Knight Rider (1982) s02e09 Episode Script
Soul Survivor
The fact is, KITT is gone | and we've got to get him back.
You control the car, | don't you? Devon, I felt something | in here.
KITT's presence.
Can you forget | about the records and take a look | at this face? I told him that | he couldn't see her anymore.
Sounds like | brainwashing to me.
That's exactly what it is.
I want you to stop Knight | in person.
What do you mean? Kill him.
KITT, that's our car.
| But nobody's driving it.
Knight Rider, a shadowy flight into the dangerous world | of a man who does not exist.
MichaeI Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion | the cause of the innocent, the helpIess, the powerless, in a world of criminals | who operate above the law.
Gotcha! Ha, ha.
You see that, KITT? I've seen nothing else | for 300 miles.
Don't you think | you've had enough? What's the problem? I thought you'd appreciate | my getting into computers.
Playing a video game | where circles eat blobs is hardly | "getting into computers.
" A computer | is a sophisticated, very complicated | piece of equipment, MichaeI.
You wanna talk | complicated? Try getting 20,000 points | on this thing.
Never.
But, if you can | tear yourself away my sensors are picking up | a disabled automobile ahead.
And that looks like | a damsel in distress.
What do you say | we lend her a hand, huh? Help.
Hi.
Help.
Help? What's the problem? It won't go.
I'm afraid that's the extent | of my diagnostic capabilities.
It won't go? | No.
Well, that's a start.
| Let's take a look.
Aha! Aha, as in, I think | I see the problem? Yeah.
Your distributor cap | was loose.
Jump in, try it now.
Okay.
Looks like saying thanks | just isn't nearly enough.
Thanks is plenty.
I needed to | stretch my legs anyway.
Look, my house | is just down the road.
How about letting me | buy you a drink? Oh, come on.
| What self-respecting knight denies his damsel | a chance to thank him? Besides, | what if this stupid car breaks down again | and you're gone? Quite a place you got here.
Thank you.
I'm an art dealer.
I love having | beautiful things around me.
Art and music.
Two of the three essential | ingredients in life.
I want you | to hear something.
It's a new sound | from a group in Europe.
Who are you? What are you doing to me? KITT.
I beg your pardon.
What do you | think you're doing? I'm highly classified | materiaI.
Now get out of here, | before I MichaeI, someone's trying | to gain access to me.
MichaeI, can you hear me? | Help.
How did he do that? Oh, no, you don't! All right, if you insist.
But that's all | you're going to get.
Yeah! You've done it, Randy! Well, part of it.
| I've got control of the car.
Once I get into that | central processing unit, I'll have control | of the computer, too.
How long will that take? It's hard to say.
| Depends on how tough he is.
How tough he is? You're talking | about a computer.
Yeah.
But he's got | a personality.
I am the Knight Industries | Two Thousand.
My seriaI number is | Alpha Delta 227529.
I am unauthorized | to allow access to my centraI processing unit.
I am the Knight Industries | Two Thousand.
My seriaI number is | Alpha Delta 227529.
I am unauthorized | to allow access to my centraI processing unit.
Your computer | controls the car, Randy.
We don't need | somebody else's.
You control the car, | don't you? It's what you promised, huh? KITT.
KITT, do you read me? KITT? You lost KITT? To a woman who picked you up | on the side of the road? Michael, | how could you? All right.
I know how it sounds.
| But I'm telling you it wasn't a casual mistake.
| It was planned.
I went over to her house, | and she puts on this music.
It's-It's like a siren song.
| Ultra-low frequency.
Hypnotic or something.
Her voice and that music literally drained | the strength out of me.
All right, | can we debate this later? The fact is, KITT is gone | and we've got to get him back.
How far can they get | with him? I thought you told me he's only programmed | to respond to me.
That's right.
But if someone | changed that program What are those chances? Infinitesimal.
| But they do exist.
Do you think you | could find that house? I'm telling you, | she was here.
And the place was | completely furnished.
And it was not for sale.
In that case, the young lady went to | a great deal of trouble to snare you and KITT.
But why? That's a real good question.
One way or another, | I'm gonna find the answer.
Devon.
What is it, Michael? I don't know.
Devon, | I felt something in here.
I don't know.
A presence.
KITT's presence.
Devon.
It's KITT.
KITT, are you all right? KITT? | Come on, buddy.
Talk to me.
KITT! Will he be all right? He's been | badly cannibalized.
Cannibalized? Most of KITT's programs | were broken into.
Everything concerning | the operation of the car is gone.
In the wrong hands, | that car is a lethal weapon.
They also tried to access | KITT's central processing unit and his bubble memory.
Everything that makes KITT | what he is, who he is.
Sounds like | brainwashing to me.
That's exactly what it is.
This is becoming a crisis | of major proportions.
We still haven't got a clue | as to who we're dealing with.
April, how are | those composites coming? I've already entered | Michael's descriptions.
KITT's data should be | in the computer by now.
That's her.
Well, that's a good start.
| Now let's see him.
That's going to be | a little bit tougher.
I only got a glimpse | of the kid.
You know, I have | the strangest feeling I've seen him | somewhere before.
Last month in Chicago, | there was a convention.
All the brightest computer | kids in the country got together, read papers, | exchanged programs.
Awards were given | for the best presentations.
And a local boy won | almost every prize.
There he is.
