Knight Rider (1982) s03e18 Episode Script

Here he comes, Mac.
Use the gun.
There's no earthly material that the | new split-particle beam can't melt down.
So this is gonna cut us | into the diamond vault, huh? Welcome aboard.
| Wherever l can help.
Assuming one couldn't | prefer being called a nerd why does he act like one? How much extra protection | is this gonna give us anyway? Ten seconds, Michael.
He's heading straight for us.
| He'll never make it.
Michael, we're burning up.
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.
Come on, give me something.
Shh.
They'll hear you.
Oh, smile.
You know, according to Who's | Who, Thomas Raymond loves fishing.
l hate fishing.
lt's catching fish l love.
This is five or ten pounds, | l can tell.
Are you getting this, huh? | Recording this for posterity? Oh, l was.
| l just ran out of film.
That's all right | because l just lost a fish.
Geophysicist, chemist, | musician, artisan.
Thomas Raymond | is quite a Renaissance man.
You could look a touch | impressed, Michael.
Sorry, pal.
Devon seemed concerned.
| l guess a little bit rubbed off on me.
My sensors indicate | a woman screaming, Michael.
All right, let's move it.
No! | Ali, run! Ali! Run! No! Run now! Please run! This is the area, Michael.
Get a visual on that car, | will you? Give me a hard copy | on Hawk Man, will you, buddy? This Dr.
Raymond? | Yes, it is.
l'm not getting any vitals.
| Double check, will you? I'm sorry, Michael.
You said you recognized this.
Yes, it's an antique.
Used by a group of Oriental | mercenaries called Takishi.
''The Hammer Hawk.
'' Of course it's been extinct | for over 300 years.
Well, l think they just | opened up a new franchise because those guys in the canyon | definitely knew what they were doing.
Anything on Hawk Face's | lD yet? I'm still accessing data, | Michael.
What about the car leaving | the scene? It's registered | to Ali Raymond.
Dr.
Raymond's daughter? | Yes.
Then access her address.
Maybe | she can fill in some blank spots.
Right away.
Oh, Michael, before you go, | there's someone l want you to meet.
Here? | Here.
A very bright young chap, | a Knight lndustries fellow.
ln fact, our board of directors feels | that one day he may be one of us.
l just don't understand it.
My beautiful Wedgwood service.
Elliott was just trying to show | me how to brew tea by computer.
Sorry.
Normally, | it's mega-efficient.
Precise tea-steeping time is | broken down into minute fractions.
Just like the teapot.
Just like the teapot.
| That's funny.
Hilarious.
Michael Knight, allow me | to introduce Elliott Sykes.
That's Elliott with two ''L's'' and | two ''T's''.
Like in latitudinal.
Nice to meet you.
Michael, in spite of Elliott's | obvious youth he's already an authority on Dr.
Raymond's | field of nuclear magnetic resonance.
And l'm sure that he will | prove a great help to us.
Eventually.
Right.
Welcome aboard.
| Wherever l can help.
Rain or shine, sleet or snow- Yeah, l got you.
| Thanks very much, Elliott.
Smile.
| One day he may be one of us.
Not much to look at.
Usually, when a man loses | his life over a stone it's for a diamond or a ruby.
This crystal has a beauty all | its own.
Even if you don't see it.
Ever hear of a thermal laser? Sound like | a high-rent sun lamp.
You're a real genius, Mac.
Look, lasers focus light.
| Thermal lasers focus heat.
That was Dr.
Raymond's great | discovery, his life's work.
And that's what this | baby's for? You got it.
But Raymond got paranoid.
He worried about it falling | into the wrong hands.
So this is gonna cut us | into the diamond vault, huh? Like a hot knife | through butter.
Watch this.
That's it? l could do more damage | with my bare hands.
Something's wrong.
You're damn right | something's wrong.
We're hitting that | vault tomorrow.
And l killed a man over this Buck | Rogers gizmo that doesn't work.
lt works.
lt worked for Raymond, | and it'll work for me.
l promise you.
This crystal's been | cut in two.
That's all there was.
| That's it.
That old fox.
l underestimated him.
He's hidden | the other half, Mac.
And l want you to find it.
| l don't care what it takes.
Michael, this Elliott Sykes has quite an impressive | academic record.
You don't say.
| Yes, I do.
He was the youngest student | ever to enter Caltech graduating magna cum laude.
Not to mention earning a Phi | Beta Kappa Key along the way.
Oh, you're right.
| That's quite impressive.
But there is one piece of information | that keeps appearing, Michael that I don't quite understand.
What's that, buddy? In several interviews, | he's referred to as a nerd.
