Knight Rider (1982) s04e18 Episode Script
Hills of Fire
We're not dealing with | careless campers here.
We're up against | an arsonist.
Darryl! Wait! | Hey! Darryl! First you ask for time | to catch an arsonist and then you help him | to escape.
Come on, buddy, both barrels! | He's getting away from us! I'm losing traction | on this surface.
If he chases you again, | blow him away.
Get ready | for evasive maneuvering.
It won't work, Michael.
A laser sight | just locked onto me.
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.
Engine 14.
Engine 27.
Engine 36.
Helicopter 5.
Battalion 7.
Four-alarm brush fire | in Douglas Ridge.
All our jobs should be | this easy, KITT.
I have to admit, | patrolling a public park is a welcome change of pace.
Well, the park service takes | over in a couple of days so don't get too mellowed out.
''Mellowed out?'' That sounds like | some sort of fuel malfunction.
Not exactly.
Devon is calling.
Michael, are you still | in the Douglas Ridge area? Yeah, Devon, I am.
What's up? There's a four-alarm on the | fire-net just south of the Ridge.
Early reports suggest that its pattern | conforms to the other brush fires.
Meaning suspicious origin.
Okay, we'll check it out.
Let's do it, pal.
| Let's get there.
Gomez.
Gomez.
It's Wilson.
Do you read? Hey, Wilson.
Nice little fire, huh? Yeah, real work of art.
Now get back here before | the fire planes spot you.
All right, scan for | incendiary residues.
I'm picking up traces of a complex | petroleum compound, Michael.
Sounds like | we're talking napalm.
KITT, look for | a possible source.
It appears to be a vehicle coming | from the Douglas Ridge area.
All right, let's check it out.
There he is, Michael.
Let's nail him.
Come on, buddy, both barrels! | He's getting away from us! I'm losing traction | on this surface.
All right, | then we turbo boost.
The gradient's too steep.
We'd fly straight up | and loop back.
All right, let's go to video.
Michael, I've completely | lost traction.
I'm sorry about that, Michael.
That's all right, pal.
We can't | beat an ATV at its own game.
Looks like somebody's | trapped in there.
My scanners verify, Michael.
Hey! Hey, over here! I'm okay, man.
| I just stopped for a rest.
Yeah, sure you are.
| Come on.
Come on.
I told you | I don't need no help.
I'm just leading you | out of here.
I'm okay, man.
Get the door, KITT.
I'm okay, man.
What are you doing in the | middle of a forest fire? Checking out some friends.
There's people still in there? Nope.
The rest of his family scooted | off and left without him.
Oh, my.
May I suggest that you keep a | firm hold on that creature, young man.
I doubt it's housebroken.
What is that? That's my partner.
| This guy's cute.
Michael! The fire | is spreading rapidly.
We've got to go back | the way we came.
You got it.
Hang on.
You nuts? We go through that, | we get melted.
How did we do? Wow, man.
| These wheels are something.
Why, thank you.
It's always nice to give | credit where credit is due.
Hey, come on, what is this? You a ventriloquist | or something? I'm telling you, | this is a friend of mine.
You can hear him, | you just can't see him.
What? You don't believe me? What's your name, anyway? | My name is Michael.
Darryl.
How you doing, Darryl? | Darryl say hello to KITT.
Go ahead, say hello to KITT.
Hello, KITT.
Hello, Darryl.
Oh, boy, oh, boy, | you're gonna get it.
I don't know if I'm gonna | hug you for being okay or I'm gonna wring your neck | for worrying me.
My money's on the hug.
Couldn't do either if it | wasn't for Michael or KITT.
Backtrack a little for me.
It's going by too fast.
The dude and his car.
I mean, this man is driving | a serious set of wheels.
Blasted through those flames like The | Refrigerator heading for the end zone.
Not quite.
How are you? | Oh, sir thanks.
| You're welcome.
I could use | some clarification, too.
I'm Deputy Clark.
Our chopper spotted your car | out past the fire line.
You better state | your business here.
My name is Michael Knight.
I'm from the Foundation | for Law and Government.
We're on retainer | from the Perkins estate.
We're overseeing its | transition to a public park.
Well, your responsibility | ends at the fire line.
Not if I'm checking out | who's started the fires.
Are you suggesting we have | an arsonist at play here? Yes, sir.
| He drives an ATV.
Your choppers must have | spotted him when you saw me.
There's nothing on the report.
You best leave this one | to us, Mr.
Knight.
Well, what do you | have in here, Darryl? What is that? Put him in back.
I don't know | If we have any cages left.
I don't know what's | going on around here.
Come on, | I'll go with you, Darryl.
Thanks Michael, thanks KITT.
You got it.
| Thank you.
Thank you, sir, that was | You're welcome.
terrific.
You're quite a collector, aren't you? Yeah.
Listen Tess, where you think | that ATV I saw was headed? North Ridge.
| Rock walls, wilderness.
An ATV's | the only way in there.
If you see it, would you | call me at this number.
Sure.
| Okay.
And thank you again.
| Got it.
There, right there.
| Freeze frame.
Cross-check that character | with our active files first chance you get, | will you? Man, that is a lot of tire.
We're gonna provide KITT with a | lot more tire to catch up with it.
Yeah, we'll call them | ''RC Radials.
'' Easy, RC.
Those tires will get us | up the slope but Tess Hubbard told me | there's nothing up there but rock wall | and inaccessible wilderness.
Besides once | we get up there KITT and I are going to | stick out like a sore thumb.
Terrific.
''Terrific''? What's terrific? This is a perfect opportunity | to field-test SID.
SID? Satellite Infiltration Drone.
The only one of its kind.
Looks like a hi-tech hatbox.
