Knight Rider (1982) s03e17 Episode Script

Do you have any idea why someone | would wanna kill to stop this race? Jamie, get down! Now cancel the race | before it's too late.
They're well-known | crime figures in Detroit.
That's very nice.
The nineteenth hole.
KlTT, this is the place they bury people | when they get in their way.
Jamie.
Car seven and 12 | to the starting line.
Go! The road up ahead.
| What about it? There's a high voltage wire | stretched across it.
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.
lt's called | the Marberry Grand Prix.
l don't care what it sounds like.
| lt's spelled P-R-l-X, not P-R-E-E.
lt's French.
What am l supposed to do with | 5,000 fly sheets spelled wrong? Okay, George.
Thanks.
| l'll see you in half an hour.
P-R-l-X.
Right.
She just left.
Michael, you're awfully quiet | this morning.
Just appreciating | the countryside, pal just appreciating | the countryside.
Kind of reminds me | of when l was a kid, you know? Lazy days, green hills, | streams full of catfish Mary Lou.
For some reason, I can't | visualize you as a child.
Then again, I can't visualize | myself as one, either.
lt's probably | because you never were.
As a child, would I still | have all my functions? Would I still be able | to turbo boost? Yeah, but you'd have to start | off small, like maybe over wagons.
Station wagons? | Toy wagons.
In that case, I'm glad I never | had to experience childhood.
Devon's calling.
Yo, Devon.
Hello, Michael.
I see you're not far | from the town of Marberry.
Marberry? Couldn't prove it by me.
| What's up? The granddaughter | of an old friend of mine is the editor-publisher of the local | paper there.
l'm way ahead of you.
You want me to drop by and pick up | the latest edition as a keepsake because l've been on the road | for three days straight and you wouldn't dream of | giving me another assignment.
Michael.
| You would.
She's sponsoring | a local event.
For some reason she's convinced that someone's | tried to kill her this morning.
It may be nothing, but I'd never | forgive myself if I was wrong.
l'm on my way.
| l'll get back to you.
KlTT, plot us a course | to Marberry.
Marberry, Michael? | You heard me, Marberry.
And give me whatever you've | got on that little town.
Right away, Michael.
According to my data, Marberry is a | quiet, peaceful retirement community.
Welcome, Benji.
| lt's been a long time, Joey.
Too long, | my good friend.
ls Mr.
C here yet? | No, but soon.
Soon.
What's that? They're here | for some kind of race but don't worry, Benji.
| We're dealing with it.
Hmm.
The nineteenth hole, | old friend? The nineteenth hole.
Get there first! A quiet, peaceful | retirement community? Bonnie meticulously revises | my databanks regularly.
Is it possible | we're in the wrong Marberry? l don't think so.
| lt seems to me Marberry has changed | its image, partner.
None for the better if you | ask me.
Is nothing sacred? Isn't there anywhere safe from | fast cars and rock and roll? You tell me.
You're the one with | the meticulously revised databanks.
ls that thing blown? | I beg your pardon.
Not now, KlTT.
| l beg your pardon.
You know, blown | as in supercharged.
Does it matter? | Only if you wanna win.
l'll let you know.
What's that funny, | little red light in front? That is an automatic garage door opener.
Can you tell me | where l can find the sponsor? Right over there.
| lt's winner take all.
ln case you're interested, that | was my nickname in high school.
Winner? | All.
The wisdom of youth.
Hi, Daisy.
| Bye, Red.
Ain't seen you around before, | dude.
Let's take a look at your | horses.
I beg your pardon.
There's more than one way | to open a tin can.
We'll see about that.
Thank you.
Business looks good.
Wanna sign up? | Maybe later.
Are you Jamie Downs? | Yeah.
Why? My name is Michael Knight.
| Devon Miles asked me to drop by.
So soon? Thanks.
| You're welcome.
Can we maybe | go someplace and talk? l wasn't expecting you | till later and there's no one here | to relieve me.
That's okay.
l'll just check | into a hotel, clean up and come back | when you're finished.
Sounds good, | except you won't find a motel.
Filled already? No, they just won't rent to | racers.
No problem.
l'm not a racer.
When can we meet? How about my house, | say, 9:00? Terrific.
Address? Oh, yeah.
You're shaking.
Whatever it is, | it'll be okay.
Yeah.
I'd prefer it if you'd kindly | keep your hands to yourself.
Open, Sesame.
Who do you think you are? | Ali Baba? l ain't through | with you yet.
The sign says, | ''No vacancy.