That's amazingly close.
His name | is Randy Merritt.
Great work, April.
We better find him | as soon as possible.
I just hope that he can | give us some answers.
Mmm-hmm? Thank you.
Well, that was the clean room.
KITT's ready, | in a manner of speaking.
Now, he's going | to look different.
The adjustment's been | quite difficult for him so please don't | make it any worse.
Okay? Different? How? Well, Michael, um Don't say a thing.
| Not one word.
KITT, are you okay? I am not okay.
I'm being held captive | inside a television set.
KITT, it's the best we can do | to make you portable.
And totally ridiculous.
I feeI like the booby prize | at a Halloween party.
Just don't stand there.
We've got to find | those beasts immediately.
Uh, just as soon as | we get a lead on the boy.
Uh, you sure you're up to | traveling, buddy? Like ApriI said, MichaeI, | I'm portable.
You seem to be enJoying this.
It's kind of fun | driving with the top down.
Well, if being | burned by the sun and buffeted by the wind | is your idea of fun.
Don't get paranoid.
I'm only driving this | until we get our car back.
That's easy for you to say.
| You're still you.
I'm a-a shadow | of my former self.
I used to be sleek, and black, | and dashing, and now Oh, MichaeI, do I look | just dreadfuI? Be honest.
KITT, what matters to me | is who you are, not what you look like.
Sure we don't have the car.
| So we can't turbo boost.
So we can't go | over 200 miles an hour.
It was all icing | on the cake anyway.
It wasn't you.
It wasn't? No, the car was fantastic, | but if you break it down it was steel, | rubber, and glass.
We can always | make another one.
But you You are a lot more | than silicon chips and fancy circuitry.
You're my buddy, | you're my partner.
KITT, you're one of a kind.
Thank you, MichaeI.
| The feeling's mutuaI.
I'd give anything | to know where he is.
I've been worried sick | since he disappeared.
It's been | nearly a month now.
No calls.
No letters.
The police haven't | turned up a thing.
The private investigator | I hired has been useless.
Mrs.
Merritt, | I think I saw your son.
He was with a woman.
You saw him? With Adrianne? I don't know her name.
She was tall, dark hair, | late 20s or early 30s.
That's her.
Where did you | see them? Please Where can I find him? I don't know.
They disappeared.
But I want | to find him as much as you do.
Anything you can tell me | about this woman will help me.
I really don't know that much.
Her name's Adrianne Margeaux.
They met at one of those | computer conventions.
She started filling his head with plans | for building a computer making millions of dollars.
| It's-It's crazy.
Randy's a good kid.
But he's young | and very impressionable.
She's so much older | and-and beautiful and so sophisticated.
I saw him changing | right in front of my eyes.
He started lying.
He'd never done that before.
Finally, I told him | he couldn't see her anymore.
And two days later, | he was gone.
Sorry.
Couldn't have | taken much with him.
What do you say | we check his room? Maybe there's | a clue in there.
I don't think so.
| Not in his room.
Why? Looks like Randy wasn't into | much, except for his computer.
There wasn't anything else.
Randy was so quiet, so shy.
I thought that computer | would be good for him.
Give him something | to share with me.
But once he discovered | the world inside that machine, he disappeared into it.
I used to hate it | when he'd spend hours with that computer.
Now I would give anything | to have him here.
Whoo! What's the matter? You're driving | like a drunken sailor.
I told you it might | take some time.
I thought you could deliver | what you promised.
I can! It was a mistake to send | a boy to do a man's job.
We should never | have gotten rid of the Knight | Industries CPU.
You told me to.
Besides, it's not | the computer you want.
It's him, the guy you stole | the car from.
Isn't it? I'll make this work.
I will.
I know it must seem strange | talking to a television set but you could say something.
I'm sorry, KITT.
I was just thinking | about Randy Merritt.
I always thought | where a person lived reflected who they are.
That can be deceptive.
My present surroundings certainly don't reflect | who I am.
Yeah, but his room | was so empty.
KITT, there was nothing | of him in there.
No personality.
No character.
That doesn't surprise me.
It sounds like Randy lived | in his own private world.
KITT, that's it.
His own private world.
His mother said | he lived inside his computer.
I'll be in the kitchen | if you need me.
Thanks.
Okay, buddy, let's see | what we can find out.
MichaeI, are you sure | we should be doing this? Computers are very personaI.
Well, look at it | this way, pal.
The sooner we | find Randy Merritt the sooner you can trade | that portable in for a bigger model.
I'll get right to work.
I'm accessing everything | that's not coded.
It's all rather predictable.
Video games, | telephone numbers homework assignments.
SeveraI weeks overdue, | I might add.
Just a moment, what's this? "Orpheus"? | What does that mean? I'm not sure but it must | have been important because it's protected by a rather sophisticated | entry code.
Can you break it? Probably.
| It could take time.
Go for it.
We don't have | much else to go on.
MichaeI, someone's calling | into this computer.
Calling in | from the outside? Yes, via the telephone.
It's another computer.
KITT, that's gotta be Randy.
Can you trace the call? It's coming from | a mobile phone.
Looks pretty desolate | out here.
Sure you know | what you're talking about? MichaeI, I might look | like a television but I'm still a computer.
Of course, I'm sure.
I don't know.
Nothing in sight.
KITT, that's our car.
But nobody's driving it.
