Knight Rider (1982) s03e19 Episode Script

This job is worth $10,000.
And l could go up for murder.
Janetti's brake | lines were cut.
Give me Michael | to drive the Flynn truck.
KlTT, l'm blind! | Micro jam the brakes! I can't.
| I suggest you abandon.
We can pull this whole thing off | with the produce delivery contract that Joe set up.
l want those lndependents.
Michael, there are | two more vehicles moving toward | the rear of the convoy.
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.
Come on, get up you creep.
You turned over on us.
| You're worse than a traitor.
Calm down, Joe.
l'm trying to make a living.
We used to be friends.
| Not anymore.
Come on.
Take it easy, Joey.
Slow down.
This ain't life or death.
| There's no war.
l'm still going to kill him.
| You're dead, Janetti.
l know your route.
| l know your schedule.
l'll find you and run you | off the road.
Come on, Flynn.
Now come on, Phil.
Get out | of here, you'll cool down.
l only left your lndependents 'cause | l was about to lose everything.
l need the security | of Shatner Trucking.
l have a family to support.
And Shatner's gonna put | you all out of business.
Now we would have | gone down together.
You're a traitor.
| Yeah? Tell it to my grocer, Joe.
| He deals in cash.
Now look here, Mr.
Shatner.
I don't mind keeping my eyes | on Independents, but this is a little bit | out of my line.
Nothing is out of line if l'm | willing to pay the price and you want to earn it.
This is a perfect chance | to get rid of Flynn and break the back of the | whole lndependent operation.
But killing Janetti l | mean, l could go up for murder.
Not if you stage it correctly.
| The one they'll grab will be Flynn.
l don't know, Mr.
Shatner.
Don't you have other | guys around to do this? This job is worth $10,000.
Maybe even an additional bonus | when l control the area trucking.
Flynn is the energy | and the brains behind the whole | Independent move.
lf he gets arrested, he'll | lose most of that support.
Then it'll work, Curtis.
Well, Janetti has a pick up | and delivery in the hills.
That's the best place to | do it.
Whatever you say.
This is Eugene Hansen with a | KNX morning traffic report.
The good news is all of you eastbound on | the 607 freeway are excused from being on time | to work today.
The bad news is a three-car | collision which has traffic How did you let me | get into this, anyway? Sorry, but you were driving.
l know, l know, but why | is this happening to me? Well, to tell you the truth this | is called the morning traffic jam.
It's not an hour | you're usually involved with.
You're usually going | in the opposite direction.
However, we've only got | 15 minutes to meet Devon.
KlTT.
| Yes, Michael? Can you get me out of this | traffic jam? May I drive? Well, it is against all | Foundation regulations, but l won't tell Devon, if you won't | tell Devon.
I won't tell Devon.
Be my guest.
Have l told you you're the greatest | lately? Not lately, Michael.
Michael, | it's the simple matter of a group | of small operators being swallowed up | by a larger organization.
Shatner Trucking has done it very | successfully before in the Midwest with disastrous results.
| Except in this case the lndependents were being | held together by Joe Flynn.
He's wanted for the murder | of one of the Shatner drivers.
A man named Janetti.
Yeah, Flynn threatened Janetti | and four hours later Janetti's brake | lines were cut.
But with what's been going on | over this past month we're not sure | that Flynn did it.
And although he's a brawler | and a hothead he's also the sole | support of his family.
And he's the one man that | Shatner has got to get rid of.
Excuse me, Devon.
| You said the past few months? You've been involved | in this situation that long? Well, we've been monitoring it | rather than being involved in it.
Somebody's broken our code.
We've been getting messages | on the computer.
No kidding.
Who's been | sending them? We don't know.
Shatner is apparently planning | to repeat his Midwest coup.
There's no federal or state authority | investigating, and l believe that we should.
You both know that Joe Flynn | could be guilty.
Yes, l'm sure | that is possible.
You find him, put him in a safe place, | then prove the case.
Guilty or innocent.
Now, it sounds to me, you two | are personally involved in this.
lsn't that a strict rule of The | Foundation: No personal involvement? Michael, our code has been | broken.
l got you.
Anything else? Yes, respect your equipment.
