Knight Rider

Part 1 of 2. Michael Long, an ex-Vietnam veteran and undercover cop, is seriously injured while trying to arrest a circle of industrial saboteurs. His partner, Lonnie, has been murdered, and Michael has been left for dead. But his life is saved by the immediate and exclusive medical attention that the dying millionaire/inventor Wilton Knight has provided.

Michael Long, an ex-Vietnam veteran and undercover cop, is seriously injured while trying to arrest a circle of industrial saboteurs. His partner, Lonnie, has been murdered, and Michael has been left for dead. But his life is saved by the immediate and exclusive medical attention that the dying millionaire Wilton Knight has provided.

While speeding toward headquarters for a meeting with Devon, Michael encounters a beautiful young Army officer whose car has broken down, and offers her a ride to the base. Lt. Robin Ladd, daughter of a top Colonel, has just returned from duty in Germany and is planning a surprise visit to her father's command post.

With Devon's permission to take a few days off, Michael heads for the small town of White Rock to do some mountain climbing. Taking a burger and fries break at a local general store, run by beautiful Sherry Benson and her younger brother Davey, Michael encounters Monk and the Scorpions, a vicious bike gang who are terrorizing the town.

Lawrence Blake, a greedy land developer, has his eye on the racetrack property owned by Sammy Phillips and his stunt show. Blake plots to put Sammy out of business and then buy up the property at a discounted rate, so he hires hit man Bill Gordon to eliminate Sammy. The plot backfires, and although Sammy is injured he insists the show go on.

Senator Maggie Flynn is fiercely opposed to the passage of the Kern River Power Bill, which she feels is against the interests of her constituency. Unfortunately, her opposition has made her some very powerful enemies, who reason that the only way to stop her is to kill her.

Herbert Bremen, the plaintiff in a lawsuit over the ranchers' rights to the water on their properties, is a bad loser, and has decided to put the ranchers out of business any way he can. Devon assigns Michael to protect the ranchers against Bremen's escalating legal - and illegal - activities.

While heading out to the desert on a holiday trip, Devon is arrested for passing through a hidden stop sign. Protesting, he is carted to jail, where he witnesses the accidental death of a fellow cellmate. In order to cover up the murder, the sheriff decides to send Devon to the county's isolated work house, where he won't be able to reveal what he knows.

K.A.R.R. - the Knight Automated Roving Robot - was created by Wilton Knight years ago and was rejected as a prototype because its program of self-preservation was too threatening. It should have been destroyed, but instead was simply locked away. Now, Tony and Rev, two petty thieves who accidentally discovered K.A.R.R.'s warehouse and reactivated its circuits, have taken control of the machine.

A hood named Dugan is on his way to a rendezvous with his gang and their leader, Colonel Kincaid. But while en route, he is ambushed and captured by Michael, who assumes his identity and reports for duty in his place.

Cheryl Burns has been arrested on circumstantial evidence when her boss is found dead in the office on the morning following a late night of working together. Cheryl's only alibi is a man she met at a bar that same night, after she left her boss's office, and she appeals to Michael to find him.

The security agents hired to protect the high-risk political leaders are sharpening their skills at Marc Redmond's Vanguard School. Michael goes in undercover as an agent trainee, to penetrate the operation and determine which of the participants is the potential killer.

Beautiful socialite Marie Elena Casafranca hires the Knight Foundation to protect her father - President of the San Mirada republic - from political assassins during a "good will" tour of the U.S. The lead suspect is Rudolpho Del Fuego, a jealous advisor to the country's former dictator.

Devon sends Michael to Texas with instructions to locate and disarm a group of ruthless killers, who have illegally acquired storehouses of powerful assault rifles. To gain their trust Michael poses as a potential buyer and comes dangerously close to losing his own life over a phony $240,000 transaction and a woman he can't trust.

The Alternative 2000 race is about to begin, and Devon asks Michael to join as a driver in order to flush out the saboteur. Intrigued by the idea of racing K.I.T.T. against vehicles powered by fuels as diverse as moonshine and solar energy, Michael agrees, and is soon pursued by an aggressive young photojournalist, Liberty Cox.

At his untimely death, Philip Royce was working on a story he kept safely stored in his computer. Since he was the sole possessor of the access code, when he died, the story was assured of being laid to rest as well. Michael, whose foundation has been called in to assist in the story's research, and Lauren, Royce's daughter, decide to solve the case themselves.

Michael suspects Ron Austin is getting his bills from the town's printing press, but when he seeks police assistance in the matter, he is arrested and jailed.

Someone is killing the great minds of the Helios intellectual society and its leader is determined to get to the bottom of it after the third member, a distinguished archaeologist, is hospitalized and dies from an inexplicable disorder. Suspecting that it's an inside job, Helios leader Graham Deauville has Devon inspect the group's premises while Bonnie is inducted into the organization.

Attorney Gilbert Cole asks his assistant, Stefanie Mason, to return a briefcase to a client. As she waits at the meeting place, she is arrested by federal agents who charge her with compliance in transferring mob-connected funds. When Michael sees the headlines, he immediately requests the Foundation's permission to help Stefanie, whom he recognizes as his former fiancée.

Hired to track down a stolen shipment of highly sensitive electronic components, Michael learns that the truckers have been plagued by similar robberies in recent months. The members of the Alliance of Independent Truckers get more bad news when their supplier refuses to deal with them because of their failure to meet deadlines.

Elliot Stevens, President of Delton Micronics, hires Michael to finds out who is leaking his corporate secrets to a competitor. Clues soon lead Michael to an unlikely suspect, Julian Groves, who is having clandestine meetings with Connie Chasen, an ambitious business woman posing as a tennis instructor at a local club.

Michael picks up a hitchhiker named Nicole whose daughter has been kidnapped by her ex-husband, Harold Turner, the former head of the Stompers motorcycle gang.