'' Well, if you're all filled up, | how come there's no cars out there? Look, if it makes any difference | to you, l am not a racer.
No wild parties.
No pets.
Read my lips.
Now leave | before l call the police.
What is it about your attitude | l don't like? l've got it.
l've got it.
lt's | your attitude.
Take off, punk.
Transfer my calls to the young | lady's room.
Yes, Mr.
Rome.
l said, ''Take off, punk.
'' | l know.
l heard you.
Well, you're still here.
l have some unfinished | business with the manager here.
Any unfinished business | you got is with me.
Now, one more word out of you, and | you're gonna wish you were never born.
One more word out of you, and | you'll wish l never was, either.
On second thought l really don't like | this motel very much.
You want more coffee? No, thanks.
Go ahead.
That's about it.
When l found out | l'd inherited the Marberry Times l took a week off and came out to | sell it, and instead l fell in love.
With Marberry? Does that sound a little | strange? Yeah, l guess it does.
No.
No, it doesn't.
l'll tell you what sounds strange | is what's been happening to you.
Jamie, when did | the threats begin? The day after l announced l was gonna | stage the first Marberry Grand Prix.
l contacted the Racing | Association of America and they gave me | their blessing.
Not only that, but they agreed | to underwrite the cost of building | a permanent course if this first race | was successful.
Michael, this town could | use the business.
Believe me.
l thought the people | would be enthusiastic.
At first, l just thought | it was a crank caller.
Until this morning.
Jamie, who owns | the Marberry Motel? l don't know.
| l never thought about it.
Why? l don't know.
l had | something very strange happen.
Do you have any idea why someone | would want to kill to stop the race? l've asked myself that | question a thousand times.
Wait a minute.
KlTT, trace | this call, will you, pal? Right away, Michael.
You don't think | l don't know.
Go ahead.
Hello? This is your last chance.
Now cancel the race | before it's too late or it'll be canceled | for you tomorrow.
He hung up.
| Did you get it? I'm tracing it now.
Michael, there's a man | in a car slowing up outside and he's paying undue | attention to Jamie's house.
Okay, let's check it out.
| l'll be right back.
There's the car now.
| l see it, buddy.
I've completed | the trace, Michael.
The call came from a pay phone | at the Marberry Motel.
My favorite place, huh? First, | let's check this guy out.
My sensors detect an electronically activated | device.
Where? The undercarriage | of Jamie's car.
Jamie, get down! | What? Get down! Get down! Welcome to the Marberry Hotel.
Michael, what is it about that | place that bothers you so much? For one thing, | the clientele.
And for the second, the fact that that | call was made from there last night.
You think that the person who wants | to stop this race is staying there? l don't know.
You don't know, | or you don't wanna tell me? Jamie, the call was made | from a public phone.
lt could've been a guest.
lt could've | been a passerby.
l don't know.
You let me | worry about that, okay? Right now, you worry | about making Marberry's first Grand Prix | a real big success, okay? Mmm-hmm.
What are you gonna do? | First, drop you off.
l'm gonna check out | the competition to see if there's anyone in | the race who shouldn't be there.
Michael, really, asking me | to qualify for a car race is like asking Reggie Jackson if he | knows how to throw a forward pass.
Remind me to have Bonnie | check out your sports chip.
Besides, I don't understand why | we're entering it in the first place.
Because my guess is, having | failed to discourage the sponsor they're gonna work | on the contestants and l wanna be close enough | to make sure nobody gets hurt.
Keep your eyes open.
| All right, Michael but it would certainly help if | I knew what I was looking for.
As soon as l find out, | you'll be the first to know.
ln the meantime, give me | hard copies on the racers and run them through | your image databank.
Whatever you say, | Michael.
Hi.
| Hi.
lf you're looking to enter the | race, you can sign up over there.
Thank you very much.
Next | qualifying heat's in an hour.
With a little luck, we might | be up against each other.
You know, l can't think of anyone in this | entire world l'd rather be up against.
Thanks again, Daisy.
Hey, dude.
| Yo.
That T-top of yours looks | a little light in the horses.
That's because | he's a jumper, hot dog.
I do hope this Rooster doesn't | damage my XK-100 thermal printer.
Okay, dude, | time to open you up.
Back to your barnyard, | Rooster.
I have work to do.
Michael, what's wrong? l just tried to call Jamie, | and her service said she went | to the Marberry Motel.
Nick, it's good to see you, my | good friend.
And you, too, Joey.
Nick, you will sit here | on Mr.
