Lew Saunders as Gene Fritz

Episodes 45

Pilot

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September 15, 197748m
1x1

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.

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Undertow

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September 22, 197748m
1x2

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

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Dog Gone

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September 29, 197748m
1x3

Ponch and Jon are chasing a dog which causes an accident. They bring it to Central and hide it in a truck. Some guys do sabotage on Jon's motorbike, but they wanted Ponch's. Jon and Ponch stop a motorbike driver who has frozen up. After they stop him he wanders off muttering how he never wants to ride it again. Jon and Ponch chase down a speeding car with a heart attack victim. They help to save him before an ambulance arrives. One of the boys who did sabotage to Jon's bike tells Getrear what they have done. The Sarge tries to warn Ponch , but Ponch realizes that they have done it to Jons motorbike. Jon falls off his bike but lukyliy he 's not even bruised. Finally the dog's owner shows up at CHP Central looking for his dog. Ponch gets him out of a truck and the dog proceeds to relieve itself on Sarge's motorbike. This synopsis was given from CHiPs Online

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Moving Violation

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October 13, 197748m
1x4

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.

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Career Day

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October 20, 197748m
1x5

Ponch is giving a ticket to his old high school principal who asked him to tell about the CHP in his old school on career day. Jon and Ponch respond to a call about a traffic jam, they find that everyone's gawking at models nearby. Since Ponch's motorcycle needs repairs, Getraer sticks him on the front desk. When the helicopter pilot comes, Ponch jumps at the chance to leave. In the helicopter he helps Jon to find a lost boy and two elusive burglars. Later that afternoon as then Ponch gives his speech, he freezes up and Jon helps him by telling about saving the kid. Then Ponch wakes up and starts telling exaggerated stories without help.

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Baby Food

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October 27, 197748m
1x6

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.

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Taking Its Toll

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November 3, 197748m
1x7

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.

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Green Thumb Burglar

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November 10, 197748m
1x8

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.

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Hustle

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November 24, 197748m
1x9

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.

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Highway Robbery

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December 1, 197748m
1x10

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.

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Name Your Price

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December 8, 197748m
1x11

Rolls-Royces are being stolen.

Grossie, Baricza, Jon and Ponch are catching chickens which have escaped out of a crashed truck.

Ponch is a contestant on the game show 'Name Your Price'.

A car is run off the road by a Porsche, inside a man is trapped who happens to be diabetic...

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Aweigh We Go

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December 22, 197748m
1x12

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.

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One Two Many

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January 5, 197848m
1x13

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.

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Rustling

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January 12, 197848m
1x14

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.

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Surf's Up

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January 19, 197848m
1x15

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.

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Vintage '54

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January 26, 197848m
1x16

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

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Hitch-Hiking Hitch

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February 9, 197848m
1x17

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.

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Cry Wolf

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February 16, 197848m
1x18

A rash of false alarms ties up CHP, fire engines, and ambulances. A young man who is living by his sister does this.

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Crash Diet

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February 23, 197848m
1x19

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.

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Rainy Day

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March 2, 197848m
1x20

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.

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Crack-Up

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March 9, 197848m
1x21

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.

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Flashback!

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Season Finale
April 1, 197848m
1x22

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.

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Peaks and Valleys

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September 16, 197848m
2x1

Central gets a new mechanic, Harlan Arliss. Ponch and Jon are accused of improperly moving an accident victim. Jon meets an old friend who tries to convince him that there are better jobs out there than CHP officers.

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The Volunteers

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September 23, 197848m
2x2

Jon and Ponch must take on the dangerous assignment of escorting a convoy of trucks carrying hazardous chlorine gas.

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Family Crisis

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September 30, 197848m
2x3

Jon's nephew starts stealing cars with some friends.

Ponch moves into a new apartment.

A movie car, designed with special features, is used for robbing banks. The CHP has a hard time catching it.

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Disaster Squad

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October 7, 197848m
2x4

A television news crew - the Disaster Squad - edit a report to make it look as though Ponch had threatened them with violence. However, the reporter is forced to confess all during a later report when Jon and Ponch rescue a child from a river.

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Neighborhood Watch

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October 14, 197848m
2x5

Ponch and Jon have their hands full trying to deal with a persistent dangerous driver and a group of delinquent kids.

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Trick or Trick

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October 21, 197848m
2x6

Ponch and Jon find themselves having to deal with a bewildering array of petty thefts and false alarms when on patrol during Halloween.

