Knight Rider (1982) s01e18 Episode Script

That isn'tJim Litton in there.
I don't know who or what | is inside him.
Hey! - KITT, I think that man | needs some help.
- What's going on around here? | - The animals are more friendly than people are.
Bonnie, come on.
Wake up.
| We gotta get outta here.
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.
Michael, I hope it won't be much longer.
This dirt is | beginning to clog a few of my more sensitive instruments.
We're almost there, buddy.
And it isn't just dirt: It's the stuff | of ancient Indian civilizations.
Perhaps, but the stuff of ancient Indian | civilizations is wreaking havoc on my turbo.
Sorry, KITT.
| Devon said it was urgent.
"County Museum, | Archeological Site Number 32.
" According to my visuals, Michael, | that's Dr.
Litton.
Hey! Wonder what's wrong | with him? Dr.
Litton! | I'm Michael Knight from the Foundation! You called Devon Miles? KITT, I think that man needs some help.
Take over | and keep her real steady, huh? Of course, Michael.
Be careful, Michael.
No.
No! No! It's okay.
I'm Michael Knight.
| Devon Miles sent me.
It's okay.
- What's wrong with him, Michael? | - I was hoping you could tell me.
Take over.
His blood pressure is | 200 over 140.
This man is in extreme danger.
I detect the presence | of a very potent drug.
Unknown? What do you mean "unknown?" I | thought you knew every drug known to mankind three thousand | or something like that.
and I have records of | each chemical within the drug.
But, this particular combination | of chemicals is unknown.
All right, let's get him | to the hospital.
Professor Deauville should be here | at any second.
Devon, I've never seen you so excited.
It's not every day one is inducted | into so prestigious a society as Helios.
Why is it that when one | is in a hurry, one's tie never seems to go right? I think it's called "Devon's | First Law of Nervousness.
" Oh.
Is that all right? | Perfect.
Bonnie, I'm so pleased that you're here | to share this moment with me.
I only wish that Michael | was here too.
Professor Deauville, hello.
| Hello.
Hello, again.
This way, please.
| Thank you.
My dear Graham, how very nice to see | you.
You're looking well, my friend.
And you.
Of course, it's always a pleasure to be | face-to-face with your beauty, my dear.
Won't you sit down? | Yes.
Uh, Devon, I have something | important to discuss.
The results of the test.
Oh, yes, the Helios scores.
| Of course.
You didn't grade mine, did you? | I just took it to keep Devon company.
Well, as you know, the Helios test is | not merely an entrance examination.
It is widely acknowledged as the most | accurate measure of innate intelligence.
It scores not only mental ability, but the capacity to grasp | higher planes of thought which are used to solve | the most urgent problems of our world.
So, I'm very pleased to announce | our newest Helios member, Miss Barstow.
- Are you sure? | - We at Helios do not make mistakes.
- Congratulations, Bonnie.
| - I don't know what to say.
There will be an induction ceremony | over the weekend at the estate.
You will attend, of course.
| Oh, and uh, Devon, I'm also pleased to announce that in recognition of your years | of devotion and support, we're making you an honorary member.
An honorary member? Thank you.
| I'm very pleased.
Permit me.
Hello.
- Michael, where are you? | - I'm at Physician's Hospital.
Look, I got some bad news.
When I found Dr.
Litton, | he was having some kind of fit.
He's a in a coma now.
| The doctors don't know anything yet.
Devon, there's some kind of drug in his | system.
KITT doesn't have any record of it.
Thank you, Michael.
| I'll be there right away.
I'm afraid there's bad news.
| What? - Jim Litton.
He's in a coma.
| - Oh, my God.
The reason I came to see you, Devon, | is that in the past month two of our Helios members have died mysteriously.
Jim and I go all the way back | to Princeton together.
I remember one professor in particular, | Dr.
Whitehead, took us on a dig and he told us that, uh, | all this folklore about Indian gods protecting their graves | was just superstition.
Well, one nightJim and I covered | our bodies in mud and feathers and put on hideous masks | and sneaked into Dr.
Whitehead's tent.
I've never seen a man so frightened, | nor run as hard.
Excuse me.
Here it is.
Oh, well You know, last year's find of | the Aztec gold just outside Mexico City, | was Jim's biggest triumph.
Apart from the intrinsic value | of the gold, the historical worth of it | is inestimable.
Now, to think ofJim Litton like this at the peak of his career.
Jim.
Jim.
- No! | - It's me, Graham.
No! No! You'd better leave.
That isn'tJim Litton in there.
L- I don't know who | or what is inside him, but that is not theJim I know.