What does that mean? Well, a nerd is A nerd is kind of | a term of affection.
It sounds more like | an affliction.
Well, you might just | have a point there, buddy.
l'm sorry, l'm really not | open for business today.
My name is Michael Knight.
| l'm with The Foundation.
l was the one who was coming | to see your father yesterday.
Keeping busy helps.
You see, l know.
When my dad died l went out and shot baskets | for five hours straight.
When l finished, l was too tired | to think, or feel, or anything.
At least for a little while.
When the men attacked, | he told me to run.
l feel like such a coward.
| Hey, hey.
You are not a coward.
He just didn't want | to see you hurt.
Thanks.
Oh, listen, | l could use some coffee.
You want some? | l'd love some.
Thanks.
Your father called | The Foundation for some help.
Do you have any idea why? No.
All l know is something | was bothering him ever since a woman dropped by | to see him last week.
Some kind of old romance? He wouldn't say.
You have any idea what | your father was working on? No.
He was always very secretive | about his work.
But he was taking | some time off.
Really all he was working on | was his fishing playing the electric guitar, | making jewelry.
Michael, I've just | identified Hawk Face.
He's custodian | of a temple downtown.
Terrific, l'm on my way.
Standard Foundation equipment? Yeah, this little gadget | comes with the job.
Are you sure you're gonna be | all right by yourself? l won't be all right until l | find out who killed my father.
That's why l'm here.
Now you hang in there.
| l'll be in touch, okay? His name is Fuji Hakito.
Given he's a Takishi, | might I suggest caution? My middle name, partner, | my middle name.
Sayonara.
All right, call Devon.
Have him notify the police | to pick up Hakito and little his friend here.
Right away, Michael.
How's | the interrogation coming? Well, according | to Sgt.
Paul, it's not.
This is an absolutely ghastly | way to serve tea, isn't it? By the way, have you | ever heard of ''sei-jo''? ''Sei-jo''? Sounds like something from a | sushi bar.
We should be so lucky.
Apparently it's the Takishi version | of omert?, the vow of silence.
The vow of silence.
| Oh, that's terrific.
We got an ancient warrior clan here | alive and well and living high on the hog.
l had KlTT check out | Hakito's piggy banks.
This guy has got more in CDs | than you make in one year.
lf you're suggesting l should change | my occupation, l'm not interested.
There must be more to this | than meets the eye.
l agree.
| The question is what? You're right, | this tea is ghastly.
The way it works is by reorganizing | particles of light into their most | efficient matrix.
l couldn't have said it | better myself.
Elliott is going to demonstrate | Dr.
Raymond's principle of split-particle radiation.
lt's not all that | complicated, really.
The light we see is only one percent | of the total available spectrum.
Watch.
This convex focal lens was one of | Dr.
Raymond's early innovations.
The smoke crystal, | as it's sometimes called has the ability to increase | light penetration 100-fold.
My cricket trophy.
We won the cricket championship | that year.
l've had this for decades.
Gee, what decade was that? Never mind.
Ah, well, we are having so much | fun that l really hate to leave.
But l got to check out a little place | called Mac Gifford's Body Boutique.
lt turns out Hakito | taught there.
Oh, yeah, | by the way, if Ali calls tell her l'm gonna stop | by this afternoon.
l want to keep an eye on her till | l get a fix on what's involved here.
Oh, yeah, and, Devon on the way l'll keep an eye | out for a trophy repair shop.
Michael, there's one thing | about Elliott I don't understand.
What's that? Assuming one couldn't prefer | being called a nerd why does he act like one? l don't think he's acting.
l'll be right back.
Meanwhile, get me | everything you can on this Mac Gifford.
Certainly, Michael.
Now tell me | that doesn't feel good.
The only thing that's gonna | make me feel good is to find the other half | of that black crystal.
lf Raymond's daughter doesn't | have it, she'll know where it is.
Either way, | we're gonna find it.
Now relax.
That's it.
Now visualize all the tension | leaving your body.
But II love you, Sheila.
Love? What do you know | about love? Excuse me? You here for aerobics? Only if you'll give | private lessons.
Sorry to disappoint you l'm just the receptionist.
Well, that's even better.
Maybe you can tell me about | your martial arts instructors.
ln particular a man | by the name of Hakito.
Sorry.
Mr.
Gifford handles | those things personally.
Mr.
Gifford.
ls he in there? Yes, but that's only | for Karate Club members.
Black belts.
| Black belts.
Good.
Then you | can't stop me.
l gotta make that call.
| l'll be right back.
That was fast.
l never thought | you could be so tender.