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High Flyer

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November 4, 197848m
2x7

Jon and Ponch attempt to catch a gang of thieves who have been stripping car parts from parked vehicles. And Ponch fakes illness in order to conceal his fear of flying.

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The Grudge

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November 11, 197848m
2x8

After arresting some frat brothers for cannabis possession, Ponch and Jon find themselves targets of a vendetta by the disgruntled students.

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The Sheik

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November 18, 197848m
2x9

Jon and Ponch pull over a speeding motorist who claims to have diplomatic immunity. When they subsequently accept an invitation to a party, they find themselves being offered bribes by their host.

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Return of the Turks

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November 25, 197848m
2x10

After having trouble on the highway and wiping out a number of vehicles, terror becomes a game of highway bumper cars.

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Supercycle

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December 2, 197848m
2x11

Jon and Ponch pursue the Phantom - a motorcyclist who has been performing illegal stunts on the freeway using a souped-up superbike.

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High Explosive

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December 9, 197848m
2x12

Jon and Ponch sort out an accident caused by a misguided youth with a pellet gun. And an ambulance driver steals a van and fills it with dynamite after being fired from his job.

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Down Time

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December 16, 197848m
2x13

Ponch is proud, his new build Firebird is a lovely car. He also gets a new neighbor, Kim. This woman is weird, she is very friendly to Ponch 'till she learns he's an officer. One day Ponch's Firebird is stolen. Ponch is very sad but he also checks Kim out. Later his car is burned down from Kim, who belongs to a group of female car thieves.

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Repo Man

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January 6, 197948m
2x14

A ruthless collection agent plots to destroy Jon's and Ponch's credit ratings after they prevent him from harassing private citizens.

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MAIT Team

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January 13, 197948m
2x15

Jon and Ponch investigate when Sindy is blamed for a major accident which leaves her unconscious and 11 people dead.

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Pressure Point

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January 20, 197948m
2x16

Jon and Ponch are assigned to protect a VIP and his daughter.

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The Matchmakers

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January 27, 197948m
2x17

Cora is sad, in a few days she will lose her home to a building company. She has no idea where to go with her animals. So she decides to commit suicide and drives her car into a lake. Jon and Ponch and Sindy try to help her after hearing her story. Officer Derk only has one week before going on pension so he starts some crazy actions and Sgt. Getraer isn't very pleased about that. A private investigator tries two times to kidnap a little girl from her mother. Derk, Jon and Ponch can frustrate his plans.

After a few days Jon and Ponch get the idea to bring Derk and Cora together. And their plan works. Cora and Derk become a couple. Derk allows her to bring all her animals with her.

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Rally 'Round the Bank

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February 3, 197948m
2x18

A series of robberies at drive-in bank windows is frustrating the CHP - especially Jon and Ponch, who unsuccessfully chased the bandit's car three times. The thieves have joined a 150-car road rally that enables their vehicles to elude the police. Meanwhile, Ponch gets a surprise visit from his mom, who refuses to tell him the reason for her trip.

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Bio-Rhythms

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February 17, 197948m
2x19

Sindy has a new study project. She creates Bio Rythms for all officers. Robbie Davis (known from The Volunteers) is in trouble again. Someone attacks her trucks and the drivers lives. Jon and especially Ponch try to help.

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Quarantine

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February 24, 197948m
2x20

Central HQ has to be quarantined after a boy is brought in suffering from a mysterious disease. Two crazy criminals are bringing trouble, too. The other officers investigate the past of the boy and find a puzzle piece in his ""bomb"". We learn that Grossie is learning Russian.

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CHP-BMX

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March 3, 197948m
2x21

Jon and Sindy are training a BMX team for kids. Ponch takes care for a young boy who vandalizes his school. He wants to see him on the BMX team. The sergeant's son has a bad accident, Joe feels guilty for that. It confuses him so much that he makes bad mistakes at work.

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Ride the Whirlwind

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March 10, 197948m
2x22

Sindy, Jon and Ponch go in search of some outlaw bikers.

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The Greatest Adventures of "CHiPs"

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Season Finale
May 12, 19791h 37m
2x23

A sustained superior special achievement award for the guys has fellow CHPers remembering Ponch and Jon's exploits, as flashbacks recount the coolest cases of Seasons One and Two.

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