar) Philip Boyer (Mikie) Charles Cooper (Trucker) Cynthia Harrison (Ginger) Victoria Peters (Clara)

Jon and Ponch chase after fraternity brothers in a hearse that drops a coffin on the street.  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 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.

aired: 10/20/77     writer: Bruce Shelly director: Ric Rondell

6. Baby Food

guest stars: Reb Brown (Brouillette)

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 being mad about Melinda his neighbor, but Melinda fells 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.

aired: 10/27/77

7. Taking Its Toll

When two thieves escape from Jon after a successful robbery at a toll booth, it is the start of a crime wave and a massive manhunt.  Jon and Ponch later encounters a crashed limo with a time bomb on it's back seat - and a man trapped beneath the car.  Jon is writing a book about Ponchs funny accidents. When Ponch finds that out, Jon changes and depicts him as a heroic modern day warrior.

aired: 11/03/77

8. Green Thumb Burglar

guest stars: Jackie Vernon (Bert) Dana Baker (Georgia) Bill Zuckert (Attila) Jim B. Smith (Fireman) Joe Lo Presti (Loui) Sorko Ram (Shain)

Someone is stealing the $60,000 worth of landscaping from the Los Angeles freeways.

aired: 11/10/77     writer: Skip Webster & j. Mackelvie d: Christian I. Nyby II

9. Hustle

guest stars: Broderick Crawford (Himself) Reb Brown (Brouillette) Kay Peters (Jugde Linda) Marty Ingels (Sidney) Hubert Noel () Sandra Will (Sheila)

Always looking for opportunities to make money, Ponch discovers that Jon once worked as an instructor in a bowling alley and still is a great bowler. Keeping Jon's secret from the other CHiPs, Ponch places a series of bets that his partner will defeat all favorites in a upcoming police bowling tournament.  As the officers approach a car that went through a stop sign, they get a surprise. The driver is actor Broderick Crawford, who stared as Dan Mathews in Highway Patrol, the hit 1950s series that could be called hte ancestor of CHiPs

aired:  11/24/77     writer: John Groves director: Georg Fenady

10. Highway Robbery

Jon and Ponch arrest a thief who uses a motorcycle to rob drivers in traffic jams. When Jon recognizes the prisoner as a high-school classmate a former football hero, he offers him help.  Ponch has a crush on the beautiful model for a sun lotion ad campaign. Mesmerized by her pictures on highway billboards, he's determined to date the girl. Learning that Sgt. Getraer knows the model and her family, Ponch attempts to convince Getraer to arrange a date with his dream girl. He really get's a abrupt surprise when he meet's up Janey.

aired:  12/01/77

11. Name Your Price

guest stars: Jamie Lyn Bauer (Carrie)

Ponch's newfound fame is not from his appearance on a TV game show, but from handling a truck accident that released chickens onto the freeway.

aired: 12/08/77

12. Aweigh We Go

guest stars: Gerald McRaney (Derrick)

Ponch and Jon go look into truck hi-jacking at the weigh scales

aired: 12/22/77

13. One Two Many

guest stars: Trish Stewart (Jobina)

CHP officers usually ride in pairs, but this day Ponch leaves Jon to handle an emergency.  While Jon is alone, an officer pulls up to a car and acts improperly, so frightening the female driver that she causes a traffic accident as she speeds away. As the Highway Patrol searches for for the unknown officer, Jon learns that the mystery man is apparently his double - and that his career is in jeopardy as long as the phony remains at large.

aired: 01/05/78

14. Rustling

guest stars: Alice Ghostley (Mamie)

Big-city cattle rustlers and a well-connected drunken driver keep the officers busy as Ponch plans a surprise birthday party for Jon.

aired: 01/12/78

15. Surf's Up

Ponch and Jon go to the beach while they take time off work.

aired: 01/19/78

16. Vintage '54

guest stars: Jed Allan (Jason) Pepe Serna (Danny)

A vintage car thief, a sky diver on the freeway and a missing infant plague the CHP officers.

aired: 01/26/78

17. Hitch-Hiking Hitch

guest stars: Bridget Hanley () Linda Dano (Eloise)

A trucker with an unusual method of finding a parking space and two hitchhiking teenagers cause problems for the officers.

aired: 02/09/78

18. Cry Wolf

guest stars: Robbie Rist (Jeff)

