Knight Rider (1982) s04e01 Episode Script

What was that? | It's a huge armored vehicle.
This is Edward Mulhare.
Tonight, a special two-hour | Knight Rider from Chicago.
For all intents and purposes, | KITT is dead.
That's not Devon Miles.
I propose that Michael Knight | be placed on probation.
I think we can get | a 40% increase in speed and a new braking system.
Bump him! An explosive detonator has | been added to the ramrod since our last meeting.
Knight Rider, | a shadowy flight into the dangerous world | of a man who does not exist.
Michael Knight, | a young Ioner 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, sweetheart.
| It's 6:00 in the morning.
Give me a break.
Can't | this wait till I get home? You don't have to tell me | how serious this is.
I know how serious this is.
I don't care | what Ellen says I wasn't flirting with her | sister.
I barely know her.
Recognize the man | in the booth? It's not Frank.
We don't have control of the | guard booth.
Our man's not here.
I understand.
Yes, sir.
What the I'll call you back.
Hello, police? No! I'm sorry, your call could not | be completed as dialed.
Please check the directory | and dial again.
''Call me Ishmael.
'' | What? Our game, Michael.
Don't tell | me you've forgotten already.
''Call me Ishmael.
'' | Everyone knows this book.
All right, ''Call me Ishmael.
'' | Let's see, that's gotta be Sounds like Hemingway.
| Wrong.
Good morning, Michael.
''Call me Ishmael.
'' | I beg your pardon? The first line of what novel? Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
| Everyone knows that.
Oh, man, it was on | the tip of my tongue.
What's up? | I'm going to ask you to postpone | your present assignment and meet me as soon | as possible in Chicago.
Sounds serious.
Yes, I'm | afraid it is, on several fronts.
A Foundation-sponsored laboratory | has inadvertently produced a mysterious, | powerful new isotope which needs safeguarding during | a temporary layover in Chicago.
Babysitting.
| Sounds like a piece of cake.
It's not as simple | as it sounds.
Cernium 116 is volatile | and potentially dangerous.
So, unfortunately, | is the second front.
What's the second front? The Knight Foundation's annual | Board of Directors meeting is scheduled | for this afternoon and you have been requested | to attend with me.
Oh, Devon, anything | but another black-tie affair.
Come on, | tell them KITT and I Tell them | we're not feeling well.
I'm afraid you don't | understand, Michael.
Wilton Knight's daughter, | Jennifer has resigned from the | President's Advisory Council to take a more active interest in | the Knight Foundation's operations.
No kidding.
I didn't think | she was interested in FLAG.
You'd be surprised | just how interested.
Number one on her agenda is to phase out | the Foundation for Law and Government.
Michael, I don't understand.
Neither do I.
Where were you? You were | supposed to be at the booth.
He wasn't.
| ''Why'' is irrelevant.
Jim, I was on my way.
| I got a flat tire.
I called tow service, | the guy said 10 minutes.
Jim, tell him, please.
Come on, it wasn't my fault.
I swear | - Frank.
Mr.
Nordstrom, I This is mechanical perfection.
I expect that from | everyone and everything.
Now, when will | the additional armor and the contact detonating tip | be ready for testing? With any luck, sometime before | 2400 hours tomorrow night.
Mr.
Hower, we've been presented | with a unique opportunity.
The isotope Cernium 116.
If we lose it, | it's gone forever.
Yes, sir.
The point is, sometime before | 2400 hours tomorrow night with or without luck.
Ah, Chicago.
The Windy City, | a toddlin' town.
You seem awfully chipper | considering what Devon said.
I can't believe it's a | real possibility, Michael.
I've come to the conclusion | it's much ado about nothing which, though | not from a novel- I know, I know, it's the title | of a play by Willie Shakespeare.
Really, Michael? All | right.
William Shakespeare.
Thank you.
| Don't mention it.
I'm picking up a robbery alarm | on the police band, Michael.
Two males, Caucasian, one | is six foot, denim jacket the other in a sweatshirt, | and something quite odd.
What's the odd part? They're being chased by a | man wearing a strange costume.
It could be that ''Street | Avenger'' we've been hearing about.
All right, | let's give him a hand.
Hey, man! Through that alley | on the left, Michael.
All right, | I'll take it on foot! Right on.
Hi.
I'm here to see a gentleman | by the name of Devon Miles.
Is he expecting you? Yes, he is.
My name is Michael | - Michael! It's all right, he's with me.
Thank you.
Hi.
| Hello, how are you? Good.
| You'll need this ID card.
Okay.
| You made very good time.
Well, I had to.
| The suspense is killing me.
Yes, it is exciting, | isn't it? No, I'm talking about Jennifer | Knight and the board of directors.
Yes, of course.
| Well, all in due time.
First, I have to | show you something.
We bombarded a mass of | plutonium with titanium ions thereby creating | a new isotope.
What's that in English? | That is English.
Oh.
May I introduce Cernium 116.
Fortunately, | it's encased in lead because preliminary tests | indicate it's more radioactive | than uranium.
It may turn out to be the | scientific discovery of the decade.
Devon, why the layover | in Chicago? And how long? It was merely a precautionary | measure, Michael.
We're still charting | its half-life.
Our best guess is somewhere | between 36 and 48 hours.
Thank you.
It proven to be | a highly unstable material transportable only | in its inactive cycle.
Meaning it's active right now.
Yes.
Preparations are being made | at Bergen Rock Laboratories for its permanent home.
I think we'd better go, we don't | want to keep the Board waiting.
Heaven forbid.
Excuse me, Mr.
Miles.
An | urgent message for you, sir.
Thank you.
You're to report immediately to | Dr.
Jonas Quinlin's residence.
I have a cab waiting.
| It's impossible.
I have an important meeting | in 15 minutes.
Sir, they did say | it was urgent.
Devon, who is Dr.
Quinlin? One of the top | nuclear physicists.
