A band of teenage misfits, ex-members of Ponch's Explorer troop, returns to help him catch a group of junior-high extortionists.

A woman believes a comic-book monster is terrorizing her, and the only clue is its odd creator.

Ponch and Bruce become the targets of a sheriff trying to cover up his drug dealing; headquarters baby-sits the captain's grandson.

Ponch and Bobby look into a series of thefts at a local campus, while Bruce tries to find a little girl who is abducted by a woman.

Ponch and Bobby pose as outlaw bikers to stop weapons hijackers; Bruce falls for a motorcycle racer.

Recuperating from a motorcycle accident, Ponch works with an Explorers troop composed of misfits.

The pair hunts a jewel thief and tries to save three singers from white slavery.

A runaway desperately needs a liver transplant; Kathy investigates dog thefts.

Ponch cares for an orangutan, which saw a cattle rustling, while its owner is hospitalized.

Bruce goes under cover in a high school to catch a pair of teenage car thieves.

Vengeful brothers disrupt Ponch's date; Kathy and Bobby try to help two runaway teens face reality.

CHP personnel dread a robot will replace them; Ponch and Bobby deal with highway vigilantes.

Anti-nuclear protesters cause trouble for the patrol, not least due to the presence of Getraer's daughter Ellen in the group.

A man blames Ponch for the death of his brother, Ponch's friend, and challenges him to a race.

Ponch becomes engaged to a kindergarten teacher who was campaigning against drunken driving.

On temporary duty Ponch and Bobby hunt a drug dealer and mediate a dispute over a nude beach.

Ponch helps children train for the Special Olympics. An old friend of Bobby's prepares for a parachute jump. Grossie buys a truckload of eggs.

Bruce debates leaving motorcycle racing to join the CHP; three valley girls stealing from older men get more than they expected.

Ponch and Bobby protect a singer with a satanic image.

While on night patrol, Ponch and Bobby respond to a jewellery store alarm. The culprit turns out to be a young girl who claims an alien made her do it.

Ponch models part-time for a jeans company, but his new fame takes him away from more rewarding police work.

Ponch and a rookie pursue health-club thieves and find a teenage mother who stole back the baby she sold.