Knight Rider

Original title : Knight of the Phoenix (1/2)
First Aired : 26.09.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Daniel Haller
Writing credits : Glen A. Larson
Cast : Noel Conlon (William Benjamin), Michael D. Roberts (Jackson), Phyllis Davis (Tanya), Pamela Susan Shoop (Maggie), Lance LeGault (Security Officer Gray), Bert Rosario (Car Thief), Ed Gilbert (Charles Acton), Brian Cutler (Bar Manager), Barret Oliver (Buddy), Robert Phillips (Symes), Alma Beltran (Luce), Ed Hooks (Guard), Tyler Murray (Sally), Victoria Harned (Doris), Shawn Southwick (Lonnie), Bert Rosario (Browne (Car Thief #2)), Larry Anderson (Michael Long (uncredited)), Richard Anderson (Dr. Ralph Wesley (uncredited)), Charles Napier (Carney (uncredited)), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Muntzy (uncredited)), John Quade (Dolan (uncredited)), Sam Scarber (unknown (uncredited)), Dennis Fimple (Deputy #1 (uncredited)), Bill McKinney (Deputy #2 (uncredited))

The Story : 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.

Original title : Knight of the Phoenix (2/2)
First Aired : 26.09.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Daniel Haller
Writing credits : Glen A. Larson
Cast : Michael D. Roberts (Jackson), Phyllis Davis (Tanya), Pamela Susan Shoop (Maggie), Lance LeGault (Security Officer Gray), Noel Conlon (William Benjamin), Bert Rosario (Car Thief), Vince Edwards (Fred Wilson), Richard Basehart (Wilton Knight), Ed Gilbert (Charles Acton), Brian Cutler (Bar Manager), Barret Oliver (Buddy), Robert Phillips (Symes), Alma Beltran (Luce), Ed Hooks (Guard), Tyler Murray (Sally), Victoria Harned (Doris), Shawn Southwick (Lonnie), Bert Rosario (Browne (Car Thief #2)), Larry Anderson (Michael Long (uncredited)), Richard Anderson (Dr. Ralph Wesley (uncredited)), Charles Napier (Carney (uncredited)), John Quade (Dolan (uncredited)), Sam Scarber (unknown (uncredited))

The Story : Now armed with an advanced prototype car called KITT, which has the equivalent armor of a battle tank, capable of speeds over 300 MPH, and contains an artificial intelligence computer personality as an aide, Michael agrees to perform his assigned role.

Original title : Deadly Maneuvers
First Aired : 01.10.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Paul Stanley
Writing credits : William Schmidt, Bob Shayne
Cast : Devon Ericson (Robin Ladd), Alan Oppenheimer (General Duncton), Allen Williams (Major Sanderson), Ron Kuhlman (Sergeant Perkins), Andre Harvey (Lt. Hugh Rainey), Thomas Gilleran (Col. Ernest Ladd), Dennis Kerwin (Cpl. Cotler), Danil Torppe (Cpl. James), James Lough (Military Policeman #2), Peter Harrell (Military Policeman #1), Judy Johns (Cpl. Webb), Jeff Silverman (Sanj), Greg Norberg (Soldier), Charles Bazaldua (Fat Soldier)

The Story : 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.

Original title : Good Day at White Rock
First Aired : 08.10.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Daniel Haller
Writing credits : Deborah Davis
Cast : Keith Coogan (Davey Benson), Anne Lockhart (Sherry), Michael Champion (Monk), Don Stroud (Hilly), James Callahan (Sheriff Bruckner), Robert Dryer (The Priest), Gregory Clemens (Sneaker), Alex Daniels (Big Lonny), George Fisher (Boss), Kyle Oliver (Big Donny)

The Story : Michael and KITT 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 terrorized by a rowdy motorcycle gang preparing to do battle with a rival club of bikers.

Original title : Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular
First Aired : 22.10.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Bruce Bilson
Writing credits : E. Paul Edwards, John Alan Schwartz
Cast : Susan Kase (Lisa), Lin McCarthy (Lawrence Blake), Eddie Firestone (Sammy), Jimmy Weldon (Announcer), Adam Postil (Mark), Marc Alaimo (Bill Gordon), Phillip Coccioletti (Mario Lutenzo)

The Story : 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.

Original title : Just My Bill
First Aired : 29.10.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Sidney Hayers
Writing credits : David Braff
Cast : Bruce Gray (Senator Forbes), Carole Cook (Senator Flynn), Nancy Lee Grahn (Jane Adams), Alex Kubik (Luger), Robert Sampson (Dixon), David Haskell (Brian Owendorf), June Christopher (Miriam), Barry Cutler (Garage Guard), London Donfield (Al), Fitzhugh G. Houston (Assembly Speaker), Roger Til (Professor LeCalir), Kenneth Menard (Charlie Kemp), Jeri Gaile (Kate), Steve Alterman (Valet Attendant)

The Story : When an old friend of Devon's, a Foundation board member and state senator opposing a controversial water bill, is in danger, he assigns Michael and KITT to keep her safe until the bill comes to vote.

