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Knight Rider

Sun, Sep 26, 1982
  • Action & Adventure
  • Drama
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Crime
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.

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Cast

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  • David Hasselhoff
    David Hasselhoff
    as Michael Knight
  • Edward Mulhare
    Edward Mulhare
    as Devon Miles
  • William Daniels
    William Daniels
    as KITT (voice)
  • Patricia McPherson
    Patricia McPherson
    as Bonnie Barstow
  • Peter Parros
    Peter Parros
    as RC3
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Episodes

4 seasons · 84 episodes

Ended · 84 aired
Season 1
21 episodes · 21 aired
▾
  • E1
    Knight of the Phoenix
    Aired · Mon, Sep 27, 1982 · 120m

    A dying millionaire rescues a badly wounded undercover police officer and gives him a new identity.

  • E2
    Deadly Maneuvers
    Aired · Sat, Oct 2, 1982 · 60m

    Michael helps an Army officer investigate her colonel father's strange death.

  • E3
    Good Day at White Rock
    Aired · Sat, Oct 9, 1982 · 60m

    Michael's vacation plans in a peaceful town are interrupted by a gang of malicious bikers and a frightened sheriff.

  • E4
    Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular
    Aired · Sat, Oct 23, 1982 · 60m

    KITT is scheduled to participate in an auto-stunt show whose organizers fall prey to a greedy developer.

  • E5
    Just My Bill
    Aired · Sat, Oct 30, 1982 · 60m

    Michael and KITT guard a controversial senator opposing water power legislation.

  • E6
    Not a Drop to Drink
    Aired · Sat, Nov 6, 1982 · 60m

    Michael jumps into action when ranchers and politicians get into a disagreement about water rights in a desert valley.

  • E7
    No Big Thing
    Aired · Sat, Nov 13, 1982 · 60m

    Devon lands in jail on a misdemeanor, but his predicament becomes deadly when a prisoner is killed by the cops.

  • E8
    Trust Doesn't Rust
    Aired · Sat, Nov 20, 1982 · 60m

    Two small time crooks steal and activate KITT's sociopathic predecessor, KARR (the Knight Automated Roving Robot), and it goes on the rampage.

  • E9
    Inside Out
    Aired · Sat, Nov 27, 1982 · 60m

    Michael poses as a mob's getaway driver to stop a robbery and rescue a woman blackmailed into helping.

  • E10
    The Final Verdict
    Aired · Sat, Dec 4, 1982 · 60m

    A former girlfriend needs Michael's help when she is accused of murdering her boss.

  • E11
    A Plush Ride
    Aired · Sat, Dec 11, 1982 · 60m

    Michael joins a security agency to find an agent planning to kill a peace-conference delegate.

  • E12
    Forget Me Not
    Aired · Sat, Dec 18, 1982 · 60m

    Michael must help an amnesia victim recover to prevent an assassination

  • E13
    Hearts of Stone
    Aired · Sat, Jan 15, 1983 · 60m

    Michael enters dangerous territory when he infiltrates a ring of illegal gun traffickers and becomes involved in a Texas gun running war between a Mexican family and a gang of US veterans.

  • E14
    Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death
    Aired · Sat, Jan 22, 1983 · 60m

    Michael enters a race for vehicles propelled by alternative fuels to flush out a saboteur who is putting the drivers' lives in jeopardy.

  • E15
    The Topaz Connection
    Aired · Sat, Jan 29, 1983 · 60m

    A magazine publisher's daughter links her father's murder to a top secret expose.

  • E16
    A Nice, Indecent Little Town
    Aired · Sat, Feb 19, 1983 · 60m

    Michael and KITT learn a peaceful town's bible printing plant harbors counterfeiters.

  • E17
    Chariot of Gold
    Aired · Sat, Feb 26, 1983 · 60m

    A sinister society drugs Bonnie to reprogram KITT for a museum robbery.

  • E18
    White Bird
    Aired · Sat, Mar 5, 1983 · 60m

    Michael tries to prevent a lawyer's assistant from being framed for conspiracy, but there's a complication: she was Michael's fiancée before his identity change.

  • E19
    Knight Moves
    Aired · Sat, Mar 12, 1983 · 60m

    Devon poses as a businessman while Michael investigates recent hijacking attempts against an alliance of local truckers.

  • E20
    Nobody Does It Better
    Aired · Sat, Apr 30, 1983 · 60m

    Michael joins forces with a private investigator when a man who designs video games is suspected of selling company secrets.

  • E21
    Short Notice
    Aired · Sat, May 7, 1983 · 60m

    Michael faces murder charges after he kills a motorcycle gang member in self defense while trying to save an elusive hitchhiker.

