Knight Rider

Knight Rider, a shadowy flight

Into the dangerous world of a man...

who does not exist.

Michael Knight, a young loner...

on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent...

the helpless, the powerless...

in a world of criminals who operate above the law.

Come on, get up you creep.

You turned over on us. You're worse than a traitor.

Calm down, Joe.

I'm trying to make a living.

We used to be friends. Not anymore.

Come on.

Take it easy, Joey. Slow down.

This ain't life or death. There's no war.

I'm still going to kill him. You're dead, Janetti.

I know your route. I know your schedule.

I'll find you and run you off the road. Come on, Flynn.

Now come on, Phil. Get out of here, you'll cool down.

I only left your Independents 'cause I was about to lose everything.

I need the security of Shatner Trucking.

I have a family to support.

And Shatner's gonna put you all out of business.

Now we would have gone down together.

You're a traitor. Yeah?

Tell it to my grocer, Joe. He deals in cash.

Now look here, Mr. Shatner.

I don't mind keeping my eyes on Independents, but...

this is a little bit out of my line.

Nothing is out of line if I'm willing to pay the price...

and you want to earn it.

This is a perfect chance to get rid of Flynn...

and break the back of the whole Independent operation.

But killing Janetti.... I mean, I could go up for murder.

Not if you stage it correctly. The one they'll grab will be Flynn.

I don't know, Mr. Shatner.

Don't you have other guys around to do this?

This job is worth $10,000.

Maybe even an additional bonus when I control the area trucking.

Flynn is the energy and the brains...

behind the whole lndependent move.

If he gets arrested, he'll lose most of that support.

Then it'll work, Curtis.

Well, Janetti has a pick up and delivery in the hills.

That's the best place to do it. Whatever you say.

This is Eugene Hansen with a KNX morning traffic report.

The good news is all of you...

eastbound on the 607 freeway...

are excused from being on time to work today.

The bad news is a three-Car collision which has traffic....

How did you let me get into this, anyway?

Sorry, but you were driving.

I know, I know, but why is this happening to me?

Well, to tell you the truth this is called the morning traffic jam.

It's not an hour you're usually involved with.

You're usually going in the opposite direction.

However, we've only got 15 minutes to meet Devon.

KITT. Yes, Michael?

Can you get me out of this traffic jam? May I drive?

Well, it is against all Foundation regulations, but...

I won't tell Devon, if you won't tell Devon. I won't tell Devon.

Be my guest.

Have I told you you're the greatest lately? Not lately, Michael.

Michael, it's the simple matter...

of a group of small operators...

being swallowed up by a larger organization.

Shatner Trucking has done it very successfully before in the Midwest...

with disastrous results. Except in this case...

the Independents were being held together by Joe Flynn.

He's wanted for the murder of one of the Shatner drivers.

A man named Janetti.

Yeah, Flynn threatened Janetti and four hours later...

Janetti's brake lines were cut.

But with what's been going on over this past month...

we're not sure that Flynn did it.

And although he's a brawler and a hothead...

he's also the sole support of his family.

And he's the one man that Shatner has got to get rid of.

Excuse me, Devon. You said the past few months?

You've been involved in this situation that long?

Well, we've been monitoring it rather than being involved in it.

Somebody's broken our code.

We've been getting messages on the computer.

No kidding. Who's been sending them? We don't know.

Shatner is apparently planning to repeat his Midwest coup.

There's no federal or state authority investigating, and I believe that we should.

You both know that Joe Flynn could be guilty.

Yes, I'm sure that is possible.

You find him, put him in a safe place, then prove the case. Guilty or innocent.

Now, it sounds to me, you two are personally involved in this.

Isn't that a strict rule of The Foundation: No personal involvement?

Michael, our code has been broken. I got you. Anything else?

Yes, respect your equipment.

Be careful. That too.

They had three rigs when the father was still alive.

Flynn is down to one, and operating out of his garage.

Michael, you're being scanned by an electronic beam.

A harmless but effective alarm system.

