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[[Category:Season 5|518 - In the Best of Families]] | [[Category:Season 5|518 - In the Best of Families]] | ||
{{Infobox Episode | | {{Infobox Episode | | ||
episode_title = In the Best of Families| | episode_title = In the Best of Families| | ||
episode_num = 518| | episode_num = 518| | ||
air_date = | air_date = February 21, 1982| | ||
briefing = }} | briefing = }} | ||
[[Image:S5Ep18Title.jpg|thumb|Title screen]] | |||
==Brief Plot== | ==Brief Plot== | ||
Jon and Ponch try to apprehend a family of thieves who make several attempts to steal a CHP cruiser as part of a bigger plot to commit an armored truck hit. Meanwhile, Getraer is uptight, and buckles down on Central as they prepare for a major inspection | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
After [[Ponch]] convinces [[Jon]] to move in with him while his apartment is being painted, they learn a [[CHP]] cruiser has been stolen. | After [[Ponch]] convinces [[Jon]] to move in with him while his apartment is being painted, they learn a [[CHP]] cruiser has been stolen. [[Baricza]], Ponch, and Jon chase the kids in the cruiser who drive on the wrong side of a just-opened section of the [[Simi Valley Freeway]]. The kids stop in the center and try to run away while the cruiser gets rammed by typical ''[["CHiPs"]]'' jumping-cars. | ||
After the theme, [[Bonnie]] shows up and gets chewed out by [[Getraer]] for not watching her car for a minute while she was in [[Bruce's Coffee Shop]]. | After the theme, [[Bonnie]] shows up and gets chewed out by [[Getraer]] for not watching her car for a minute while she was in [[Bruce's Coffee Shop]]. Meanwhile, the kids meet up with their mother who was planning an armored car rip off. | ||
Back at [[Central]], [[Grossie]] tells everyone that Captain R. J. Tinsdale has ordered a chapter 10 inspection. | Back at [[Central]], [[Grossie]] tells everyone that Captain R. J. Tinsdale has ordered a chapter 10 inspection. | ||
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That night, Jon shows up at Ponch's apartment and finds that the women neighbors are visiting. | That night, Jon shows up at Ponch's apartment and finds that the women neighbors are visiting. | ||
The next day, Bonnie is | The next day, Bonnie is really upset since everyone is making her life difficult. | ||
Out on the streets, a West L.A. CHP cruiser is stolen. Ponch, Jon, and [[Turner]] pursue it. When Turner swerves to avoid oncoming traffic and pedestrians, he flies off a cliff and loses his wheels upon impact. | Out on the streets, a West L.A. CHP cruiser is stolen. Ponch, Jon, and [[Turner]] pursue it. When Turner swerves to avoid oncoming traffic and pedestrians, he flies off a cliff and loses his wheels upon impact. The kids get away again. Jon learns that someone stole a two-tone Dodge Monaco ... a match for their cruisers. | ||
At the dry cleaners, Getraer learns that his CHP uniform was stolen. | At the dry cleaners, Getraer learns that his CHP uniform was stolen. While Getraer's out, Ponch spreads a rumor about Getraer getting promoted to Lieutenant. | ||
That night, Ponch investigates tbe stolen Dodge Monaco and gets a street map that a thief left behind. | That night, Ponch investigates tbe stolen Dodge Monaco and gets a street map that a thief left behind. | ||
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After lunch (at [[Lucy's Drive In]]), Baricza finds his cruiser doors and lights missing. That makes Ponch and Jon the only unaffected CHP so far. | After lunch (at [[Lucy's Drive In]]), Baricza finds his cruiser doors and lights missing. That makes Ponch and Jon the only unaffected CHP so far. | ||
In the locker room, Jon figures out that there's going to be a heist. | In the locker room, Jon figures out that there's going to be a heist. Out on the streets, the fake CHP cruiser makes the armored truck take a detour. The mother cuts the armored car's radio antenna when they stop. The fake CHP make them stop later on and fill the truck with bees. When the guards run, the fake CHP takes the money. Ponch and Jon show up just in time and chase them. Bonnie and Getraer aren't far behind and help to block them in. They attempt to run down Getraer (who fell over), but Bonnie blocks them with her cruiser and gets rammed. | ||
