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The first season of ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'', an American television series, debuted on September 26, 1982, and ended on May 6, 1983. It aired on [[NBC]].<ref name="lkres1"/> The [[DVD region code#Region codes and countries|region 1]] DVD was released on August 3, 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005JLG4/ |title=Knight Rider - Season One (1982) |publisher=Amazon.com |access-date=2011-02-23}}</ref>
The first season of ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'', an American television series, debuted on September 26, 1982, and ended on May 6, 1983. It aired on [[NBC]].<ref name="lkres1"/> The [[DVD region code#Region codes and countries|region 1]] DVD was released on August 3, 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005JLG4/ |title=Knight Rider - Season One (1982) |publisher=Amazon.com |access-date=2011-02-23}}</ref>


''Knight Rider'' had a 2-hour premiere on NBC, airing at 8PM on Sunday night. The show was put up against ''Dallas'', and would eventually move NBC out of third place in the network race. No other show had ever survived that time slot.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} The show eventually aired on Friday nights, and in December 1982 became the second-highest-rated show of its day; ''[[MASH (TV series)|MASH]]'' was number 1. The show was renewed for a second season during the filming of "Short Notice".
''Knight Rider'' had a two-hour premiere on NBC, airing at 8PM on Sunday night. The show was put up against ''Dallas'', and would eventually move NBC out of third place in the network race. No other show had ever survived that time slot.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} The show eventually aired on Friday nights, and in December 1982 became the second-highest-rated show of its day; ''[[MASH (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' was number 1.


The show was renewed for a second season during the filming of "Short Notice".
==K.I.T.T.==
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A car of [[KITT|K.I.T.T]] was eventually sent out on tour to various car shows around the country. K.I.T.T. was designed by Michael Scheffe using Pontiac's 1982 Trans Am. Michael Scheffe had worked for Mattel designing toys, and had done some design work on ''[[Blade Runner]]''. Scheffe had around 18 days to create his first mock up of K.I.T.T. for the NBC network.

Stuntman Jack Gill says the car was dropped about an inch and a half from GM's stock height. The car also had around $2,000,000 worth of modifications. Spare cars were always on hand, and Universal eventually did all of the modifications that were needed. The hero car was the only one of the vehicles on hand that contained the intricate dashboard. A mock up dashboard was used on a sound stage for closeups of the voice box or other buttons.

[[Glen Larson]] wanted the car to have a heartbeat and asked Scheffe to design a beam of light like the Cylons had in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' to be used on the front of the vehicle. The Pontiac's nose was eventually extended slightly.

Gill claims that they got the cars from Pontiac for $1 apiece. The only car Universal had to pay for was the hero car. Pontiac would call up the studio and ask how many cars were needed. Pontiac often gave the studio vehicles that had already been damaged.

William Daniels, the voice of K.I.T.T., would record his parts after the majority of the episode were filmed. Hasselhoff would work with a guy off camera who would read him K.I.T.T.'s lines. If the vehicle was in motion, the lines would be read through the car radio. The vehicle was usually towed during scenes where Hasselhoff appeared to be driving.

K.I.T.T. Knight Industries Two Thousand received an overhaul in 1984–1986, receiving a new interior, new updated dashboard to keep up with the times.
K.A.R.R Knight Automated Roving Robot in his later return appearance also similarly later received a major significant overhaul as well to fully forever differentiate himself from K.I.T.T. Knight Industries Two Thousand which included a Yellow Scan Light Bar to match the color of K.A.R.R's yellow voice box as well as later a Black and Silver Two Tone Paint Finish and as well as once again the pure evil , pure villainous artificially intelligent talking voice among other major significant production changes for K.A.R.R Knight Automated Roving Robot as Previously in The Knight Rider Franchise as well as in Knight Rider, K.A.R.R Knight Automated Roving Robot had looked identical to K.I.T.T Knight Industries Two Thousand all black with a red light scanner bar just like K.I.T.T in his debut appearance with the exception of a Yellow Modulator on his Dashboard as well as the different artificially intelligent talking voice.

The studio had a marketing campaign for ''Knight Rider''. Fans could write the network and they would receive a pamphlet detailing some features about K.I.T.T. The first campaign was held in August 1982. The pamphlet received said, "The Competition is NO Competition!." K.I.T.T was parked alongside a vehicle that resembled the [[General Lee (car)|General Lee]] from ''[[Dukes of Hazzard]]''. The General Lee featured a double zero on the door. The pamphlet compared the two vehicles.

