The BEST episodes of CHiPs season 3
Every episode of CHiPs season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of CHiPs season 3!
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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Christmas Watch
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/15/1979
A pair of thieves are robbing houses in the run-up to Christmas. Ponch is feeling down because he longs for a family Christmas and doesn't know his mother is flying in.
#7 - High Octane
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1979
While Ponch and Jon resolve a confrontation at a gas station, Grossie and Getraer come across an accident caused by an oil truck. This episode marks Sindy Cahill's last appearance.
#8 - Jailbirds
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/1980
First Jon then Ponch get put in jail for contempt of court when they refuse to name their informant. Getraer gets the rest of the team searching through parking violations to prove the defendant was no stranger to the raided warehouse.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Dynamite Alley
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/30/1980
Bonnie flips her cruiser on the way back from Bakersfield, and the only witness is a boy she talks to on the CB. Grossman is writing an article for Highway Patrol magazine about hallucinations experienced while driving.
#11 - Kidnap
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1980
A couple of kids are supposed to be touring the courthouse after winning a traffic safety contest, but, after starting one of the CHP bikes they hide in the back of Rolls Royce. Two fleeing criminals jump into the Rolls and drive off, initially unaware that the kids are in the back. After briefly losing the Rolls, Ponch decides to follow undercover in a borrowed car, and leads his colleagues to the kidnappers with his "La Cucaracha" horn.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Destruction Derby
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/1979
Ponch and Jon go undercover at a raceway to probe a drug ring.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Off Road
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1980
Jon and Ponch enter a desert off-road race, unaware that a pair of syndicate thugs are using the race as a cover to retrieve a cache of stolen coins.
#20 - Second Chance
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/1979
Ponch and Jon try to apprehend a jewel thief who has hit several condos in Marina del Rey. A thief injures a young girl while making a motorcycle getaway. Ponch tries to befriend a recovering girl who was injured by the thief during his escape.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - Thrill Show
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1980
A punk rock group, humorously called "The Bus Boys," is stealing from the patrons of tourist buses to get money for a demo record. Bonnie plans to leave her job on the force and join up with her former boyfriend, Crazy Ray Conner, the stunt driver with The Joey Chitwood Thrill Show.