Be careful.
| That too.
They had three rigs when | the father was still alive.
Flynn is down to one, and | operating out of his garage.
Michael, you're being scanned | by an electronic beam.
A harmless but | effective alarm system.
Gotta be a guard around here somewhere.
| Damn right there is.
Now, freeze.
Take it easy.
l just want | to ask you a few questions.
ls that so? Well, you better not be from the | cops, or from Shatner Trucking and we shoot burglars | in this neighborhood.
l'm none of the three.
Now, can | l have a little conversation instead of looking | at the barrel of that thing? Take it easy, junior.
| l'm not armed.
l'm no junior.
l'm a girl.
He's got nothing on him, | but some sort of wrist radio.
That's no regular | metal detector, is it? She's no regular kid.
| Now what do you want? l'm from The Foundation | for Law and Government.
l'm here to investigate an | incident involving Joe Flynn.
My son's innocent.
| Your name Devon Miles? No.
No, it's Michael Knight.
| How do you know Devon? l'm the one who's been sending | him messages.
By computer? Once you break the code, all | you gotta know how to do is type.
l do 80 words a minute.
| You gonna help us out? l'm willing to try, | but l gotta talk to Joe first.
You're going a little | too fast.
Talk to Shatner.
l'm sorry, but Shatner's not | the one wanted by the police.
You just became a burglar | again.
Get off my property.
The longer Joe | is on the run the longer it's gonna take | to get to the bottom of this.
Now, l'm telling you, | l need to talk to your son.
Get out of here.
That's an aggressively | close-knit family, Michael.
That's why they know where Joe | is.
Put a tap on their phone.
So, what else does this | car do besides look hot? Well, it's a lot more than | a car.
Thank you, Michael.
Voice modulator? | That's great.
Will it give verbal response to | major mathematical computations? Of course.
You gonna put my brother in | jail? l said l was here to help.
You seem like an okay guy.
You | know, you're a pretty bright girl.
You got | The Foundation's attention.
Cute, too.
You're teasing me.
That's | what my brother always does.
l know l'm not pretty.
| Yeah, you are.
Flynn Trucking.
| Hello, Mom.
It's Joe.
You're tapping our phone.
You're no friend.
| You're a creep.
Joey, you okay? | I'm okay, Mom.
Michael Knight had | the phone tapped.
He's gonna know | where Joey is.
Joey, get out of there.
A big guy in a black T-top | is on his way to get you.
Get going right now.
| He's on his way.
Sorry, Michael.
| l know, partner, l know.
Look, backtrack that call and see if | you can give me a location, will you? It's about a mile from here.
| ETA, 40 seconds.
Michael, there's | Flynn's rig up ahead.
Thanks, buddy.
We're going around him.
You'll be cutting | it close, Michael.
The road is too narrow.
We'll make it work for us.
Nice work, buddy.
| Now just one more thing.
Michael, are you testing our | courage, or my superstructure? Would you like | to know exactly how close that truck | is to us, Michael? Absolutely not.
Now, cool it.
lf you wanted to kill me, you | would've flattened me with the truck.
You from Shatner? | No.
Not from Shatner or the police.
Now | all l want is a little conversation.
Then why are you | twisting my arm? 'Cause l think you'd | rather fight than talk.
All right, fair enough.
| Let me go.
No more fighting.
| l'm not gonna believe that.
Hey, l'm no liar | and l'm no murderer.
All right.
l'll deal with | one thing at a time.
You'll have to deal | with me first.
You just went from burglar to mugger.
| Now, get your hands up and turn around.
Need a little diversion here, | partner.
Of course, Michael.
This is the police.
| You're surrounded.
All right.
l think we've had enough | ambushes for one day, don't you? Oh, where are the police? | There are none, Mom.
lt's that car of his.
| lt's something special.
lt isn't special enough | to take on three Flynns.
Enough! All you | people do is fight? So far all it's gotten you | is a warrant for murder and a license for Shatner | to hunt you down.
Now, how about a little honest | conversation for a change? Talk to me, Joe.
Look, l didn't cut Janetti's | brakes.
lt's not my style.
Janetti pulled into the depot | yard with full set of brakes.
