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Favorite episodes?

posted 10 years ago by basterd7
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Couldn't find a favorite episode thread so I thought I'd start one. Two that are always at the top of my list are:

1. Sick Leave. The one where the CHP officer(Robert Viharo) is slowly dying of a brain tumor. I thought the story had unusual depth for Chips and Viharo really carried the episode with his performance. That final crash scene with Viharo carrying the girl away from the burning car in slo-mo, with a heart beat thumping in the background, is one of the best scenes in the entire series.

2. Valley Go Home! This might be the ultimate Chips episode, and the one that always springs to mind when I think about the series. It's so damn 70s. You got the vans with the wacky illustrations on the sides, 8 tracks getting ripped off and hardcore surfs vs. vals gang activity. The final scene with the surfs and vals sitting together on the beach with broken arms and legs is awesomely hilarious.

[–] VegasNanny08 10 years ago

Great idea.....

1. MAIT
2. Drive Lady Drive
3. Dynamite Alley
4. Vigilante
5. A Simple Operation
6. Country Action(I accidentally deleted this episode when it was on last week GRRRR)

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[–] basterd7 10 years ago

True, MAIT team was a classic.

[–] caligirlbr323 10 years ago

Any ep where Ponch is dancing, singing, in a speedo, no shirt on, kissing girls, doing something heroic, being cute ! ETC!!!

I have many favorites, in this season I really liked Country action!! That was a hoot! LOL the orangutan riding on the back of Ponch's motorcycle. And I loved the scene at the bar. The singing was great. I like country music, and it really was popular back than! (Urban Cowboy)! And Johnny Lee and Mickey Gilley guest starring, pretty cool! And how sexy Ponch and Bobby looked in the cowboy hats and doing fake Southern accents. Silly ep but it was fun!!!

Barcelona man - I don't need to explain why I liked this!! LOL!!!!

I even liked the ep where Ponch got engaged, wasn't thrilled with the choice of the actress they chose but the story was good, and so romantic! ( I could have slapped her though when she threw that necklace that he spent his hard earned paycheck on into the ocean)!!! And very sad at the end of course , but really showed Erik's great acting skills!

[–] elvimark01 9 years ago

Sick Leave and Valley, Go Home would also be on my list of faves, along with Wheeling, Death Watch and the so-bad-it's-funny Battle of the Bands

[–] elvimark01 9 years ago

As for the actress they chose to play Ponch's fiancee...I don't think the producers had any say in the matter, as she was played by Erik Estrada's real-life fiancee at the time, model/actress Beverly Sassoon.