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The Best Episodes of Knight Rider

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Network:NBC

Every episode of Knight Rider ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Knight Rider!

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,...
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  • KITTnap
    8.1/10(38)
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    #1 - KITTnap

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 9/27/1985

    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. ...

    Director: Bernard McEveety

    Writer: Skip Webster

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  • The Rotten Apples
    7.9/10(454)
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    #2 - The Rotten Apples

    Season 3 Episode 6

    Aired 11/11/1984

    A psychologist who bought a ranch to use as a home for troubled city kids needs Michael's help to stop rustlers and keep angry townsfolk from taking her land.

    Director: Bob Bralver

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Ice Bandits
    7.8/10(37)
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    #3 - The Ice Bandits

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 10/7/1984

    Michael trails diamond thieves to the wine country of Northern California where the crooks are using a monastery as a front.

    Director: Georg Fenady

    Writer: Gerald Sanford

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  • Inside Out
    7.6/10(529)
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    #4 - Inside Out

    Season 1 Episode 9

    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...

    Director: Peter Crane

    Writer: Steven E. de Souza

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  • K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.
    7.6/10(356)
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    #5 - K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.

    Season 3 Episode 5

    Aired 11/4/1984

    KITT's evil prototype Karr returns, seeking to destroy Michael and KITT with a new laser stolen from the Foundation

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Richard C. Okie

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  • Killer K.I.T.T.
    7.6/10(308)
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    #6 - Killer K.I.T.T.

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 1/10/1986

    An embittered electronics genius gains control of KITT's programming and turns the car on Michael.

    Director: Charles Bail

    Writer: Si Rose

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  • Knight of the Juggernaut
    7.5/10(309)
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    #7 - Knight of the Juggernaut

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 9/20/1985

    KITT undergoes an amazing transformation after nearly being destroyed by the Juggernaut, a similarly powerful vehicle with a deadly battering ram.

    Director: Georg Fenady

    Writer: Burton Armus, Robert Foster

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  • Goliath
    7.4/10(392)
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    #8 - Goliath

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 10/2/1983

    Michael and KITT battle a KITT-like truck built by Wilton Knight's ex-wife and son.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Rob Gilmer

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  • A Good Knight's Work
    7.4/10(323)
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    #9 - A Good Knight's Work

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 3/4/1984

    Michael is pursued by an international criminal who knows Michael's former identity and wants revenge. A woman who claims her talking teddy bear toy design has been stolen wants Michael to break in and recover it, is in cahoots.

    Director: Sidney Hayers

    Writer: Richard C. Okie

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  • Knight of the Drones
    7.4/10(312)
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    #10 - Knight of the Drones

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 9/30/1984

    A scientist plans to use robots and drone cars to round up criminals to rob a Federal Reserve Bank.

    Director: Sidney Hayers

    Writer: Robert Foster, Gerald Sanford

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  • Dead of Knight
    7.4/10(277)
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    #11 - Dead of Knight

    Season 3 Episode 8

    Aired 12/2/1984

    A young dancer ingests a poison meant for Michael, who races the clock to find the only man with a clue to the antidote.

    Director: Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer: N/A

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  • Knight of the Phoenix
    7.3/10(2,304)
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    #12 - Knight of the Phoenix

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/26/1982

    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.

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: Glen A. Larson

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  • Deadly Maneuvers
    7.3/10(578)
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    #13 - Deadly Maneuvers

    Season 1 Episode 2

    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.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: William Schmidt, Bob Shayne

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  • Brother's Keeper
    7.3/10(304)
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    #14 - Brother's Keeper

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 10/9/1983

    Michael is planted in a prison to break out an inmate wanted by a terrorist threatening to blow up a city.

    Director: Sidney Hayers

    Writer: Ernie Wallengren

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  • Lost Knight
    7.3/10(248)
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    #15 - Lost Knight

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 12/9/1984

    After Michael and KITT are separated in an explosion that erases the car's memory, KITT befriends a boy being chased by thieves who think he can identify them.

    Director: Sidney Hayers

    Writer: Robert Foster, James M. Miller

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  • Buy Out
    7.3/10(292)
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    #16 - Buy Out

    Season 3 Episode 14

    Aired 2/10/1985

    To catch a saboteur, Michael volunteers to drive an armor- plated limousine during a company's missile-defense demonstration.

    Director: Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer: Gregory S. Dinallo

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  • Knight Moves
    7.2/10(380)
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    #17 - Knight Moves

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 3/11/1983

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

    Director: Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer: William Schmidt

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  • Halloween Knight
    7.2/10(275)
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    #18 - Halloween Knight

    Season 3 Episode 4

    Aired 10/28/1984

    After Bonnie claims she witnessed a murder, she's plagued by strange happenings designed to scare her out of her new apartment.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Bill Nuss

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  • Out of the Woods
    7.2/10(246)
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    #19 - Out of the Woods

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 1/17/1986

    A family logging outfit is unable to sell its timber because the local sawmill is buying pirated timber that was out on national park land.

    Director: Harvey S. Laidman

    Writer: Gregory S. Dinallo

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  • Trust Doesn't Rust
    7.1/10(426)
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    #20 - Trust Doesn't Rust

    Season 1 Episode 8

    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.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: Steven E. de Souza

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  • The Topaz Connection
    7.1/10(373)
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    #21 - The Topaz Connection

    Season 1 Episode 15

    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.

    Director: Alan Myerson

    Writer: Stephen Katz

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  • Return to Cadiz
    7.1/10(303)
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    #22 - Return to Cadiz

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 10/30/1983

    Michael and K.I.T.T. are about to test K.I.T.T.'s new function which should allow him to drive on water, but the test is aborted when K.I.T.T. detects an injured scuba-diver washed up on the shore. Befriending the young man's sister, Michael investigates just how the boy got wounded, and uncovers that he has been removing ancient Aztec treasure from a sunken galleon, falling foul of a determined treasure hunter...

    Director: Alan Myerson

    Writer: N/A

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  • Silent Knight
    7.1/10(302)
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    #23 - Silent Knight

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 12/18/1983

    Michael is preparing to attend the Christmas banquet when he encounters a gypsy boy who has witnessed a bank robbery and is sought by the robbers from whom he stole a gold watch.

    Director: Bruce Kessler

    Writer: N/A

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  • Race For Life
    7.1/10(278)
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    #24 - Race For Life

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 2/5/1984

    Dedicated to the memory of: Marcel Rafael Marcelino who died while his father, Mario, was filming this episode. Michael races the clock to find a gang leader who's the only compatible donor for a girl needing a life-saving transplant.

    Director: Georg Fenady

    Writer: Bruce Belland, Roy M. Rogosin

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  • Mouth of the Snake
    7.1/10(38)
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    #25 - Mouth of the Snake

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 4/8/1984

    A Government agent, a murdered lawyer's widow and Michael seek connections between an international criminal, a stolen rocket launcher and the code, ""Boca Culebra"".

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Robert Foster, Rob Gilmer

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Best Episodes Summary

"KITTnap" is the best rated episode of "Knight Rider". It scored 8.1/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Bernard McEveety and written by Skip Webster, it aired on 9/27/1985. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Rotten Apples".