6.2/1081 votes#1 - Suicide Stunt
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1981
Ponch and Jon struggle to keep their eyes on a visiting motorcycle star who keeps pulling screwball shenanigans all around town in the pursuit of love.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1074 votes#2 - Vagabonds
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1981
Our determined CHP team outwits a family of con artists who are scamming drivers by staging auto accidents. Four-time Academy Award nominee Ed Harris (HBO's Westworld) guest stars.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: William Douglas Lansford
7.0/1076 votes#3 - Moonlight
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1981
Ponch and Jon's 4th anniversary as partners is nearly ruined when a toxic-chemicals dumper (William Lucking, Sons of Anarchy) has a near-catastrophic semi truck crash.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: N/A
5.6/10253 votes#4 - The Killer Indy
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1981
Caitlyn Jenner (as Bruce Jenner) joins the squad as Officer Steve McLeish, but a harrowing street race may make his first day his last.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: N/A
6.8/1077 votes#5 - Weed Wars
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1981
Drug syndicates are being reckless on the road and loose with the law. A boy puts a hex on Ponch for asking him too many questions.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Rudolph Borchert
5.4/10241 votes#6 - Anything But the Truth
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1981
Jon and Steve ditch their bikes for a wild ATC (all terrain cycle) adventure with a beautiful compulsively lying witness to a strong of hit-and-run robberies.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1074 votes#7 - Bomb Run
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1981
Ponch's recent flying lessons really come in handy when crooks bomb an air show. It's going to take a flight of fancy to stop them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.2/10240 votes#8 - Diamond in the Rough
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1981
Steve makes a daring arrest for Grand Theft Moped, while Jon responds to a bank robbery that leads him on a wild car chase.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: Steve Greenberg, Aubrey Solomon
5.6/10238 votes#9 - Finders Keepers
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1981
A henchman tracking Steve nearly runs him down, while Jon falls head-over-heels in love with a gorgeous country western singer. Academy Award nominee Amy Madigan guest stars.
Director: John Peyser
Writer: Robert Biheller, W. Dal Jenkins
5.7/10238 votes#10 - Fast Money
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1981
Hijackers use a new high-tech device to rip off highway couriers, while Ponch gets a "new" roommate. Shelly Berman (Curb Your Enthusiasm) guest stars.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: N/A
5.5/10240 votes#11 - Concours d'Elegance
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1981
The guys uncover a clever scheme when they inquire about a wealthy man who's embezzling from his family's antique-car charity auction.
Director: John Patterson
Writer: N/A
4.3/10128 votes#12 - Mitchell & Woods
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1981
In this spin-off episode, Officers Paula Woods and Melanie Mitchell are promoted to detectives to investigate a homicide.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: Rick Edelstein
6.8/1078 votes#13 - Breaking Point
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1982
Ponch's sister is in town. Plus he has a serious accident that has him contemplating never riding a motorcycle again.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: Vander Cecil
7.4/1071 votes#14 - Tiger in the Streets
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/1982
Juvenile "bump and tag" drivers interrupt the capture of a tiger that escaped from a wild animal park. Pioneer comedian Slappy White lends some levity.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1073 votes#15 - Bright Flashes
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1982
Ponch races in a sprint car and is temporarily blinded by a thief's laser, causing him to crash. HE and Jon pay a visit to an odd character (George "Goober" Lindsey) to get some answers.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: James Doherty
6.9/1094 votes#16 - Battle of the Bands
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1982
It is quite the battle for Ponch and Jon to apprehend a band of destructive punk rockers who steal the guitars from their competitors and induce a riot. Plus disco-dancing Ponch serenades the crowd.
Director: Barry Crane
Writer: N/A
7.9/1083 votes#17 - 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
7.4/1076 votes#18 - In the Best of Families
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1982
A stolen cruiser is chased down the wrong side of the freeway, causing a huge car crash. A family of crooks gets buzzing on an armored car heist by posing as CHP officers.
Director: John Florea
Writer: N/A
7.0/1079 votes#19 - Silent Partner
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1982
Jon learns a life lesson -- and a legal one -- after arresting a man he assumes is drunk. Ponch has a hot, hearing-impaired date.
Director: Gordon Hessler
Writer: Bruce Shelly
7.4/1068 votes#20 - Flare Up
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/1982
Jon is in a serious situation after breathing in a blast of chlorine gas. Ponch is accused of assault by a former juvenile delinquent.
Director: John Florea
Writer: Larry Mollin
7.3/1070 votes#21 - The Game of War
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/1982
Former military soldiers take their games to the streets and aid in the jet-pack escape of a criminal during a prisoner transfer. HQ plays host to an all-night CHP chess match.
Director: Gordon Hessler
Writer: N/A
7.4/1082 votes#22 - A Threat of War (a.k.a. Karate II)
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 3/21/1982
The leader (Danny Bonaduce) of an armed martial arts gang threatens Ponch and Jon, but the duo's own expert fighting skills turn out to be the gang's downfall.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: Doug Heyes, Jr.
6.6/1072 votes#23 - Trained for Trouble
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 4/4/1982
A gang of dogs and primates rob a bank and get away, making monkeys out of the CHP. And Ponch discovers he has a male stripper look-alike.
Director: Barry Crane
Writer: N/A
7.6/1068 votes#24 - Ice Cream Man
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 4/18/1982
Ponch performs a harrowing rescue of a driver careening off a cliff and then goes on to save an ex-con and former CHP officer from a devastating explosion.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: William Douglas Lansford
7.5/1072 votes#25 - Overload
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 5/2/1982
Ponch and Jon take to the sea in a thrilling wetbike chase, while Ponch's "little black book" is in danger of being exposed by hackers.
Director: Robert Pine
Writer: Esther Mitchell
The Best Episodes of CHiPs Season 5
Every episode of CHiPs Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of CHiPs Season 5!
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 5 Ratings Summary
"Suicide Stunt" is the best rated episode of "CHiPs" season 5. It scored 6.2/10 based on 81 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/4/1981. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Vagabonds".