Knight Rider (1982) s01e10 Episode Script

My men are trained | to go into instant action.
They're gunning for you, Colonel.
| You're the Muhammad Ali of crime.
What was that? - Why does he need a driver like me? | - That is on a need-to-know basis.
There's something wrong | with this guy.
This operation goes into high gear | within 12 hours.
There is no time | for rivalry in the ranks.
KITT, take over.
I'm going out.
Hang on! 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.
Yeah, we got somethin'.
Whoa! Eighty miles an hour! Damn kids.
| They think they own this road.
One-fifty.
One-ninety? Two twenty-five? | He's off the scale! Maybe it ain't a car.
What was that? A Pontiac.
Michael, if you want me to drive, | don't bump the controls.
Just finish him off | and take the wheel.
Michael, are you tying | him up again? Michael! KITT, | open the sunroof! You don't have to shout.
Sorry about the accommodations, | but it's the height of the season.
You understand.
Hi! We were so worried.
Are you | all right? Yeah, I'm okay.
I had a couple bruises.
How are your | shocks? Are you still in alignment? Everything is in proper order, Bonnie.
| But thank you for your concern.
Oh, KITT, that's sweet.
But let me check anyway.
Your surveillance | scanners might need adjustment.
Michael.
| Hello, Devon.
When we didn't hear from you on schedule, | we decided to intercept you en route.
What happened? Mr.
Dugan got loose | about an hour after I picked him up.
He jumped me | while I was driving.
Well, you seem to have managed | all right.
Is he secure now? Well, I locked him in that trailer you prepared, but | I still think he'd be a lot more secure in a prison.
Well, in case another inmate | recognized him, he'd blow the whistle.
What's this? Oh, I | found that on Mr.
Dugan.
Obviously, | some sort of cryptic invitation.
Maybe to the Army-Navy game, huh? Michael, Kincaid | is a very clever man.
I suggest you treat him seriously.
Although his style | may be somewhat outrageous, his techniques, | I assure you, are deadly.
Devon, it's perfectly safe.
Kincaid and Dugan have never met.
As far as Kincaid will know, | I'm the world-famous wheelman.
I sincerely hope so.
Several law enforcement agencies | and military intelligence have tried to put an end to his | criminal career several times, and all those efforts have come to a disastrous | end for each one of the operatives concerned.
Can you rephrase that? | They got knocked off.
Huh? | They didn't come back.
You know, I liked it better | the first way.
Really? Sorry.
- How's that? | - A little higher.
Oh, no, lower Stop! | That's it.
I gotta get out of here.
I wish you'd had | more time to prepare.
I wasn't patient when I was | a cop.
I'm still not patient.
Michael, there is a fine line | between audacious and foolhardy.
Relax, Devon.
| I'll watch it.
And I'll still nail Kincaid | from the inside out.
You really are | quite impossible.
If only Wilton Knight hadn't conceived | such an extraordinary obsession for you - We'd both be out of a job.
| - Ah.
- I'll stay in touch, huh? | - Good luck.
How's Frankenstein? | Ready to roll? I've increased the range | of all his scanners, and I've added | an electrical jamming device.
Oh, yeah? | What's that? KITT, I think | that's your cue.
As you can see, Michael, I can now disrupt electrical activity | within a range of 50 yards.
KITT, I think | you've made your point.
Boy, you certainly | turn him on.
And off.
Right now there's only one thing | wrong with this car.
I know.
The nut behind the wheel.
That's That's very funny.
| Very funny.
I wonder if there's a real woman | under those overalls or just a robot.
Under the overalls, | she is 168 centimeters tall, Other measurements: | 97 centimeters, 61 - KITT.
| - Yes, Michael? Shut up.
Michael? | Yes, KITT.
I've been wondering about | something.
Nuclear physics? No.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't we en route | to Colonel Kincaid's current base of operations? Yeah.
What about it? Unless I'm mistaken, didn't Mr.
Miles say that no | law enforcement agent had ever returned from there? That's right.
| I see.
