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CHiPs
Season 1
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The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers.
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22 Episodes
Pilot
E1
Episode 1
Pilot
Jon and Ponch are chasing thieves who steal luxury cars. Ponch has problems with Sgt. Getraer and can't do anything right by him. The thieves are using moving vans with stolen licence plates, so the chippies can't get them first. Nice scene: Ponch and his sticky ticket.
Undertow
E2
Episode 2
Undertow
A woman gets robbed by a tow truck driver and then he causes an accident. A chemical substance is spilled on the highway. Ponch gets intoxicated by the stuff. Jon has to get him to a hospital but Ponch is not very cooperative
Dog Gone
E3
Episode 3
Dog Gone
It's puppy love at the Highway Patrol when Ponch and Jon conspire to keep a dog they rescued a secret from Sgt. Getraer. A young punk and his pals plot to sabotage Ponch's bike, but make a big mistake.
Moving Violation
E4
Episode 4
Moving Violation
When Jon and Ponch stop a speeding car on the freeway, a very large man emerges from the vehicle. The raging driver proceeds to take his car apart and wouldn't mind doing the same to Ponch who has made the mistake of laughing during the demolition. Later, Ponch himself gets a ticket, and to keep his driving record clean, enrolls in a driving safety course. There he meets people he's given tickets. The Sarge calls Jon to go to a woman whose husband died by an accident on this morning. Jon is nearly crying when the little son takes him for his daddy.
Career Day
E5
Episode 5
Career Day
Ponch flies on patrol in a CHP helicopter and is asked to appear at his old high school's Career Day. Jon helps him entertain the audience. Ponch and Jon locate a missing boy and solve a series of residential burglaries.
Baby Food
E6
Episode 6
Baby Food
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.
Taking Its Toll
E7
Episode 7
Taking Its Toll
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.
Green Thumb Burglar
E8
Episode 8
Green Thumb Burglar
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.
Hustle
E9
Episode 9
Hustle
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.
Highway Robbery
E10
Episode 10
Highway Robbery
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.
Name Your Price
E11
Episode 11
Name Your Price
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.
Aweigh We Go
E12
Episode 12
Aweigh We Go
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.
One Two Many
E13
Episode 13
One Two Many
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.
Rustling
E14
Episode 14
Rustling
Thinking that it is Jon's birthday soon, Ponch plans a surprise birthday party for him. A cattle owner is stealing his own cattle in order to rip off the assurance agency. A magician is showing some tricks when he and his daughter are pulled over for running through a red light. A young girl is trapped in her car when a drunk driver runs her off the road.
Surf's Up
E15
Episode 15
Surf's Up
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.
Vintage '54
E16
Episode 16
Vintage '54
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
Hitch-Hiking Hitch
E17
Episode 17
Hitch-Hiking Hitch
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.
Cry Wolf
E18
Episode 18
Cry Wolf
A rash of false alarms ties up CHP, fire engines, and ambulances. A young man who is living by his sister does this.
Crash Diet
E19
Episode 19
Crash Diet
Jon and Ponch gently try to coax a disturbed veteran out of throwing dirt at passing autos. Also, Getraer orders his officers to peel off excess pounds.
Rainy Day
E20
Episode 20
Rainy Day
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.
Crack-Up
E21
Episode 21
Crack-Up
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.
Flashback!
E22
Episode 22
Flashback!
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.
Cast of Season 1
Larry Wilcox
Jon Baker
Erik Estrada
Frank Poncherello
Robert Pine
Joseph Getraer
Paul Linke
Arthur Grossman
Brodie Greer
Barry Baricza
Lew Saunders
Gene Fritz
Season 1 Reviews
Chicago Tribune
Gary Deeb
In the style of "Emergency," the program consists of several vignettes per episode. Also in the style of "Emergency," the dramatic value of CHiPs is invisible.
New York Times
John J. O'Connor
Somewhere between a sanitized Starsky and Hutch and a Police Story concocted for adolescents, CHiPs is standard formula gambling on fluke success.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Win Fanning
Although it just could catch on with the younger set -- and motorcycle enthusiasts, to be sure -- it is hard to escape the conclusion that NBC is simply tossing in the series to fill the hour opposite [network competition].
Common Sense Media
Melissa Camacho
Iconic 70s cop show has lots of big crashes, some sexism.
Washington Post
Tom Shales
They're a likeable pair. They never fire a gun, or even draw one from a holster and they demonstrate that cops don't spend all their time pummeling pimps and junkies.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
John Archibald
The producers made a big thing about the nonviolent aspect of the half-hour show and they do deserve credit for the effort. Unfortunately, they didn't locate writers who could function in such an unfamiliar atmosphere.
Austin American-Statesman
Lisa Tuttle
They're so wholesome and one-dimensional in their standard roles that Broderick Crawford and his "Highway Patrol" of years past start seeming a much more appealing alternative.
Miami Herald
Jack Anderson
The kids may enjoy the chase sequences (they're forever chasing something) but the show is otherwise as routine as one of those sup-port-your-man-in-uniform series Jack Webb used to turn out.
Los Angeles Times
Cecil Smith
Estrada is an interesting Latino characterization whose comedy is nicely done, not slapstick, and who has his own level of language.
Associated Press
Jay Sharbutt
We warn right off the bat that NBC's entry is a stone dog. Intended as action without gunfire, it is show without mind.
Hartford Courant
Owen McNally
CHiPs, the throbbing saga of two young motorcycle patrolmen, roars across the screen tonight on NBC and slams into top contention as the most dreadful series of the new season.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Paul Jones
Wilcox did display a sense of humor when he tried to relate some anecdotes while scribbling out tickets. But CHiPs is no Starsky and Hutch. It's dullsville.
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Bill Morrison
Mindless entertainment about two motorcycle cops chasing up and down the California freeways. Starsky and Hutch on wheels.
The Hollywood Reporter
Richard Hack
The talented actors wage a losing battle against an embarrassing concept.
San Francisco Examiner
Bill Mandel
CHiPs is better written, directed and acted than we have any right to expect for a show with modest pretensions. While it's not for those who like Upstairs, Downstairs, it's a better-than-average cop training program and it's light on violence.
Charlotte Observer
Ron Alridge
Heavy on the varooms. Light on plot, talent acting, originality. Co-star Larry Wilcox can barely talk, but he's better than sidekick Erik Estrada, who can only smile. Here's hoping they're wearing their crash helmets.
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