I'm picking up | electronic impulses, MichaeI.
It's under remote controI.
And he's heading | right for us.
Then I suggest | we move quickly.
You know something? I don't much care for being | on this end of things.
That makes two of us.
What was it like, MichaeI? What, KITT? Seeing my body functioning | without me or you.
It was a little spooky.
| Let me tell you.
Did it seem like me? Yeah, it did and it didn't.
It looked like you, but somehow | it just wasn't the same.
I don't understand.
It didn't have | your soul, KITT.
Without that, | it could never be the same.
Thank you, MichaeI.
I think we just | found the source.
My, my.
What a delightfully | small world.
I've been | thinking about you.
To my brave knight even if he seems to have lost | his trusty steed.
I want my car back.
Yes, I'm sure you do.
Coincidentally, | I very much want the one remaining piece | of him.
The central processing unit.
You're having | a little trouble without it? No.
Not trouble.
But it would | simplify things.
Let me have the CPU | for 24 hours and I'll let you have it | and the car back intact.
And if I don't? You'll never see | the car again.
Look, I don't know | what you're up to but I don't like | being threatened.
And I don't do deals.
So, why don't you tell | your little friend here that you're gonna | come with me? You underestimate me.
You see, I always have an ace | somewhere up my sleeve.
Fredericks.
What are you | going to do with Randy if I don't call | you every half hour? Kill him.
It's not just recovering | KITT's body now.
It's Randy's life, too.
He's a young kid, and he's in | way over his head.
Adrianne is | a regular black widow and I'm telling you when she's through with him, | she's gonna kill him.
We still don't know anything | more about her.
We don't even know | if it's her real name.
I've circulated | her photographs amongst my | law-enforcement contacts.
Even Interpol.
| No one recognizes her.
Adrianne implied that | this Orpheus project, whatever it is, is gonna come down | by tomorrow afternoon.
Maybe that's our best shot.
No, I've researched it | from its genesis in Greek mythology to every conceivable | modern application.
I can't find any connection.
We can't just give up.
No, of course not, Michael.
But we've exhausted | every single idea we've had.
Michael, what is it? It's a long shot.
Hello? Mrs.
Merritt.
| Yeah, this is Michael Knight.
Have you found him? No, not yet.
Listen, you said that after | Randy met Adrianne, he started to lie.
| What did he lie about? Anything in particular? Adrianne.
What kind of lies, | can you give me an example? Yeah.
One Saturday, he had me drive | him to The Blackwell Hotel.
He said there was | a computer convention.
There wasn't? No.
I found out later | he'd gone to visit her.
She was staying there.
Apparently.
He spent all day | with her in her suite.
I'm sorry, sir, | but I can't help you.
We guarantee our clientele | the strictest privacy.
Registration | is confidential.
Can you forget | about the records and take a look | at this face? Of course.
Miss Margeaux.
She's often here | but she never registers.
How could she not register? She stays in Mr.
Atherton's | permanent suite.
Mr.
Atherton.
| Mr.
George Atherton? You've been awful quiet.
How's the work coming? It's okay.
| It'll be okay.
You'll see.
I'll have complete control | of the car by tomorrow.
That makes me very happy and proud.
Why do you look so sad? Look, Adrianne, the computer stuff is fine, | but the rest of it Maybe Maybe I shouldn't | be involved.
I mean, I didn't know | it was gonna be like this.
Any of it.
After this, | we'll take a long trip.
Just you and me.
The world will be | our playground.
And you, Randy, | will be my little prince.
I'm not little.
Randy, that was just a phrase, | a figure of speech.
Are you jealous? No.
Yes, you are.
You were with him today.
Michael Knight? You darling, I'm flattered.
But you have nothing | to be jealous of.
Handsome men are nice, but looks aren't what | really attract a woman.
At least, not for long.
No, a woman is | attracted by power, and a man's power | is in his mind what a man can do, what | he can create and control.
Your genius is your power, | Randy.
Never forget that.
I told you, I've never heard | of Adrianne Margeaux.
Now, if you don't mind.
Look, Mr.
Atherton, your private life | is your own business.
But this whole thing | is out of control.
A Knight Industries | Two Thousand computer was nearly destroyed.
The car is still missing.
And a young boy's life | is in danger.
And it all comes back | to one Adrianne Margeaux.
Which leaves the whole mess | on your front porch.
I've known Adrianne | for about five years.
We've been | more than friends.
But I've never | discussed KITT.
But you were on | our board of directors and you know about KITT.
She-she could have | gone through my files.
It-It could have | been pillow talk.
Mr.
Atherton, does the word "Orpheus" | mean anything to you? When we became involved, I set up a Swiss | numbered account for her.
Only she has access.
| We code-named it Orpheus.
Each letter in the word | is a number in the account.
We think she's | planning a crime.
A very big crime.
My guess is that it involves | something of yours.
That's absurd.
How could she | possibly hurt me? You tell me.
What do you have | that's worth a lot of money and is somehow vulnerable? My collection.
What collection? My art.
It's been on display | in San Francisco.
It's being transported by a special | armored car to Denver.
Any idea what it's worth? At the last appraisal, | over $14 million.
Devon, I'll need every | possible piece of information on this special car.
The terrain, the intersecting | highways, the route, the works.
ApriI's arranging to interface KITT | with Centra-Comp right now.
