Season 5

Season 5 • 1981

⭐ 4.5 / 5

Hit the highway with a fifth season of high-octane action and adventure!

Episodes

1. Suicide Stunt

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.

1981-10-04 • 48 min

2. Vagabonds

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.

1981-10-11 • 48 min

3. Moonlight

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.

1981-10-18 • 48 min

4. The Killer Indy

Caitlyn Jenner (as Bruce Jenner) joins the squad as Officer Steve McLeish, but a harrowing street race may make his first day his last.

1981-10-25 • 48 min

5. Weed Wars

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.

1981-10-31 • 48 min

6. Anything But the Truth

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.

1981-11-08 • 48 min

7. Bomb Run

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.

1981-11-15 • 48 min

8. Diamond in the Rough

Steve makes a daring arrest for Grand Theft Moped, while Jon responds to a bank robbery that leads him on a wild car chase.

1981-11-22 • 48 min

9. Finders Keepers

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.

1981-11-29 • 48 min

10. Fast Money

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.

1981-12-05 • 48 min

11. Concours d'Elegance

The guys uncover a clever scheme when they inquire about a wealthy man who's embezzling from his family's antique-car charity auction.

1981-12-13 • 48 min

12. Mitchell & Woods

In this spin-off episode, Officers Paula Woods and Melanie Mitchell are promoted to detectives to investigate a homicide.

1981-12-18 • 48 min

13. Breaking Point

Ponch's sister is in town. Plus he has a serious accident that has him contemplating never riding a motorcycle again.

1982-01-03 • 48 min

14. Tiger in the Streets

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.

1982-01-10 • 48 min

15. Bright Flashes

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.

1982-01-17 • 48 min

16. Battle of the Bands

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.

1982-01-31 • 48 min

17. Alarmed

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.

1982-02-14 • 48 min

18. In the Best of Families

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.

1982-02-21 • 48 min

19. Silent Partner

Jon learns a life lesson -- and a legal one -- after arresting a man he assumes is drunk. Ponch has a hot, hearing-impaired date.

1982-02-28 • 48 min

20. Flare Up

Jon is in a serious situation after breathing in a blast of chlorine gas. Ponch is accused of assault by a former juvenile delinquent.

1982-03-07 • 48 min

21. The Game of War

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.

1982-03-14 • 48 min

22. A Threat of War (a.k.a. Karate II)

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.

1982-03-21 • 48 min

23. Trained for Trouble

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.

1982-04-04 • 48 min

24. Ice Cream Man

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.

1982-04-18 • 48 min

25. Overload

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.

1982-05-02 • 48 min

26. K-9-1

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.

1982-05-09 • 48 min