Careful.
l'm beginning to visualize | more than tension leaving my body.
l can't wait to return | the favor.
Me, neither.
Hey.
What do you think you're | doing? Relieving tension.
My name is Michael Knight.
| l'm a friend of Fuji Hakito's.
Yeah? Well, then you should know | he's not here.
l do.
That's why l am.
| Used to work out with him.
l'm looking for a new | martial arts club to join.
Well, this is private.
But just out of curiosity, | what belt are you? Ah, put it this way, | l've beaten a Takishi.
A Hammer Hawk? To my knowledge, | they died out years ago.
And from what l've heard bragging wasn't part | of the Takishi code.
They had to withstand a test of | raw nerves to even be considered.
Try me.
You know, the Takishi believed | that the superior warrior could look in the eyes | of death five times and never waver.
Five's my lucky number.
Had enough? | Just getting warmed up.
Four down.
One to go.
And for the last, | you must close your eyes.
According to the Takishi code, that | would scare away all pretenders.
For someone who just claimed | the Takishi had died out you're sure doing your best | to keep the tradition alive.
You can always quit.
KlTT? | Michael, watch out.
His vital signs | are increasing rapidly.
You moved.
You should have told me the | Takishis had a height requirement.
Don't get the wrong idea, | Knight.
You bailed out first | and my man adjusted.
Yeah, right.
We'll try it again | some time, huh? ln my gym.
He could be trouble.
Wrong tense, Mac.
| He is trouble.
Thanks.
Why, that Mac has | all the luck, huh? That Angel Brown, | she's almost as pretty as you.
Angel Brown? | You must mean Vanessa Sutton.
Vanessa Sutton.
l must have | been thinking of her eyes.
l'll catch you later.
You do that.
We're on a roll, partner.
| This place is Takishi Central.
And this guy Gifford is in it | up to his shurikens.
That's odd, Michael.
| He's a very respectable man.
Decorated Green Beret, karate champion.
| And this club is very successful.
Why would he risk it? | l don't know.
But if l'm any judge | of manhood it has something to do with a | beautiful lady named Vanessa Sutton.
See what you've got on her, | will you? Right away, Michael.
I've completed the check, | Michael.
There are 11 Vanessa Suttons | in my data bank.
Run them by me, buddy.
Vanessa Abigail Sutton.
KlTT, she's 90 years old.
| Go on.
Very well.
Vanessa B.
Sutton.
Great legs, but l pass.
Vanessa Mary Sutton.
Ah, there's little | Miss Massage.
Intelligent as well as beautiful, | Michael.
She has a Ph.
D.
in geophysics.
Just like Dr.
Raymond.
Let's head over to Ali's and see if | that's the woman who visited her father.
Who are you? | Me? You.
| Me? Yes.
l'm Elliott Sykes.
l work with The Foundation.
The Foundation? The Foundation | for Law and Government? Yes.
Michael and l are | on the case together.
What were you doing creeping around here | like that? l almost took your head off.
l'm sorry, l just didn't want to | disturb you in case you were working.
See, Michael's concerned | about you and l just thought | l'd drop by and l was just trying to be | considerate.
l guess l overdid it.
lt's all right.
| No, it's not.
l'm always doing nerdy things | like that.
l've really got to stop.
Hey, don't be | so hard on yourself.
How were you to know | l'd be so jumpy? Thanks for letting me | off the hook.
Listen, l'd invite you in, but | l'm already late for a shoot.
l perfectly understand.
Michael confided you were trying | to keep as busy as possible.
However, l was hoping l could | get your father's notes letters, anything that might give | us a clue to what he was working on.
l thought maybe | we could brainstorm.
Well, how about l let you | go through his things so then, by the time you're | finished, l'll be back and we can brainstorm then.
We can? Hey, that's a nice shirt.
| ls that new? No, l wear it all the time.
You do? You got me.
Don't worry, | l'll handle this.
Back! Back! Back, l'm warning you.
You'll never get away | with this.
Don't worry, Ali.
| l'm a Foundation man.
We never sleep.
| We never eat.
Put her in the back.
l got them! l got them! Oh, no! Ali! Michael! Michael! lt's Ali! They've got her! | She's in that four-wheeler! KlTT, pick them up | on your scanner and get me a map overlay.
Right away, Michael.
He's closing on us.
Use the gun.
But it's not | calibrated yet.
Use it! Aim it at the tires! Okay, go! I'm sorry, Michael but they've disabled | my right front tire.
I've never experienced | anything like it.
l hope they don't | hurt Ali, Michael.
