Knight Rider (1982) s01e20 Episode Script
Knight Moves
You know, I don't like you.
Sam! | No! Somebody's declared war on an alliance | of local truckers down here.
- This is Terri the Tiger.
| I've got a 10-33.
- What's a 10-33? | - A call for help, buddy.
The last thing this town needs | is outside agitation.
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.
Breaker, breaker, Big Brother for | Terri the Tiger.
Come on back, now.
Terri the Tiger reading you just fine, | Big Brother.
How's it going out there? Almost home free, sis.
Estimated | time of arrival, one hour.
That's a big 10-4.
Pull over! Pull over! Out! Come on! Michael, I'm picking up | a transmission in a highly stylized dialect | of the English language.
No, kidding? Let's hear it.
Roll your windows down, good buddy.
| Come on back, 10-4.
That's C.
B Citizen's Band, KITT | Trucker's lingo.
- In other words, slang.
| - I still remember a lot of it from my police days.
- You want me to teach it to you? | - I'd rather you didn't.
Michael, Devon is calling.
Patch him through.
| Give it to me.
I'm taking over.
Hello, Michael.
I trust | we're not disturbing anything.
I thought you'd be in Chicago by now.
My plane leaves within the hour.
| Michael, something's come up.
I haven't got all the details yet, but the president of Micro-Tech | Electronics called me this morning.
A shipment ofhighly sensitive | electronic components was stolen near Albuquerque, | New Mexico.
Any idea who took 'em? | Uh, none, I'm afraid.
The odd thing is that the parts | were labeled falsely to discourage theft.
The driver of the truck was shot | and wounded, but he's all right.
I've already contacted him.
He's expecting you.
| Devon.
Yes, I know, Michael.
| You're due for some R & R, but look at it this way: Would you | rather go to New Mexico or Chicago? Chicago in March? I am on my way to New Mexico | on one condition: You bring me back | some deep-dish pizza.
The best pizza in the world | is made in Chicago, Illinois.
Your eclectic culinary tastes | never cease to amaze me, my dear boy.
All right.
I'll do my best.
| Thank you too much.
¢Ü Well, I wonder ¢Ü ¢Ü¢Ü ¢Ü The fact is | what you say is true ¢Ü ¢ÜAnd I can love you | like nobody can ¢Ü¢Ü Hi.
| I'm Michael Knight.
Devon Miles called about me.
I'm | Rick Calley.
This is my sister Terri.
Hey, Terri.
| Hi.
You know the company I represent, they're | real anxious to find that missing shipment.
Well, I'd trade problems with you | in a minute, friend.
You've only lost one shipment.
A.
I.
T.
Has | already lost six, not to mention the sabotage.
A.
I.
T.
? What's A.
I.
T.
? The | Alliance of Independent Truckers.
My daddy founded it 12 years ago to stop | the men from undercutting each other.
I'm sure glad he's not here today | to see what's happening.
There's no more he would've done | than what I'm doing.
Rick, I didn't Listen, Knight, | you got any more questions why don't you ask Terri, | she seems to know everything.
Hey, babe! You wanna stop over | the Tick Tock later? It's nickle beer night.
Curt, don't you ever quit? Not when it's something | I want.
Hey, Rick! How's it going? | Don't pay any attention to him.
Hardly noticed he was there.
Terri, can you get me a list | of the A.
I.
T.
Truckers? I can do better.
We're having a | meeting tonight.
Why don't you come by? Thanks.
I will.
I wanna start running down that stolen cargo | right away.
What's the procedure around here? We pick up the freight | at Riggins Distributor.
Gil Riggins fought Daddy | over the alliance, but they were old friends.
- He'll help you any way he can.
| - All right.
Thanks.
That dog.
I'll be right back.
Michael, surely you don't expect me | to move that monster.
No sense in spinning | our wheels, KITT.
Let's spin his.
Hey! Hey! Hey! | Come back here! What is your role in all of this? Mr.
Riggins, I'm a freelance | investigator for Micro-Tech.
I'd also like to find out who's | hitting all the A.
I.
T.
Trucks.
Who wouldn't? Look, once this stuff leaves my | warehouse, it's out of my hands.
It's a shame, though, | about those truckers.
They're good people.
I know | most of them personally.
No kidding? I heard it | wasn't always that way.
No, not always.
Ted Calley and I | fought tooth and nail, but as soon as he organized | those men, that was it.
I even sent a keg of beer | to their first meeting.
Now Look, get that fruit | in out of the sun, will you? Anything else? No, I can't | think of anything else.
Thanks for your help.
| Anytime.
I hope you find the people | responsible for this.
My suppliers won't stand | for any more losses.
Well, I think we should | get some artillery and take care of | our own business.
Now, you listen to me, | all of you.
I got 3,750 square miles | to cover, including two reservations.
I got three patrol cars | and six men to do it.
Now, if you want the kind of | protection you're asking me to give you, then you get 'em to raise | the county budget.
Okay, now you listen to me, | Hank.
Those outlaws grab my shipment | one more time, I'm done in | I've had it.
I got three kids, | I got a wife, and I got more bills | than you can shake a stick at.
Now, that's what I got.
I hear you, Gene.
You | just make sure you hear me.
Yeah.
Calley, I hope you'll use | your influence on these men, 'cause I'm gonna come down hard | on anybody that breaks the law.
Trucker, hijacker, | it don't make no difference.
Well, you all heard | what the sheriff had to say.
Before we finish up here, there's a | fella who wants to talk to you about something a little different.
Volker, you out there? Fellas, uh, I got a little | business proposition.
