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The Best Episodes of CHiPs Season 2

Every episode of CHiPs Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of CHiPs Season 2!

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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
    CHiPs Season 2 Episode 1 - Peaks and Valleys
    7.2/10(152 votes)

    #1 - Peaks and Valleys

    S2:E1

    Central gets a new mechanic, Harlan Arliss. Ponch and Jon are accused of improperly moving an accident victim. Jon meets an old friend who tries to convince him that there are better jobs out there than CHP officers.

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writer:Rudolph Borchert

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  2. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 2 - The Volunteers
    7.1/10(134 votes)

    #2 - The Volunteers

    S2:E2

    Jon and Ponch must take on the dangerous assignment of escorting a convoy of trucks carrying hazardous chlorine gas.

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Arthur Marks

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  3. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 3 - Family Crisis
    7.5/10(139 votes)

    #3 - Family Crisis

    S2:E3

    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
    Writers:James Doherty, William D. Gordon

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  4. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 4 - Disaster Squad
    7.3/10(156 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 5 - Neighborhood Watch
    7.2/10(136 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 6 - Trick or Trick
    7.4/10(137 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 7 - High Flyer
    7.5/10(134 votes)

    #7 - High Flyer

    S2:E7

    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

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  8. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 8 - The Grudge
    7.3/10(125 votes)

    #8 - The Grudge

    S2:E8

    After arresting some frat brothers for cannabis possession, Ponch and Jon find themselves targets of a vendetta by the disgruntled students.

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Rick Mittleman

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  9. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 9 - The Sheik
    7.2/10(129 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 10 - Return of the Turks
    7.7/10(124 votes)

    #10 - Return of the Turks

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Stephen Lord

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  11. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 11 - Supercycle
    7.6/10(137 votes)

    #11 - Supercycle

    S2:E11

    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

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  12. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 12 - High Explosive
    7.3/10(125 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 13 - Down Time
    7.5/10(131 votes)

    #13 - Down Time

    S2:E13

    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:Unknown

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  14. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 14 - Repo Man
    7.7/10(109 votes)

    #14 - Repo Man

    S2:E14

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

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 15 - MAIT Team
    8.1/10(170 votes)

    #15 - MAIT Team

    S2:E15

    Jon and Ponch investigate when Sindy is blamed for a major accident which leaves her unconscious and 11 people dead.

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 16 - Pressure Point
    7.8/10(114 votes)

    #16 - Pressure Point

    S2:E16

    Jon and Ponch are assigned to protect a VIP and his daughter.

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  17. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 17 - The Matchmakers
    7.1/10(124 votes)

    #17 - The Matchmakers

    S2:E17

    Cora is sad, in a few days she will lose her home to a building company. She has no idea where to go with her 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. A 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 works. Cora and Derk become a couple. Derk allows her to bring all her animals with her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 18 - Rally 'Round the Bank
    7.6/10(126 votes)

    #18 - Rally 'Round the Bank

    S2:E18

    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

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  19. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 19 - Bio-Rhythms
    7.5/10(114 votes)

    #19 - Bio-Rhythms

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 20 - Quarantine
    6.5/10(124 votes)

    #20 - Quarantine

    S2:E20

    Central HQ has to be quarantined after a boy is brought in suffering from a mysterious disease. Two crazy criminals are bringing trouble, too. The other officers investigate the past of the boy and find a puzzle piece in his ""bomb"". We learn that Grossie is learning Russian.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 21 - CHP-BMX
    7.5/10(112 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 22 - Ride the Whirlwind
    7.6/10(107 votes)

    #22 - Ride the Whirlwind

    S2:E22

    Sindy, Jon and Ponch go in search of some outlaw bikers.

    Director:Larry Wilcox
    Writer:Stephen Lord

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  23. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 23 - The Greatest Adventures of "CHiPs"
    6.6/10(89 votes)

    #23 - The Greatest Adventures of "CHiPs"

    S2:E23

    A sustained superior special achievement award for the guys has fellow CHPers remembering Ponch and Jon's exploits, as flashbacks recount the coolest cases of Seasons One and Two.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writers:L. Ford Neale, John Huff

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Peaks and Valleys" is the best rated episode of "CHiPs" season 2. It scored 7.2/10 based on 152 votes. Directed by Phil Bondelli and written by Rudolph Borchert, it aired on 9/16/1978. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Volunteers".