Season 1, Episode 4
Date of airing: October 22, 1982 (NBC)
Nielsen ratings information: 11.41 million Households, 13.7 rating/23 share in Households
Written by: E. Paul Edwards, John Alan Schwartz
Directed by: Bruce Bilson
”We gotta prove we can perform stunts.”
“You must be joking. I can easily outperform those primitive stock machines they refer to as stunt cars.”
KNIGHT RIDER is all about stunt driving, so creating an episode that is all about stunt drivers could be considered a love letter to some of the stunt people working for the show, and the profession in general. Chances are that quite a few of K.I.T.T.'s stunt drivers who had to put on a wig to look like David Hasselhoff from a distance were featured in this episode, showcasing their talents, possibly to advocate for themselves and for bigger opportunities, in case the show wasn't working out. Unfortunately, this being an early-1980s television show, the car and driving stunts themselves were a little boring, and all they did was make me wonder how long it would take for any of the cars to fall apart after jumping one too many times.
Congratulations to Michael for kissing yet another woman guest star of the week. First, he received one on the cheek (a “business kiss”), before he found himself with a tongue in his mouth right after (a “social one”), making Lisa the second woman in the show Michael kissed, after she turned out to be the fourth woman guest star of the week. Michael must be a womanizer if he manages to lock lips with 50 percent of the women guest stars. And yet he still crashes out when it comes to Bonnie...
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| The drivers are going to break their necks skiing on dry roads. |