I'm just passin' through | on my way to Tucson.
I heard about the trouble | you all got.
I sure hate to see you good people | in this position.
I know what it's like.
| I been there myself.
I'm an independent trucker too, but, uh, I got a little lucky, | saved some money.
Here's a proposition: You sell me your trucks, | at a fair price, and each and every one of you | has a lifetime job.
How much you offerin'? I don't believe you, Gene.
I remember the nights | you used to come over to the house, cryin' to Daddy about the squeeze | Riggins used to put on you.
Yeah, and I remember when you used to | run around with your hair in pigtails.
You ain't so much older now, | and you sure ain't got no answers.
Let the man finish sayin' | what he wants to say.
That's about it.
I'm stayin' at the, uh, | Wagon Wheel Motel.
I'll be there for a day | or two.
I can deal with you | as a group or as individuals | it's up to you.
You know where to find me.
Well, y'all heard | what he had to say.
A couple of months ago we would | have laughed him out of town.
I don't see anybody laughing now.
I'd like a word with you, son.
Well, I'm easy to talk to.
| What's on your mind? You've been askin' | a lot of questions.
I just wanted you to know | I'm keeping an eye on you.
The last thing this town needs | is outside agitation.
Well, agitation is not | my line of work, Sheriff.
I'm a freelance investigator.
You better be.
How ya doin'? | Rotten.
Wanna go dancin' | at the Tick Tock? I hear it's nickel beer night.
Did you see The Alamo? The Alamo? | About 15 times.
I like The Duke.
This place is beginning | to feel like that.
It's like when Sam Houston said, | "Everybody's complainin' and bellyachin', and what we need | is reinforcements.
" Yeah.
Well, if I can't | talk you into dancin', how about a ride home? Already talked me into that.
| Okay.
Come on.
Just tell her the meeting | ran late.
Let's go get loaded.
Let's go.
You can get drunk anytime.
| I got plans for Knight.
Yeah? Go get your Friday Night | Special and meet me back here.
This car has more gauges | than my tractor.
Where's the C.
B.
? | It's gotta be in there somewhere.
What's your handle? | My handle? Oh, my handle, | it's, um, it's KITT.
Kitt? Kind of a dull name | for such a flashy car.
It's the best I could do | on short notice.
Who are you, Michael Knight? I know, freelance investigator.
But on the road you get | a certain feel for people.
I wonder who you really are.
"Smile when you say that, | stranger.
" The Virginian.
Gary Cooper | said that to Uh I forget.
| Yeah, I forget too.
No matter what happens, I don't wanna | give up the highway.
I think it's in my blood.
Travelin' cross-country once, I got to the desert, and the stars were so bright I turned off my headlight | and I pulled over and I just sat there, and I looked and I listened.
Nothing but stars and silence.
No better high than that.
Isolation.
Freedom.
What's it like in the big city? | A lot less stars.
A whole lotta glitter.
See you tomorrow.
Michael, I've been monitoring | C.
B.
Channels, and Terri's right.
"KITT" is rather dull.
| How about "Hot Knight"? "Hot Knight.
" | "Hot Knight.
" That's definitely got a ring to it.
- Thank you.
| - Don't let it go to your computer banks.
- I won't.
| - Put on your ears, good buddy.
- I beg your pardon? | - Go into surveillance mode.
Oh.
Good evening.
How do we know | which room he's in? There's that car of his | parked right in front of it.
I still don't know how it did that.
It won't matter when | we get done with it.
Ow! Michael, Michael! Yeah, KITT, what is it? Michael, two men are out here | causing quite a racket.
Oh.
Somethin' funny about this.
I can't believe it.
! A little early | for my wake-up call, guys.
You tryin' to make | a fool out of me, or what? Looks like you did that | for yourself.
You know, I don't like you.
I don't like you messin'around | with Terri Calley.
Curt, give me your bridge.
Hang on, Curt.
| I'm comin' around.
Ozzie, Curt, get over here.
Sheriff, this here car | moved by itself.
Shut up, Ozzie.
I warned you, Knight.
| And I listened.
You might've done a lot better warning those guys who | just introduced themselves to my car with baseball bats.
Oh, I'll handle them.
| Don't worry about that.
What I'm more interested in | right now is you.
You see, I ran a make on you, and I can't find | a trace of you anywhere.
Is that against the law? | I'll let you know.
Sheriff, the damn car | moved by itself! Get on out of here, the both of you, | and go home before I run you in.
Devon, I know | what you're going to say finding the electronic components | parts should take priority.
Very well put, Michael, | but not entirely correct.
What I was going to say was that I would | have brought back your pizza for you, but I couldn't fit it | into my briefcase and then I was going | to launch into the rest.
All right, go with me on this.
I'm tellin' ya, the A.
I.
T.
Truckers | are fighting for survival.
There she is.
| Beautiful as ever.
Sleepless as ever.
I got all I could.
The background on Sam Volker may | not surprise you, but I think it'll interest you.
What is it? Mr.
Volker's employed | by Prairie Trucking.
His job is to buy out | struggling independents.
If the A.
I.
T.
Knew that, | they'd skin him alive.
Mm.
Michael, I have a | new addition for you.
I'm installing | a long-range tracking scope.
It will enable you to monitor the location | of any A.
I.
T.
Truck with a C.
B.
Radio.
No kidding? That should give KITT a chance | to brush up on his trucker lingo.
Trucker shorthand brutalizes | my vocabulary banks.
You call soon as you get | to Santa Fe.
You don't believe it, | but I worry about you.