A crash of false alarms ties up CHP, fire engines and ambulances.  A young man who is living by his sister does this.

aired: 02/16/78

19. Crash Diet

guest stars: Nita Talbot (Instructor) Don 'Red' Barry (Truck Driver) Steve Franken (Student Driver) Robert Lussier (Coach) John Milford (Doctor) Herman Poppe (Leonard) Deborah Pratt (Carol) Crystin Sinclaire (Linda)

Jon and Ponch gently try to coax a disturbed veteran out of throwing dirt at passing autos. Also, Getraer orders his officers to peel off excess pounds.

aired: 02/23/78     writer: Rudy Borchert director: Don McDougall

20. Rainy Day

guest stars: Ava Lazar (Hostess) Herb Edelman (Sanders)

A vindictive gambler, a gun-loving motorist and a kindergarten teacher with eyes for Ponch cause problems for the officers.

aired: 03/02/78

21. Crack-Up

guest stars: Gary Sandy (Ray) Phyllis Diller (Wanda)

The practical jokes of a wacky hospital volunteer (guest star Phyllis Diller) unsettle an ailing Jon (Larry Wilcox). With Erik Estrada. Linda Thompson also guest stars.

aired: 05/09/78

22. Flashback!

guest stars: Joe Penny (Brent)

A conceited rookie with political connections causes resentment among the patrolmen.

aired: 04/01/78

Season 2

23. Peaks and Valleys

Ponch and Jon get blamed for something they didn't do and do whatever they can to prove there innocence.

aired: 9/16/78     writer: Rudolph Borchert director: Phil Bondelli

24. The Volunteers

guest stars: Tige Andrews (Charlie Davis) Katherine Cannon (Robbie Davis)

Jon and Ponch volunteer to escort veteran truck driver Charlie Davis and his daughter Robbie on a 14-mile journey that could end in disaster at any second. The cargo is unstable liquid chlorine and the obstacles include roads damaged by heavy rains, a multiple car pile up, an escaped tiger, a town that won´t permit the convoy to drive through, and their worst peril-hot, sunny weather that could cause the chlorine to explode with the force of nitroglycerine.

aired:  9/23/78

25. Family Crisis

guest stars: Danny Bonaduce (Fred)

Thieves use a stolen stunt car to make their getaways.

aired: 9/30/78

26. Disaster Squad

A TV news team fakes film footage to make it look as if Ponch knocked down a newscaster.

aired: 07-Oct-1978

27. Neighborhood Watch

guest stars: Robbie Rist (Brian)

A reckless driver and skateboarding children terrorize a neighborhood.

aired: 10/14/78

28. Trick or Treat

guest stars: Bobby Porter (Sammy)

A woman who steals candy from children and a ``ghost'' that robs supermarkets highlight the CHP's Halloween.

aired: 10/21/78

29. High Flyer

guest stars: Jenilee Harrison (L.A. Rams Cheerleader)

Ponch tries to hide his fear of flying when he is assigned to helicopter duty.

aired: 11/4/78     writer: James Schmerer screenplay: William D. Gordon & James Doherty director: Gordon Hessler

30. The Grudge

guest stars: Chip Zien (Davey)

To avenge a drug bust, five collegians plant a batch of marijuana-laced brownies at a CHP party.

aired: 11/11/78     writer: Richard B. Mittleman director: John Florea

31. The Sheik

guest stars: Jill Jaress (pregnant woman)

A speed-crazy young sheik tries to convince the CHP that he is above obeying traffic laws.

aired: 11/18/78     writer: Jerry Thomas director: Phil Bondelli

32. Return of the Turks

After having trouble on the highway and wiping out a number of vehicles, terror becomes a game of highway bumper cars.

aired: 11/25/78

33. Supercycle

A daring motorcyclist stages spectacular stunts on city streets to build an audience for a daredevil show.

aired:  12/02/78     writer: William D. Gordon & James Doherty screenplay: Barney Slater & William D. Gordon & James Doherty director: Phil Bondelli

34. High Explosive

Jon uses his off-duty rodeo hobby to help a juvenile offender.

aired: 12/09/78

35. Down Time

A gang of auto thieves steals Ponch's newly rebuilt car.

aired: 12/16/78

36. Repo Man

A ruthless collection agent plots to destroy Jon's and Ponch's credit ratings after they prevent him from harassing private citizens.