Do you happen to know | what happened to their cars? Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Michael.
| Yes, KITT? - Have you considered parking me out here? | - No, KITT.
I didn't think so.
Hello? Mr.
Dugan.
We've been waiting for you.
Kindly raise your hands.
Hey, what is this? You're late.
Since you're known for promptness, | I'm highly suspicious.
What are you talking about? | I'm right on time.
But one full day late.
You've had it, turkey.
Hold it, Thompson.
| Stay put.
He tends to be | a little impulsive.
I'm nobody's employee, Colonel.
| I'm a professional for hire.
This little kangaroo court of yours | is gonna cost you an extra 10 grand.
Hey! Nobody, I mean nobody | shakes down the colonel.
Thompson.
I think I'm capable | of handling this matter.
We have a contract.
| The price was set.
And dance lessons | weren't a part of it.
I get another 10,000, | or you get yourself another man.
Very well.
Linda, show our, uh, driver | to his quarters.
Colonel, are we gonna | buy this bunch of lies? Thompson, we are trying to | get Mr.
Dugan into the team spirit, and I would appreciate it | if you would show some.
And get yourself a towel.
In here.
This is your room.
Workout clothes are in here.
| If they don't fit, please speak up.
And wake up is at 6:00 a.
m.
Sure you don't mean 0600 hours? I | see you've heard about the colonel.
I heard he doesn't know | he's been retired.
What's with all this | West Point stuff? What's the caper? | Why does he need a driver like me? As our leader says, | that is on a need-to-know basis, and so far he's the only one | who needs to know.
Lights out at 10:00.
| That's, um Right.
And if you're outside after that, | your room had better be on fire.
That about covers it.
| Any questions? Yeah, how about a personal one? - You mean, what's a nice girl like me doing in a racket like this? | - Well, I would've phrased it better.
You'd get the same answer.
I'm here because I spent too many of my | formative years with lowlife and scum.
- Like Kincaid.
| - Like you.
KITT? Nice of you to drop in.
It's also | necessary.
My room was bugged.
Interesting.
| Should I scan the area? That's exactly | what I had in mind.
It's not just your room, Michael.
There are monitors all over this estate, | and every telephone line is tapped.
Then we can't contact Devon | from here, can we? Not without being overheard.
I estimate one-quarter mile away | would be secure.
Shall we go? No, not just yet.
Let's wait | till we get something definite.
Maybe I can get something | from the girl.
I wouldn't touch that line | with a 10-foot driveshaft.
What's that supposed to mean? Merely that you always seem | to use our assignments as convenient springboards | for your social life.
Don't be ridiculous.
That girl is a source of information.
- That's all.
| - I've heard that one before.
Mr.
Dugan, | since you're our latest recruit, no doubt you have | a few questions.
Yes, sir, I do.
I've been | wan I'll try to fill you in.
The next few days are gonna be spent | in practice, practice, practice.
Without training, | without drill and practice, any military maneuver | is doomed to failure, and I do not fail.
Where was I, Dugan? You don't fail.
People at the Pentagon will give you an | argument about that.
But then, what do they know? They gave me napalm and defoliants, | helicopter gunships, and they called me brutal.
Imagine.
Shocking, Colonel.
Really.
Yeah, indeed.
One man's "brutal" | is simply another man's "efficient.
" And watching lesser men rise | through the ranks over the years, I learned | a very valuable lesson the deadliest weapon in the world | is the human mind.
We'll hone that weapon | to a fine edge.
By the time I'm through with | you, young man, you'll cut steel.
I'm looking forward to it.
Excellent.
Miss Elliot, your drill, please.
The ball, Miss Elliot.
| The ball.
Always expect the unexpected.
Overconfidence | can be fatal.
Speaking of which, now that you're dead, | you can do without lunch and without dinner.
We'll hope that your stomach | will inspire a better performance next time.
He acts like he owns you.
He does.
Mr.
Dugan? | Mr.
Dugan.
They call you "the driver," | don't they? Yes, sir.
It's a bit | obvious, but descriptive.
All right, Mr.
Dugan, I'd like to see | you and your vehicle duplicate that jump.
