B.J. and the Bear

A trucker and his pet chimpanzee travel the highways of America, getting into various adventures and misadventures along the way.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy

Cast:Greg Evigan , Eric Server , Linda McCullough , Candi Brough , Randi Brough , Sheila Wills , Amanda Horan Kennedy , Judy Landers , Sherilyn Wolter , Murray Hamilton , Joshua Shelley , Janet Julian , John Dullaghan , Susan Woollen , Steven Reisch , Charles Napier , Mills Watson , Claude Akins

0Season 1

S1.E0 ∙ The Foundlings

Wed, Oct 4, 1978

B. J. McKay, a guitar-playing independent trucker who travels with a fun-loving chimpanzee named Bear, finds himself caught up with a bunch of young women trying to flee a white slaver who happens to be the local sheriff.

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Odyssey of the Shady Truth

Sat, Feb 10, 1979

B.J. is tricked into returning to Orly County, where he's quickly arrested and imprisoned by the unscrupulous Sheriff Lobo. B.J. and his fellow falsely accused prisoners plot a jailbreak and a mad dash for the county line.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Shine On

Sat, Feb 24, 1979

B.J.'s truck is hijacked by three beautiful sisters. They need B.J.'s rig and his help in order to make a big moonshine run that will raise money for their ailing father's operation.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ A Coffin with a View

Sat, Mar 10, 1979

It was a dark and stormy night when B.J and the Bear drove two Transylvanian coffins from Frisco to L.A., meeting up along the way with murder, mayhem and maybe even Count Dracula.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Deadly Cargo

Sat, Mar 17, 1979

B.J. is hired by a lady to transport to Washington DC a deadly virus that she stole so she can present it to Congress as proof that her company is conducting highly illegal and potentially lethal research.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Never Give a Trucker an Even Break

Sat, Mar 24, 1979

It's a three-ring circus for B.J. and the Bear when they're made monkeys in the middle between a shady circus promoter, nasty gangsters, and a daredevil motorcycle stunt woman with a heart of gold.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Lobo's Revenge

Sat, Apr 7, 1979

It's an "unbearable" situation for B.J. when Sheriff Lobo kidnaps Bear in order to lure B.J. back into Orly County.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Murphy Contingent

Sat, Apr 14, 1979

B.J. is pressured by his former military buddies to help pull off a gold heist in order to save their veteran's charity.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Wheels of Fortune

Sat, Feb 17, 1979

The college students who hire BJ to haul equipment for a talent show secretly plan to his rig as a gambling casino.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Crackers

Sat, Apr 28, 1979

B.J. runs afoul of Clearwater's power broker Jason T. Rockman when he agrees to take Dr. Winters and a group of her mental patients to a local carnival.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Lobo

Sat, May 5, 1979

Deputy Perkins serves B.J. a subpoena too appear in court to testify against sheriff Lobo. During the trial B.J. is arrested. Lobo lets B.J. escape and tells him to leave town. B.J. doesn't leave town but instead helps to stop Harry Cunningham who is cutting cost on a dam project by diluting cement.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Snow White and the Seven Lady Truckers: Part 1

Sat, Sep 29, 1979

B.J. and the Bear help lady trucker Snow White and her friends fend off attacks by the Hi-Ballers, a gang of truckers who don't cotton to competition from women in Winslow County, turf they control with corrupt cops Wiley and the Fox.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Snow White and the Seven Lady Truckers: Part 2

Sat, Oct 6, 1979

The Hi-Ballers under new leader Riker are relentless in their pursuit of B.J. and the Piston Packin' Mamas, especially after word gets out that B.J., Snow White, and the lady truckers are hauling truckloads of money for the Treasury Dept.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Cain's Cruiser

Sat, Oct 13, 1979

A team has made a super computer police car that can tell everything wrong with vehicles, generating huge $$ for police dept's, FBI, etc. They target and harass BJ McKay and others to put them out of business. BJ and his friends decide to fight back against this car that seems to know their every step.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Pogo Lil

