The Best Episodes of Knight Rider

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   8.0/10(482 votes)

   #1 - The Rotten Apples

   S3:E611/11/1984

   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:Unknown

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   Director:Bob Bralver

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.0/10(60 votes)

   #2 - KITTnap

   S4:E29/27/1985

   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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   Director:Bernard McEveety

   Writer:Skip Webster
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   7.7/10(60 votes)

   #3 - The Ice Bandits

   S3:E210/7/1984

   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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   Director:Georg Fenady

   Writer:Gerald Sanford
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   7.7/10(384 votes)

   #4 - K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.

   S3:E511/4/1984

   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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   Director:Winrich Kolbe

   Writer:Richard C. Okie
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   7.6/10(573 votes)

   #5 - Inside Out

   S1:E911/26/1982

   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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   Director:Peter Crane

   Writer:Steven E. de Souza
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   7.6/10(333 votes)

   #6 - Killer K.I.T.T.

   S4:E121/10/1986

   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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   Director:Charles Bail

   Writer:Si Rose
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   7.5/10(297 votes)

   #7 - Dead of Knight

   S3:E812/2/1984

   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:Unknown

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   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.5/10(331 votes)

   #8 - Knight of the Juggernaut

   S4:E19/20/1985

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

   Director:Georg Fenady

   Writers:Burton Armus, Robert Foster

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   Director:Georg Fenady

   Writers:Burton Armus, Robert Foster
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   7.4/10(421 votes)

   #9 - Goliath

   S2:E110/2/1983

   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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   Director:Winrich Kolbe

   Writer:Rob Gilmer
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    7.4/10(347 votes)

    #10 - A Good Knight's Work

    S2:E183/4/1984

    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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    Director:Sidney Hayers

    Writer:Richard C. Okie
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    7.4/10(334 votes)

    #11 - Knight of the Drones

    S3:E19/30/1984

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

    Director:Sidney Hayers

    Writers:Robert Foster, Gerald Sanford

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    Director:Sidney Hayers

    Writers:Robert Foster, Gerald Sanford
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    7.3/10(2387 votes)

    #12 - Knight of the Phoenix

    S1:E19/26/1982

    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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    Director:Daniel Haller

    Writer:Glen A. Larson
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    7.3/10(635 votes)

    #13 - Deadly Maneuvers

    S1:E210/1/1982

    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

    Writers:William Schmidt, Bob Shayne

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    Director:Paul Stanley

    Writers:William Schmidt, Bob Shayne
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    7.3/10(419 votes)

    #14 - Knight Moves

    S1:E193/11/1983

    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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    Director:Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer:William Schmidt
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    7.3/10(330 votes)

    #15 - Brother's Keeper

    S2:E210/9/1983

    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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    Director:Sidney Hayers

    Writer:Ernie Wallengren
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    7.3/10(296 votes)

    #16 - Halloween Knight

    S3:E410/28/1984

    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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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Bill Nuss
17. 

    7.3/10(268 votes)

    #17 - Lost Knight

    S3:E912/9/1984

    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

    Writers:Robert Foster, James M. Miller

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    Director:Sidney Hayers

    Writers:Robert Foster, James M. Miller
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    7.3/10(312 votes)

    #18 - Buy Out

    S3:E142/10/1985

    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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    Director:Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer:Gregory S. Dinallo
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    7.2/10(331 votes)

    #19 - Return to Cadiz

    S2:E510/30/1983

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Alan Myerson

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.2/10(63 votes)

    #20 - Mouth of the Snake

    S2:E194/8/1984

    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

    Writers:Robert Foster, Rob Gilmer

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writers:Robert Foster, Rob Gilmer
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    7.2/10(262 votes)

    #21 - Knight Strike

    S3:E204/5/1985

    To find stolen laser rifles, Michael attends a survivalist convention where pistols taken in the same robbery have been sold.

    Director:Georg Fenady

    Writer:Gregory S. Dinallo

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    Director:Georg Fenady

    Writer:Gregory S. Dinallo
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    7.2/10(266 votes)

    #22 - Out of the Woods

    S4:E131/17/1986

    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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    Director:Harvey S. Laidman

    Writer:Gregory S. Dinallo
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    7.2/10(254 votes)

    #23 - Redemption of a Champion

    S4:E151/31/1986

    When a sports promoter who claims to have some incriminating information about a legendary boxing match is murdered, Michael investigates an upcoming fight involving a villainous promoter and a former boxing champ who is determined to step back into the ring even if it kills him...

    Director:Charles Bail

    Writer:E. Nick Alexander

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    Director:Charles Bail

    Writer:E. Nick Alexander
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    7.1/10(463 votes)

    #24 - Trust Doesn't Rust

    S1:E811/19/1982

    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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    Director:Paul Stanley

    Writer:Steven E. de Souza
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    7.1/10(407 votes)

    #25 - The Topaz Connection

    S1:E151/28/1983

    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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    Director:Alan Myerson

    Writer:Stephen Katz