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.

Last Updated: 11/16/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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8.19
26 votes

#1 - Drive, Lady, Drive: Part 2

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/1979

Donna/Linda is taken back to her foster home, but Candi suspects something is wrong. Jon and Ponch catch the dune buggy, and Jon discovers the hijackers' hideout.

Directors: Don Weis
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Mait Team
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8.00
34 votes

#2 - Mait Team

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1979

Officer Sindy Cahill is involved in an accident that claims nearly a dozen lives. Jon and Ponch become part of the Major Accident Investigation Team to try to discover the cause.

Directors: John Florea
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Weed Wars
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8.00
24 votes

#3 - Weed Wars

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1981

Due to lack of laws on minors a young boy is used for drug smuggling.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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Crash Course
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8.00
34 votes

#4 - Crash Course

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/4/1981

A car thief moves into the robbery business. Ponch has some problems to sort out with his bank account.

Directors: Phil Bondelli
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11-99: Officer Needs Help
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7.96
27 votes

#5 - 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

Directors: Phil Bondelli
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Ponch's Angels: Part 2
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7.96
25 votes

#6 - Ponch's Angels: Part 2

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/1/1981

The newly trained female officers nab a pair of thieves operating in and around a large marina.

Directors: John Florea
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The Strippers
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7.93
27 votes

#7 - The Strippers

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1980

A Mercedes belonging to Jon's girlfriend gets stolen while they're skydiving. Jon and Ponch's subsequent investigation results in them crossing paths with a pair of narcotics officers who are investigating a similar drug smuggling operation.

Directors: Don Weis
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A Simple Operation
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7.90
21 votes

#8 - A Simple Operation

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/17/1981

Getraer injures his eye in a motorcycle accident and ends up in the hospital. A hit man thinks Getraer saw his attack and plans to eliminate him.

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Forty Tons of Trouble
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7.90
29 votes

#9 - Forty Tons of Trouble

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/1981

Jon, Ponch, and the gang try to stop a group of thieves that are stealing heavy equipment from an independent construction company owner.

Directors: Gordon Hessler
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Overload
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7.89
18 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Robert Pine
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Return of the Turks
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7.87
38 votes

#11 - Return of the Turks

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1978

A man pretending to be a CHP officer continually gets Ponch into trouble.

Directors: Barry Crane
Writer: Stephen Lord
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Dead Man's Riddle
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7.84
19 votes

#12 - Dead Man's Riddle

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/10/1981

A psychiatrist joining the Accident Investigation Team fears that she may have been responsible for a serious high-speed collision that the CHP is currently trying to recreate in an investigation.

Directors: Michael Caffey
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Ponch's Angels: Part 1
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7.84
25 votes

#13 - Ponch's Angels: Part 1

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/28/1981

Ponch and Jon are assigned to train the CHP's first female motorcycle cops.

Directors: John Florea
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The Hawk and the Hunter
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7.83
24 votes

#14 - The Hawk and the Hunter

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/1981

Jon and Ponch probe into a case involving an environmentalist's allegations that Baricza's father, Pete, is polluting their town with his insecticides.

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Nightingale
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7.81
32 votes

#15 - Nightingale

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/23/1980

Various CHP officers encounter a mysterious female doctor who treats accident victims, then disappears before anyone gets her details. A teenage couple try to run away to Canada, but their van breaks down on the freeway.

Directors: Don Weis
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E.M.T.
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7.79
34 votes

#16 - E.M.T.

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1980

A swerving driver pulled over by Jon and Ponch turns out to be a fireman. Back at Central they volunteer for an E.M.T. course without reading the small print. The course is run by the fireman they pulled over, and he gives them a hard time. Later, Jon and Ponch save a car crash victim with a hang glider, and rescue a pair of kids from their cave-like den under the freeway.

Directors: Phil Bondelli
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Sharks
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7.79
19 votes

#17 - Sharks

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/22/1981

A supposedly quiet day of scuba-diving finds Ponch and Jon face-to-face with a ring of drug smugglers and sharks.

Directors: Phil Bondelli
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Vigilante
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7.79
19 votes

#18 - Vigilante

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/3/1981

Ponch and Jon investigate a mysterious vandal harassing Getraer and his family. They also have to get a handle on a local community patrol operation. One of its members has become a vigilante, using excessive force while trying to fight crime in remembrance of his son who was run down by a drunk driver.

Directors: Arnold Laven
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Tow Truck Lady
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7.76
38 votes

#19 - Tow Truck Lady

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1980

A tow truck driver steals cars with his tow truck to pay off a loan.

Directors: Larry Wilcox
Writer: Max Hodge
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Bomb Run
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7.73
22 votes

#20 - Bomb Run

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1981

The CHiPs have a task at a flight show. Bear meets his former girlfriend and nearly spouse Terry. Terry and her dad are planing to rob the flight show bureau. She tries to catch Bear again even she's married. Ponch takes flying lessons and is quite good, only the landings doesn't allow him to fly alone.

Directors: Phil Bondelli
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Home Fires Burning
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7.73
22 votes

#21 - Home Fires Burning

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/1981

As part of an insurance scam, arsonists start burning down mobile homes, causing chaos for Jon and Ponch. Meanwhile, they prepare for a basketball game.

Directors: Charles Bail
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New Guy in Town
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7.73
22 votes

#22 - New Guy in Town

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/15/1981

An annoying rookie proves his worth when he saves Jon from death at the hands of the brother- and sister-in-law of a man the officer had imprisoned.

Directors: Arnold Laven
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Rally 'Round the Bank
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7.71
31 votes

#23 - Rally 'Round the Bank

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1979

Bank robbers use a fake bomb and a rally race to carry off their heists. Ponch receives a visit from his mother, and a safety citation.

Directors: Barry Crane
Writer: Lee H. Grant
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Repo Man
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7.70
40 votes

#24 - Repo Man

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/1979

The officers apprehend a repo man who has been stealing cars.

Directors: John Florea
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Concours d'Elegance
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7.69
16 votes

#25 - Concours d'Elegance

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1981

Jon and Ponch investigate a scam designed to skim profits from auction sales of rare antique motor cars.

Directors: John Patterson
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