Second Chance
| Second Chance | |
| Episode # | 313 |
| Air Date | December 1, 1979 |
| Briefing | Burglaries in condos in Marina Del Rey |
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 lifeguard 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 decides open up the small painted wood jewelry box in order to find 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 stealing 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 man causing him to drop his soft jewelry case. Chuck now decides to apologize to the man for accidentally tripping him, and walks over towards his soft jewelry case in order to retrieve the stolen items. After witness Chuck putting 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 dispatcher about a certain male jewel thief that is now just being suspected for recently stealing expensive jewelry, and is now riding around a recently stolen red Yamaha TT 500. 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 of 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 by calling in a 211 to the dispatcher. 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 decides to report to the 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 give Chuck who has just been suspected of 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 in 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 by cutting off more pedestrians while tailing Keli on her bicycle. Chuck now accidentally collides Keli by causing her to wipe out, and making her fall on her hips while tumbling into the white sand beach.
After Chuck had finally finished accidentally hitting Keli by managing to keep himself from wiping out on his dirt bike, and decides to leave the scene of the accident rather to give himself up in order to be arrested by Ponch and Jon. Ponch and Jon had managed to see Keli take a tumble after a recent bicycle accident. Jon now wants Ponch to stay behind with Keli in order to still pursue Chuck on a recently stolen dirt bike. While the other pedestrians who are now witnesses respond to Keli's time of need, and Ponch now has to cut across the grass by managing to go through a parking lot in order to respond to Keli's accident. Meanwhile Chuck decides to cut across another parking lot by cutting off Jon on the city street who is actually still in pursuit of him by managing to speed around a corner of another city street. While Jon is actually still hot pursuing Chuck, and at same time Ponch is now riding on the coastal path of the white sand beach in order to respond to a recently injured Keli. Ponch now responds by trying to explain about them being in pursuit of Chuck to a recently injured Keli who is actually being mouthy, and tries to help her off the ground but is unable to because of her left leg was recently injured in the accident. In the meantime Jon is actually still in hot pursuit of Chuck on the city streets for a few more miles. Chuck now decides to quickly turn the corner by speeding down the Santa Monica Pier with Jon still in hot pursuit of him for a few more miles. Chuck now decides to lose pursuit of Jon by doing a dangerous jump like Evel Knievel by carefully landing into the water while crashing the dirt bike. Meanwhile a very young master boat thief named Danny is responding in a recently stolen fishing to boat by rescuing his buddy Chuck while Jon manages to stop at the edge of the pier watching them sail away together, and at the same time Ponch had to pick up his radio by requesting an ambulance for Keli for her minor leg injury by finishing the call with an 11-81 to the accident scene. Ponch now finds out from the dispatcher about Jon had actually lost pursuit of their burglar suspect Chuck. Ponch always tries to do the right thing by keeping Keli calm but has to listen remark about her wreck bike meanwhile Jon makes it back to the accident scene, and the paramedics now have Keli on the Stretcher in order to take her away in the ambulance. Jon now finally arrives back at the accident scene in order to see Keli get taken away in an ambulance. Keli now finally finds out from Ponch about how his partner Jon had recently lost pursuit of Chuck, and out of anger makes a disrespectful remark of both of them while going into the ambulance still in pain.
After Keli had a bicycle accident that was caused by Chuck about three weeks ago on Tuesday morning, and children are now going inside the building along with their parents. Ponch has just arrived at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles wearing just one glove while carrying the other in his left hand, and wants to ask a very hot young nurse named Lori out on a date for Saturday night. While Ponch is now walking the hallway on his way to the nurses station, and manages to run into a recently injured sick patient in a wheelchair who happens to be a little boy named Timmy who is actually on his way to exercise class this morning. Timmy is actually in a cheerful mood today by now wanting to start the morning off right by welcoming Ponch to the hospital. While still in the hallway Ponch now decides to do the right thing by welcoming his little buddy Timmy with a good morning. After Ponch has just finished giving his little buddy Timmy a greeting, and finally arrives at the nurses station just to ask Lori out on a date for Saturday night by making her laugh at his funny romantic poem wither it's for business or pleasure for their little children's program during the year. Ponch now finds out that Lori has ten minute lunch break coming up, and notices the Keli is now in a wheelchair outside with her parents sitting on a bench at a picnic table. Ponch now finds out that Keli has recently been transferred here for physical therapy because the adult hospital doesn't want her because of difficulties in treatments for her legs, and hips after the recent accident with Chuck on the beach. Ponch now wants to meet with Keli and her parents for a minute, and manages to run into Susie who is actually going home tomorrow. Ponch is now busted by T.C. in her wheelchair who often disrespects him by insulting him about stealing his motorcycle, and about him not having a sense of humor. Ponch now shrugs off T.C. with a smirk, and goes outside to have a meeting with Keli along with her parents about her medical injury that was caused by Chuck during a police chase. Ponch finally meets with Mr. and Mrs. Adams with along Keli about her bicycle accident three weeks ago with Chuck during a police pursuit. Ponch's meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Adams doesn't goes so well because of Keli's attitude towards the situation. After Ponch listens to Mr. and Mrs. Adams about the situation with Keli which includes exercising her legs everyday. It turns out that Keli has an attitude towards doctors, and her father but harps on Ponch unable to catch Chuck. Ponch now decides to cut the meeting short with Mr. and Mrs. Adams because of Keli's attitude towards his performance on the job.
After Ponch has just finished the meeting Mr. and Mrs. Adams along with their recently injured daughter Keli, and walks back into the building where T.C. now challenges him to a wheelchair race after making a bet with her friend. Ponch turns down the challenge but later changes his mind after another disrespectful remark from T.C. about calling him a chicken, and accepts her stupid bet. Both Ponch and T.C. are now in wheelchairs at the starting line about to go through the obstacle course that is set up with flags for check points when their friend Starter gives them the go ahead. After Starter gives both Ponch and T.C. the go ahead they get off to great start in the race with the crowd cheering champion on toward the challenger in the race. Ponch accidentally hits a chair, and has trouble constraining on the obstacle compare to T.C. but seems to be making Mr. and Mrs. Adams compared to Keli. Ponch still can't keep up with T.C. but lets her win the race after tipping over in the wheelchair, and is able to get a date with Lori for Saturday night but wants a rematch in the morning. A woman driving a beautiful white Stutz Blackhawk pulls up to have lunch at the Chart House Seafood Restaurant where Danny is now currently working as a parking lot attendant, and let's him park it in a safe spot. After Danny has finish parking the car decides to steal the keys, and walks over to Chuck's van. In the meantime Chuck and his girlfriend Peggy are playing a new record album while sitting inside the van until Danny shows up with a set of keys for a business deal, and her to leave immediately.
During the briefing Getraer would like to thank Ponch and Jon. After Getraer has just finished the briefing about their suspect Chuck.
Great Quote
- "What are we going to do is wait for this guy to kill someone in their own apartment" - Bonnie
- "Good to see you too old buddy" - Ponch
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 Seafood Restaurant is located at 13950 Panay Way, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. View in Google Maps
Mistakes
- 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" |