Episode 1: Suicide Stunt
1981-10-0448 min
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.
Season guide
CHiPs Season 5 — Episodes and Where to Watch
27 episodes · first aired 1981-10-04
Hit the highway with a fifth season of high-octane action and adventure!
Episode guide
Episode 2: Vagabonds
1981-10-1148 min
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.
Episode 3: Moonlight
1981-10-1848 min
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.
Episode 4: The Killer Indy
1981-10-2548 min
Caitlyn Jenner (as Bruce Jenner) joins the squad as Officer Steve McLeish, but a harrowing street race may make his first day his last.
Episode 5: Weed Wars
1981-10-3148 min
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.
Episode 6: Anything But the Truth
1981-11-0848 min
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.
Episode 7: Bomb Run
1981-11-1548 min
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.
Episode 8: Diamond in the Rough
1981-11-2248 min
Steve makes a daring arrest for Grand Theft Moped, while Jon responds to a bank robbery that leads him on a wild car chase.
Episode 9: Finders Keepers
1981-11-2948 min
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.
Episode 10: Fast Money
1981-12-0548 min
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.
Episode 11: Concours d'Elegance
1981-12-1348 min
The guys uncover a clever scheme when they inquire about a wealthy man who's embezzling from his family's antique-car charity auction.
Episode 12: Mitchell & Woods
1981-12-1848 min
In this spin-off episode, Officers Paula Woods and Melanie Mitchell are promoted to detectives to investigate a homicide.
Episode 13: Breaking Point
1982-01-0348 min
Ponch's sister is in town. Plus he has a serious accident that has him contemplating never riding a motorcycle again.
Episode 14: Tiger in the Streets
1982-01-1048 min
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.
Episode 15: Bright Flashes
1982-01-1748 min
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.
Episode 16: Battle of the Bands
1982-01-3148 min
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.
Episode 17: Alarmed
1982-02-1448 min
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.
Episode 18: In the Best of Families
1982-02-2148 min
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.
Episode 19: Silent Partner
1982-02-2848 min
Jon learns a life lesson -- and a legal one -- after arresting a man he assumes is drunk. Ponch has a hot, hearing-impaired date.
Episode 20: Flare Up
1982-03-0748 min
Jon is in a serious situation after breathing in a blast of chlorine gas. Ponch is accused of assault by a former juvenile delinquent.
Episode 21: The Game of War
1982-03-1448 min
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.
Episode 22: A Threat of War (a.k.a. Karate II)
1982-03-2148 min
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.
Episode 23: Trained for Trouble
1982-04-0448 min
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.
Episode 24: Ice Cream Man
1982-04-1848 min
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.
Episode 25: Overload
1982-05-0248 min
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.
Episode 26: K-9-1
1982-05-0948 min
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.
Episode 27: Force Seven
1982-05-2348 min
The stakes are sky-high when an LAPD team of martial arts experts gets a precarious assignment -- finding and disarming a devastating missile attack.
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