Knight Rider (season 3)
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 30, 1984 – May 5, 1985 |
| Home video release | |
| DVD release date | January 31, 2006 |
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The third season of Knight Rider, an American television series, began September 30, 1984, and ended on May 5, 1985. It aired on NBC. The region 1 DVD was released on January 31, 2006.[1]
This season saw KITT gain a new dash and abilities, Patricia McPherson returned as Bonnie Barstow and would remain for the remainder of the series. Michael and Devon had also become close friends as well as associates by this point, trusting one another enough to work and conspire in secret together without notifying KITT or Bonnie ("Knight in Disgrace"). KITT's renegade prototype KARR finally resurfaced.
Episodes
| No. | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 47 | 1 | "Knight of the Drones (Part 1)" | Sidney Hayers | Robert Foster & Gerald Sanford | September 30, 1984 | 58675 |
| Michael meets up with Bonnie at a university research center in San Francisco to convince her to return to the Foundation. Elsewhere, a criminal mastermind named Margo Sheridan rounds up high-tech criminals, one a criminal from prison (which they arrange his escape by use of a remote control drone car), one a electrician on probation with alarm system expertise, and Bonnie's college advisor, David Ralston to commit a robbery at the Federal Reserve Bank. In the process of investigating Sheridan, KITT is ambushed and severely damaged by a missile deployed from a drone car built by Ralston. Before being damaged, KITT ejects Michael to safety. | ||||||
| 48 | 2 | "Knight of the Drones (Part 2)" | Sidney Hayers | Robert Foster & Gerald Sanford | September 30, 1984 | 58676 |
| Bonnie rebuilds KITT. giving him new improvements including the newly designed dashboard. Inspecting a chip removed from one of Ralston's drone cars, Bonnie realises her advisor Ralston is one of the Masterminds related to several crimes that recently occurred, and is kidnapped by Sheridan's henchmen, Clifton and Turk. After Michael uses KITT to electrocute Clifton and Turk, they reveal where Ralston is hiding Bonnie. When they go to that location with the Police, they find she is not there, nor is Ralston. Michael then uses reverse psychology to get Clifton and Turk to believe a squirt gun he has is a pain enducer, and they reveal that Ralston wanted maps of Chinese tunnels that once were in the area. Later, the escaped convict and electrician realise the direction Ralston has them digging in is not towards the bank, but towards the vault of a weapons company, where Ralston reveals a weapon he developed was stored, and was stealing it to sell it to the highest bidder. He kills the convict and the electrician. Later, Michael faces off with Sheridan, Ralston, and his robotic drone cars that he unleashes to eliminate him. | ||||||
| 49 | 3 | "The Ice Bandits" | Georg Fenady | Gerald Sanford | October 7, 1984 | 58603 |
| Michael infiltrates a monastery that diamond thieves are using as a front for a clinic that specializes in plastic surgery. For humour, Michael and KITT also (briefly) encounter a donkey named Kit, much to KITT's displeasure. | ||||||
| 50 | 4 | "Knights of the Fast Lane" | Winrich Kolbe | Richard C. Okie | October 14, 1984 | 58601 |
| When Michael's friend gets into a coma, Michael investigates the crime. Later, Michael finds out she was involved with a Bonzai race. When Michael accepts a Bonsai Racing challenge against a murderous sports car driver/football team owner. He bets KITT, to be the prize. | ||||||
| 51 | 5 | "Halloween Knight" | Winrich Kolbe | Bill Nuss | October 28, 1984 | 58624 |
| After witnessing a murder, Bonnie is haunted by strange happenings staged to run her out of her apartment, like witnessing a gorilla murdering a neighbor lady and a floating pumpkin talking backwards in her apartment's bathroom mirror. | ||||||
| 52 | 6 | "K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R." | Winrich Kolbe | Richard C. Okie | November 4, 1984 | 58617 |
| A young beachcombing couple, John Stanton (a marine mechanic) and his girlfriend Mandy, discover a black car buried in the sand. John fetches his truck and pulls the car out which then activates on its own. Before taking the ride for a spin, John promises Mandy he'll take it to the police, but KARR (Paul Frees), who blew up before the end of "Trust Doesn't Rust", reveals himself and convinces John to hide him. Elsewhere, KITT and Michael pick up a strange signal identical to one used by KITT. They track the source and find KARR alive and well. The duo give chase but KARR gets away. Later, John hides KARR at the marina while Michael does legwork around town to find him. John's boss Eddie scolds him for leaving a marina truck by the beach. He tells John he would take $10,000 down for his business. Later, Michael gets suspicious when he meets Mandy and senses she may be lying about her boyfriend who slips out the back when he arrives. Meanwhile, KARR tampers with Eddie's pacemaker. Eddie has a heart attack and while in the hospital tells John he want to sell his business to him for $5,000 down. John says he doesn't have that kind of money, but KARR convinces him to steal it with his help. KARR decides to get some parts from the Knight Mobile Unit. KARR and John Turbo Boost into the trailer and find Bonnie and Devon working on the laser used against him to stop him the first time, and John takes it. After John modifies KARR's appearance, KARR tampers with an ATM and gives John the money. Later, Eddie recovers, and John gives him the money for his business, and Eddie demands to know where and how John got the money. John shows him KARR, and when KARR talks, Eddie is amazed, and tells John they could use KARR to get rich by knocking off "bigger targets" like an armored truck full of gold. Eddie explains to KARR that gold equals money, which means parts and a mechanic to keep KARR running. KARR concedes, but John wants no part of it and walks. KARR tells Eddie to let him go. Soon, KITT and Michael arrive, and KARR escapes once again. Later, KARR imitates John's voice to lure Mandy to get inside him and he kidnaps her. He then tortures her until John agrees to help him rob the armored truck. The armored car job is ruse however to lure KITT and Michael to a ravine so KARR can finish off his nemesis' for good. | ||||||
