Knight Rider
1982–1986 · Ended · 4 seasons
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Sign in- First aired
- Sep 26, 1982
- Last aired
- Apr 4, 1986
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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: Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (K.I.T.T.) and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law.
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 5 wins & 8 nominations total
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Season 1 · 22 episodes
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Sep 26, 1982 50 min
Pilot feature length episode. 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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Sep 26, 1982 50 min
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Oct 1, 1982 50 min
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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Oct 8, 1982 50 min
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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Oct 22, 1982 50 min
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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E6 Just My BillOct 29, 1982 50 min
Michael becomes the bodyguard for a crusading state senator who has stepped on one too many toes.
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Nov 5, 1982 50 min
Devon sends Michael to stop a range war over water rights.
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E8 No Big ThingNov 12, 1982 50 min
Devon lands in a small-town lockup on a misdemeanor, but his predicament becomes deadly after a fellow prisoner is killed by the cops. Devon's the only one who knew the man was in jail. The town's name is Lyndhurst Flats.
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Nov 19, 1982 50 min
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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E10 Inside OutNov 26, 1982 50 min
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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Dec 3, 1982 50 min
"In remembrance of R.A. Cinader. He was an original" 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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E12 A Plush RideDec 10, 1982 50 min
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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E13 Forget Me NotDec 17, 1982 50 min
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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E14 Hearts of StoneJan 14, 1983 50 min
Michael infiltrates a ring of gunrunners selling advanced-design rifles in Central America, "Corazon de Piedras".
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Jan 21, 1983 50 min
Someone is sabotaging the cars in an alternative-fuel race, so Michael joins the pack to flush out the saboteur.
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Jan 28, 1983 50 min
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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Feb 18, 1983 50 min
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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E18 Chariot of GoldFeb 25, 1983 50 min
Michael investigates the mysterious deaths of members of an exclusive club for geniuses, involved in an archaeological dig.
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E19 White BirdMar 4, 1983 50 min
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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E20 Knight MovesMar 11, 1983 50 min
Michael tries to catch hijackers who are knocking off shipments carried by independent truckers.
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Apr 29, 1983 50 min
Michael contends with interference from an overzealous private eye while he tries to discover who's stealing computer-software secrets.
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E22 Short NoticeMay 6, 1983 50 min
After Michael unintentionally kills a cycle-gang member, the only witness insists that he recover her kidnapped child before she will help him.
Cast 6
- Peter Parros Reginald (RC3)
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David Hasselhoff
Michael Knight
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Edward Mulhare
Devon Miles
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Patricia McPherson
Bonnie Barstow
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Rebecca Holden
April Curtis
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William Daniels
K.I.T.T.
Crew 1
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Glen A. Larson
Creator