The Best Episodes of CHiPs Season 3

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

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

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

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

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

Director: John Florea

Writer: Larry Alexander

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

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

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

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

Ponch and Jon encounter a hotshot cyclist who evades them after stealing. Ponch takes a bad fall while trying to avoid a semi and is hospitalized; a supercycle event has come to town, and the officers attempt to figure out who the culprit is. Devising a scheme for an interview with one of the cyclists, the CHiPs catch the culprit, an affiliate of the star of the supercycle show, by using a special-issue bike that can keep up with the cyclist.

Director: Bruce Kessler

Writer: N/A

Ponch and Jon become involved in the case of a young girl whose parents are nowhere to be found. Candi, a racing driver, takes her to the racetrack - with dramatic consequences.

Director: Don Weis

Writer: N/A

Jon and Ponch try to find a mysterious female doctor who is treating accident victims then disappearing . They learn that the lady is the wife of a doctor and helping only the poor. What shall they do? They have to arrest her first but the lady finds a way to be a doctor again.

Director: Don Weis

Writer: N/A

Ponch finds out about a counterfeiting scam run by a bogus preacher when he gets hold of some fake money.

Director: John Florea

Writer: N/A

Ponch and Jon deal with a rock star and help organizing a roller-skating fund-raiser. Ponch and Jon continue chasing the roller-skating thieves.

Director: Don Weis

Writer: Rudolph Borchert

Candi tries to help the young girl who is unhappy at her foster home. Ponch and Jon move in on the crooks that they have been watching.

Director: Don Weis

Writer: N/A

Jon and Ponch go undercover at a demolition derby, on the trail of stolen cars. Ponch's beloved Firebird is changing into a racing car .... but without Ponch's will.

Director: Gordon Hessler

Writer: N/A

When a tow truck driver is suspected of stealing cars to make ends meet, Jon and Ponch enlist the help of the driver's daughter .

Director: Larry Wilcox

Writer: N/A

Jon and Ponch are found guilty of contempt when they refuse to name an informant in court. Of course they meet criminals who were arrested by the officers.

Director: Bruce Kessler

Writer: N/A

While Ponch is busy trying to recruit celebrities for the CHP roller disco, Jon and Getraer deal with a teenage thief. Later, Ponch and Jon chase after two thieves who get away on roller-skates.

Director: Don Weis

Writer: N/A

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

Jon and Ponch attempt to trap a gang of car strippers with drug smuggling connections.

Director: Don Weis

Writer: N/A

Jon and Ponch enter a desert off-road race, unaware that a pair of thugs are using the race as a cover to retrieve a cache of stolen coins.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Two criminals escape from custody and steal a Rolls-Royce - complete with two children in the back seat . They have to learn that the children are very smart and clever. A "Lacho Caracha" helps Ponch finding the kids.

Director: Gordon Hessler

Writer: Stephen Kandel

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. Bonnie considers leaving the force to join a stunt show which is in town, while Jon and Ponch are on the trail of the gang who are robbing buses .

Director: Gordon Hessler

Writer: N/A