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The Best Episodes of Knight Rider Season 1

Every episode of Knight Rider Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Knight Rider Season 1!

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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, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 1 - Knight of the Phoenix
    7.3/10(2387 votes)

    #1 - Knight of the Phoenix

    S1:E1

    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.

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  2. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 2 - Deadly Maneuvers
    7.3/10(635 votes)

    #2 - Deadly Maneuvers

    S1:E2

    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.

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  3. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 3 - Good Day at White Rock
    6.8/10(588 votes)

    #3 - Good Day at White Rock

    S1:E3

    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...

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  4. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 4 - Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular
    7.0/10(541 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 5 - Just My Bill
    7.0/10(494 votes)

    #5 - Just My Bill

    S1:E5

    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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  6. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 6 - Not a Drop to Drink
    6.9/10(482 votes)

    #6 - Not a Drop to Drink

    S1:E6

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

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  8. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 7 - No Big Thing
    6.6/10(476 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 8 - Trust Doesn't Rust
    7.1/10(464 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 9 - Inside Out
    7.6/10(573 votes)

    #9 - Inside Out

    S1:E9

    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.

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  11. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 10 - The Final Verdict
    6.9/10(413 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 11 - A Plush Ride
    6.7/10(413 votes)

    #11 - A Plush Ride

    S1:E11

    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.

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  13. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 12 - Forget Me Not
    6.8/10(403 votes)

    #12 - Forget Me Not

    S1:E12

    Michael's only hope of preventing the assassination of a Latin American president is a girl who knows the plan, but has amnesia.

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  14. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 13 - Hearts of Stone
    6.6/10(390 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 14 - Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death
    6.6/10(387 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 15 - The Topaz Connection
    7.1/10(407 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Alan Myerson

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  17. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 16 - A Nice, Indecent Little Town
    6.8/10(383 votes)

    #16 - A Nice, Indecent Little Town

    S1:E16

    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

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  18. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 17 - Chariot of Gold
    6.8/10(376 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 18 - White Bird
    7.1/10(398 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 19 - Knight Moves
    7.3/10(419 votes)

    #19 - Knight Moves

    S1:E19

    Michael tries to catch hijackers who are knocking off shipments carried by independent truckers.

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  21. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 20 - Nobody Does It Better
    6.7/10(366 votes)

    #20 - Nobody Does It Better

    S1:E20

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

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  22. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 21 - Short Notice
    6.7/10(369 votes)

    #21 - Short Notice

    S1:E21

    After Michael unintentionally kills a cycle-gang member, the only witness insists that he recover her kidnapped child before she will help him.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Knight of the Phoenix" is the best rated episode of "Knight Rider" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 2387 votes. Directed by Daniel Haller and written by Glen A. Larson, it aired on 9/26/1982. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Deadly Maneuvers".