From what I understand, the vehicle is | a state-of-the-art armored bus capable of withstanding | virtually any impact.
How about a laser? KITT's laser isn't operable.
The laser power pack | is still there.
Now, if Randy's | the computer genius he appears to be, | anything is possible.
Well, KITT's connected | with Centra-Comp.
Within minutes, he'll know | everything we've got.
Everything except | where they plan to strike.
Thanks a lot, guys.
| We'll be in touch.
My laser power pack.
MichaeI, in the wrong hands, it's a weapon | of incredible destruction.
I'm aware, pal.
| I'm well aware.
How are you doing | down there? Okay? "How are you | doing down there?" You're making me | feeI like a child.
Sorry, big guy.
That's better.
But, darling, | those things don't matter.
Those are things | of the past.
Yeah, but it's not | just that.
It's lots of things.
Like my club, | The Computer Clones.
I'm secretary-treasurer.
I owe petty cash $8.
95.
We'll make it good.
| I promise you.
Randy, listen to me.
You're just a little | homesick.
That's all.
It's not unusual.
The trick is not to think | of what you've left behind, but what awaits you.
I've got something, MichaeI.
Go for it.
The two most likely places | for intercept are 10.
2 miles north | of Cutter's Crossing and 6.
7 miles north-northeast | of a town called Bridgeport.
Which one is more likely? They're virtually the same | in terms of desirability.
But I think Randy | worships computers.
I think he'd abandon | his own sense of judgment for even | a fractional advantage.
In that case, I'd say the | Cutter's Crossing location.
All right.
KITT, what's wrong? A chronic problem with | petroI-dependent vehicles.
We're out of gas.
Out of gas? Why didn't you tell me | we were running out of gas? Why didn't you | watch the gauge? You're the driver.
| I'm only along for the ride.
How far to Cutter's Crossing? Nearly 90 miles.
Oh! Hello! Please! Hey! Stop.
Hey! Thanks for stopping.
Listen, how would you | like to own this expensive convertible? What's that? Look.
I'm in a big hurry.
| I've just run out of gas.
I'd like to trade cars.
This convertible is worth | 10 times what this is.
More! It's a great deal.
If it's- If it's | such a great deal, how come I'm driving | and you ain't? Look.
I'll trade you straight across | and I'll throw in $68.
What do you say? Uh, tell you what.
Yeah? Throw in $68 | and that little TV set there and you got a deal.
I can't throw in the TV.
I've been wanting a little TV | like that for years.
But you don't understand.
| it's not really a TV.
It looks like a little TV.
Look at me.
| I'm an honest man.
I will trade you | the convertible.
$68.
You give me your address, I'll send you a little TV | just like that one right to your very own home.
| What do you say? Thought you said | it wasn't a little TV.
How far away | is the armored bus? Two minutes and 13 seconds.
Don't you think you should | start the computer override? I said, don't you think | you should start the computer override? That's my good boy.
I'm not your boy.
That Elmer | was quite a character.
Yeah.
Drove a hard bargain.
Yeah.
We're behind schedule.
KITT, keep one thing in mind.
I can always switch | you to a game show.
What's going on? I don't know.
| A red light came on.
Hey, what are they doing? I don't know.
Let's go.
Drop it! Now! There's a car coming this way.
| Who's inside? It's Michael Knight.
Come on.
Fredericks, | get over here.
Get in! I want you to stop Knight | in person, not remote control.
What do you mean? Kill him.
Fredericks, take | a ride with the whiz kid.
Make sure he finishes off | Mr.
Knight.
No.
I'm not gonna do it.
| Come on.
Uh-oh.
There's your body again, | with Randy behind the wheel.
Randy? I can't believe | he'd try and harm us.
He may not have a choice.
Just keep your foot | on the floorboard, kid.
It's only | a matter of seconds now.
MichaeI, we're on | a collision course! KITT, can you override | Randy's CPU? With my limited power, I wouldn't have | a chance, MichaeI.
In that case, give me | just enough juice to try one little trick.
All right, hit it! I'm trying, MichaeI! Yeah! Hop in.
MichaeI, don't forget me! You handle this thing | pretty well.
Thanks.
Listen.
I'm- | I'm sorry about all this.
I guess we've got just | one loose end to wrap up, huh? Turner! Randy, I can't believe | you double-crossed me.
I can.
Me, too.
In fact, I didn't | doubt him for a minute.
I don't know how | we'll ever thank you.
Well, it's enough that | Randy's back home and Adrianne | is under arrest.
When do you go | back to classes? Monday.
I, uh, fell behind, but I'm kind of looking | forward to catching up.
Okay, I'll see you later.
Take it easy.
| You, too.
Bye.
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah, | I almost forgot.
In case you ever want | a break from your computer.
Wow.
Thanks.
You're welcome.
What a relief.
What do you mean? To see Randy home again? To be home again.
MichaeI, you have no idea | what it was like to be locked inside | that little TV.
Driving Elmer's old Studebaker | was no picnic, either, pal.
I'm glad to have you back.
Devon's calling.
I guess it's business | as usuaI.
I don't know about that.
Let's play a little hooky.
"Hooky"? I'm not familiar | with the term, MichaeI.
Then let me educate you in one of | life's finer pleasures.
Oh, this does feeI good.
How about | a little turbo boost? Dare we? | Without sufficient reason? "Without sufficient reason" | is the definition of "hooky.
