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Knight Rider
1982 - 1986 7.5 (1309 votes) 4 Seasons
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Genres
Action & Adventure Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy Crime
Networks
NBC
Created By
Glen A. Larson

Knight Rider

Michael Knight is today's hero! Driving the car of tomorrow! Together, they're the ultimate crimecrashers!

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Producer: Robert A. Cinader, Glen A. Larson

Top Cast

David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff

Michael Knight

Edward Mulhare
Edward Mulhare

Devon Miles

William Daniels
William Daniels

KITT (voice)

Patricia McPherson
Patricia McPherson

Bonnie Barstow

Peter Parros
Peter Parros

RC3

Seasons

Season 0 poster
Season 0 (1991)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Knight Rider 2000
1991-05-19

In the year 2000, criminals are frozen, handguns are banned from everyone--including the police, and crime is at an all time low... So why has the mayor been murdered with an illegal handgun? Rookie cop Shawn McCormick is asking these questions while still trying to learn the ropes of the police department.

Runtime: 90 min
Episode 2: Under the Hood Feature
2004-04-05

A short but amusing documentary featuring interviews with series creator Gary Larson and star David Hasselhoff. Each was interviewed separately and both talk about the process of putting “Knight Rider” together and the perks of having a massive hit television show.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Knight Moves Feature
2004-04-05

Features an interview with Jack Gill, stunt co-ordinator for "Knight Rider". Jack talks about the numerous stunts featured in the show including the damage he endured whilst performing the big jumps.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Knight Sounds Feature
2004-04-05

An interview with Stu Phillips, composer of the legendary "Knight Rider" theme tune.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Pilot Episode Feature
2004-04-11

A featurette with several short segments on various aspects of the Pilot episode: The Car, The Jail, The Mansion and The Knight Truck.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 6: Making the Knight
2004-04-12

An interview with David Hasselhoff where he describes being cast for the Michael Knight character; and along with Glen Larson, Stu Phillips and Jack Gill, they discuss aspects of making various "Knight Rider" episodes.

Runtime: 15 min
Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1982)

No overview available.

21 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Knight of the Phoenix
1982-09-26

When a young detective is ambushed in a failed police stakeout, he is believed to have been killed. In reality, he survives and learns that his face has been altered and his identity has been changed to Michael Knight. The man responsible for this is Wilton Knight, a dying billionaire who, convinced that one man can make a difference, has selected Michael for the role as a crime-fighter.

Runtime: 97 min
Episode 2: Deadly Maneuvers
1982-10-01

Michael stops to offer a stranded Army Lieutenant a lift, only to learn when they arrive at her base that her father has died under mysterious circumstances. With the events surrounding the death highly suspicious, Michael decides to investigate.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 3: Good Day at White Rock
1982-10-08

Michael and K.I.T.T. head to the quiet backwater town of White Rock for Michael to take a well deserved vacation and do a little rock climbing, but the trip isn't quite the quiet break expected, when they find that the town is being terrorised by a rowdy motorcycle gang preparing to do battle with a rival club of bikers...

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 4: Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular
1982-10-22

Michael joins an auto-daredevil show whose owners unwittingly took out a second mortgage from a crook who arranges "accidents" so he can take over the business.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 5: Just My Bill
1982-10-29

Michael becomes the bodyguard for a crusading state senator who has stepped on one too many toes.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 6: Not a Drop to Drink
1982-11-05

Devon sends Michael to stop a range war over water rights.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 7: No Big Thing
1982-11-12

Devon lands in a small-town lockup on a misdemeanor, but his predicament becomes deadly after a fellow prisoner is killed by the cops.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 8: Trust Doesn't Rust
1982-11-19

Michael is assigned to stop KARR, an evil prototype of KITT programmed to survive at all costs--and now on the loose.