L | - I hate to ask such a big favor Anything, Graham.
Anything we can do.
Come to Helios this weekend.
| Find out whoever's responsible.
Excuse me, why do you think | it's someone from Helios? I don't know what to think.
But if it isn't someone from inside | our organization, I'm at a total loss.
We'll be happy to come.
We'll | do whatever we can.
Thank you.
It's amazing.
| I mean, this place way out here.
It's beautiful.
| I can't believe it.
I've always dreamed of | belonging to something like this.
Helios is a fine organization, Bonnie.
| They made an excellent decision.
I'm proud of you.
| Thank you.
I'm sure if you took the test again | Oh, no.
It's not of any importance.
Really.
It's just that I was, um, | a bit surprised, that's all.
Well, this wouldn't be the same | if you were upset.
And anyways, it's not as though | you've been left out.
You're an honorary member.
Thank you so much | for coming, my friends.
I hope we're not late.
| Oh, no, no, no.
We would never begin | without our loveliest new member.
And Helios, the Greek sun god, | the god of brilliance, rode to his palace | in a chariot of gold.
- Kind of like a Rolls-Royce, right? - I | fail to see the logic of that statement.
- Forget it.
| - Had you used a more domestic brand as your model KITT, I said forget it.
| It's just a figure of speech.
By the way, you run a scan on | the data banks Bonnie added on Helios? Yes, I did.
I find no connection between Dr.
| Litton and the two, deceased Helios members.
- No connection? - By the way, Michael, | can a Rolls-Royce do computer scans? Not a one.
And believe me, | you are as good as gold to me.
Thank you.
Who do you think that is? | A good question, Michael.
This estate is huge.
The | grounds seem to be extensive.
They do go on forever.
Why do you think this place | is in such a secluded area? I don't know, KITT, but with a little | snooping around, I might find some answers.
Be careful, Michael.
What you're about to see | will astound even you.
This is truly one of | the engineering wonders of our time.
In terms of speed, the question is | not how fast will this vehicle go, but how fast | do you wish it to go? As you know, | this is our missing link.
All that remains is to separate | the car from its driver, a pleasant, but unremarkable young man | by the name of Michael Knight.
The mansion was purchased in 1952 | by the Helios trustees.
Some of our members live on the premises | while working on projects and studies.
Oh, did you know that | this one was done by the famous Genoan artist, | Renaldo Sofo? It took him 12 years to | complete it.
That's amazing.
Well, 12 years is a long time Uh, my name is, uh, | Irving Farber.
You know, my notes on | the Renaissance are particularly stirring.
Uh, I thought maybe we could get | together sometime and, um, discuss them.
That | It certainly sounds exciting.
Irving.
Irving.
Irving.
My | friends call me Irving Farber.
Great.
Okay.
Uh, I | think we oughta be going.
Okay, after you.
He once remarked his own pets made his | life worthwhile for they were always loyal.
Please follow me up these stairs.
There are some | public areas that you might be interested in.
Hi there.
Michael, Dr.
Litton is dead.
He's dead? Yes, and the doctors | don't know what caused it.
I've asked for an autopsy report | as soon as possible.
Three dead men, no clues? The drug KITT | can't trace? What's going on around here? Have you discovered anything odd | or peculiar? Other than most of | the Helios members, no.
They're not odd.
| They're just different.
Well, let's just say | this isn't my kind of place.
Mm.
I'm well aware of that, Michael.
KITT, this place gives me the creeps.
That elevator should be condemned.
KITT, I got a combination lock here.
| Can you open it? Certainly.
I can also describe the make, model | and serial number of the device in question.
You are a full-service car.
I see you found our storeroom.
That is our food distribution program | for the poor.
The wealthy have an obligation to help | the less fortunate.
Don't you agree? I do.
Hey, nice jacket.
| Oh, thank you.
Well, look your best and you'll always | look best to her.
Uh-oh, excuse me.
Uh, Miss Barstow, | your outfit is very becoming.
Fits you in all the right | I mean, it's-it's very well tailored.
- Would you care to, uh | - Bonnie, KITT's electronic transformer's | been acting up, it's very bad.
- Can we discuss it? | - Oh, we better.
Excuse us.
Uh, sure.
- I do admire a woman of such dedication, don't you? | - Oh, well, yeah.
Thanks for saving me.
| I should thank you.
I mean, after all, I didn't know whether | you'd still talk to me now that you're smart.
Never stopped me before.
| That's very funny.
Excuse me.
| Hold that.
Thank you.
Was that gentlemanly? | What a guy.
A real sport.
You know, I Hello again.
