Season 4

Season 4 (1980)

It's full throttle ahead for an action-packed season of fast-paced fun!






Episodes List

Ep.1 Go-Cart Terror

Air Date: 1980-09-21

A friendly go-cart race between the CHP and the fire department kids' teams results in some unwelcome competition. Sonny Bono costars.

Ep.2 Sick Leave

Air Date: 1980-09-28

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.

Ep.3 To Your Health

Air Date: 1980-10-05

The daring duo investigates a series of sabotaged trucks, while Ponch "goes green" to impress two pretty proprietors of a health food store.

Ep.4 The Poachers

Air Date: 1980-10-19

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.

Ep.5 The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (1)

Air Date: 1980-12-07

The guys save Hollywood icon Milton Berle's Malibu mansion from a threatening boulder. Gilligan's Island's Tina Louise costars.

Ep.6 The Great 5K Star Race and Boulder Wrap Party (2)

Air Date: 1980-12-07

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!

Ep.7 Satan's Angels

Air Date: 1980-12-14

When a ruthless biker gang kidnaps Officer Clark, the boys gun it to save her, while Sgt. Getraer's wife suffers false labor pains.

Ep.8 Wheels of Justice

Air Date: 1980-12-21

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!

Ep.9 Crash Course

Air Date: 1981-01-04

A getaway driver (Dan Stroud) promotes himself to armed robber, while Ponch is thrown off balance over his bank account.

Ep.10 Forty Tons of Trouble

Air Date: 1981-01-11

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.

Ep.11 11-99: Officer Needs Help

Air Date: 1981-01-18

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.

Ep.12 Home Fires Burning

Air Date: 1981-02-01

The guys are confident over an upcoming basketball game until they find out they're playing the amazing King Charles Unicycling Basketball Troupe!

Ep.13 Sharks

Air Date: 1981-02-22

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!

Ep.14 Ponch's Angels (1)

Air Date: 1981-02-28

In an attempt to get even, Sgt. Getraer assigns Ponch to train a group of insubordinate female recruits. Famous Playmate Barbi Benton costars.

Ep.15 Ponch's Angels (2)

Air Date: 1981-03-01

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.

Ep.16 Karate

Air Date: 1981-03-08

Ponch attempts to rid his old neighborhood of crime, but his rivals do everything they canto make that impossible. Danny Bonaduce costars.

Ep.17 New Guy in Town

Air Date: 1981-03-15

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.

Ep.18 The Hawk and the Hunter

Air Date: 1981-04-05

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.

Ep.19 Vigilante

Air Date: 1981-05-03

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.

Ep.20 Dead Man's Riddle

Air Date: 1981-05-10

Joanna Herns (Growing Pains) is featured in this touching episode about a psychologist who fears she may have caused a serious car accident.

Ep.21 A Simple Operation

Air Date: 1981-05-17

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.