He dates back | to the Manhattan Project.
We're bringing him in | as a consultant.
Sounds to me | like you should go.
What about the meeting? I'll be fine, | you know.
Best behavior, I promise.
Decorum at all costs.
At all costs? | Absolutely.
Come in, please.
Good afternoon.
| Good afternoon.
I'm Devon Miles.
I have an | appointment with Dr.
Quinlin.
Oh, he isn't here.
I received | an urgent message from him.
I was pulled away | from a most important meeting.
Oh, I'm sorry, there must | be some mistake.
He left for | a conference downtown.
I'm Marta Simmons, | Doctor Quinlin's assistant.
How do you do? The conference | is at Thortex.
Are you familiar | with the city? I'm afraid not.
| It's been some time.
Well, if you'd like, I'd be | very happy to drive you over.
No, thank you.
But if you'd be | kind enough to call a taxi for me? Yes, certainly.
Keep the change.
| Thank you very much.
I'm Devon Miles.
I want | to see Dr.
Quinlin, please.
One moment, please.
Send him up.
Excuse me, are you | one of the chauffeurs? No.
My name | is Michael Knight.
I'm from the Foundation | for Law and Government.
I see.
Of course.
Gentlemen.
You'll be notified when | your presence is requested.
Good afternoon, Mr.
Miles.
Dr.
Quinlin! What's the meaning of this? I wouldn't concern myself with | meaning right now, if I were you.
I'd concern myself | with survival.
I understand that Devon Miles | won't be attending.
Yes, sir.
Devon had | to attend an emergency meeting | with Dr.
Quinlin.
I see.
This particular | segment of the meeting has been requested | by Miss Knight so I respectfully turn | the chair over to her.
Thank you, Mr.
Lloyd.
Gentlemen, I'll get | right to the point.
Generous though the Knight | Foundation's resources may be they are finite.
They demand choices.
We find ourselves | on the cusp of a new age.
An age of technology, of quantum | leaps in pure and applied research.
Witness the discovery | of Cernium 116.
If we use this gift we have within our grasp the | resources to help change the world.
If we simply spend it all we'll do is continue | to fund a project like FLAG.
To borrow a phrase, | gentlemen ''A picture is worth | a thousand words.
'' Jeffrey.
What you see here | is a waste of resources.
Human and otherwise.
State-of-the-art technology | to support a James Bond fantasy run amok.
Mr.
Knight? You know, I wasn't sure about | what was gonna come down here.
I considered | all possibilities, except an outright | indictment of FLAG and the people | who make it work.
It turns out I'm really glad | that Devon's not here.
This stuff would break his | heart.
That's a cheap shot! Gentlemen, I wasn't born | into money or to influence I don't have | a PhD in Physics and I'm not exactly sure what ''cusps of a new age'' | means, or ''quantum leaps.
'' Sounds great.
| I hope it happens.
In the meantime, | I agree the world needs help.
There's war, there's | starvation, there's disease.
Any feeling human being | wants to see it end.
Your father, Wilton Knight, | felt the same way.
But he also felt very strongly | about the law.
And about the rights | of the individual.
Your father, on his deathbed, | took my hand and he bequeathed to me | the belief that one man | can make a difference.
That's what FLAG is all about.
| One man can make a difference.
That's what I'm about.
And whether you people | approve of our methods it's necessary | to get the job done.
That's it.
This is obviously a complex | and highly charged issue.
And, due to circumstances, | we've not yet had the benefit | of Devon Miles' thinking.
I therefore postpone | a final decision until Friday.
However, until that time I propose that | funds for FLAG be suspended and that its operative, Michael | Knight, be placed on probation.
What exactly does that mean? It means no more notoriety no more stunts, | no more car chases no more James Bond fantasies.
This is insane.
Is it insane to reproduce | the one man responsible for security | at the vault? The one man | to whom Jennifer Knight Iooks with total confidence? You're wasting | your time.
By the time | plastic surgery heals the Cernium will be secure | at Bergen Rock.
I cannot work | with him talking.
The measurements | must be precise.
You listen, I'll talk.
When we're finished, | Mr.
Elliott over there will look exactly like you, | in every detail.
You see, | this isn't plastic surgery.
This is a concept | borrowed from the future.
Laser reconstruction.
It requires no surgery and the results | are virtually immediate.
Your time is over.
Back.
Roger, come back here! What are you doing? Yes? Hi.
My name is Michael Knight, | I'm a colleague of Devon Miles.
Oh, yes, yes.
Won't | you come in? Thank you.
If he and Doctor Quinlin aren't too | busy, I'd like to see him for a minute.
He isn't here.
| That is, Dr.
Quinlin.
I'm afraid there was | a big mix-up in plans today.
Look, would you excuse me? I'm just | gonna stick him in the other room.
Sure.
You know, | he's not usually like this.
There you go.
I think he knows he's having | an operation tomorrow.
Nothing serious, I hope.
| He's being fixed.
They tell me it'll make him less | excitable.
Yeah, I imagine so.
Any idea | where I can find Devon? Well, Dr.
Quinlin had a meeting | at a place called Thortex and Mr.
Miles took a taxi | over there.
Is something wrong? I don't know.
I just haven't heard | from Devon in a couple of hours.
It's just not like him.
| Where's Thortex? Well Well, look, I have some | messages for Dr.
Quinlin.
If you like, | I'll drive you over there.
Tell you what, we'll split | the difference.
I'll drive you.
Okay.
My name is Michael Knight and this is Marta Simmons, | Dr.
Quinlin's assistant.
We're here to see the doctor | and Devon Miles, please.
One moment, please.
Ardell, come here.
| What, what, what? Will you look | at this T-top here? Man, how many times I gotta | tell you? It ain't new.
You're gonna rip a car, | it might as well be new.
Yeah, but Ardell, it's in | great shape.
Look at the- Shape! So what? Who cares? Sugar Ray Leonard's in great | shape, but he's retired.
