The Best Episodes of Knight Rider
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, 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.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Knight Rider" is "KITTnap", rated 8.4/10 from 21 user votes. It was directed by Bernard McEveety and written by Skip Webster. "KITTnap" aired on 9/27/1985 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Ice Bandits".
8.4/10 21 votes#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
8.1/10 24 votes#2 - 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
7.9/10 446 votes#3 - 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
7.6/10 508 votes#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
7.6/10 346 votes#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
7.6/10 302 votes#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
7.5/10 300 votes#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
7.4/10 380 votes#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
7.4/10 311 votes#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
7.4/10 25 votes#10 - 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
7.4/10 303 votes#11 - 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
7.4/10 269 votes#12 - 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
7.3/10 2,275 votes#13 - 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
7.3/10 291 votes#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
7.3/10 242 votes#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
7.3/10 283 votes#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
7.2/10 557 votes#17 - 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
7.2/10 366 votes#18 - 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
7.2/10 269 votes#19 - 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
7.2/10 237 votes#20 - Knight Strike
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/5/1985
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
7.2/10 241 votes#21 - 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
7.1/10 410 votes#22 - 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
7.1/10 361 votes#23 - 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
7.1/10 293 votes#24 - 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
7.1/10 294 votes#25 - 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