Back at Central, Getraer tells everyone that he's not leaving and that Captain Tinsdale was a tough instructor of his at the academy. After finding out that Captain Tinsdale can't get to L.A. because of snow in the mountains, the CHP starts to chase Getraer. | Back at Central, Getraer tells everyone that he's not leaving and that Captain Tinsdale was a tough instructor of his at the academy. After finding out that Captain Tinsdale can't get to L.A. because of snow in the mountains, the CHP starts to chase Getraer. | ||
==Guest Stars== | ==Guest Stars== | ||
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* [[Michael Morgan]] as Joey | * [[Michael Morgan]] as Joey | ||
* [[Timothy Patrick Murphy]] as Alex | * [[Timothy Patrick Murphy]] as Alex | ||
* [[Paul Linke]] as Grossman | |||
* [[Lou Wagner]] as Harlan | |||
==Co-Starring== | |||
* [[Brodie Greer]] as Baricza | |||
* [[Michael Dorn]] as Turner | |||
* [[James L. Brown]] as Executive | * [[James L. Brown]] as Executive | ||
* [[John Brandon]] as Salesman | * [[John Brandon]] as Salesman | ||
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* [[Sheri Lynn Covington]] as Cindy | * [[Sheri Lynn Covington]] as Cindy | ||
* [[Lori Sutton]] as Sherri | * [[Lori Sutton]] as Sherri | ||
* [[K.C. Winkler]] as Francesca | * [[K.C. Winkler]] as Francesca | ||
* [[Randi Oakes]] as Bonnie Clark | |||
==Crew== | ==Crew== | ||
*Executive Producer: [[Cy Chermak]] | * Executive Producer: [[Cy Chermak]] | ||
*Produced By: [[ | * Produced By: [[James Doherty]] | ||
*Story Supervisor: [[William D. Gordon]] | * Story Supervisor: [[William D. Gordon]] | ||
*Written By: [[Richard B. Mittleman]] | * Written By: [[Richard B. Mittleman]] | ||
*Directed by: [[John Florea]] | * Directed by: [[John Florea]] | ||
*Executive Consultant: [[Rick Rosner]] | * Executive Consultant: [[Rick Rosner]] | ||
* Story Editors: [[L. Ford Neale]] & [[John Huff]] | |||
*Story Editors: [[L. Ford Neale]] & [[John Huff]] | * Executive Producer: [[Randall Torno]] | ||
*Executive Producer: [[Randall Torno]] | * Developed for television by: [[Paul Playdon]] | ||
*Developed for television by: [[Paul Playdon]] | * Music by: [[Alan Silvestri]] | ||
*Music by: [[Alan Silvestri]] | * Theme by: [[John Parker]] | ||
*Theme by: [[John Parker]] | * Music Supervisor: [[Harry V. Lojewski]] | ||
*Music Supervisor: [[Harry V. Lojewski]] | * Director of Photography: [[Robert F. Sparks]] | ||
*Director of Photography: [[Robert F. Sparks]] | * Art Director: [[Stephen Myles Berger]] | ||
*Art Director: [[Stephen Myles Berger]] | * Editor: [[William Neel]] | ||
*Editor: [[William Neel]] | * Unit Production Manager: [[Donald Gold]] | ||
*Unit Production Manager: [[Donald Gold]] | * First Assistant Director: [[Denny Salvaryn]] | ||
*First Assistant Director: [[ | * Second Assistant Director: [[Leslie L. Jackson]] | ||
*Second Assistant Director: [[Leslie L. Jackson]] | * Script Supervisor: [[Jack Gannon]] | ||
*Script Supervisor: [[Jack Gannon]] | * Set Decorator: [[W. Joseph Kroesser]] | ||
*Set Decorator: [[W. Joseph Kroesser]] | * Production Consultant: [[Dave McDannel]] | ||
*Production Consultant: [[Dave McDannel]] | * Stunt Co-ordinator: [[Paul Nuckles]] | ||
*Stunt Co-ordinator: [[Paul Nuckles]] | * Rerecorded at: [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios]] | ||
*Rerecorded at: [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios]] | * Sound: [[Harlan Riggs]], [[M. Curtis Price]], C.A.S. | ||
*Sound: [[Harlan Riggs]], [[M. Curtis Price, C.A.S. | * Wardrobe Supervisor: [[Shelly Levine]] | ||
*Wardrobe Supervisor: [[Shelly Levine]] | * Makeup: [[Richard Cobos]], S.M.A., [[Walter T. Schenck]] | ||
*Makeup: [[Richard Cobos, S.M.A. | * Hair Stylist: [[Don Lynch]] | ||
*Hair Stylist: [[Don Lynch]] | * Assistant Editor: [[Darrell Dean Upshaw]] | ||
*Casting: [[Cathy Henderson]] | * Sound Editor: [[John Delbis]] | ||
*With Appreciation to [[Glen B. Craig]], [[Commissioner]] [[California Highway Patrol]] | * Music Editor: [[Jan Gershkoff]] | ||