In the fall of 1985, an ad came out in ''[[TV Guide]]'' detailing K.I.T.T.'s upgrades.<ref name="legacy">''Knight Rider Legacy''</ref>


==Season 1==
==Season 1==
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The premiere episode featured [[Larry Anderson (actor)|Larry Anderson]] as Michael Long. In the pilot, the character is eventually gravely wounded and forced to undergo plastic surgery, becoming Michael Knight, as played by David Hasselhoff. As a result of Hasselhoff's voice being dubbed in to all of his lines, Anderson elected to remain uncredited in the episode.<ref name="legacy" />
The pilot episode featured [[Larry Anderson (actor)|Larry Anderson]] as Michael Long. Anderson is replaced by Hasselhoff after Michael Long was shot in the Nevada desert. Hasselhoff's voice is dubbed over Anderson's for all of his lines. Anderson elected to remain uncredited in the episode.<ref name="legacy">''Knight Rider Legacy''</ref>

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At the end of Season 1, lead actress [[Patricia McPherson]] was unfortunately fired from the show due to a falling out with producer [[Robert Foster (producer)|Robert Foster]]. McPherson would later be replaced by [[Rebecca Holden]]. Hasselhoff was reportedly angry about McPherson's firing but was in no position to fight the network or the show's producers for her job. McPherson returned for Seasons 3–4.

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David Hasselhoff eventually got his girlfriend on the show for an episode titled "White Bird". [[Catherine Hickland]] would play Michael Long's long lost fiancée Stevie Mason. Hickland was brought in to help write the episode. The episode was more mature and dealt with solicitation. At the end of season 1 during the wrap party, Hasselhoff celebrated Hickland's birthday. A cake was presented with a replica of K.I.T.T. sitting on top. Written in icing were the words "Look Under the Hood." An engagement ring had been placed under the hood, and Hasselhoff proposed.

The couple honeymooned during the shows second season. During the episode "Mouth of the Snake", Hasselhoff is barely seen, because he was on his honeymoon with Hickland. Hickland returned to the show on "Let it Be Me". NBC was trying to create a spinoff series during the episode "Mouth of the Snake". The couple divorced in 1989, and Hickland later married [[Michael E. Knight]].

==Theme Tune==

Stu Phillips and Glen Larson composed the theme music for the show. The decision to use synthesizers was largely a network decision. Larson claims that they used five or six synthesizers, drums and a Fender bass.<ref name="legacy" />

Busta Rhymes sampled the theme song in his 1998 song "Turn it Up/Fire it Up".{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}

==Stunts==

Stuntman Jack Gill worked on the show, and had previously worked on the Dukes of Hazzard. In the episode, "Give Me Liberty...Give Me Death" K.I.T.T. jumps over a General Lee lookalike. In the book, "Knight Rider Legacy" Gill remembers one jump that was reused several times throughout the show. In the episode, "The Topaz Connection" K.I.T.T. jumps a 90-foot ravine. A camera was mounted inside a cage on the right side of the car for a point-of-view shot. The cameras had cables attached to it, but when the vehicle neared the ramp, the cables would be cut loose, and the camera would run for about a minute before shutting down. When the jump was performed, the cable came loose, and the camera tumbled in the vehicle. The cable can be seen in the footage. The footage was used in several episodes, including "Nobody Does it Better", "Lost Knight", "Junkyard Dog", and "Knight Flight to Freedom".

Hasselhoff performed a few stunts on the show. Hasselhoff was often seen doing 180-degree turns in the vehicle. In the book, ''Knight Rider Legacy,'' Hasselhoff explains that he achieved this by using the emergency brake while driving around 50 miles per hour. Hasselhoff eventually hit a palm tree, and the studio banned him from performing any more of his own stunts due to the liability.

In the episode "Return to Cadiz", K.I.T.T. appears to glide across water. K.I.T.T. was actually mounted to a submerged platform that had an outboard motor attached.


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At the end of Season 1, lead actress [[Patricia McPherson]] was fired from the show due to a falling out with producer Robert Foster, and her character was written out of the show. McPherson was replaced by [[Rebecca Holden]] in the second season. Hasselhoff was reportedly angry about McPherson's firing, but was in no position to fight the network or the show's producers. Holden left the show at the end of season two, and McPherson returned for season 3.
For the scenes in which K.I.T.T. appeared to be driving without a driver, Jack would sit behind the driver's seat. Jack would extend his arms and legs through the seat out of sight. A two-way mirror was created that hid the stuntman during scenes where K.I.T.T. appeared to be driving solo. K.I.T.T. was never seen driving for long periods of time solo due to the difficulty shooting it.


David Hasselhoff's then-girlfriend, [[Catherine Hickland]], appeared in episode 19, "White Bird," as Michael Long's ex-fiancée Stevie Mason. Hickland also helped to write the episode.
==Spin Offs==


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At the end of season 1 during the studio wrap party, Hasselhoff celebrated Hickland's birthday. A cake was presented with a replica of K.I.T.T. sitting on top. Written in icing were the words "Look Under the Hood." An engagement ring had been placed under the hood, and Hasselhoff proposed.
''[[Code of Vengeance]]'' was a TV show that didn't do very well. The show starred actor L. Charles Taylor who had been featured in the ''Knight Rider'' episode, "Mouth of the Snake."


Hickland later returned to the show twice, on season two's "Let it Be Me", and season four's "The Scent of Roses."
The network was determined to have a spinoff, a show entitled, ''The Speed Demons'' was envisioned. The show was supposed to involve motorcycles that had been modified like K.I.T.T. The show never materialized. ''[[Street Hawk]]'' aired about a year later on ABC.


