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The Best Episodes of CHiPs

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    CHiPs Season 1 Episode 19 - Crash Diet
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Crash Diet

    S1:E19

    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.

    Director:Don McDougall
    Writer:Rudolph Borchert

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  2. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 4 - Disaster Squad
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Disaster Squad

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Gordon Hessler
    Writer:Max Hodge

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  3. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 5 - Neighborhood Watch
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Neighborhood Watch

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writer:L. Ford Neale

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  4. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 6 - Trick or Trick
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Trick or Trick

    S2:E6

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

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writer:James Schmerer

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  5. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 9 - The Sheik
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Sheik

    S2:E9

    Jon and Ponch pull over a speeding motorist who claims to have diplomatic immunity. When they subsequently accept an invitation to a party, they find themselves being offered bribes by their host.

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writer:Jerry Thomas

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  6. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 12 - High Explosive
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - High Explosive

    S2:E12

    Jon and Ponch sort out an accident caused by a misguided youth with a pellet gun. And an ambulance driver steals a van and fills it with dynamite after being fired from his job.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Suzanne Ryder

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  7. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 21 - CHP-BMX
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - CHP-BMX

    S2:E21

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

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Rick Mittleman

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  8. CHiPs Season 3 Episode 8 - Hot Wheels
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Hot Wheels

    S3:E8

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

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Larry Alexander

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  9. CHiPs Season 3 Episode 15 - Christmas Watch
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Christmas Watch

    S3:E15

    A bell is stolen from a church. The Sunday school children are very sad about this. Ponch gets a visit from his mother. The officers have much to laugh at as a few drunken guys want to buy gas at the Central.

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writers:L. Ford Neale, John Huff

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  10. CHiPs Season 3 Episode 24 - Dynamite Alley
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Dynamite Alley

    S3:E24

    Officer Bonnie Clark believes she was forced off the road by a truck after crashing on a dangerous mountain road.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Rudolph Borchert

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  11. CHiPs Season 4 Episode 3 - To Your Health
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - To Your Health

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writers:L. Ford Neale, John Huff

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  12. CHiPs Season 4 Episode 5 - The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (1)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

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

    S4:E5

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

    Director:Gordon Hessler
    Writer:Rudolph Borchert

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  13. CHiPs Season 4 Episode 7 - Satan's Angels
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Satan's Angels

    S4:E7

    When a ruthless biker gang kidnaps Officer Clark, the boys gun it to save her, while Sgt. Getraer's wife suffers false labor pains.

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writer:William Douglas Lansford

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  14. CHiPs Season 4 Episode 10 - Forty Tons of Trouble
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Forty Tons of Trouble

    S4:E10

    A gang of thieves steals construction equipment, while the CHP drag race threatens to be a real drag. Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street films) costars.

    Director:Gordon Hessler
    Writer:James Schmerer

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  15. CHiPs Season 4 Episode 12 - Home Fires Burning
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Home Fires Burning

    S4:E12

    The guys are confident over an upcoming basketball game until they find out they're playing the amazing King Charles Unicycling Basketball Troupe!

    Director:Charles Bail
    Writer:Judith Dark

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  16. CHiPs Season 4 Episode 19 - Vigilante
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Vigilante

    S4:E19

    Mod Squad's Michael Cole costars in this thrilling episode about a criminal once arrested by Sgt. Getraer, who is back and on a terrifying rampage.

    Director:Arnold Laven
    Writer:Stephen Lord

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  17. CHiPs Season 5 Episode 5 - Weed Wars
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Weed Wars

    S5:E5

    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.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Rudolph Borchert

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  18. CHiPs Season 5 Episode 8 - Diamond in the Rough
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Diamond in the Rough

    S5:E8

    Steve makes a daring arrest for Grand Theft Moped, while Jon responds to a bank robbery that leads him on a wild car chase.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writers:Aubrey Solomon, Steve Greenberg

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  19. CHiPs Season 5 Episode 9 - Finders Keepers
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Finders Keepers

    S5:E9

    A henchman tracking Steve nearly runs him down, while Jon falls head-over-heels in love with a gorgeous country western singer. Academy Award nominee Amy Madigan guest stars.

    Director:John Peyser
    Writers:W. Dal Jenkins, Robert Biheller

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  20. CHiPs Season 5 Episode 13 - Breaking Point
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Breaking Point

    S5:E13

    Ponch's sister is in town. Plus he has a serious accident that has him contemplating never riding a motorcycle again.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Vander Cecil

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  21. CHiPs Season 5 Episode 20 - Flare Up
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Flare Up

    S5:E20

    Jon is in a serious situation after breathing in a blast of chlorine gas. Ponch is accused of assault by a former juvenile delinquent.

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Larry Mollin

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  22. CHiPs Season 5 Episode 25 - Overload
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Overload

    S5:E25

    Ponch and Jon take to the sea in a thrilling wetbike chase, while Ponch's "little black book" is in danger of being exposed by hackers.

    Director:Robert Pine
    Writer:Esther Mitchell

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  23. CHiPs Season 6 Episode 1 - Meet the New Guy
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Meet the New Guy

    S6:E1

    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.

    Director:John Astin
    Writer:Joseph Gunn

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  24. CHiPs Season 6 Episode 3 - The Spaceman Made Me Do It
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Spaceman Made Me Do It

    S6:E3

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

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Donald L. Gold

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  25. CHiPs Season 6 Episode 12 - Hot Date
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Hot Date

    S6:E12

    Thugs break into Ponch's apartment, taking him and his girlfriend hostage. It's a deadly game of touch-and-go until the CHP arrives to save the day.

    Director:John Florea
    Writers:Joseph Gunn, Paul Mason

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Best Episodes Summary

"Crash Diet" is the best rated episode of "CHiPs". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Don McDougall and written by Rudolph Borchert, it aired on 2/23/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Disaster Squad".