Knight Rider (1982) s03e16 Episode Script

KlTT, get in here.
| Gonna have to drop.
This thing is revolutionary.
You could tap a phone | or a computer bank | without a trace.
That circuit you just opened, | it's a time bomb.
Three seconds, Michael.
He's as elusive as you are.
| Then get rid of him.
You killed my husband.
Over there with Barnes.
| It's Soltis, Michael.
You take care of him.
| l'll get the car.
Michael, I have no traction.
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.
Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, | Iron Maiden.
Michael, | where do they get these names? Heavy metal, partner.
| Heavy metal.
| Macho rock 'n' roll.
Uranium is a heavy metal, and | it isn't good for you either.
Do you know | what an iron maiden is? A medieval torture device.
Okay, wise guy, | what would you name a band? Something with values like Truth, Justice, | and the American Way.
l like it.
l like it, | but it's not commercial.
What about The Foundation | for Law and Government? lt'd never sell.
Good morning, Devon! Good morning, Michael.
We have you just north | of the county line, | is that right? Yes, l'm making | a direct route to Millie's.
Best chili omelets | west of the Colorado.
Wrong, actually.
You're going on an unofficial | security investigation | for Macroplex Incorporated.
This week they found | a thief in their new | R and D facilities a technician | named Kevin Morgan, | one of their own.
Macroplex? Sounds like | an exercise machine.
Hardly.
They're the most | advanced technological | think tank in America.
KITT has some of their | patents in his circuitry.
And since | Macroplex has projects | with the Pentagon that make Star Wars look | like a covered wagon, | everything is unusual.
The thief fell to his death.
| I want you to go | and see his widow.
Devon, | is that really necessary? Yes, I think so.
Bonnie will give | KITT the details.
Oh, what about Millie's chili? Oh, your indigestion | will keep.
Goodbye.
Yes? Are you Janet Morgan? Who are you? My name is Michael Knight.
l know this is a bad time but l'd like to ask you | a few questions | about your husband.
Are you with the police? | No.
lnsurance? | No l'm with a private | organization called The Foundation | for Law and Government.
We're investigating | Kevin's death.
You mean his murder.
The version l read | said ''accident.
'' But l'm willing to listen.
Thank you.
But, Janet, murder is a pretty strong word.
Do you have any evidence | of that or is that just | something you're feeling? My husband grew up | on the high steel.
His | grandfather was a Mohawk worked on | the Empire State Building.
Kevin never fell in his life, | anywhere.
And he didn't fall | at Macroplex.
| All right.
l got a few questions | l wanna ask you and l'm sure you're not going | to like them, but l've got to | ask them anyway.
Did you and Kevin have | any money problems? No.
Gambling debts? Market losses? | Nothing like that.
Was he hanging out | with any new friends? Okay, one last question.
Could he have possibly | had a girlfriend? You know, you are wrong.
l don't ''not like'' | these questions.
| l hate these questions.
My husband was a good | and loving human being.
And you people seem determined | to turn his life | into something that's ugly and sinister.
l'm no good at this, | and l don't like it and believe me, | l respect your feelings.
One more question, | and l'll leave you alone.
Janet, if Kevin | did something wrong do you think it was | in response to getting fired? Fired? Fired from what? From Macroplex, | three days before he died.
lt was in his personnel file.
That's impossible.
Maybe he didn't want | you to worry.
Maybe you don't understand.
We were married.
We lived together | for five and a half years.
l could judge his mood | before he walked in the door.
He couldn't hide something | like that from me.
Well, if you knew him so well, | then what was he doing | at the site at night? l don't know.
l don't know! All right.
Thank you for your time.
l am sorry.
You know, | l will give you one thing.
At least you're not | like the others asking if there's anything | you can do.
You're showing | signs of distress, Michael.
What's wrong? l don't know.
Something sure felt | very wrong back there.
Talking to a young widow | is understandably difficult.
No, it's more than that.
KlTT, that lady was telling | the truth.