==Cast==
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* [[Edward Mulhare]] as Devon Miles
* [[Edward Mulhare]] as Devon Miles
* [[Patricia McPherson]] as Dr. Bonnie Barstow
* [[Patricia McPherson]] as Dr. Bonnie Barstow
* [[Richard Basehart]] as Wilton Knight (Knight of The Phoenix: Part 1), and the voice of Wilton Knight (rest of the series)
* [[Richard Basehart]] as Wilton Knight, and the voiceover of Wilton Knight
* [[Peter Cullen]] as the voice of [[KARR (Knight Rider)|KARR]] (Knight Automated Roving Robot) (First voice).


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
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|ShortSummary = After Detective Michael Long is shot and left for dead, he is saved by the eccentric billionaire, Wilton Knight and his associate Devon Miles. He is given a new face by plastic surgery, a new identity as Michael Knight, and the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT for short) – a dream car with super-spy gadgets and nearly invulnerable armor. Wilton asks Michael to carry on his crime-fighting crusade believing "one man can make a difference." Soon Michael manages to locate his shooter, a woman named Tanya Walker, who is stealing technology secrets from a computer company and selling them to the highest bidder. With the help of a woman named Maggie, Michael lures Tanya into a trap by showing off KITT's abilities as bait.
|ShortSummary = After Detective Michael Long is shot and left for dead, he is saved by the eccentric billionaire, Wilton Knight and his associate Devon Miles. He is given a new face by plastic surgery, a new identity as Michael Knight, and the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT for short) – a dream car with super-spy gadgets and nearly invulnerable armor. Wilton asks Michael to carry on his crime-fighting crusade believing "one man can make a difference." Soon Michael manages to locate his shooter, a woman named Tanya Walker, who is stealing technology secrets from a computer company and selling them to the highest bidder. With the help of a woman named Maggie, Michael lures Tanya into a trap by showing off KITT's abilities as bait.


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* ''Note'': Originally shown as a feature-length Pilot TV Movie, which was later cut into two separate episodes for syndication.
* Note: This Episode marks the debut of K.I.T.T Knight Industries Two Thousand.

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* Originally shown as a Two-hour Pilot Movie, but in syndication is shown as 2 separate episodes.

* ''Guest stars:'' [[Lance LeGault]] (Colonel Roderick Decker on ''[[The A-Team]]''), [[Richard Anderson]] (Oscar Goldman on ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' and ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'') and [[Ed Gilbert]] ([[Fenton Hardy]] on ''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'')
* ''Guest stars:'' [[Lance LeGault]] (Colonel Roderick Decker on ''[[The A-Team]]''), [[Richard Anderson]] (Oscar Goldman on ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' and ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'') and [[Ed Gilbert]] ([[Fenton Hardy]] on ''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'')
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|ShortSummary = Michael Knight plans a rock-climbing holiday in small town White Rock. There he experiences bullying, even against nice young boy Davey, and an equally coward sheriff taking the side of the strongest 'to avoid worse'. Michael tries to help when the Scorpions motor gang moves in, but gets incarcerated and escapes. He deals with them himself and finds out they expect the rival gang Road Dogs for a confrontation which would wreck the town.
|ShortSummary = Michael plans a rock-climbing holiday in the small town of White Rock. There he experiences bullying, even against nice young boy Davey, and an equally coward sheriff more interested in keeping the peace than enforcing the law. Michael tries to help when the Scorpions motorcycle gang moves in, but gets incarcerated and escapes. He deals with them himself and finds out they expect the rival gang Road Dogs for a confrontation which would wreck the town.
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|ShortSummary = Devon instructs Michael to investigate corporate raider Lawrence Blake, who buys mortgages and firms which all 'happen to' go broke shortly after. The next prey is Sammy Phillips's private stock car and motor vehicle stunts show, which he runs with his son, would-be motorbike stuntman Mark. Michael infiltrates as new stunt driver after Sammy has a suspicious accident. Driving Kitt, stunts are almost too easy anyway, Blake's goon Bill Gordon just the right size, although he has an inside accomplice.
|ShortSummary = Devon instructs Michael to investigate corporate raider Lawrence Blake, who buys mortgages and firms which all 'happen to' go broke shortly after. The next prey is Sammy Phillips's private stock car and motor vehicle stunts show, which he runs with his son Mark, a would-be motorbike stuntman. Michael infiltrates as new stunt driver after Sammy has a suspicious accident. Driving Kitt, stunts are almost too easy. Blake's goon Bill Gordon attempts to sabotage the show, although he has an inside accomplice.