C's left and, Benji, you will sit | there on Mr.
C's right.
lt will be good | to see him again.
What do you want? l was just | Who are you? Who are you? | l was just coming down to- Oh, honey, there you are.
l have | been looking all over for you.
How are you? | We just got married and this is our honeymoon.
She must have thought | that was our honeymoon suite.
Maybe you don't know how that is.
| Honey, please tell this man how that is.
Happiest day of my life.
Happiest | day of her life.
You know, first l know that voice.
We would love to invite you | up for a drink but you know how that is.
| Go, will you? Go.
What's happening? | What's going on? KlTT, meet me outside | and hurry it up! Michael, l've heard of automatic | drive, but this is ridiculous! Would you | just get in the car? lncredible, huh? lt was incredible.
Michael, every time l turned around, | there was another limo pulling in.
And the faces, | it was like watching an old gangster movie | coming alive.
Jamie.
l wonder what was in | those attach? cases.
Jamie, will you listen to me? | l'm serious now.
l don't want you taking | any more chances like that.
Michael, come on.
| l'm a trained reporter.
You're also a girl | who's been run off the road who's had her car | blown up.
l mean, what is this? Last | night you were scared to death.
And the reason l was scared | to death has something to do with what's going on | in that motel.
l'm sure of it.
Okay, l'll find out | what's going on there but l want you to promise me you will | not go back there again, not alone.
Michael, what gave you | that idea about the honeymoon? You don't wanna hear | a word l say, do you? Well, what gave you the idea | about the honeymoon? Just the product | of a fertile imagination.
lt's the best kind.
Have a safe race.
Drivers in cars 7 | and 12.
Seven and 12.
All right.
You forgot your passive | laser restraint seatbelt.
Thanks for reminding me.
Do you think the heat | will be sabotaged? According to last night's | phone call, it will be.
Let's be ready for anything.
Take a good look, dude.
The only thing you'll be seeing | from here on is my exhaust.
Drivers ready? Go! Car number 12, get going! | Here we go.
What did you find out | about our competition? They're not exactly | what you'd call pillars of the community, | Michael but except for a few | outstanding traffic citations and one or two arrests | for disturbing the peace none of them has ever been in | any serious trouble with the law.
Well, l was hoping for something more.
| l'll try to hide my disappointment.
Michael, the road up ahead.
| What about it? There's a high voltage wire | stretched across it.
Any chance | of neutralizing it? Negative, Michael, and if | Rooster's car hits the wire he'll be incinerated.
Then we've gotta get to | it first.
Let's move it.
He's in our way, Michael.
| We can't get around him.
You're not gonna try to turbo | boost at this speed? You are.
Michael, | we are going to hit it.
See you around, dude! What's that strange music? It was caused | by the high voltage current surging through | my laser modulator.
Well, turn it off, | will you? All right, Michael, but I can't | guarantee it won't come back on again.
l'll talk to Bonnie | about that.
l have pictures, evidence.
| Jamie, will you stop for a second? Jamie, you're not | listening to me.
Yes, l am.
The problem is that | you're not taking me seriously.
Wrong.
The problem is you're not | taking the situation seriously.
You smell a story here, and | everything else in the world vanishes.
Michael, | you don't understand.
When l left Chicago to come | here, l made a tradeoff.
l gave up | every journalist's dream the chance of hitting the mother | lode, the big story.
Don't you see? l gave it up, and now here | it is, knocking on my door.
Just let me show you | the negatives.
Oh, no.
''Oh, no''? What? | What ''Oh, no''? They're all underexposed.
What kind of camera | did you use? The best.
My grandfather | used it in the war.
What war was that? l figured if it was good enough | for the Battle of the Bulge it was good enough | for the Marberry Motel.
l'll tell you what.
| l'll run it through KlTT's system to see | if anything's salvageable, okay? On one condition.
| l was afraid of that.
You stay away | from that motel for now.
l've got an appointment with Devon.
| l'll be back here in two hours.
Deal? | You drive a hard bargain.
Deal? Deal.
Need a little help | with these, partner.
That's an understatement, | Michael.
I don't care how sophisticated my | image-enhancement software program is there are limits.
I can't reach sufficient recognition | threshold on any of these negatives.
Maybe not, but one thing's in | focus, the brown attach? case.
l've got an idea.
Let's find the nearest leather | goods store.
I was afraid of that.
Looks like business | is booming.
lnterface with | the motel's computer.
l wanna know | what room Rome's in.
Yes, Michael.
I just hope | this plan of yours works.