aired: 01/06/79

37. Mait Team

Ponch, Jon and Sgt. Getraer investigate to determine why a woman's car moved so erratically in a multiple-car accident.

aired: 01/13/79

38. Pressure Point

guest stars: Douglas Fowley (Barney)

A wealthy man and his daughter become the targets of a phony protection scheme.

aired: 01/20/79

39. The Matchmakers

guest stars: Jenny O'Hara (Cora Gilford)

Cora is sad, in a few days she will lose their home to a building company. She has no idea where to go with their animals. So she decides to commit suicide and drives her car into a lake. Jon and Ponch and Sindy try to help her after hearing her story.  Officer Derk only has one week before going on pension so he starts some crazy actions and Sgt. Getraer isn't very pleased about that.  An private investigator tries two times to kidnap a little girl from her mother. Derk, Jon and Ponch can frustrate his plans.  After a few days Jon and Ponch get the idea to bring Derk and Cora together. And their plan work. Cora and Derk become a couple. Derk allows her to bring all animals with her.

aired: 01/27/79

40. Rally 'Round the Bank

guest stars: Markie Post (Roberta) Anna Navarro (Mrs. Poncherello) Frank Ashmore (Larry Fletcher)

A series of robberies at drive-in bank windows is frustrating the CHP - especially Jon and Ponch, who unsuccessfully chased the bandit's car three times. The thieves have joined a 150-car road rally that enables their vehicles to elude the police. Meanwhile, Ponch gets a surprise visit from his mom, who refuses to tell him the reason for her trip.

aired: 02/03/79

41. Bio-Rhythms

Sindy has a new study project. She creates Bio Rythms for all officers.  Robbie Davis (known from The Volunteers) is in trouble again. Someone attacks her trucks and the drivers lives.  Jon and especially Ponch try to help.

aired: 02/17/79

42. Quarantine

guest stars: Tom Poston (Bill Conner)

Headquarters is quarantined when a hitchhiker comes down with a rare illness.

aired: 02/24/79

43. CHP-BMX

guest stars: Marc Gilpin (Timmy Getraer) Jackie Vernon (Man)

Jon and Sindy are training a BMX team for kids. Ponch takes care for a young boy who vandalizes in his school. He wants to see him in the BMX team.  The sergeants son has an bad accident, Joe feels guilty for that. It confuses him so much that he makes bad mistakes at work

aired: 03/03/79

44. Ride the Whirlwind

Jon and Ponch encounter unruly dirt bikers and a drug operation.

aired: 03/10/79

45. The Greatest Adventures of CHiPs

aired: -05/12/79

Season 3

46. Roller Disco (1)

guest stars: Bill Daily (Balford) Ed McMahon (Himself) Mike Minor (Doctor) Tina Louise (Herself) Leif Garrett (Jummy Tyler) Larry Linville (Carlin) Fred Williamson (Ty) Jim Brown (Romo) Helena Kallianiotes (Lita) Katherine Bauman (Sorrell) Bobby Rolofson (Mark) Kaye Stevens (Woman In Phonebooth)

Jon and Ponch contend with roller-skating thieves, insurance con men and a runaway rock star as they prepare for a charity roller disco party.

aired:  9/22/04  writer: Rudolph Borchert director: Don Weis

47. Roller Disco (2)

guest stars: Cindy Williams (Herself) Fred Williamson (Ty) Melissa Sue Anderson (Herself) Vivian Blaine (Herself) Adam Rich (Himself) Bill Daily (Balford) Michael Cole (Himself) Todd Bridges (Himself) Nancy Kulp (Herself) Mike Minor (Doctor) Peter Lupus (Himself) Madlyn Rhue (Herself)

Jon and Ponch contend with roller-skating thieves, insurance con men and a runaway rock star as they prepare for a charity roller disco party.

aired: 09/22/79

48. Valley Go Home!

Car-stripping thieves and a potential gang war between local teens and valley kids cause problems for the patrolmen.

aired: 09/29/79

49. High Octane

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.

aired: 10/06/79

50. Death Watch

guest stars: Christopher Stone () Cheryl (Gwen Humble)

The death of a CHP officer sends Jon and Ponch on the trail of a stunt driver who instigates freeway accidents.

aired: 10/13/79

51. Counterfeit

A hostile little person, a blind date and counterfeiters cause problems for Ponch.