*Motorcycles Furnished by: [[Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.]] | * Casting: [[Cathy Henderson]], [[Barbara Hanley]] | ||
*Filmed in [[METROCOLOR]] / Titles and Opticals [[MGM]] | * With Appreciation to [[Glen B. Craig]], [[Commissioner]] [[California Highway Patrol]] | ||
*[[Rosner Television]] in association with MGM Television | * Motorcycles Furnished by: [[Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.]] | ||
* Filmed in [[METROCOLOR]] / Titles and Opticals [[MGM]] | |||
* [[Rosner Television]] in association with MGM Television | |||
==Fun Facts== | ==Fun Facts== | ||
[[Image:CHiPsPartridgeBus0518.jpg|thumb|Partridge Family bus]] | |||
* When Baricza finds his doors missing, look for the ''Partridge Family'' bus in the background. | * When Baricza finds his doors missing, look for the ''Partridge Family'' bus in the background. | ||
* When Jon and Ponch first meet Getraer they are outside the Ticktocker Thrift Shop in Culver City - The Culver Hotel can be seen behind Getraer. [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=34.023907,-118.394573&spn=0.003832,0.016512&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=34.023903,-118.394571&panoid=IaMB8K1SvIpX1qpxUsXY9A&cbp=12,296.17,,0,-0.12 View in Google Maps] | |||
* The scene where the mother watches the armored car leave the Bank of Tri-Valley was filmed at the back of the Ticktocker Thrift Shop. At the time, the four-story parking garage on Cardiff Avenue was just a flat parking lot. | |||
==Mistakes== | ==Mistakes== | ||
* | * In the opening accident, none of the cars on the top level of the transporter appear to have had their parking brakes on, been left in park or been secured in any way, yet the cars on the lower level don't move. | ||
* Getraer only needed a fuse for his bike, so why did Harlan need to recover it in a pickup? | |||
* Why was Getraer being so careful with the water cooler bottle when it was obviously empty? | |||
* Jon says that some punks stole a '79 Dodge Monaco - there wasn't a '79 Monaco. The Monaco was replaced by the St. Regis for 1979-81. | |||
* As Jon and Ponch approach the robbed armored car, the driver's door is open a few inches, but when the camera angle changes the door is shut. | |||
* When the family are watching the opening crash on the news, the TV reporter says that their "cameraman... got more than he bargained for." The footage they showed was clearly taken from three or four different angles, including one in the center of the live lane, and not by a single cameraman. | |||
==Buy this episode== | ==Buy this episode== | ||
Latest revision as of 12:31, 15 June 2020
| In the Best of Families | |
| Episode # | 518 |
| Air Date | February 21, 1982 |
| Briefing | |
Brief Plot
Jon and Ponch try to apprehend a family of thieves who make several attempts to steal a CHP cruiser as part of a bigger plot to commit an armored truck hit. Meanwhile, Getraer is uptight, and buckles down on Central as they prepare for a major inspection
Plot
After Ponch convinces Jon to move in with him while his apartment is being painted, they learn a CHP cruiser has been stolen. Baricza, Ponch, and Jon chase the kids in the cruiser who drive on the wrong side of a just-opened section of the Simi Valley Freeway. The kids stop in the center and try to run away while the cruiser gets rammed by typical "CHiPs" jumping-cars.
After the theme, Bonnie shows up and gets chewed out by Getraer for not watching her car for a minute while she was in Bruce's Coffee Shop. Meanwhile, the kids meet up with their mother who was planning an armored car rip off.
Back at Central, Grossie tells everyone that Captain R. J. Tinsdale has ordered a chapter 10 inspection.
That night, Jon shows up at Ponch's apartment and finds that the women neighbors are visiting.
The next day, Bonnie is really upset since everyone is making her life difficult.
Out on the streets, a West L.A. CHP cruiser is stolen. Ponch, Jon, and Turner pursue it. When Turner swerves to avoid oncoming traffic and pedestrians, he flies off a cliff and loses his wheels upon impact. The kids get away again. Jon learns that someone stole a two-tone Dodge Monaco ... a match for their cruisers.
