CHiPs
Get your motor running … head out on the highway … and gear up for'70s-era action adventures with CHiPs! Starring Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox as California Highway Patrol officers Frank "Ponch" Poncharello and Jonathan "Jon" Baker, this high-speed series features these chopper coppers as they ride the L.A. freeways, chase down criminals and still find time to unwind with laughs and good times.
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Get your motor running … head out on the highway … and gear up for'70s-era action-packed adventures with CHiPs! Starring Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox as California Highway Patrol officers Frank "Ponch" Poncharello and Jonathan "Jon" Baker, this iconic high-speed drama series features these chopper coppers as they ride the Los Angeles freeways and surrounding settings, chase down criminals and still find time to unwind with laughs and good times. Also starring Robert Pine, Paul Linke, Brodie Greer, Lou Wagner and Randi Oakes, season three features guest stars Leif Garrett, Dana Plato, Kelly Harmon and Tracey Gold, among others, as well as an episode written by bestselling suspense author Dean Koontz. So cut through the riff-raff of cop shows and go straight for one of the unfiltered originals: CHiPs!
Episodes
Roller Disco, Part I
Season 3, Episode 1 Unrated CC HD CC SD
When Jon and Ponch help organize a "Skate With the Stars" roller skating fundraiser, they encounter a new problem – pickpockets on skates! Bringing celebrities into the benefit, the duo winds up riding herd on famous rock star, Jimmy Tyler (LEIF GARRETT), and his manager, Frank Balford.
Roller Disco, Part II
Season 3, Episode 2 Unrated CC HD CC SD
When Jon and Ponch help organize a "Skate With the Stars" roller skating fund raiser, they encounter a new problem – pickpockets on skates! Bringing celebrities into the benefit, the duo winds up riding herd on famous rock star, Jimmy Tyler (LEIF GARRETT), and his manager, Frank Balford.
Valley Go Home
Season 3, Episode 3 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Ponch and Jon try to intervene between the surfers and "valley" kids before things get out of hand and someone gets seriously hurt.
High Octane
Season 3, Episode 4 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Jon and Ponch track down a gasoline theft ring, responsible for seriously injuring Sgt. Joe Getraer. In his off-duty hours, Ponch becomes involved in refereeing the department-sponsored roller hockey game.
Death Watch
Season 3, Episode 5 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Officer Steve Wedemeyer is killed in an auto accident, and Jon and Ponch realize the car and driver responsible were doing some fancy maneuvering to cause the death. Their search for the man responsible leads them to a Stuntmen's Association Reception, where out-of-the-ordinary driving is a profession.
Counterfeit
Season 3, Episode 6 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Ponch comes across some counterfeit money and the CHP suspect a clergyman is behind it. And Ponch's blind date Heather proves to be more than he bargained for – a real match for the policeman. Guest starring Billy Barty.
Return of the Supercycle
Season 3, Episode 7 Unrated CC HD CC SD
When Ponch is injured chasing after the Phantom motorcycle burglar, Jon enlists the help of the team's Supercycle machine to go after the criminal. Along the way, Jon finds that Officer Kathy Mulligan is as pretty as she is helpful as a crime-stopping sidekick.
Hot Wheels
Season 3, Episode 8 Unrated CC HD CC SD
With Ponch laid up in the hospital, Jon takes after criminal firemen who find more time for robbing than firefighting. Ex-partner Bill Clayton teams up with Jon, and the pursuit gets hotter.
Drive, Lady, Drive
Season 3, Episode 9 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Assigned to bolster a small-town police department, whose officers are on strike, Jon, Ponch and the cadre uncover the illicit sales headquarters of a group of hijackers and appeal to the strikers for assistance in making a raid. Concurrently, Ponch becomes romantically and emotionally involved with a beautiful female race driver (KELLY HARMON) and a runaway orphan girl (TRACEY GOLD).
The Watch Commander
Season 3, Episode 10 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Jon and Ponch take after a tractor-driving gang who park at busy loading areas, hitch up a loaded trailer, and make off with their loot. While on their mission, the two have to face the scrutiny and inspection of their new watch commander, Lt. Bates (GRANVILLE VAN DUSEN).
Destruction Derby
Season 3, Episode 11 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Jon and Ponch infiltrate the Riverside Raceway scene in order to crack a stolen auto parts ring. Car parts lead to cocaine, and the duo enter a Destruction Derby to get to the bottom of the drug dealers on wheels.
Second Chance
Season 3, Episode 12 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Jewel thieves in Marina Del Rey prove to be allusive for Ponch and Jon, who find the canals of Venice and roller-skater-ridden streets tough terrain for the chase. Not so tough, and very rewarding, is the time Ponch and Jon spend at Children's Hospital.
Wheeling
Season 3, Episode 13 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Tracking down a hit-and-run driver, Jon and Ponch run into more wheels than they can contend with. Their travels take them to some of the handicapped people at a rehabilitation clinic.
Christmas Watch
Season 3, Episode 14 Unrated CC HD CC SD
The Christmas season doesn't mean any less work for Jon and Ponch. At the community church, thieves run off with a 15th century bell that means a great deal to the local kids. The thieves also operate a car-theft ring and prey on unsuspecting car sellers by taking the cars for a test drive and not returning. When the criminals get into an auto accident, their strange behavior gives them away and they are arrested.