''Guest stars:'' [[Marc Alaimo]] (Gul Dukat on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'')
''Guest stars:'' [[Marc Alaimo]] (Gul Dukat on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'')
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|ShortSummary = Devon assigns Michael to protect Senator Maggie Flynn who has made enemies in her political crusade to fight a new energy bill. After numerous attempts on her life, Michael arranges for her to hide out with Devon, much to Devon's chagrin, while he conducts an investigation with Flynn's assistant Jane Adams, who suspects a rival politician to be involved in the attacks.
|ShortSummary = Devon assigns Michael to protect Senator Maggie Flynn, a close friend to Devon, who has made enemies in her political crusade to fight a new energy bill. After numerous attempts on her life, Michael arranges for her to hide out with Devon, much to Devon's chagrin, while he conducts an investigation with Flynn's assistant Jane Adams, who suspects a rival politician to be involved in the attacks.
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|ShortSummary = Michael and K.I.T.T. are send to protect a group of ranchers who's water supply is being cut off by a wealthy landowner. Michael meets his match in a hotheaded young widow who leads the fight for their rights and is instructed to make sure she doesn't do anything too impulsive.
|ShortSummary = Michael and K.I.T.T. are sent to protect a group of ranchers whose water supply is being cut off by a wealthy landowner. Michael meets his match in a hotheaded young widow who leads the fight for their rights and is instructed to make sure she doesn't do anything too impulsive.
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|ShortSummary = Devon Miles is arrested on a traffic violation in Lyndhurst Flats and ends up sharing a jail with Frank Reston, the very journalist he was planning to meet. When Reston is killed by the corrupt police officers because he had too much evidence against them, Devon's life becomes forfeit as he was the last one to see Reston alive. Michael teams up with Frank's ex-wife Carol in his search for Devon
|ShortSummary = Devon Miles is arrested on a traffic violation in Lyndhurst Flats and ends up sharing a jail with Frank Reston, the very journalist he was planning to meet. When Reston is killed by the corrupt police officers because he had too much evidence against them and a corrupt judge that controls them, Devon's life is now on the line because he is the only witness to see Reston alive. Michael teams up with Frank's ex-wife Carol in his search for Devon and expose the corruption to the proper authorities.
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|ShortSummary = Two petty thieves, Tony and Rev ([[William Sanderson]]), break into a Foundation warehouse and unwittingly reactivate [[KARR (Knight Rider)|KARR]] (the Knight Automated Roving Robot) (voiced by [[Peter Cullen]]), which was sitting in storage. Responding to the break in, Michael and KITT arrive to see the two thieves make a getaway in KITT's identical evil clone. After Michael learns that KARR was KITT's prototype and programmed with an unstable self-preservation AI, he goes after the vehicle which the two thieves are using to crash into bank vaults. Things become more complicated when KARR has the thieves kidnap Bonnie so she can repair a malfunctioning circuit. Michael and KITT managed to get Bonnie back, and try to disable KARR using a laser. When this fails, Michael sets KITT on a direct collision course with KARR, betting on KARR's self-preservation to defeat him.
|ShortSummary = Two petty thieves, Tony and Rev ([[William Sanderson]]), break into a Foundation warehouse and unwittingly reactivate [[KARR (Knight Rider)|KARR]] (the Knight Automated Roving Robot) (voiced by [[Peter Cullen]]), which was sitting in storage. Responding to the break in, Michael and KITT arrive to see the two thieves make a getaway in KITT's identical twin. After Michael learns that KARR was KITT's prototype and programmed with an unstable self-preservation AI, he goes after the vehicle which the two thieves are using to crash into bank vaults. Things become more complicated when KARR has the thieves kidnap Bonnie so she can repair a malfunctioning circuit. Michael and KITT managed to get Bonnie back, and try to disable KARR using a laser. When this fails, Michael sets KITT on a direct collision course with KARR, betting on KARR's self-preservation to defeat him.

Note: This Episode marks the debut of K.A.R.R Knight Automated Roving Robot.

Guest Star: Peter Cullen as the voice of KARR Knight Automated Roving Robot ''([[Optimus Prime]])'' on The Transformers , The Transformers: The Movie.

Second Note: This is actually the only Knight Rider K.A.R.R episode in the Original Knight Rider Series in which Peter Cullen actually voices K.A.R.R and is the voice of K.A.R.R because when K.A.R.R returns in the Original Knight Rider Series in his later comeback appearance in Season 3 K.A.R.R is instead and now was instead actually voiced by the late legendary voice actor Paul Frees.

Final Note: This is The only Knight Rider K.A.R.R episode in Knight Rider as well as in The Knight Rider Franchise in which K.A.R.R actually appears entirely identical to the titular heroic character of K.I.T.T all black with a red light scanner light bar with the only differences being the different being a yellow voice box on his dashboard as well as the only other difference being the pure evil , sinister artificially intelligent talking voice instead of very nice , kind and gentle just like K.I.T.T's artificially intelligent talking voice. When K.A.R.R Knight Automated Roving Robot later returns in Knight Rider he is still all Black just like K.I.T.T but he now has a Yellow Scanner Light Bar to match the Yellow Voice Box on his Knight Industries Two TV Dash as previously seen in K.I.T.T in Season 1-2 as well as K.A.R.R Knight Automated Roving Robot in his first debut appearance in the Original Knight Rider Series and The Knight Rider Franchise and as well as Knight Rider he would later get a Brand New Black and Silver Two Tone Paint job and well as many , many other significant major production changes for K.A.R.R Knight Automated Roving Robot to fully forever differentiate against K.I.T.T and as well as once again the evil , sinister artificially talking voice.