Runtime: 48 min
Episode 9: Inside Out
1982-11-26

Michael takes on the guise of an infamous criminal to infiltrate a highly organized crime ring headed by a retired colonel, who is planning a major heist.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 10: The Final Verdict
1982-12-03

A meek accountant can clear a friend of murder—if Michael can find him before he's arrested for "creative" bookkeeping.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 11: A Plush Ride
1982-12-10

Michael becomes a student in a driving school for chauffeur-bodyguards to expose an assassin whose targets are a trio of visiting Third World leaders.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 12: Forget Me Not
1982-12-17

Michael's only hope of preventing the assassination of a Latin American president is a girl who knows the plan, but has amnesia.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 13: Hearts of Stone
1983-01-14

Michael infiltrates a ring of gunrunners selling advanced-design rifles in Central America, "Corazon de Piedras".

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 14: Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death
1983-01-21

Someone is sabotaging the cars in an alternative-fuel race, so Michael joins the pack to flush out the saboteur.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 15: The Topaz Connection
1983-01-28

The murder of a men's magazine publisher leads Michael to Las Vegas and an expose the magazine was about to print.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 16: A Nice, Indecent Little Town
1983-02-18

The trail of a counterfeiter leads to a sleepy little village that not only appears to be harboring the criminal he's after but is also under the eye of the CIA.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 17: Chariot of Gold
1983-02-25

Michael investigates the mysterious deaths of members of an exclusive club for geniuses, involved in an archaeological dig.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 18: White Bird
1983-03-04

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 19: Knight Moves
1983-03-11

Michael tries to catch hijackers who are knocking off shipments carried by independent truckers.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 20: Nobody Does It Better
1983-04-29

Michael contends with interference from an overzealous private eye while he tries to discover who's stealing computer-software secrets.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 21: Short Notice
1983-05-06

After Michael unintentionally kills a cycle-gang member, the only witness insists that he recover her kidnapped child before she will help him.

Runtime: 49 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1983)

No overview available.

21 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Goliath
1983-10-02

Michael and KITT battle a KITT-like truck built by Wilton Knight's ex-wife and son.

Runtime: 97 min
Episode 2: Brother's Keeper
1983-10-09

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 3: Merchants of Death
1983-10-16

There's thunder out of the blue when Michael and KITT square off against a futuristic attack helicopter in the hands of mercenaries.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 4: Blind Spot
1983-10-23

Michael investigates a businessman who's exploiting illegal aliens. A blind woman is the only witness.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 5: Return to Cadiz
1983-10-30

Michael and K.I.T.T. are about to test K.I.T.T.'s new function which should allow him to drive on water, but the test is aborted when K.I.T.T. detects an injured scuba-diver washed up on the shore. Befriending the young man's sister, Michael investigates just how the boy got wounded, and uncovers that he has been removing ancient Aztec treasure from a sunken galleon, falling foul of a determined treasure hunter...

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 6: K.I.T.T. the Cat
1983-11-06

Michael tries to catch a Robin Hood-style cat burglar before an obsessed cop does.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 7: Custom K.I.T.T.
1983-11-13

KITT is the bait in Michael's plan to trap customized-car thieves. Suspects found at a traveling custom-car show. Subplot--a couple of inept car thieves try to steal KITT with startling results.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 8: Soul Survivor
1983-11-27

A computer whiz cracks KITT's programming and erases the memory, forcing Michael to battle his own car. KITT is 'boxed' for portability in another car.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 9: Ring of Fire
1983-12-04

Michael battles to protect Cajun woman from her vengeful husband in a Louisiana bayou.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 10: Knightmares
1983-12-11

Michael suffers amnesia from a head injury sustained while investigating at a dam and reverts to his former identity as policeman Michael Long.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 11: Silent Knight
1983-12-18

Michael is preparing to attend the Christmas banquet when he encounters a gypsy boy who has witnessed a bank robbery and is sought by the robbers from whom he stole a gold watch.