aired: 10/20/79

52. The Return of the Supercycle

guest stars: Anne Lockhart (Kathy Mulligan)

Ponch is injured while pursuing a red-masked, motorcycle-riding thief.

aired: 10/27/79

53. Hot Wheels

While Ponch is in hospital, Jon and a new partner investigate several thefts involving city vehicles.

aired: 11/03/79

54. Drive, Lady, Drive (1)

guest stars: Quinn O'Hara (Mrs. Hastings) Tracey Gold (Donna) Simon Oakland (Bruno)

Jon and Ponch are temporarily assigned to duty in a small town when the local police officers go on strike.

aired: 11/10/79

55. Drive, Lady, Drive (2)

guest stars: Tracey Gold (Donna) Simon Oakland (Bruno)

While on assignment to cover for police officers on strike, Jon and Ponch deal with a runaway, hijackers and hot rodders; Ponch falls in love.

aired: 11/10/79

56. The Watch Commander

guest stars: Don Mitchell (Tyrone) Michelle Pfeiffer (Jobina) Granville Van Dusen (Lt. Bates)

An ambitious, by-the-book officer makes life difficult for the patrolmen.

aired: 11/17/79

57. Destruction Derby

guest stars: Angel Tompkins (Billy)

Ponch goes under cover as a stock-car driver, unaware that the car he is driving is rigged with dynamite.

aired: 11/24/79

58. Second Chance

guest stars: Kristine DeBell (Peggy)

Ponch and Jon try to catch a pair of jewel thieves who injured a girl during their getaway.

aired: 12/01/79

59. Wheeling

A distraught father is intent on bringing a hit-and-run driver to justice; paraplegics play freeway games with their special cars.

aired: 12/08/79

60. Christmas Watch

guest stars: Rosemary Forsyth (Joan Manette)

Ponch's depression over being assigned to the Christmas watch is lifted when he becomes involved with a group of poor children

aired: 12/15/79

61. Jailbirds

Jon and Ponch are jailed for contempt of court

aired:  01/12/80

62. E.M.T.

The instructor for an EMT course recognizes pupils Jon and Ponch as the officers who gave him a ticket the day before.

aired: 01/19/80

63. Kidnap

guest stars: Judy Strangis (Karen Costello)

Two mischievous boys hiding in the back seat of a Rolls-Royce cause trouble for Jon and Ponch.

aired: 01/26/80

64. Off Road

Two criminals use an off-road race as a cover for their retrieval of gold coins from a wrecked airplane in the desert.

aired: 02/02/80

65. Tow Truck Lady

guest stars: Chris Robinson (Danny)

A 9-year-old girl's life is endangered when her truck driver father tries to sever his connection with a loan shark

aired: 02/09/80

66. The Strippers

Clever car strippers give Jon and Ponch a rough time.

aired: 02/16/80

67. Thrill Show

guest stars:  Joie Chitwood ("Himself, world-famous stunt driver" in episode: Thrill Show)

Robbers posing as tourists ride on tourist buses and while the bus is mobile they draw weapons and demand anything of value from all the tourists.

aired: 02/23/80

68. Nightingale

guest stars: Stephen Fanning (Nightingale)

A mysterious female physician aids Jon and Ponch at the scene of an accident.

aired: 03/23/80

69. Dynamite Alley

aired: 03/30/80

Season 4

70. Go-Cart Terror

Two down-on-their-luck truckers turn to crime.

aired 9/21/80

71. Sick Leave

Rival fraternities get carried away with their hazing practices during campus pledge week.

aired: 09/28/80

72. To Your Health

guest stars: Kathleen Freeman (Outraged Lady)

Jon and Ponch become both personally and professionally involved with the owners of a health-food farm.

aired: 10/05/80

73. The Poachers

Jon and Ponch try to reconcile an elderly American Indian with his young, modern grandson.

aired: 10/19/80

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

guest stars: Betsy Palmer (Herself) Michael O'Leary (Bernie) Paddi Edwards (Fur Lady) Robin Evans (Roberta) Tina Louise (Edie Marshall) Ken Berry (Kelly) Don Galloway (Steve Marshall) Tammy Lauren (Cheryl Marshall) Alex Rocco (Ansgar) Ronnie Scribner (Dane) Milton Berle (Himself) Felicia Jeter (Herself)

