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.

Plot

After a long labor day weekend that has just ended summer vacation on Monday, and the kids are actually now going back to school for the first time this morning. While on duty where Ponch and Jon had just finished exiting the beautiful coastal route of the Marina Freeway, and happen to be riding along the coast of the beautifully cleaned up recently vacant Santa Monica State Beach. After Jon has just finished listening to Ponch complain about wanting to quit the CHP in order to become a lifeguard at the beautiful white sand beach, and decides that his best friend might need a little bit of cheering up today. Ponch is now finally satisfied with his line of work after a little cheering up from Jon, and feels that he can actually go back to doing his actual real daytime job as an officer of the highway patrol rather than his little imaginary dream job as a life guard at the beautiful white sand beach. Meanwhile a very young master jewel thief named Chuck that has recently dropout of college because the money for his tuition had just run out. After Chuck has just finished breaking into a married couples luxury condo in the small seaside community of Marina del Rey, and is now going though their dresser doors until he finds a small painted wood jewelry box. Chuck now opens up the small painted wood jewelry box now finding out that contains several very expensive real gemstone rings, including a bunch of different necklaces like a string of real pearls, and a set of real gold and silver bracelets. Chuck now decides to take advantage of the married woman by stealing her very expensive pieces of jewelry out of the box by placing them into a soft case, and eventually will be leaving their condo without any force of entry.

While Ponch and Jon are now riding around in the small community shopping area of Lincoln Boulevard. After Chuck has just finished taking advantage of the married woman by stealing all her very expensive pieces of jewelry, and he is now walking out of the couples luxury condo carrying a soft case of recently stolen items. Chuck is now walking down the steps in order to get on a recently stolen brand new Yamaha TT 500, and accidentally trips a married man causing him to drop his soft jewelry case. Chuck now decides to apologized to the married man for accidentally tripping him, and walks over towards his soft jewelry case in order to retrieve the stolen items. After the husband witnesses Chuck putting his wife’s recently stolen jewelry back into the soft case, and runs up the steps to their condo in order to call the police. After Chuck has just finished putting the victim’s wife jewelry back into the soft case, and now wants to get out of the couple’s condo community.

Chuck now decides to take advantage of the victim by leaving the recent crime scene in the condo community by getting on a recently stolen Yamaha in order to take off. While Ponch and Jon are still riding around the small community shopping area when they actually received a call from the LAPD dispatcher about a certain male jewel thief that is now just being suspected for recently stealing expensive jewelry, and is now riding around a stolen red Yamaha. Chuck is now actually speeding though traffic while riding around on a stolen red Yamaha by quickly turning the corner, and almost cuts off a pedestrian in the crosswalk. Ponch and Jon actually manage to spot Chuck who is actually now suspected for recently stealing jewelry when he comes speeding around the corner while riding around a stolen red Yamaha, and decide to give a little police pursuit by hoping to catch him today.

Chuck now decides to speed up in order to go a little faster until he looks over to see Ponch and Jon giving him a little police pursuit. Jon now reports to the LAPD dispatcher about being in pursuit of their jewel thief suspect named Chuck riding around on a recently stolen red Yamaha by using his CB Radio. Ponch and Jon now decide to speed up in order to giving Chuck who has just been suspected for stealing jewelry a little police pursuit. Chuck now decides to advantage of Ponch and Jon while actually hoping to lose the police pursuit by quickly speeding around the two different corners. Ponch and Jon are still hot pursuit of Chuck that is now speeding though the city streets for a few miles by taking shortcuts around the corners. Chuck now decides to quickly speed around the corner after reaching the dead end street while still actually being tangled up in the police pursuit given by Ponch and Jon.

Meanwhile pedestrians are enjoying their favorite activities along the coastal path of the beautiful white sand beach. A very shy fifteen year old schoolgirl named Keli Adams is actually enjoying a ride along the coastal path of the white sand beach on her beautiful brand new baby blue Schwinn Breeze while on the way to high school. There are a couple of pedestrians actually roller skating in the crosswalk while Ponch and Jon are still in hot pursuit of their suspect Chuck. Chuck now quickly decides to speed though the crosswalk, and briefly goes around the corner by cutting off some pedestrians while entering the costal path of the beautiful white sand beach. Ponch and Jon are now forced to go in the other direction by cutting off some pedestrians while going though the road closed signs. Chuck is now actually speeding along the coastal path of the beautiful white sand beach.

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"