Sat, Oct 20, 1979

Pogo Lil is a female truck driver on the run from loan sharks. She enters the Third annual Dixie crisscross race. So she can win money to pay back the loan shark.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Cain's Son-in-Law

Sat, Oct 27, 1979

When B.J. rescues a young lady from an assailant it hits Captain Cain where he lives.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Run for the Money

Sat, Nov 3, 1979

All of B.J.'s greatest adversaries are assembled in Las Vegas for a Sheriff's Convention when a criminal gang stages an ambitious and inventive robbery of the Dunes Casino. Caught near incriminating evidence, B.J. is the prime suspect. (Part I of a three-part epic that continued on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo.)

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Eyes of Texas

Sat, Nov 10, 1979

Add a plot

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Mary Ellen

Sat, Nov 17, 1979

What happens when B.J. and the Bear transport a circus veteran, his granddaughter and their trained elephant through the turf of Wiley and the Fox?

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Gasohol

Sat, Nov 24, 1979

When High Ball Trucking corners the regional supply on diesel and tries to squeeze out the independent carriers, B.J. taps an alternative fuel source guaranteed to keep him ahead of Hammer and a pesky "revenuer."

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ BJ's Sweethearts

Sat, Dec 1, 1979

B.J. wrecks his truck and while Bobbie Sue nurses him back to health B.J reminisces about the many beautiful women in his past.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Fly a Wild Horse

Sat, Dec 8, 1979

B.J. goes from riding a rig to riding horseback when he helps a young Indian brave protect the region's wild horses from a corrupt rancher.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Silent Night, Unholy Night

Sat, Dec 15, 1979

BJ helps a pregnant lady who has some very incriminating evidence against the evil sheriff, Nathan McCandles, on Christmas Eve.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Fire in the Hole

Sat, Jan 12, 1980

B.J. brokers a reconciliation between Lil and her estranged father while also assisting Lil in fending off a crooked mining executive and his goons who are determined to lay claim to her gold mine.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Siege

Sat, Jan 19, 1980

Machine-gun-wielding mercenaries storm the Country Comfort truck stop and hold its occupants hostage, including the Panhandle Pussycats, cheerleaders for a popular football team. Will B.J. come through in time?

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Through the Past, Darkly

Sat, Jan 26, 1980

Pamela Gerard escapes from a mental institution and hitches a ride with B.J. and the Bear.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Bear Bondage

Sat, Feb 2, 1980

When Bear becomes ill B.J. takes him to a vet and is subsequently told that he has died. However it turns out that the vet is secretly selling animals to a laboratory and Bear is still alive.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ BJ and the Witch

Sat, Feb 9, 1980

B.J. befriends a woman who is suspected of being a witch by the people from the town in which she lives. They have to deal with a plot to get rid of her that is hatched by the supersticious locals.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful

Sat, Feb 16, 1980

B.J. comes to Bishop and quickly becomes entangled in a war between Heaven's Devils and the Road Runners, two rival motorcycle gangs led by the feuding Delano brothers. Will B.J. and Captain Cain realize that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" and team up against a common foe?

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ The Girls of Hollywood High

Sat, Feb 23, 1980

Bj hires the eyes of Texas girls to help find his missing sister.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ The 18-Wheel Rip-Off

Sat, Mar 22, 1980

B.J. goes undercover to infiltrate the auto ring that stole his rig while Sheriff Cordell detained him in jail on trumped-up charges. Assisting B.J. in his work is the attractive Tracy McBain, a young, idealistic and accident-prone peace officer.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ The Friendly Double Cross

Sat, Mar 29, 1980

B.J. travels to Florida to visit his war buddy Charlie Broler, but a helicopter crash cuts short the friendly reunion. B.J. and an eager marine patrolwoman set to work unraveling the mystery. Musical performances from Sister Sledge and Jim Stafford highlight the episode.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ B.J. And the Seven Lady Truckers: Part 1