Call Devon.
Tell him l need him | to arrange a little cover.
| Cover? For what? l want to see the place | where Kevin Morgan died.
Well, what do you think? Michael, we're dealing with | a very sophisticated company.
Their security is elaborate.
l know, buddy.
| How do l look? Are you expecting something | to fall on your head? Very funny.
| Everybody's a comedian.
Hi, guys.
Well, l'm on the top level.
| That's for sure.
Report said this is where | he fell from.
Wait a minute.
Looks like there was a little | accident here, buddy.
| Take a look.
''Little'' isn't the word, | Michael.
There's a significant bend | in that edging.
It could create | a ripple effect in | the rest of the structure.
Bending this | would take quite a force.
Say, Mac, | what are you doing up here? Doing my job.
What do you think? | l work here.
Oh, is that so? Well, we'll see about that.
| Come with me.
Go down and tell Joe | to really hustle, | will you, please? What's the trouble? Gorgeous here was taking | in the view and talking | to himself instead of doing his job, | whatever that is.
What's your name? | Name's Knight.
Local 42 sent me over.
l'm replacing Kevin Morgan.
Who are you? Stephen Barnes, | Macroplex Chief Engineer.
Who's your foreman? | l couldn't find him.
What is this, | Twenty Questions? Things are tough, but | l don't need a job this bad.
You're on the wrong level.
The phone links are already | been in on this floor.
Where do l start? Come back | after the weekend.
The trunk wiring | will be starting then.
Well, that's fine by me.
| Of course the old lady | won't like it though.
She's always griping about me | watching too much TV.
Thank you, gentlemen.
| l'll see you on Monday.
Are you crazy? | Telling him to | come back here? Calm down.
| l want to keep | my eye on him.
Did you call | for a union replacement? No.
l thought you did.
For Pete's sake-- | Relax.
The last of the concrete is | going in now.
Once it's set, | we're home free.
You let me worry | about our visitor.
This building is built to | exact specifications, Michael.
I'm sure they'll be repairing | the bent girder.
Which just happens | to be at the very spot | that Kevin died.
Why do you think they | haven't fixed that already? Maybe they haven't | spotted it yet.
lmpossible.
Rust makes it at least | a couple of days old.
Listen, call Devon.
Ask him if he knows why | it hasn't been scheduled | for repair.
I'll get right on it, Michael.
Well, well, well, | look who's here.
All right, KlTT.
| Get a picture of this.
Then let's chase him, | see what happens.
Macroplex treats | its engineers very well.
Not this well, KlTT.
| Not this well.
Nice digs, huh? Run a trace on the address | and zoom in on the balcony.
All right, full magnification.
All right, | get a picture of this.
Make me a hard copy of that, | will you, partner? lf Lalo refuses | the merchandise, tell his wife | about his lover in Monaco.
And show her the pictures.
| He'll just be a moment.
Can l get you anything? | No, thank you.
And don't warn him, | just do it.
So did you find it? | Not yet.
lt could be anywhere.
But we've got more | than enough to finish the job.
You were hired because | l was told you were | a thorough man.
l don't understand.
| What are you so worried about? Well, the bugging device.
| lt was developed in a lab | in Marseilles.
A lab which was | destroyed last year.
Everything went up.
| The plans, the equipment, | the people.
What's that got | to do with us? Well, the French government | is still looking | for the bomber.
And if the interceptor | should show up here.
l see.
Well, l've got | my best man on the job.
l don't work that way.
You see, my survival depends | on my ability to disappear and you, Mr.
Barnes, | are making that | harder and harder to do.
l trust you've totally | discredited Kevin Morgan? His personnel records | now show that he was fired.
Suspected theft | of company property.
''Suspected'' won't do.
lf that interceptor turns up, | l want to be sure that the | police have someone to hang.
Prove him guilty, Barnes.
Arrange it.
You were right, Michael.
There's been no report | about that damaged beam | at Macroplex.
