Knight Rider (1982) s03e08 Episode Script

lt looks like heroin.
lt is | heroin.
l've been tailing this guy.
The Foundation cannot operate | above the law.
l'm no longer working for the | Foundation, remember? l'm on suspension.
l'm willing to pay you $50,000 | for an hour's work.
l don't do your bidding | anymore.
l do my own.
Don't.
Back in the saddle.
Butch and Sundance.
| Rock 'n' roll.
Michael.
KlTT.
No! What do you want done? | Something dangerous.
But I cannot aid | in anything that could jeopardize | a human life.
Michael, I can no longer | support your actions.
KlTT, we're about to hit three | feet of reinforced concrete wall.
l'll abort | if you say you can't do it.
Knight Rider, | a shadowy flight into the dangerous world | of a man who does not exist.
Michael Knight, | a young loner on a crusade to champion | the cause of the innocent the helpless, the powerless in a world of criminals | who operate above the law.
Devon, he went into the | Catfish Bar over an hour ago.
Well, | maybe we're just wasting time.
lf you've got to waste time, Devon, there's | no better place to do it than in New Orleans.
I'm sure you're right but you've been tailing this Willis | character for almost 24 hours now and all you've got to show | for it is a tour of the city.
He likes to enjoy himself, | there's no question about that.
Devon, if we're going to | put Lasalle out of business we gotta squeeze his key | people.
People like Willis.
Yes.
| Well, keep in touch, Michael.
To tell you the truth Michael, it's not the waiting | that bothers me.
It's the Dixieland jazz | that goes with it.
If I hear When The Saints Go | Marching ln one more time Wait a minute.
There he is.
Michael, he didn't have that | case when he went in.
Got that right.
Let's take | a little peek inside.
A kilo of pure heroin, Michael.
| Known on the street as China White.
I didn't think Lasalle | was involved with drugs.
Why not, pal? | He's into everything else.
All right, he made us.
Notify | Devon, then cut Willis off! Hey, watch it! Police officer! Get your hands | up against the wall! That goes for you, too.
Officer, | my name is Michael Knight.
l work for The Foundation | for Law and Government.
l said spread them.
This yours? | lt's his.
Sergeant, it looks like heroin.
lt | is heroin.
l've been tailing this guy.
Suspension? l'm sorry, but until this mess is | straightened out, l have no choice.
But, Devon, l was framed.
He must have slipped the heroin in | my pocket while l was busting him.
Please, Michael.
l want to believe | you but l've got to have proof.
And at this moment, the Foundation must | concentrate all its efforts on this key.
Key? What is it with this key? | l'm being suspended here and you're worried about a key | they found on Willis.
Michael, | the police have requested that l use all our resources | to discover exactly what this key unlocks.
lf Lasalle has anything to do | with it, it's got to be important.
Well, in case you've forgotten, | l'm one of those resources.
Not under the present | circumstances.
Michael, the Foundation has people to | answer to.
lt's a visible organization.
lf we let these charges against | you pass without investigation it would be looked upon | as a cover-up.
Devon, that's fine.
| lnvestigate all you want just don't keep me | from doing my job.
l'm sorry, my decision is made.
| Yeah, well, l got news for you.
l've made a decision, too.
l've been framed here, and there's | only one guy who could clear me.
Willis is sticking | to his story.
l'm not talking about Willis.
l'm | talking about his boss, Lasalle.
Michael, the Foundation cannot | operate above the law.
l'm no longer working for the | Foundation, remember? l'm on suspension.
Well, I'm glad you got that little matter | straightened out.
The only thing l got, pal, | was a suspension.
A suspension? | But how can that be? Well, it's a long story and l | don't want to bore you with it.
But l'm leaving.
| Where are we going? We aren't going anywhere.
| l'm going alone.
Alone? But, Michael, | we're a team.
Yeah.
Yeah, l know.
But you | belong to the Foundation.
But, Michael, without you | Yeah, l know.
l feel the same way.
Look, it's not over.
| Not by a long shot.
Until then take care, huh? You again.
| You're worse than a bad dream.
All you gotta do is tell me | where l can find Lasalle and l'll take my business | down the street.
l told you before.
l don't know | what Lasalle you're talking about.