Audio, video | and a heat sensor to let you know when it's | unsafe to activate him.
And Easy now.
Bonnie.
SID.
Sorry.
You see? He's specially designed to get | into all those tight places where KITT can't go.
He's also gonna be really easy | to spot in the wilderness.
I can disguise him.
| Boulder, tree stump.
Name it.
Of course, we're pleased | to have been able to help out.
You're most welcome, | it's a pleasure.
What the That was very good, Bonnie.
Turn it off.
Thank you.
I'm sorry to dampen | your enthusiasm but that was Sandra Rusk | on the telephone just now.
The Perkins land is off limits to | the public because of the fire danger.
And that terminates | our responsibility.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
| Who's Sandra Rusk? And what's she got | to do with this? She is the liaison officer | between the Perkins estate and the local authorities who are | just about to take the place over.
The local authorities | meaning Deputy Clark? Mmm-hmm.
That's as good as | not having a patrol at all.
Now, Michael- Devon, I'm telling you, other people | have claimed they've seen the ATV.
But Deputy Clark claims | he's never spotted it.
There's an arsonist | on the loose here.
Now, I'm not letting up yet.
| I can't.
All right, Michael.
But like it or not you are going to have to clear | your activities with Sandra Rusk.
Thank you, Miss Lawrence.
| Have a nice day.
Excuse me, but just what | do you think you are doing? Wait a minute.
| Wait a minute.
Hey, am I on | Bloopers and Practical Jokes? Where's Ed McMahon? Who is this? What's going on? The black car next to you.
Now I reiterate, | what are you doing? Well, if I'm going to talk to a | machine it might as well be a car.
Well, I'm trying to facilitate a | transaction, of course.
But, uh Well, I'm road-weary, | you know and I seem to have mentally | misplaced my code number so come on, give it to me, | come on, be lively about it.
Sorry, no free samples.
What I need is $5.
According | to my memory banks FLAG has an account | at this bank.
It's a reasonably good cause.
| Very well, you vagrant but you better | put this to good use.
Oh, bless you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Mr.
Knight, now that | you're here in the flesh I want to thank you for the fine | job you and the Foundation have done.
Look, Miss Rusk, | the job isn't over yet.
I need more time | to investigate the fires.
Michael, there's nothing left | to investigate.
No campers, | no hikers, no fires.
I hate to think that you | drove down here for nothing.
So how about lunch? On the estate.
It's really the least we can do | for everything you've done for us.
Look, Miss Rusk, I don't have | - Sandra.
Sandra.
We are not dealing | with careless campers here.
We're up against | an arsonist.
Arsonist? Well, this is the first I've | heard of it.
Are you sure? Yes, a guy in an ATV | armed with a tank of napalm.
Well that certainly changes things.
I'll go along with you | on one condition.
When you catch that firebug the first round's on me.
I'll keep that in mind.
| Thank you.
Gomez! Knock it off.
We gotta talk.
Yeah, well, | I am sick of talking and I am sick of waiting.
When is that chopper | going to get here, anyway? Tomorrow, | if you didn't screw up.
What's the matter with you? | I did it all.
I burned them out.
Yeah, and you were also | chased by that black car.
No, no, I left that guy | eating my dust.
He's an investigator.
If he arrives here the | same time as the chopper we can kiss a $10 million sale goodbye.
What do you want me to do? Load the ATV with hardware.
If he chases you again, | I want you to blow him away.
Manuel Gomez.
A promising world-class | soccer player who injured himself early in his | career and faded from the scene.
Didn't take him long to jump | from the team roster to the FBI's number one | draft pick, did it? He's been connected | with break-ins at several pharmaceutical | manufacturing plants.
Legal drugs being worth | easily as much as heroin and cocaine | on the black market.
Probably more.
And considering the size | of the thefts Gomez has probably stockpiled | several thousand cases.
That's strange.
A guy who's into drugs | is suddenly into arson.
How is | SID.
coming? It's tuned up | and ready to roll.
I hope you're not taking | that aluminum box seriously.
Absolutely.
As a matter of | fact, it's time we gave SID its new personality.
You mean you're actually | going to use him? Yeah.
I think Gomez is going | to get a big kick out of it.
Yeah, yeah, it's him.
It's that kid, Darryl.
It looks like | he's tracking the ATV.
Well, what do you | want to do about it? Knight's looking | for a firebug, right? You're going to give him one.
What's our destination, | Michael? The north ridge | of the Perkins estate.
How do we get in there | without being spotted? I thought you'd never ask.
I walked right into | that one, didn't I? More like turbo-boosted.
Don't rub it in, Michael.
I mean, it's bad enough he's | sitting in front right next to you.
Frankly, I think | I prefer Darryl's rabbit.
Just remember, | once I activate SID he's controlled | by your CPU.
Well, as long as he | understands who's in charge.
Ah, there you are, Michael.
Yo, Devon.
What's up? Good news.
Deputy Clark has | just apprehended the arsonist in the Douglas Ridge area.
And they'll have him | locked up by nightfall.
It seems you | stirred him to action.
Well, what do you know? lt'll be very interesting to | hear what Mr.
Gomez has to say.
He's your suspect? You got evidence? A witness? Look, Knight, | I caught him myself.
He was trying to set a fire | right there on the trail.
He's lying, Michael.
| I was tracking that truck.
He drove up and said he had | a couple of animals for Tess.
We got here and he hits me | with this arson thing.
Why should I get | into a scuffle with him? I was alone up there.
Look, the kid has a rap sheet.
| You want to look at it.
Vandalism, shoplifting, | gang activity.
He was 12 years old then.
Hey I don't need you to | tell me how to do my job.
Well, I'm here to do mine.
Would | you open up? I'd like to talk to him.