At the dry cleaners, Getraer learns that his CHP uniform was stolen. While Getraer's out, Ponch spreads a rumor about Getraer getting promoted to Lieutenant.
That night, Ponch investigates tbe stolen Dodge Monaco and gets a street map that a thief left behind.
After lunch (at Lucy's Drive In), Baricza finds his cruiser doors and lights missing. That makes Ponch and Jon the only unaffected CHP so far.
In the locker room, Jon figures out that there's going to be a heist. Out on the streets, the fake CHP cruiser makes the armored truck take a detour. The mother cuts the armored car's radio antenna when they stop. The fake CHP make them stop later on and fill the truck with bees. When the guards run, the fake CHP takes the money. Ponch and Jon show up just in time and chase them. Bonnie and Getraer aren't far behind and help to block them in. They attempt to run down Getraer (who fell over), but Bonnie blocks them with her cruiser and gets rammed.
Back at Central, Getraer tells everyone that he's not leaving and that Captain Tinsdale was a tough instructor of his at the academy. After finding out that Captain Tinsdale can't get to L.A. because of snow in the mountains, the CHP starts to chase Getraer.
Guest Stars
- Anne Francis as Susan Wright
- Michael Morgan as Joey
- Timothy Patrick Murphy as Alex
- Paul Linke as Grossman
- Lou Wagner as Harlan
Co-Starring
- Brodie Greer as Baricza
- Michael Dorn as Turner
- James L. Brown as Executive
- John Brandon as Salesman
- Joy Claussen as Clerk
- James Newell as Master of Ceremonies
- Sheri Lynn Covington as Cindy
- Lori Sutton as Sherri
- K.C. Winkler as Francesca
- Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark
Crew
- Executive Producer: Cy Chermak
- Produced By: James Doherty
- Story Supervisor: William D. Gordon
- Written By: Richard B. Mittleman
- Directed by: John Florea
- Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
- Story Editors: L. Ford Neale & John Huff
- Executive Producer: Randall Torno
- Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
- Music by: Alan Silvestri
- Theme by: John Parker
- Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
- Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks
- Art Director: Stephen Myles Berger
- Editor: William Neel
- Unit Production Manager: Donald Gold
- First Assistant Director: Denny Salvaryn
- Second Assistant Director: Leslie L. Jackson
- Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
- Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
- Production Consultant: Dave McDannel
- Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
- Rerecorded at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
- Sound: Harlan Riggs, M. Curtis Price, C.A.S.
- Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
- Makeup: Richard Cobos, S.M.A., Walter T. Schenck
- Hair Stylist: Don Lynch
- Assistant Editor: Darrell Dean Upshaw
- Sound Editor: John Delbis
- Music Editor: Jan Gershkoff
- Casting: Cathy Henderson, Barbara Hanley
- With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
- Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
- Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
- Rosner Television in association with MGM Television
Fun Facts
- When Baricza finds his doors missing, look for the Partridge Family bus in the background.
- When Jon and Ponch first meet Getraer they are outside the Ticktocker Thrift Shop in Culver City - The Culver Hotel can be seen behind Getraer. View in Google Maps
- The scene where the mother watches the armored car leave the Bank of Tri-Valley was filmed at the back of the Ticktocker Thrift Shop. At the time, the four-story parking garage on Cardiff Avenue was just a flat parking lot.
Mistakes
- In the opening accident, none of the cars on the top level of the transporter appear to have had their parking brakes on, been left in park or been secured in any way, yet the cars on the lower level don't move.
- Getraer only needed a fuse for his bike, so why did Harlan need to recover it in a pickup?
- Why was Getraer being so careful with the water cooler bottle when it was obviously empty?
- Jon says that some punks stole a '79 Dodge Monaco - there wasn't a '79 Monaco. The Monaco was replaced by the St. Regis for 1979-81.
- As Jon and Ponch approach the robbed armored car, the driver's door is open a few inches, but when the camera angle changes the door is shut.
- When the family are watching the opening crash on the news, the TV reporter says that their "cameraman... got more than he bargained for." The footage they showed was clearly taken from three or four different angles, including one in the center of the live lane, and not by a single cameraman.
Buy this episode
- This episode is currently not available for purchase.
| Preceded by: "Alarmed" |
In the Best of Families 518 |
Followed by: "Silent Partner" |