When he pulled out, he was | pumping air instead of brakes.
You were there at that depot | when he was there.
l'm a trucker.
| They have loads there.
You didn't have | a load that day.
Come on, tell me the truth.
| What were you doing there? l went to see Janetti.
l had to talk to him, had to | apologize.
l shouldn't have hit him.
But l didn't kill him.
l'm innocent.
| l don't know about that.
But l don't know | you're guilty, either.
Who are you anyway? | My name is Michael Knight.
l'm from The Foundation | for Law and Government.
l've been sent here to make sure | you're kept in a safe place until l can get a handle | on what's coming down here.
''Safe place.
'' l think | l know where that is.
All right, all l can say | is you gotta trust me.
Doesn't look like l have | much choice, does it? You do now.
Put this away.
All right, l'll go in with you.
Me, too.
No, stay here with Mom.
But l want to go.
| l'll be all right.
Pull over.
That's the car | l'm looking for.
Thanks.
Hold it, Sally.
The only thing | you'll damage is your foot.
Shut up.
l knew he was lying.
| Nobody tells the truth.
You can't trust anything | you don't program yourself.
Not true.
| Who programmed you to argue? I don't argue, Sally, I merely | correct improper calculations.
You can trust | Michael Knight.
Yeah, says you.
| He turned in my brother.
Now, listen, little girl.
| I think I like you but not if you won't keep an open | mind when it comes to Michael.
He's a fair man.
| What makes you so smart? l have computers that are pushed | up to handle over two million K's.
What's your capabilities? | Unlimited.
I now have over | 50 million K's in storage and can introduce one million | more every day, if needed.
Tap into my equipment | and we'll talk sometime.
Anytime, Sally.
But if you wait for Michael, | I can arrange a guided tour of my backup and design headquarters.
| You expect me to be nice to him? Just be fair with him.
He'll | help your brother if he can.
l don't know.
Sit down and relax, | and we'll wait for Michael.
Relax, Mr.
Shatner.
You'll just mess up | your stomach again.
You're a rich man.
You've got | nothing to worry about.
l didn't get rich by squandering | my money or wasting my time and l'm not about | to let you do it for me.
And it doesn't cost me | any more money to get value for my dollar.
| Like what? You are earning fat paychecks.
You got a $10,000 bonus | for handling Janetti.
l want control of all | trucking in this area.
l figured with Flynn out of the | way there'd be nothing to stop us.
Don't figure, don't think, don't | make decisions, and above all don't tell me how to make | a profit on my investments.
Now, you get out there and make sure | those lndependents stay disorganized.
l don't want them even thinking they | can pull together for the crop season.
l want that contract | with Linden.
Finish Flynn's operation | once and for all.
What are you | waiting for? Car fare? Get back to your lndie friends, | so we know when and where to hit.
You're a Flynn, all right.
| Now take it easy! You're a liar.
You turned in my brother.
| l told him l'd keep him in a safe place until l looked into this mess.
| Now, he is safe.
ln jail.
Don't con me.
You | just wanted to see him arrested.
No, you're wrong.
Now, l'm not | positive about anything yet but if your brother is innocent and | people are after these truckers this could bring it out in the open.
| l don't know anything about that stuff.
All l know is that you took | Joe in and he was framed.
Sally, if your brother was framed, there | are people who want to put him away real bad.
Now, if he's out there running | loose like a wanted man they have a license | to kill him.
Joe is very safe | in there.
Believe me.
Why don't you come with me? l want you to meet some other | friends who want to help.
Come on.
You might say that Bonnie | is KlTT's mother.
She takes care of him with all the maternal love | and the ferocity of a tigress.
Michael's kidding.
KlTT is his.
l just put him | back together again.
And Michael gives her a great | many opportunities to do so.
Joey would love | to see all of this.
He still doesn't have a lot of faith in | computers or any of that technology in spite of | the fact that l ln spite of what? | Oh, nothing.
Excuse us.
| Step into my office here.
You set everything up, right? | Me? What? l checked the schedules | and loading capacities of the lndependent deliveries.
They were to the minute, | and they were to the ounce.
You did that.
My brother | Joe runs the family business.
Sure he does.