Original title : Not a Drop to Drink
First Aired : 05.11.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Virgil Vogel
Writing credits : Hannah Shearer
Cast : Sondra Currie (Francesca Morgan), Jason Evers (Bremen), Harry Carey Jr. (Josh), David S. Cass Sr. (Alex Webster), Lynn Hamilton (Susan Wade), Joe Burnett (Kirk Webster), Tom Lester (Ted Moore), Lyndel Stuart (Myra Moore), Jan Rabson (Dewey), Cory Yothers (The Bull [as Bumper Yothers])

The Story : Michael has to stop a competing ranch owner from illegally diverting water from a family's ranch.

Original title : No Big Thing
First Aired : 12.11.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Bernard L. Kowalski
Writing credits : Judy Burns
Cast : Logan Ramsey (Judge Roland S. Paxton), Jim Haynie (Frank Reston), Ted Markiano (Wallace), Grainger Hines (Saunders), Duke Stroud (Captain Butler), Paul Harper (Man), Jimmy Murphy (Pink), Earl Billings (Shep), Robert Carnegie (Van Dyke), Louis Elias (Pauley the truck driver), Vance Davis (Guard), Patrick Puccinelli (Officer Smith), Bruce Neckels (Pete-truck driver), Elmarie Wendel (Woman), Jay T. Will (Brute), Mary-Margaret Humes (Carol Reston)

The Story : Passing through the remote town of Lyndhurst Flats, Devon is caught in a local traffic ticket scam, but when he confronts the officers on their misdeeds, he lands in jail. His witnessing the murder of a fellow prisoner then puts his own life in danger.

Original title : Trust Doesn't Rust
First Aired : 19.11.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Paul Stanley
Writing credits : Steven E. De Souza
Cast : Gary McMillan (Security Guard), John Brandon (Police Captain), John Hostetter (Police Officer), Ivan E. Roth (Fast Food Kid), Peter Cullen (Voice of K.A.R.R.), Michael MacRae (Tony), William Sanderson (The Rev)

The Story : Michael and KITT have to stop the newly reactivated KARR (Knight Automated Roving Robot), which is programmed not to protect human life, but for self-preservation.

Original title : Inside Out
First Aired : 26.11.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Peter Crane
Writing credits : Steven E. De Souza
Cast : Lawrence Dobkin (Kincaid), Judith Chapman (Linda), Erik Stern (Thompson), Jack Gill (Dugan), Lee Duncan (Clark), Morgan Jones (Warden), Michael O'Guinne (Officer Wally), Bill Cross (Officer Lester), Jim Boeke (Baker), Stephen Pershire (O'Brien), Kay Worthington (Woman Driver), Talmadge Scott (Front Jeep Driver), Greg Finley (Prison Guard)

The Story : 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.

Original title : The Final Verdict
First Aired : 03.12.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Bernard L. Kowalski
Writing credits : John Alan Schwartz, E. Paul Edwards, Tom Greene, John Alan Schwartz, E. Paul Edwards
Cast : Marvin Karon (Marty), Don Gordon (Dickerson), Ramon Bieri (Al Farlan), Penny Peyser (Cheryl), Rick Fitts (Brad), Bob Schott (Dink), June Christopher (Kim-bartender), Cynthia Ream (Tracy), Michael Masters (Garage Man), Tim Rossovich (Butch)

The Story : A shy accountant who "cooked the books" can help clear a friend accused of murder, if Michael can find him before the police do.

Original title : A Plush Ride
First Aired : 10.12.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Sidney Hayers
Writing credits : Gregory S. Dinallo
Cast : Michael Carvan (Jacobs), William Lucking (Redmond), Wendy Fulton (Margot Wells), M.C. Gainey (Jason Keller), Hector Elias (Lopez), Donald Mantooth (Corey)

The Story : Michael joins a bodyguard academy in effort to uncover which student may actually be part of a plot to assassinate visiting Third World leaders.

Original title : Forget Me Not
First Aired : 17.12.1982 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Gil Bettman
Writing credits : Richard Christian Matheson, Thomas Szollosi, Thomas Szollosi, Chris Lucky, April Webster, Karen Harris, Deborah Davis
Cast : Alejandro Rey (Rudy del Fuego), Judy Landers (Micki Bradburn), Michael Lane (Jerry), Reid Shelton (David Burns/The Eagle), Victor Millan (Eduardo Casafranca), Fred Lerner (Ray), David Olivier (The Frenchman), Katia Christine (Margo), Michael Horsley (Valet Attendant), Michael Lamont (Male Guest), Helen Duffy (Actress)

The Story : A young woman he met at a party has information important to Michael preventing the assassination of a visiting South American president, but her amnesia makes getting that information problematic.