Um, I will, Gil.
| Thanks for your concern.
Surprised to see you | without your, uh, lover boy.
He's not my lover boy, Curt.
Where's Rick? He doesn't know I'm goin' out | single, and don't you tell him.
We need this run.
| We need the money.
You want me | to ride with you, or are you afraid we | might ignite some sparks? You put your finger on it.
Thanks anyway.
KITT, how's the new tracking | scope working? Perfectly, Michael.
I must say, the more I listen | to C.
B.
Channels, the more impressed I am | with truck drivers.
Oh, yeah? Why's that? Their | concern for wildlife, for example.
Every time one of them spots a bear, they | immediately report it to all the others.
I find that most praiseworthy.
Me too, KITT.
Me too.
I wanna talk to you.
I buy trucks, son, | not souped-up cars.
I'm not here to sell you anything.
| I'm here to warn you.
Mr.
Volker, you're no independent | businessman just passing through.
You're a broker for Prairie Trucking, one | of the biggest fleets in the Southwest.
Who are you? What right have | you got checking up on me? Let me put it this way: Consider yourself | lucky I'm the one who found out first.
If some of the A.
I.
T.
Truckers did, you'd | be picking up your teeth off the floor.
Like it or not, | I make my money legally.
You make your money | off people's misery and desperation.
Now, you wanna stick | around and play out your hand, you might live to regret it, but if I find out you or your | company is behind these hijackings, you will live to regret it | Now, that's a promise.
Pull over, you hear me.
! This is Terri the Tiger.
| I've got a 10-33.
Repeat.
I've got a 10-33.
Over.
Michael, Michael! Michael.
| Yeah, KITT.
What is it? Michael, according | to my tracking scope, Terri is driving one of | the Calley tractors, due north.
She's on a run? | Apparently so.
She's announcing a "10-33.
" | What's a "10-33"? That's a call for help.
Let's go.
- How much farther, KITT? | - Less than five miles, Michael 4.
3, to be exact.
Pop the sunroof! Michael, you're not going to do | what I think you're going to do.
Take over.
You are going to do | what I thought you were going to do.
Michael, how did you You don't wanna know.
Are you all right, Terri? | I'm okay.
Why didn't you tell me you were | going out? I didn't want you to worry.
Worry? Terri, they got | our best tractor.
You jeopardize whatever's left | of our business.
You go out there in | no-man's-land All right, Rick.
I didn't tell ya | because we need the money.
I thought I could do it.
| I failed.
Okay, I'm sorry.
I guess Riggins'll cancel | the contract now.
Why worry about that? We're | in a no-win situation, Terri.
We go out there, we get killed.
| We stay in, we're out of business.
Don't you understand that? | What is the use? He's right.
| No, Terri, he's not right.
We're not through yet.
| What's there to do? We've been attacked, | shot at and no one has a clue why or | who or when it will ever end.
All right, just hang on, okay? I'm still working on a few things.
Are you with me? Okay.
That appears to be Sam Volker.
Looks like he stopped | for more than just coffee.
That's the best tip I've had | in a long time.
You deserve nothin' | but the best.
See ya later.
| Bye.
Oh, can I talk to you | for a minute? Sure.
What's on your mind, | Norma? Well, I lived in Holbrook | my whole life.
I know every street sign.
I know the ones that | are crooked, and the ones that are straight.
The other day I figured out | I poured 91,000 cups of coffee.
Do you believe that? | No.
If I stay here much longer, | I'm gonna go crazy.
Wait a minute.
Why are | you tellin' me all this? Take it easy on Sam.
| He's not a bad man.
He's like the rest of us, | just tryin' to get by.
That's all.
| All right.
I'll remember that.
Okay.
Thanks.
Yeah, KITT, what is it? | Michael, my sensors detect an explosive device | in Sam Volker's car.
- It's set to detonate in ten seconds.
| - Volker! Get out of the car! Sam! Sam! | No! Hey, Knight.
! Funny thing about you.
What's that, Sheriff? | Wherever there's trouble, I look around, | and there you are.
I just came to the cafe for | dinner.
Norma can tell you that.
I've already asked her.
Until the fire department completes its | investigation, I want you to stick around.
One minute you tell me to leave town, the | next minute you tell me to stick around.
A fella could get real dizzy | listening to you, Sheriff.
Good evening.
| Nice to see a friendly face.
I heard what happened.
| I just can't believe it.
First the hijackings, | now a murder.
All right, what's wrong? It's Rick.
He wants to quit, | sell the tractors, move.
How about you? | How do you feel? I don't know.
I just don't know anymore.
| Terri, it's your decision too.
From what I know about you, I didn't think | "quitting" was part of the Calley vocabulary.
You think your father would have | quit? You think Gary Cooper would've? Michael, I scare | all the boys off.
They used to call me | "Tomboy Terri.
" That was a long time ago.
I think I really like you.
What do you say we just hold each other? I feel so | Shh.
Yeah, that-a-girl.
It's not so bad now, is it? No.
Devon, I'm starting | to feel like Sheriff Winston: - Anything I can do? | - Now that you mention it, Chicago was pretty cold, | wasn't it? Oh, cold is not the word, dear boy.
How would you like to visit | sunny New Mexico? My name is Cedric Bagshaw.
I represent a large | manufacturing concern.
My company is expanding its markets from | the Mountain states to the Southwest.
We need to ship goods from Denver to | various locations in New Mexico and Arizona.
I've had discussions | with several large trucking firms, but I would prefer to deal with | independents whenever it is possible.
Mr.
