8.0/10117 votesLoading...#1 - Supercycle
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1978
Jon and Ponch pursue the Phantom - a motorcyclist who has been performing illegal stunts on the freeway using a souped-up superbike.
Director: Phil Bondelli
Writer: Barney Slater
8.0/10115 votesLoading...#2 - Death Watch
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1979
After a fellow officer is killed, Ponch and Jon investigate a crooked stuntman who has been causing accidents as part of an insurance scam.
Director: Barry Crane
Writer: N/A
8.0/10108 votesLoading...#3 - Christmas Watch
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/15/1979
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
Writer: L. Ford Neale, John Huff
7.9/10110 votesLoading...#4 - High Flyer
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1978
Jon and Ponch attempt to catch a gang of thieves who have been stripping car parts from parked vehicles. And Ponch fakes illness in order to conceal his fear of flying.
Director: Gordon Hessler
Writer: James Schmerer
7.9/10143 votesLoading...#5 - MAIT Team
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1979
Jon and Ponch investigate when Sindy is blamed for a major accident which leaves her unconscious and 11 people dead.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.9/10103 votesLoading...#6 - Rally 'Round the Bank
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1979
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.
Director: Barry Crane
Writer: Lee H. Grant
7.9/1083 votesLoading...#7 - Alarmed
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1982
A former CHP officer trains female thieves who target Jon's car. Ponch and Jon keep the peace between a car alarm expert and his daughter, who is figuring out her life.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10102 votesLoading...#8 - Valley Go Home!
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1979
Officers mediate a feud between teenagers . Ponch and Jon intervene when some irate surfers chase the Valley kids who bumped their car.
Director: Barry Crane
Writer: N/A
7.8/10110 votesLoading...#9 - High Octane
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1979
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.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.8/1093 votesLoading...#10 - Hot Wheels
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1979
While Ponch is in hospital, Jon and a new partner investigate several thefts involving city vehicles.
Director: John Florea
Writer: Larry Alexander
7.8/1080 votesLoading...#11 - Crash Course
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/4/1981
A getaway driver (Dan Stroud) promotes himself to armed robber, while Ponch is thrown off balance over his bank account.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10114 votesLoading...#12 - Hustle
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1977
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 an 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 starred as Dan Mathews in Highway Patrol, the hit 1950s series that could be called the ancestor of CHiPs.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: John Groves
7.7/10114 votesLoading...#13 - Vintage '54
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1978
A baby is left behind in a parking area. A female sky diver nearly lands on the highway when her parachute is stuck on the bridge above. Mrs. Downey's car has been stolen. A dumpster gets unhitched from its garbage van and runs freely down the freeway
Director: Barry Crane
7.7/10116 votesLoading...#14 - Family Crisis
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1978
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.
Director: Phil Bondelli
Writer: James Doherty, William D. Gordon
7.7/10106 votesLoading...#15 - High Explosive
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/9/1978
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
7.7/10110 votesLoading...#16 - Down Time
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1978
Ponch is proud, his new build Firebird is a lovely car. He also gets a new neighbor, Kim. This woman is weird, she is very friendly to Ponch 'till she learns he's an officer. One day Ponch's Firebird is stolen. Ponch is very sad but he also checks Kim out. Later his car is burned down from Kim, who belongs to a group of female car thieves.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.7/10103 votesLoading...#17 - The Watch Commander
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/1979
A hard-nosed lieutenant tries to shape up CHP Central. Lieutenant ""Apple"" Bates has a hard time before he learns that he has the best troup all over L.A.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Frank Telford
7.7/1090 votesLoading...#18 - Second Chance
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/1979
Jon and Ponch try to apprehend a jewel thief who has hit several condos in Marina Del Ray. Who can know that a few very pretty ladies are the thieves?
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.7/1083 votesLoading...#19 - Wheeling
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/8/1979
A handicapped driver causes headaches for Jon and Ponch when he is mistaken for a hit-and-run driver. Jon and Ponch learn to respect handicapped people.
Director: Barry Crane
Writer: N/A
7.7/10101 votesLoading...#20 - E.M.T.
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1980
The instructor for an EMT course recognizes pupils Jon and Ponch as the officers who gave him a ticket the day before.
Director: N/A
Writer: Frank Dandridge
7.7/1084 votesLoading...#21 - New Guy in Town
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/15/1981
Ponch and Jon are hunted by a man who's determined to avenge his twin brother's death, while a perfectionist joins the squad intent on driving everyone crazy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10119 votesLoading...#22 - Taking Its Toll
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1977
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 encounter a crashed limo with a time bomb on its back seat - and a man trapped beneath the car. Jon is writing a book about Ponch's funny accidents. When Ponch finds that out, Jon changes and depicts him as a heroic, modern day warrior.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: Bill Taub
7.6/10114 votesLoading...#23 - Name Your Price
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1977
Rolls-Royces are being stolen. Grossie, Baricza, Jon and Ponch are catching chickens which have escaped out of a crashed truck. Ponch is a contestant on the game show 'Name Your Price'. A car is run off the road by a Porsche, inside a man is trapped who happens to be diabetic...
Director: Ric Rondell
Writer: Bruce Shelly
7.6/10116 votesLoading...#24 - Hitch-Hiking Hitch
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/9/1978
Two girls are found by Jon and Ponch while hitch-hiking. One blames the other for being there and doing this, but Ponch and Jon learn that this is not true. Later they have to save them out of a dangerous situation.
Director: Phil Bondelli
Writer: Karl Tunberg, Bruce Shelly
7.6/10116 votesLoading...#25 - Trick or Trick
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1978
Ponch and Jon find themselves having to deal with a bewildering array of petty thefts and false alarms when on patrol during Halloween.
Director: Phil Bondelli
Writer: James Schmerer
The Best Episodes of CHiPs
Every episode of CHiPs ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of CHiPs!
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...
Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Supercycle" is the best rated episode of "CHiPs". It scored 8/10 based on 117 votes. Directed by Phil Bondelli and written by Barney Slater, it aired on 12/2/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Death Watch".