Season 1, Episode 6
Date of airing: November 5, 1982 (NBC)
Nielsen ratings information: 12.58 million Households, 15.1 rating/25 share in Households
Written by: Hannah L. Shearer
Directed by: Virgil W. Vogel
”I want you to pretend you're a UFO with a very unpleasant disposition.”
“That may require considerable acting ability on my part.”
Forget K.I.T.T.'s acting abilities, or the fact that he got a grappling hook installed at the beginning of this episode. Apparently, the car also has some rockets with which it can blow up mountains and terraform land. Here is a whole new piece of lore for the show: The Trans-Am has a bunch of rockets stored inside (it looked like they came out of the exhaust pipe) – what else does the car have to offer that the show hasn't bothered to show yet? With the rocket boost (generally used to let K.I.T.T. jump over obstacles) and ski mode (driving on two wheels), it also has rocket fire (as used in the finale) and now a grappling hook button. I was planning on keeping track of the women Michael was kissing while helping them, but I guess I also have to watch the buttons from now on. Especially since there seem to be only eight.
Since I mentioned women, Fran is the third woman guest character of the week who is a single mother, with her wannabe clever and courageous kid Kevin turning into a plot device for a scene when he followed his mother and witnessed her kidnapping. Michael had no luck scoring with Fran though, as the only thing he got from her was a hug.
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| K.I.T.T. has found his toughest opponent yet. |
