7.2/1095 votes#1 - Go-Cart Terror
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1980
A friendly go-cart race between the CHP and the fire department kids' teams results in some unwelcome competition. Sonny Bono costars.
Director: John Florea
Writer: James Schmerer
7.6/1099 votes#2 - Sick Leave
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1980
An officer's erratic behavior is such serious subject matter that it is the series' only episode (and perhaps in all of television's history) produced without a soundtrack.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
6.8/1086 votes#3 - To Your Health
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1980
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
Writer: L. Ford Neale, John Huff
6.7/1081 votes#4 - The Poachers
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1980
While giving chase in the forest, Ponch and Jon encounter a Native American man who's teaching his son the old honored ways of wildlife survival.
Director: Barry Crane
Writer: N/A
7.2/1092 votes#5 - The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (1)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/1980
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
6.9/1096 votes#6 - The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (2)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/1980
At an A-list Hollywood party, Ponch and Jon get down with stars Gil Gerard, Cindy Williams, Todd Bridges, Rose Marie, Gary Burghoff and more!
Director: Gordon Hessler
Writer: N/A
7.2/1095 votes#7 - Satan's Angels
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/1980
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
7.5/1087 votes#8 - Wheels of Justice
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/1980
When a hospital gas main breaks, Ponch and Jon evacuate all the babies from the maternity ward to the only safe place they can think of -- CHP command HQ!
Director: Gordon Hessler
Writer: N/A
7.8/1080 votes#9 - 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
7.5/1088 votes#10 - Forty Tons of Trouble
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/1981
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
7.2/1081 votes#11 - 11-99: Officer Needs Help
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1981
What happens when officers go down in the field? The pressure is on to find a solution -- especially when organized crime gets the same intel at the same time.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1078 votes#12 - Home Fires Burning
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/1981
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
7.0/1080 votes#13 - Sharks
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/22/1981
A day off for scuba diving fun turns out to be anything but when Ponch and Jon face off with a band of underwater drug smugglers and man-eating sharks!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/10265 votes#14 - Ponch's Angels (1)
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/28/1981
In an attempt to get even, Sgt. Getraer assigns Ponch to train a group of insubordinate female recruits. Famous Playmate Barbi Benton costars.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.4/1086 votes#15 - Ponch's Angels (2)
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/1/1981
Ponch's recruits have their work cut out for them, and it's going to take more than good looks to take down an entire criminal operation.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.4/1090 votes#16 - Karate
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/8/1981
Ponch attempts to rid his old neighborhood of crime, but his rivals do everything they canto make that impossible. Danny Bonaduce costars.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: N/A
7.8/1085 votes#17 - 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
7.3/1078 votes#18 - The Hawk and the Hunter
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/1981
Officer Baricza spends more and more time helping his father with his crop-dusting business and less and less time doing police work -- until his pals pitch in.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: N/A
7.2/1088 votes#19 - Vigilante
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 5/3/1981
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
7.4/1073 votes#20 - Dead Man's Riddle
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/10/1981
Joanna Herns (Growing Pains) is featured in this touching episode about a psychologist who fears she may have caused a serious car accident.
Director: Michael Caffey
Writer: James Doherty, William D. Gordon
7.6/1080 votes#21 - A Simple Operation
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/17/1981
Sgt. Getraer is injured and, while in the hospital, witnesses a man assaulting a patient. Now the assailant tries to make sure that Getraer won't live to tell.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: James Schmerer
The Best Episodes of CHiPs Season 4
Every episode of CHiPs Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of CHiPs Season 4!
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 4 Ratings Summary
"Go-Cart Terror" is the best rated episode of "CHiPs" season 4. It scored 7.2/10 based on 95 votes. Directed by John Florea and written by James Schmerer, it aired on 9/21/1980. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Sick Leave".