Second Chance

Second Chance
Episode #	313
Air Date	December 1, 1979
Briefing	Burglaries in condos in Marina Del Rey

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Brief Plot

Ponch and Jon try to apprehend a jewel thief who has hit several condos in Marina del Rey. A thief injures a young girl while making a motorcycle getaway. Ponch tries to befriend a recovering girl who was injured by the thief during his escape. Bonnie organizes a special carnival which includes a picnic style lunch for the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Plot

Ponch and Jon are riding along the coast during the afternoon.

Chuck apologizes to the male witness.

After Ponch and Jon has just finished patrolling the hostile party crowds at Santa Monica State Beach over a four day weekend which has just ended on Monday night, and the kids are now finally back in school by Tuesday afternoon. While riding along the beautiful coastal route of the Marina Freeway, and poor Jon has to hear Ponch start complaining about wanting to quit his job at the California Highway Patrol in order to become a lifeguard at the beach. Jon now decides to cheer up Ponch today by making him fully satisfied with his real job rather than his stupid imaginary job. Ponch now feels a little bit better at the moment about doing his job today. Meanwhile an amateur jewel thief named Chuck had just broken into a single desperate woman’s beautifully furnish condo in the small seaside community of Marina del Rey, and has entered the bedroom by starting to go though her dresser doors until he finds a beautiful crushed reddish-brown velvet case which actually contains a few very expensive high quality pieces of jewelry. Chuck now decides to take advantage of a single desperate woman by opening up her jewelry case, and taking out all her items by placing her items them into a hard leather purse. Chuck will eventually leave her condo without any force of entry by using the spare house keys, and is unaware that Ponch and Jon are now riding around in the small community shopping area of Lincoln Boulevard. Chuck is now walking down the outside steps of her small seaside condo community while carrying a hard leather purse of recently stolen items, and accidentally knocks down a man who happens to see the jewelry. After Chuck finishes apologizing to the man for accidentally knocking him over, and picks up the jewelry while the witness runs up the steps in order to call the police about meeting a recent burglar today. Chuck now decides leave his recent crime scene in the small seaside condo community with the jewelry inside a hard leather purse, and gets onto a recently stolen red Yamaha TT 500 in order to take off from the parking lot into the city streets for a quick getaway hoping to avoid the police.

Chuck is now looking back at Ponch and Jon.

Guest Stars

• David-James Carroll as Chuck
• Dana Laurita as Keli Adams
• Kristine DeBell as Peggy

Co-Starring

• Paul Linke as Grossman
• Brodie Greer as Baricza
• Michael Dorn as Turner
• Lynne Marie Stewart as Nancy
• Ben Van Vacter as Danny
• Nancy Hinman as Lori
• Terri Lynn Wood as T.C.
• Rik Colitti as Galagos
• Robert Dowdell as Mr. Adams
• Ellyn Stern as Mrs. Adams
• Tifni Twitchell as First Woman
• Mallory Sandler as Second Woman
• Bobby Baum as Man
• Derek Wilcox as Timmy
• Steven Mond as Wheelchair Patient
• Tarumi Takagi as Susie
• David Yanez as Starter
• Charles Hart as Second Wheelchair Patient
• Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark

Crew

• Produced by: Cy Chermak
• Written by: Frank Chase and Ramona Chase
• Directed by: John Florea
• Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner

• Locations by: Cinemobile Systems
• With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
• Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
• Automobiles furnished by: Ford Motor Company
• Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
• Rosner Television in association with MGM Television

Fun Facts

• The episode was filmed in Santa Monica, Marina del Rey, and Los Angeles.
• The bicycle accident scene was filmed on the coastal path at Santa Monica State Beach.
• The recently injured sick patients, and the wheelchair racing scenes were actually filmed at the Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles.
• The Chart House restaurant is located at 13950 Panay Way, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. View in Google Maps

Mistakes

Visible straps.

• During the pre-titles chase there is a shot looking back from the red bike where the front wheel is obviously stationary and the straps holding it to the camera vehicle can be seen.

Preceded by: "Destruction Derby"

Second Chance 313

Followed by: "Wheeling"