Knight Rider

7.5
198248m

Production

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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.

Trailers & Videos

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Knight Rider - Show Trailer | NBC Classics

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Knight Rider - Kitt vs. Karr | NBC Classics

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Knight Rider - Original Show Intro | NBC Classics

Seasons

21 Episodes • Premiered 1982

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1. Knight of the Phoenix

6.9

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.

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2. Deadly Maneuvers

7.1

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.

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3. Good Day at White Rock

7.2

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...

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4. Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular

7.6

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.

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5. Just My Bill

7.6

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

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6. Not a Drop to Drink

7.4

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

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7. No Big Thing

8.0

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

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8. Trust Doesn't Rust

8.7

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

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9. Inside Out

7.0

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.

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10. The Final Verdict

7.7

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

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11. A Plush Ride

7.0

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.

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12. Forget Me Not

5.8

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

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13. Hearts of Stone

7.7

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

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14. Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death

8.3

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

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15. The Topaz Connection

7.5

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

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16. A Nice, Indecent Little Town

7.2

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.

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17. Chariot of Gold

8.0

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

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18. White Bird

8.0

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.

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19. Knight Moves

7.2

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

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20. Nobody Does It Better

7.0

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

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21. Short Notice

7.2

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

Cast

Photo of David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff

Michael Knight

Photo of Edward Mulhare

Edward Mulhare

Devon Miles

Photo of William Daniels

William Daniels

KITT (voice)

Photo of Patricia McPherson

Patricia McPherson

Bonnie Barstow

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Reviews

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GenerationofSwine

10/10

Yeah, an action-adventure TV show with a car that actually looks like a real car. No way that can be made today...except, you know, Supernatural.

Supernatural has a car that looks like a car doesn't it.

Well, anyway....

I grew up in the 80s, so this was one of the coolest things I had ever seen...along with the A-Team, GI Joe, MTV, Riptide, and a large number of other shows that just blew kids out of the water back then...

...and kids were the real audiance weren't they? I mean, honestly KITT is a talking car. Kids are going to LOVE that. I loved that. I loved watching KITT drive into the back of a Semi-Truck on the open highway. I loved everything about this as a kid.

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