A huge boulder perched precariously over a highway inspires Ponch to host a star-studded celebrity bash.

aired:  12/07/80     writer: Rudolph Borchert director: Gordon Hessler

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

guest stars: Madlyn Rhue (Herself [uncredited]) Todd Bridges (Himself) Cindy Williams (Herself) Michael O'Leary (Bernie) Paddi Edwards (Fur Lady) Robin Evans (Roberta) Nancy Kulp (Herself) Donna Mills (Herself) Rose Marie (Herself [uncredited]) Don Galloway (Steve) Nancy Kulp (Herself) Peter Marshall (Himself)

aired: 12/07/80

76. Satan's Angels

guest stars: Heather Locklear (Teenager)

Bonnie is kidnapped by a motorcycle gang and taken to its mountain hideout.

aired: 12/14/80

77. Wheels of Justice

A repeat drunken driver's slick lawyer frustrates Jon and Ponch. He looses his wife by have a crash on his own fault.

aired:  12/21/80

78. Crash Course

aired: -01/04/81

79. Forty Tons of Trouble

aired: 01/11/81

80. 11-99: Officer Needs Help

guest stars: Molly Cheek (Pam)

aired: 01/18/81

81. Home Fires Burning

guest stars: Katia Christine (Driver)

aired: 02/01/81

82. Sharks

guest stars: Richard Roundtree (Sgt. Aikens)

aired: 02/22/81

83. Ponch's Angels (1)

aired: 02/28/81

84. Ponch's Angels (2)

aired: 03/01/81

85. Karate

guest stars: Danny Bonaduce (Billy)

aired: 03/08/81

86. New Guy in Town

guest stars: Jenny O'Hara (Lina Beck) Christopher Connelly (Martin Beck)

Martin Beck and his dead brothers wife tries to kill Jon and Ponch.  This man attacks Jon with his van and Jon get's injured.  He hides several bombs in Ponch's car, his motorbike and at least in an empty car on a field.  The new guy TC is always a step before the other CHP officers, so he has problems to get fellows there.  TC safes Jon and Ponch's life more than once.

aired: 03/15/81

87. The Hawk and the Hunter

guest stars: Dwight Schultz (Lyle) Sandy McPeak (Pete Baricza) Diana Douglas (Vera Baricza) Lane Binkley (Shawna)

Lyle Pickett a Vietnam Veteran threats Pete, Barry's Dad, who has a flying school. When Pete get hurt with his back, Barry has to help his mum. But he's also an officer and has to do his work, too.  On duty he sleeps and has nearly a crash with Turner, so he decides to quit the Highway Patrol and to take over his fathers firm.  Lyle threats all who use a remedy against insects on their fields. Ponch finds on a destroyed field a campsite receipt. When he follows up, he meets up with Shawna, Lyle´s campsite neighbour. Shawna tells what she is knowing, so Jon and Ponch visit the V.A. Hospital. The V.A. doctor says that Lyle is mentally disturbed since he left Vietnam.  Barry is not happy doing his new job. When Jon and Ponch visits him, Lyle shows up bearing Molotov Cocktails out of his truck. Jon and Ponch start to follow him by motorbike, Pete with his own truck and Bear by biplane. Jon and Ponch can catch him when Bear drains off the insect destroyer out of his plane.  Barry doesn't want to quit the CHP, so Getraer rips his termination papers.

aired: 04/05/81     writer: Richard B. Mittleman director: Leslie H. Martinson

88. Vigilante

guest stars: Michael Cole (Gibson)

aired: 05/03/81

89. Dead Man's Riddle

guest stars: Tony Moran (Anderson)

aired: 05/10/81

90. A Simple Operation

guest stars: A Martinez (Dr. Rhodes)

aired: 03/17/81

Season 5

91. Suicide Stunt

aired: 10/04/81

92. Vagabonds

guest stars: Ed Harris (Lonny) McKee Anderson (Claire)

aired: 10/11/81

93. Moonlight

guest stars: Allison Balson (Amy) Judy Strangis (Sandra)

aired: 10/18/81

94. The Killer Indy

guest stars: Wendy Phillips (Joanne)

aired: 10/25/81

95. Weed Wars

Due to lack of laws on minors a young boy is used for drug smuggling.

aired: 10/31/81

96. Anything But the Truth

The only witness who can identify a freeway bandit is a pathological liar.