You can't tell anyone.
| You have to promise not to.
l think it's something | you should be proud of.
Yeah, right.
Try and convince | a bunch of truckers that a 15-year-old girl | is running their schedule.
Those guys listen to Joe, and | they really look up to him.
Besides, he's the best.
l'm sure he is.
But, you know, | you're not so bad yourself.
And you got him in jail.
We're going to lose | everything we worked for.
We were counting on Joe | to keep things going until after we made the crop | season.
Then we'd be home free.
Well, we're willing to do | everything we can to help you.
You too? | Of course.
Then give me Michael to drive | the Flynn truck.
Wait a minute, l already got a | job.
Hey, l'm talking to your boss.
l think it can be arranged.
| Great.
All right, listen up.
You'll get union wages, profit participation, | and supplemental health benefits.
But you better be clear | about one thing.
l think l know.
You're | the boss.
You got it.
Then you pick up | at the train yards for an intermediate | drop at Armorbuilt.
Got it? Over.
| l got it, Boss.
Say, does a lunch break enter | into any of our schedules? Eat it on the move.
Out.
Out.
Hey, you hungry | back there, partner? Perhaps a little lonely, | Michael but rather enjoying | my independence.
And if I may say so, that | schedule that Sally laid out is well planned and fiscally | sound.
In fact, it's excellent.
Easy for you to say, | you're not driving.
Yes, I am, Michael, | and without union benefits.
Don't worry, you'll be on a coffee | break in just a couple of minutes.
l'm stopping by the truck stop | to see Mama Flynn.
What about your schedule? | We'll work overtime.
Easy for you to say.
lf you were on our side, you | wouldn't have had Joey put in jail.
He's gotta face that charge or he's gonna end up running from | the cops for the rest of his life.
We would've covered for him, | kept the association going.
Now he didn't kill Janetti.
Then why don't you do something | about both of those problems? That's just | so much talk, man.
We're through as lndependents.
| We might as well save our breath.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
| Come on, come on.
Come on, guys.
At least | listen to him.
What for? l've got more to lose | than any of you and l don't see anybody else | rushing forward to do us any favors.
Oh, yeah? We're done, and so we might | as well just forget it.
You're not done unless you're just | looking for excuses to give up.
The way l figure it, | there's still a chance of keeping this | whole group together.
That is, if you guys | really want to.
l'd be real careful | with your words now, mister.
You're about one sentence away | from insulting me.
lt's about time | l got you guys to listen.
We can pull this whole thing off with the | produce delivery contract that Joe set up.
We got enough people | in this room to meet the original date and the full season delivery.
| We've only got 24 hours.
Without Joe.
lt's not | worth it without him.
l'd just as soon repaint | my rig with Shatner's colors.
He's right, big guy.
| We could all end up like Joey.
Well, l think | Joey is innocent.
Well, we all do.
So what? l think l know who did it.
What? | Who? Well, that's gonna | take a couple days to prove.
ln the meantime, don't you | think it would be nice to keep the lndependent | truckers alive while l'm at it? Be a nice present for Joey, | once he gets out of jail, huh? Hold it there.
Now we're gonna make | that produce delivery but you got some | delivering to do yourself.
l intend to.
Michael, I think you did | very well in there.
Well, thank you.
But there are other | possible problems one of which is you've | replaced Joe Flynn as a target.
Yeah, l know.
l believe Joe's innocent, | partner.
Based on what? Him, his family, | his friends Shatner's history.
Most of all, my instincts.
| What do you think? I deal in facts, but I also | trust your instincts.
Thank you.
Michael, what is it? | I can't get a reading.
KlTT, l'm blind! | Micro jam the brakes! I can't or you'll fishtail.
| I suggest you abandon.
lf l bail out, we'll lose the | rig.
And live to fight another day.
Michael, please.
| l got the message.
Now, Michael.
All right, micro jam the brakes.
| lt's worth the gamble now.
We were very lucky, Michael.
| Lucky to have you, partner.
The whole brake | system is shot.
Downtime is rated at 4% | of total working days.
You are out one day | and you lose a complete rig.
lt's gonna take weeks | just to get the parts.
As of now, your overall safety record | is rated as poor to uninsurable.
