CHiPs: Season 3 (1979)

Episodes: 24
Premiered September 22, 1979

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Episodes

Episode 1 · September 22, 1979 · 48m

Roller Disco (1)
While Ponch is busy trying to recruit celebrities for the CHP roller disco, Jon and Getraer deal with a teenage thief. Later, Ponch and Jon chase after two thieves who get away on roller-skates.
Episode 2 · September 22, 1979 · 48m

Roller Disco (2)
Ponch and Jon deal with a rock star and help organizing a roller-skating fund-raiser. Ponch and Jon continue chasing the roller-skating thieves.
Episode 3 · September 29, 1979 · 48m

Valley Go Home!
Officers mediate a feud between teenagers . Ponch and Jon intervene when some irate surfers chase the Valley kids who bumped their car.
Episode 4 · October 6, 1979 · 48m

High Octane
A couple of gasoline smugglers steal gasoline from different stations using a gas truck they suck the gas in instead of delivering it. The C.H.P gang play roller hockey.
Episode 5 · October 13, 1979 · 48m

Death Watch
After a fellow officer is killed, Ponch and Jon investigate a crooked stuntman who has been causing accidents as part of an insurance scam.
Episode 6 · October 20, 1979 · 48m

Counterfeit
Ponch finds out about a counterfeiting scam run by a bogus preacher when he gets hold of some fake money.
Episode 7 · October 27, 1979 · 48m

The Return of the Supercycle
Ponch and Jon encounter a hotshot cyclist who evades them after stealing. Ponch takes a bad fall while trying to avoid a semi and is hospitalized; a supercycle event has come to town, and the officers attempt to figure out who the culprit is. Devising a scheme for an interview with one of the cyclists, the CHiPs catch the culprit, an affiliate of the star of the supercycle show, by using a special-issue bike that can keep up with the cyclist.
Episode 8 · November 3, 1979 · 48m

Hot Wheels
While Ponch is in hospital, Jon and a new partner investigate several thefts involving city vehicles.

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Episode 9 · November 10, 1979 · 48m

Drive, Lady, Drive (1)
Ponch and Jon become involved in the case of a young girl whose parents are nowhere to be found. Candi, a racing driver, takes her to the racetrack - with dramatic consequences.
Episode 10 · November 10, 1979 · 48m

Drive, Lady, Drive (2)
Candi tries to help the young girl who is unhappy at her foster home. Ponch and Jon move in on the crooks that they have been watching.
Episode 11 · November 17, 1979 · 48m

The Watch Commander
A hard-nosed lieutenant tries to shape up CHP Central. Lieutenant ""Apple"" Bates has a hard time before he learns that he has the best troup all over L.A.

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Episode 12 · November 24, 1979 · 48m

Destruction Derby
Jon and Ponch go undercover at a demolition derby, on the trail of stolen cars. Ponch's beloved Firebird is changing into a racing car .... but without Ponch's will.
Episode 13 · December 1, 1979 · 48m

Second Chance
Jon and Ponch try to apprehend a jewel thief who has hit several condos in Marina Del Ray. Who can know that a few very pretty ladies are the thieves?
Episode 14 · December 8, 1979 · 48m

Wheeling
A handicapped driver causes headaches for Jon and Ponch when he is mistaken for a hit-and-run driver. Jon and Ponch learn to respect handicapped people.
Episode 15 · December 15, 1979 · 48m

Christmas Watch
A bell is stolen from a church. The Sunday school children are very sad about this. Ponch gets a visit from his mother. The officers have much to laugh at as a few drunken guys want to buy gas at the Central.

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Episode 16 · January 12, 1980 · 48m

Jailbirds
Jon and Ponch are found guilty of contempt when they refuse to name an informant in court. Of course they meet criminals who were arrested by the officers.
Episode 17 · January 19, 1980 · 48m

E.M.T.
The instructor for an EMT course recognizes pupils Jon and Ponch as the officers who gave him a ticket the day before.
Episode 18 · January 26, 1980 · 48m

Kidnap
Two criminals escape from custody and steal a Rolls-Royce - complete with two children in the back seat . They have to learn that the children are very smart and clever. A "Lacho Caracha" helps Ponch finding the kids.
Episode 19 · February 2, 1980 · 48m

Off Road
Jon and Ponch enter a desert off-road race, unaware that a pair of thugs are using the race as a cover to retrieve a cache of stolen coins.
Episode 20 · February 9, 1980 · 48m

Tow Truck Lady
When a tow truck driver is suspected of stealing cars to make ends meet, Jon and Ponch enlist the help of the driver's daughter .
Episode 21 · February 16, 1980 · 48m

The Strippers
Jon and Ponch attempt to trap a gang of car strippers with drug smuggling connections.
Episode 22 · February 23, 1980 · 48m

Thrill Show
Robbers posing as tourists ride on tourist buses and while the bus is mobile they draw weapons and demand anything of value from all the tourists. Bonnie considers leaving the force to join a stunt show which is in town, while Jon and Ponch are on the trail of the gang who are robbing buses .
Episode 23 · March 23, 1980 · 48m

Nightingale
Jon and Ponch try to find a mysterious female doctor who is treating accident victims then disappearing . They learn that the lady is the wife of a doctor and helping only the poor. What shall they do? They have to arrest her first but the lady finds a way to be a doctor again.
Episode 24 · March 30, 1980 · 48m

Dynamite Alley
Officer Bonnie Clark believes she was forced off the road by a truck after crashing on a dangerous mountain road.

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