Darryl, look at me.
Did you do what he said? The dude set me up, | like I just told you.
No.
All right, then I'm gonna | get you out of here.
Everything's going | to be okay.
Man, I've been hearing that from | counselors since I was nine years old.
Nobody ever | delivers any ''okay.
'' What about Tess? She came through for you.
Darryl, you're scared, it's | okay, you got a right to be.
I think you're innocent.
Why, because you say so? I mean, you think that's | going to do me any good? I got a sheet, | like the man says.
Back home, nobody's gonna | believe I didn't do it.
Man, every time a purse | got ripped on my street the man came towards me.
It's different now! You've got people | who care about you now.
Darryl, you got a new life.
You work hard, it pays off.
Man, don't give me any of that college | jive Tess is always laying on me.
You think | I bought that stuff? Yeah, I think you | bought that stuff.
You'd be a fool | if you didn't.
Maybe some of it.
All right.
I'm gonna | get you out of here.
I promise.
Clark? Open up, will you? Darryl! Wait! | Hey! Darryl! Darryl! He's just a kid! | Get away from me! Now that's | an obstruction of justice.
And I'm going | to take care of you later.
Make that | two obstructions, KITT.
Is that what you | meant, Michael? Right on the money.
You see where Darryl went? Deep into the woods.
I'm | afraid we can't go after him.
He knows them | like the back of his hand.
Two hundred cases | methaqualone.
Sixty cases diazepam.
Thirty-five Demerol.
I'm telling you, | this isn't necessary, Paxton.
Why don't you just bring the chopper | in and get this stuff out of here? I don't see the promazine.
We couldn't get it in time.
Oh, well, what's the rush? This week, next.
No games.
You've got to get this | stuff out of here, today.
This isn't a game, Wilson.
I need 50 cases of promazine.
Call me when they're here.
Hold it.
I burned down half a mountain | to keep the lid on this thing.
I've got a guy in a T-top | breathing down my neck.
I've got all | kinds of pressure.
I know.
But that's | your problem, isn't it? You're not the only player in | the game.
I have other sources.
No promazine, no deal.
That's ridiculous.
Sure Darryl's been in trouble.
All my foster kids have, as you | can imagine.
That's how I get them.
But only one of them | didn't make it.
I didn't get him in time.
But Darryl | Not Darryl.
He isn't the arsonist.
| He just isn't.
I know that.
| It's a man named Gomez.
I just haven't been able | to nail him yet.
I don't get it.
If you know that, how come | Clark hasn't arrested this Gomez? The way I figure it, | Clark is working for Gomez.
He framed Darryl | to protect him.
Oh, yeah? Well, he's not | getting away with it.
I'm going right down there and I'm | gonna demand they release Darryl.
Wait a minute, | wait a minute.
Darryl is two steps | ahead of both of us.
Tess, he escaped.
He took off | before Clark knew what hit him.
He's got more spunk | than anyone I know.
You're running a close second.
Oh, thank you, I'm flattered.
Yeah, we're cut | from the same cloth.
You know, when they sent Darryl | to me from juvenile hall we went a few rounds there, | toe to toe for a few months, and finally the mean just came up all out of him and he started picking up | the pieces of his life again.
Now, they're all | going to fall apart again.
They're not gonna | fall apart again.
I promise you they're | not gonna fall apart.
Michael, I'm picking up | a report on the police band.
There's a robbery in progress | at Whitney Pharmaceutical.
And an ATV has been | sighted in the area.
Who's that? | That is a very long story.
You stay here in case | Darryl comes back.
Where are you going? | I'm gonna catch a firebug.
Come on, come on.
Let's go.
All right, let's button | this up, come on.
Let's go! Gomez, step on it, | the black T-top is behind us.
We can overtake him | easily, Michael.
I know, but we're going | to let him think he lost us.
It appears you're about | to resort to that novelty.
I sure am.
SID's the only one who can get | to the top of the mountain and find out what's going on.
All right, activate SID.
The toy is activated, Michael.
Now.
All right, put him to | bed, pal.
Make it fast.
All right, button him up.
All right, we're out of here.
SID's homing pulse | is coming in strong, Michael.
All right, keep monitoring until | we're ready to activate him again.
Michael, | I'm glad I caught you.
Sandra Rusk wants us | off the case.
Devon, I don't believe this.
First I'm on the case, | then I'm off the case.
Look, I'm this close | to cracking this thing.
Yes, I understand | how you feel, Michael but we still have an | obligation to accommodate her.
All right.
But I'm gonna try | and change her mind first.
All right, come on! | Let's move it! Let's unload these! That chopper's coming soon.
And the sooner we get | this stuff unloaded the quicker | we get out of here.
Come on! Let's go! Try to understand | my point of view, Michael.
First you ask for time | to catch an arsonist and then you help him | to escape.
In my position you would've | done the same thing.
What do you mean? | The suspect was a teenager.
Darryl Staples.
| Clark was gonna shoot him! The Deputy's reaction | may have been extreme but forest fires can be | started by young people as well as grown men, and l- Not Darryl Staples.
He risked his life to save | a rabbit from that fire.
I was there.
I won't let him be railroaded | because it's convenient.
I'm not sure that | that's the case but if you're right, this doesn't | make much sense, then, does it? None of Clark's actions | make any sense.
I think he's up | to his neck in this.
Yes? | Yeah, Miss Rusk? This Darryl.
Darryl Staples.
Is Michael Knight there yet? Just a moment.
I'm sorry.
| It's a personal matter.
I'll be right back.
Darryl? Hi.
| I'm afraid Michael isn't here.
Oh, Mr.
Miles | at the Foundation said he was.
He just left.
Can I give him | a message if I see him? Yeah.
Tell him I tracked the | ATV.