" Shall we, as they say, | go for it? Let's.
You control the car, | don't you? Devon, I felt something | in here.
KITT's presence.
Can you forget | about the records and take a look | at this face? I told him that | he couldn't see her anymore.
Sounds like | brainwashing to me.
That's exactly what it is.
I want you to stop Knight | in person.
What do you mean? Kill him.
KITT, that's our car.
| But nobody's driving it.
Knight Rider, a shadowy flight into the dangerous world | of a man who does not exist.
MichaeI Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion | the cause of the innocent, the helpIess, the powerless, in a world of criminals | who operate above the law.
Gotcha! Ha, ha.
You see that, KITT? I've seen nothing else | for 300 miles.
Don't you think | you've had enough? What's the problem? I thought you'd appreciate | my getting into computers.
Playing a video game | where circles eat blobs is hardly | "getting into computers.
" A computer | is a sophisticated, very complicated | piece of equipment, MichaeI.
You wanna talk | complicated? Try getting 20,000 points | on this thing.
Never.
But, if you can | tear yourself away my sensors are picking up | a disabled automobile ahead.
And that looks like | a damsel in distress.
What do you say | we lend her a hand, huh? Help.
Hi.
Help.
Help? What's the problem? It won't go.
I'm afraid that's the extent | of my diagnostic capabilities.
It won't go? | No.
Well, that's a start.
| Let's take a look.
Aha! Aha, as in, I think | I see the problem? Yeah.
Your distributor cap | was loose.
Jump in, try it now.
Okay.
Looks like saying thanks | just isn't nearly enough.
Thanks is plenty.
I needed to | stretch my legs anyway.
Look, my house | is just down the road.
How about letting me | buy you a drink? Oh, come on.
| What self-respecting knight denies his damsel | a chance to thank him? Besides, | what if this stupid car breaks down again | and you're gone? Quite a place you got here.
Thank you.
I'm an art dealer.
I love having | beautiful things around me.
Art and music.
Two of the three essential | ingredients in life.
I want you | to hear something.
It's a new sound | from a group in Europe.
Who are you? What are you doing to me? KITT.
I beg your pardon.
What do you | think you're doing? I'm highly classified | materiaI.
Now get out of here, | before I MichaeI, someone's trying | to gain access to me.
MichaeI, can you hear me? | Help.
How did he do that? Oh, no, you don't! All right, if you insist.
But that's all | you're going to get.
Yeah! You've done it, Randy! Well, part of it.
| I've got control of the car.
Once I get into that | central processing unit, I'll have control | of the computer, too.
How long will that take? It's hard to say.
| Depends on how tough he is.
How tough he is? You're talking | about a computer.
Yeah.
But he's got | a personality.
I am the Knight Industries | Two Thousand.
My seriaI number is | Alpha Delta 227529.
I am unauthorized | to allow access to my centraI processing unit.
I am the Knight Industries | Two Thousand.
My seriaI number is | Alpha Delta 227529.
I am unauthorized | to allow access to my centraI processing unit.
Your computer | controls the car, Randy.
We don't need | somebody else's.
You control the car, | don't you? It's what you promised, huh? KITT.
KITT, do you read me? KITT? You lost KITT? To a woman who picked you up | on the side of the road? Michael, | how could you? All right.
I know how it sounds.
| But I'm telling you it wasn't a casual mistake.
| It was planned.
I went over to her house, | and she puts on this music.
It's-It's like a siren song.
| Ultra-low frequency.
Hypnotic or something.
Her voice and that music literally drained | the strength out of me.
All right, | can we debate this later? The fact is, KITT is gone | and we've got to get him back.
How far can they get | with him? I thought you told me he's only programmed | to respond to me.
That's right.
But if someone | changed that program What are those chances? Infinitesimal.
| But they do exist.
Do you think you | could find that house? I'm telling you, | she was here.
And the place was | completely furnished.
And it was not for sale.
In that case, the young lady went to | a great deal of trouble to snare you and KITT.
But why? That's a real good question.
One way or another, | I'm gonna find the answer.
Devon.
What is it, Michael? I don't know.
Devon, | I felt something in here.
I don't know.
A presence.
KITT's presence.
Devon.
It's KITT.
KITT, are you all right? KITT? | Come on, buddy.
Talk to me.
KITT! Will he be all right? He's been | badly cannibalized.
Cannibalized? Most of KITT's programs | were broken into.
Everything concerning | the operation of the car is gone.
In the wrong hands, | that car is a lethal weapon.
They also tried to access | KITT's central processing unit and his bubble memory.
Everything that makes KITT | what he is, who he is.
Sounds like | brainwashing to me.
That's exactly what it is.
This is becoming a crisis | of major proportions.
We still haven't got a clue | as to who we're dealing with.
April, how are | those composites coming? I've already entered | Michael's descriptions.
KITT's data should be | in the computer by now.
That's her.
Well, that's a good start.
| Now let's see him.
That's going to be | a little bit tougher.
I only got a glimpse | of the kid.
You know, I have | the strangest feeling I've seen him | somewhere before.
Last month in Chicago, | there was a convention.
All the brightest computer | kids in the country got together, read papers, | exchanged programs.
Awards were given | for the best presentations.
And a local boy won | almost every prize.
There he is.
That's amazingly close.
His name | is Randy Merritt.
Great work, April.