I suppose | congratulations are in order.
You're an inductee, aren't | you? No, no.
I'm just a guest.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Well, actually, you | don't look like a Helios member to me.
Really? I should take that | as a compliment.
I'm Dr.
Charlene Hanover.
| Michael Knight.
You're the man who helped Dr.
| Litton.
Yeah.
Did you know him? My field is also archaeology.
| I visited him at the dig.
Quite a large dig, considering.
| What do you mean? Considering what? Yeah, KITT, | what is it? Michael, my sensors have picked up some animal cries | coming from a room at the far end of the mansion.
Thanks, pal.
Hi.
| How you doing? Okay.
Oh, hi, little guy.
Oh, hi.
| Um, I'm just looking around.
You know, the party's kind of dull.
Sometimes the animals are more friendly | than people are.
Yeah.
Yeah, they are.
| But, you know, they make rotten dancers.
Well, I'll see you later.
| Thank you.
Bonnie, this is Peter Stark.
He will | show you our laboratory facilities.
I trust you will find them most | interesting.
I'm sure I will.
I know you will.
An elusive woman scientist.
| Three dead men.
A secret storeroom.
An experimental lab with animals.
Michael, something strange | is going on here.
I know exactly what you mean, KITT.
| And it all started at Dr.
Litton's dig site.
Michael, this dig site must be | filled with ancient artifacts.
Okay, KITT.
Let's see what Dr.
Charlene Hanover | seems so mysterious about.
I detect a large pit and sizable deposits | of fresh earth inside.
Speaking of artifacts, Michael, | I believe I just ran over one.
KITT, it's gotta be | hundreds of years old.
- I could date it for you if you like.
| - Yeah, why not.
Here you go.
Michael, this fragment | is less than a month old.
A month old? Sure doesn't look it.
KITT, this thing must have been | planted here.
But Dr.
Litton was | a world-renowned archaeologist.
Yeah, I know.
I know.
He wouldn't | be involved in something like this.
- Then who do you think is? | - I don't know.
That's a real good question.
Who and why? All right, KITT.
I need a boost | about 25 feet straight up.
Michael, you are an invited guest.
| May I suggest the front door? No, not this time.
This time I | wanna visit without anybody knowing.
All right, let's go for it.
- Thanks, KITT.
| - Anytime.
Dr.
James Litton.
"Bonnie Barstow.
" "Fail?" That's strange.
KITT? KITT, I don't know exactly what's going on around | here, but I don't like it.
You know where Bonnie is? My sensors detect Bonnie | on the second floor in the south wing.
And Michael, hurry.
The sun's rising, | and everyone will be up soon.
- KITT, get the door.
| - There is a guard inside.
Get rid of him, KITT.
All right.
Bonnie.
Bonnie.
KITT, meet me at the door | in exactly 30 seconds.
I'm on my way.
Bonnie, come on.
Wake up.
| We gotta get out of here.
Come on.
Come on.
| Let's go.
Michael, go back.
| What? Come on.
| It's Michael.
Be quiet.
| KITT, pull over to the front.
Bonnie, I agree with Michael.
This is | highly irregular and disconcerting.
It's okay, KITT.
| Trust me.
I'll explain later.
Better listen to her, KITT.
Good work, my dear.
| Excellent.
You see, Mr.
Knight, in addition to highly | toxic, untraceable drugs that can kill, we've also perfected chemicals | that control the mind.
Come.
Normally, I wouldn't do this.
But, since you won't be around | to reveal our master plan, I think it only fitting | that you behold its brilliance.
You see, the truth of our time is that nuclear holocaust | is inevitable.
Perhaps not tomorrow.
| Perhaps not next week, but someday.
Common wisdom has it | that if there are survivors, the nuclear aftermath | will further decimate the population.
But, those who think that | this is a matter of random survival, have quite forgotten their Darwin.
- You're insane.
| - No, not insane.
Advanced intelligence.
And who better to survive than | the most intelligent people on the Earth.
An underground city.
It was our perfect cover until poorJames | Litton started to nose around and get suspicious.
Why have you done this to Bonnie? | What can you possibly want from her? KITT.
You see, that car will make | an impossible crime impossibly easy.
Does it surprise you that we have devised the perfect crime | to finance our project? Coming from you, | nothing surprises me.
Good.
Then we understand each other.
You see, we have already excavated | one-quarter of our city under the present dig.
Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, | but you can't use the car.
- KITT's programmed to take orders from me.
| - Peter, take care of Mr.
Knight.
You have everything you need, | my dear? Yes, Professor Deauville.
| Good.
Then let us begin.
