Of course it's in season 6, among fans known as "That which is not mentioned".
My pick is Episode 8, "Head Over Heels" Ponch's fiancee episode. Just unbearable in every way. Anyone think there's a worse one?
Too easy.
While the two-parter "Ponch's Angels" and its sequel "Mitchell & Woods" were bad, the award goes to...
"Force Seven" (final episode of season 5)
Officer Rick Nichols (played by Tom Reilley, who returns as series regular, but totally different character, Officer Bobby "Hot Dog" Nelson in season 6) has somehow become known as a screw up on the Highway Patrol so he is assigned to the new, secret, elite Force Seven (yes, assign your screw-ups to your elite unit, so much for merit). This is a special unit that uses Judo and martial arts (and, since this is CHiPs, not guns) to beat the bad guys, even when those bad guys are armed to the hilt with automatic weapons and stinger missiles. Fred "Hunter" Dwyer is the commander of this new unit and, along with the rest of the cast, chews up so much scenery that NBC probably had to expand their dental plan just to cover the tooth damage resulting from this one episode alone. While CHiPs was never known as the "Shakespeare of television", the writing, acting, casting, stunts and effects on "Force Seven" hit all time lows (although airborne car crashes were kept to a discrete minimum).
Even talented actor John Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones' buddy Sallah) as the chief bad guy couldn't save this stinker of an episode.
The silliest episode I remember was the one that had a group of over-the-hill bikers kidnap an armed policewoman.
shareOne of the funnier ones was when the CHIPs lady is abducted by a gang of over-the-hill bikers. There she was - armed with a gun - and still lets the guys take her. Maybe she wanted to sow some wild oats!!!
shareI seem to remember there was an episode where they meet a girl with eyes of green and legs "up to here". Anyone know which episode that was?
shareEvery episode of season 6 is really hard to watch all the way through it's entirety. What the hell is up with EVERY SINGLE episode since those 2 annoying brothers showed up featuring a dirt bike race or a road bike race or some stock footage of motor cross? Its like the writers had no idea what to do so they just tried to fill as much time as possible, sometimes close to 10 minutes worth!
shareThe episode that always stuck in my mind for some reason was one where Ponch ended up having a martial arts showdown with some street gang member (I think). So corny.
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