Original title : Hearts of Stone
First Aired : 14.01.1983 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Jeffrey Hayden
Writing credits : Robert Foster
Cast : Mary McCusker (Angie), Sam Vlahos (Father Carlos Laguna), Jeff Cooper (Ricky), Rudy Ramos (Roberto), Arell Blanton (D.D.), Zitto Kazann (Emile), Constance Ball (Nurse), Connie Downing (Girl at party), Larry Bame (Bartender)

The Story : Michael goes undercover as an illegal arms dealer to investigate the sale of high-tech rifles by the Corazon de Piedras.

Original title : Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death
First Aired : 21.01.1983 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Bernard L. Kowalski
Writing credits : David Braff
Cast : Robin Dearden (Liberty), Alan Fudge (Shaw), Brett Halsey (Sellers), Kenneth Tigar (Dr. Kempler), Sab Shimono (Hito Osaka), Richard Young (Sonny Prince), Adam Ageli (Hashi al Qatar), Gary Houston Phillips (Lester Prince), Frank Pesce (Director), Robert Balderson (P.A. Announcer), Francine Lembi (Unknown), Kai Wulff (Helmut Gras)

The Story : Michael enters KITT in a race for cars powered by alternative fuels to find out who is sabotaging the race.

Original title : The Topaz Connection
First Aired : 28.01.1983 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Alan Myerson
Writing credits : Stephen Katz
Cast : Michael Durrell (Paul Debrett), Jeanna Michaels (Lauren Royce), Jack Starrett (Lee), Michael Alldredge (Bob Croger), John Ericson (Philip Royce), George Caldwell (George Olin), Pendleton Brown (Photographer), Joy Hyler (Girl on Phone), Natalie Carroll (Model), Charles Walker (Pilot), Herb Mitchell (Butler), Eve McVeagh (Slot Granny), Richardson Morse (Doctor)

The Story : Michael heads to Las Vegas to investigate the death of a magazine publisher and its connection to an exposé about to be published.

Original title : A Nice, Indecent Little Town
First Aired : 18.02.1983 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Gil Betteman
Writing credits : Frank Telford
Cast : Luke Askew (Ron Austin), John Crawford (Sheriff Moore), Jean Bruce Scott (Jobina), Norman Burton (Barnswell), Eric Server (Agent Larkin), Amzie Strickland (Martha Haberstraw), Charles Bartlett (Deputy Hanks), Stacy MacGregor (Deputy Cole)

The Story : Michael tracks a counterfeiter to a small town that turns out to be under CIA surveillance.

Original title : Chariot of Gold
First Aired : 25.02.1983 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Bernard L. Kowalski
Writing credits : William Schmidt
Cast : George McDaniel (Stark), Lynne Toppin (Charlene Hanover), Garnett Smith (Litton), Sandy Helberg (Irving Farber), Lorinne Vozoff (Ellen Sullivan), Theodore Bikel (Graham Deauville)

The Story : Members of Helios, a society for geniuses, die suspiciously, and Michael and KITT's investigation uncovers a possible connection to an archaelogical dig.

Original title : White Bird
First Aired : 04.03.1983 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Winrich Kolbe
Writing credits : Virginia Aldridge
Cast : Richard Caine (Carson James), Charlie Picerni (Donner), Harold Hal Frizzell (Guard), Eddy Dono (Driver), Catherine Hickland (Stefanie), Don Galloway (Edward Cole), Bert Freed (Solan)

The Story : Michael must prevent his former fiancée, framed by her employers, from being killed before she can turn the tables and expose their wrongdoing.

Original title : Knight Moves
First Aired : 11.03.1983 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Christian I. Nyby II
Writing credits : William Schmidt
Cast : Lonny Chapman (Falker), James Whitmore Jr. (Rick Calley), Kathryn Butterfield (Norma), Yvonne McCord (Terri), Guy Stockwell (Riggins), Morgan Woodward (Winston), Michael Potter (Ozzie), Burton Gilliam (Gene), Taylor Lacher (Kurt)

The Story : Michael tries to protect independent trucking shipments from being hijacked by pirates in the service of a trucking conglomerate who would like to see the competition disappear.

Original title : Nobody Does It Better
First Aired : 29.04.1983 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Harvey S. Laidman
Writing credits : David Braff
Cast : Gail Edwards (Flannery Roe), Robert Ginty (Elliott Stevens), Tony Dow (Julian Groves), Marshall Teague (Armand), Jimmy Bridges (Rollers Skater at Beach), Laurie O'Brien (Linda Groves)

The Story : Michael's investigation into the theft of computer software secrets is hampered by a private ingestigator who has the same subject on their radar.

Original title : Short Notice
First Aired : 06.05.1983 (USA)(NBC)
Director : Robert Foster
Writing credits : Robert Foster
Cast : Robin Curtis (Nicole Turner), William Smith (Harold T. Turner), Brittany Wilson (Natalie Turner), Dennis Burkley (Tiny), Sandy McPeak (Arthur Wexley), Jordan Clarke (Ferris), Joe Conley (Manager #1), David Hess (Donny), Linda L. Rand (Manager #2), Gail Fisher (Thelma)

The Story : After he kills a motorcycle gang member in self-defense, the only witness refuses to help clear Michael unless he helps her recover her kidnapped child first.