Trivia: Long after, Knight rider Peter Cullen the original villainous first voice of K.A.R.R would later go on to also first voice the heroic autobot leader of Optimus Prime in Transformers as well as The Hasbro Transformers Franchise in most iterations of the Truly Iconic Hasbro character of Optimus Prime in The Transformers franchise and as well as later the Live Action Transformers Movies , Transformers: Prime (2010-2013) , Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015) , The Transformers: The Movie (1986) , The Transformers (1984-1987) and as well as (Transformers: Beast Hunters Predacons Rising (2013).

Trivia: Peter Cullen would actually not voice the villainous evil clone character of K.A.R.R again until the unfortunately short-lived 2008-2009 Knight Rider series as K.A.R.R 2.0 in Season 1 of the unfortunately short-lived Knight Rider series in the K.A.R.R episode Knight to King's Pawn where he reprises his evil vocal role as K.I.T.T's evil clone K.A.R.R.

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|ShortSummary = Cheryl Burns, an old friend of Michaels, has been accused of murder. Michael asks for some time off to search out the only man who can clear Cheryl: accountant Marty King, a 'Woody Allen' type.
|ShortSummary = Cheryl Burns, an old friend of Michaels, has been accused of murder. Michael asks for some time off to search out the only man who can clear Cheryl: accountant Marty King, a 'Woody Allen' type. However Marty is a person of interest by the police to expose his crooked employer for "cooking the books".


This episode was dedicated to [[Robert A. Cinader|R.A. Cinader]], stating "he was an original".
This episode was dedicated to [[Robert A. Cinader|R.A. Cinader]], stating "he was an original".
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|ShortSummary = Devon Miles has organized an anti-terrorism treaty between three rather unstable third world nations. Michael is assigned to find a plant (and possible hit-man) amongst the security team. He joins them during their special training session at Redmond's Victory Academy.
|ShortSummary = Devon Miles has organized an anti-terrorism treaty between three rather unstable third world nations. Michael is assigned to find a plant (and possible hit-man) amongst the security team. He joins them during their special training session at Redmond's Victory Academy. However Michael wonders if this is the work of one person or a team.
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|ShortSummary = Michael Knight is staying at a beach house with the daughter of newly elected president of the South American country of San Marada. His assignment is to protect both her and her father. A young woman named Micki overhears the conspirators' plot to assassinate El Presidente and is thrown off a cliff. Michael manages to rescue Micki, though she ends up with temporary amnesia.
|ShortSummary = Michael Knight is staying at a beach house with the daughter of newly elected president of the South American country of San Marada. His assignment is to protect both her and her father. A young woman named Micki overhears the conspirators' plot to assassinate El Presidente. She is kidnapped, but escapes the car by jumping from a cliff. Michael manages to rescue Micki, though she ends up with temporary amnesia. Can the only witness remember in time before the assassination can take place?

Note: This is the final episode to be directly supervised by series creator [[Glen A. Larson]], fulfilling his original contact with Universal. While Larson would continue to be credited as Executive Producer throughout the run of the series and would offer his comments on script drafts, Robert Foster would take over as showrunner beginning with the next episode.
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|ShortSummary = Michael and Kitt enter the Alternative 2000, a cross country race for cars that run on alternative fuel. They are there to find a saboteur, not to win, but find themselves having to rescue nosy reporter Liberty Cox in each lap.
|ShortSummary = Michael and KITT enter the Alternative 2000, a cross country race for cars that run on alternative fuel. They are there to find a saboteur, not to win, but find themselves having to rescue nosy reporter Liberty Cox in each lap. The mastermind is the ambitious TV broadcaster sponsor of the race and a member of the race safety crew.
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|ShortSummary = Michael travels to Alpine Crest posing as a skip-tracer in pursuit of a counterfeiter. There he and Kitt find out CIA is keeping an eye on a much bigger operation.
|ShortSummary = Michael travels to Alpine Crest posing as a skip-tracer in pursuit of a counterfeiter. There he and KITT find out CIA is keeping an eye on a much bigger operation. Michael's only ally is a local journalist, while taking on a group of corrupt police officers aligned with the counterfeiter.
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|ShortSummary = Bonnie is given the honor of joining the Helios society, whose members all have genius level I.Q.'s. This to Devon's chagrin, who was expecting a nomination himself, but has to be content with honorary membership. However, it soon becomes clear that high ranking members of the society are planning to ensure their own survival by committing the perfect crime. For this they need to get their hands on Kitt and to get rid of its driver, Michael Knight.
|ShortSummary = Bonnie is given the honor of joining the Helios society, whose members all have genius level I.Q.'s. This to Devon's chagrin, who was expecting a nomination himself, but has to be content with honorary membership. However, it soon becomes clear that high ranking members of the society are planning to ensure their own survival by committing the perfect crime. For this they need to get their hands on KITT and to get rid of its driver, Michael Knight.
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|ShortSummary = A shipment of highly sensitive Micro-Tech electronic components is stolen near Albuquerque, New Mexico. When Michael goes to investigate, he finds himself attracted to the cause of the Alliance of Indipendent Truckers, who have lost 6 shipments. He is also attracted to AIT spoke-person and lady trucker Terri 'The Tiger' Calley.
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|ShortSummary = Michael picks up a hitchhiker who's looking for her daughter. When he defends her from a couple of bikers from the Satan's Stompers motorcycle club, he ends up charged with second degree murder himself.
|ShortSummary = Michael picks up a hitchhiker who's looking for her daughter. When he defends her from a couple of bikers from the Satan's Stompers motorcycle club, he ends up charged with second degree murder himself. The only reason she is reluctant is because her husband, the leader of the gang, has her daughter and she has the evidence that can put him away.
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb episodes|0083437|Knight Rider}}
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Knight Rider
Season 1
DVD cover
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 26, 1982 (1982-09-26) –
May 6, 1983 (1983-05-06)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2
List of episodes