Bagshaw, | I think it's only fair to warn you that we've had trouble | getting goods to market.
In fact, that's a hell | of an understatement.
I'm quite aware of your problems, but | I'm convinced that they can be resolved.
After all, this is not the Old West.
I want you to make a run.
Show | me that you can meet a deadline.
Show me you will fight | for a contract.
I need a driver for our rig | for tomorrow morning.
If that person can deliver | our shipment to Denver on time, I can virtually guarantee | this alliance of yours a lengthy and profitable contract.
Well, are you on? You're on.
- Terri, you gotta be crazy.
| - If the A.
I.
T.
Is goin' down, Rick, it should go down fighting.
She's right.
If Terri's gonna pull this off, | we're gonna need everybody's help.
Tomorrow morning, | go to the cafe, listen to the C.
B.
If we need you, | you guys be ready to roll.
Well, I'll tell ya, | I'll be there.
Anybody who won't be, | raise your hand right now.
Michael, please be careful.
This semi's worth | a king's ransom.
Or a knight's yearly | salary.
At the very least.
Hey, where'd you come up | with a name like "Cedric" anyway? It was my father's name.
| Great name.
Good luck, Michael.
| KITT's ready and waiting.
Thanks, Bonnie.
Well, I still think you're crazy.
It's hereditary.
Hey, Gil, did you hear the news? Terri | makes a run, the alliance is still alive.
What do you say, Gil, | same deal? We make that run | and you go to bat for us? Yeah, okay, that's a deal.
All right.
They're rollin'.
It's black.
All black with gold trim.
No, the car's nowhere in sight.
Just do what it takes! | Get it done! ¢Ü Ooh-ooh, baby ¢Ü¢Ü Oh, Mr.
Bagshaw, how about you | and Miss Barstow join us up here? We'll treat you to a Joe's famous | and original sloppy joe.
Well, um, maybe | if you describe it.
Oh, sure, they're great.
Let me | tell you what they got.
C'mon.
They got sliced ham, topped | with a special barbecue sauce.
It's got chili, salsa and some of the hottest peppers | you ever put in your mouth.
It's a cure for whatever | ails you.
Well, it sounds quite delightful, | but I've just had a large breakfast.
That's the great thing | about these sloppyjoes.
Your stomach will make | room for them.
They just won't take "no" | for an answer.
Right.
Uh, hey, Norma, how about | bringing us eight sloppy joes over here? Unless you can handle two.
No! No! I wouldn't want to | overdo a good thing.
All right.
Some people are mountain people.
| Some are ocean people.
I'm a desert person.
| How about you? I'm a road person all the way.
| Me too.
You know what? The other night was the first time | I ever really wanted to kiss a man.
Come on, I can't believe | that.
I didn't say I hadn't, just that I hadn't | really wanted to.
Okay, that's better.
When you | grow up around nothing but men, you learn certain defenses, and then you get used to the | defenses and forget they're there until something or someone | comes along and makes you look at 'em | real close.
Tomboy Terri | is finally retiring, huh? For good, I think.
| You know what? The last time I wore a dress | was at my high school graduation.
Tell you what | when this is all over, you put on | your prettiest dress and I'll take you dancing at the Tick Tock | all night long, till the roosters crow.
There it is.
Let's go.
Yeah, what is it, KITT? Michael, a tractor with two men | is approaching in the right lane.
One of the men is holding a rifle.
Should be a piece of cake.
We gotta get closer.
Okay, this is the big one.
| Come and get me, buddy.
Right away, Michael.
| Who's that? That's the heavy artillery.
Pull over! - You ready.
| - I was born ready.
All set, Michael.
| Be careful.
All right, KITT.
| Hold it steady, pal.
Well done.
| You too, KITT.
Pull over! There's that black car.
Michael, my scanners indicate the divided | highway ends less than a mile from here, and there appears to be very heavy | traffic coming in the opposite direction.
All right, KITT, let's go for it.
| We don't have any time to waste.
Look out! You don't need that.
Okay, who you workin' for? | Gil Riggins.
He's getting away, Michael.
Not a chance, pal.
Let's show 'em what you can do, | huh, buddy? Whoo! Just take it easy, Riggins.
| It's the end of the line.
Devon! I'm tellin' you that was the best sloppy joe | I have ever had in my life.
Thank you very much.
Really? Well, in lieu of Chicago pizza, | it was the very least I could do.
By the way, what ever | happened to the stolen cargo? They ever get it back? | Every piece of it.
It was all tucked away in | one of Riggins's warehouses.
Apparently, Riggins was trying to break | the A.
I.
T.
And set up his own little empire, control of warehouses | and transportation.
What about Volker? | Where did he fit in? He didn't.
That was the problem.
| He was unwanted competition.
Hey, Rick, Terri! Check it out.
I've been | promoted.
Check it out.
"Calley Family Garage | and Trucking.
" Congratulations.
Help me down? | Helping you down.
Girl can drive an 18-wheeler with | the best of'em and you're helpless.
Hey, Terri.
Oh.
| Excuse me, guys.
I have a date with the lady | at the Tick Tock.
Until the rooster crows.
Hey.
Sure is pretty.
Maybe if you asked her out like a gentleman, | she could fit you into her social schedule.
Want a nickel beer? | Who's buying? Big Brother to Hot Knight.
We're gonna tag along | and guess what? Brusker's buyin'.
| If that's okay.
That's okay, Curt.
Michael, the correct response | in C.
B.
Parlance would have been, "Breaker, | breaker, Hot Knight to Big Brother.
That's a big 10-4, over and out.