Runtime: 48 min
Episode 12: A Knight in Shining Armor
1984-01-08

A killer with a treasure map must find his victim's estranged daughter, who holds the key to the treasure.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 13: Diamonds Aren't a Girl's Best Friend
1984-01-15

Michael heads for Mexico to trap a talent agent who's using beautiful models to smuggle diamonds into the U.S.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 14: White-Line Warriors
1984-01-29

Car club members are being blamed for a string of burglaries that coincide with their weekend visits to a coastal community. Subplot--Manny tries to sell a car security system to Michael.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 15: Race For Life
1984-02-05

Dedicated to the memory of: Marcel Rafael Marcelino who died while his father, Mario, was filming this episode. Michael races the clock to find a gang leader who's the only compatible donor for a girl needing a life-saving transplant.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 16: Speed Demons
1984-02-12

Michael and KITT are put on alert when an anonymous letter warns that a killer may strike at a Foundation sponsored motorcycle race.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 17: Goliath Returns
1984-02-19

Seeking revenge against Michael, old nemesis Garthe Knight kidnaps Devon, April and a scientist to force a showdown between KITT and his new and improved GOLIATH.

Runtime: 97 min
Episode 18: A Good Knight's Work
1984-03-04

Michael is pursued by an international criminal who knows Michael's former identity and wants revenge. A woman who claims her talking teddy bear toy design has been stolen wants Michael to break in and recover it, is in cahoots.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 19: Mouth of the Snake
1984-04-08

A Government agent, a murdered lawyer's widow and Michael seek connections between an international criminal, a stolen rocket launcher and the code, ""Boca Culebra"".

Runtime: 97 min
Episode 20: Let It Be Me
1984-05-13

Posing as a singer in a rock band, Michael looks for the connection between the former lead singer's ""accidental"" death and an encoded videotape found in his personal effects.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 21: Big Iron
1984-05-27

While investigating the theft of heavy-duty construction equipment. Michael and KITT are pushed into a quarry and buried with tons of gravel.

Runtime: 49 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1984)

No overview available.

21 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Knight of the Drones
1984-09-30

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

Runtime: 90 min
Episode 2: The Ice Bandits
1984-10-07

Michael trails diamond thieves to the wine country of Northern California where the crooks are using a monastery as a front.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 3: Knights of the Fast Lane
1984-10-14

Michael hopes to flush out a futuristic sports car by challenging its murderous owner to a street race--with KITT as the prize.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 4: Halloween Knight
1984-10-28

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 5: K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.
1984-11-04

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 6: The Rotten Apples
1984-11-11

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 7: Knight in Disgrace
1984-11-18

Word gets out when Michael is fired for drug possession, and a crime boss recruits him to steal a one-of-a-kind electronic key from Devon.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 8: Dead of Knight
1984-12-02

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 9: Lost Knight
1984-12-09

After Michael and KITT are separated in an explosion that erases the car's memory, KITT befriends a boy being chased by thieves who think he can identify them.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 10: Knight of the Chameleon
1984-12-30

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.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 11: Custom Made Killer
1985-01-06

An extortionist out to sew up the garment industry hires a hit man with a killer car to cut his competition. For laughs: Photog and model use KITT as a model stand.

Runtime: 48 min
Episode 12: Knight by a Nose
1985-01-13

The "death" of a Thoroughbred racehorse is staged by its owner to cover gambling debts with the money from the black-market sale of the horse.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 13: Junk Yard Dog
1985-02-03

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 14: Buy Out
1985-02-10

To catch a saboteur, Michael volunteers to drive an armor- plated limousine during a company's missile-defense demonstration.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 15: Knightlines
1985-03-03

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 16: The Nineteenth Hole
1985-03-10

Michael enters KITT in a small-town road rally to investigate death threats received by the race's sponsor.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 17: Knight and Knerd
1985-03-17

A scientist's daughter is kidnapped by criminals as part of a scheme to build a hot new weapon.

Runtime: 48 min
Episode 18: Ten Wheel Trouble
1985-03-24

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 19: Knight in Retreat
1985-03-29

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.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 20: Knight Strike
1985-04-05

To find stolen laser rifles, Michael attends a survivalist convention where pistols taken in the same robbery have been sold.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 21: Circus Knights
1985-05-05

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

Runtime: 49 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (1985)

No overview available.

21 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Knight of the Juggernaut
1985-09-20

KITT undergoes an amazing transformation after nearly being destroyed by the Juggernaut, a similarly powerful vehicle with a deadly battering ram.

Runtime: 97 min
Episode 2: KITTnap
1985-09-27

With Michael closing in on a master criminal who has escaped capture for years, the man and his henchmen plot to slow Michael up by trapping K.I.T.T. ...