I'm going to notify them | immediately.
No, no, no, no, | hold off.
lf there's a cover-up, | l want to know | who's behind this and why.
They retained us, | Michael, remember? A day, Devon.
| Just give me a day.
All right.
This is the school where | Janet Morgan teaches, Michael.
Thanks, buddy.
Hang loose.
| l'll be right back.
''Hang loose?'' What are you doing? Whoa! You can talk! Young man, | why aren't you in school? l'm cutting class.
Which class? History.
What a joke! History is no joke.
Oh, c'mon, it's the pits.
That's what you think! Get in.
No way.
What's the matter? Chicken? Hey, | who are you calling chicken? Watch this.
Far out! Hey, what is that? That, my friend, is history.
Oh, busted.
| It's okay.
| Sneak out.
I'll cover for you.
And get back | to that history class! And never get into | a stranger's car again.
All right, | l've come this far.
What do you want | to talk about? Well, l want to give you | a ride home, and l want | to talk to you.
Short talk.
| l live two blocks away.
Thank you.
What did you want | to talk about? l really felt bad about | the other morning | so l went over to Macroplex.
Janet, l found out | something very interesting.
At the point | where Kevin fell something bent the railings.
| Something very big.
When l checked it out, | no one had reported | any accident.
Which means what? Which means maybe | they didn't report it because they were trying | to cover something up.
Like the fact that Kevin really didn't fall after all? Maybe he was knocked off.
You're serious, aren't you? | Yep.
Now, | l'll make a deal with you.
You want Kevin cleared.
| l want the truth.
Now, if you're right | about him, we're after | the same thing.
Right? | Right.
Okay.
Now, l need your help, | even if what l find out | isn't what you want to hear.
Can you deal with that? Yes.
Okay.
Do you recognize anybody | in these pictures? Yeah, and this is | Stephen Barnes, Kevin's boss.
He's a nice guy.
| We had him over for dinner the other night.
Who's he? This one l don't know.
l'll tell you | as soon as l find out.
Wow.
l'm impressed.
Kevin was almost done | with his M.
S.
in electronics.
We had a deal when | we were in high school.
l'd get a job, | and l'd pay for his tuition.
What was your part | of the bargain? Having a baby.
Look, we can do this | some other time.
No, that's all right.
What did you expect | to find here? The reason he went | to the site that night.
lf he was killed it's probably | because he was looking | for someone or something.
This is his hangout, | it's a good place to start.
KlTT, anything unusual | in here? Out of the ordinary? There's one device | I can't scan.
It must have a lead casing.
| Top shelf.
Any idea what this is? Are you expecting anyone? No.
Mrs.
Morgan, | Lt.
Rayford, PD.
We have a warrant | to search the premises for property stolen | from Macroplex lncorporated.
KlTT, buy me a little time.
Give these guys a little | car trouble, will you? Right away.
Get outside and see | what's the matter.
Who are you? l'm a friend of the family.
Oh, does the friend | have a name? Let's just say | l'm a concerned citizen.
Whose signature's | on the complaint, anyway? What are you, a lawyer? Jack, frisk this guy.
Not unless you've got | a warrant with my name on it.
Can they do this? Yeah, l'm afraid so.
Lieutenant take a look.
Radon graphic analyzer.
About $10,000 a pop.
This yours, ma'am? Lieutenant the lady is in mourning.
Now, is she under arrest? | Not yet.
But we'll be taking this | along with us.
Fine.
Take it and go.
l've never seen | that thing before, l swear.
Somebody must have | put it in there.
Janet, that's a very | serious charge.
Now, are you sure? | Of course l'm sure! This is my home! Michael, what on earth | is going on here? Lovely, Michelle.
| l love to watch your form.
l'd rather that | you watched mine.
l'm expecting good news, | Barnes.
l succeeded in taking care | of the Kevin Morgan problem.
The police paid | his widow a call today.
No, no, no, no, | the important part.
l'm doing everything l can.
Not good enough.