The first season of Knight Rider, an American television series, debuted on September 26, 1982, and ended on May 6, 1983. It aired on NBC.[1] The region 1 DVD was released on August 3, 2004.[2]

Knight Rider had a two-hour premiere on NBC, airing at 8PM on Sunday night. The show was put up against Dallas, and would eventually move NBC out of third place in the network race. No other show had ever survived that time slot.[citation needed] The show eventually aired on Friday nights, and in December 1982 became the second-highest-rated show of its day; M*A*S*H was number 1.

The show was renewed for a second season during the filming of "Short Notice".

Season 1

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The pilot episode featured Larry Anderson as Michael Long. Anderson is replaced by Hasselhoff after Michael Long was shot in the Nevada desert. Hasselhoff's voice is dubbed over Anderson's for all of his lines. Anderson elected to remain uncredited in the episode.[3]

At the end of Season 1, lead actress Patricia McPherson was fired from the show due to a falling out with producer Robert Foster, and her character was written out of the show. McPherson was replaced by Rebecca Holden in the second season. Hasselhoff was reportedly angry about McPherson's firing, but was in no position to fight the network or the show's producers. Holden left the show at the end of season two, and McPherson returned for season 3.

David Hasselhoff's then-girlfriend, Catherine Hickland, appeared in episode 19, "White Bird," as Michael Long's ex-fiancée Stevie Mason. Hickland also helped to write the episode.

At the end of season 1 during the studio wrap party, Hasselhoff celebrated Hickland's birthday. A cake was presented with a replica of K.I.T.T. sitting on top. Written in icing were the words "Look Under the Hood." An engagement ring had been placed under the hood, and Hasselhoff proposed.

Hickland later returned to the show twice, on season two's "Let it Be Me", and season four's "The Scent of Roses."

Cast

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Episodes

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See also: List of Knight Rider (1982 TV series) episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
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11"Knight of the Phoenix"Daniel HallerGlen A. LarsonSeptember 26, 1982 (1982-09-26)[1]57375
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After Detective Michael Long is shot and left for dead, he is saved by the eccentric billionaire, Wilton Knight and his associate Devon Miles. He is given a new face by plastic surgery, a new identity as Michael Knight, and the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT for short) – a dream car with super-spy gadgets and nearly invulnerable armor. Wilton asks Michael to carry on his crime-fighting crusade believing "one man can make a difference." Soon Michael manages to locate his shooter, a woman named Tanya Walker, who is stealing technology secrets from a computer company and selling them to the highest bidder. With the help of a woman named Maggie, Michael lures Tanya into a trap by showing off KITT's abilities as bait.

33"Deadly Maneuvers"Paul StanleyWilliam Schmidt & Bob ShayneOctober 1, 1982 (1982-10-01)[1]57305
Michael helps a stranded Army Lieutenant named Robin Ladd who learns her father has died in a suspicious accident. Michael conducts his own investigation which leads to uncovering the theft of nuclear warheads from an Army weapons depot and evidence the top brass may be involved.
44"Good Day at White Rock"Daniel HallerDeborah DavisOctober 8, 1982 (1982-10-08)[1]57303
Michael plans a rock-climbing holiday in the small town of White Rock. There he experiences bullying, even against nice young boy Davey, and an equally coward sheriff more interested in keeping the peace than enforcing the law. Michael tries to help when the Scorpions motorcycle gang moves in, but gets incarcerated and escapes. He deals with them himself and finds out they expect the rival gang Road Dogs for a confrontation which would wreck the town.
55"Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular"Bruce BilsonE. Paul Edwards & John Alan SchwartzOctober 22, 1982 (1982-10-22)[1]57315

Devon instructs Michael to investigate corporate raider Lawrence Blake, who buys mortgages and firms which all 'happen to' go broke shortly after. The next prey is Sammy Phillips's private stock car and motor vehicle stunts show, which he runs with his son Mark, a would-be motorbike stuntman. Michael infiltrates as new stunt driver after Sammy has a suspicious accident. Driving Kitt, stunts are almost too easy. Blake's goon Bill Gordon attempts to sabotage the show, although he has an inside accomplice.

