The episode involves a college-aged motorcycle driver who performs dangerous, unauthorized stunts while on the freeway, while a film crew surreptitiously films the proceedings, and sells the footage for a profit. (To whom, it's not exactly made clear, this being the early 1980s, VHS players weren't quite all over the place yet-- Even Getrayer when he views footage, it's on a reel-to-reel-tape).
Turns out, the stunt biker is working for a businesswoman ( who strikes up a flirtation with one of the heroes) who inherited a stunt exhibition company which is on its last legs. So the owner is in a partnership with a shady promoter, who is the mastermind behind all of the illegal stunt driving activities.
Meanwhile, there is some kind of "super bike" that is being privately developed by the California Highway Patrol, and said cycle figures into Ponch and Jon's attempts to stop the dangerous driving daredevil.
In retrospect the stunts aren't half bad. The driver, who is not malicious, plays as a southern rube stereotype, however.
Turns out, the stunt biker is working for a businesswoman ( who strikes up a flirtation with one of the heroes) who inherited a stunt exhibition company which is on its last legs. So the owner is in a partnership with a shady promoter, who is the mastermind behind all of the illegal stunt driving activities.
Meanwhile, there is some kind of "super bike" that is being privately developed by the California Highway Patrol, and said cycle figures into Ponch and Jon's attempts to stop the dangerous driving daredevil.
In retrospect the stunts aren't half bad. The driver, who is not malicious, plays as a southern rube stereotype, however.