How many Lasalles could own a big chunk of the French | Quarter, including this joint? Look, you want a drink or not? Sure he wants a drink.
l don't think he's here | for the scenery.
Give me a beer | and a zombie for Jane here.
Just love a man | with a sense of humor.
Make it a gin and tonic.
Here's to a long friendship.
To a long friendship.
Even if it lasts all night.
You know, Jane l've kissed a few ladies | in my life.
But you Oh, really? | Could have fooled me.
Why don't you tell me | all about it lady by lady kiss by kiss.
No.
l'm talking about you.
| l mean l mean l don't think | l feel very good.
l thought you were dead.
Who says l'm not? lf l didn't know better l'd think somebody slipped | something in my drink last night.
Now why would anyone | want to do that? You tell me.
Boyd's waiting for you | out on the veranda.
Ah.
You must be Michael Knight.
| How did you guess? l'm Boyd Lasalle, | and this is Linda.
Oh, yes.
| We almost met earlier.
Darling.
l know.
Business.
Now, l understand you've been | looking all over New Orleans for me.
Why? Because one of your errand | boys framed me, that's why.
Willis? So what do you want with me? l want my suspension lifted.
l want my name | cleared and l want you to talk to Willis and tell him | he made a very big mistake.
But you and l | are natural enemies.
As long as you're on suspension | l sleep better at night.
But l'm not gonna be | on suspension forever.
No, you're not.
As a matter of fact your status at the Foundation has | taken another turn for the worse.
Well, what does that mean? Thanks to | my electronic wizard here l've recently gained access to | the Foundation's inner sanctum.
We actually use your surveillance | equipment to spy on you.
Watch.
But, Devon It was the board's decision, | Bonnie not mine.
| But why? Well, the consensus was that | Michael was compromised.
I'm sorry.
I argued against it.
| I did everything I could.
Have you told him? | I'm trying to locate him now.
Well, what are we going to do? | Do? We're going to replace him.
Just like that? | We have no choice, Bonnie.
Seen enough? l can imagine | how difficult this is for you.
Fortunately, l think some good | can come out of it after all.
l can't imagine what.
l can use a man of your | talent.
What do you think l am? For sale to the highest | bidder? No questions asked? You haven't heard | my offer yet.
Save your breath.
Then what are you gonna do | for a living? With your present security rating you | couldn't get a job as a rent-a-cop.
l'm willing to pay you $50,000 | for an hour's work.
What kind of work? Stealing something | l want very much.
No, Charles.
Ski Mode is used | only in emergency situations.
l'm just checking out | the equipment, little buddy.
Little buddy? And, by the way, | you can call me Chuck.
I can, yes, | but why would I want to? Well, if l'm going to be | your new partner Unless I'm mistaken, Chuck, at this | point you're simply one of the many candidates being considered | for the job.
Well, that's true but when Chuck Wallyburton | goes after something he usually gets it.
I see you and KITT are getting | to know each other, Charles.
You can call him Chuck, Devon.
Oh, we're getting along | just fine.
l must say, this is some | organization you run, Dev.
Just give me the right word and | it's goodbye Feds, hello Foundation.
Yeah.
Well, you realize, of course, | that we are still in the process of interviewing | possible replacements.
Well, like l always say, | why shop for ground round when you've got top sirloin | right on your plate? That's what you always say, | is it? And what does | this little button do? ''Eject left.
'' Why don't you check it out, | Chuck? Now you're talking, | little buddy.
I didn't see that, KITT.
Danton's ready to take you | to the plane now.
What if l'm not ready | to be taken? Are you asking a question or | are you just making conversation? Maybe a little bit of both.
ls that allowed? lf it makes you feel better.
Hey, what is it with you, | anyway? Do you have contempt for | everybody, or am l just special? Hi, buddy, miss me? Michael! I thought | I'd never see you again! Well, you can't get rid of me that | easy, pal.
You've talked with Devon.
It was a misunderstanding.
| Everything will be the way it was.
No, pal, l'm afraid | it'll never be the way it was.
Then why did you come back? To get you.
| I don't understand.
Come on, KlTT.
You said it | yourself.
We're partners.
Michael, | this is all very confusing.
We got places to go | and things to do.
I'm the property of The | Foundation for Law and Government.
Come on, pal.
| Open the door.
Let me in.
This is the last time.
| l won't ask again.
