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.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Knight Rider Season 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
Knight of the Juggernaut
Sep 20, 1985
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An embittered electronics genius gains control of KITT's programming and turns the car on Michael.
Out of the Woods
Jan 17, 1986
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
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
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
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
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
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
Inexplicable accidents on a movie set are blamed on a legendary phantom haunting the studio.
Knight of the Rising Sun
Mar 14, 1986
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
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