Tue, Jan 13, 1981

B.J. relocates to California and assembles a team of lady truckers to run a lucrative load from Los Angeles to San Francisco. But B.J.'s operation threatens to derail the gravy trains of Trans Cal Trucking and SCAT Captain Rutherford T. Grant.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ B.J. and the Seven Lady Truckers: Part 2

Tue, Jan 13, 1981

B.J. and his convoy of lady truckers trek to San Francisco. Captain Grant declares war on B.J. and Bear Enterprises, establishing the conflict that will span this third and final season.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ The Fast and the Furious: Part 1

Tue, Jan 20, 1981

Captain Grant and Trans Cal Trucking's new strongman Cooley conspire to put Bear Enterprises out of business, aided and abetted by a stranger with a secret.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Fast and the Furious: Part 2

Tue, Jan 27, 1981

B.J. and Cooley race their trucks from Oakland to L.A., with the prize being a lucrative shipping contract. With so much depending on a McKay victory, will B.J. and the seven lady truckers find the time to right a wrong along the way?

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Intercepted Pass

Tue, Feb 3, 1981

B.J., Callie and Samantha stumble upon Steiger's pet project: a call girl operation run out of a dating service that blackmails its clients with compromising photographs. But SCAT isn't the only party interested in getting that briefcase of evidence back from B.J.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Down & Dirty

Tue, Feb 10, 1981

While in Reno, Captain Grant capitalizes on Callie's compulsive gambling to make life difficult for B.J. and Bear Enterprises, but B.J. has a plan to even the odds.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Beauties and the Beasts

Tue, Feb 17, 1981

Grant and Steiger scheme to have the seven lady truckers imprisoned in Diablo County's tough women's prison. To spring his friends, B.J. agrees to a prisoners vs. guards football game. While Angie is in prison, B.J. cares for and mentors her rebellious nephew.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Blond in a Gilded Cell

Tue, Mar 3, 1981

An eccentric pop singer kidnaps beautiful blonde groupies and imprisons them in his mansion. When Stacks disappears, B.J. goes undercover as a singer to find and free her.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ For Adults Only

Tue, Mar 10, 1981

B.J. befriends the Tiptons, an elderly but feisty couple being forced out of their home and into a retirement community that is being used as a cover for an illegal skin flick operation.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ A Bear in the Hand

Tue, Mar 17, 1981

Captain Grant and Lt. Steiger set a match to a powder-keg when they abduct B.J.'s best friend Bear. B.J. and the lady truckers wage war against SCAT just when Grant is trying to woo appropriations funding from an influential state senator.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Seven Lady Captives

Tue, Mar 24, 1981

When the seven lady truckers are kidnapped to drug kingpin Leonard Marker's San Pepe compound, B.J., Fred and Hatsie Tipton and a very unlikely ally team up to rescue them.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ S.T.U.N.T.

Tue, Mar 31, 1981

B.J., Callie and Stacks help B.J.'s old friend Steven Thomas Ulysses Nathaniel Travis complete the filming of his television pilot. Buster Crabbe is outstanding as an aging stuntman with a secret.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Who Is BJ?

Sat, Apr 25, 1981

B.J wrecks his truck and suffers amnesia. As he struggles to remember who he is and why two men are attempting to kill him, he falls in love with Gypsy and works the bumper car pavilion of her uncle's carnival.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Detective Finger, I Presume

Sat, May 2, 1981

Cindy and Stacks go undercover at a gymnasium linked to a series of baffling burglaries, most recently one that netted a $400,000 painting entrusted to Bear Enterprises. Detective Finger, a cross between Columbo and Clouseau, joins B.J. in cracking the case.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ The Two Million Dollar Hustle

Sat, May 9, 1981

B.J. enlists an unlikely ally in his effort to bring down Rutherford T. Grant after the crooked captain frames a bank robbery on Samantha, Stacks and Angie. Final episode of the series.