Season 5
(1981)
Overview
Hit the highway with a fifth season of high-octane action and adventure!
Cast
as Frank Poncherello
as Jon Baker
as Joseph Getraer
as Arthur Grossman
as Harlan Arliss
as Barry Baricza
as Jebediah Turner
as Bonnie Clark
Episodes
Suicide Stunt 0.0
October 4, 1981
Ponch and Jon struggle to keep their eyes on a visiting motorcycle star who keeps pulling screwball shenanigans all aro…
Vagabonds 0.0
October 11, 1981
Our determined CHP team outwits a family of con artists who are scamming drivers by staging auto accidents. Four-time A…
Moonlight 0.0
October 18, 1981
Ponch and Jon's 4th anniversary as partners is nearly ruined when a toxic-chemicals dumper (William Lucking, Sons of An…
The Killer Indy 0.0
October 25, 1981
Caitlyn Jenner (as Bruce Jenner) joins the squad as Officer Steve McLeish, but a harrowing street race may make his fir…
Weed Wars 10.0
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 man…
Anything But the Truth 0.0
November 8, 1981
Jon and Steve ditch their bikes for a wild ATC (all terrain cycle) adventure with a beautiful compulsively lying witnes…
Bomb Run 0.0
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 t…
Diamond in the Rough 10.0
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 ch…
Finders Keepers 10.0
November 29, 1981
A henchman tracking Steve nearly runs him down, while Jon falls head-over-heels in love with a gorgeous country western…
Fast Money 0.0
December 5, 1981
Hijackers use a new high-tech device to rip off highway couriers, while Ponch gets a "new" roommate. Shelly Berman (Cur…
Concours d'Elegance 0.0
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 c…
Mitchell & Woods 2.0
December 18, 1981
In this spin-off episode, Officers Paula Woods and Melanie Mitchell are promoted to detectives to investigate a homicid…
Breaking Point 10.0
January 3, 1982
Ponch's sister is in town. Plus he has a serious accident that has him contemplating never riding a motorcycle again.
Tiger in the Streets 0.0
January 10, 1982
Juvenile "bump and tag" drivers interrupt the capture of a tiger that escaped from a wild animal park. Pioneer comedian…
Bright Flashes 9.0
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…
Battle of the Bands 0.0
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 the…
Alarmed 0.0
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 exper…
In the Best of Families 0.0
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 buzzin…
Silent Partner 0.0
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-impa…
Flare Up 10.0
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 juven…
The Game of War 0.0
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…
A Threat of War (a.k.a. Karate II) 0.0
March 21, 1982
The leader (Danny Bonaduce) of an armed martial arts gang threatens Ponch and Jon, but the duo's own expert fighting sk…
Trained for Trouble 0.0
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 s…
Ice Cream Man 0.0
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 o…
Overload 10.0
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 exp…
K-9-1 0.0
May 9, 1982
Drug-sniffing canines score some impressive major busts, but when one dog is injured in a close call, Ponch fights to k…
Force Seven 0.0
May 23, 1982
The stakes are sky-high when an LAPD team of martial arts experts gets a precarious assignment -- finding and disarming…