Gotta be a guard around here somewhere. Damn right there is. Now, freeze.

Take it easy. I just want to ask you a few questions.

Is that so?

Well, you better not be from the cops, or from Shatner Trucking...

and we shoot burglars in this neighborhood.

I'm none of the three. Now, can I have a little conversation...

instead of looking at the barrel of that thing?

Take it easy, junior. I'm not armed.

I'm no junior. I'm a girl.

He's got nothing on him, but some sort of wrist radio.

That's no regular metal detector, is it?

She's no regular kid. Now what do you want?

I'm from The Foundation for Law and Government.

I'm here to investigate an incident involving Joe Flynn.

My son's innocent. Your name Devon Miles?

No. No, it's Michael Knight. How do you know Devon?

I'm the one who's been sending him messages.

By computer?

Once you break the code, all you gotta know how to do is type.

I do 80 words a minute. You gonna help us out?

I'm willing to try, but I gotta talk to Joe first.

You're going a little too fast. Talk to Shatner.

I'm sorry, but Shatner's not the one wanted by the police.

You just became a burglar again. Get off my property.

The longer Joe is on the run...

the longer it's gonna take to get to the bottom of this.

Now, I'm telling you, I need to talk to your son.

Get out of here.

That's an aggressively close-Knit family, Michael.

That's why they know where Joe is. Put a tap on their phone.

So, what else does this car do besides look hot?

Well, it's a lot more than a car. Thank you, Michael.

Voice modulator? That's great.

Will it give verbal response to major mathematical computations?

Of course.

You gonna put my brother in jail? I said I was here to help.

You seem like an okay guy. You know, you're a pretty bright girl.

You got The Foundation's attention.

Cute, too.

You're teasing me. That's what my brother always does.

I know I'm not pretty. Yeah, you are.

Flynn Trucking. Hello, Mom. It's Joe.

You're tapping our phone.

You're no friend. You're a creep.

Joey, you okay? I'm okay, Mom.

Michael Knight had the phone tapped.

He's gonna know where Joey is.

Joey, get out of there.

A big guy in a black T-Top is on his way to get you.

Get going right now. He's on his way.

Sorry, Michael. I know, partner, I know.

Look, backtrack that call and see if you can give me a location, will you?

It's about a mile from here. ETA, 40 seconds.

Michael, there's Flynn's rig up ahead.

Thanks, buddy.

We're going around him.

You'll be cutting it close, Michael.

The road is too narrow.

We'll make it work for us.

Nice work, buddy. Now just one more thing.

Michael, are you testing our courage, or my superstructure?

Would you like to know exactly...

how close that truck is to us, Michael?

Absolutely not.

Now, cool it.

If you wanted to kill me, you would've flattened me with the truck.

You from Shatner? No.

Not from Shatner or the police. Now all I want is a little conversation.

Then why are you twisting my arm?

'Cause I think you'd rather fight than talk.

All right, fair enough. Let me go.

No more fighting. I'm not gonna believe that.

Hey, I'm no liar and I'm no murderer.

All right. I'll deal with one thing at a time.

You'll have to deal with me first.

You just went from burglar to mugger. Now, get your hands up and turn around.

Need a little diversion here, partner. Of course, Michael.

This is the police. You're surrounded.

All right.

I think we've had enough ambushes for one day, don't you?

Oh, where are the police? There are none, Mom.

It's that car of his. It's something special.

It isn't special enough to take on three Flynns.

Enough! All you people do is fight?

So far all it's gotten you is a warrant for murder...

and a license for Shatner to hunt you down.

Now, how about a little honest conversation for a change?

Talk to me, Joe.

Look, I didn't cut Janetti's brakes. It's not my style.

Janetti pulled into the depot yard with full set of brakes.

When he pulled out, he was pumping air instead of brakes.

You were there at that depot when he was there.

I'm a trucker. They have loads there.

You didn't have a load that day.

Come on, tell me the truth. What were you doing there?

I went to see Janetti.

I had to talk to him, had to apologize. I shouldn't have hit him.