Believe me, | l have looked everywhere.
But we now have | a more immediate problem.
The guy that we caught | snooping at the site he was spotted | with Kevin Morgan's widow.
You're the security expert.
| Find out who he is.
That's just it.
l tried.
| He's as elusive as you are.
His name's Michael Knight and up until three years ago, | it's though he never existed.
l don't like it.
Then get rid of him.
l'm not through.
l know, | the bugging device.
lf you don't | have it in 24 hours, | l'm aborting the project.
You can't.
| Not after all this.
Twenty-four hours.
You know what l mean, | Barnes.
lt's a transmitter-receiver | of some kind, Michael.
State-of-the-art | electronic surveillance.
But l've never seen | anything like it.
What's so special about it? Well, for starters, | its casing.
lt's made of | a sealed lead alloy.
l put it on our | phone line to test it.
Normally KlTT can test | the frequency of any | transmitting device.
But not this one? | Right.
You could tap a phone | or a computer bank | without a trace.
This thing | is revolutionary.
But l can't tell you | anything more about it | until l get inside it.
Obviously Kevin didn't build | this in his home workshop.
Still, | what was he doing with it? | l wish l knew.
Michael, I have the | information on those | pictures you requested.
Punch it up on the monitor.
Soltis.
He's wanted in half | the countries in the world.
Guns to Nicaragua, heroin | from Laos, he's not too | particular, is he? The man's a menace.
He's slipped through | the fingers of justice | for over 15 years.
We'll have to notify the FBl.
| Wait a minute here.
Michael, you don't understand.
lf Soltis has breached | Macroplex security the possibilities | are devastating.
Devon, you don't understand.
lf he's this good, | the Feds bust in now he goes underground, | we got nothing.
Let me get some evidence | on this guy first.
Very well.
Where are you going? | To Macroplex.
See if any of those tiny bugs | have found their way inside.
l'll keep you posted.
I've never seen | Devon so upset.
He's got a lot | to be concerned about.
l'll take the security | readout on Macroplex, | if you don't mind? It's going to be difficult | to crack, Michael.
Since Kevin, they've added | guard dogs at night.
''Barbed wire.
Electric fence.
'' Okay, we'll do our best.
Now, overlay the wiring.
And show me where | you'd plant the bugs if you wanted | to spy on this place.
I suggest you check | the one on the second floor.
It will get us | in and out quickly.
No good.
l'm going to the top floor.
Michael, | this is no time to indulge | your rock climbing fantasies.
l got my reasons.
Short out this section | of the fence.
| Right away, Michael.
KlTT, do you read me, buddy? Yes, Michael, | you're doing very well.
No sign they've detected you.
That's the way l like it.
KlTT, if we get a problem, | can you deal with it? You know dogs | aren't my specialty.
Well, distract them, huh? Buy me a few minutes.
Hey! Who's out there? Yeah? Black T-top? Right.
Looks like our problem | has come to us.
Throw the switch | on the elevator.
You got it.
Michael, you've been spotted.
Keep them busy, pal.
| l'm almost through.
Take me up.
Take me up.
KlTT, | l'm open for suggestions.
Michael, I'm sorry.
| The elevators are off, and there's no other way down.
Mark, | I can't see him anywhere.
He's over the side.
| Take me down.
To the break, down.
| Take me down, damn it.
| Faster.
Get him out of here! | Get him! KlTT, get in here.
| Gonna have to drop.
Right away, Michael.
KlTT, come on! Go! Thanks, KlTT.
| Certainly, Michael.
No naps.
Whoa, | what are you doing here? I might ask you the same | thing.
It's very late.
Hey, off my case.
| l was at the library.
Why do I find that | hard to believe? | No, really.
l was reading | all about the Vikings.
Did you know they discovered | America before Columbus? Is that a fact? | Yeah.
You really got me interested | in this history stuff.
Now, if you could only | make science interesting.
You must be joking.
Janet, this is a wiretap.
