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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,...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyCrime
Network:NBC
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Season 1

  • Knight of the Phoenix
    7.3/102,297 votes

    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

  • Deadly Maneuvers
    7.3/10571 votes

    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

  • Good Day at White Rock
    6.7/10540 votes

    Good Day at White Rock

    Season 1 Episode 3 - 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...

    Director: Daniel Haller

    Writer: Deborah Dean Davis

  • Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular
    6.9/10492 votes

    Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular

    Season 1 Episode 4 - 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.

    Director: Bruce Bilson

    Writer: E. Paul Edwards, John Alan Schwartz

  • Just My Bill
    6.9/10448 votes

    Just My Bill

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1982

    Michael becomes the bodyguard for a crusading state senator who has stepped on one too many toes.

    Director: Sidney Hayers

    Writer: N/A

  • Not a Drop to Drink
    6.8/10437 votes

    Not a Drop to Drink

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1982

    Devon sends Michael to stop a range war over water rights.

    Director: Virgil W. Vogel

    Writer: Hannah Louise Shearer

  • No Big Thing
    6.6/10433 votes

    No Big Thing

    Season 1 Episode 7 - 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.

    Director: Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer: Judy Burns

  • Trust Doesn't Rust
    7.1/10421 votes

    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

  • Inside Out
    7.6/10523 votes

    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

  • The Final Verdict
    6.9/10374 votes

    The Final Verdict

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1982

    Memorial to: R.A. Cinader--He was the original. A meek accountant can clear a friend of murder if Michael can find him before he's arrested for "creative" bookkeeping.

    Director: Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer: N/A

  • A Plush Ride
    6.7/10373 votes

    A Plush Ride

    Season 1 Episode 11 - 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.

    Director: Sidney Hayers

    Writer: Gregory S. Dinallo

  • Forget Me Not
    6.8/10368 votes

    Forget Me Not

    Season 1 Episode 12 - 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.

    Director: Gil Bettman

    Writer: Richard Christian Matheson, Tom Szollosi, Karen Harris

  • Hearts of Stone
    6.5/10352 votes

    Hearts of Stone

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1983

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

    Director: Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer: Robert Foster

  • Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death
    6.5/10350 votes

    Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1983

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

    Director: Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer: David Braff

  • The Topaz Connection
    7.1/10372 votes

    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

  • A Nice, Indecent Little Town
    6.8/10346 votes

    A Nice, Indecent Little Town

    Season 1 Episode 16 - 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.

    Director: Gil Bettman

    Writer: Frank Telford

  • Chariot of Gold
    6.8/10344 votes

    Chariot of Gold

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1983

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

    Director: Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer: William Schmidt

  • White Bird
    7.0/10360 votes

    White Bird

    Season 1 Episode 18 - 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.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Virginia Aldridge

  • Knight Moves
    7.2/10376 votes

    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

  • Nobody Does It Better
    6.7/10333 votes

    Nobody Does It Better

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1983

    Michael contends with interference from an overzealous private eye while he tries to discover who's stealing computer-software secrets.

    Director: Harvey S. Laidman

    Writer: David Braff

  • Short Notice
    6.6/10334 votes

    Short Notice

    Season 1 Episode 21 - 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.

    Director: Robert Foster

    Writer: Robert Foster