Knight Rider: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Knight Rider Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Knight of the Drones
Sep 30, 1984
A scientist plans to use robots and drone cars to round up criminals to rob a Federal Reserve Bank.
The Ice Bandits
Oct 7, 1984
Michael trails diamond thieves to the wine country of Northern California where the crooks are using a monastery as a front.
Knights of the Fast Lane
Oct 14, 1984
Michael hopes to flush out a futuristic sports car by challenging its murderous owner to a street race--with KITT as the prize.
Halloween Knight
Oct 28, 1984
After Bonnie claims she witnessed a murder, she's plagued by strange happenings designed to scare her out of her new apartment.
K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.
Nov 4, 1984
KITT's evil prototype Karr returns, seeking to destroy Michael and KITT with a new laser stolen from the Foundation
The Rotten Apples
Nov 11, 1984
A psychologist who bought a ranch to use as a home for troubled city kids needs Michael's help to stop rustlers and keep angry townsfolk from taking her land.
Knight in Disgrace
Nov 18, 1984
Word gets out when Michael is fired for drug possession, and a crime boss recruits him to steal a one-of-a-kind electronic key from Devon.
Dead of Knight
Dec 2, 1984
A young dancer ingests a poison meant for Michael, who races the clock to find the only man with a clue to the antidote.
Lost Knight
Dec 9, 1984
After Michael and KITT are separated in an explosion that erases the car's memory, KITT befriends a boy being chased by thieves who think he can identify them.
Knight of the Chameleon
Dec 30, 1984
Michael poses as a mercenary to flush out the Chameleon, a master of disguise who stole a prototype jet pack from the Government to sell on the black market.
Custom Made Killer
Jan 6, 1985
An extortionist out to sew up the garment industry hires a hit man with a killer car to cut his competition. For laughs: Photog and model use KITT as a model stand.
Knight by a Nose
Jan 13, 1985
The "death" of a Thoroughbred racehorse is staged by its owner to cover gambling debts with the money from the black-market sale of the horse.
Junk Yard Dog
Feb 3, 1985
Michael vows to nail the owner of a toxic-waste dump when KITT is nearly destroyed in an acid pit.
Buy Out
Feb 10, 1985
To catch a saboteur, Michael volunteers to drive an armor- plated limousine during a company's missile-defense demonstration.
Knightlines
Mar 3, 1985
An international criminal rigs the Government's space weapons headquarters to blow up after construction is completed.
The Nineteenth Hole
Mar 10, 1985
Michael enters KITT in a small-town road rally to investigate death threats received by the race's sponsor.
Knight and Knerd
Mar 17, 1985
A scientist's daughter is kidnapped by criminals as part of a scheme to build a hot new weapon.
Ten Wheel Trouble
Mar 24, 1985
Michael takes the wheel of a big rig to help independent truckers fight a takeover by a ruthless corporation.
Knight in Retreat
Mar 29, 1985
Michael poses as a space-weapon scientist to gain access to a club operated by a woman dealing in blackmail and top-secret weapon systems.
Knight Strike
Apr 5, 1985
To find stolen laser rifles, Michael attends a survivalist convention where pistols taken in the same robbery have been sold.
Circus Knights
May 5, 1985
Michael and KITT join a circus as a daredevil act to find out who's trying to force it into bankruptcy.