CHiPs: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of CHiPs Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Peaks and Valleys
Sep 16, 1978
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 bett
The Volunteers
Sep 23, 1978
Jon and Ponch must take on the dangerous assignment of escorting a convoy of trucks carrying hazardous chlorine gas.
Family Crisis
Sep 30, 1978
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
Disaster Squad
Oct 7, 1978
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
Neighborhood Watch
Oct 14, 1978
Ponch and Jon have their hands full trying to deal with a persistent dangerous driver and a group of delinquent kids.
Trick or Trick
Oct 21, 1978
Ponch and Jon find themselves having to deal with a bewildering array of petty thefts and false alarms when on patrol during Halloween.
High Flyer
Nov 4, 1978
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.
The Grudge
Nov 11, 1978
After arresting some frat brothers for cannabis possession, Ponch and Jon find themselves targets of a vendetta by the disgruntled students.
The Sheik
Nov 18, 1978
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 bribe
Return of the Turks
Nov 25, 1978
After having trouble on the highway and wiping out a number of vehicles, terror becomes a game of highway bumper cars.
Supercycle
Dec 2, 1978
Jon and Ponch pursue the Phantom - a motorcyclist who has been performing illegal stunts on the freeway using a souped-up superbike.
High Explosive
Dec 9, 1978
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.
Down Time
Dec 16, 1978
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
Repo Man
Jan 6, 1979
A ruthless collection agent plots to destroy Jon's and Ponch's credit ratings after they prevent him from harassing private citizens.
MAIT Team
Jan 13, 1979
Jon and Ponch investigate when Sindy is blamed for a major accident which leaves her unconscious and 11 people dead.
Pressure Point
Jan 20, 1979
Jon and Ponch are assigned to protect a VIP and his daughter.
The Matchmakers
Jan 27, 1979
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 la
Rally 'Round the Bank
Feb 3, 1979
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
Bio-Rhythms
Feb 17, 1979
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 l
Quarantine
Feb 24, 1979
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 th
CHP-BMX
Mar 3, 1979
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 accid
Ride the Whirlwind
Mar 10, 1979
Sindy, Jon and Ponch go in search of some outlaw bikers.
The Greatest Adventures of "CHiPs"
May 12, 1979
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.