I know where it goes.
Oh, you've been | tracking the ATV? Tell him | you'll pick him up.
I'll pick you up.
| Where are you? I'm at Flanders Automotive | on the outside of town.
Okay, I'll be there | in ten minutes.
All right.
Oh my.
I say old man, | are you in there? I don't believe it.
It's | not possible.
Is that you? It is me.
I, the bum.
But how can it be? | I gave you five dollars.
What kind of investment | could you have made? Well, let's see now, | I bought some shampoo and the new Penthouse and some gum.
That's all? Well, no, I bought | a piece of beef jerky.
But, but Oh, oh, and I bought | a lottery ticket.
And the rest, | as they say, is history.
Well, then, my friend, you were | a good investment after all.
Well, now, all men are.
Here you go, | this is for you and thanks.
No, keep it and pass it | on to the next man.
You choose him this time, | my friend.
Shall we? Well I'm sorry | about before, Michael.
Maybe I was a bit off-base.
Perhaps you should continue | to look into this.
Terrific.
We'll have that drink | sooner than you think.
I thought you were | going to get him to back off.
No one can get him | to back off.
Michael, this is a model of a new | tire we just installed on KITT.
Wicked, huh? | Yeah.
And the beauty of it is you | can kick them in on the move.
What do you hear from SID? Nothing yet.
I don't want to activate him until | we're close enough to back him up.
Perhaps we could get Darryl to | suggest a shortcut up the mountain.
We can use all the help | we can get.
What does he have in mind? Well, he tracked the ATV.
| Didn't he tell you? No he didn't.
| That's odd.
I could have sworn that you were at | Sandra Rusk's when we transferred his call.
Devon, she stepped out | to take a personal call but she didn't say anything | about it being from Darryl.
He said he was at the service station | at the south end of the estate.
All right, KITT, | we're out of here.
I don't see Darryl anywhere.
Neither do I, Michael.
| He's definitely gone.
Excuse me, I'm looking for a kid about 16 years old.
| Black kid.
He called me from here.
Oh, I saw him.
Somebody | picked him up in a beige wagon.
How long ago? | Five, ten minutes.
You just missed him.
| Headed towards Route 6.
Thank you.
All right, scan Route 6 where it | turns off into the high country.
I've picked up a car | traveling at high speed.
Let's pour on | some of our own.
Super pursuit.
Hey, hold it.
This | isn't the way to town.
I thought you said | Michael was Don't be a dead hero, sonny.
Come on, that chopper's due | right now! Move it! All right, | back to normal mode.
I see him, buddy.
| Let's get him.
Damn it! That's Knight.
Cover the kid.
Get him! Now! He's heading for that | slope again, Michael.
Yep, only this time | we can really stick it to him.
Get ready | for some evasive action.
It won't work, Michael.
A laser sight | just locked onto me.
Give me a damage report.
All systems functioning.
Your brand new tires, pal.
Now is the time we use them.
Yeah.
That was great.
| I feel like a kid.
So do I, Michael, | and I've never been one.
All right let's reactivate | our friend SID.
Well, that explains why Gomez | turned firebug.
Drugs were the deal, | arson was the insurance.
Paxton.
| This is Sandra Rusk.
How do you do? What do you know? | The gang's all here.
I guess SID does have | his uses, doesn't he? There's Darryl, KITT.
| He looks all right.
And very closely guarded.
They don't know we're coming.
We got the edge.
Come on, hurry up! Come on, let's go.
All right, hand me | the promazine.
Put it in there | behind the Demerol.
Michael, SID's emergency | system has just buttoned him up.
Not a second | too soon, Michael.
SID is quite literally | in the hands of the enemy.
Gomez! Come on, | let's wrap this thing up! He's free | and clear again, Michael! Okay.
Activate and give me a bird's-eye | view of what we're up against.
SID's in trouble, Michael.
All right, | get him out of there, fast.
What's that? I don't know, and I'm not | staying around to find out.
With that thing here chances are | Knight's not far behind it.
Michael, we lost SID.
Nothing we can do | to help him now.
We gotta get that ATV.
Stop him! Michael, that chopper's | about to get away.
All right, micro jam | the engine and the doors! Good work, buddy! I'm picking up | laser tracking again.
I don't think | they want us here, Michael.
Feeling's mutual.
| Let's take them out.
The ATV's on the move.
But I can't micro-Iock it | without releasing the chopper.
I hear you.
| The ATV's ours! He's gaining on us.
He's headed for | that rocky terrain.
All right, let's cut him off.
Hit the CO2, pal.
Now what, Michael? We're gonna turn that pickup | into a memory.
We're big enough | to take him out.
Retribution has its moments, | doesn't it, pal? It certainly does.
| That one was for SID.
Arson's a nasty habit.
But prison can also | burn you out.
Yeah.
| Thanks, Michael.
You got it.
Wow, man! Oh, yeah, Darryl, | this is Devon.
Hello Darryl.
| Hello Mr.
Miles.
And Bonnie.
Hello.
| Hi.
And Mr.
Muscle | over here is RC3.
What's happening? | Hey, good things.
This is where it | all happens, huh? That's right, SID came to life | right out of that computer.
SID.
Hey, man you look like | somebody just pulled your plug.
You okay? Yeah, I'm just | a little upset.
I just feel bad about SID | getting blown away, man.
I mean, I know the little guy | isn't human or anything but My feelings, too, Darryl.
Hey, Darryl, | don't worry about it.
Look at it this way.
SID went out | in a blaze of glory.
As you see, SID's glory | days are far from over.
How did you do that? | It was in a million pieces.
I just picked them up | and started over again.
You know what she means? I hear you.
If at first | you don't succeed You got it.
Oh, I got | something for you.