No.
Not until you move those ramps | another 20 feet apart.
I like a challenge.
Boys! Move Mr.
Dugan's ramps | for him.
Ready? Lift.
Michael? | Yeah, KITT.
- Do we really have to do this? | - That's why we get the big bucks, buddy.
You ready? | Of course.
With my rocket power thrusters, | I could do this on four cylinders.
You can't use your thrusters.
| We're supposed to be undercover.
Do you think they could | lower the ramp? Well, that's excellent, | Mr.
Dugan.
That's excellent.
Oww! | What are you doing? Trying to hold on | to my dinner.
Since you're dead, I thought | you might like one yourself.
- I don't know what to say.
| - How about "thanks"? Thanks.
- You don't happen to have some | - Right here.
I guess, for a change, | crime does pay.
What, not always? Not for me.
I guess you wouldn't know | about that, would you? We've all heard about the job | you pulled in Paris.
Paris? Oh, yeah, Paris.
| Well KITT, activate the surveillance unit.
- The usual routine.
| - Meaning, I keep you out of trouble.
- Just don't start giving yourself a | tune-up while I'm in there.
- In where? Well, since the colonel | has a little boudoir labeled "off limits," I think that's | just the place I'm going.
You got trouble? That's a reasonable assumption.
Two people are headed your way.
| They'll enter from the hall in 15.
4 seconds.
I would recommend you exit | via the back door.
Good thinking.
The only trouble is there is no back door.
It's something I don't want to | concern myself with right now.
Dugan's a phony.
Oh, Thompson, | we've been through many campaigns.
I trust your nerve.
| I trust your loyalty.
I even trust your trigger finger.
But when it comes to your instincts, | that's a different matter altogether.
Colonel, I'm telling you something.
| There's something wrong with this guy Dugan.
I don't like him.
- Is there anyone you do like? | - Come on, Colonel, I'm serious.
So am I.
This operation goes into high gear | within 12 hours.
There is no time | for rivalry in the ranks.
Okay.
Okay, fine.
| Forget I said it.
But when I turn out to be right, | there's one thing I want This is a formal request, | I assume? You bet it is.
I want him.
Okay, KITT, I got the caper.
In less than 12 hours, we break into the | federal penitentiary at Flint Mountain.
We're going to break into a prison? | Well, that's a new one.
Why? I think it's obvious.
| It's a maximum-security prison.
The kind of clients they got in there | would pay plenty for a ticket out.
Looks like Kincaid's | playing travel agent.
Michael, I believe Devon would find | this information very interesting.
No kidding.
But this place is bugged.
| You slip out of here and contact him.
Uh-oh.
| Trouble? - Don't worry.
I'll distract her.
| - I'll bet.
Go make the call.
- You're breaking curfew.
| - So are you.
Gonna turn me in? No.
As a matter of fact, | I was looking for you.
Why were you wa ?? Tell me ?? ?? That the words you say | are true ???? ???? You don't seem to have much | faith in our employer.
Do you? What's that | supposed to mean? About those nuns in Paris | the ones at the orphanage.
I told you I wasn't | responsible for that.
I made that up.
What? I said, I made that up.
You're obviously not Dugan.
| Who are you? Uh-oh.
Sorry, ma'am, but there's a | tractor-trailer overturned up ahead, and we got molasses and honey | all over the highway.
But if you make a U-turn, you can take | Route 13 and get back on on the next on-ramp.
Well, thank you, Officer.
Uh, hang a U-ie | and drive down Route 13.
Uh, sorry about | the inconvenience.
Sorry about the inconvenience, but, uh, | we got a tractor-trailer spill up ahead.
Do you know that cutoff | on Route 13? Yes, Officer.
It's 3.
2 miles to the | southwest.
Uh, yeah, right.
Just take that | and catch the next on-ramp.
Thank you, Officer.
| Now, you drive careful, hear? I always do.
Hey! Come back! Stop! What's wrong? | That car! That's the car! The one that went like Over up high! Damn! Did you get a good | look at the driver? Yeah, I Michael Knight.
| That's a nice name.