Just like the one | we found here.
lt was installed | on the top floor of | the new Macroplex building.
You mean Kevin was | some kind of a spy? | No, no, just the opposite.
The top floor | hadn't been finished yet.
The wiring wasn't in | when Kevin died.
Someone else in Macroplex | is installing these things.
Janet, | l think Kevin found out who.
And then they killed him.
l think it was Stephen Barnes.
Barnes? Not Barnes! Barnes was so nice to Kevin.
He said he was going to | help him get promoted.
Michael, he was over here | for dinner the other night.
l cooked all day.
Remember the other man | in the picture with Barnes? We found out | his name is Soltis.
He is an | international criminal.
| He is above the law.
He never gets caught, | and he never gets convicted.
Macroplex secrets | are right up his alley and Barnes is just the man | who can deliver them.
Oh, what are we going to do? | We are not going | to do anything.
l'm going to try and make | Barnes lead me to Soltis.
But l can't do that | if l'm worrying about you.
Michael, this man, Soltis you said he always gets away.
| Not this time.
l promise you.
Not this time.
How could you miss him? | You were so close! Look, it was dark.
| He was quick, man.
And you weren't too steady | on those controls either.
Not to mention | that car he was driving.
What? | Barnes this is Michael Knight.
You had your shot.
| Now it's my turn.
What are you talking about? Well, they say a picture's | worth about 1,000 words? l think the one l got in front | of me is worth about $50,000.
lt's a pretty picture.
You and Soltis.
Soltis? l don't know anybody | named Soltis.
What is this? Come on.
| Nice house in the hills? This afternoon? lf you don't buy it, | l'm going to send | one copy to Soltis and one copy to the FBl.
And you can decide | which one you want | to run from.
Assuming | l was interested in buying | what you're selling where do l get $50,000 | this time of night? That's your problem.
Meet me at Bellows Park, | the driving range, at sunrise.
Be there.
Whoa! So the reverse rotation | on the cue ball exceeds | the forward velocity resulting in angular momentum.
You've got it, Billy.
| Simple physics.
Am l interrupting something? Gotta go? l won't even ask.
Michael, I can explain.
| It's education.
Corrupting innocent youth? Education.
An hour and 49 minutes.
You're pressing your luck, | Michael.
Not really.
KlTT had it | timed to the millisecond.
How's it coming? This is an amazing | piece of circuitry.
Besides the wiretap, | there's a chip that turns every phone | in the place into | a condenser mike.
They could tap | in on meetings conversations, | office gossip.
Another day and they'd have | been buried inside Macroplex's | walls forever.
Totally untraceable.
There's still one circuit | l haven't cracked.
| Lord knows what it does.
Keep at it, huh? Devon, did you run | my check on Stephen Barnes? Yes, Michael.
| His credentials | are impeccable.
Hired by Macroplex | straight out of Caltech he had a fast rise | to his present position.
He's an A-l security risk.
Even the best turn sour, | huh? Guys, l think l've got it.
Michael, Bonnie, be careful! That circuit you just opened, | it's a time bomb.
How much time? | About eight seconds.
Open the trunk.
Careful, Michael, | it's very delicate.
Three seconds, Michael.
You okay? KlTT? | Barely.
That little device | packs an astonishing punch.
We'll never get the smell | out of the upholstery.
Soltis thinks of every | possibility, doesn't he? lf these things | are discovered, | they self destruct.
Yes, along with everyone | in the vicinity.
And we don't know | who can detonate them.
What if Macroplex | isn't the only building | they've wired? Michael, | what are you doing? l still hold an ace.
| l got that picture of Soltis.
l wanna meet | Barnes with it.
What could trigger | this device? Exposing it to an electrical | charge exceeding 400 volts | would do it, Michael.
lnsurance.
Michael l want those men.
You and me both.
Michael, you realize Soltis | could detonate that building | anytime.
That's why l need Barnes.
l want to scare him into | defusing the wiretaps.
