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The Best Episodes of Knight Rider

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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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  1. Background image for Trust Doesn't Rust
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Trust Doesn't Rust

    S1:E8

    Michael is assigned to stop KARR, an evil prototype of KITT programmed to survive at all costs--and now on the loose.

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  2. Background image for Halloween Knight
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Halloween Knight

    S3:E4

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

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Bill Nuss
  3. Background image for Knight in Disgrace
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Knight in Disgrace

    S3:E7

    Word gets out when Michael is fired for drug possession, and a crime boss recruits him to steal a one-of-a-kind electronic key from Devon.

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  4. Background image for KITTnap
    8.1/10(44 votes)

    #4 - KITTnap

    S4:E2

    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. ...

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  5. Background image for Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death

    S1:E14

    Someone is sabotaging the cars in an alternative-fuel race, so Michael joins the pack to flush out the saboteur.

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  6. Background image for White Bird
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - White Bird

    S1:E18

    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.

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  8. Background image for Knight of the Drones
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Knight of the Drones

    S3:E1

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

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  9. Background image for Knights of the Fast Lane
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Knights of the Fast Lane

    S3:E3

    Michael hopes to flush out a futuristic sports car by challenging its murderous owner to a street race--with KITT as the prize.

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  10. Background image for Junk Yard Dog
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Junk Yard Dog

    S3:E13

    Michael vows to nail the owner of a toxic-waste dump when KITT is nearly destroyed in an acid pit.

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  11. Background image for The Nineteenth Hole
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Nineteenth Hole

    S3:E16

    Michael enters KITT in a small-town road rally to investigate death threats received by the race's sponsor.

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  12. Background image for Knight and Knerd
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Knight and Knerd

    S3:E17

    A scientist's daughter is kidnapped by criminals as part of a scheme to build a hot new weapon.

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    Director:Georg Fenady
  13. Background image for Ten Wheel Trouble
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Ten Wheel Trouble

    S3:E18

    Michael takes the wheel of a big rig to help independent truckers fight a takeover by a ruthless corporation.

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    Director:Bob Bralver
  14. Background image for Knight in Retreat
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Knight in Retreat

    S3:E19

    Michael poses as a space-weapon scientist to gain access to a club operated by a woman dealing in blackmail and top-secret weapon systems.

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  15. Background image for The Ice Bandits
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - The Ice Bandits

    S3:E2

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

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  16. Background image for Knight Strike
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Knight Strike

    S3:E20

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

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  17. Background image for Circus Knights
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Circus Knights

    S3:E21

    Michael and KITT join a circus as a daredevil act to find out who's trying to force it into bankruptcy.

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  18. Background image for No Big Thing
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #17 - No Big Thing

    S1:E7

    Devon lands in a small-town lockup on a misdemeanor, but his predicament becomes deadly after a fellow prisoner is killed by the cops.

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  19. Background image for Killer K.I.T.T.
    7.6/10(314 votes)

    #18 - Killer K.I.T.T.

    S4:E12

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

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    Director:Charles Bail
    Writer:Si Rose
  20. Background image for Hearts of Stone
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Hearts of Stone

    S1:E13

    Michael infiltrates a ring of gunrunners selling advanced-design rifles in Central America, "Corazon de Piedras".

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  21. Background image for The Topaz Connection
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - The Topaz Connection

    S1:E15

    The murder of a men's magazine publisher leads Michael to Las Vegas and an expose the magazine was about to print.

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    Director:Alan Myerson
  22. Background image for Chariot of Gold
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Chariot of Gold

    S1:E17

    Michael investigates the mysterious deaths of members of an exclusive club for geniuses, involved in an archaeological dig.

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  23. Background image for Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular

    S1:E4

    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.

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  24. Background image for The Final Verdict
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - The Final Verdict

    S1:E10

    A meek accountant can clear a friend of murder—if Michael can find him before he's arrested for "creative" bookkeeping.

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  25. Background image for Goliath
    7.4/10(399 votes)

    #24 - Goliath

    S2:E1

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

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Rob Gilmer
  26. Background image for A Good Knight's Work
    7.4/10(334 votes)

    #25 - A Good Knight's Work

    S2:E18

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Trust Doesn't Rust" is the best rated episode of "Knight Rider". It scored 8.8/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Paul Stanley and written by Steven E. de Souza, it aired on 11/19/1982. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Halloween Knight".