Let's just hope they consider her | insurance until they get what they're after.
You've no hint | of what that might be? No, l don't.
But whatever it | is, it's worth killing for.
lt's all my fault.
l could have stopped that guy | from taking Ali.
Elliott you did your best.
Sometimes, | it takes a lot more than heart.
Yeah, it takes | strength and courage.
The two things l can | never put on my r?sum?.
Yeah, you were just | a little bit overmatched.
l wish l had | the same excuse.
Believe me, | you do, Michael.
That beam melted poor KlTT's tire | like it was a piece of ordinary rubber.
Yes, and it was | most embarrassing.
Yeah, we'll get them | next time, buddy.
Don't be too sure.
Thanks to Dr.
Raymond's diaries, we | know he developed the black crystal.
They've got it.
Yes, that's | the frightening part.
There's no earthly material that the | new split-particle beam can't melt down.
lf you're trying to scare me | off, Devon, forget it.
Right now, l got to find Ali, and | l got a good idea where to start.
Bonnie? KlTT's ready.
| l want to go with you.
For Ali's sake.
You really like her, | don't you? Well, sure.
You gotta aim high, | reach for the top.
Even if you end up | with a nosebleed.
All right, then, for her sake, you stay here, | you put your head together with Bonnie and try and figure out a way that's | gonna give KlTT and me a fighting chance.
Okay, pal? Pal? You mean that? With a capital ''P.
'' Good luck, Michael.
Hello? No, l'm sorry, | he just left.
Just a minute.
Devon, | it's about Ali.
Tape it and trace it.
Hello? Don't waste time on a trace, | Miles.
We won't be long.
Who is this? Gifford? | Never mind.
lf Knight wants Ali Raymond, | he can have her back.
We'll release her in the Mars | Canyon area sometime this afternoon.
She's given us all we need.
Don't be ridiculous.
We know | who you are.
You must give it up.
Save it.
| And you send Knight alone.
If we see any police with him, you'll | scrape her off the canyon rocks.
You got it? That canyon is | a very large area.
Now where exactly- No.
l almost had it | when they hung up.
Damn.
He swallowed the bait.
Perfect.
One last dry run.
| Let's go test it out.
What do you expect to find | at Gifford's gym? Gifford's a hotdog.
| A hotdog? Yeah, he's a hotdog.
He | does everything in a big way.
Guys like that | are always sloppy.
So you think he left something | that will lead us to Ali? My money's on it.
Michael, we have an emergency | on our hands.
We just had a call | from Gifford.
Let me guess, $100,000, huh? | $200,000? No.
What they really | want, Michael, is you.
Me? Yes.
They insist that they | will only release Ali to you.
That's a trap.
| l'm sure of it.
That's why l want you back | here right away.
We'll order a police aerial surveillance | over Mars Canyon, and when they come out- No way.
I'm going | after her, Devon.
Against the thermal laser? | lt's suicide.
Now, Bonnie and Elliott are close to | completing an insulating solution for KlTT.
But without that- | Devon, they will kill her.
lf the police helicopters | stay high enough- Devon, read my lips.
: they will | kill her.
Now, I'm going after her.
You can't, Michael, you can't! Look, if I go in there with KITT, there's | a good chance I can get her out alive.
Now, if I don't show, you can write her | off just like her father.
That's guaranteed.
Michael, don't do it.
| Don't do it, please.
What's that? Devon, | you're fading on me.
Listen to reason, don't do it! Oh, no.
Transmission's | going bad here.
I can't hear you, I'll have to talk | to you later.
You wish me luck, huh? Good luck, Michael.
Elliott.
| Elliott.
Elliott, what are you doing? | You'll kill yourself.
This is Mars Canyon, Michael.
All right, silent mode, pal.
This is where Gifford's boy | said they'd Hold it.
All right, scan the van.
| Let's see what's inside.
The van's frame is reinforced | with lead, Michael.
My scanner can't penetrate it.
All right, you stay here.
l'm | going to take a closer look.
But, Michael lf Ali's inside and they see | us, they may hurt her.
l'll have a better chance | sneaking up alone.
All right, but if there is | any trouble, you let me know.
Believe me, | you'll be the first to know.
Here he comes, Mac.
Michael, to your right.
Elliott! Ali.
Hey, hey, | what're you doing? Get in there! KlTT, l need your help, buddy.
I'm on my way.
There goes | our last hurdle, Mac.
The cops.
l don't believe it.
Get us out of here.
Michael? Michael? | Are you okay? l'm all right.
KlTT? KlTT? | Michael? Michael.
l'm all right.
We've got to get you | to a hospital.