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 3: Sky Knight
1985-10-18

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 4: Burial Ground
1985-10-25

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 5: The Wrong Crowd
1985-11-01

When a biker gang hi-jack and steal the FLAG truck, hospitalising RC3 in the process, they expect it to be full of liquor - so are amazed to find it full of computer equipment. The son of two computer experts, himself a computer genius, is persuaded into helping the gang to use the truck's advanced technology to aid them on a crime spree. Michael and K.I.T.T. must stop the gang before they use the computers to disrupt the test-run of a new computerised vehicle that is armed with a warhead...

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 6: Knight Sting
1985-11-08

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 7: Many Happy Returns
1985-11-15

Michael's well-deserved break for his birthday is interrupted when Devon assigns him to find a stolen hi-tech hovercraft prototype before a black market arms dealer can ship it out of the country...

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 8: Knight Racer
1985-11-29

Someone tries to kill Michael after he qualifies to drive for an independent racing team plagued by a series of ""accidents"".

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 9: Knight Behind Bars
1985-12-06

Michael discovers that prison inmates were used to steal security plans for a hotel that is hosting a defense conference.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 10: Knight Song
1985-12-13

A childhood friend of RC3's is involved with a blockbusting real-estate developer, who's trying to prevent the opening of a nightclub that could revitalize RC3's old neighborhood.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 11: The Scent of Roses
1986-01-03

After a near-fatal encounter with a criminal mastermind, Michael falls into a deep depression and wants to quit the Foundation. He and Stevie are married.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 12: Killer K.I.T.T.
1986-01-10

An embittered electronics genius gains control of KITT's programming and turns the car on Michael.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 13: Out of the Woods
1986-01-17

A family logging outfit is unable to sell its timber because the local sawmill is buying pirated timber that was out on national park land.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 14: Deadly Knightshade
1986-01-24

When a Foundation trustee is murdered, Michael's prime suspects master magician Austin Templeton — but the man was seemingly on stage performing at the time of the murder. Michael is determined to prove that Templeton used his "magical" trickery to fool the audience and give him the perfect alibi. The fact that Bonnie, an old flame of Templeton's, was in the audience and is insistent of his innocence, does not make the case any easier...

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 15: Redemption of a Champion
1986-01-31

When a sports promoter who claims to have some incriminating information about a legendary boxing match is murdered, Michael investigates an upcoming fight involving a villainous promoter and a former boxing champ who is determined to step back into the ring even if it kills him...

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 16: Knight of a Thousand Devils
1986-02-07

After a wanted mobster escapes an F.B.I. raid, murdering an Agent friend of Michael's in the process, Michael and K.I.T.T., backed up by RC3, follow a secret dune-buggy race in which the mobster is racing to make his escape across the border into Mexico, where a new identity awaits him...

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 17: Hills of Fire
1986-02-14

Michael and K.I.T.T. have the seemingly easy, relaxing job of patrolling a national park for a couple of days, when they find themselves up against an arsonist driving an All-Terrain Vehicle, who escapes over rough terrain that K.I.T.T. can't cover. As they investigate to find just who is behind the spate of arson attacks, Michael must prove the innocence of a teenage boy, a reformed vandal, who is being framed for starting the fires...

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 18: Knight Flight to Freedom
1986-02-21

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

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 19: Fright Knight
1986-03-07

Inexplicable accidents on a movie set are blamed on a legendary phantom haunting the studio.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 20: Knight of the Rising Sun
1986-03-14

A powerful Japanese businessman attempts to abduct the adopted son of Devon's friend because the boy is a direct descendent of the founder of an ancient terrorist cult.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 21: Voo Doo Knight
1986-04-04

Intercepting a robbery, Michael is shocked when one of the thieves commits apparent suicide, jumping out of a high-rise window. Investigating, it emerges that a con woman posing as a voodoo princess is using special earclips that submit the wearers to become zombified slaves to her commands. The woman plans to use her tranced henchmen to steal her some priceless archaeological finds, but in trying to stop the plot, Michael himself falls under the spell of one of the earclips...

Runtime: 49 min

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