You're fired.
| l'm fired? Look, l'm sorry | about the truck.
The truck won't make any | difference now that we've lost.
We can't make the produce run, and | there's no way the guys will hang in now.
They gotta hang in there.
| They don't like to give up.
Did you do what l asked? l've | known those men for years.
Any of those men could be | the man who framed Joe.
Curtis was the only one | who left the meeting early and he had time to put | the bomb in your rig.
Well, well, well.
| l've managed to stir things up.
You've managed to make yourself | a target.
Don't worry about me.
l wanna do this | for you and Sally.
l don't want her | to lose any more.
She lost her father | when she was two.
Any chance of growing up in frilly | dresses by the time she was five and now her brother, | and her business by 15.
You're important to her.
l | don't want her to lose you, too.
l don't plan on that, either.
| You mind if l talk to her? Thanks.
Hold it.
Hold it! | Get in the car.
Now we are going to talk.
You know what you get for stealing | kids? l only borrowed you and l got your mother's | permission.
Okay, so you got me.
What are you going to do? | Put me in a safe place like you did my brother? l'm going to try and explain | things to you once more.
Forget it.
l'm not listening.
You're a loser.
| Sally.
You're a loser.
You got any suggestions, KlTT? Children should be treated | with great patience reasoned with and educated | so that they can be brought slowly into maturity and | a solid relationship with society.
l don't have | all that much time.
Then I suggest a firm, | but kindly spanking.
Oh, so you're going to beat me up | just 'cause some computer tells you to? You.
l thought you were | my friend.
Spanking? You know, buddy, | that's not a bad idea.
Wait.
Come here.
You're not really going to do | it, are you? Of course l'm not.
You know, nobody | but Joey ever spanked me.
And he was like you.
| He only threatened.
Well, if he's a little bit like | me, then maybe, just maybe l'm a little bit like him.
Yeah.
You're a lot like him.
lt's just l don't know.
| What? Hey, it's okay to be scared.
We're gonna lose the house and the truck, | and there's not gonna be anything left.
lt's not right.
And even you and that fancy | Foundation can't help us.
l am gonna help.
| l am gonna help.
You know why? | Because l care about you.
l care about you, | and l care about your mama and l care about | your brother, Joe.
Now, l'm betting everything | that l can deliver for you.
All you've got to do | is one simple little thing.
Trust me.
That's it.
How about it, cutie? That's my girl, | that's my girl.
There is no Joe Flynn or an lndependent organization | for you to deal with, Linden.
Well, l still have | an arrangement.
l have been dealing with | the Flynn family for years and l gave my word.
| And they gave theirs.
They said they'd | deliver and they can't.
You've got over | 100 tons of produce in every day starting tomorrow.
You truck with me | or it'll sit in here and rot.
Can you afford that? | You know l can't, Shatner.
That would put me and lot | of farmers out of business.
Then you should sign | for the season's crop now.
'Course, doing business | with a reputable firm it is a little more | expensive.
About 15%.
l can't manage that much.
| Then don't pay it.
The lndependents will deliver | your crop at the quoted price.
Who are you? For the sake of conversation, | why don't you call me Flynn.
Flynn is finished.
You must | be looking to join him.
Now, you tried that | and you couldn't pull it off.
l'm here to confirm, | Mr.
Linden.
Mama Flynn said | that you could deal for her and l'd like to help.
But l represent a lot of people | and l'm responsible to them.
You got the message, | big boy.
Bye-bye.
Sign both- | What if l guarantee it? Guarantee it? Just how would you go about | that? How about a completion bond? lf you can put up | a $50,000 bond by midnight then you get the contract.
l'll put up a hundred.
| Fifty is sufficient, Shatner.
l did have a deal | with Flynn first.
lf he meets the bond, | then he's got it.
You know where to get in | touch with me.
Thank you, sir.
And when they can't make it, you're | gonna come back to talk to me.
Only it's gonna cost you | 30% this time.
You might as well | make it 50% because you're never gonna | have a chance to collect it.
Did we arrive in time? | Just in time.
Now for phase two.
Hey, what do you | think you're doing? l was checking | for smoke damage.