Dig? Come on.
What ''dig''? | I'm talking about cars you're talking | about Sugar Ray Leonard? What is You know, I don't | understand you sometimes.
Whoever accused car thieves | of having taste? Sugar Ray Leonard indeed! I'm Jim Hower.
I'm afraid neither Dr.
Quinlin | nor Mr.
Miles are here.
Where are they? I really couldn't say.
They | left together over an hour ago.
Maybe they're back | at the house.
No, Devon would have | called me in the car.
Who did they meet with? Are you always | this persistent? Are you always this evasive? Gentlemen, please.
I'm sure | everything is all right.
She's sure, I'm not.
Now, once | again, who did they meet with? Wait here.
I share your dream.
I know you do.
Oh, I'm sorry, sir, I didn't | - What is it? Trouble downstairs.
That guy who works with | Devon Miles, Michael Knight he won't take no | for an answer.
Stall him.
I'll be with | Elliott in the security room.
Yes, sir.
Anything else? No.
Yes.
Next time, | knock before you enter.
Mr.
Knight.
They're | trying to locate him now.
Excuse me, Mr.
Knight? | It's Devon Miles for you.
Devon? Michael, what | are you doing at Thortex? I'm looking for you.
| Where are you? Dr.
Quinlin and I haven't | stopped moving, Michael.
He's an extraordinary man.
| You're going to like him.
Now, what happened | at the board meeting? That's a long story.
Look, | we've got a lot to talk- Yes, not now, Michael.
| I really have to go.
Dr.
Quinlin and I | have a meeting with the physicist with whom he | worked on the Manhattan Project.
I'll be in touch.
Thank you.
Are they still together? | Yeah.
Come on.
Well? No problems | with my clipped consonants? You did fine.
Thank you.
I'm sorry, sir.
I didn't mean | to interrupt you and the doctor.
Mr.
Hower, do you have a problem | with Dr.
Von Furst and me? I don't understand it, sir.
| You could have anyone you want.
Dr.
Von Furst | fills a very special need.
Right now, I want Michael Knight | out of the way.
He's dangerous.
I handled him.
With the help of a phone call | you handled him.
I want him | out of the way.
Soon.
Tonight.
Is something wrong? | Oh, I don't know.
Nothing I can | put my finger on.
But you talked | to him on the phone.
Michael, if something's wrong, | please tell me.
Now I'm starting | to worry about Dr.
Quinlin.
You know, Devon's always accusing me | of having an overactive imagination.
I mean what could happen to them, | anyway? A bad bottle of wine? A touch too much tarragon | in their veal piccata? Will this security project | be taking all your time? Well, it better not, 'cause I'm already | planning on spending some of it with you.
Business, of course.
| Not on your life.
Well, I'll have | to take Roger along.
The vet said he needs a lot of | affirmation before his operation.
Well, that eliminates | plane rides, movies and I tell you what.
I'll settle for | outdoor cafes and long, quiet walks.
You could be asking | for problems, Michael Knight.
That's exactly | what I'm doing, Marta Simmons.
I'm asking.
I gotta check in | at the vault make sure the new isotope | is resting comfortably.
I will call you as soon | as I get out of there.
I'll be waiting.
Good.
Michael, we really must talk.
| What's up, buddy? How do I look? What's wrong, | aren't you feeling well? I feel fine.
| I'm asking you how I look.
KITT, you look great.
| Same as always.
That's exactly my point.
| I never change.
Well, you're only | three years old.
I mean, come on, | that's pre-kindergarten.
For a human being, yes, but for | an automobile, it's different.
We age more quickly.
Not you, KITT.
| You are ageless.
I am? | You defy time.
I do? | You do.
Thank you, Michael.
Don't mention it.
Michael.
| I've got you, pal! All right, full scan the area.
I want to make sure we're | not double-teamed up ahead.
Come on, come on, bring | him down! I'm trying! But the bullets | are just bouncing off.
I'm afraid we are Michael.
They've | got the road blocked up ahead.
All right, hit it! All right, give me all | the turbo boost you've got.
Michael, we may not clear.
No choice pal, hit it! Michael, I don't understand.
| Who would try to kill you? Why? Good questions, partner.
| Wish I had some answers.
Perhaps it's a repercussion | from our last assignment.
I don't think so.
There was only one person who | knew where we were going and when.
Marta.
| You got it.
Okay, guys, let's back off.
We're | going to test the detonating tip.
She's all yours.
Ready, Mike? Okay, ready now.
Three, two, one, fire.
We're getting closer.
| Closer is not good enough! It still didn't penetrate.
Hower.
What do you mean, | ''he escaped''? I told Mr.
Nordstrom | he was taken care of.
What did you say? His car did what? Who is it? Michael Knight, | back from the dead.
Open up.
Michael, thank God | you're all right.
Two men.
Right after you left, there | was a knock on the door I thought it was you | coming back again.
Michael, they asked me | where you were going but when I didn't tell them, | one of them hit me.
Come on, sit down, | come on.
They hit me.
Roger bit his leg and he | kicked him across the room.
It's all right.
No idea who they were | or why they wanted to kill me? No.
Michael, what's going on? I haven't heard | from Dr.
Quinlin and now these men | are trying to kill you.
Is there something | you're not telling me? No.
No.
Is there something | you're not telling me? Why do you feel | you even have to ask? I don't know Dr.
Quinlin.
| I barely know you.
But Devon Miles is like a father | to me.
If something happens to him- Oh, Michael.
I feel exactly the same way | about Dr.
Quinlin.
Why do you think I'd ever | do anything to harm him? Okay.
Look, I gotta go.
I guess I don't have | to tell you to keep the doors locked.
No, you don't.
I'll call you | if anything develops.
Oh, no, not these two again.
Ardell, come here.
Quiet.
Notice the T-top.
It's the same one | we saw before.
Yeah, I know that, | but it looks better at dark.
