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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 Worst Episode
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    CHiPs Season 1 Episode 6 - Baby Food
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    #1 - Baby Food

    S1:E6

    A truck loses toxic baby food on the highway. A tramp pair with a baby finds two boxes. Ponch and Jon try to find the lost boxes. Ponch is interested in his neighbor Melinda, but Melinda falls in a love with Jon. On the highway Jon and Ponch save a dog out of a burning car. When they find the tramp family they save the baby by taking it on their motorbikes.

    Director:Paul Krasny
    Writer:Simon Muntner

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  2. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 7 - Taking Its Toll
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    #2 - Taking Its Toll

    S1:E7

    When two thieves escape from Jon after a successful robbery at a toll booth, it is the start of a crime wave and a massive manhunt. Jon and Ponch later encounter a crashed limo with a time bomb on its back seat - and a man trapped beneath the car. Jon is writing a book about Ponch's funny accidents. When Ponch finds that out, Jon changes and depicts him as a heroic, modern day warrior.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Bill Taub

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  3. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 8 - Green Thumb Burglar
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    #3 - Green Thumb Burglar

    S1:E8

    Jon and Ponch learn that Sgt. Getraer love plants very much. He is very angry about thieves who steal plants from public places. Ponch meets twins who give him a short look in his future this day. It's not looking good for him.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writers:Skip Webster, Jock MacKelvie

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  4. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 9 - Hustle
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    #4 - Hustle

    S1:E9

    Always looking for opportunities to make money, Ponch discovers that Jon once worked as an instructor in a bowling alley and still is a great bowler. Keeping Jon's secret from the other CHiPs, Ponch places a series of bets that his partner will defeat all favorites in an upcoming police bowling tournament. As the officers approach a car that went through a stop sign, they get a surprise. The driver is actor Broderick Crawford, who starred as Dan Mathews in Highway Patrol, the hit 1950s series that could be called the ancestor of CHiPs.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:John Groves

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  5. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 10 - Highway Robbery
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    #5 - Highway Robbery

    S1:E10

    Jon and Ponch arrest a thief who uses a motorcycle to rob drivers in traffic jams. When Jon recognizes the prisoner as a high-school classmate, a former football hero, he offers him help. Ponch has a crush on the beautiful model for a sun lotion ad campaign. Mesmerized by her pictures on highway billboards, he's determined to date the girl. Learning that Sgt. Getraer knows the model and her family, Ponch attempts to convince Getraer to arrange a date with his dream girl. He really gets an abrupt surprise when he meets Janey.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Paul Robert Coyle

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  6. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 11 - Name Your Price
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    #6 - Name Your Price

    S1:E11

    Rolls-Royces are being stolen. Grossie, Baricza, Jon and Ponch are catching chickens which have escaped out of a crashed truck. Ponch is a contestant on the game show 'Name Your Price'. A car is run off the road by a Porsche, inside a man is trapped who happens to be diabetic...

    Director:Ric Rondell
    Writer:Bruce Shelly

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  7. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 12 - Aweigh We Go
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    #7 - Aweigh We Go

    S1:E12

    A car pulling a trailer with a boat swerves to avoid an oncoming car and smashes into a hair salon. Ponch has his mind set on buying the boat together with Jon. Being short on personnel, Jon and Ponch are assigned to the weigh station A car has gone over a cliff with a woman and her little girl inside.

    Director:Ivan Nagy
    Writer:Christian I. Nyby II

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  8. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 13 - One Two Many
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    #8 - One Two Many

    S1:E13

    CHP officers usually ride in pairs, but this day Ponch leaves Jon to handle an emergency. While Jon is alone, an officer pulls up to a car and acts improperly, so frightening the female driver that she causes a traffic accident as she speeds away. As the Highway Patrol searches for for the unknown officer, Jon learns that the mystery man is apparently his double - and that his career is in jeopardy as long as the phony remains at large.

    Director:Paul Krasny
    Writer:Burton Armus

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  9. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 15 - Surf's Up
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    #9 - Surf's Up

    S1:E15

    A speeding 3 wheeler motorbike goes past Jon and Ponch, who give chase. Jon and Ponch get sent to Malibu when they ask for a change of scenery. 3 men are car stripping in Malibu. Ponch and Jon go to the beach while they take time off work.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Bruce Shelly

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  10. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 16 - Vintage '54
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    #10 - Vintage '54

    S1:E16

    A baby is left behind in a parking area. A female sky diver nearly lands on the highway when her parachute is stuck on the bridge above. Mrs. Downey's car has been stolen. A dumpster gets unhitched from its garbage van and runs freely down the freeway

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writers:Mort Thaw, Ed Robak

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  11. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 17 - Hitch-Hiking Hitch
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    #11 - Hitch-Hiking Hitch

    S1:E17

    Two girls are found by Jon and Ponch while hitch-hiking. One blames the other for being there and doing this, but Ponch and Jon learn that this is not true. Later they have to save them out of a dangerous situation.

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writers:Bruce Shelly, Karl Tunberg

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  12. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 18 - Cry Wolf
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    #12 - Cry Wolf

    S1:E18

    A rash of false alarms ties up CHP, fire engines, and ambulances. A young man who is living by his sister does this.

    Director:John Florea
    Writers:Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell

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  13. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 20 - Rainy Day
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    #13 - Rainy Day

    S1:E20

    Jon and Ponch are to patrol in a police cruiser as it's raining hard. A man gets thrown out of a gambling camper. Another man is driving down the highway, holding an umbrella out the window. A schoolteacher is allowed to take her little students to Central where they'll be given a tour by Ponch.

    Director:Gordon Hessler
    Writers:James Doherty, William D. Gordon, Rod Baker, Glen Olson

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  14. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 21 - Crack-Up
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    #14 - Crack-Up

    S1:E21

    Jon and Grossie are hurt giving chase to a speeding Trans Am. They both end up in the hospital. Ponch is teamed up with Getraer untill Jon is fully recovered and out of the hospital.

    Director:Phil Bondelli
    Writer:Rudolph Borchert

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  15. CHiPs Season 1 Episode 22 - Flashback!
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    #15 - Flashback!

    S1:E22

    A rookie, Brent Delaney, fresh out of motorschool is not very liked by his fellow patrolmen. 2 men are stealing police motorbikes. A man being pulled over with a dangerous hitch-hiker. 2 young girls accidentally drive into a swimming pool.

    Director:Michael Caffey
    Writer:Bruce Shelly

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  16. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 1 - Peaks and Valleys
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    #16 - 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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  17. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 2 - The Volunteers
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    #17 - 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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  18. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 3 - Family Crisis
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    #18 - 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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  19. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 8 - The Grudge
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    #19 - 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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  20. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 10 - Return of the Turks
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    #20 - 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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  21. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 11 - Supercycle
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    #21 - 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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  22. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 13 - Down Time
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    #22 - 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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  23. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 14 - Repo Man
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    #23 - 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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  24. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 15 - MAIT Team
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    #24 - 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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  25. CHiPs Season 2 Episode 16 - Pressure Point
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    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Baby Food" is the worst rated episode of "CHiPs". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Paul Krasny and written by Simon Muntner, it aired on 10/27/1977. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Taking Its Toll".