Getting used to it.
You know, I was hoping you might tell | me a little bit more than just your name.
When we know each other better.
I mean, the ambience here I'll break the ice.
I'm not like the other people here.
Kincaid's paying them.
With me, | it's a different relationship.
He's blackmailing me.
Five years ago I was a champion gymnast | at an ivy-covered school.
You'd know the name.
But what I didn't know was that my father | was paying my tuition with dirty money.
Eventually, he got caught | with his hand in the till.
The trial didn't go well with him.
He got very sick.
He didn't want to go to prison.
So, when I got on the stand | I said all the right things.
Within a week, my father did die.
But he was a free man, thanks to my convenient lie.
At least that's what I called it.
But Kincaid called it perjury.
And he said that I would end up | in prison if I didn't help him.
Well, he's got a point.
But if you help me | nail Kincaid, I think the courts | will see things your way.
Help you how? We gotta | catch Kincaid red-handed.
If the caper doesn't go down, | neither does he.
If you and I stay | in the colonel's little army, he'll get the prison sentence, | Linda, not you.
Yes.
Dune buggies? | Beanie bags? No, bean bags.
A beanie is | a small head covering which Yes, I can speak English, KITT.
Yes, sir, and splendidly.
You tell me that they are | attacking a prison? Yes, sir.
Flint Mountain Federal | Penitentiary in 10 hours and 38 minutes.
Yes, it's unbelievable.
It's absolutely unbelievable.
And Michael is | quite certain of this? I am, sir.
Would you like me to give you a | 40-point, cross-indexed statistical readout? Good Lord, no, | it's 2:00 a.
m.
All right, KITT.
| I'll deal with it.
Tell Michael we'll be ready | and tell him "good show.
" And you too, KITT.
Thank you, sir.
| KITT signing off.
Thank God.
Okay, go.
I trust you, and I know this is | gonna work.
I'm glad one of us knows.
Go, go, go, go.
Well, | what was that all about? Biology.
| Oh, that.
- Did you call Devon? | - I certainly did.
Michael, we've got them | right where we want them.
Okay, you hold on | to that thought, huh? Yes? Excuse me, Colonel.
| Yes.
I just captured an intruder | by the north wall.
Intruder? | What'd you do with him? He's out cold.
| I put him in the basement cell.
When he comes to, call me.
It's been a long time | since I interrogated anyone.
Gentlemen and lady, you've all been waiting very patiently | to learn our ultimate objective.
Well, now is the time.
I assure you.
| You're going to be very pleasantly surprised.
Interesting, | this little operation? For some other time.
This.
Within a matter of three hours, we're going to use every skill, every move, | every technique we have practiced, and we are going to steal $12 million in gold.
Now, if you listen carefully, I'll explain | each and every step of the operation.
Of course, it's very short notice, | Mr.
Miles, but my men are trained | to go into instant action.
"A" Team, position | to repel assault.
Arch! "B" Team, position | for cover fire.
Arch! Very impressive, Warden.
| Thank you.
This is the moment | we've all been training for.
This is the ultimate test | of our will, our courage, our fine cutting edge.
Regardless of the outcome, I want you to know | that I personally am proud to have served with | each and every one of you, and I'll be with you | every step of the way.
You have your maps, | your communicators.
Good hunting.
And good luck.
All right, Thompson, | move 'em out.
All right! | You heard the colonel! Go! KITT, we gotta call Devon as soon | as we're secured.
Why? What's wrong? Because we're robbing | a gold shipment.
That's alarming.
| What do you suggest we do? You're the computer.
| You figure it out.
I think we're in trouble.
All right, everyone, listen closely.
You've been briefed on the convoy | and its defenses to protect the gold.
If you follow my instructions to the letter, | they'll present no problems.
But remember, the monitoring device attached | to the bullion truck wheels will be activated if the truck | stops for any reason.
That device will alert law enforcement | officers within a 50-mile radius.
Therefore, we must execute this | operation while it is moving without any of them | realizing that we're doing it.
All right, Baker, Waldorf, | get ready.
