The BEST Episodes of Knight Rider
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Oct 23, 2019
Network: NBC
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.
#1 - K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.
Season 3 - Episode 6
KITT's evil prototype Karr returns, seeking to destroy Michael and KITT with a new laser stolen from the Foundation
8.07 
#2 - Knight in Disgrace
Season 3 - Episode 8
Word gets out when Michael is fired for drug possession, and a crime boss (John Considine) recruits him to steal a one-of-a-kind electronic key from Devon.
7.98 
#3 - Knight of the Phoenix (1)
Season 1 - Episode 1
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.
7.94 
#4 - Goliath (2)
Season 2 - Episode 2
Michael and KITT battle a KITT-like truck built by Wilton Knight's ex-wife and son.
7.93 
#5 - Sky Knight
Season 4 - Episode 4
Bonnie's plane is hijacked and the passengers are held hostage by an ex-intelligence agent who wants money and "political" prisoners set free.
7.88 
#6 - Trust Doesn't Rust
Season 1 - Episode 9
Michael is assigned to stop KARR, an evil prototype of KITT programmed to survive at all costs--and now on the loose.
7.87 
#7 - Knight of the Drones (2)
Season 3 - Episode 2
A scientist (Jared Martin) plans to use robots and drone cars to round up criminals to rob a Federal Reserve Bank.
7.87 
#8 - Goliath Returns (2)
Season 2 - Episode 19
Seeking revenge against Michael, old nemesis Garthe Knight kidnaps Devon, April and a scientist to force a showdown between KITT and his new and improved GOLIATH.
7.87 
#9 - Knight of the Phoenix (2)
Season 1 - Episode 2
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.
7.86 
#10 - Knight Flight to Freedom
Season 4 - Episode 19
Michael is captured while trying to rescue an American political prisoner held in a country in the throes of a coup d'etat.
7.84 
#11 - Hills of Fire
Season 4 - Episode 18
Michael and K.I.T.T. have the seemingly easy, relaxing job of patrolling a national park for a couple of days, when they find themselves up against an arsonist driving an All-Terrain Vehicle, who escapes over rough terrain that K.I.T.T. can't cover. As they investigate to find just who is behind the spate of arson attacks, Michael must prove the innocence of a teenage boy, a reformed vandal, who is being framed for starting the fires...
7.84 
#12 - Knight of the Juggernaut (2)
Season 4 - Episode 2
With K.I.T.T. completely wrecked by Nordstrom's "Juggernaut" battering ram, Michael and Bonnie, unable to turn to the strangely behaving Devon, enlist a street gang headed by a vigilante known as "The Street Avenger" to rebuild K.I.T.T. in a back-street garage, adding some key new features in the process; but it's a race against the clock to rebuild K.I.T.T. in time to prevent Nordstrom stealing the isotope...
7.82 
#13 - Goliath Returns (1)
Season 2 - Episode 18
Seeking revenge against Michael, old nemesis Garthe Knight kidnaps Devon, April and a scientist to force a showdown between KITT and his new and improved GOLIATH.
7.77 
#14 - Junk Yard Dog
Season 3 - Episode 14
Michael vows to nail the owner (Ramon Bieri) of a toxic-waste dump when KITT is nearly destroyed in an acid pit.
7.77 
#15 - Circus Knights
Season 3 - Episode 22
Michael and KITT join a circus as a daredevil act to find out who's trying to force it into bankruptcy.
7.77 
#16 - Knight of the Juggernaut (1)
Season 4 - Episode 1
Michael and K.I.T.T.'s latest assignment, to guard a volatile new isotope in Chicago, looks as if it could be their last, when the late Wilton Knight's daughter Jennifer plans to shut down their division of FLAG, and suspends Michael. But meanwhile, international terrorist Phillip Nordstrom kidnaps Devon, and uses hi-tech laser surgery on a criminal to create an impostor, as part of Nordstrom's plot to get his hands on the valuable isotope. Even though suspended, Michael becomes suspicious of (the impostor) Devon's behaviour and investigates — but Nordstrom plans to get rid of their interference, coating K.I.T.T. in a chemical to break down his molecular amour coating, before turning loose "The Juggernaut" — a deadly mobile battering ram...
7.75 
#17 - Fright Knight
Season 4 - Episode 20
Inexplicable accidents on a movie set are blamed on a legendary phantom haunting the studio.
7.75 
#18 - Custom Made Killer
Season 3 - Episode 12
An extortionist (James Luisi) out to sew up the garment industry hires a hit man with a killer car to cut his competition. For laughs: Photog and model use KITT as a model stand.
7.73 
#19 - Killer K.I.T.T.
Season 4 - Episode 13
An embittered electronics genius gains control of KITT's programming and turns the car on Michael.
7.71 
#20 - Goliath (1)
Season 2 - Episode 1
Michael and KITT battle a KITT-like truck built by Wilton Knight's ex-wife and son.
7.71 
#21 - Knightmares
Season 2 - Episode 11
Michael suffers amnesia from a head injury sustained while investigating at a dam and reverts to his former identity as policeman Michael Long.
7.70 
#22 - Lost Knight
Season 3 - Episode 10
After Michael and KITT are separated in an explosion that erases the car's memory, KITT befriends a boy (Jason Bateman) being chased by thieves who think he can identify them.
7.69 
#23 - The Nineteenth Hole
Season 3 - Episode 17
Michael enters KITT in a small-town road rally to investigate death threats received by the race's sponsor (Wendy Schaal).
7.68 
#24 - Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular
Season 1 - Episode 5
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.
7.67 
#25 - KITTnap
Season 4 - Episode 3
With Michael closing in on a master criminal who has escaped capture for years, the man and his henchmen plot to slow Michael up by trapping K.I.T.T. ...
7.67