For high school.
For high school.
Oh, wow!
We're up against | an arsonist.
Darryl! Wait! | Hey! Darryl! First you ask for time | to catch an arsonist and then you help him | to escape.
Come on, buddy, both barrels! | He's getting away from us! I'm losing traction | on this surface.
If he chases you again, | blow him away.
Get ready | for evasive maneuvering.
It won't work, Michael.
A laser sight | just locked onto me.
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.
Engine 14.
Engine 27.
Engine 36.
Helicopter 5.
Battalion 7.
Four-alarm brush fire | in Douglas Ridge.
All our jobs should be | this easy, KITT.
I have to admit, | patrolling a public park is a welcome change of pace.
Well, the park service takes | over in a couple of days so don't get too mellowed out.
''Mellowed out?'' That sounds like | some sort of fuel malfunction.
Not exactly.
Devon is calling.
Michael, are you still | in the Douglas Ridge area? Yeah, Devon, I am.
What's up? There's a four-alarm on the | fire-net just south of the Ridge.
Early reports suggest that its pattern | conforms to the other brush fires.
Meaning suspicious origin.
Okay, we'll check it out.
Let's do it, pal.
| Let's get there.
Gomez.
Gomez.
It's Wilson.
Do you read? Hey, Wilson.
Nice little fire, huh? Yeah, real work of art.
Now get back here before | the fire planes spot you.
All right, scan for | incendiary residues.
I'm picking up traces of a complex | petroleum compound, Michael.
Sounds like | we're talking napalm.
KITT, look for | a possible source.
It appears to be a vehicle coming | from the Douglas Ridge area.
All right, let's check it out.
There he is, Michael.
Let's nail him.
Come on, buddy, both barrels! | He's getting away from us! I'm losing traction | on this surface.
All right, | then we turbo boost.
The gradient's too steep.
We'd fly straight up | and loop back.
All right, let's go to video.
Michael, I've completely | lost traction.
I'm sorry about that, Michael.
That's all right, pal.
We can't | beat an ATV at its own game.
Looks like somebody's | trapped in there.
My scanners verify, Michael.
Hey! Hey, over here! I'm okay, man.
| I just stopped for a rest.
Yeah, sure you are.
| Come on.
Come on.
I told you | I don't need no help.
I'm just leading you | out of here.
I'm okay, man.
Get the door, KITT.
I'm okay, man.
What are you doing in the | middle of a forest fire? Checking out some friends.
There's people still in there? Nope.
The rest of his family scooted | off and left without him.
Oh, my.
May I suggest that you keep a | firm hold on that creature, young man.
I doubt it's housebroken.
What is that? That's my partner.
| This guy's cute.
Michael! The fire | is spreading rapidly.
We've got to go back | the way we came.
You got it.
Hang on.
You nuts? We go through that, | we get melted.
How did we do? Wow, man.
| These wheels are something.
Why, thank you.
It's always nice to give | credit where credit is due.
Hey, come on, what is this? You a ventriloquist | or something? I'm telling you, | this is a friend of mine.
You can hear him, | you just can't see him.
What? You don't believe me? What's your name, anyway? | My name is Michael.
Darryl.
How you doing, Darryl? | Darryl say hello to KITT.
Go ahead, say hello to KITT.
Hello, KITT.
Hello, Darryl.
Oh, boy, oh, boy, | you're gonna get it.
I don't know if I'm gonna | hug you for being okay or I'm gonna wring your neck | for worrying me.
My money's on the hug.
Couldn't do either if it | wasn't for Michael or KITT.
Backtrack a little for me.
It's going by too fast.
The dude and his car.
I mean, this man is driving | a serious set of wheels.
Blasted through those flames like The | Refrigerator heading for the end zone.
Not quite.
How are you? | Oh, sir thanks.
| You're welcome.
I could use | some clarification, too.
I'm Deputy Clark.
Our chopper spotted your car | out past the fire line.
You better state | your business here.
My name is Michael Knight.
I'm from the Foundation | for Law and Government.
We're on retainer | from the Perkins estate.
We're overseeing its | transition to a public park.
Well, your responsibility | ends at the fire line.
Not if I'm checking out | who's started the fires.
Are you suggesting we have | an arsonist at play here? Yes, sir.
| He drives an ATV.
Your choppers must have | spotted him when you saw me.
There's nothing on the report.
You best leave this one | to us, Mr.
Knight.
Well, what do you | have in here, Darryl? What is that? Put him in back.
I don't know | If we have any cages left.
I don't know what's | going on around here.
Come on, | I'll go with you, Darryl.
Thanks Michael, thanks KITT.
You got it.
| Thank you.
Thank you, sir, that was | You're welcome.
terrific.
You're quite a collector, aren't you? Yeah.
Listen Tess, where you think | that ATV I saw was headed? North Ridge.
| Rock walls, wilderness.
An ATV's | the only way in there.
If you see it, would you | call me at this number.
Sure.
| Okay.
And thank you again.
| Got it.
There, right there.
| Freeze frame.
Cross-check that character | with our active files first chance you get, | will you? Man, that is a lot of tire.
We're gonna provide KITT with a | lot more tire to catch up with it.
Yeah, we'll call them | ''RC Radials.
'' Easy, RC.
Those tires will get us | up the slope but Tess Hubbard told me | there's nothing up there but rock wall | and inaccessible wilderness.
Besides once | we get up there KITT and I are going to | stick out like a sore thumb.
Terrific.
''Terrific''? What's terrific? This is a perfect opportunity | to field-test SID.
SID? Satellite Infiltration Drone.
The only one of its kind.
Looks like a hi-tech hatbox.
Audio, video | and a heat sensor to let you know when it's | unsafe to activate him.