Season 2
21 episodes · 21 aired
▾
  • E1
    Goliath
    Aired · Mon, Oct 3, 1983 · 120m

    While helping a woman track her missing brother, Michael uncovers a plot to steal government missiles using the same indestructible molecular bonded shell technology that KITT employs.

  • E2
    Brother's Keeper
    Aired · Mon, Oct 10, 1983 · 60m

    Michael is planted in prison to break out an inmate wanted by a terrorist threatening to blow up a city.

  • E3
    Merchants of Death
    Aired · Mon, Oct 17, 1983 · 60m

    Amelia Clermont, a former lover of Devon Miles, stumbles upon some stolen Sledgehammer missile that can only be fired from the SX4-11 helicopter and promptly disappears. Her daughter Camela turns to the Foundation and Devon, who puts Michael and Kitt on the case.

  • E4
    Blind Spot
    Aired · Mon, Oct 24, 1983 · 60m

    Michael steps in when a blind girl witnesses a murder involving illegal aliens and the crooked owner of an auto wrecking yard.

  • E5
    Return to Cadiz
    Aired · Mon, Oct 31, 1983 · 60m

    An unknown historian attempts to eliminate a diver who has discovered Mayan treasure aboard a Spanish sailing vessel that sank in 1521.

  • E6
    K.I.T.T. the Cat
    Aired · Mon, Nov 7, 1983 · 60m

    The daughter of a deceased cat burglar gets blamed for a set of elaborate modern day Robin Hood-esque robberies.

  • E7
    Custom K.I.T.T.
    Aired · Mon, Nov 14, 1983 · 60m

    KITT acts as bait at a car show in order to try and catch the thieves of a classic car entrusted to Devon.

  • E8
    Soul Survivor
    Aired · Mon, Nov 28, 1983 · 60m

    A self taught teenage computer whiz kid succeeds in hacking into K.I.T.T. and stealing it for his older lover Adrianne. Michael must regain the car with the help of K.I.T.T.'s CPU humiliatingly boxed in a portable TV set.

  • E9
    Ring of Fire
    Aired · Mon, Dec 5, 1983 · 60m

    A plea from a remote bayou area has Michael searching for an escaped prisoner seeking revenge against his ex-wife who testified against him.

  • E10
    Knightmares
    Aired · Mon, Dec 12, 1983 · 60m

    Michael is caught in an explosion and loses part of his memory. He wakes up thinking he's still police officer Michael Long.

  • E11
    Silent Knight
    Aired · Mon, Dec 19, 1983 · 60m

    Michael offers to protect a boy who's a key witness to a bank robbery.

  • E12
    A Knight in Shining Armor
    Aired · Mon, Jan 9, 1984 · 60m

    Michael must protect the reluctant daughter of a famous explorer from the same killer who murdered her father.

  • E13
    Diamonds Aren't A Girl's Best Friend
    Aired · Mon, Jan 16, 1984 · 60m

    Michael becomes entangled in the world of finance and fashion, when a model who unwittingly became a jewel smuggler's pawn is killed.

  • E14
    White-Line Warriors
    Aired · Mon, Jan 30, 1984 · 60m

    When a small resort town is struck by a number of robberies, Michael looks into the leader of a car club and an irritating police chief.

  • E15
    Race For Life
    Aired · Mon, Feb 6, 1984 · 60m

    Michael and KITT must work together to locate a fugitive, the only potential bone marrow donor, so that they can save a child.

  • E16
    Speed Demons
    Aired · Mon, Feb 13, 1984 · 60m

    Michael is put on alert when a letter warns that a killer may strike at a Foundation sponsored motorcycle race.

  • E17
    Goliath Returns
    Aired · Mon, Feb 20, 1984 · 120m

    Garthe Knight leads Michael into a confrontation by kidnapping Devon, April and the scientist Michael was hired to protect.

  • E18
    A Good Knight's Work
    Aired · Mon, Mar 5, 1984 · 60m

    Michael helps a toy maker and is targeted for death by old adversary Cameron Zachery.

  • E19
    Mouth of the Snake [a.k.a. All That Glitters]
    Aired · Mon, Apr 9, 1984 · 46m

    Michael and KITT help a widow investigate her ex-husband's murder at the Mexican border. The investigation leads to an elusive government agent, an international criminal, a stolen rocket launcher and a secret weapons depot.

  • E20
    Let It Be Me
    Aired · Mon, May 14, 1984 · 60m

    Michael poses as a singer to help an old love solve a musician's suspicious overdose.

  • E21
    Big Iron
    Aired · Mon, May 28, 1984 · 60m

    Former partners, now competitors, are suspected of hijacking construction equipment.