I think you're expecting | too much.
It's not an oracle.
Hey, Bonnie.
When did you get in? | Earlier this evening.
I told them not to tell you.
| I wanted to surprise you.
Well, you did.
Wait a minute, how | did you get past the palm print? Devon left orders | to include me.
Speaking of Devon, I'm | worried about him.
Why? I don't know, | something's going on here.
I just can't | put my finger on it.
Well, he's got | a lot on his mind.
He always has | a lot on his mind.
It never stopped him from | staying in contact before.
Michael, for the sake | of the project give it at least | until noon tomorrow.
Because given what we're dealing | with, if there's a whisper of anything irregular and | the press gets wind of it- I'll be discreet | until tomorrow.
In the meantime, | you hold down the fort here? Okay, I'll see you.
I got a way | that never fails.
Oh, yeah.
Right through | the old windshield.
Right, go for it.
Hit it man, hit it.
| Yo! Uh-uh.
We don't play that game | in this neighborhood.
That's that guy that That's the guy they call | the Street Avenger, man.
Now I don't want | to see your faces again! All right.
All right.
| Cool.
Cool.
Get! Go, man! Michael, I think you just | missed the Street Avenger.
My loss, buddy.
| We've got bigger problems.
Devon's got to be | somewhere in this city.
I want you to access his Chicago | contacts over the last three years.
I want to talk to | every single one of them.
That could take all night.
Not if we're lucky, pal.
| Not if we're lucky.
Hower tells me your pain | threshold is quite high.
I want this secret formula that makes your Michael | Knight car invulnerable and high threshold or not, | I'll get it.
I don't know the complete | formula.
No single person does.
I have some background on you.
You are one of three who knows | its key components.
All I need is its chemical | base to develop a neutralizer.
As you say, I have a | high threshold for pain.
And I lack the time | to enjoy your discomfort.
An innovative | new truth serum.
In some cases it can produce brain | damage, but you leave me no choice.
Look, I want to see Hower | right now.
I'm not sure he's in.
| Make sure he's in, right now.
Tell him | I'll be right down.
Get Mr.
Nordstrom | for me, quick.
I'll save him a trip.
Wait.
Only authorized personnel | are allowed on the second floor.
He won't get far, sir.
| I promise you.
Mr.
Hower assured me | the building was secure.
Well, don't feel alone.
He assured me that Devon | Miles was perfectly fine.
What makes you | think he isn't? Probably a wasted night | looking in all the wrong places.
And since you pushed | that button over there I'll think I'll get | right to the point.
I want to see Mr.
Miles | right now, in the flesh.
And if you don't? I'll tear this | building apart piece by piece starting with you.
Hold it! Michael! I am so sorry.
I promised to | keep in touch and I haven't.
But as you see, things | have been so hectic here.
So much to accomplish | in so little time.
Well, I trust you've kept | yourself occupied? Yeah, you could say that.
| Good.
Well, Michael, I have | so much to tell you.
Really, Mr.
Hower, you must | learn to be more careful.
You weren't worried, | were you? Of course I was worried.
I thought you'd be interested | in seeing this.
I'm not quite as sure as you | are that everything is in order.
Devon, I've covered | everything.
There's no way | of getting into this vault without passing through | three security checks.
We've got the men rotating every | four hours to make sure they're alert.
The Cernium 116 | seems to be stabilizing and I've laid out | four different exit routes.
Any three can | be used as decoys.
I don't doubt your | professionalism, Michael.
All I'm saying is that I wish to | check everything to my satisfaction.
I couldn't agree more.
a subordinate | to determine security.
If you want | to delay the transfer I'll explain it to the Board | and back your decision.
How much time | will you need? A minimum of 24 hours.
Consider it done.
We're due for the consultant's | briefing in 15 minutes.
I hate to see a man with half | Devon's experience and only a fraction of his | intelligence, question his judgment.
And don't forget, | you're on suspension.
If I didn't know better, | I'd think Devon Miles was grandstanding | for Miss Jennifer Knight.
Now if he is, he's probably | trying to keep FLAG alive.
I don't question that.
I question his style, | his attitude.
For a moment there | I felt myself feeling something | I've never felt before.
I found myself disliking him.
Hello.
Where are we with the | contact detonating tip? We're making final adjustments | now.
She'll be ready in time.
Are you still thinking | about Devon? Maybe I'm overreacting.
I mean, he's probably tired, | and he's not a kid anymore.
Perhaps I could give him | a medical scan.
I do not, however, | share your thoughts about age.
Oh, no, you're not gonna start | on me about this again, are you? No, Michael.
Since you don't wish | to discuss that problem with me I intend to continue to work | with you during my decline.
As you requested, I checked | the police computers.
The semi had been | reported stolen and neither the city | nor the state had authorized any road crews | on that off-ramp.
The Board of Directors | wants my hide and now someone else | wants my bones.
And by the way, | I hope you realize that if it weren't | for your abilities your turbo boost and your | expert tracking radar system I wouldn't have made it | over that truck back there.
I'd be talking to you | from a cloud right about now.
Thank you, Michael, | but how did I look? Am I interrupting | a family argument? I think you just | saved us from one.
Then I'll add | the eternal triangle to it.
I just received | an urgent call from Marta.
Is she all right? I don't know.
She simply said she wanted | to meet you at Timmons and Fifth Street.
All right, thanks, Bonnie, | I'm on my way.
There's a taxi approaching | on your left, Michael and Marta's in it.
All right.
Hang in there, | pal.
I'll be right back.
Thank you very much.
What's up? I got a call, a man's voice.
He wants to meet you at the end | of those abandoned warehouses.
Did he say what about? He said there was something about | Cernium 116 you should know before it's too late.
Oh, dear.
Bull's-eye to Target Control, | mission accomplished.
You know, you could have just | left me a message.
Then you wouldn't have | let me come with you.
I still won't.
| You're gonna wait right here.