Room 117.
| Thank you very much.
Phase One is about to begin.
Will you turn | that champagne stuff off? All right, KlTT, l need a diversion.
| Anything particular in mind? Just use your imagination, will | you? l need to get that attach? case.
I'll get right on it.
I think I have | just the diversion, Michael but you'll have to | move quickly.
Michael, I fail to see what a brown attach? case | has to do with anything.
Look.
That's a staggering amount | of money.
What do you think is the connection | between the convention at the motel and the incident | on the race course? Very good question.
l don't know | what it is, but l know it's there.
Since we're on the subject, l think | you might find this quite interesting.
What is that? Unless l miss my guess it's a list of all the | contributors to the family.
Michael, these names.
| Johnny Eyes, Julius the K they're well-known | crime figures in Detroit.
And wouldn't you say they | constitute some hard evidence? At the very least.
ln the hands | of the proper authorities this information could drive a | wedge into the Detroit family.
Devon, from what l've seen, | Detroit is only one of many.
Hold off on that wedge until l find | out what Phase Two gives us, okay? Right.
Bonnie, how's KlTT coming? | l gotta check in with Jamie.
He's finished.
l just had to | recalibrate his suspension synchronizer.
And you got rid | of all that champagne stuff? Gone forever.
You are beautiful.
| Now, do me one more favor.
Update his databanks | on Marberry all the prominent businesses, starting with | the motel, financial history, the works.
l'll get right on it.
Anything | else? l'll let you know.
Michael, be careful.
Where's Joey? lf l know | him, he's probably asleep.
l'll give him a call.
Tell him to hurry.
| Mr.
C will be here any minute.
Room 117, please.
Yeah? Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Listen, | l'll be right there.
Okay.
And what have we got today? | Computers and college graduates.
Mr.
C! Very nice.
Very nice.
| All of you, please sit.
Now, wine for all my friends.
And make yourselves at home.
l'm glad all of you showed up | to pay up your respects and l can guarantee you | it will not be forgotten but first, l got a nice toast.
| l made it up myself.
But first, l believe | there's some presents.
Sit, all of you.
Philly.
That's very nice.
That's very nice.
Bravo.
l always liked Philly.
l got a nice toast about | Philly.
l made it up myself.
Joey, my friend, | just in time.
l wanna see | my nice present from Detroit.
You're gonna be | pleased, Mr.
C.
l better.
What is this? A joke? Joey, | tell me what's going on here.
l don't know | what to say, Mr.
C.
l don't like no jokes | from Detroit.
Better think of something, | Joey.
Whatever it is, it better | lead to the money, Joey.
Michael, | I hope you're wrong about Jamie going back | to that motel.
That makes two of us, pal but that receipt l found | for a new mini-camera in her office tells me | l'm not.
But why wouldn't she leave word with | her service as she did the last time? Because the last time | l found her, remember? Sometimes, l think this girl | goes out of her way to make things difficult | for me.
And possibly herself.
I only hope | we're not too late.
l do, too, partner.
| l do, too.
At least, this time, we've got | an electronic ace up our sleeve.
Let's just hope it's enough, | buddy.
lt's Jamie l'm worried about.
Front desk, manager.
Hello? Hello? This is | the front desk, manager.
Joey, Nick, get rid of her.
The nineteenth hole? Yeah, | the nineteenth hole.
That's where we put | snoopy reporters.
Your plan was working, | Michael.
Who knows what else we might've | learned if Jamie hadn't shown up? But she did, pal.
She did.
''The nineteenth hole,'' that's | usually a phrase for the bar.
KlTT, punch up your schematic | on the Marberry Golf Course.
Right away, Michael.
Does it have a bar? | Negative, Michael.
What's directly | behind the course? A small housing tract, | recreation area, shopping center.
What about this area right | here? lt looks undeveloped.
It is, Michael.
Who owns it? The city, but | here's something interesting.
If the Racing Association | of America does build a permanent course | in Marberry the city has offered that | piece of land for its clubhouse.
KlTT, l think we found | the nineteenth hole.
All right, let's see | what else we can find.
Michael, you know | the race is starting now.
If they're really intent | on stopping it l hear you, pal.
l hear you.
Starting time in five minutes.
Official starting time | in five minutes.
My car's gone! Somebody stole my car! Now, hold | everything here.
Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Stop! | You ain't going anywhere! You see who took my car? This is it, Michael.
Anything unusual? There's a shack hidden | within those trees.
All right, check out the | terrain, top and bottom.