Season 3
21 episodes · 21 aired
▾
  • E1
    Knight of the Drones
    Aired · Mon, Oct 1, 1984 · 120m

    A scientist plans to use robots and drone cars to round up criminals to rob a Federal Reserve Bank.

  • E2
    The Ice Bandits
    Aired · Mon, Oct 8, 1984 · 60m

    Michael and KITT's hunt for $3 million in stolen diamonds leads them to winemaking monks in the Napa Valley.

  • E3
    Knights of the Fast Lane
    Aired · Mon, Oct 15, 1984 · 60m

    Michael investigates tire tracks and a paint chip when the daughter of an old friend is injured in a hit-and-run incident.

  • E4
    Halloween Knight
    Aired · Mon, Oct 29, 1984 · 60m

    After Bonnie claims she witnessed a murder, she's plagued by strange happenings designed to scare her out of her new apartment.

  • E5
    K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.
    Aired · Mon, Nov 5, 1984 · 60m

    KITT's evil prototype KARR returns, seeking to destroy Michael and KITT with a new laser stolen from the Foundation.

  • E6
    The Rotten Apples
    Aired · Mon, Nov 12, 1984 · 60m

    A psychologist who bought a ranch as a home for troubled kids needs Michael's help to stop rustlers and keep angry townsfolk from taking her land.

  • E7
    Knight in Disgrace
    Aired · Mon, Nov 19, 1984 · 60m

    Michael is suspended from duty after he is discovered to be carrying heroin during a confrontation with the police. His problems are compounded when he trusts the wrong man to help clear his name.

  • E8
    Dead of Knight
    Aired · Mon, Dec 3, 1984 · 60m

    A young dancer ingests a poison meant for Michael, who races the clock to find the only man with the antidote.

  • E9
    Lost Knight
    Aired · Mon, Dec 10, 1984 · 60m

    After an explosion separates Michael and Kitt and erases the car's memory, Kitt befriends a boy being chased by thieves who think he can identify them.

  • E10
    Knight of the Chameleon
    Aired · Mon, Dec 31, 1984 · 60m

    Michael poses as a mercenary to flush out the Chameleon, a master of disguise who stole a prototype jet pack from the Government to sell on the black market.

  • E11
    Custom Made Killer
    Aired · Mon, Jan 7, 1985 · 60m

    Michael hunts down a customized car and its killer driver who have been hired by an extortionist wanting to bring down a garment trading business and eliminate his competition.

  • E12
    Knight by a Nose
    Aired · Mon, Jan 14, 1985 · 60m

    Michael investigates the death of a prize race horse which he suspects is a cover up by the owner in order to get out of an enormous gambling debt.

  • E13
    Junk Yard Dog
    Aired · Mon, Feb 4, 1985 · 60m

    Michael vows to nail the owner of a toxic waste dump when Kitt is nearly destroyed in an acid pit.

  • E14
    Buy Out
    Aired · Mon, Feb 11, 1985 · 60m

    Michael and KITT become involved in a battle with a tank like attack car built for anti-terrorist activity, and they come to the rescue of a group of dedicated car workers who want to buy the company they work for.

  • E15
    Knightlines
    Aired · Mon, Mar 4, 1985 · 60m

    An international criminal rigs the Government's space weapons headquarters to blow up after construction is completed.

  • E16
    The Nineteenth Hole
    Aired · Mon, Mar 11, 1985 · 60m

    After agreeing to sponsor a local racing event, the editor of a small-town newspaper contacts Devon when her life is threatened.

  • E17
    Knight and Knerd
    Aired · Mon, Mar 18, 1985 · 60m

    A nerdy Foundation employee helps Michael rescue a scientist's daughter from criminals who also steal the scientist's advanced laser weapon to rob a jewel depository.

  • E18
    Ten Wheel Trouble
    Aired · Mon, Mar 25, 1985 · 60m

    Michael takes the wheel of a rig to help independent truckers fight a takeover by a ruthless corporation.

  • E19
    Knight in Retreat
    Aired · Sat, Mar 30, 1985 · 60m

    Michael poses as a space weapon scientist to gain access to a club operated by a woman dealing in blackmail and top secret weapon systems.

  • E20
    Knight Strike
    Aired · Sat, Apr 6, 1985 · 60m

    Michael investigates when a truckload of laser guns and other confiscated weapons disappear from a police warehouse.

  • E21
    Circus Knights
    Aired · Mon, May 6, 1985 · 60m

    Michael and Kitt join a circus as a daredevil act to find out who's trying to force it into bankruptcy.