All right, back in the saddle.
Butch and Sundance.
| Rock 'n' roll.
Michael.
KlTT.
No! Come on, admit it.
| lt feels great.
There is | an undeniable nostalgia.
Unfortunately, it's clouded | by your recent behavior.
My recent behavior is history.
| We have a whole life ahead of us.
As fugitives, it would seem.
Michael Knight.
l don't see your name | on the guest list, Mr.
Knight.
Are you here for the birthday | party? What birthday party? l work for Lasalle.
| Please wait here.
l got a guy out here.
| A Michael Knight? Are you thinking | what l'm thinking? Michael Shall we? | Just for old time's sake? Michael, | it is good to have you back.
Hey! Our new business associate | who favors dramatic entrances.
Congratulations.
| As agreed.
Maybe you shouldn't park | on the grass, huh? Don't worry.
| I'll find a place for myself.
As agreed, yes.
But considering | we live in a time when agreements are broken as | often as honored, l'm impressed.
The price was right.
| ls that a hint? No, l'd like my money.
| Follow me.
Oh, my.
Scat.
Skedaddle.
Bug off.
I support endangered species, | but this is ridiculous.
Not again! This calls | for extreme measures.
Thank goodness.
Thanks.
That's all? l forget something? | Let's not play games.
Without you, the car is virtually | useless.
You know that and l know that.
lt's a means to an end.
What will it cost me? What do you want done? | Something dangerous.
l figured.
l need you right away.
Excuse me.
| l won't be a minute.
No! You promised! | No! Wait! No! Go ahead.
No, you promised! He'll see you now.
Now l'm impressed.
Thank you.
Shall we get down to business? l've already gotten down | to mine.
That's nothing.
Six months | if you're not too extravagant.
l'm prepared to make you | a wealthy man.
Could you be more specific? Five times that.
$250,000 cash.
Who do you want me to kill? That was a joke.
What you see here is state-of-the-art | in digital communications.
With it, l can detect and monitor any | electronic transmission in the world.
A treasure hunt | off the coast of Haiti.
lf they find the treasure, | we're gonna rip them off, too.
Now tell me what you know about | the Bohr-Fellows Lock? lt's the most impregnable | lock ever designed.
Titanium alloy tumblers, | a coded magnetic key that's next to impossible | to duplicate.
Excellent.
And l was this close | to getting my hands on one until Willis decided to | moonlight a drug deal on his own.
And the rest is history.
History l intend to rewrite.
l want that key back, Michael.
| And we both know who has it.
Danton.
Michael! | What are you doing here? It turns out we have some | unfinished business, Devon.
The only unfinished business | we have is the theft of KITT.
That, and breaking into my | office.
l demand an explanation.
Sorry, but your demanding days | are over.
l don't do your bidding | anymore.
l do my own.
Don't step on the alarm.
l can't believe this.
Michael, for God's sake, | stop this insanity before you do something | that you will really regret.
Save the moral indignation.
l've | had enough to last a lifetime.
Open the safe.
Why? Open it.
What do you want? Money? | The key.
What key? | Don't press your luck.
The key they found on Willis.
| Now, open it! Michael, listen to me- | Devon, the key.
Right now! Well, gentlemen.
| Phase two is complete.
lf you don't mind, | l think l'll turn in.
lt's been a long day.
Good idea.
We complete the third | and final phase tomorrow.
Be ready to leave at 7 a.
m.
You mind telling me what | the third and final phase is? From now on, information will | be on a need-to-know basis.
l need to know.
| You do, but not tonight.
Was it difficult for you? | What? Dealing with Devon Miles.
Yeah.
Yeah, it was.
But l did it.
Psst.
Don't say anything.
You're on | their surveillance system.
l have to talk to you.
Somebody left something | in my bedroom.
lf it was you, show me.
Give me some kind of sign | to let me know.
KlTT, l want you to knock out | the system monitor in my room.
Michael, this is a very | sophisticated operation.
The old saying ''easier said | than done'' comes to mind.
Buzz me twice when it's okay.
All right, it's safe.
Are you sure? Yeah.
Come on.
All right, l want to believe you, but | right now l can't take any chances.
What was it | you left in my room? A birthday card with something | inside.
What was inside? This.
You better get down here, | genius.