Michael, it could | be a trap.
Well, if it is, I got | a few surprises for them.
Listen, be careful.
Thanks.
Stay here, okay? Okay.
What'd you do, buddy? | Take a shower? Please Michael, no humor.
No humor.
Keep your | scanners peeled, pal.
Okay, KITT, scan the area | for anything unusual.
I'm getting a false reading | from my scanners, Michael.
There must be a huge, unshielded | electrical system nearby.
All right, | try the heat sensors.
Varying temperatures, Michael.
We're | sitting on underground steam lines.
All right, I'm going to | slow down a little bit here.
KITT, do the best you can, | 'cause I'm still going in.
I was afraid of that.
Michael, I've picked up | something.
I can't read it.
What was that? | It's a huge armored vehicle.
All right, give me | a damage report.
Rear stabilizer's out.
| Traction control nonfunctional.
Michael, we're no longer protected | by the molecular bonded shell.
That's impossible! | Michael, we're losing power.
Michael, we're virtually defenseless.
| Abandon ship and save yourself.
Not a chance, pal.
| We'll use what we got left.
Michael! Michael, are you all right? Bonnie? Yeah, I'm okay.
Are you sure? I'm all right.
| I'm all right.
What happened? KITT's- | We He'll be okay.
You just fix him.
You | always fix him up real good.
Don't worry, KITT, | she'll fix you up, buddy.
Let's get out of here.
KITT? KITT, you all right? KITT? KITT, talk to me! Talk to me! Michael, I just | don't believe this not with KITT's | molecular bonded shell.
That was | my first reaction, too.
Then I realized there's only | one possible explanation.
Devon, someone found a way | to neutralize it.
Impossible.
No one person knows the | formula, you know that.
I know that, and I had | Bonnie analyze a chip.
Come here, take a look.
It appears | to be fragmented.
Devon, it was sprayed | with a destabilizing agent specially formulated to do | exactly what it did.
I know where it happened, and when | and one of the key players involved.
Dr.
Quinlin's | doe-eyed little assistant.
Marta? Michael, | you can't be serious.
I'm dead serious.
Are any of his | internal systems still intact? I'm afraid we have an | enormous job ahead of us.
I see.
What you're saying is, that to all | intents and purposes, KITT is dead.
I wouldn't exactly | put it that way.
Well, that's the essence | of it, isn't it? I'm afraid | we must face the facts.
Bonnie, you're to return to | the Foundation with KITT and await | further instructions.
Michael, you're always complaining | about aborted vacations.
Well, now is your chance.
| Now? Yes, four whole weeks | to do with as you please.
What is going on here? You just don't | throw KITT away like a TV set or a toaster.
And what about the assignment? What | about the security of Cernium 116? As far as security is concerned, I'm | satisfied that it is perfectly adequate.
As far as KITT is concerned well, look at him.
| Face the facts.
He's dead.
I'm sorry, | but that is my decision.
Michael, send me a postcard.
''Call me Ishmael.
'' I beg your pardon.
| You remember.
The first line | from a classic novel.
You were right, | it was Hemingway.
Of course.
I don't believe what just happened.
| Michael, what is wrong with him? You're not going | to believe this either.
But that's not Devon Miles.
Don't ask me what's going | on here or how it happened but that is not Devon.
You're not going back to the Foundation | and I'm not going on vacation.
We're gonna stay right here and | we're gonna rebuild KITT ourselves.
Michael, you don't just | - Bonnie, just go with me on this, okay? Find a garage.
We've got less than 24 hours | before they can move the Cernium.
We've got less than 24 hours to | figure out what's going on here.
End of the line.
Wait a | minute, where's the alley? You'll have to find that on your | own.
I've been mugged down here twice.
This is as far as I go now.
| That'll be $14.
90.
Thanks.
Excuse me, I'm looking for an | alley behind a surplus store Yeah, you've got your own | problems there, buddy.
Hey! Why don't you give me $10? I'm a little short | on cash tonight, guys.
We'll take whatever you've got, | dude.
Every little bit helps.
Come on, give me $10.
| Come on, brother.
What's $10 | to a dude like you, huh? Why don't you give me $10? Give me $10! | Come on, man.
Come on.
Cool it, suckers.
Ain't that | the Street Avenger? Ain't you the same creeps | I stopped just last week? No, man.
That wasn't | us, was it? Come on.
Let's get out of here.
| Let's get out of here, quick! Let's go.
Come on! Run, run! You Michael Knight? | Yeah.
Bonnie said | you might get lost.
You look familiar.
We met the other day.
Different alley, | similar circumstances.
Yeah.
Follow me.
Bonnie, I found him.
Good.
Hello, Michael.
| I'll be right out.
By the way, Reginald | Cornelius III, RC3 for short.
RC3.
| Hey.
Hey, thanks for that.
No big deal, man.
Excuse me? | It's rubber.
Yeah, I can see that.
All right, see, what happened | is, a few months back things started getting | pretty nasty around here.
So I borrowed this M-16 that my | brother brought back from 'Nam You want some coffee? | No.
All right.
So anyway, | I borrow this M-16 I get all dressed up | like this and I run around the city | calling myself the Street Avenger.
I shot up a couple | of gang rides, you know.
No big thing.
Anyway, I made myself | the dummy rifle out of rubber.
You do this often? Well, not much anymore.
| I'm in semi-retirement.
Oh.
Oh, yeah.
How do you like the garage? Um It's the cheapest thing | I could find.
And given our nonexistent | budget, I grabbed it.
Given our nonexistent budget, | I love it.
It belongs | to RC3's father.
Your dad.
| Yeah.
Don't tell me.
RC2.
Any luck this afternoon? | No.
Marta's gone.
She took everything | she needed: Clothes, dog.
How's KITT coming? I think we bit off a little | more than we could chew.
Wait a minute.
You said you could | get by with the equipment in the semi.
I can to a point.