We'll need a copy | of all the convoy transmissions.
Convoy, this is Midas.
We're on schedule | and approaching checkpoint 19.
Request status check.
Midas, this is Front Door.
| All clear.
Midas, this is Back Door.
| All clear.
Roger, Back Door.
| Condition: Green.
Repeat.
Condition: Green.
Maintain normal status.
All right, everyone, take up | your positions.
Deploy, deploy.
Well, what are we waiting for? With | all this, you must have a phone in here.
I do, but Kincaid will monitor | any calls we make.
We gotta go along with the robbery | until we think of something else.
Well, what about last night? | I thought you had a plan.
So did I.
Colonel, this is Waldorf.
I have the convoy in sight.
| They're passing my position now.
All right, you know what to do.
| Knock out that rearjeep.
Bingo, Colonel.
| They're sleeping like babies.
They'll be out for hours.
| I'm taking their position in the convoy.
Baker, Clark, snap to it.
Convoy, this is Midas.
| We have just passed checkpoint 20.
Repeat.
We havejust passed | checkpoint 20.
Doors report, over.
Midas, this is Front Door.
| All clear.
Condition: Green.
Over.
Roger, Front Door.
Back Door, please report.
Back Door, do you read? Baker, Clark, what's happening? Come on! Come on! Back Door, | request status check.
Back Door, do you read? Back Door, do you read? This is Back Door.
This is Back Door.
Roger, Back Door.
| Request status check.
Midas, this is Back Door.
| All clear.
Over.
Midas, this is Front Door.
| Request status check.
Hey, Front Door, this is Midas.
| We are A-okay all the way.
Condition: Green.
Roger, Midas.
| Good work.
Over and out.
All right, Mr.
Dugan, | Miss Elliot.
It is up to you.
KITT, take over.
| I'm going out.
- Affirmative, Michael.
Do you think that's safe? | - Of course not.
Hang on! Who's got the car? It's okay! | I got you! I got you! Who's got the car? | Oh! Ohh! Dugan, Elliot, what's going on? | Report.
You all right? | I think it's sprained.
Kincaid, this is Dugan.
We got a problem.
| Linda is hurt.
She can't get in the truck.
All right, then let her drive | and you go out.
- Could you do it? | - If I don't do it, we can't bust him.
If we don't bust him, | I can't help you in court.
Kincaid, this is Dugan.
| We're still on.
Excellent.
Excellent.
Kincaid, this is Dugan.
| I'm inside.
That's excellent, excellent.
All right, Miss Elliot, | drop back about three feet.
- Miss Elliot, do you read me? | - Uh, yeah.
It's all taken care of.
Mr.
Dugan, empty that truck.
Bravo, team.
Bravo.
All right, all of you | rendezvous at headquarters.
Thompson and I | will linger just a bit to humor the convoy.
Colonel, since your gear is packed | and stowed, could we move out now, sir? No, no, not just yet.
Not just yet.
Mr.
Dugan.
Yes, sir? | No.
No, not you.
The real Mr.
Dugan.
Mr.
Dugan and I had a conversation | this morning, Mr.
Knight.
I didn't want to distract you from your | duties today by discussing it with you.
Thank you.
| That was very thoughtful.
Good-bye, hotshot.
I'm sorry about this, son.
I really like you.
Yeah? Personally, | I thought you were a jerk.
Kincaid, we've been had! | It's just lead covered with gold paint! Lead? | What are you talking about? I don't believe it.
! KITT! Aaah! Get in there! Freeze! First thing in the morning, huh? Right? | Right.
Unimpeachable source.
| Right? Did I really say that? Michael! Where in | the name of heaven have you Hello, Devon.
| Sorry about the misunderstanding.
"Misunderstanding"? | Do you realize what you've done? You've caused me | a great deal of difficulty.
You've embarrassed me.
| You've Devon, I'd like you | to meet Colonel Kincaid.
You've saved me | a great deal of paperwork.
One man can make a difference, | Michael.
Michael Knight, a lone crusader | in a dangerous world, the world of the Knight Rider.