Michael, a short distance up ahead, | there's something buried beneath the ground.
What are those? They're wooden boxes, | measuring seven by four by two.
All right, | scan what's inside of them.
Oh, no.
Human remains.
Some of the | bodies have been here for many years.
Jamie? No, Michael.
According to | my geological analyzer the earth around here hasn't been | disturbed for at least six months.
The nineteenth hole.
KlTT, this is the place they bury | people when they get in their way.
No wonder they're so determined | to keep this land undeveloped.
All right, put yourself | on silent mode.
Let's check out that shack.
All right, | scan the inside.
Michael, there's only one | person.
: a man.
Could be Joey.
And according | to his vital signs he's very nervous | about something.
After losing Mr.
C's money, l'd | say that something is his life.
Can you imitate | Mr.
C's voice? Once it's on my anharmonic | synthesizer, no problem.
All right, let's get him | out here, the easy way.
Meet me | in front of the shack.
Hey, Joey, it's Mr.
C.
Come out, Joey.
| I wanna talk to you.
Joey, don't make me send the boys | to get you.
Don't make me mad.
Hey, Joey.
Come out, Joey.
What do you want? | Where's Jamie? Get off my back.
| And l want my money.
The only thing you're | gonna get is about 15 years.
For what? Giving an old | friend a little present? Joey, Joey, Joey.
l found the list of names | in your attach? case and what about the bodies buried | over there in the nineteenth hole? But, you see, l'm a real nice guy, | so you know what l'm gonna do for you? What? l'm gonna deliver you | to your real good friend Mr.
C, and let him deal | with you.
No, wait a minute.
| Hold it.
Hold.
Wait.
All right, Nick and l | left the hotel with Jamie and when we got here, | Mr.
C called and he told Nick that he figured a | way to kill two birds with one stone.
Now, Nick took her somewhere, and | l was told to stay here and wait.
Where did they take her? Someplace called Roads End.
| lt's part of the race course.
Look, you gotta get me | some protection.
Maybe l could be one of | those government witnesses.
You wanna be | a government witness? Yeah.
KlTT, he wants to | be a government witness.
Let's put him some place | real safe.
Pop the trunk.
Coming right up.
ln the trunk? | ln the trunk.
Michael, the racers | should be coming up to Roads End any minute now.
All right.
How far to Roads End? All right, now give me a graphic of the | race course, and pinpoint the lead cars.
Thank you very much.
Let's just make sure we reach | Roads End before the lead cars do.
Michael, we're approaching | Roads End.
KlTT, what's that dead ahead? | Give me a visual.
That's Rooster's car! Michael, the area directly in front | of the car is wired to explode.
The first car passing will | trigger the detonating device and disintegrate any vehicle | within a 50-yard radius.
KlTT, is someone | inside that car? Jamie.
l'm activating | your microwave jammer.
See if you can start | the Red Rooster.
Michael, in exactly 10.
3 seconds, | the lead cars will be incinerated.
Not if we can help it.
KlTT, | we gotta smother that bomb.
I don't know if I can withstand | a bomb of that magnitude.
We got no choice.
We've got 10 seconds | and counting.
Nine, eight, seven Five, four, three two, one.
Well, you wanted | the mother lode.
You got it.
That was some explosion.
Not the explosion, your dream, | remember? Your big story? Oh, right.
lt'll do.
''lt'll do'' Hamburgers, French fries, and | malts, just like the good old days.
Talking of the | good old days, Michael did you know that l did | some driving myself? Really? Yes, really.
| Formula cars, mostly.
The Strasbourg Grand Prix, | Monte Carlo the Tour de Versailles | to name but a few.
Very impressive.
Devon, someday, | you have to show us your trophies.
Trophies? Well, Bonnie, l never actually | took home any trophies.
No trophies, but l always | finished.
Always finished and l have | wonderful memories.
Well, maybe next year you can enter | the second annual Marberry Grand Prix.
Yes.
| Yes.
Yeah.
Yes, well, maybe.
Oh, no, not again.
They stole the Red Rooster.
No trophy, no money, and, | worst of all, no satisfaction.
What kind of satisfaction | are you looking for? You! You and that black bucket | that you call a car! Well, since you put it that way, | it seems it's the least l can do.
Will you all excuse from the | table, please? You're excused.
You're on, hot dog.
| All right, dude.
l'll be right back.
This l can't wait to see.
Really, Michael, | this is highly unorthodox.
Just protecting | your honor, buddy.
Well, he is a rude, | crude dude.
You call it.
Now!