7.1/10146 votes#1 - Roller Disco (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1979
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
7.3/10146 votes#2 - Roller Disco (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1979
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
7.8/10102 votes#3 - 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 votes#4 - 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
8.0/10115 votes#5 - 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
7.4/1096 votes#6 - Counterfeit
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1979
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
7.4/10100 votes#7 - The Return of the Supercycle
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1979
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
7.8/1093 votes#8 - 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
7.5/1094 votes#9 - Drive, Lady, Drive (1)
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1979
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
7.3/1086 votes#10 - Drive, Lady, Drive (2)
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/1979
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
7.7/10103 votes#11 - 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
7.3/1087 votes#12 - Destruction Derby
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/1979
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
7.6/1091 votes#13 - 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
7.6/1084 votes#14 - 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
8.0/10110 votes#15 - 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
7.2/1078 votes#16 - Jailbirds
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/1980
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
7.7/10101 votes#17 - 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
6.7/1093 votes#18 - Kidnap
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1980
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
7.0/1081 votes#19 - Off Road
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1980
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
7.2/1090 votes#20 - Tow Truck Lady
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1980
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
7.0/1078 votes#21 - The Strippers
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1980
Jon and Ponch attempt to trap a gang of car strippers with drug smuggling connections.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: N/A
6.6/1084 votes#22 - Thrill Show
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1980
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
7.5/1085 votes#23 - Nightingale
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/23/1980
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
7.1/1078 votes#24 - Dynamite Alley
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/30/1980
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
The Best Episodes of CHiPs Season 3
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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...
Genres:DramaAction & Adventure
Network:NBC
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Roller Disco (1)" is the best rated episode of "CHiPs" season 3. It scored 7.1/10 based on 146 votes. Directed by Don Weis and written by N/A, it aired on 9/22/1979. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Roller Disco (2)".