Guest stars: Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
66"Just My Bill"Sidney HayersStory by : Catherine Bacos
Teleplay by : Deborah Davis & David Braff		October 29, 1982 (1982-10-29)[1]57311
Devon assigns Michael to protect Senator Maggie Flynn, a close friend to Devon, who has made enemies in her political crusade to fight a new energy bill. After numerous attempts on her life, Michael arranges for her to hide out with Devon, much to Devon's chagrin, while he conducts an investigation with Flynn's assistant Jane Adams, who suspects a rival politician to be involved in the attacks.
77"Not a Drop to Drink"Virgil W. VogelHannah L. ShearerNovember 5, 1982 (1982-11-05)[1]57304
Michael and K.I.T.T. are sent to protect a group of ranchers whose water supply is being cut off by a wealthy landowner. Michael meets his match in a hotheaded young widow who leads the fight for their rights and is instructed to make sure she doesn't do anything too impulsive.
88"No Big Thing"Bernard L. KowalskiJudy BurnsNovember 12, 1982 (1982-11-12)[1]57313
Devon Miles is arrested on a traffic violation in Lyndhurst Flats and ends up sharing a jail with Frank Reston, the very journalist he was planning to meet. When Reston is killed by the corrupt police officers because he had too much evidence against them and a corrupt judge that controls them, Devon's life is now on the line because he is the only witness to see Reston alive. Michael teams up with Frank's ex-wife Carol in his search for Devon and expose the corruption to the proper authorities.
99"Trust Doesn't Rust"Paul StanleySteven E. De SouzaNovember 19, 1982 (1982-11-19)[1]57307
Two petty thieves, Tony and Rev (William Sanderson), break into a Foundation warehouse and unwittingly reactivate KARR (the Knight Automated Roving Robot) (voiced by Peter Cullen), which was sitting in storage. Responding to the break in, Michael and KITT arrive to see the two thieves make a getaway in KITT's identical twin. After Michael learns that KARR was KITT's prototype and programmed with an unstable self-preservation AI, he goes after the vehicle which the two thieves are using to crash into bank vaults. Things become more complicated when KARR has the thieves kidnap Bonnie so she can repair a malfunctioning circuit. Michael and KITT managed to get Bonnie back, and try to disable KARR using a laser. When this fails, Michael sets KITT on a direct collision course with KARR, betting on KARR's self-preservation to defeat him.
1010"Inside Out"Peter CraneSteven E. De SouzaNovember 26, 1982 (1982-11-26)[1]57302
Michael captures a criminal named Dugan and takes his place as Colonel Kincaid's new driver. His goal is to find out for what purpose Kincaid is building his own private task team and catch him red-handed.
1111"The Final Verdict"Bernard KowalskiStory by : Tom Greene and John Alan Schwartz & E. Paul Edwards
Teleplay by : John Alan Schwartz & E. Paul Edwards		December 3, 1982 (1982-12-03)[1]57316

Cheryl Burns, an old friend of Michaels, has been accused of murder. Michael asks for some time off to search out the only man who can clear Cheryl: accountant Marty King, a 'Woody Allen' type. However Marty is a person of interest by the police to expose his crooked employer for "cooking the books".

This episode was dedicated to R.A. Cinader, stating "he was an original".
1212"A Plush Ride"Sidney HayersGregory S. DinalloDecember 10, 1982 (1982-12-10)[1]57306
Devon Miles has organized an anti-terrorism treaty between three rather unstable third world nations. Michael is assigned to find a plant (and possible hit-man) amongst the security team. He joins them during their special training session at Redmond's Victory Academy. However Michael wonders if this is the work of one person or a team.
1313"Forget Me Not"Gil BettmanStory by : Chris Lucky and Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi
Teleplay by : Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi and Karen Harris & Deborah Davis		December 17, 1982 (1982-12-17)[1]57312

Michael Knight is staying at a beach house with the daughter of newly elected president of the South American country of San Marada. His assignment is to protect both her and her father. A young woman named Micki overhears the conspirators' plot to assassinate El Presidente. She is kidnapped, but escapes the car by jumping from a cliff. Michael manages to rescue Micki, though she ends up with temporary amnesia. Can the only witness remember in time before the assassination can take place?