And Easy now.
Bonnie.
SID.
Sorry.
You see? He's specially designed to get | into all those tight places where KITT can't go.
He's also gonna be really easy | to spot in the wilderness.
I can disguise him.
| Boulder, tree stump.
Name it.
Of course, we're pleased | to have been able to help out.
You're most welcome, | it's a pleasure.
What the That was very good, Bonnie.
Turn it off.
Thank you.
I'm sorry to dampen | your enthusiasm but that was Sandra Rusk | on the telephone just now.
The Perkins land is off limits to | the public because of the fire danger.
And that terminates | our responsibility.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
| Who's Sandra Rusk? And what's she got | to do with this? She is the liaison officer | between the Perkins estate and the local authorities who are | just about to take the place over.
The local authorities | meaning Deputy Clark? Mmm-hmm.
That's as good as | not having a patrol at all.
Now, Michael- Devon, I'm telling you, other people | have claimed they've seen the ATV.
But Deputy Clark claims | he's never spotted it.
There's an arsonist | on the loose here.
Now, I'm not letting up yet.
| I can't.
All right, Michael.
But like it or not you are going to have to clear | your activities with Sandra Rusk.
Thank you, Miss Lawrence.
| Have a nice day.
Excuse me, but just what | do you think you are doing? Wait a minute.
| Wait a minute.
Hey, am I on | Bloopers and Practical Jokes? Where's Ed McMahon? Who is this? What's going on? The black car next to you.
Now I reiterate, | what are you doing? Well, if I'm going to talk to a | machine it might as well be a car.
Well, I'm trying to facilitate a | transaction, of course.
But, uh Well, I'm road-weary, | you know and I seem to have mentally | misplaced my code number so come on, give it to me, | come on, be lively about it.
Sorry, no free samples.
What I need is $5.
According | to my memory banks FLAG has an account | at this bank.
It's a reasonably good cause.
| Very well, you vagrant but you better | put this to good use.
Oh, bless you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Mr.
Knight, now that | you're here in the flesh I want to thank you for the fine | job you and the Foundation have done.
Look, Miss Rusk, | the job isn't over yet.
I need more time | to investigate the fires.
Michael, there's nothing left | to investigate.
No campers, | no hikers, no fires.
I hate to think that you | drove down here for nothing.
So how about lunch? On the estate.
It's really the least we can do | for everything you've done for us.
Look, Miss Rusk, I don't have | - Sandra.
Sandra.
We are not dealing | with careless campers here.
We're up against | an arsonist.
Arsonist? Well, this is the first I've | heard of it.
Are you sure? Yes, a guy in an ATV | armed with a tank of napalm.
Well that certainly changes things.
I'll go along with you | on one condition.
When you catch that firebug the first round's on me.
I'll keep that in mind.
| Thank you.
Gomez! Knock it off.
We gotta talk.
Yeah, well, | I am sick of talking and I am sick of waiting.
When is that chopper | going to get here, anyway? Tomorrow, | if you didn't screw up.
What's the matter with you? | I did it all.
I burned them out.
Yeah, and you were also | chased by that black car.
No, no, I left that guy | eating my dust.
He's an investigator.
If he arrives here the | same time as the chopper we can kiss a $10 million sale goodbye.
What do you want me to do? Load the ATV with hardware.
If he chases you again, | I want you to blow him away.
Manuel Gomez.
A promising world-class | soccer player who injured himself early in his | career and faded from the scene.
Didn't take him long to jump | from the team roster to the FBI's number one | draft pick, did it? He's been connected | with break-ins at several pharmaceutical | manufacturing plants.
Legal drugs being worth | easily as much as heroin and cocaine | on the black market.
Probably more.
And considering the size | of the thefts Gomez has probably stockpiled | several thousand cases.
That's strange.
A guy who's into drugs | is suddenly into arson.
How is | SID.
coming? It's tuned up | and ready to roll.
I hope you're not taking | that aluminum box seriously.
Absolutely.
As a matter of | fact, it's time we gave SID its new personality.
You mean you're actually | going to use him? Yeah.
I think Gomez is going | to get a big kick out of it.
Yeah, yeah, it's him.
It's that kid, Darryl.
It looks like | he's tracking the ATV.
Well, what do you | want to do about it? Knight's looking | for a firebug, right? You're going to give him one.
What's our destination, | Michael? The north ridge | of the Perkins estate.
How do we get in there | without being spotted? I thought you'd never ask.
I walked right into | that one, didn't I? More like turbo-boosted.
Don't rub it in, Michael.
I mean, it's bad enough he's | sitting in front right next to you.
Frankly, I think | I prefer Darryl's rabbit.
Just remember, | once I activate SID he's controlled | by your CPU.
Well, as long as he | understands who's in charge.
Ah, there you are, Michael.
Yo, Devon.
What's up? Good news.
Deputy Clark has | just apprehended the arsonist in the Douglas Ridge area.
And they'll have him | locked up by nightfall.
It seems you | stirred him to action.
Well, what do you know? lt'll be very interesting to | hear what Mr.
Gomez has to say.
He's your suspect? You got evidence? A witness? Look, Knight, | I caught him myself.
He was trying to set a fire | right there on the trail.
He's lying, Michael.
| I was tracking that truck.
He drove up and said he had | a couple of animals for Tess.
We got here and he hits me | with this arson thing.
Why should I get | into a scuffle with him? I was alone up there.
Look, the kid has a rap sheet.
| You want to look at it.
Vandalism, shoplifting, | gang activity.
He was 12 years old then.
Hey I don't need you to | tell me how to do my job.
Well, I'm here to do mine.
Would | you open up? I'd like to talk to him.
Darryl, look at me.
Did you do what he said? The dude set me up, | like I just told you.