Wait, what are you doing? | Hey, wait a minute! Hey, hold it! I think this is what you want, | Professor Deauville.
The entire operation should take | no more than 17 minutes.
Excellent.
Bonnie, you said you'd explain | about Michael.
Where is he? He - kind of went underground.
| - Underground? I have no record | of such a mission.
Bonnie? KITT! KITT, where are you? Give it up, Stark.
! Now, the security system.
Bonnie, I hesitate to bring this up again, but | I've done a complete search of my records and still find no record | of Michael's underground mission.
It's all right, KITT.
| I can fix that.
Bonnie.
Bonnie? | I still cannot find I have no record Of Michael's of Michael's Hey, Stark, | looks like you're stuck in there, huh? KITT? KITT? KITT, can you hear me? Play back the plan, please.
I am to assist in the removal of the | Aztec gold from the County Museum.
With my microwave jammers | and surveillance capabilities, phase two with the County Museum should | take no more than one minute and 10 seconds.
Once the Aztec gold is reached, | phase three will commence.
Once secured and melted down, the gold | at current international prices will be worth $25.
7 million.
Hey! Hey! Stop! There's still no word from Stark.
Well, | we can't wait any longer.
Let us begin.
Hey! Hey! Stop! Stop! Hey, Charlene, stop! Thanks for stopping.
Look, we | gotta get back to Helios right away.
Helios? No.
| I won't go back there.
Deauville's brainwashed Bonnie.
| Now they're using my car.
They're planning on using it | for some kind of robbery.
It's too late.
They've already | gone.
Where were they going? Where were they going? | Listen to me! They got Bonnie.
They drugged her.
Now, | please! Help me! You don't understand! He's mad! If he finds out I helped you, | he'll kill me, just like he killed the others.
All right.
I'm sorry.
There's no time left.
| Please, tell me, where were they going? The County Museum.
All right.
| That's where we're going.
Now, either you drive or I drive.
| It's up to you.
Come on.
Come on.
- Phase one, KITT.
| - Very well, Bonnie.
Primary security system | deactivation completed.
Auxiliary security system | deactivation completed.
Now the locks, KITT.
| Phase two.
Phase two completed.
Let's go.
Call the police.
Kill Michael Knight, KITT.
| Kill him! No, KITT.
You're mine.
- I have my orders.
| - You're my car, KITT.
I obey Graham Deauville.
| What does KITT stand for? It's the Knight Industry Two Thousand.
- I know that because | you're my car.
You obey me.
You've been programmed | to obey me.
Tell him, Bonnie.
| That's right, KITT.
No, that's not right.
| I'm Michael Knight.
You are the Knight Industry Two Thousand! | You are my car! You belong to me! - KITT.
| - I have my orders.
I obey Graham Deauville.
Then you're gonna have to | kill me to stop me.
I obey Graham Deauville.
I obey Graham Deauville.
I obey Graham Deauville.
I can't kill you, Michael.
| You know that.
I was counting on that, pal.
You made one big mistake, Deauville.
KITT was programmed | never, ever to take a human life.
Stop, Michael.
| Bonnie, it's all over.
We work together.
We're a team.
| You and me and Devon and KITT.
No.
Now, listen to me.
| We work together to help people.
Not to hurt 'em.
| Take my hand, Bonnie.
Remember the Foundation? | Remember Devon? Remember me? We're a team.
We love each other.
Yeah, that-a-girl.
Okay.
It's all over now.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Go get Devon.
| Go call Devon on the phone.
Let's go, KITT.
| I'm with you, Michael.
How ya doing, pal? | Just like old times.
Michael, he's trying to | cut us off.
Let's go, pal.
| Let's go skiing, huh? Whoo.
! Hang onto your hat.
What's this? This is eggs, scrambled.
Toast, light.
Juice, fresh.
Strawberries | and cream.
Devon's idea.
- And the single, yellow rose? | - Michael's idea.
Auto News? | My idea, Bonnie.
Hope you like it.
I love it, KITT.
| It's just what I need.
KITT's been nice to me all morning.
| I think he feels guilty.
Michael, guilt is an emotional | a human response.
However, I could order you | a subscription of Automotive Today too.
That's okay.
Oh, by the way.
I forgot.
| I found this in the Helios file.
Oh, what's this? | It's the results of my test.
I passed! I think this should be yours.
Oh, what's that? | The Helios pin.
Thank you, Bonnie.
Hey! Pretty good.
What a good idea.
| Wait a minute.
These are really fresh.
| Wait.
Michael Knight, a lone crusader | in a dangerous world, the world of the Knight Rider.