All right, good buddy.
| That's a big 10-4.
Over and out.
Sam! | No! Somebody's declared war on an alliance | of local truckers down here.
- This is Terri the Tiger.
| I've got a 10-33.
- What's a 10-33? | - A call for help, buddy.
The last thing this town needs | is outside agitation.
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.
Breaker, breaker, Big Brother for | Terri the Tiger.
Come on back, now.
Terri the Tiger reading you just fine, | Big Brother.
How's it going out there? Almost home free, sis.
Estimated | time of arrival, one hour.
That's a big 10-4.
Pull over! Pull over! Out! Come on! Michael, I'm picking up | a transmission in a highly stylized dialect | of the English language.
No, kidding? Let's hear it.
Roll your windows down, good buddy.
| Come on back, 10-4.
That's C.
B Citizen's Band, KITT | Trucker's lingo.
- In other words, slang.
| - I still remember a lot of it from my police days.
- You want me to teach it to you? | - I'd rather you didn't.
Michael, Devon is calling.
Patch him through.
| Give it to me.
I'm taking over.
Hello, Michael.
I trust | we're not disturbing anything.
I thought you'd be in Chicago by now.
My plane leaves within the hour.
| Michael, something's come up.
I haven't got all the details yet, but the president of Micro-Tech | Electronics called me this morning.
A shipment ofhighly sensitive | electronic components was stolen near Albuquerque, | New Mexico.
Any idea who took 'em? | Uh, none, I'm afraid.
The odd thing is that the parts | were labeled falsely to discourage theft.
The driver of the truck was shot | and wounded, but he's all right.
I've already contacted him.
He's expecting you.
| Devon.
Yes, I know, Michael.
| You're due for some R & R, but look at it this way: Would you | rather go to New Mexico or Chicago? Chicago in March? I am on my way to New Mexico | on one condition: You bring me back | some deep-dish pizza.
The best pizza in the world | is made in Chicago, Illinois.
Your eclectic culinary tastes | never cease to amaze me, my dear boy.
All right.
I'll do my best.
| Thank you too much.
¢Ü Well, I wonder ¢Ü ¢Ü¢Ü ¢Ü The fact is | what you say is true ¢Ü ¢ÜAnd I can love you | like nobody can ¢Ü¢Ü Hi.
| I'm Michael Knight.
Devon Miles called about me.
I'm | Rick Calley.
This is my sister Terri.
Hey, Terri.
| Hi.
You know the company I represent, they're | real anxious to find that missing shipment.
Well, I'd trade problems with you | in a minute, friend.
You've only lost one shipment.
A.
I.
T.
Has | already lost six, not to mention the sabotage.
A.
I.
T.
? What's A.
I.
T.
? The | Alliance of Independent Truckers.
My daddy founded it 12 years ago to stop | the men from undercutting each other.
I'm sure glad he's not here today | to see what's happening.
There's no more he would've done | than what I'm doing.
Rick, I didn't Listen, Knight, | you got any more questions why don't you ask Terri, | she seems to know everything.
Hey, babe! You wanna stop over | the Tick Tock later? It's nickle beer night.
Curt, don't you ever quit? Not when it's something | I want.
Hey, Rick! How's it going? | Don't pay any attention to him.
Hardly noticed he was there.
Terri, can you get me a list | of the A.
I.
T.
Truckers? I can do better.
We're having a | meeting tonight.
Why don't you come by? Thanks.
I will.
I wanna start running down that stolen cargo | right away.
What's the procedure around here? We pick up the freight | at Riggins Distributor.
Gil Riggins fought Daddy | over the alliance, but they were old friends.
- He'll help you any way he can.
| - All right.
Thanks.
That dog.
I'll be right back.
Michael, surely you don't expect me | to move that monster.
No sense in spinning | our wheels, KITT.
Let's spin his.
Hey! Hey! Hey! | Come back here! What is your role in all of this? Mr.
Riggins, I'm a freelance | investigator for Micro-Tech.
I'd also like to find out who's | hitting all the A.
I.
T.
Trucks.
Who wouldn't? Look, once this stuff leaves my | warehouse, it's out of my hands.
It's a shame, though, | about those truckers.
They're good people.
I know | most of them personally.
No kidding? I heard it | wasn't always that way.
No, not always.
Ted Calley and I | fought tooth and nail, but as soon as he organized | those men, that was it.
I even sent a keg of beer | to their first meeting.
Now Look, get that fruit | in out of the sun, will you? Anything else? No, I can't | think of anything else.
Thanks for your help.
| Anytime.
I hope you find the people | responsible for this.
My suppliers won't stand | for any more losses.
Well, I think we should | get some artillery and take care of | our own business.
Now, you listen to me, | all of you.
I got 3,750 square miles | to cover, including two reservations.
I got three patrol cars | and six men to do it.
Now, if you want the kind of | protection you're asking me to give you, then you get 'em to raise | the county budget.
Okay, now you listen to me, | Hank.
Those outlaws grab my shipment | one more time, I'm done in | I've had it.
I got three kids, | I got a wife, and I got more bills | than you can shake a stick at.
Now, that's what I got.
I hear you, Gene.
You | just make sure you hear me.
Yeah.
Calley, I hope you'll use | your influence on these men, 'cause I'm gonna come down hard | on anybody that breaks the law.
Trucker, hijacker, | it don't make no difference.
Well, you all heard | what the sheriff had to say.
Before we finish up here, there's a | fella who wants to talk to you about something a little different.
Volker, you out there? Fellas, uh, I got a little | business proposition.
I'm just passin' through | on my way to Tucson.
