
Season 5
CHiPs
Overview
Hit the highway with a fifth season of high-octane action and adventure!
Episodes

1. Suicide Stunt
October 4, 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.
Guest Stars: Les Lannom, Warren Berlinger

2. Vagabonds
October 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.
Guest Stars: Ed Harris, Greg Finley, Jim Calvert

3. Moonlight
October 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.
Guest Stars: Tige Andrews, Allison Balson, William Lucking

4. The Killer Indy
October 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.
Guest Stars: Robert F. Lyons, Keith Coogan, Wendy Phillips

5. Weed Wars
October 31, 1981
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.
Guest Stars: Grainger Hines, Jonathan B. Woodward, Betty Kennedy

6. Anything But the Truth
November 8, 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.
Guest Stars: Tara Buckman, Mark Casella, Caitlyn Jenner

7. Bomb Run
November 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.
Guest Stars: Art Scholl, Ed Nelson, Kristin Griffith

8. Diamond in the Rough
November 22, 1981
Steve makes a daring arrest for Grand Theft Moped, while Jon responds to a bank robbery that leads him on a wild car chase.
Guest Stars: Marc Alaimo, Nicky Katt, Henry Jones

9. Finders Keepers
November 29, 1981
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.
Guest Stars: Noble Willingham, Amy Madigan, Kenneth Tigar

10. Fast Money
December 5, 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.
Guest Stars: Constance Forslund, Shelley Berman, Chuck McCann

11. Concours d'Elegance
December 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.
Guest Stars: Merritt Butrick, Gary Graham, Caitlyn Jenner

12. Mitchell & Woods
December 18, 1981
In this spin-off episode, Officers Paula Woods and Melanie Mitchell are promoted to detectives to investigate a homicide.
Guest Stars: Pamela Susan Shoop, Tony Burton, Paul Gale

13. Breaking Point
January 3, 1982
Ponch's sister is in town. Plus he has a serious accident that has him contemplating never riding a motorcycle again.
Guest Stars: Mary Angela Young, Lou Felder, Mary Ann Seltzer

14. Tiger in the Streets
January 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.
Guest Stars: Norman Burton, Gary Lee Davis

15. Bright Flashes
January 17, 1982
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.
Guest Stars: Bert Remsen, Jerry Houser, Mark L. Taylor

16. Battle of the Bands
January 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.

17. Alarmed
February 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.
Guest Stars: Simon Oakland, Apollonia Kotero

18. In the Best of Families
February 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.
Guest Stars: Timothy Patrick Murphy, Anne Francis, John Brandon

19. Silent Partner
February 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.
Guest Stars: Royce D. Applegate, Dawn Jeffory, Saul Brandt

20. Flare Up
March 7, 1982
Jon is in a serious situation after breathing in a blast of chlorine gas. Ponch is accused of assault by a former juvenile delinquent.
Guest Stars: Harry Carey, Jr., Alan Stock, Michael Bowen

21. The Game of War
March 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.
Guest Stars: Sandra Kerns, Clu Gulager, Johnny Seven

22. A Threat of War (a.k.a. Karate II)
March 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.
Guest Stars: Danny Bonaduce, Jeanna Michaels, Sal Lopez

23. Trained for Trouble
April 4, 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.
Guest Stars: Nita Talbot, Frank Aletter, Dan Hedaya

24. Ice Cream Man
April 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.
Guest Stars: Robert Walker Jr., David Friedman, Noah Hathaway

25. Overload
May 2, 1982
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.
Guest Stars: Norma Donaldson, Michael Anderson Jr., Gary Grubbs

26. K-9-1
May 9, 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.
Guest Stars: John Vernon, Virgil Frye, Joan Sweeny

27. Force Seven
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.
Guest Stars: Sam Yorty, Fred Dryer, Tony Longo
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