Knight Rider

Season 1 1982 - 1983
TV-PG

  • 1982-09-27T01:00:00Z on NBC
  • 48m
  • 17h 56m (21 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Crime
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.

21 episodes

Series Premiere

1982-09-27T01:00:00Z

1x01 Knight of the Phoenix

Series Premiere

1x01 Knight of the Phoenix

  • 1982-09-27T01:00:00Z1h 37m

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.

1982-10-02T01:00:00Z

1x02 Deadly Maneuvers

1x02 Deadly Maneuvers

  • 1982-10-02T01:00:00Z49m

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.

1982-10-09T01:00:00Z

1x03 Good Day at White Rock

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...

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.

1982-10-30T01:00:00Z

1x05 Just My Bill

1x05 Just My Bill

  • 1982-10-30T01:00:00Z49m

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

1982-11-06T02:00:00Z

1x06 Not a Drop to Drink

1x06 Not a Drop to Drink

  • 1982-11-06T02:00:00Z49m

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

1982-11-13T02:00:00Z

1x07 No Big Thing

1x07 No Big Thing

  • 1982-11-13T02:00:00Z49m

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. Town name is Lindhurst Flats.

1982-11-20T02:00:00Z

1x08 Trust Doesn't Rust

1x08 Trust Doesn't Rust

  • 1982-11-20T02:00:00Z48m

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

1982-11-27T02:00:00Z

1x09 Inside Out

1x09 Inside Out

  • 1982-11-27T02:00:00Z49m

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...

1982-12-04T02:00:00Z

1x10 The Final Verdict

1x10 The Final Verdict

  • 1982-12-04T02:00:00Z49m

Memorial to: R.A. Cinader--He was the original.

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

1982-12-11T02:00:00Z

1x11 A Plush Ride

1x11 A Plush Ride

  • 1982-12-11T02:00:00Z49m

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.

1982-12-18T02:00:00Z

1x12 Forget Me Not

1x12 Forget Me Not

  • 1982-12-18T02:00:00Z49m

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

1983-01-15T02:00:00Z

1x13 Hearts of Stone

1x13 Hearts of Stone

  • 1983-01-15T02:00:00Z49m

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

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

1983-01-29T02:00:00Z

1x15 The Topaz Connection

1x15 The Topaz Connection

  • 1983-01-29T02:00:00Z49m

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

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.

1983-02-26T02:00:00Z

1x17 Chariot of Gold

1x17 Chariot of Gold

  • 1983-02-26T02:00:00Z49m

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

1983-03-05T02:00:00Z

1x18 White Bird

1x18 White Bird

  • 1983-03-05T02:00:00Z49m

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.

1983-03-12T02:00:00Z

1x19 Knight Moves

1x19 Knight Moves

  • 1983-03-12T02:00:00Z49m

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

1983-04-30T01:00:00Z

1x20 Nobody Does It Better

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

Season Finale

1983-05-07T01:00:00Z

1x21 Short Notice

Season Finale

1x21 Short Notice

  • 1983-05-07T01:00:00Z49m

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

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