We better find him | as soon as possible.
I just hope that he can | give us some answers.
Mmm-hmm? Thank you.
Well, that was the clean room.
KITT's ready, | in a manner of speaking.
Now, he's going | to look different.
The adjustment's been | quite difficult for him so please don't | make it any worse.
Okay? Different? How? Well, Michael, um Don't say a thing.
| Not one word.
KITT, are you okay? I am not okay.
I'm being held captive | inside a television set.
KITT, it's the best we can do | to make you portable.
And totally ridiculous.
I feeI like the booby prize | at a Halloween party.
Just don't stand there.
We've got to find | those beasts immediately.
Uh, just as soon as | we get a lead on the boy.
Uh, you sure you're up to | traveling, buddy? Like ApriI said, MichaeI, | I'm portable.
You seem to be enJoying this.
It's kind of fun | driving with the top down.
Well, if being | burned by the sun and buffeted by the wind | is your idea of fun.
Don't get paranoid.
I'm only driving this | until we get our car back.
That's easy for you to say.
| You're still you.
I'm a-a shadow | of my former self.
I used to be sleek, and black, | and dashing, and now Oh, MichaeI, do I look | just dreadfuI? Be honest.
KITT, what matters to me | is who you are, not what you look like.
Sure we don't have the car.
| So we can't turbo boost.
So we can't go | over 200 miles an hour.
It was all icing | on the cake anyway.
It wasn't you.
It wasn't? No, the car was fantastic, | but if you break it down it was steel, | rubber, and glass.
We can always | make another one.
But you You are a lot more | than silicon chips and fancy circuitry.
You're my buddy, | you're my partner.
KITT, you're one of a kind.
Thank you, MichaeI.
| The feeling's mutuaI.
I'd give anything | to know where he is.
I've been worried sick | since he disappeared.
It's been | nearly a month now.
No calls.
No letters.
The police haven't | turned up a thing.
The private investigator | I hired has been useless.
Mrs.
Merritt, | I think I saw your son.
He was with a woman.
You saw him? With Adrianne? I don't know her name.
She was tall, dark hair, | late 20s or early 30s.
That's her.
Where did you | see them? Please Where can I find him? I don't know.
They disappeared.
But I want | to find him as much as you do.
Anything you can tell me | about this woman will help me.
I really don't know that much.
Her name's Adrianne Margeaux.
They met at one of those | computer conventions.
She started filling his head with plans | for building a computer making millions of dollars.
| It's-It's crazy.
Randy's a good kid.
But he's young | and very impressionable.
She's so much older | and-and beautiful and so sophisticated.
I saw him changing | right in front of my eyes.
He started lying.
He'd never done that before.
Finally, I told him | he couldn't see her anymore.
And two days later, | he was gone.
Sorry.
Couldn't have | taken much with him.
What do you say | we check his room? Maybe there's | a clue in there.
I don't think so.
| Not in his room.
Why? Looks like Randy wasn't into | much, except for his computer.
There wasn't anything else.
Randy was so quiet, so shy.
I thought that computer | would be good for him.
Give him something | to share with me.
But once he discovered | the world inside that machine, he disappeared into it.
I used to hate it | when he'd spend hours with that computer.
Now I would give anything | to have him here.
Whoo! What's the matter? You're driving | like a drunken sailor.
I told you it might | take some time.
I thought you could deliver | what you promised.
I can! It was a mistake to send | a boy to do a man's job.
We should never | have gotten rid of the Knight | Industries CPU.
You told me to.
Besides, it's not | the computer you want.
It's him, the guy you stole | the car from.
Isn't it? I'll make this work.
I will.
I know it must seem strange | talking to a television set but you could say something.
I'm sorry, KITT.
I was just thinking | about Randy Merritt.
I always thought | where a person lived reflected who they are.
That can be deceptive.
My present surroundings certainly don't reflect | who I am.
Yeah, but his room | was so empty.
KITT, there was nothing | of him in there.
No personality.
No character.
That doesn't surprise me.
It sounds like Randy lived | in his own private world.
KITT, that's it.
His own private world.
His mother said | he lived inside his computer.
I'll be in the kitchen | if you need me.
Thanks.
Okay, buddy, let's see | what we can find out.
MichaeI, are you sure | we should be doing this? Computers are very personaI.
Well, look at it | this way, pal.
The sooner we | find Randy Merritt the sooner you can trade | that portable in for a bigger model.
I'll get right to work.
I'm accessing everything | that's not coded.
It's all rather predictable.
Video games, | telephone numbers homework assignments.
SeveraI weeks overdue, | I might add.
Just a moment, what's this? "Orpheus"? | What does that mean? I'm not sure but it must | have been important because it's protected by a rather sophisticated | entry code.
Can you break it? Probably.
| It could take time.
Go for it.
We don't have | much else to go on.
MichaeI, someone's calling | into this computer.
Calling in | from the outside? Yes, via the telephone.
It's another computer.
KITT, that's gotta be Randy.
Can you trace the call? It's coming from | a mobile phone.
Looks pretty desolate | out here.
Sure you know | what you're talking about? MichaeI, I might look | like a television but I'm still a computer.
Of course, I'm sure.
I don't know.
Nothing in sight.
KITT, that's our car.
But nobody's driving it.
I'm picking up | electronic impulses, MichaeI.
It's under remote controI.
