Second Chance

Second Chance
Episode #	313
Air Date	December 1, 1979
Briefing	?

Brief Plot

Ponch and Jon try to apprehend a jewel thief who has hit several condos in Marina del Ray. Ponch tries to befriend a recovering girl who was injured by the thief during his escape.

Plot

After a long labor day weekend has just ended summer vacation on Monday, and the kids are now finally going back to school this morning. While on duty Ponch and Jon had just finished exiting the Marina Freeway, and happen to be riding along the coast of the 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 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. Meanwhile a young master jewel thief named Chuck has just broken into a rich couples condo in the small seaside community of Marina del Ray, and is now going though the dresser doors until he finds a small jewelry box. After opening up the small jewelry box Chuck now finds out that contains three very expensive real gemstone rings, including a string of real pearls, and a set of real gold and silver bracelets. Chuck now decides to take advantage of the rich woman by stealing her very expensive pieces of jewelry out of the box by placing them into a soft case, and eventually will be breaking out of their condo.

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 rich woman by stealing all her very expensive pieces of jewelry, and he now walks out of her condo carrying a soft case of recently stolen items. Chuck is now walking down the steps in order to get to a certain recently stolen red dirt bike, and accidentally drops his soft case full of jewelry after tripping a middle aged blonde haired man. Chuck now decides to apologized to the middle aged blonde haired man for accidentally tripping him, and walks towards his soft jewelry case in order to retrieve the stolen items. After the middle aged blonde haired man witnesses Chuck putting his wife’s recently stolen jewelry back into the soft case, and runs up the steps to his condo in order to call the police. Chuck now decides to finished putting the recently stolen jewelry back into the soft case, and decides to get back on the dirt back in order to leave the scene of the crime.

After Chuck decides to leave the scene of the crime in the condo area by taking off on a recently stolen dirt bike. While Ponch and Jon are still riding around the small community shopping area, and received a call from the LAPD dispatcher in order to give a little police pursuit of a male jewel thief riding around a stolen dirt bike that is actually transporting jewelry. Chuck is speeding though traffic while riding around on the stolen dirt bike, and very quickly turns the corner by almost cutting off a pedestrian in the crosswalk. Ponch and Jon actually manage to spot their suspect now speeding around the corner while riding around a stolen dirt bike that is transporting jewelry, and decide to give a police pursuit. 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 the jewel thief suspect riding around on recently stolen dirt bike by using his CB Radio. Ponch and Jon now decide to speed up in order to give a police pursuit to a certain male jewel thief that has just been suspected on stealing jewelry. Chuck now very quickly speeds around the corner while being pursued by Ponch and Jon, and eventually decides to speed around another corner. Ponch and Jon are still hot pursuit of their male jewel thief suspect that is still speeding though the city streets for a few miles by taking shortcuts around the corners. Chuck now reaches the dead end street, and decides to speed very quickly around the corner while still being pursued by Ponch and Jon.

Guest Stars

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

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

Mistakes

Preceded by: "Destruction Derby"

Second Chance 313

Followed by: "Wheeling"