The Best Episodes of Knight Rider Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.3/10(2387 votes)

   #1 - 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
2. 

   7.3/10(635 votes)

   #2 - 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
3. 

   6.8/10(588 votes)

   #3 - Good Day at White Rock

   S1:E310/8/1982

   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

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   Director:Daniel Haller

   Writer:Deborah Dean Davis
4. 

   7.0/10(541 votes)

   #4 - Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular

   S1:E410/22/1982

   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

   Writers:John Alan Schwartz, E. Paul Edwards

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   Director:Bruce Bilson

   Writers:John Alan Schwartz, E. Paul Edwards
5. 

   7.0/10(494 votes)

   #5 - Just My Bill

   S1:E510/29/1982

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

   Director:Sidney Hayers

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Sidney Hayers

   Writer:Unknown
6. 

   6.9/10(482 votes)

   #6 - Not a Drop to Drink

   S1:E611/5/1982

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

   Director:Virgil W. Vogel

   Writer:Hannah Louise Shearer

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   Director:Virgil W. Vogel

   Writer:Hannah Louise Shearer
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7. 

   6.6/10(476 votes)

   #7 - No Big Thing

   S1:E711/12/1982

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

   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writer:Judy Burns

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   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writer:Judy Burns
8. 

   7.1/10(464 votes)

   #8 - 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
9. 

   7.6/10(573 votes)

   #9 - 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
10. 

    6.9/10(413 votes)

    #10 - The Final Verdict

    S1:E1012/3/1982

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer:Unknown
11. 

    6.7/10(413 votes)

    #11 - A Plush Ride

    S1:E1112/10/1982

    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

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    Director:Sidney Hayers

    Writer:Gregory S. Dinallo
12. 

    6.8/10(403 votes)

    #12 - Forget Me Not

    S1:E1212/17/1982

    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

    Writers:Tom Szollosi, Richard Christian Matheson, Karen Harris

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    Director:Gil Bettman

    Writers:Tom Szollosi, Richard Christian Matheson, Karen Harris
13. 

    6.6/10(390 votes)

    #13 - Hearts of Stone

    S1:E131/14/1983

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

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer:Robert Foster

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    Director:Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer:Robert Foster
14. 

    6.6/10(387 votes)

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

    S1:E141/21/1983

    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

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    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer:David Braff
15. 

    7.1/10(407 votes)

    #15 - 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
16. 

    6.8/10(383 votes)

    #16 - A Nice, Indecent Little Town

    S1:E162/18/1983

    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

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    Director:Gil Bettman

    Writer:Frank Telford
17. 

    6.8/10(376 votes)

    #17 - Chariot of Gold

    S1:E172/25/1983

    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

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    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer:William Schmidt
18. 

    7.1/10(398 votes)

    #18 - White Bird

    S1:E183/4/1983

    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

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Virginia Aldridge
19. 

    7.3/10(419 votes)

    #19 - 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
20. 

    6.7/10(366 votes)

    #20 - Nobody Does It Better

    S1:E204/29/1983

    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

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    Director:Harvey S. Laidman

    Writer:David Braff
21. 

    6.7/10(369 votes)

    #21 - Short Notice

    S1:E215/6/1983

    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

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    Director:Robert Foster

    Writer:Robert Foster