The BEST episodes of CHiPs
Every episode of CHiPs ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of CHiPs!
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.
#1 - 11-99: Officer Needs Help
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1981
A new system is put in use to send back-up faster to injured officers. Testing it, Jon and Ponch track down thieves that are stealing delivery trucks from loading docks
#2 - Overload
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/2/1982
Computer-theft plotters jam the CHP computer center and attempt to rendezvous with an ocean-bound yacht.
#3 - Valley Go Home!
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1979
The rivalry between two teenage gangs intensifies when each blames the other for a series of robberies. Officers mediate a feud between teenagers. Ponch and Jon intervene when some irate surfers chase the Valley kids who bumped their car. Meanwhile, a couple of thieves use trash pickup as a cover to rip off beach-goers' tape decks.
#4 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1977
Series pilot: Ponch and Jon chase a sports car theft ring.
#5 - Wheeling
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/8/1979
A trio of wheelchair-bound drivers create problems for Jon and Ponch both in and out of their vehicles. The father of a hit-and-run victim is determined to catch the driver responsible, with or without the help of the CHP.
#6 - Drive, Lady, Drive: Part 1
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1979
Ponch, Jon, Bear and Lenny go to Palma Vista to cover for the striking Palma Vista Police Department. While there, they help an orphaned 10-year-old girl find a new home, arrest a councilman's two sons and city manager's daughter on some serious traffic charges, and break up a hijacking ring. Ponch falls for a lady race car driver, but loses out in the end.
#7 - Roller Disco: Part 1
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1979
Jon and Getraer ride together while Ponch is busy hunting down stars for the annual CHP roller disco.
#8 - Rustling
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1978
Jon and Ponch confront dirt-bike-riding cattle rustlers.
#9 - The Watch Commander
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/1979
A new watch commander, Lieutenant Bates, tries to make sure everything runs by the rule book but eventually sees the need for flexibility. A pair of thieves are renting tractor units and stealing packed trailers from loading bays.
#10 - Surf's Up
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1978
The officers request a change of scenery and are temporarily assigned to beach patrol in Malibu.
#11 - Pressure Point
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/1979
A rich businessman and his granddaughter become the target of an unscrupulous security firm. Ponch and Jon are placed on security detail.
#12 - The Matchmakers
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1979
A woman named Cora Gilford is forced to move from her home so she tries to kill herself. Derk, a 30-year motor veteran, is set to retire. The CHPs play matchmaker between Cora and Derk.
#13 - Quarantine
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/24/1979
Central HQ has to be quarantined after a boy is brought in suffering from a mysterious disease.
#14 - Ride the Whirlwind
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/10/1979
Jon puts together a pilot program for a special trail bike team to deal with outlaw bikers illegally riding in the hills.
#15 - Roller Disco: Part 2
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1979
Jon loses the skater he's been chasing. Meanwhile, Ponch is still looking for his skater but can't find him. Jon lets troubled popstar Jimmy Tyler stay at his apartment.
#16 - Death Watch
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1979
The death of a fellow officer sets Ponch and Jon on the trail of a stunt driver who instigates accidents to pay back insurance companies.
#17 - Counterfeit
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1979
A bogus clergyman prints counterfeit money that circulates to Ponch. Meanwhile, Ponch is worried that his blind date is too shallow.
#18 - Return of the Supercycle
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1979
Ponch ends up in hospital when he crashes while pursuing a jewelry thief on a motorbike. Jon and Ponch think it could be Roy Yarnell, who's back in town with his own stunt show. Meanwhile, a new female officer is interested in Jon, but his colleagues think she's there to spy on them.
#19 - Hot Wheels
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1979
A spate of jewelry robberies is committed by thieves using city vehicles. Ponch thinks he's solved the crimes from his hospital bed. Meanwhile, practical joker Bill Clayton rejoins the team at Central.
#20 - Aweigh We Go
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1977
A rash of tractor trailer rig hijackings finds Jon and Ponch assigned to the nearby highway scale station for training; Ponch tries to convince Jon that they should buy a speedboat.
#21 - Name Your Price
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1977
A sophisticated ring of thieves drives away Rolls Royces in broad daylight; Ponch receives tickets to his favorite game show, "Name Your Price", which is similar to The Price Is Right.
#22 - Highway Robbery
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1977
A down-and-out vet lifting purses from women in traffic jams turns out to be a former classmate of Jon's; Ponch convinces Getraer to introduce him to the Easy-On Suntan Lotion model.
#23 - Hustle
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1977
A leather-clad duo on dirtbikes heists cash from area supermarkets; an eccentric defendant from traffic court vows to demonstrate that Ponch is incompetent.
#24 - Green Thumb Burglar
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1977
Fresh plantings stolen from the highways near the command post nearly drive Getraer to distraction; a pair of psychic twins foretell gloom and doom in Ponch's immediate future
#25 - Taking Its Toll
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1977
A pair of bandits rip off wealthy targets while they're stopped at local toll booths; Jon decides to write a novel based on Ponch's misadventures.