No.
All right, then I'm gonna | get you out of here.
Everything's going | to be okay.
Man, I've been hearing that from | counselors since I was nine years old.
Nobody ever | delivers any ''okay.
'' What about Tess? She came through for you.
Darryl, you're scared, it's | okay, you got a right to be.
I think you're innocent.
Why, because you say so? I mean, you think that's | going to do me any good? I got a sheet, | like the man says.
Back home, nobody's gonna | believe I didn't do it.
Man, every time a purse | got ripped on my street the man came towards me.
It's different now! You've got people | who care about you now.
Darryl, you got a new life.
You work hard, it pays off.
Man, don't give me any of that college | jive Tess is always laying on me.
You think | I bought that stuff? Yeah, I think you | bought that stuff.
You'd be a fool | if you didn't.
Maybe some of it.
All right.
I'm gonna | get you out of here.
I promise.
Clark? Open up, will you? Darryl! Wait! | Hey! Darryl! Darryl! He's just a kid! | Get away from me! Now that's | an obstruction of justice.
And I'm going | to take care of you later.
Make that | two obstructions, KITT.
Is that what you | meant, Michael? Right on the money.
You see where Darryl went? Deep into the woods.
I'm | afraid we can't go after him.
He knows them | like the back of his hand.
Two hundred cases | methaqualone.
Sixty cases diazepam.
Thirty-five Demerol.
I'm telling you, | this isn't necessary, Paxton.
Why don't you just bring the chopper | in and get this stuff out of here? I don't see the promazine.
We couldn't get it in time.
Oh, well, what's the rush? This week, next.
No games.
You've got to get this | stuff out of here, today.
This isn't a game, Wilson.
I need 50 cases of promazine.
Call me when they're here.
Hold it.
I burned down half a mountain | to keep the lid on this thing.
I've got a guy in a T-top | breathing down my neck.
I've got all | kinds of pressure.
I know.
But that's | your problem, isn't it? You're not the only player in | the game.
I have other sources.
No promazine, no deal.
That's ridiculous.
Sure Darryl's been in trouble.
All my foster kids have, as you | can imagine.
That's how I get them.
But only one of them | didn't make it.
I didn't get him in time.
But Darryl | Not Darryl.
He isn't the arsonist.
| He just isn't.
I know that.
| It's a man named Gomez.
I just haven't been able | to nail him yet.
I don't get it.
If you know that, how come | Clark hasn't arrested this Gomez? The way I figure it, | Clark is working for Gomez.
He framed Darryl | to protect him.
Oh, yeah? Well, he's not | getting away with it.
I'm going right down there and I'm | gonna demand they release Darryl.
Wait a minute, | wait a minute.
Darryl is two steps | ahead of both of us.
Tess, he escaped.
He took off | before Clark knew what hit him.
He's got more spunk | than anyone I know.
You're running a close second.
Oh, thank you, I'm flattered.
Yeah, we're cut | from the same cloth.
You know, when they sent Darryl | to me from juvenile hall we went a few rounds there, | toe to toe for a few months, and finally the mean just came up all out of him and he started picking up | the pieces of his life again.
Now, they're all | going to fall apart again.
They're not gonna | fall apart again.
I promise you they're | not gonna fall apart.
Michael, I'm picking up | a report on the police band.
There's a robbery in progress | at Whitney Pharmaceutical.
And an ATV has been | sighted in the area.
Who's that? | That is a very long story.
You stay here in case | Darryl comes back.
Where are you going? | I'm gonna catch a firebug.
Come on, come on.
Let's go.
All right, let's button | this up, come on.
Let's go! Gomez, step on it, | the black T-top is behind us.
We can overtake him | easily, Michael.
I know, but we're going | to let him think he lost us.
It appears you're about | to resort to that novelty.
I sure am.
SID's the only one who can get | to the top of the mountain and find out what's going on.
All right, activate SID.
The toy is activated, Michael.
Now.
All right, put him to | bed, pal.
Make it fast.
All right, button him up.
All right, we're out of here.
SID's homing pulse | is coming in strong, Michael.
All right, keep monitoring until | we're ready to activate him again.
Michael, | I'm glad I caught you.
Sandra Rusk wants us | off the case.
Devon, I don't believe this.
First I'm on the case, | then I'm off the case.
Look, I'm this close | to cracking this thing.
Yes, I understand | how you feel, Michael but we still have an | obligation to accommodate her.
All right.
But I'm gonna try | and change her mind first.
All right, come on! | Let's move it! Let's unload these! That chopper's coming soon.
And the sooner we get | this stuff unloaded the quicker | we get out of here.
Come on! Let's go! Try to understand | my point of view, Michael.
First you ask for time | to catch an arsonist and then you help him | to escape.
In my position you would've | done the same thing.
What do you mean? | The suspect was a teenager.
Darryl Staples.
| Clark was gonna shoot him! The Deputy's reaction | may have been extreme but forest fires can be | started by young people as well as grown men, and l- Not Darryl Staples.
He risked his life to save | a rabbit from that fire.
I was there.
I won't let him be railroaded | because it's convenient.
I'm not sure that | that's the case but if you're right, this doesn't | make much sense, then, does it? None of Clark's actions | make any sense.
I think he's up | to his neck in this.
Yes? | Yeah, Miss Rusk? This Darryl.
Darryl Staples.
Is Michael Knight there yet? Just a moment.
I'm sorry.
| It's a personal matter.
I'll be right back.
Darryl? Hi.
| I'm afraid Michael isn't here.
Oh, Mr.
Miles | at the Foundation said he was.
He just left.
Can I give him | a message if I see him? Yeah.
Tell him I tracked the | ATV.
I know where it goes.
