Season 1, Episode 11
Date of airing: December 10, 1982 (NBC)
Nielsen ratings information: 13.24 million Households, 15.9 rating/24 share in Households
Written by: Gregory S. Dinallo
Directed by: Sidney Hayers
”Hey buddy, how about a little snapshot of that little package, huh? Anything?”
“Yes, a semi-automatic pistol, 32-caliber, three clips of ammunition. Also, seven blouses, four pairs of slags, two pairs of shoes, six sets of undergarments, three ––“
When you work for Michael Knight, you need to make him aware of the dangers of life <i>and</i> the dangers when a woman walks into his life. At least K.I.T.T. knows by now that his driver can be distracted by the sexy too often and therefore needs to give all the important information about what a woman is up to or plans on wearing, including undergarments. After all, Michael will either end up smooching with her, or, as in this case, have to battle her to survive the day.
The plot was conveniently confusing and illogical, with the drivers for the third-world leaders all being terrorists who wish to blow up the world because the Foundation can't do proper background checks on anyone. Otherwise, all the people hired as bodyguards would have been found out a lot sooner, but then we wouldn't have had an episode with Michael being thrown into the lion's den, so to speak. What a shame that most of the episode was about Michael trying to find the lone assassin in the group, when it could have been a more thrilling episode if the group had revealed itself much sooner, and Michael needed to find a way to save his own life. In a way, this episode turned into a soft undercover story for Michael, although this time around, he was known to be Michael Knight, agent of the Foundation. Something the terrorists could have found out for themselves if they had done background checks, also.
Margo is the fifth woman guest character of the show to kiss Michael Knight. That she turned out to be the villain makes it more interesting in hindsight, because how often did Michael swap spit with women who turned out they want to kill him?
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| Michael attends lessons on how to be a better terrorist and assassin. |
