The BEST episodes of Knight Rider season 1
Every episode of Knight Rider season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Knight Rider season 1!
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. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and K.I.T.T. battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.
#1 - Short Notice
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1983
After Michael unintentionally kills a cycle-gang member, the only witness insists that he recover her kidnapped child before she will help him.
#2 - White Bird
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1983
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.
#3 - Trust Doesn't Rust
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1982
Michael is assigned to stop KARR, an evil prototype of KITT programmed to survive at all costs--and now on the loose.
#4 - Knight Moves
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/1983
Michael tries to catch hijackers who are knocking off shipments carried by independent truckers.
#5 - Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1982
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.
#6 - Knight of the Phoenix (1)
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1982
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 - Good Day at White Rock
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1982
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...
#8 - No Big Thing
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1982
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.
#9 - Knight of the Phoenix (2)
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1982
#10 - Chariot of Gold
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1983
Michael investigates the mysterious deaths of members of an exclusive club for geniuses, involved in an archaeological dig.
#11 - Give Me Liberty...or Give Me Death
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1983
Someone is sabotaging the cars in an alternative-fuel race, so Michael joins the pack to flush out the saboteur.
#12 - Deadly Maneuvers
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1982
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.
#13 - The Topaz Connection
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1983
The murder of a men's magazine publisher leads Michael to Las Vegas and an expose the magazine was about to print.
#14 - The Final Verdict
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1982
"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.
#15 - Forget Me Not
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1982
Michael's only hope of preventing the assassination of a Latin American president is a girl who knows the plan, but has amnesia.
#16 - Not a Drop to Drink
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1982
Devon sends Michael to stop a range war over water rights.
#17 - A Plush Ride
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1982
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.
#18 - Inside Out
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1982
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...
#19 - Hearts of Stone
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1983
Michael infiltrates a ring of gunrunners selling advanced-design rifles in Central America, "Corazon de Piedras".
#20 - Just My Bill
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1982
Michael becomes the bodyguard for a crusading state senator who has stepped on one too many toes.
#21 - Nobody Does It Better
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1983
Michael contends with interference from an overzealous private eye while he tries to discover who's stealing computer-software secrets.
#22 - A Nice, Indecent Little Town
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1983
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.