I heard about the trouble | you all got.
I sure hate to see you good people | in this position.
I know what it's like.
| I been there myself.
I'm an independent trucker too, but, uh, I got a little lucky, | saved some money.
Here's a proposition: You sell me your trucks, | at a fair price, and each and every one of you | has a lifetime job.
How much you offerin'? I don't believe you, Gene.
I remember the nights | you used to come over to the house, cryin' to Daddy about the squeeze | Riggins used to put on you.
Yeah, and I remember when you used to | run around with your hair in pigtails.
You ain't so much older now, | and you sure ain't got no answers.
Let the man finish sayin' | what he wants to say.
That's about it.
I'm stayin' at the, uh, | Wagon Wheel Motel.
I'll be there for a day | or two.
I can deal with you | as a group or as individuals | it's up to you.
You know where to find me.
Well, y'all heard | what he had to say.
A couple of months ago we would | have laughed him out of town.
I don't see anybody laughing now.
I'd like a word with you, son.
Well, I'm easy to talk to.
| What's on your mind? You've been askin' | a lot of questions.
I just wanted you to know | I'm keeping an eye on you.
The last thing this town needs | is outside agitation.
Well, agitation is not | my line of work, Sheriff.
I'm a freelance investigator.
You better be.
How ya doin'? | Rotten.
Wanna go dancin' | at the Tick Tock? I hear it's nickel beer night.
Did you see The Alamo? The Alamo? | About 15 times.
I like The Duke.
This place is beginning | to feel like that.
It's like when Sam Houston said, | "Everybody's complainin' and bellyachin', and what we need | is reinforcements.
" Yeah.
Well, if I can't | talk you into dancin', how about a ride home? Already talked me into that.
| Okay.
Come on.
Just tell her the meeting | ran late.
Let's go get loaded.
Let's go.
You can get drunk anytime.
| I got plans for Knight.
Yeah? Go get your Friday Night | Special and meet me back here.
This car has more gauges | than my tractor.
Where's the C.
B.
? | It's gotta be in there somewhere.
What's your handle? | My handle? Oh, my handle, | it's, um, it's KITT.
Kitt? Kind of a dull name | for such a flashy car.
It's the best I could do | on short notice.
Who are you, Michael Knight? I know, freelance investigator.
But on the road you get | a certain feel for people.
I wonder who you really are.
"Smile when you say that, | stranger.
" The Virginian.
Gary Cooper | said that to Uh I forget.
| Yeah, I forget too.
No matter what happens, I don't wanna | give up the highway.
I think it's in my blood.
Travelin' cross-country once, I got to the desert, and the stars were so bright I turned off my headlight | and I pulled over and I just sat there, and I looked and I listened.
Nothing but stars and silence.
No better high than that.
Isolation.
Freedom.
What's it like in the big city? | A lot less stars.
A whole lotta glitter.
See you tomorrow.
Michael, I've been monitoring | C.
B.
Channels, and Terri's right.
"KITT" is rather dull.
| How about "Hot Knight"? "Hot Knight.
" | "Hot Knight.
" That's definitely got a ring to it.
- Thank you.
| - Don't let it go to your computer banks.
- I won't.
| - Put on your ears, good buddy.
- I beg your pardon? | - Go into surveillance mode.
Oh.
Good evening.
How do we know | which room he's in? There's that car of his | parked right in front of it.
I still don't know how it did that.
It won't matter when | we get done with it.
Ow! Michael, Michael! Yeah, KITT, what is it? Michael, two men are out here | causing quite a racket.
Oh.
Somethin' funny about this.
I can't believe it.
! A little early | for my wake-up call, guys.
You tryin' to make | a fool out of me, or what? Looks like you did that | for yourself.
You know, I don't like you.
I don't like you messin'around | with Terri Calley.
Curt, give me your bridge.
Hang on, Curt.
| I'm comin' around.
Ozzie, Curt, get over here.
Sheriff, this here car | moved by itself.
Shut up, Ozzie.
I warned you, Knight.
| And I listened.
You might've done a lot better warning those guys who | just introduced themselves to my car with baseball bats.
Oh, I'll handle them.
| Don't worry about that.
What I'm more interested in | right now is you.
You see, I ran a make on you, and I can't find | a trace of you anywhere.
Is that against the law? | I'll let you know.
Sheriff, the damn car | moved by itself! Get on out of here, the both of you, | and go home before I run you in.
Devon, I know | what you're going to say finding the electronic components | parts should take priority.
Very well put, Michael, | but not entirely correct.
What I was going to say was that I would | have brought back your pizza for you, but I couldn't fit it | into my briefcase and then I was going | to launch into the rest.
All right, go with me on this.
I'm tellin' ya, the A.
I.
T.
Truckers | are fighting for survival.
There she is.
| Beautiful as ever.
Sleepless as ever.
I got all I could.
The background on Sam Volker may | not surprise you, but I think it'll interest you.
What is it? Mr.
Volker's employed | by Prairie Trucking.
His job is to buy out | struggling independents.
If the A.
I.
T.
Knew that, | they'd skin him alive.
Mm.
Michael, I have a | new addition for you.
I'm installing | a long-range tracking scope.
It will enable you to monitor the location | of any A.
I.
T.
Truck with a C.
B.
Radio.
No kidding? That should give KITT a chance | to brush up on his trucker lingo.
Trucker shorthand brutalizes | my vocabulary banks.
You call soon as you get | to Santa Fe.
You don't believe it, | but I worry about you.
Um, I will, Gil.
| Thanks for your concern.