They got Ali and Elliott.
The | hospital will have to wait, pal.
Bonnie, | how much extra protection is this thermal absorption | layer going to give us anyway? Ten seconds, Michael.
| No more, no less.
Ten seconds? That's | not a whole lot, is it? Well, let's just say | it's better than nothing.
Considering the power | of Dr.
Raymond's crystal you're lucky to be here | with us at all.
We're lucky, too.
Thanks, Devon.
Everybody's lucky | but Elliott and Ali.
l feel like we're going | backwards here.
Did you find anything | in Dr.
Raymond's diaries? Oh, yes.
You were right about her visiting | him shortly before his murder.
Now look here, Michael.
There's something | you didn't know.
Vanessa Sutton was his assistant | on the black crystal project.
No kidding.
| That explains a lot.
Look here.
An address | with V.
M.
S.
alongside it.
Vanessa Mary Sutton.
Only, as you see, | it's dated two years ago.
Look, l'll bet her house | was under a different name.
That's why we haven't | been able to locate her.
l'm sure that's right.
| Thanks, Devon.
Bonnie, KlTT ready? lf l said no, | would you leave him here? Absolutely.
Michael, remember ten seconds.
Don't worry, | l'm sure KlTT will remind me.
That, Michael, | is one thing you can count on.
You ready? Let's go over | the plan one more time.
Ali, l think | l'm getting somewhere.
That's my pocket, Elliott.
Sorry.
l just can't see.
Here, give me the glass.
| Let me try.
This is hopeless.
Don't give up, Ali.
At least we're | in this together.
Yeah, l'm glad, really.
l just wish it was under | different circumstances.
You do? You mean l don't | turn you off? l know l'm not much | to look at, but- Elliott, listen, | you've got a beautiful heart.
And a beautiful mind.
l'm a photographer, l know.
You | can't always see that with your eye but it always shows up | in the picture.
Boy if l could just find out | what they were up to, maybe Wait a minute.
Ali, bounce with me.
Bounce? According | to my calculations There aren't any questions? | Let's get to the diamond exchange.
I'm going to check | on those kids first.
Hey, l got it! | Shh.
l got it.
l got it.
Don't hurt them.
lf something goes wrong, they | could be our ace in the hole.
Elliott, that was beautiful! You kissed me.
| Let's get out of here.
You kissed me.
| Come on.
Computerized ignition.
| Will you just go? Mac! What happened? What do you think happened? They | got away.
l'm going after them.
Mac, no.
ln a half hour the diamond | exchange will be swarming with people.
Now, come on, let's go.
KlTT.
| I see them, Michael.
What happened? Are you okay? We're okay now, | thanks to Elliott.
Where's Vanessa | and Gifford? After diamonds.
l heard them | say something about an exchange.
The diamond exchange downtown, | Michael.
All right, that fits.
Elliott, | you take Ali to safety.
l'm coming with you.
| l'm a Foundation man, too.
Elliott, come here.
Come here.
Elliott, | a real Foundation man would never leave | a lady in danger alone.
You're right.
Okay, but call | if you need me.
You got my word on it.
Did you take care | of the security guard? Don't worry, | he won't give us any problem.
All right, then let's | get over there.
Hold it.
l don't believe it.
What do we have to do | to get rid of that guy? This.
Should we get closer? No, no, let's stay right here.
This time | it's at 100% capacity.
Michael, | she's getting ready to fire.
All right, set your timer.
Remember, Michael- | l know.
Ten seconds.
He's heading straight for us.
He'll never make it.
No? Well, he's doing a damn good | job of it.
Something's wrong.
Michael, we're burning up.
How long? | Five, Michael.
Let's bail out of here.
| Right.
Less than two seconds | and we incinerate.
One second.
They're out, buddy.
| Let's hit the gun.
l'll get Gifford.
| You get the others.
Nice going, buddy.
Now you guys are going | to feel some real heat.
Right, KlTT? What do you think? l like it.
She likes it.
| Right on.
You know, when all the pros | and cons are weighed l may have no choice, but to give | Elliott a positive evaluation.
l think that's very fair.
Of course, a recommendation may cause | the board to inflict him on us again.
Huh? | Anytime.
Really? Come on, Michael.
You're right.
| You're absolutely right.
l think this whole experience | has changed him.
lt has? | Some.
Ah, care to try your luck, | Michael? Sure, l'm pretty lucky.
l'm gonna go take a | ride with Elliott.
Okay.
Hey, KlTT, you got | a little buddy over here.
KlTT, meet KNERD.
KNERD? lf you got it, flaunt it.
Good grief.