Season 4
21 episodes · 21 aired
▾
  • E1
    Knight of the Juggernaut
    Aired · Sat, Sep 21, 1985 · 120m

    Michael goes to Chicago on an assignment to guard a valuable isotope. KITT undergoes an amazing transformation after nearly being destroyed by the Juggernaut, a similarly powerful vehicle with a deadly battering ram.

  • E2
    KITTnap
    Aired · Sat, Sep 28, 1985 · 60m

    KITT falls into a trap trying to capture two convicts fleeing to South America.

  • E3
    Sky Knight
    Aired · Sat, Oct 19, 1985 · 60m

    Bonnie's plane is hijacked and the passengers held hostage by an ex-intelligence agent who wants money and "political" prisoners set free.

  • E4
    Burial Ground
    Aired · Sat, Oct 26, 1985 · 60m

    An archaeologist excavating a burial ground is kidnapped by a man who gets the oil rich Indian land if no artifacts are found.

  • E5
    The Wrong Crowd
    Aired · Sat, Nov 2, 1985 · 60m

    A motorcycle gang hijacks a Foundation truck containing computers and forces a young computer whiz to break into a local bank.

  • E6
    Knight Sting
    Aired · Sat, Nov 9, 1985 · 60m

    Bonnie poses as a jet-setter to gain access to a foreign embassy planning to ship a canister of deadly bacteria out of the country.

  • E7
    Many Happy Returns
    Aired · Sat, Nov 16, 1985 · 60m

    Michael races against time to find a stolen hovercraft prototype before a black-market arms dealer can ship it out of the country.

  • E8
    Knight Racer
    Aired · Sat, Nov 30, 1985 · 60m

    Michael investigates an open wheel race team plagued by mysterious accidents. A hateful man seeks revenge against the husband of his former lover by sabotaging his race car.

  • E9
    Knight Behind Bars
    Aired · Sat, Dec 7, 1985 · 60m

    Prison inmates were used to steal security plans for a hotel that is hosting a defense conference. Bonnie goes undercover as an inmate.

  • E10
    Knight Song
    Aired · Sat, Dec 14, 1985 · 60m

    A club owner and famous singer's neighborhood project upsets a greedy real estate magnate who tries to sabotage it.

  • E11
    The Scent of Roses
    Aired · Sat, Jan 4, 1986 · 60m

    After a near fatal encounter with a criminal mastermind, Michael falls into a deep depression and wants to quit the Foundation and marry his girlfriend.

  • E12
    Killer K.I.T.T.
    Aired · Sat, Jan 11, 1986 · 60m

    A vengeful computer expert who helped design KITT's software reprograms KITT to turn against Michael and subsequently ruin FLAG's reputation by having KITT kill everyone at the FLAG's national convention.

  • E13
    Out of the Woods
    Aired · Sat, Jan 18, 1986 · 60m

    Michael works to expose a sawmill operation that has been cutting timber from a protected national forest.

  • E14
    Deadly Knightshade
    Aired · Sat, Jan 25, 1986 · 60m

    Michael tries to prove a master magician has committed a murder, and used his stage illusions to appear to be on stage during the crime as the perfect alibi.

  • E15
    Redemption of a Champion
    Aired · Sat, Feb 1, 1986 · 60m

    Michael investigates the murder of a deaf sportswriter who wanted to stop an ex boxing champ from coming out of retirement.

  • E16
    Knight of a Thousand Devils
    Aired · Sat, Feb 8, 1986 · 60m

    Michael enters an off road race in hopes of catching the mobster responsible for the death of a federal agent.

  • E17
    Hills of Fire
    Aired · Sat, Feb 15, 1986 · 60m

    An arsonist who's setting forest fires to cover a major drug deal eludes Michael by escaping over rugged terrain where Kitt can't maneuver.

  • E18
    Knight Flight to Freedom
    Aired · Sat, Feb 22, 1986 · 60m

    Michael is captured while trying to rescue an American political prisoner held in a country in the throes of a coup d'état.

  • E19
    Fright Knight
    Aired · Sat, Mar 8, 1986 · 60m

    Michael poses as a stuntman in an effort to catch the deadly saboteur who is terrorizing a movie set.

  • E20
    Knight of the Rising Sun
    Aired · Sat, Mar 15, 1986 · 60m

    Michael must protect the son of Devon's friend from a Japanese businessman who is determined to kidnap him, believing he is the descendant of the founder of a terrorist cult.

  • E21
    Voo Doo Knight
    Aired · Sat, Apr 5, 1986 · 60m

    Michael tries to stop a voodoo woman, who is using mind control on innocent people and forcing them to commit crimes for her.