CHiPs: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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
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Go-Cart Terror
Sep 21, 1980
A friendly go-cart race between the CHP and the fire department kids' teams results in some unwelcome competition. Sonny Bono costars.
Sick Leave
Sep 28, 1980
An officer's erratic behavior is such serious subject matter that it is the series' only episode (and perhaps in all of television's history) produced without a soundtrack.
To Your Health
Oct 5, 1980
The daring duo investigates a series of sabotaged trucks, while Ponch "goes green" to impress two pretty proprietors of a health food store.
The Poachers
Oct 19, 1980
While giving chase in the forest, Ponch and Jon encounter a Native American man who's teaching his son the old honored ways of wildlife survival.
The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (1)
Dec 7, 1980
The guys save Hollywood icon Milton Berle's Malibu mansion from a threatening boulder. Gilligan's Island's Tina Louise costars.
The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (2)
Dec 7, 1980
At an A-list Hollywood party, Ponch and Jon get down with stars Gil Gerard, Cindy Williams, Todd Bridges, Rose Marie, Gary Burghoff and more!
Satan's Angels
Dec 14, 1980
When a ruthless biker gang kidnaps Officer Clark, the boys gun it to save her, while Sgt. Getraer's wife suffers false labor pains.
Wheels of Justice
Dec 21, 1980
When a hospital gas main breaks, Ponch and Jon evacuate all the babies from the maternity ward to the only safe place they can think of -- CHP command HQ!
Crash Course
Jan 4, 1981
A getaway driver (Dan Stroud) promotes himself to armed robber, while Ponch is thrown off balance over his bank account.
Forty Tons of Trouble
Jan 11, 1981
A gang of thieves steals construction equipment, while the CHP drag race threatens to be a real drag. Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street films) costars.
11-99: Officer Needs Help
Jan 18, 1981
What happens when officers go down in the field? The pressure is on to find a solution -- especially when organized crime gets the same intel at the same time.
Home Fires Burning
Feb 1, 1981
The guys are confident over an upcoming basketball game until they find out they're playing the amazing King Charles Unicycling Basketball Troupe!
Sharks
Feb 22, 1981
A day off for scuba diving fun turns out to be anything but when Ponch and Jon face off with a band of underwater drug smugglers and man-eating sharks!
Ponch's Angels (1)
Feb 28, 1981
In an attempt to get even, Sgt. Getraer assigns Ponch to train a group of insubordinate female recruits. Famous Playmate Barbi Benton costars.
Ponch's Angels (2)
Mar 1, 1981
Ponch's recruits have their work cut out for them, and it's going to take more than good looks to take down an entire criminal operation.
Karate
Mar 8, 1981
Ponch attempts to rid his old neighborhood of crime, but his rivals do everything they canto make that impossible. Danny Bonaduce costars.
New Guy in Town
Mar 15, 1981
Ponch and Jon are hunted by a man who's determined to avenge his twin brother's death, while a perfectionist joins the squad intent on driving everyone crazy.
The Hawk and the Hunter
Apr 5, 1981
Officer Baricza spends more and more time helping his father with his crop-dusting business and less and less time doing police work -- until his pals pitch in.
Vigilante
May 3, 1981
Mod Squad's Michael Cole costars in this thrilling episode about a criminal once arrested by Sgt. Getraer, who is back and on a terrifying rampage.
Dead Man's Riddle
May 10, 1981
Joanna Herns (Growing Pains) is featured in this touching episode about a psychologist who fears she may have caused a serious car accident.
A Simple Operation
May 17, 1981
Sgt. Getraer is injured and, while in the hospital, witnesses a man assaulting a patient. Now the assailant tries to make sure that Getraer won't live to tell.