Surprised to see you | without your, uh, lover boy.
He's not my lover boy, Curt.
Where's Rick? He doesn't know I'm goin' out | single, and don't you tell him.
We need this run.
| We need the money.
You want me | to ride with you, or are you afraid we | might ignite some sparks? You put your finger on it.
Thanks anyway.
KITT, how's the new tracking | scope working? Perfectly, Michael.
I must say, the more I listen | to C.
B.
Channels, the more impressed I am | with truck drivers.
Oh, yeah? Why's that? Their | concern for wildlife, for example.
Every time one of them spots a bear, they | immediately report it to all the others.
I find that most praiseworthy.
Me too, KITT.
Me too.
I wanna talk to you.
I buy trucks, son, | not souped-up cars.
I'm not here to sell you anything.
| I'm here to warn you.
Mr.
Volker, you're no independent | businessman just passing through.
You're a broker for Prairie Trucking, one | of the biggest fleets in the Southwest.
Who are you? What right have | you got checking up on me? Let me put it this way: Consider yourself | lucky I'm the one who found out first.
If some of the A.
I.
T.
Truckers did, you'd | be picking up your teeth off the floor.
Like it or not, | I make my money legally.
You make your money | off people's misery and desperation.
Now, you wanna stick | around and play out your hand, you might live to regret it, but if I find out you or your | company is behind these hijackings, you will live to regret it | Now, that's a promise.
Pull over, you hear me.
! This is Terri the Tiger.
| I've got a 10-33.
Repeat.
I've got a 10-33.
Over.
Michael, Michael! Michael.
| Yeah, KITT.
What is it? Michael, according | to my tracking scope, Terri is driving one of | the Calley tractors, due north.
She's on a run? | Apparently so.
She's announcing a "10-33.
" | What's a "10-33"? That's a call for help.
Let's go.
- How much farther, KITT? | - Less than five miles, Michael 4.
3, to be exact.
Pop the sunroof! Michael, you're not going to do | what I think you're going to do.
Take over.
You are going to do | what I thought you were going to do.
Michael, how did you You don't wanna know.
Are you all right, Terri? | I'm okay.
Why didn't you tell me you were | going out? I didn't want you to worry.
Worry? Terri, they got | our best tractor.
You jeopardize whatever's left | of our business.
You go out there in | no-man's-land All right, Rick.
I didn't tell ya | because we need the money.
I thought I could do it.
| I failed.
Okay, I'm sorry.
I guess Riggins'll cancel | the contract now.
Why worry about that? We're | in a no-win situation, Terri.
We go out there, we get killed.
| We stay in, we're out of business.
Don't you understand that? | What is the use? He's right.
| No, Terri, he's not right.
We're not through yet.
| What's there to do? We've been attacked, | shot at and no one has a clue why or | who or when it will ever end.
All right, just hang on, okay? I'm still working on a few things.
Are you with me? Okay.
That appears to be Sam Volker.
Looks like he stopped | for more than just coffee.
That's the best tip I've had | in a long time.
You deserve nothin' | but the best.
See ya later.
| Bye.
Oh, can I talk to you | for a minute? Sure.
What's on your mind, | Norma? Well, I lived in Holbrook | my whole life.
I know every street sign.
I know the ones that | are crooked, and the ones that are straight.
The other day I figured out | I poured 91,000 cups of coffee.
Do you believe that? | No.
If I stay here much longer, | I'm gonna go crazy.
Wait a minute.
Why are | you tellin' me all this? Take it easy on Sam.
| He's not a bad man.
He's like the rest of us, | just tryin' to get by.
That's all.
| All right.
I'll remember that.
Okay.
Thanks.
Yeah, KITT, what is it? | Michael, my sensors detect an explosive device | in Sam Volker's car.
- It's set to detonate in ten seconds.
| - Volker! Get out of the car! Sam! Sam! | No! Hey, Knight.
! Funny thing about you.
What's that, Sheriff? | Wherever there's trouble, I look around, | and there you are.
I just came to the cafe for | dinner.
Norma can tell you that.
I've already asked her.
Until the fire department completes its | investigation, I want you to stick around.
One minute you tell me to leave town, the | next minute you tell me to stick around.
A fella could get real dizzy | listening to you, Sheriff.
Good evening.
| Nice to see a friendly face.
I heard what happened.
| I just can't believe it.
First the hijackings, | now a murder.
All right, what's wrong? It's Rick.
He wants to quit, | sell the tractors, move.
How about you? | How do you feel? I don't know.
I just don't know anymore.
| Terri, it's your decision too.
From what I know about you, I didn't think | "quitting" was part of the Calley vocabulary.
You think your father would have | quit? You think Gary Cooper would've? Michael, I scare | all the boys off.
They used to call me | "Tomboy Terri.
" That was a long time ago.
I think I really like you.
What do you say we just hold each other? I feel so | Shh.
Yeah, that-a-girl.
It's not so bad now, is it? No.
Devon, I'm starting | to feel like Sheriff Winston: - Anything I can do? | - Now that you mention it, Chicago was pretty cold, | wasn't it? Oh, cold is not the word, dear boy.
How would you like to visit | sunny New Mexico? My name is Cedric Bagshaw.
I represent a large | manufacturing concern.
My company is expanding its markets from | the Mountain states to the Southwest.
We need to ship goods from Denver to | various locations in New Mexico and Arizona.
I've had discussions | with several large trucking firms, but I would prefer to deal with | independents whenever it is possible.
Mr.
Bagshaw, | I think it's only fair to warn you that we've had trouble | getting goods to market.
