Knight Rider: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Knight Rider Season 3.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Knight of the Juggernaut
Sep 20, 1985 · 97 min
KITT undergoes an amazing transformation after nearly being destroyed by the Juggernaut, a similarly powerful vehicle with a deadly battering ram.
KITTnap
Sep 27, 1985 · 49 min
With Michael closing in on a master criminal who has escaped capture for years, the man and his henchmen plot to slow Michael up by trapping K.I.T.T. ...
Sky Knight
Oct 18, 1985 · 49 min
Bonnie's plane is hijacked and the passengers are held hostage by an ex-intelligence agent who wants money and ""political"" prisoners set free.
Burial Ground
Oct 25, 1985 · 49 min
An archaeologist excavating an ancient burial ground is kidnapped by a man who gets the oil-rich Indian land if no artifacts are found.
The Wrong Crowd
Nov 1, 1985 · 49 min
When a biker gang hi-jack and steal the FLAG truck, hospitalising RC3 in the process, they expect it to be full of liquor - so are amazed to find it full of computer equipment. The
Knight Sting
Nov 8, 1985 · 49 min
Bonnie poses as a jetsetter to gain access to a foreign embassy planning to ship a canister of deadly bacteria out of the country.
Many Happy Returns
Nov 15, 1985 · 49 min
Michael's well-deserved break for his birthday is interrupted when Devon assigns him to find a stolen hi-tech hovercraft prototype before a black market arms dealer can ship it out
Knight Racer
Nov 29, 1985 · 49 min
Someone tries to kill Michael after he qualifies to drive for an independent racing team plagued by a series of ""accidents"".
Knight Behind Bars
Dec 6, 1985 · 49 min
Michael discovers that prison inmates were used to steal security plans for a hotel that is hosting a defense conference.
Knight Song
Dec 13, 1985 · 49 min
A childhood friend of RC3's is involved with a blockbusting real-estate developer, who's trying to prevent the opening of a nightclub that could revitalize RC3's old neighborhood.
The Scent of Roses
Jan 3, 1986 · 49 min
After a near-fatal encounter with a criminal mastermind, Michael falls into a deep depression and wants to quit the Foundation. He and Stevie are married.
Killer K.I.T.T.
Jan 10, 1986 · 49 min
An embittered electronics genius gains control of KITT's programming and turns the car on Michael.
Out of the Woods
Jan 17, 1986 · 49 min
A family logging outfit is unable to sell its timber because the local sawmill is buying pirated timber that was out on national park land.
Deadly Knightshade
Jan 24, 1986 · 49 min
When a Foundation trustee is murdered, Michael's prime suspects master magician Austin Templeton — but the man was seemingly on stage performing at the time of the murder. Michael
Redemption of a Champion
Jan 31, 1986 · 49 min
When a sports promoter who claims to have some incriminating information about a legendary boxing match is murdered, Michael investigates an upcoming fight involving a villainous p
Knight of a Thousand Devils
Feb 7, 1986 · 49 min
After a wanted mobster escapes an F.B.I. raid, murdering an Agent friend of Michael's in the process, Michael and K.I.T.T., backed up by RC3, follow a secret dune-buggy race in whi
Hills of Fire
Feb 14, 1986 · 49 min
Michael and K.I.T.T. have the seemingly easy, relaxing job of patrolling a national park for a couple of days, when they find themselves up against an arsonist driving an All-Terra
Knight Flight to Freedom
Feb 21, 1986 · 49 min
Michael is captured while trying to rescue an American political prisoner held in a country in the throes of a coup d'etat.
Fright Knight
Mar 7, 1986 · 49 min
Inexplicable accidents on a movie set are blamed on a legendary phantom haunting the studio.
Knight of the Rising Sun
Mar 14, 1986 · 49 min
A powerful Japanese businessman attempts to abduct the adopted son of Devon's friend because the boy is a direct descendent of the founder of an ancient terrorist cult.
Voo Doo Knight
Apr 4, 1986 · 49 min
Intercepting a robbery, Michael is shocked when one of the thieves commits apparent suicide, jumping out of a high-rise window. Investigating, it emerges that a con woman posing as