CHiPs: Season 3
Season 3 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 2.
- 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 3 Progress Shield
Roller Disco (1)
Sep 22, 1979
While Ponch is busy trying to recruit celebrities for the CHP roller disco, Jon and Getraer deal with a teenage thief. Later, Ponch and Jon chase after two thieves who get away on
Roller Disco (2)
Sep 22, 1979
Ponch and Jon deal with a rock star and help organizing a roller-skating fund-raiser. Ponch and Jon continue chasing the roller-skating thieves.
Valley Go Home!
Sep 29, 1979
Officers mediate a feud between teenagers . Ponch and Jon intervene when some irate surfers chase the Valley kids who bumped their car.
High Octane
Oct 6, 1979
A couple of gasoline smugglers steal gasoline from different stations using a gas truck they suck the gas in instead of delivering it. The C.H.P gang play roller hockey.
Death Watch
Oct 13, 1979
After a fellow officer is killed, Ponch and Jon investigate a crooked stuntman who has been causing accidents as part of an insurance scam.
Counterfeit
Oct 20, 1979
Ponch finds out about a counterfeiting scam run by a bogus preacher when he gets hold of some fake money.
The Return of the Supercycle
Oct 27, 1979
Ponch and Jon encounter a hotshot cyclist who evades them after stealing. Ponch takes a bad fall while trying to avoid a semi and is hospitalized; a supercycle event has come to to
Hot Wheels
Nov 3, 1979
While Ponch is in hospital, Jon and a new partner investigate several thefts involving city vehicles.
Drive, Lady, Drive (1)
Nov 10, 1979
Ponch and Jon become involved in the case of a young girl whose parents are nowhere to be found. Candi, a racing driver, takes her to the racetrack - with dramatic consequences.
Drive, Lady, Drive (2)
Nov 10, 1979
Candi tries to help the young girl who is unhappy at her foster home. Ponch and Jon move in on the crooks that they have been watching.
The Watch Commander
Nov 17, 1979
A hard-nosed lieutenant tries to shape up CHP Central. Lieutenant ""Apple"" Bates has a hard time before he learns that he has the best troup all over L.A.
Destruction Derby
Nov 24, 1979
Jon and Ponch go undercover at a demolition derby, on the trail of stolen cars. Ponch's beloved Firebird is changing into a racing car .... but without Ponch's will.
Second Chance
Dec 1, 1979
Jon and Ponch try to apprehend a jewel thief who has hit several condos in Marina Del Ray. Who can know that a few very pretty ladies are the thieves?
Wheeling
Dec 8, 1979
A handicapped driver causes headaches for Jon and Ponch when he is mistaken for a hit-and-run driver. Jon and Ponch learn to respect handicapped people.
Christmas Watch
Dec 15, 1979
A bell is stolen from a church. The Sunday school children are very sad about this. Ponch gets a visit from his mother. The officers have much to laugh at as a few drunken guys wa
Jailbirds
Jan 12, 1980
Jon and Ponch are found guilty of contempt when they refuse to name an informant in court. Of course they meet criminals who were arrested by the officers.
E.M.T.
Jan 19, 1980
The instructor for an EMT course recognizes pupils Jon and Ponch as the officers who gave him a ticket the day before.
Kidnap
Jan 26, 1980
Two criminals escape from custody and steal a Rolls-Royce - complete with two children in the back seat . They have to learn that the children are very smart and clever. A "Lacho
Off Road
Feb 2, 1980
Jon and Ponch enter a desert off-road race, unaware that a pair of thugs are using the race as a cover to retrieve a cache of stolen coins.
Tow Truck Lady
Feb 9, 1980
When a tow truck driver is suspected of stealing cars to make ends meet, Jon and Ponch enlist the help of the driver's daughter .
The Strippers
Feb 16, 1980
Jon and Ponch attempt to trap a gang of car strippers with drug smuggling connections.
Thrill Show
Feb 23, 1980
Robbers posing as tourists ride on tourist buses and while the bus is mobile they draw weapons and demand anything of value from all the tourists. Bonnie considers leaving the fo
Nightingale
Mar 23, 1980
Jon and Ponch try to find a mysterious female doctor who is treating accident victims then disappearing . They learn that the lady is the wife of a doctor and helping only the poo
Dynamite Alley
Mar 30, 1980
Officer Bonnie Clark believes she was forced off the road by a truck after crashing on a dangerous mountain road.