aired: 11/08/81

97. Bomb Run

Jon and Ponch uncover an elaborate robbery taking place at an air show.

aired: 11/15/81

98. Diamond in the Rough

guest stars: Nicky Katt (Pat McGuire) Stephen Davies (Bill McGuire) Bruce Jenner (Steve McLeish) Gwynne Gilford (Betty Getraer) Henry Jones (Dutton) Marc Alaimo (Zager)

Jon and Steve track down a hit-and-run driver who turns out to be a master thief plotting a major diamond heist.

aired: 11/22/81

99. Finders Keepers

Steve recovers a stolen car and is mysteriously chased and harassed by the thieves.

aired: 11/29/81

100. Fast Money

Ponch's apartment building goes condo; Jon's girlfriend, a courier, is robbed by a mechanical wizard.

aired:  12/05/81

101. Concours d'Elegance

Jon and Ponch investigate a scheme to skim profits from the auction of rare antique autos.

aired: 12/13/81

102. Mitchell & Woods

guest stars: Cindy Morgan (Melanie Mitchell) Frank Ashmore (Lance)

Two undercover detectives who were once members of Ponch's Angels are assigned to investigate the slaying of a gigolo.

aired: 12/18/81

103. Breaking Point

After Jon has a close call with a bike accident, he gets leery to ride on high speed chases.

aired: 01/03/82

104. Tiger in the Streets

Jon and Ponch pursue a vengeful mechanic and an escaped tiger.

aired: 01/10/82

105. Bright Flashes

Jon and Ponch are baffled by a gang of crooks that uses lasers to disable their victims.

aired: 01/17/82

106. Battle of the Bands

A group of punk rockers cause trouble and get caught stealing and breaking into cars.

aired:  01/31/82

107. Alarmed

guest stars: Elizabeth Daily (Carol Sweeney) Simon Oakland ()

A gang is wanted for grand theft auto when they hunt down valuable cars for big money.

aired: 02/14/82     writer: Rudolph Borchert

108. In the Best of Families

guest stars: Anne Francis () Michael Morgan () Timothy Patrick Murphy ()

A woman and her two unruly sons plot to steal an armored car.

aired: 02/21/82

109. Silent Partner

aired: 02/28/82

110. Flare Up

A tanker overturns on the highway, spilling an acid that produces a lethal vapor when mixed with water.

aired: 03/07/82

111. The Game of War

A group of four-wheel-drive pranksters creates a disturbance to cover up the attempted escape of a felon.

aired: 03/14/82

112. A Threat of War (a.k.a. Karate II)

guest stars: Danny Bonaduce (Billy)

Jon and Ponch try to quell a gang war in Ponch's old neighborhood.

aired: 03/21/82

113. Trained for Trouble

guest stars: Don Stroud (Lou Poole) Belinda Montgomery (Elaine Price) Dan Hedaya (Herzog) Frank Aletter (Dr. Johnson) Nita Talbot (Nita) Michael Dorn (Turner) Jo Anna Lehmann (Nurse) Carole Wyand (Sharon)

While trained animal bank robbers make monkeys of the cops, Ponch discovers that a look-a-like in CHP uniform is a strip-teaser at a ladies only nightclub.

aired: 04/04/82     writer: Larry Alexander director: Barry Crane

114. Ice Cream Man

A former CHP officer who was imprisoned for taking bribes regains his self-esteem after breaking up a large theft ring.

aired: 04/18/82

115. Overload

guest stars: Paul Brinegar (Keith Lawton) Michael Anderson Jr. (Lucas Peters)

Computer thieves hamper Jon and Ponch's efforts to apprehend them by fouling up the CHP computer.

aired: 05/02/82     director:  Robert Pine

116. K-9-1

Jon and Ponch are teamed with two members of the canine patrol.

aired: 05/09/82

117. Force Seven

guest stars: Fred Dryer (Lt. John LeGarre) Richard Livingston (Lt. John LeGarre) Tom Re illy () Steve Franken () John Rhys-Davies (Nakura) Tony Longo ()

Lt. John LeGarre(Fred Dryer), and Officers Skip Nichols (Tom Reilly) and Cindy Davis (Donna Kei Benù) belong to a secret LAPD police unit dedicated to the preservation of human life through the use of martial arts.

aired: 05/23/82