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The Best Episodes of Knight Rider Season 1

Every episode of Knight Rider Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Knight Rider Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 9 - Inside Out
    7.6/10(631 votes)

    S1:E9

    Michael takes on the guise of an infamous criminal to infiltrate a highly organized crime ring headed by a retired colonel, who is planning a major heist.

    Director:Peter Crane
    Writer:Steven E. de Souza

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  2. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 1 - Knight of the Phoenix
    7.3/10(2488 votes)

    S1:E1

    When a young detective is ambushed in a failed police stakeout, he is believed to have been killed. In reality, he survives and learns that his face has been altered and his identity has been changed to Michael Knight. The man responsible for this is Wilton Knight, a dying billionaire who, convinced that one man can make a difference, has selected Michael for the role as a crime-fighter.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  3. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 2 - Deadly Maneuvers
    7.3/10(705 votes)

    S1:E2

    Michael stops to offer a stranded Army Lieutenant a lift, only to learn when they arrive at her base that her father has died under mysterious circumstances. With the events surrounding the death highly suspicious, Michael decides to investigate.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writers:William Schmidt, Bob Shayne

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  4. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 19 - Knight Moves
    7.3/10(461 votes)

    S1:E19

    Michael tries to catch hijackers who are knocking off shipments carried by independent truckers.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:William Schmidt

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  5. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 8 - Trust Doesn't Rust
    7.2/10(513 votes)

    S1:E8

    Michael is assigned to stop KARR, an evil prototype of KITT programmed to survive at all costs--and now on the loose.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Steven E. de Souza

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  6. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 15 - The Topaz Connection
    7.1/10(452 votes)

    S1:E15

    The murder of a men's magazine publisher leads Michael to Las Vegas and an expose the magazine was about to print.

    Director:Alan Myerson
    Writer:Stephen Katz

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  7. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 18 - White Bird
    7.1/10(439 votes)

    S1:E18

    Michael tries to prevent a lawyer's assistant from being framed for conspiracy, but there's a complication; she was Michael's fiancee before his identity change.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Virginia Aldridge

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  8. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 4 - Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular
    7.0/10(597 votes)

    S1:E4

    Michael joins an auto-daredevil show whose owners unwittingly took out a second mortgage from a crook who arranges "accidents" so he can take over the business.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writers:E. Paul Edwards, John Alan Schwartz

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  9. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 5 - Just My Bill
    7.0/10(546 votes)

    S1:E5

    Michael becomes the bodyguard for a crusading state senator who has stepped on one too many toes.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 6 - Not a Drop to Drink
    6.9/10(534 votes)

    S1:E6

    Devon sends Michael to stop a range war over water rights.

    Director:Virgil W. Vogel
    Writer:Hannah Louise Shearer

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  11. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 10 - The Final Verdict
    6.9/10(461 votes)

    S1:E10

    A meek accountant can clear a friend of murder—if Michael can find him before he's arrested for "creative" bookkeeping.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 3 - Good Day at White Rock
    6.8/10(650 votes)

    S1:E3

    Michael and K.I.T.T. head to the quiet backwater town of White Rock for Michael to take a well deserved vacation and do a little rock climbing, but the trip isn't quite the quiet break expected, when they find that the town is being terrorised by a rowdy motorcycle gang preparing to do battle with a rival club of bikers...

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Deborah Dean Davis

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  13. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 12 - Forget Me Not
    6.8/10(450 votes)

    S1:E12

    Michael's only hope of preventing the assassination of a Latin American president is a girl who knows the plan, but has amnesia.

    Director:Gil Bettman
    Writers:Richard Christian Matheson, Karen Harris, Tom Szollosi

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  14. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 16 - A Nice, Indecent Little Town
    6.8/10(427 votes)

    S1:E16

    The trail of a counterfeiter leads to a sleepy little village that not only appears to be harboring the criminal he's after but is also under the eye of the CIA.

    Director:Gil Bettman
    Writer:Frank Telford

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  15. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 17 - Chariot of Gold
    6.8/10(417 votes)

    S1:E17

    Michael investigates the mysterious deaths of members of an exclusive club for geniuses, involved in an archaeological dig.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:William Schmidt

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  16. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 11 - A Plush Ride
    6.7/10(460 votes)

    S1:E11

    Michael becomes a student in a driving school for chauffeur-bodyguards to expose an assassin whose targets are a trio of visiting Third World leaders.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Gregory S. Dinallo

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  17. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 20 - Nobody Does It Better
    6.7/10(402 votes)

    S1:E20

    Michael contends with interference from an overzealous private eye while he tries to discover who's stealing computer-software secrets.

    Director:Harvey S. Laidman
    Writer:David Braff

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  18. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 21 - Short Notice
    6.7/10(405 votes)

    S1:E21

    After Michael unintentionally kills a cycle-gang member, the only witness insists that he recover her kidnapped child before she will help him.

    Director:Robert Foster
    Writer:Robert Foster

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  19. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 7 - No Big Thing
    6.6/10(524 votes)

    S1:E7

    Devon lands in a small-town lockup on a misdemeanor, but his predicament becomes deadly after a fellow prisoner is killed by the cops.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Judy Burns

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  20. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 13 - Hearts of Stone
    6.6/10(434 votes)

    S1:E13

    Michael infiltrates a ring of gunrunners selling advanced-design rifles in Central America, "Corazon de Piedras".

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Robert Foster

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  21. Knight Rider Season 1 Episode 14 - Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death
    6.6/10(431 votes)

    S1:E14

    Someone is sabotaging the cars in an alternative-fuel race, so Michael joins the pack to flush out the saboteur.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:David Braff

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Inside Out" is the best rated episode of Knight Rider season 1. It scored 7.6/10 from 631 votes. Directed by Peter Crane and written by Steven E. de Souza, it aired on November 26, 1982. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Knight of the Phoenix".