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B.J. and the Bear

Season 2 (21 Episodes)

1979NR1h 00m6.4

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

B.J. McCay was a good-looking young trucker who traveled around the country in his big red & white rig, with a single companion - his pet chimp, Bear. B.J. was based in rural Georgia and was confronted by a succession of corrupt local sheriffs - Elroy P. Lobo (who was later given his own series, Lobo); Sgt. Wiley of Winslow County and his two fellow lawmen, Sheriffs Cain and Masters. The only honest cop B.J. seemed to encounter was the Fox, who spent much of her time trying to trap the crooked local cops. Tommy was a lady trucker friend and Bullets ran the local hangout, the Country Comfort Truck Stop.In 1981, B.J. settled down to run a trucking business in Los Angeles called Bear Enterprises. His new adversary was Rutherford T. Grant, a corrupt politician who headed the state Special Crimes Action Team. Grant was a silent partner in TransCal, the largest trucking firm in California and stopped at nothing to stomp out potential competition. Because of Grant's intervention, B.J. found it impossible to get regular truck drivers to work for him and had to settle for a crew of 7 young, beautiful lady truckers, including a pair of identical twins and Grant's daughter, Cindy.

Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 3 Cain's Cruiser

3. Cain's Cruiser

Aired: Oct 13, 1979

A team has made a super computer police car that can tell everything wrong wi...

Episode 4 Pogo Lil

4. Pogo Lil

Aired: Oct 20, 1979

Pogo Lil is a female truck driver on the run from loan sharks. She enters the...

Episode 5 Cain's Son-in-Law

5. Cain's Son-in-Law

Aired: Oct 27, 1979

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

Episode 6 Run for the Money

6. Run for the Money

Aired: Nov 3, 1979

All of B.J.'s greatest adversaries are assembled in Las Vegas for a Sheriff's...

Episode 7 The Eyes of Texas

7. The Eyes of Texas

Aired: Nov 10, 1979

BJ becomes involved in the dizzy antics of a couple of inexperienced female d...

Episode 8 Mary Ellen

8. Mary Ellen

Aired: Nov 17, 1979

What happens when B.J. and the Bear transport a circus veteran, his granddaug...

Episode 9 Gasohol

9. Gasohol

Aired: Nov 24, 1979

When High Ball Trucking corners the regional supply on diesel and tries to sq...

Episode 10 BJ's Sweethearts

10. BJ's Sweethearts

Aired: Dec 1, 1979

B.J. wrecks his truck and while Bobbie Sue nurses him back to health B.J remi...

Episode 11 Fly a Wild Horse

11. Fly a Wild Horse

Aired: Dec 8, 1979

B.J. goes from riding a rig to riding horseback when he helps a young Indian ...

Episode 13 Fire in the Hole

13. Fire in the Hole

Aired: Jan 12, 1980

B.J. brokers a reconciliation between Lil and her estranged father while also...

Episode 14 Siege

14. Siege

Aired: Jan 19, 1980

Machine-gun-wielding mercenaries storm the Country Comfort truck stop and hol...

Episode 16 Bear Bondage

16. Bear Bondage

Aired: Feb 2, 1980

When Bear becomes ill B.J. takes him to a vet and is subsequently told that h...

Episode 17 BJ and the Witch

17. BJ and the Witch

Aired: Feb 9, 1980

B.J. befriends a woman who is suspected of being a witch by the people from t...

Episode 20 The 18-Wheel Rip-Off

20. The 18-Wheel Rip-Off

Aired: Mar 22, 1980

B.J. goes undercover to infiltrate the auto ring that stole his rig while She...

Main Cast

Info about B.J. and the Bear

Seasons: 3

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres:Comedy, Adventure