Oh, you've been | tracking the ATV? Tell him | you'll pick him up.
I'll pick you up.
| Where are you? I'm at Flanders Automotive | on the outside of town.
Okay, I'll be there | in ten minutes.
All right.
Oh my.
I say old man, | are you in there? I don't believe it.
It's | not possible.
Is that you? It is me.
I, the bum.
But how can it be? | I gave you five dollars.
What kind of investment | could you have made? Well, let's see now, | I bought some shampoo and the new Penthouse and some gum.
That's all? Well, no, I bought | a piece of beef jerky.
But, but Oh, oh, and I bought | a lottery ticket.
And the rest, | as they say, is history.
Well, then, my friend, you were | a good investment after all.
Well, now, all men are.
Here you go, | this is for you and thanks.
No, keep it and pass it | on to the next man.
You choose him this time, | my friend.
Shall we? Well I'm sorry | about before, Michael.
Maybe I was a bit off-base.
Perhaps you should continue | to look into this.
Terrific.
We'll have that drink | sooner than you think.
I thought you were | going to get him to back off.
No one can get him | to back off.
Michael, this is a model of a new | tire we just installed on KITT.
Wicked, huh? | Yeah.
And the beauty of it is you | can kick them in on the move.
What do you hear from SID? Nothing yet.
I don't want to activate him until | we're close enough to back him up.
Perhaps we could get Darryl to | suggest a shortcut up the mountain.
We can use all the help | we can get.
What does he have in mind? Well, he tracked the ATV.
| Didn't he tell you? No he didn't.
| That's odd.
I could have sworn that you were at | Sandra Rusk's when we transferred his call.
Devon, she stepped out | to take a personal call but she didn't say anything | about it being from Darryl.
He said he was at the service station | at the south end of the estate.
All right, KITT, | we're out of here.
I don't see Darryl anywhere.
Neither do I, Michael.
| He's definitely gone.
Excuse me, I'm looking for a kid about 16 years old.
| Black kid.
He called me from here.
Oh, I saw him.
Somebody | picked him up in a beige wagon.
How long ago? | Five, ten minutes.
You just missed him.
| Headed towards Route 6.
Thank you.
All right, scan Route 6 where it | turns off into the high country.
I've picked up a car | traveling at high speed.
Let's pour on | some of our own.
Super pursuit.
Hey, hold it.
This | isn't the way to town.
I thought you said | Michael was Don't be a dead hero, sonny.
Come on, that chopper's due | right now! Move it! All right, | back to normal mode.
I see him, buddy.
| Let's get him.
Damn it! That's Knight.
Cover the kid.
Get him! Now! He's heading for that | slope again, Michael.
Yep, only this time | we can really stick it to him.
Get ready | for some evasive action.
It won't work, Michael.
A laser sight | just locked onto me.
Give me a damage report.
All systems functioning.
Your brand new tires, pal.
Now is the time we use them.
Yeah.
That was great.
| I feel like a kid.
So do I, Michael, | and I've never been one.
All right let's reactivate | our friend SID.
Well, that explains why Gomez | turned firebug.
Drugs were the deal, | arson was the insurance.
Paxton.
| This is Sandra Rusk.
How do you do? What do you know? | The gang's all here.
I guess SID does have | his uses, doesn't he? There's Darryl, KITT.
| He looks all right.
And very closely guarded.
They don't know we're coming.
We got the edge.
Come on, hurry up! Come on, let's go.
All right, hand me | the promazine.
Put it in there | behind the Demerol.
Michael, SID's emergency | system has just buttoned him up.
Not a second | too soon, Michael.
SID is quite literally | in the hands of the enemy.
Gomez! Come on, | let's wrap this thing up! He's free | and clear again, Michael! Okay.
Activate and give me a bird's-eye | view of what we're up against.
SID's in trouble, Michael.
All right, | get him out of there, fast.
What's that? I don't know, and I'm not | staying around to find out.
With that thing here chances are | Knight's not far behind it.
Michael, we lost SID.
Nothing we can do | to help him now.
We gotta get that ATV.
Stop him! Michael, that chopper's | about to get away.
All right, micro jam | the engine and the doors! Good work, buddy! I'm picking up | laser tracking again.
I don't think | they want us here, Michael.
Feeling's mutual.
| Let's take them out.
The ATV's on the move.
But I can't micro-Iock it | without releasing the chopper.
I hear you.
| The ATV's ours! He's gaining on us.
He's headed for | that rocky terrain.
All right, let's cut him off.
Hit the CO2, pal.
Now what, Michael? We're gonna turn that pickup | into a memory.
We're big enough | to take him out.
Retribution has its moments, | doesn't it, pal? It certainly does.
| That one was for SID.
Arson's a nasty habit.
But prison can also | burn you out.
Yeah.
| Thanks, Michael.
You got it.
Wow, man! Oh, yeah, Darryl, | this is Devon.
Hello Darryl.
| Hello Mr.
Miles.
And Bonnie.
Hello.
| Hi.
And Mr.
Muscle | over here is RC3.
What's happening? | Hey, good things.
This is where it | all happens, huh? That's right, SID came to life | right out of that computer.
SID.
Hey, man you look like | somebody just pulled your plug.
You okay? Yeah, I'm just | a little upset.
I just feel bad about SID | getting blown away, man.
I mean, I know the little guy | isn't human or anything but My feelings, too, Darryl.
Hey, Darryl, | don't worry about it.
Look at it this way.
SID went out | in a blaze of glory.
As you see, SID's glory | days are far from over.
How did you do that? | It was in a million pieces.
I just picked them up | and started over again.
You know what she means? I hear you.
If at first | you don't succeed You got it.
Oh, I got | something for you.
For high school.
For high school.
Oh, wow!