All l can see is soccer.
Yeah, you know, soccer.
Where | you hit the ball with your head.
Yeah, hurry it up.
Just who are you? l'm someone you can trust.
That doesn't tell me | who you are.
lf you can trust me, | it doesn't matter who l am.
Now, l'd like to trust you if only you hadn't put what you | did in my drink the other night.
Boyd told me to do that.
Oh, and you do everything Boyd tells | you to do, like a good little girl? You don't refuse Boyd.
| He's sick.
You know that, don't you? | Well, l didn't.
When l met him, l thought l thought he was wonderful.
| l thought he was different.
l thought he was a savior.
l guess if you go looking for saviors, you're | gonna see one whether he's there or not.
Who was the little girl? | Your daughter? Mary Beth.
Mary Beth was three | when l met Boyd.
l was working down on one of | his clubs on Bourbon Street.
l was doing everything that l could | to support the two of us, and Well, then along comes Boyd and promises that if l would | just move in with him that he would take care | of everything, and Okay, l know that l shouldn't have, | and l know that l should've said no and l wanted to, but l didn't.
Anyway, when l tried to leave, | it was too late.
All right.
What happened | at the limousine? He promised me l could see her | for my birthday.
And then when she came, l found out that | he'd told them no more than 10 minutes.
He thought it might be | too upsetting for me.
l guess l got a little crazy, | l don't know.
So to make sure | that you never leave him he's keeping your daughter | prisoner? Do you know where? He would never tell me.
| Someplace outside of town.
Maybe l can trace it through | the limousine's license.
Yeah, what is it, pal? | They're working on the system.
I can't hold the override more | than another 10 or 15 seconds.
l got you.
| What was that? lt's just a friend.
Come on.
Good luck.
| Yeah.
You know, l'd sure feel a lot | better if l knew where l was going and exactly | what l'm supposed to do.
When the time is right, | you'll know.
Well, Butch, where now? Shall we make a run | for the border? KlTT, l meant that as an example | of partnership, of friendship.
We are not outlaws.
What would you call us? Models | of civic responsibility? l wouldn't go that far.
| I thought not.
In fact, how very odd.
Someone's trying | to penetrate my voice transmission.
All right, let's check it out.
| I can't.
I'm being overridden.
I can't.
Michael, can you hear me? Lasalle? | Listen carefully.
You are 15.
3 miles from Fire | Mountain Chemical Facility.
After penetrating security proceed to Delta Level | refrigerated storage vault which can be opened | by punching the code 3280.
There, inside the Bohr-Fellows wall | depository, you'll find our target object.
A canister | of trihydrosulfate-g.
You'll receive additional | instructions when needed.
How dare | that person override me? KlTT, what's trihydrosulfate-g? | Coming right up.
Trihydrosulfate-g is an experimental | genetically-engineered amino acid being tested | as a bacteriological agent.
It is quantumly more powerful than | anything that is presently in use.
Biological warfare? | To say the least.
If one liter were accidentally | released into the atmosphere no living organism within 1,000 | square miles would survive.
KlTT, get me a site map | of the Fire Mountain facility.
KlTT? Michael, given the severity of the situation, | I can no longer support your actions.
l'll manual override.
What you | do is sadly beyond my control.
But I cannot and will not aid in anything | that could jeopardize a human life.
Last chance.
Someone just busted through the | north fence.
Get on over here.
KlTT, we're about to hit three | feet of reinforced concrete wall.
l'll abort if you say | you can't do it.
lt's about time.
Hello, Michael.
| Hello, Devon.
l am glad to see you.
| Me, too.
l see you've also discovered | what the key unlocks, huh? Only a short time ago.
He's | after the trihydrosulfate-g.
Any idea | what he wants with it? Look, why can't we just fill this | thing with shaving cream, huh? Be a lot safer.
l know what you're thinking, Michael.
| What if Lasalle outsmarts us and gets clear away? | Yeah.
Unfortunately, | we have no choice.
Lasalle wouldn't even | get 30 days for masterminding the theft | of a can of shaving cream.
But once the trihydrosulfate-g | is in his possession we'll have him | right where we want him.
All right, you just make sure you get | the authorities there to arrest him.
We'll track your destination by | monitoring KlTT's homing signal.
You take the labs.