Jailbirds
Season 3, Episode 15 Unrated CC HD CC SD
In order to infiltrate a stolen car racket, Jon becomes a "jailbird," going behind bars to get information. Ponch joins his fellow officer in the cell, and in their new roles they're able to crack the car caper in due time.
E.M.T.
Season 3, Episode 16 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Jon and Ponch volunteer for the E.M.T. (Emergency Medical Technician) training program. Things start out badly when, on the first day of class, the instructor recognizes the duo as the CHP policemen who gave him a speeding ticket the previous day.
Kidnap
Season 3, Episode 17 Unrated CC HD CC SD
What starts out as a cushy assignment for Jon and Ponch ends up with a kidnapping when the CHP Officers are assigned for the day to escort the mischievous winners of a Traffic Safety Essay Contest. The two 12-year-old boys find themselves in more trouble than they can handle when a Rolls Royce they are "investigating" is stolen by a pair of prison escapees.
Off Road
Season 3, Episode 18 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Jon and Ponch take off for the desert to compete in an off-road race. Also in the race, but for different reasons, are two men looking for syndicate gold lost three months before when the plane one was piloting crashed near the racing site. Meredith MacRae, Ramon Bieri and Edd Byrnes guest star.
Tow Truck Lady
Season 3, Episode 19 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Jon and Ponch get into suspect that one of the force's regular tow truck operators is involved with an auto theft ring.
The Strippers
Season 3, Episode 20 Unrated CC HD CC SD
A gang of "strippers" is on the loose: a band of men who go around stripping cars of various parts. Jon and Ponch are baffled as the parts being stolen are not showing up in the usual places. The operation is a slick one: the culprits strip the cars of all their parts, then buy the chassis at an auction and reassemble the car. They own it then sell it for new, legally. All of this segues into Jon and Ponch's skill at sky-diving, and they're able to crack down on a heroin ring that flies the drug into the U.S. from Mexico.
Thrill Show
Season 3, Episode 21 Unrated CC HD CC SD
A punk rock group, humorously called "The Bus Boys," is stealing from the patrons of tourist buses to get money for a demo record. And 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.
Nightingale
Season 3, Episode 22 Unrated CC HD CC SD
The CHP investigates reports of a woman doctor who disappears after treating accident victims. Dana Plato guest stars.
Dynamite Alley
Season 3, Episode 23 Unrated CC HD CC SD
Dynamite Alley is a stretch of mountain road that drivers are always using as a speed run. When Bonnie has an accident there, she swears she was forced off the road by an Acme Trucking Company truck. Bonnie ultimately realizes that what she saw was a "highway hallucination": She had seen so many Acme Trucking Company logos that, in the panic of the accident, she thought she saw it on the imaginary truck.
Cast and crew
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Phil Bondelli
Director -
John Florea
Director -
Gordon Hessler
Director -
Erik Estrada
Officer Frank Poncherello -
Larry Wilcox
Officer Jon Baker -
Robert Pine
Sgt. Joseph Getraer -
Paul Linke
Officer Arthur Grossman / Man in Convertible -
Brodie Greer
Officer Barry Baricza -
Lou Wagner
Harlan Arliss -
Randi Oakes
Officer Bonnie Clark / Blonde Secretary / Kim Balford -
Michael Dorn
Officer Jebediah Turner / Police Officer with Glasses -
Lew Saunders
Officer Gene Fritz -
Tom Reilly
Officer Bobby 'Hot Dog' Nelson / Rick Nichols -
Tina Gayle
Officer Kathy Linahan -
Brianne Leary
Officer Sindy Cahill -
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Officer Benjamin Webster -
Bruce Penhall
Officer Bruce Nelson / Bruce Nelson / Cadet / Cadet Bruce Nelson -
Caitlyn Jenner
Officer Steve McLeish / Steve McLeish -
Gwynne Gilford
Betty Getraer / Gwynne Gilford -
Ellen Geer
Julie Barris / Margo Adams / Martha / Mrs. Williams -
Alyscia Maxwell
Housewife / Kathy / Second Motorist / Woman / Woman at Bus Station -
Ari Sorko-Ram
Shain / Officer Shain -
Robert Hoff
Paramedic -
Katherine Cannon
Robbie Davis / Mary Kate -
Danny Bonaduce
Billy Rogers / Fred / Myron Handelbaum -
Keith Coogan
Roland / Larry / Rooster -
William Long Jr.
NASCAR Official / Angry Motorist / Nesset -
Tige Andrews
Charley Davis / Charley -
Paul Playdon
Writer -
Rick Rosner
Writer -
Rudolph Borchert
Writer
Additional information
Networks
Warner Bros.Networks
Audio
EnglishAudio
Subtitles
English (CC)Subtitles
Released year
1979Released year
Genres
Action/AdventureDrama
Genres
Drama
Duration
23 episodes (19 h 26 min)Duration
Additional terms
Terms of transactionWindows | Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or later |
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Xbox | Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X |
Mobile | Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10 or later |