I can recreate | his systems and technology.
But the structural damage was a | little bit more than I bargained for.
To repair that, I'd need a | fully-equipped machine shop and skilled technicians.
From your lips to RC3's ears.
Who is this guy, anyway? The Street Avenger.
All right.
All right.
| Yo, yo, yo.
Come on, man.
| Yo.
All right.
All right, now, Bonnie, say | hello to your new pit crew.
Hey, guys, | this is the boss, Bonnie.
Now, this tall guy is Michael.
Obliged, how you doing? All right, now this is | how it is.
Okay, now listen.
I answer to Bonnie, | you answer to me.
And this is the patient.
Let's check it out.
All right now, just cause | this is the ghetto does not mean that there's | no talent down here.
Don't let the way these guys look | fool you.
These brothers are bad.
Well, Cinderella, looks | like your wish came true.
Now, now, you must eat.
You must keep up | your strength.
You still have | an important role to play.
And, trooper that he is, I'm | sure he'll do an admirable job.
Cheer up, you won't | be here much longer.
Taxi! | Mr.
Miles! Mr.
Miles! Excuse me, do I know you? Yes, it's Marta Simmons.
Marta, I hardly | recognized you.
Where is Michael? Have you seen him? Is he | all right? Yes, of course.
He's a bit banged up | but he's all right.
Is something wrong? Yes, there is.
But I can't talk to you here.
If | any one from Thortex sees me There, there, my dear.
| Come with me.
No, I We'll find somewhere safe, | where we can talk.
Come, you'll be safe | with me.
Come.
No, I can't.
No, I can't.
Please, my dear, | I want to help.
You'll come with me | and we'll phone him together.
No, Mr.
Miles, you do it.
Just tell him | that I have to talk to him.
As soon as I find | a safe place, I'll call you.
All right, hey, you guys! Guys, we can't take | this long to tear it down.
Yeah, come on! Let's go.
| Let's move it.
If I could just find Marta.
| She's the key to all this.
Why, so she can set you up | for another execution? Roger.
What does that mean? Double A Kennels? Yes, hello.
I'm calling to check | on the condition of a patient.
It's a little dog.
| He's being fixed today.
His name is Roger.
I know it's a personal question, | but I'm a very close relative.
All right, thank you.
Bon Vivant Kennels? Hi.
So, Michael Knight has | apparently not gone on vacation.
Bonnie Barstow has not | returned to FLAG headquarters.
And now I learn this Marta | Simmons you recruited is running about the city | talking to anyone who will listen! You told me | she was beyond question.
She'd never failed before.
Neither have I.
I won't again, | I promise you.
Then find her.
Quickly! This steel wall | has a seam here.
It opens onto | the subway tunnel.
It should make it | 20 to 25% more vulnerable.
What about | the security system? There's an emergency | manual alert here.
It seals off | the entire vault area.
And access via | the palm print? This overrides it.
Good.
Nice day.
Devon told me you were | on a tropical vacation.
What did you do? Trade your | ticket in for burglars' tools? Okay, so you don't like me.
Except for the fact that you're | the daughter of a man I respected I don't like you | very much either.
But we got something | in common here.
Yeah, we're mammals.
Look, I don't have time for your | cute little insults right now so I'll get right | to the point.
There's a group of people who intend | to steal your precious Cernium 116.
That's impossible.
| The vault's impenetrable.
Nothing is impenetrable.
I know the machine they intend | to use, and I know the man.
Jennifer, the man | is Devon Miles.
You know, you really should | go on vacation.
You need one.
Jennifer, listen to me.
I'm telling you, the man you're | dealing with, the man you're trusting is not the real Devon Miles.
It's amazing.
It really is! Not only do you look like | my brother Garth, but you think like him.
Oh, that's it.
That's the | reason you hate me so much.
I remind you of | your brother Garth.
It's a good place | to start.
You're virtually | a reincarnation of him.
Garth was a criminal.
| Flip sides of the same coin.
Cops and criminals, | sinners and saints.
Just like Garth, | you're hooked on action to the point of inventing it | if it doesn't exist! I'm not inventing this.
It's my resignation.
And what do you want in return? | I want you to believe me.
Jennifer, I'm telling you, the man | you're trusting is not Devon Miles.
Now, if this Cernium 116 is as valuable | as you say it is, don't trust him.
You're asking a lot.
Yeah.
I'm offering a lot.
Everything that's important | to me everything I believe in, | it's right there.
All right.
All right, | I'll do what you ask.
But don't expect me | to trust you.
Your father did.
He's dead.
Not as long as FLAG is alive.
Oh, sorry.
Royale Hotel, please.
| 6th and Evans.
How's Roger? | A little less excitable? Michael.
| What are you doing here? I've been looking | everywhere for you.
Yeah, I'll bet you have.
| We got some talking to do.
Michael, I want to.
That's why I've been looking for | you.
I want to tell you everything.
It's the truth.
Yeah, I've heard that too many | times from too many people.
Marta, you lied to me You set me up.
And what's | worse, you set Devon up.
Michael, they asked me to pose | as Dr.
Quinlin's assistant.
I didn't know | what they were planning.
What happened | to his real assistant? She's all right.
She thinks she won a three-month | cruise around the world.
Nordstrom arranged it.
Really? What did | Nordstrom arrange for you? She's not in her room.
Let's check | that patio restaurant.
Nordstrom.
Everything seems | to come back to him.
Did Hower talk about | Nordstrom much? No, hardly at all.
| I think he's afraid of him.
Why? I think they've done | something to Devon.
I know it sounds real crazy, | and I don't know how but I think | they've reproduced him.
I mean, there's a guy walking | around that looks like Devon and talks like Devon, | but it's not him.
Oh, no, Michael, | I went to see him.
He asked me to call him | when I got settled and I did.
Come on, let's get out of here.
| It's not a good place for us to be.
Come on, come on, | come on! Over there, come on.