We'll check out the cold | storage vault.
Come on.
Go! Get out of here.
And for heaven's sake, | be careful with that.
Piece of cake! Good luck, Michael.
Come on, buddy.
| lt's no time to hold a grudge! Thanks.
| We'll talk about it later.
No! Don't move! Well done, Michael.
Yeah.
Now, where do l | get rid of this thing? l can imagine | you might be a little nervous.
Continue on l-10 for another 30 | minutes at your present speed.
You got it.
| You heard the man, KlTT.
Ready for our little trip? Boyd, where are we going? | What about Mary Beth? Can't she come with us, please? She | won't be any trouble, l promise you.
lt's not Mary Beth l'm worried | about.
lt's you, Linda.
You and Michael Knight.
And your little rendezvous | behind my back.
The chopper's ready, sir.
Then let's get started.
| No, l won't go.
Boyd, don't make me | come, please.
Danton.
Michael, Boyd.
l hear you.
You should be approaching | Laffite Crossing.
Turn off there, then take a | left onto the old River Road.
Follow it to the end.
| You're the boss.
And just to be sure you don't | forget that, Michael l've decided to take out an insurance | policy: Linda and her daughter.
What does that mean? Call it the paranoia | of a suspicious mind.
But if anything goes wrong, if for | some reason l don't get that canister Linda and her daughter | will die.
Well, she's your girlfriend, | not mine.
What do I care | what happens to her? Somehow, Michael, | l don't believe you mean that.
That's why l'm sure you won't let | anything go wrong.
Anything at all.
You call this a road? Even an alligator would have | a hard time around here.
Sorry, KlTT.
Well, what do you know? l think it's time we had | a little heart-to-heart.
l got a feeling l'm gonna need | all the help l can get.
KlTT, l wasn't suspended | from the Foundation.
Devon and l | planned the whole thing to infiltrate Lasalle's | operation and put him away.
What about the heroin the | police found in your jacket? l put it there myself.
| lt's all part of the plan.
But why didn't you | let me in on it? We were afraid Lasalle might | have been tapped in to you, too.
l couldn't tell anyone, pal.
| Not even Bonnie.
Michael, I recall you | turned off my homing signal.
I truly hope part of your plan wasn't | to have Devon monitor our position.
Well, it was, KlTT but after what Lasalle said, l couldn't | risk Linda and her daughter's life.
No, of course you couldn't.
We partners again? | Butch and Sundance.
Butch and Sundance.
There's not much time.
| Hand it over.
On one condition.
| What's that? You let Linda go.
| You ask too much.
l got the ace in the hole.
l could kill you now and | just take it away from you.
Then l might as well just open | this thing up right now.
No! Wait! You have a deal.
| Get in the car.
But what about you? l can take care of myself.
| Now get her out of here! Where are you going? No one said nothing about | poison gas and a talking car.
Sure is hard | to get good help these days.
The canister.
| lt's all yours.
Kill him! That's the old teamwork, pal.
Come on! Michael, they're getting away.
All right, microwave jam that | chopper and bring it down.
lt's working, KlTT.
| Keep jamming him.
Pull up.
Pull up! l can't.
l can't.
More power, KlTT.
Stay with it, buddy.
l'll take this.
You won't need | this where you're going.
Are your things packed? Mmm-hmm.
And by tonight, all of this will be | nothing but a very bad dream, thanks to you.
l could not have done it | by myself.
And I hope you remember that, | Michael.
KlTT, l promise you, l will never | keep anything from you ever again.
Well, I certainly hope not.
Michael.
Mommy.
Mommy! | Mary Beth! We're never going to be | away from each other again.
Not ever, ever.
Let me look at you.
| Oh, baby Thanks for finding her.
| My pleasure.
And l even forgive you for not | letting me in on your little secret.
Devon told me KlTT might have sensed | l was keeping something from him.
Where is Devon anyway? He's helping the authorities | prepare their case against Lasalle, Danton, and all | the others who worked for him.
Oh, no! Not again.
What's the matter, buddy? | Alligator just wants to be friendly.
Michael, it's not the alligator | I'm worried about.
Look! l forgot to tell you.
Chuck Wallyburton.
| Handling the case for the Feds.
Hey, little buddy, | look who's here! Given a choice, | I prefer alligators.