CHiPs

Season 5

1981 27 Episodes

Hit the highway with a fifth season of high-octane action and adventure!

Episode 1
E1

Suicide Stunt

48 min Oct 04, 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.

Episode 2
E2

Vagabonds

48 min Oct 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.

Episode 3
E3

Moonlight

48 min Oct 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.

Episode 4
E4

The Killer Indy

48 min Oct 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.

Episode 5
E5

Weed Wars

48 min Oct 31, 1981 10.0

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.

Episode 6
E6

Anything But the Truth

48 min Nov 08, 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.

Episode 7
E7

Bomb Run

48 min Nov 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.

Episode 8
E8

Diamond in the Rough

48 min Nov 22, 1981 10.0

Steve makes a daring arrest for Grand Theft Moped, while Jon responds to a bank robbery that leads him on a wild car chase.

Episode 9
E9

Finders Keepers

48 min Nov 29, 1981 10.0

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.

Episode 10
E10

Fast Money

48 min Dec 05, 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.

Episode 11
E11

Concours d'Elegance

48 min Dec 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.

Episode 12
E12

Mitchell & Woods

48 min Dec 18, 1981 2.0

In this spin-off episode, Officers Paula Woods and Melanie Mitchell are promoted to detectives to investigate a homicide.

Episode 13
E13

Breaking Point

48 min Jan 03, 1982 10.0

Ponch's sister is in town. Plus he has a serious accident that has him contemplating never riding a motorcycle again.

Episode 14
E14

Tiger in the Streets

48 min Jan 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.

Episode 15
E15

Bright Flashes

48 min Jan 17, 1982 9.0

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.

Episode 16
E16

Battle of the Bands

48 min Jan 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.

Episode 17
E17

Alarmed

48 min Feb 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.

Episode 18
E18

In the Best of Families

48 min Feb 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.

Episode 19
E19

Silent Partner

48 min Feb 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.

Episode 20
E20

Flare Up

48 min Mar 07, 1982 10.0

Jon is in a serious situation after breathing in a blast of chlorine gas. Ponch is accused of assault by a former juvenile delinquent.

Episode 21
E21

The Game of War

48 min Mar 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.

Episode 22
E22

A Threat of War (a.k.a. Karate II)

48 min Mar 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.

Episode 23
E23

Trained for Trouble

48 min Apr 04, 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.

Episode 24
E24

Ice Cream Man

48 min Apr 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.

Episode 25
E25

Overload

48 min May 02, 1982 10.0

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.

Episode 26
E26

K-9-1

48 min May 09, 1982

Drug-sniffing canines score some impressive major busts, but when one dog is injured in a close call, Ponch fights to keep the loyal pooch on active duty.

Episode 27
E27

Force Seven

48 min May 23, 1982

The stakes are sky-high when an LAPD team of martial arts experts gets a precarious assignment -- finding and disarming a devastating missile attack.