Family Crisis

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Family Crisis
Episode # 203
Air Date Sep 30, 1978
Briefing Auto theft is overworked & movie prop car is stolen / Movie car performing robberies / Go catch the movie car thieves

Brief Plot

Jon has to arrest his nephew after learning he and his friends were involved in stealing several cars.

Plot

While directing traffic on their way in to work in the morning, Jon sees his nephew, Wes Miller, riding with some friends. Ponch notices that the ignition has been busted open as they drive off. Wes's friends laugh about riding by the cops in a stolen car. After leaving the traffic jam, Ponch is asking about Wes when they see someone stealing a motorcycle. They pursue him. Sindy Cahill gets the call while riding her motorcycle off duty and joins in the pursuit. She is arrested by an LAPD officer who thinks she's an accomplice. After catching the motorcycle thief, Ponch and Jon identify her.

At the briefing, Getraer tells everyone that a prop car with special abilities from the movie Hugger Mugger was stolen. Sindy has several questions and feels it may be part of a bigger caper.

After the briefing, Ponch sells his motor home for $2,625. They then head over to have lunch with Fritz and Grossie. Jon tries calling his sister, but finds out that she's out of town on a buying trip.

At the Mayfair Market, Jon's nephew and his friends steal another car.

Back at Central, Ponch is figuring out his new monthly budget when Sindy arrives with news about her investigation into the movie car theft. Getraer tells her that she should stick to patrol until he's asked to put someone on the case.

Later that day, Jon drives his truck to Ponch's new apartment near the marina. As he arrives, he finds that the waterbed in the apartment upstairs flooded his. When he moves into the temporary (but twice as expensive) apartment and sees the woman upstairs, he decides to move in there even though it's $500 per month.

That night, Ponch, Jon, and Wes go to dinner with some other CHP officers. Wes's friends show up and make him uncomfortable for hanging out with cops.

At the next day's briefing, Getraer updates everyone on the stolen movie car committing a robbery. Ponch suggests that Sindy talk to the guy they hit.

The next day, Wes & friends abandon a stolen car. Ponch and Jon find the abandoned car and Ponch finds a bus pass with Wes's name on it. As he picks up the pass, they get a call about the movie car and head towards it. Sindy gives up her chase after skidding on the oil and the car gets away.

While Sindy gets a physical checkup that Getraer ordered, Ponch brings Wes's bus pass to him and tells him he knows he's involved in the car thefts but that Jon doesn't. He promises not to tell if Wes stops riding in stolen cars.

Later, Sindy gets called in by the Captain about her report on the movie car thieves.

Meanwhile, Wes is out on an unopened section of the 210 Freeway racing cars when Grossie spots them. Ponch and Jon join in as the cars leave the freeway. As the cars split off from each other, Grossie chases one while Ponch and Jon take the other. When they finally catch them, Jon arrests Wes.

At Central, Wes gets off with a misdemeanor and Getraer updates everyone on the movie car situation.

Out on the streets, Ponch spots a familiar trash rig and they decide to stake it out. The movie car pulls off another robbery and the CHP was ready. After a chasing the car while it uses smoke screen and other movie devices, they trap it on a pier and the thieves eject and land in the water.

At Ponch's house warming party, we find out that Sindy got a commendation. As Getraer arrives, Harlan's dog, Dave, starts growling at him.

Great Quote

"When it comes right down to it, am I an uncle or am I a cop?"
-Jon

Guest Stars

Crew

Fun Facts

  • This episode is the last time that we see Ponch's motor home.

Mistakes

  • Mythbusters took a look at ejection seats. What we see at the end of this episode just isn't possible without special effects.

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Preceded by:
"The Volunteers" 		Family Crisis
203 		Followed by:
"Disaster Squad"
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