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Season 1

Season 1

Knight Rider

1982
Episodes: 21

Episodes

Knight of the Phoenix

1. Knight of the Phoenix

September 26, 1982

6.9
97 min

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.

Guest Stars: Bill McKinney, Lance LeGault, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Deadly Maneuvers

2. Deadly Maneuvers

October 1, 1982

7.1
49 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.

Guest Stars: Alan Oppenheimer, Allen Williams, Ron Kuhlman

Good Day at White Rock

3. Good Day at White Rock

October 8, 1982

7.2
49 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...

Guest Stars: Anne Lockhart, Keith Coogan, Don Stroud

Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular

4. Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular

October 22, 1982

7.6
49 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.

Guest Stars: Eddie Firestone, Marc Alaimo, Jimmy Weldon

Just My Bill

5. Just My Bill

October 29, 1982

7.6
49 min

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

Guest Stars: David Haskell, Bruce Gray, Carole Cook

Not a Drop to Drink

6. Not a Drop to Drink

November 5, 1982

7.4
49 min

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

Guest Stars: Sondra Currie, Harry Carey, Jr., Tom Lester

No Big Thing

7. No Big Thing

November 12, 1982

8.0
49 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.

Guest Stars: Logan Ramsey, Jim Haynie, Mary-Margaret Humes

Trust Doesn't Rust

8. Trust Doesn't Rust

November 19, 1982

8.7
48 min

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

Guest Stars: William Sanderson, Peter Cullen, John Brandon

Inside Out

9. Inside Out

November 26, 1982

7.0
49 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.

Guest Stars: Judith Chapman, Lawrence Dobkin, Michael O'Guinne

The Final Verdict

10. The Final Verdict

December 3, 1982

7.7
49 min

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

Guest Stars: Tim Rossovich, Ramon Bieri, Don Gordon

A Plush Ride

11. A Plush Ride

December 10, 1982

7.0
49 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.

Guest Stars: William Lucking, M.C. Gainey, Wendy Fulton

Forget Me Not

12. Forget Me Not

December 17, 1982

5.8
49 min

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

Guest Stars: Reid Shelton, Judy Landers, David Oliver

Hearts of Stone

13. Hearts of Stone

January 14, 1983

7.7
49 min

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

Guest Stars: Rudy Ramos, Mary McCusker, Jeff Cooper

Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death

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

January 21, 1983

8.3
49 min

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

Guest Stars: Alan Fudge, Sab Shimono, Brett Halsey

The Topaz Connection

15. The Topaz Connection

January 28, 1983

7.5
49 min

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

Guest Stars: Jack Starrett, Michael Durrell, Michael Alldredge

A Nice, Indecent Little Town

16. A Nice, Indecent Little Town

February 18, 1983

7.2
49 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.

Guest Stars: Eric Server, Luke Askew, John Crawford

Chariot of Gold

17. Chariot of Gold

February 25, 1983

8.0
49 min

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

Guest Stars: Sandy Helberg, Theodore Bikel, Garnett Smith

White Bird

18. White Bird

March 4, 1983

8.0
49 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.

Guest Stars: Catherine Hickland, Bert Freed, Don Galloway

Knight Moves

19. Knight Moves

March 11, 1983

7.2
49 min

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

Guest Stars: Guy Stockwell, James Whitmore Jr., Morgan Woodward

Nobody Does It Better

20. Nobody Does It Better

April 29, 1983

7.0
49 min

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

Guest Stars: Tony Dow, Robert Ginty, Gail Edwards

Short Notice

21. Short Notice

May 6, 1983

7.2
49 min

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

Guest Stars: Robin Curtis, Gail Fisher, Joe Conley

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