Then we'll get Soltis.
If he knows how.
I'm scanning for him now.
Any sign of him, KlTT? | Not yet, Michael.
He's right behind you.
How's his blood pressure? | Skyrocketing.
Where's the picture? | Where's the money? Don't.
l know what this does.
l know everything this does.
Now, throw the gun away.
Gun? | Don't mess with me.
lf l go, l don't mind | taking slime like you with me.
l'll blow us both up.
Now, throw the gun away.
Okay.
What do you want? l want Soltis.
And you're gonna testify.
| You're going to be | my star witness.
No! You killed my husband.
You took everything | away from me.
Janet, don't.
| Michael, don't! l'm going to kill you just like you killed my Kevin.
Janet.
No.
Not this way.
Kevin really liked you.
He really cared about you.
l cared about him, too-- | Oh, the hell you did! Janet, you can't do this.
You're gonna die.
Just like my Kevin.
Let me go! Let me go! | Let me go! You don't know | what you're doing.
Murdering Barnes | won't help anything.
lt'll help how | l feel inside.
No, it won't.
lt won't.
Now you might have | cost us our one chance at getting the man | who's really behind | Kevin's death.
Now, do you understand that? All right.
All right, let's go.
l want you to stay inside KlTT | until l say it's okay.
Hannigan! Hannigan, | where is everybody? Hannigan sent them all home, | Barnes.
What are you doing here? Where is Hannigan? | Relax, he told me everything.
Give me the pictures | and the interceptor.
l didn't get them.
l'm here to help you.
l managed to clear | the site so you can do | what you've got to do.
Which is? Turn on the power | and destroy the building.
No.
l'll pull all the boxes.
| There's still time.
Barnes, | our work is finished here.
l survive because l know | how to cut my losses.
This wasn't | supposed to happen.
What about my job? | My life? What happens to me now? l've taken the liberty.
How does Montevideo | sound to you? Feed the energy | into the structure.
We'd better be | a mile away when it blows.
l have a car waiting.
You will be safe, okay? | Now hurry up.
ls everything ready? l plugged | the power trunk into | the communication grounds.
lt'll take a minute | to warm up but when that voltage reaches | 400, we'd better be long gone.
Over there with Barnes.
| It's Soltis, Michael.
You take care of him.
| l'll get the car.
| All right.
KlTT, that generator, | is it wired to the building? Yes, but, Michael, | it's powering up.
We gotta stop it! Michael, look out! That thing is huge! | He almost got us.
You're telling me.
The voltage on that generator | is rising fast.
One thing at a time.
Hang on.
Damn! Michael, I have no traction.
KlTT, you all right? Some peripheral systems | are damaged, Michael, | but I'm structurally sound.
And more current | is reaching the building.
l don't believe this! Believe it.
| You wanted revenge.
Now you're gonna get it.
l'm not taking | any chances, KlTT.
We're going right through him.
The generator | is going critical.
| Give it all you got, pal! Michael! It's too close! Hit it! The generator! | The whole building | is going to explode! Stay here! KlTT, any chance you can | get into what's left of | the crane's control circuits? It might work.
| Okay, partner.
Give him the works.
| Right away, Michael.
Well, | you look great in cement.
You're gonna spend | a lot of years behind it.
So, they restored | all of his insurance money, | and his benefits.
Not to mention | his good name.
That most importantly | of all.
l think l'll make it now.
l don't know | how to thank you.
You really want | to thank me? You just be happy.
That's the best thanks | l could have.
l'll do my best.
Hey, Billy.
Hey.
| Hey, guys! Hey, now, | don't start on me.
School got out an hour ago, | and l've been in class | every day.
I'm glad to hear that.
ln fact, l've even got | something for the teacher.
Oh, Billy, | you shouldn't have.
Well, that's really nice.
Really weird, | but really nice.
Oh, it's not for Mrs.
Morgan.
lt's for KlTT.
l figured | he didn't like apples.
What's so funny? | Let's have it.