And he's heading | right for us.
Then I suggest | we move quickly.
You know something? I don't much care for being | on this end of things.
That makes two of us.
What was it like, MichaeI? What, KITT? Seeing my body functioning | without me or you.
It was a little spooky.
| Let me tell you.
Did it seem like me? Yeah, it did and it didn't.
It looked like you, but somehow | it just wasn't the same.
I don't understand.
It didn't have | your soul, KITT.
Without that, | it could never be the same.
Thank you, MichaeI.
I think we just | found the source.
My, my.
What a delightfully | small world.
I've been | thinking about you.
To my brave knight even if he seems to have lost | his trusty steed.
I want my car back.
Yes, I'm sure you do.
Coincidentally, | I very much want the one remaining piece | of him.
The central processing unit.
You're having | a little trouble without it? No.
Not trouble.
But it would | simplify things.
Let me have the CPU | for 24 hours and I'll let you have it | and the car back intact.
And if I don't? You'll never see | the car again.
Look, I don't know | what you're up to but I don't like | being threatened.
And I don't do deals.
So, why don't you tell | your little friend here that you're gonna | come with me? You underestimate me.
You see, I always have an ace | somewhere up my sleeve.
Fredericks.
What are you | going to do with Randy if I don't call | you every half hour? Kill him.
It's not just recovering | KITT's body now.
It's Randy's life, too.
He's a young kid, and he's in | way over his head.
Adrianne is | a regular black widow and I'm telling you when she's through with him, | she's gonna kill him.
We still don't know anything | more about her.
We don't even know | if it's her real name.
I've circulated | her photographs amongst my | law-enforcement contacts.
Even Interpol.
| No one recognizes her.
Adrianne implied that | this Orpheus project, whatever it is, is gonna come down | by tomorrow afternoon.
Maybe that's our best shot.
No, I've researched it | from its genesis in Greek mythology to every conceivable | modern application.
I can't find any connection.
We can't just give up.
No, of course not, Michael.
But we've exhausted | every single idea we've had.
Michael, what is it? It's a long shot.
Hello? Mrs.
Merritt.
| Yeah, this is Michael Knight.
Have you found him? No, not yet.
Listen, you said that after | Randy met Adrianne, he started to lie.
| What did he lie about? Anything in particular? Adrianne.
What kind of lies, | can you give me an example? Yeah.
One Saturday, he had me drive | him to The Blackwell Hotel.
He said there was | a computer convention.
There wasn't? No.
I found out later | he'd gone to visit her.
She was staying there.
Apparently.
He spent all day | with her in her suite.
I'm sorry, sir, | but I can't help you.
We guarantee our clientele | the strictest privacy.
Registration | is confidential.
Can you forget | about the records and take a look | at this face? Of course.
Miss Margeaux.
She's often here | but she never registers.
How could she not register? She stays in Mr.
Atherton's | permanent suite.
Mr.
Atherton.
| Mr.
George Atherton? You've been awful quiet.
How's the work coming? It's okay.
| It'll be okay.
You'll see.
I'll have complete control | of the car by tomorrow.
That makes me very happy and proud.
Why do you look so sad? Look, Adrianne, the computer stuff is fine, | but the rest of it Maybe Maybe I shouldn't | be involved.
I mean, I didn't know | it was gonna be like this.
Any of it.
After this, | we'll take a long trip.
Just you and me.
The world will be | our playground.
And you, Randy, | will be my little prince.
I'm not little.
Randy, that was just a phrase, | a figure of speech.
Are you jealous? No.
Yes, you are.
You were with him today.
Michael Knight? You darling, I'm flattered.
But you have nothing | to be jealous of.
Handsome men are nice, but looks aren't what | really attract a woman.
At least, not for long.
No, a woman is | attracted by power, and a man's power | is in his mind what a man can do, what | he can create and control.
Your genius is your power, | Randy.
Never forget that.
I told you, I've never heard | of Adrianne Margeaux.
Now, if you don't mind.
Look, Mr.
Atherton, your private life | is your own business.
But this whole thing | is out of control.
A Knight Industries | Two Thousand computer was nearly destroyed.
The car is still missing.
And a young boy's life | is in danger.
And it all comes back | to one Adrianne Margeaux.
Which leaves the whole mess | on your front porch.
I've known Adrianne | for about five years.
We've been | more than friends.
But I've never | discussed KITT.
But you were on | our board of directors and you know about KITT.
She-she could have | gone through my files.
It-It could have | been pillow talk.
Mr.
Atherton, does the word "Orpheus" | mean anything to you? When we became involved, I set up a Swiss | numbered account for her.
Only she has access.
| We code-named it Orpheus.
Each letter in the word | is a number in the account.
We think she's | planning a crime.
A very big crime.
My guess is that it involves | something of yours.
That's absurd.
How could she | possibly hurt me? You tell me.
What do you have | that's worth a lot of money and is somehow vulnerable? My collection.
What collection? My art.
It's been on display | in San Francisco.
It's being transported by a special | armored car to Denver.
Any idea what it's worth? At the last appraisal, | over $14 million.
Devon, I'll need every | possible piece of information on this special car.
The terrain, the intersecting | highways, the route, the works.
ApriI's arranging to interface KITT | with Centra-Comp right now.
From what I understand, the vehicle is | a state-of-the-art armored bus capable of withstanding | virtually any impact.