What's that supposed to mean? | Figure it out yourself.
Yeah, l'll just do that.
As a matter of fact, | l'll be waiting for you.
l don't care what you have to do.
| l want those lndependents stopped.
They'll be in convoys.
| lt's gonna take a lot of men.
Then get them.
lt's not just money now.
| That guy's got it in for me.
He's not going to stop till | he gets me.
All the better.
When you wreck that convoy, make | sure he doesn't live through it.
A $50,000 bond? Michael, you've got | to be round the bend.
You want the truckers to | go down without a chance? Joe Flynn to stay in jail? | Of course not.
Mama Flynn and Sally? | No.
And The Foundation to look | like fools? Naturally not.
Look, we're all in this together.
| What is a $50,000 bond among friends? All right, Michael.
l have | a couple of calls to make.
By the way, how are you going | to replace Flynn's truck? l've got an idea.
Devon, it's going | to be all right.
But The Foundation mobile unit | to haul produce? Really, Michael.
I don't know | how you talked me into it.
Don't blame me, Devon.
| You always told me you'd never do anything | you don't really want to do.
Well, that's the way I always felt, | till now.
You'll get used to it.
By the way, what kind | of produce is it? Onions.
Onions? Really, Michael.
Barring any accidents, the | smell could last for months.
Well, if you whistle | or put a pin in your mouth l won't have to watch a grown | man cry.
l gotta go, Devon.
Yes, just as well.
Good | luck, Michael.
Thanks, Devon.
Michael, I've come | to understand your humor but don't you think you're | being a little rough on Devon? No.
Thank you for your prompt answer.
Ready? | All set.
l think you guys know this is Shatner | and his group's last shot at us.
Let them come.
| l think they will.
Keep moving.
| Sure.
Stick together.
Get the cement truck | in position and let's take them out.
l don't like this, partner.
| Everything's going too smooth.
Well, then you'll | be happy to hear that I'm picking up | a signal from the homing device on the Curtis | truck.
Great.
What's the location? Moving towards | the rear of the convoy.
There are two vehicles | with it.
Mom, watch out on your blind | side.
What are you doing here? Yell at me later, just drive.
That's our man, let's get him.
Wait, Michael, | there's something up ahead.
There's a vehicle blocking the road and | it contains 10 tons of broken concrete.
All right, give me | what l need.
Michael, I said it contains | 10 tons of concrete.
You're not going to | Not without you, partner.
Shatner, you there? It's over, Shatner.
| We can't stop them.
Finish them off.
| You can catch them.
You do it.
l'm done.
Let's get out of here.
Which one do we want, Michael? | Curtis.
The cops can pick up | Shatner anytime.
That's Curtis | off to the right.
All right, how do you | suggest we take him? Gently, Michael.
Gently.
I hate making excuses | to Bonnie.
She worries.
All right, all right.
| l'll do my best.
Okay, micro jam his brakes.
| My pleasure, Michael.
Turbo boost, now! Hey, what are you hassling me | for, man? You could've killed me.
Like you tried to kill | the people in the convoy, huh? l don't know what you're talking | about.
l'm on my way to pick up a load.
You wanna see some pictures? KlTT, punch up the pictures of | our friend here and the convoy.
Take a look.
Now, zoom in on that one.
| Hold it right there.
You see that picture? That picture and the homing | device l planted in the truck tie you up on this one.
Now, would you also like to see the | pictures of you cutting Janetti's brakes? Wait a minute, | hold on.
Can we talk? l mean, l'm not the one making | the big score here, you know.
KlTT, hit the record button.
Ready, Michael.
All right, | start talking and give him to me.
All right, Michael.
Thanks, man.
| You got it.
Take care.
Geez, l think you look great.
| All right.
It's nice to have a family and | friends to come back to.
We've got a family.
| We got Devon, we got Bonnie.
l got you.
| Thank you, Michael.
You know, you really | are a good guy.
You know, that really | means a lot to me.
l mean, we won | the whole thing.
The lndependent Association, | Joey out of jail everything's | going to be just great.
Take care, little girl.
Could you lean down a little? l gotta go.
You know, Michael, | we're going to miss her.
Yeah, if she was just ten years older and two feet taller.