| 53 | 7 | "The Rotten Apples" | Bob Bralver | Gerald Sanford & Peter L. Dixon | November 11, 1984 | 58611 |
| Michael helps a psychologist who has a ranch for troubled kids, and is being run out by angry townsfolk and corrupt sheriffs. As Michael investigates further, he learns that the ranch sits above a deposit of minerals worth millions. | ||||||
| 54 | 8 | "Knight in Disgrace" | Harvey Laidman | Simon Muntner | November 18, 1984 | 58622 |
| In this episode, Michael is suspended, for his behavior, and FLAG searches for a replacement for him. Michael gains a crime lord's trust by pretending to be a drug dealer, but the boss (John Considine) sends him to steal an electronic key from Devon. KITT, who is made unaware of Michael's scheme, refuses to help, believing Michael has really turned criminal. Michael ends up shooting Devon to get the key and manually driving KITT. to get to the "vault." | ||||||
| 55 | 9 | "Dead of Knight" | Bernard L. Kowalski | Story by: Janis Hendler & Tom Greene Teleplay by: Peter Baloff & David W. Wallert |
December 2, 1984 | 58607 |
| A young dancer ingests a poison meant for Michael. She dies as a result, and Michael investigates to find out why. He races to save his own life by finding the assassin in Mexico and recovering an antidote after being injected with the poison. KITT uses a new comedy sub-routine to keep Michael alive when pursuing the antidote. | ||||||
| 56 | 10 | "Lost Knight" | Sidney Hayers | Robert Foster & James M. Miller | December 9, 1984 | 58619 |
| Michael and KITT. become separated after an explosion damages KITT.'s memory. KITT. wanders around aimlessly until a young boy (played by a young "Jason Bateman") finds and befriends him. The boy however, is being pursued by a gang of thieves and KITT tries to protect him. | ||||||
| 57 | 11 | "Knight of the Chameleon" | Winrich Kolbe | Robert Sherman | December 30, 1984 | 58631 |
| Michael pursues a master of disguise known as the "Chameleon", who has stolen a secret jet pack from the military. | ||||||
| 58 | 12 | "Custom Made Killer" | Harvey Laidman | Burton Armus | January 6, 1985 | 58640 |
| Michael hunts down a customized car and its killer driver who have been hired by an extortionist wanting to bring down a garment trading business and eliminate his competition. | ||||||
| 59 | 13 | "Knight by a Nose" | Bernard McEveety | William Elliot | January 13, 1985 | 58604 |
| Michael investigates the death of a prize race horse which he suspects is a cover up by the owner to get out of an enormous gambling debt. | ||||||
| 60 | 14 | "Junk Yard Dog" | Georg Fenady | Calvin Clements Jr. | February 3, 1985 | 58641 |
| Michael tries to expose the illegal activities of an owner (Ramon Bieri) of a toxic waste dump. KITT is dumped into and destroyed in an acid pit and rebuilt, but he must face his fears. With Michael's help, he regains his spirit and goes for the final showdown against the waste dump owner, who is trying to burn the dump to the ground. | ||||||
| 61 | 15 | "Buy Out" | Jeffrey Hayden | George S. Dinallo | February 10, 1985 | 58643 |
| Hoping to expose a saboteur, Michael volunteers to drive a high-tech armored limo while the developers test it against a missile strike. | ||||||
| 62 | 16 | "Knightlines" | Charles Watson Sanford | Richard C. Okie | March 3, 1985 | 58644 |
| Michael investigates the after hours death of a worker on a construction site. An international criminal plans to blow up a Government space weapons platform upon its completion. | ||||||
| 63 | 17 | "The Nineteenth Hole" | Georg Fenady | Gerald Sanford & Robert Foster | March 10, 1985 | 58627 |
| Michael infiltrates a rally race to investigate death threats made against the race sponsor. | ||||||
| 64 | 18 | "Knight & Knerd" | Georg Fenady | Larry Mollin | March 17, 1985 | 58630 |
| A nerdy kid helps Michael rescue a scientist's daughter from criminals who also steal the scientist's advanced laser weapon. | ||||||
| 65 | 19 | "Ten Wheel Trouble" | Bob Bralver | Burton Armus | March 24, 1985 | 58645 |
| Michael helps a convoy of truckers fight a ruthless takeover by a rival corporation. | ||||||
| 66 | 20 | "Knight in Retreat" | Roy Campanella II | Gerald Sanford | March 29, 1985 | 58642 |
| Michael poses as a scientist to infiltrate a club operated by a woman who deals in stolen space weapon technology. | ||||||
| 67 | 21 | "Knight Strike" | Georg Fenady | George S. Dinallo | April 5, 1985 | 58647 |
| Michael infiltrates a survivalist convention where stolen laser weapons are being sold. Judy Landers makes her second Knight Rider appearance. | ||||||
| 68 | 22 | "Circus Knights" | Harvey Laidman | David R. Toddman | May 5, 1985 | 58633 |
| Michael and KITT join a circus as a daredevil act in order to discover who is forcing them into bankruptcy. | ||||||
References
- ^ "Knight Rider - Season Three (1982)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
External links
- List of Knight Rider episodes at the Internet Movie Database
- List of Knight Rider season 3 episodes at TV.com
- Knight Rider at epguides.com
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