Knight Rider
Knight Rider
TV ShowEnded

Knight Rider

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

7.5 / 10
1982
4 seasons
84 episodes
Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyCrime

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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Knight Rider - Show Trailer | NBC Classics

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Seasons

  • Knight of the Phoenix

    1.Knight of the Phoenix

    7.2
    26-09-198297m

    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 identi...

  • Deadly Maneuvers

    2.Deadly Maneuvers

    7.1
    01-10-198249m

    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 surrou...

  • Good Day at White Rock

    3.Good Day at White Rock

    7.2
    08-10-198249m

    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 b...

  • Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular

    4.Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular

    7.6
    22-10-198249m

    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.

  • Just My Bill

    5.Just My Bill

    7.6
    29-10-198249m

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

  • Not a Drop to Drink

    6.Not a Drop to Drink

    7.4
    05-11-198249m

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

  • No Big Thing

    7.No Big Thing

    8.0
    12-11-198249m

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

  • Trust Doesn't Rust

    8.Trust Doesn't Rust

    8.7
    19-11-198248m

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

  • Inside Out

    9.Inside Out

    7.0
    26-11-198249m

    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.

  • The Final Verdict

    10.The Final Verdict

    7.7
    03-12-198249m

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

  • A Plush Ride

    11.A Plush Ride

    7.0
    10-12-198249m

    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.

  • Forget Me Not

    12.Forget Me Not

    5.8
    17-12-198249m

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

  • Hearts of Stone

    13.Hearts of Stone

    7.7
    14-01-198349m

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

  • Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death

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

    8.3
    21-01-198349m

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

  • The Topaz Connection

    15.The Topaz Connection

    7.5
    28-01-198349m

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

  • A Nice, Indecent Little Town

    16.A Nice, Indecent Little Town

    7.2
    18-02-198349m

    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.

  • Chariot of Gold

    17.Chariot of Gold

    8.0
    25-02-198349m

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

  • White Bird

    18.White Bird

    8.0
    04-03-198349m

    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.

  • Knight Moves

    19.Knight Moves

    7.2
    11-03-198349m

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

  • Nobody Does It Better

    20.Nobody Does It Better

    7.0
    29-04-198349m

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

  • Short Notice

    21.Short Notice

    7.2
    06-05-198349m

    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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