Note: This is the final episode to be directly supervised by series creator Glen A. Larson, fulfilling his original contact with Universal. While Larson would continue to be credited as Executive Producer throughout the run of the series and would offer his comments on script drafts, Robert Foster would take over as showrunner beginning with the next episode.
1414"Hearts of Stone"Jeffrey HaydenRobert FosterJanuary 14, 1983 (1983-01-14)[1]57322

Michael goes to Texas to meet Father Carlos Laguna, whose family is feuding with a group of gunrunners in possession of an advanced assault rifle called the X-19. The situation worsens when Carlos' brother Roberto is shot with an X-19 during a drive-by attack. With the help of a bartender named Angie, Michael poses as a gun collector and makes contact with the gunrunners where he offers to buy the whole shipment of X-19s. They strike a deal, but Angie tricks Michael and steals his suitcase full of money, which was charity funds provided by Devon.

Note: KITT's voice modulator is finally upgraded for the first time into the trio of digital bars seen during the remainder of the series run as first seen in K.A.R.R Knight Automated Roving Robot in his debut appearance.
1515"Give Me Liberty… or Give Me Death"Bernard L. KowalskiDavid BraffJanuary 21, 1983 (1983-01-21)[1]57323
Michael and KITT enter the Alternative 2000, a cross country race for cars that run on alternative fuel. They are there to find a saboteur, not to win, but find themselves having to rescue nosy reporter Liberty Cox in each lap. The mastermind is the ambitious TV broadcaster sponsor of the race and a member of the race safety crew.
1616"The Topaz Connection"Alan MyersonStephen KatzJanuary 28, 1983 (1983-01-28)[1]57321
A high-profile "skin magazine" editor named Philip Royce is murdered and Michael helps his daughter Lauren investigate who killed him and why. The clues may be found in Royce's computer, but the file he was working on is password protected under the code name "Topaz". The plot thickens when a private investigator Royce hired calls Lauren to reveal the story, but the man is killed by a sniper. Lauren and Michael then follow the P.I.'s leads to Las Vegas in hopes of uncovering the meaning behind Topaz, but quickly come across more thugs who want them eliminated.
1717"A Nice, Indecent Little Town"Gil BettemanFrank TelfordFebruary 18, 1983 (1983-02-18)[1]57317
Michael travels to Alpine Crest posing as a skip-tracer in pursuit of a counterfeiter. There he and KITT find out CIA is keeping an eye on a much bigger operation. Michael's only ally is a local journalist, while taking on a group of corrupt police officers aligned with the counterfeiter.
1818"Chariot of Gold"Bernard L. KowalskiWilliam SchmidtFebruary 25, 1983 (1983-02-25)[1]57326
Bonnie is given the honor of joining the Helios society, whose members all have genius level I.Q.'s. This to Devon's chagrin, who was expecting a nomination himself, but has to be content with honorary membership. However, it soon becomes clear that high ranking members of the society are planning to ensure their own survival by committing the perfect crime. For this they need to get their hands on KITT and to get rid of its driver, Michael Knight.
1919"White Bird"Winrich KolbeVirginia AldridgeMarch 4, 1983 (1983-03-04)[1]57330
Michael learns that the woman he was once engaged to, Stephanie Mason (Catherine Hickland), has been arrested for her involvement in a money laundering scheme. Unfortunately, he was engaged to her when he was Michael Long and Stephanie thinks he is dead. The Justice Department has given Stephanie the option of turning in her boss Gilbert Cole, or face conspiracy charges if she refuses. The situation intensifies when Cole sends thugs to eliminate her before she can testify before a grand jury. Now Michael must protect the woman he once loved and capture the people who are setting her up, all the while avoiding slip ups that may give away his secret identity.
2020"Knight Moves"Christian I. Nyby IIWilliam SchmidtMarch 11, 1983 (1983-03-11)[1]57332
A shipment of highly sensitive Micro-Tech electronic components is stolen near Albuquerque, New Mexico. When Michael goes to investigate, he finds himself attracted to the cause of the Alliance of Independent Truckers, who have lost 6 shipments. He is also attracted to AIT spoke-person and lady trucker Terri 'The Tiger' Calley.
2121"Nobody Does it Better"Harvey LaidmanDavid BraffApril 29, 1983 (1983-04-29)[1]57331
A CEO of an electronics firm (Robert Ginty) hires the Foundation to help catch whoever is stealing software from his company. Michael suspects someone on the inside – a programmer named Julian Groves (Tony Dow) when he learns of his involvement with a con-woman named Connie Chason. Soon an overzealous private investigator named Flannery Roe (Gail Edwards), hired by Grove's wife, gets into Michael's way, but things become more complicated when Connie is found murdered in Julian's bungalow and the programmer is on the run. Michael doesn't believe Julian is capable of murder and he and Flannery are forced to tolerate each other to find the real killer.
2222"Short Notice"Robert FosterRobert FosterMay 6, 1983 (1983-05-06)[1]57336
Michael picks up a hitchhiker who's looking for her daughter. When he defends her from a couple of bikers from the Satan's Stompers motorcycle club, he ends up charged with second degree murder himself. The only reason she is reluctant is because her husband, the leader of the gang, has her daughter and she has the evidence that can put him away.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Knight Rider: Original - Full Episodes - Season 1". NBC.com. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  2. ^ "Knight Rider - Season One (1982)". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  3. ^ Knight Rider Legacy
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