How about a laser? KITT's laser isn't operable.
The laser power pack | is still there.
Now, if Randy's | the computer genius he appears to be, | anything is possible.
Well, KITT's connected | with Centra-Comp.
Within minutes, he'll know | everything we've got.
Everything except | where they plan to strike.
Thanks a lot, guys.
| We'll be in touch.
My laser power pack.
MichaeI, in the wrong hands, it's a weapon | of incredible destruction.
I'm aware, pal.
| I'm well aware.
How are you doing | down there? Okay? "How are you | doing down there?" You're making me | feeI like a child.
Sorry, big guy.
That's better.
But, darling, | those things don't matter.
Those are things | of the past.
Yeah, but it's not | just that.
It's lots of things.
Like my club, | The Computer Clones.
I'm secretary-treasurer.
I owe petty cash $8.
95.
We'll make it good.
| I promise you.
Randy, listen to me.
You're just a little | homesick.
That's all.
It's not unusual.
The trick is not to think | of what you've left behind, but what awaits you.
I've got something, MichaeI.
Go for it.
The two most likely places | for intercept are 10.
2 miles north | of Cutter's Crossing and 6.
7 miles north-northeast | of a town called Bridgeport.
Which one is more likely? They're virtually the same | in terms of desirability.
But I think Randy | worships computers.
I think he'd abandon | his own sense of judgment for even | a fractional advantage.
In that case, I'd say the | Cutter's Crossing location.
All right.
KITT, what's wrong? A chronic problem with | petroI-dependent vehicles.
We're out of gas.
Out of gas? Why didn't you tell me | we were running out of gas? Why didn't you | watch the gauge? You're the driver.
| I'm only along for the ride.
How far to Cutter's Crossing? Nearly 90 miles.
Oh! Hello! Please! Hey! Stop.
Hey! Thanks for stopping.
Listen, how would you | like to own this expensive convertible? What's that? Look.
I'm in a big hurry.
| I've just run out of gas.
I'd like to trade cars.
This convertible is worth | 10 times what this is.
More! It's a great deal.
If it's- If it's | such a great deal, how come I'm driving | and you ain't? Look.
I'll trade you straight across | and I'll throw in $68.
What do you say? Uh, tell you what.
Yeah? Throw in $68 | and that little TV set there and you got a deal.
I can't throw in the TV.
I've been wanting a little TV | like that for years.
But you don't understand.
| it's not really a TV.
It looks like a little TV.
Look at me.
| I'm an honest man.
I will trade you | the convertible.
$68.
You give me your address, I'll send you a little TV | just like that one right to your very own home.
| What do you say? Thought you said | it wasn't a little TV.
How far away | is the armored bus? Two minutes and 13 seconds.
Don't you think you should | start the computer override? I said, don't you think | you should start the computer override? That's my good boy.
I'm not your boy.
That Elmer | was quite a character.
Yeah.
Drove a hard bargain.
Yeah.
We're behind schedule.
KITT, keep one thing in mind.
I can always switch | you to a game show.
What's going on? I don't know.
| A red light came on.
Hey, what are they doing? I don't know.
Let's go.
Drop it! Now! There's a car coming this way.
| Who's inside? It's Michael Knight.
Come on.
Fredericks, | get over here.
Get in! I want you to stop Knight | in person, not remote control.
What do you mean? Kill him.
Fredericks, take | a ride with the whiz kid.
Make sure he finishes off | Mr.
Knight.
No.
I'm not gonna do it.
| Come on.
Uh-oh.
There's your body again, | with Randy behind the wheel.
Randy? I can't believe | he'd try and harm us.
He may not have a choice.
Just keep your foot | on the floorboard, kid.
It's only | a matter of seconds now.
MichaeI, we're on | a collision course! KITT, can you override | Randy's CPU? With my limited power, I wouldn't have | a chance, MichaeI.
In that case, give me | just enough juice to try one little trick.
All right, hit it! I'm trying, MichaeI! Yeah! Hop in.
MichaeI, don't forget me! You handle this thing | pretty well.
Thanks.
Listen.
I'm- | I'm sorry about all this.
I guess we've got just | one loose end to wrap up, huh? Turner! Randy, I can't believe | you double-crossed me.
I can.
Me, too.
In fact, I didn't | doubt him for a minute.
I don't know how | we'll ever thank you.
Well, it's enough that | Randy's back home and Adrianne | is under arrest.
When do you go | back to classes? Monday.
I, uh, fell behind, but I'm kind of looking | forward to catching up.
Okay, I'll see you later.
Take it easy.
| You, too.
Bye.
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah, | I almost forgot.
In case you ever want | a break from your computer.
Wow.
Thanks.
You're welcome.
What a relief.
What do you mean? To see Randy home again? To be home again.
MichaeI, you have no idea | what it was like to be locked inside | that little TV.
Driving Elmer's old Studebaker | was no picnic, either, pal.
I'm glad to have you back.
Devon's calling.
I guess it's business | as usuaI.
I don't know about that.
Let's play a little hooky.
"Hooky"? I'm not familiar | with the term, MichaeI.
Then let me educate you in one of | life's finer pleasures.
Oh, this does feeI good.
How about | a little turbo boost? Dare we? | Without sufficient reason? "Without sufficient reason" | is the definition of "hooky.
" Shall we, as they say, | go for it? Let's.