In fact, that's a hell | of an understatement.
I'm quite aware of your problems, but | I'm convinced that they can be resolved.
After all, this is not the Old West.
I want you to make a run.
Show | me that you can meet a deadline.
Show me you will fight | for a contract.
I need a driver for our rig | for tomorrow morning.
If that person can deliver | our shipment to Denver on time, I can virtually guarantee | this alliance of yours a lengthy and profitable contract.
Well, are you on? You're on.
- Terri, you gotta be crazy.
| - If the A.
I.
T.
Is goin' down, Rick, it should go down fighting.
She's right.
If Terri's gonna pull this off, | we're gonna need everybody's help.
Tomorrow morning, | go to the cafe, listen to the C.
B.
If we need you, | you guys be ready to roll.
Well, I'll tell ya, | I'll be there.
Anybody who won't be, | raise your hand right now.
Michael, please be careful.
This semi's worth | a king's ransom.
Or a knight's yearly | salary.
At the very least.
Hey, where'd you come up | with a name like "Cedric" anyway? It was my father's name.
| Great name.
Good luck, Michael.
| KITT's ready and waiting.
Thanks, Bonnie.
Well, I still think you're crazy.
It's hereditary.
Hey, Gil, did you hear the news? Terri | makes a run, the alliance is still alive.
What do you say, Gil, | same deal? We make that run | and you go to bat for us? Yeah, okay, that's a deal.
All right.
They're rollin'.
It's black.
All black with gold trim.
No, the car's nowhere in sight.
Just do what it takes! | Get it done! ¢Ü Ooh-ooh, baby ¢Ü¢Ü Oh, Mr.
Bagshaw, how about you | and Miss Barstow join us up here? We'll treat you to a Joe's famous | and original sloppy joe.
Well, um, maybe | if you describe it.
Oh, sure, they're great.
Let me | tell you what they got.
C'mon.
They got sliced ham, topped | with a special barbecue sauce.
It's got chili, salsa and some of the hottest peppers | you ever put in your mouth.
It's a cure for whatever | ails you.
Well, it sounds quite delightful, | but I've just had a large breakfast.
That's the great thing | about these sloppyjoes.
Your stomach will make | room for them.
They just won't take "no" | for an answer.
Right.
Uh, hey, Norma, how about | bringing us eight sloppy joes over here? Unless you can handle two.
No! No! I wouldn't want to | overdo a good thing.
All right.
Some people are mountain people.
| Some are ocean people.
I'm a desert person.
| How about you? I'm a road person all the way.
| Me too.
You know what? The other night was the first time | I ever really wanted to kiss a man.
Come on, I can't believe | that.
I didn't say I hadn't, just that I hadn't | really wanted to.
Okay, that's better.
When you | grow up around nothing but men, you learn certain defenses, and then you get used to the | defenses and forget they're there until something or someone | comes along and makes you look at 'em | real close.
Tomboy Terri | is finally retiring, huh? For good, I think.
| You know what? The last time I wore a dress | was at my high school graduation.
Tell you what | when this is all over, you put on | your prettiest dress and I'll take you dancing at the Tick Tock | all night long, till the roosters crow.
There it is.
Let's go.
Yeah, what is it, KITT? Michael, a tractor with two men | is approaching in the right lane.
One of the men is holding a rifle.
Should be a piece of cake.
We gotta get closer.
Okay, this is the big one.
| Come and get me, buddy.
Right away, Michael.
| Who's that? That's the heavy artillery.
Pull over! - You ready.
| - I was born ready.
All set, Michael.
| Be careful.
All right, KITT.
| Hold it steady, pal.
Well done.
| You too, KITT.
Pull over! There's that black car.
Michael, my scanners indicate the divided | highway ends less than a mile from here, and there appears to be very heavy | traffic coming in the opposite direction.
All right, KITT, let's go for it.
| We don't have any time to waste.
Look out! You don't need that.
Okay, who you workin' for? | Gil Riggins.
He's getting away, Michael.
Not a chance, pal.
Let's show 'em what you can do, | huh, buddy? Whoo! Just take it easy, Riggins.
| It's the end of the line.
Devon! I'm tellin' you that was the best sloppy joe | I have ever had in my life.
Thank you very much.
Really? Well, in lieu of Chicago pizza, | it was the very least I could do.
By the way, what ever | happened to the stolen cargo? They ever get it back? | Every piece of it.
It was all tucked away in | one of Riggins's warehouses.
Apparently, Riggins was trying to break | the A.
I.
T.
And set up his own little empire, control of warehouses | and transportation.
What about Volker? | Where did he fit in? He didn't.
That was the problem.
| He was unwanted competition.
Hey, Rick, Terri! Check it out.
I've been | promoted.
Check it out.
"Calley Family Garage | and Trucking.
" Congratulations.
Help me down? | Helping you down.
Girl can drive an 18-wheeler with | the best of'em and you're helpless.
Hey, Terri.
Oh.
| Excuse me, guys.
I have a date with the lady | at the Tick Tock.
Until the rooster crows.
Hey.
Sure is pretty.
Maybe if you asked her out like a gentleman, | she could fit you into her social schedule.
Want a nickel beer? | Who's buying? Big Brother to Hot Knight.
We're gonna tag along | and guess what? Brusker's buyin'.
| If that's okay.
That's okay, Curt.
Michael, the correct response | in C.
B.
Parlance would have been, "Breaker, | breaker, Hot Knight to Big Brother.
That's a big 10-4, over and out.
All right, good buddy.
| That's a big 10-4.
Over and out.