Come on, let's go.
Come on, let's go.
Get down! Go on, go on, go on, | get down! put a little spray | over here.
Wow! This is great! It's a car again.
This is | These guys are good.
Man, I told you | they were bad.
See, with all | the unemployment around they don't get a chance to | show their stuff very often.
So when they do, look out! Michael, I am telling you, this car | is going to do some great things.
Fantastic! I can't wait.
Where's Marta? She's | in the semi with Bonnie.
Man, if Bonnie could write checks | as quick as she writes blueprints we could build us | a whole fleet of KITTs.
Work on the car.
| All right, thanks.
Yo, Steve, Steve, man, give my | man a little room with that arc.
You're gonna | burn him to a crisp.
Hey? | Excuse me, Rembrandt.
What happened? | He's not there.
What about Dr.
Quinlin? | He's not there either.
I got in.
I got up | to the second floor where the security wing is, | just like you said.
I even managed to get into the | room where they were keeping him but he's gone.
Michael- | Now look, wait.
I honestly believe | that he's still alive.
My guess is they've got | something in mind for him.
Some kind of purpose | that ties in to whatever they're planning | for Cernium 116.
Bonnie, how's KITT coming? | We're running out of time here.
We're working as hard as | we can around here, Michael.
I've had to integrate | some concept changes into him.
Without his molecular bonded | shell he's just too vulnerable.
What concept changes? I think we can get | a 40% increase in speed.
Forty percent? lmproved maneuverability and a new | braking system to handle the increases.
Bonnie, that is incredible.
I have a surprise for you.
KITT? He has no preceptors yet but | I'll let him know you're here.
Michael, is that you? Yeah, it's me, buddy.
He can't hear you.
Oh, okay.
Tell him I'm fine and I'm looking forward | to working with him.
Me, too, bro.
| Sickbay ain't my style.
I'm the Knight Industries | Two Thousand, sure enough.
Ready to ramble, ready to | roll, ready to strut my stuff.
Does he always talk like | that? No.
Absolutely not.
Does he always talk like that? No.
He's just picked up a few | colloquialisms during his reprogramming.
I'm working on it.
Speaking of working Oh, yeah.
Look.
Let's get out | of here and get a cup of coffee.
''Strut my stuff.
'' Maybe you should | just go to the police.
With what? We don't have | any real evidence at all.
The only edge we got here is | KITT.
They think he's dead.
Michael, I've told you | everything I know.
Now, you told me everything | you think you know.
Now I need all the rest.
| Anything you might have heard.
Any conversation by telephone, | anything that's gonna give us a clue.
Wait a minute.
What did Hower call it? | What? The place he was going to meet | Nordstrom.
You said it was a restaurant.
Oh, yeah.
Someplace | called The Foundry.
Are you sure it was a | restaurant? What else could it be? Marta, did he say | it was a restaurant? No, no, I just assumed | it was.
Why? Come on.
There no local restaurant | or business called Foundry.
Or a local Thortex subsidiary.
It's a shell company, Michael, | it's a paper corporation.
I'm sorry.
Try Nordstrom.
What's | his first name? Philip.
Philip.
| Philip Nordstrom.
''President of Thortex, Inc.
'' It's the same thing, | it's a closed corporation.
Wait a minute.
He also owns half-interest in a | company that designs and manufactures anti-assault vehicles.
The Foundry.
Okay, I'm out of here.
This side up a little.
Hey, RC, you got some wheels | I can use? Yeah, it's right out back.
Now, it ain't much, but it's | a rag top with 320 horses.
patch it up right here a | little bit.
Let me just work out Wonder how he'll like riding | my convertible.
We should reach | the target area by 6:30 the departure area | by no later than 7:00.
Make sure Dr.
Quinlin's aboard | the plane in plenty of time.
I could have him | sedated and carried on.
It would be easier- | No, no sedatives.
I want to arrive with one of the | world's top nuclear physicists not a limp, | drooling old man.
Where are they? Where's | Devon Miles? Where did he go? Who're you? You don't have enough air | for questions, only answers.
Now, where is Devon Miles? All right, Bonnie, | listen to me.
They got Devon.
And they got the armored vehicle | that nearly destroyed KITT.
They are heading towards the | vault through the subway system.
I want you to call security | and alert them.
I'm on my way back.
| Have KITT ready.
I know that.
I know that.
I wish we had | a choice here, but we don't.
Even if he's at only 50%, that's | 50% more than I've got now.
Okay amigos, | ready to roll in 15 minutes! What? 15 minutes? | You crazy? You're sure this is ready | for transportation? Good morning.
| Good morning.
I wasn't expecting you | so early.
I understand the Cernium | is to be moved.
I wanted to be here | for the grand event.
Preparations are almost complete.
| It won't be much longer now.
How much longer? | Not more than half an hour.
I want all of you upstairs on | perimeter security.
I'll remain here.
Devon, I don't understand.
If you're preparing to move the | Cernium, why do you strip security? My dear Jennifer, you asked | me to provide security.
Please allow me provide it.
I have one or two | things to check.
I will secure the area | and meet you upstairs.
Who are you? It's a long story | and I'm short on time.
And for that matter, | so are you, my dear.
RC! Hey, the main man.
| We're almost finished.
Where's Bonnie? One second, Michael.
Come on, guys, move like | you're hearing sirens! Supper's in the backseat | and Mama's home hungry! RC3, what's this button? | What button? This one, marked ''C.
'' Come on, guys, I got to go.
| All right, all right.
Except for some fringe | programs, he's fully operational.
Michael, wait.
| I developed two new systems.
They won't make up for the loss | of his molecular bonded shell but they may help.
Thanks, Bonnie.
Thanks, fellas.
RC! Supper's in the back seat | and Mama's home hungry.
Yeah.
Hey, buddy, welcome back! Thank you, Michael.
It's certainly good | to be back.
