CHIPS

Ponch becomes the training officer of a new rookie, Bobby Nelson, as they try to catch a pair of health-club thieves and find a runaway teenage mother who has stolen back the baby she sold.

Ponch takes a part-time job as a model for a jeans company, but he finds that he doesn't like being an instant celebrity. He discovers stardom takes him away from his real work, the rewarding job of catching a pair of diamond thieves as well as putting behind bars a sleazy photographer who's been involved in child pornography.

Ponch and Bobby are skeptical when they arrest a 12-year-old girl, Jodi, who claims she robbed a jewelry store in order to get diamonds to her extraterrestrial friend, who needed them to fix its spaceship. When Jodi's mother runs off, Ponch gets temporary custody of Jodi, who insists the alien is real, and she wants to go away with it. Meanwhile, the CHP is trying to stop a pair of thieves preying on Japanese tourists.

Ponch and Bobby's assignment as security guards for Moloch, a satanic rock singer, turns into near tragedy when the singer's car takes on a life of its own, and a taped message states that the devil is going to take him. Bobby thinks it's just a publicity stunt, but Ponch believes the threat is real and questions why Moloch's manager is so unconcerned.

Bruce Nelson, Bobby's younger brother, is having difficulty deciding between pursuing a career with the CHP and being a professional motorcycle racer. Ponch and Bobby search for a pair of high-speed thieves who are robbing motorcycle couriers on the freeway. Also, a trio of "valley girls" is fleecing older men for their spending money, but they find themselves in a dangerous situation that they didn't count on.

Ponch tries to get a father to accept his mentally retarded son and support the boy's activities in the Special Olympics, while the rest of the "CHiPs" group try to keep motorcycle daredevil Shake Patterson from killing himself by jumping over a flying plane.

Ponch and Bobby try to work in a vacation while pulling duty in a beach town during a holiday weekend. They stay with Grossman, his teenage cousin Russell, and several of his friends while trying to catch a drug dealer and mediate between local citizens and those trying to start a nude beach. Julie Newmar guest stars.

While attempting to break a case involving a ring of thieves using an answering service as a front, Ponch meets a kindergarten teacher who is campaigning against drunk drivers. They fall deeply in love and Ponch announces their engagement. However, their plans are shattered by a tragic event.

Ponch takes a personal interest in trying to stop illegal racing on Mulholland Drive, since it involves the younger brother of a friend who was killed several years ago in a similar race with Ponch. The yougn man Ponch for the death of his brother and refuses to quit unless Ponch accepts his challenge for one more race. Ellen Geer guest stars.

Getraer's daughter, Ellen, is involved in a nuclear plant protest, and he is forced to have her arrested. Ponch and Bobby try to stop a child-beating boyfriend.

While some of the CHP personnel are worried that a highly advanced robot is going to replace them, Ponch and Bobby try to convince some "Freeway Angels" to leave police work to the professionals.

Ponch and his flight-attendant girlfriend are captured by two thugs seeking revenge against him and Bobby for catching them breaking into a warehouse. Meanwhile, Bobby and Kathy try to convince two teenage runaways to live in the real world. David Caruso and Phil Silvers guest star.

Bruce goes undercover in a high school to try to catch a pair of teenage car thieves, but his own safety becomes an issue when they suspect him of being a snitch. Jim Brown and Danny Bonaduce guest star.

Ponch finds himself babysitting an orangutan whose owner is in the hospital. The animal is the only one who can identify some modern-day cattle rustlers. Meanwhile, Kathy and Bruce try to break up a PCP dope ring selling to teenagers. Country music stars Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee and Charly McClain guest star.

Ponch and Bobby try to find Kevin, a young runaway with a deteriorating liver disease. In an effort to save his life with a transplant, they must first find him among the huge crowd witnessing the landing of a space shuttle. Meanwhile, Kathy closes in on a "dognapping" ring. Astronaut Gordon Cooper guest stars.

Ponch and Bobby have their hands full trying to catch an international jewel thief and keep three beautiful rock 'n' roll singers from being kidnapped by a sex slave ring in Asia. Laura Branigan guest stars.

Following a motorcycle accident, Ponch accepts a light duty assignment to keep from going stir crazy, only to find that he's to be the new advisor to the Explorers troop, which is comprised of a band of misfits. Meanwhile, Bruce and Kathy try to stop a drug dealer who's been terrorizing the neighborhood.

Ponch and Bobby go undercover disguised as outlaw bikers in an effort to catch a pair of illegal weapons hijackers. Bruce falls for a female biker he's racing against.

Getraer reluctantly agrees to help clear members of his former college fraternity who are accused of stealing campus typewriters and computers--until a canister of deadly virus is missing. A woman who lost her own child kidnaps an eight-year-old and heads towards Mexico before she is caught by CHP officers.

Bruce gets promoted to patrolman with Ponch as his training officer, and the two of them find themselves the target of a desert sheriff who's trying to cover up his involvement in drug dealing. Meanwhile, the CHP personnel must baby-sit the captain's grandson.

A comic book monster seemingly comes to life to terrorize a young woman, and Ponch and Bruce's only clue is the creator of the creature, a very odd individual. The girl is found at the scene of an accident, and CHP officers help her search for her mother. Rich Little guest stars.

Getraer's new car is stolen, and Ponch is saddled with trying to whip the Police Explorer Scouts into a winning basketball team--minus his star player due to bad grades.