Plot me the fastest route | to the vault, will you? Right away, Michael.
How do you feel? | I feel fine.
Michael, may I ask | you a question? Shoot.
How do I look? Some things never change.
According to Bonnie my new Super Pursuit Mode | and E.
B.
S produce an altered | configuration.
According to Bonnie, Super Pursuit | Mode also gives us 40% more speed.
But what's this E.
B.
S.
? Emergency Braking System.
I'm quite anxious | to see how I'll look.
Unless I missed my guess, | you'll get a chance real soon.
I have it, Michael.
May I suggest you try | my new Super Pursuit Mode? Why not? If we ever needed | an edge, it's right now.
Well, what do you think? | Wow! I take it you're pleased.
Pleased? Are you kidding? | I'm knocked out! Estimated time of arrival | has been reduced from 14 minutes | to eight minutes, 20 seconds.
Terrific.
It's not working.
| Use your weapon.
No good.
Get around back.
| Tom, Jim, get in here.
Now you see | your ultimate value.
A scapegoat.
The assumption being you masterminded | the theft of the Cernium accidentally blowing yourself | and Miss Knight up in the process.
That assumption will divert | attention from my escape and my plans | for our precious new element.
So, I bid you goodbye | and thank you.
Move back! Move it, move it, move it! You got some | serious speed here, pal.
Why don't we try our | Emergency Braking System? Good thinking, Michael.
Beautiful.
Beautiful.
KITT, what's this button | marked ''C'' over here? ''C?'' I have no idea.
Probably something Bonnie | forgot to tell us about, huh? All right, give me a scan and | infrared on the vault, will you? Michael, the vault has already been | entered through the sub-basement wall! What about the Cernium? None whatsoever, | but I'm picking up an explosive timing device | inside the vault and my heat sensors | indicate two people.
It's gotta be Devon.
| Can you micro jam it? It's mercury weighted.
| An attempt could set it off.
How much time's left? | Forty-seven seconds.
Goodbye! On the wall | to your left, Michael! In the nick of time, | as they say.
KITT, give me little help | with these cuffs, will you? Right away, Michael.
Michael, they've got | the Cernium! I heard them talking.
Philip Nordstrom is | a total fabrication.
Even his face was produced | by laser reconstruction.
He was Dr.
Von Furst's | initial subject.
You're losing me.
Philip Nordstrom is | an international terrorist.
He disappeared some years ago, | and he was thought to be dead.
But he's very much alive.
Now if he succeeds in getting | the Cernium out of the country- I read you now.
I'm on my way.
| I'll let you take care of Jennifer.
Between you and me, | her silence is a treat.
I haven't got a key.
All right, if the Juggernaut | was driving surface streets we'd be picking up | police reports.
KITT, scan the area for a | truck with a serious overload.
Right away, Michael.
I have one! | All right.
Good work.
Now, check for an airstrip | or a pier nearby.
Both within a mile, | but Lake Michigan only connects | with the other Great Lakes.
There's an airstrip | south of Soldier Field.
All right.
| That's gotta be it.
Plot me a course.
Let's hit Super Pursuit | Mode again.
By all means.
If I do say so, I'm quite | pleased with my new look.
Well, I'm pleased that you're | pleased, KITT.
Believe me, I'm pleased.
Mr.
Nordstrom, | I don't believe it! Stop him, | once and for all! Looks like we got | a fight on our hands, partner.
My Comprehensive | Configuration Analysis denotes no outward weak spots | in that monster.
An explosive Contact | Detonator has been added to the ramrod | since our last meeting.
That's the bad news.
Michael, don't forget, I have | no molecular bonded shell.
No, but we learned a few | things since our last encounter.
All right, let's not use Super | Pursuit Mode unless we have to.
Let's go.
Michael, the plane! | Got you, pal.
How long will it take that plane | to swing around for another takeoff? I estimate 22 seconds, | Michael.
That's exactly how much time we | got to get rid of that ramrod.
All right, let's slow it down.
| Let him stay close to us.
Get ready | for a little oil slick.
Turbo! Phew! All right, | they got a head start.
It's a real good time for | Super Pursuit Mode.
Oh, good.
Patch me into the plane.
You're patched in, Michael.
All right, folks, | everybody out.
It's all over.
Hand me that microphone.
I have Dr.
Quinlin.
Any further interference | and I'll kill him.
All right, the cops | are on the way.
I can keep you | here indefinitely.
The Cernium 116 won't stay | stable indefinitely.
It's your move.
I was hoping you'd do that.
Stay right there.
| Right there.
Beautiful.
All right, now if you'll all | just move in a little tighter, we'll get | a nice family portrait.
KITT, would you | do the honors, please? My pleasure, Michael.
Beautiful.
Yeah, by the | way, ''Call me Ishmael.
'' From Herman Melville.
Devon, what is | the mystery here? It's just a little button with | a little letter ''C'' on it.
Why won't you | let me push it? Michael, I'm afraid you're | just going to have to wait.
I promised RC3.
Jennifer- I have learned two things | from this recent incident.
One is to be patient and not interfere with things | I know very little about.
And the second is | your name is Michael Knight.
Spelled just like mine and I'm very grateful | and proud that it is.
Then tell the other employees | here to let me push the button.
Hey, look who's here.
You ready for the great moment? I'm ready.
I'm ready all marry.
If this is a joke | Are you in on this too? As I understand it, Michael, | I am it.
Countdown Three, two, one | "C" button! "C" button! In fact to incredible! Michael, I love it | but is it me? It is now, pal.
Who do I thank for this? Man has to have a rag roof and at least | 400 horses under him or life is just regular.
A man also has to have | a job and a future How would you like one, Reginald? With you? With the Foundation for Law and Government.
| I'm offering you a job, not an adoption.
- I'll take it! | - Good.
All right.
Thank you, Michael.
For what, buddy? Getting away from RC3 before he tried to | break that bottle of champagne on me.
Let's do it.