"Knight Rider" A Good Knight's Work (TV Episode 1984) Poster

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(1984)

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A Good Knight's Work
Prismark107 February 2019
Knight Rider revisits Michael Long again. This time the target is Cameron Zachary (John Vernon.) He is the man who ordered the hit on Long 3 years earlier.

Zachary has found out from his cohorts the Long is alive and going by the name of Michael Knight. He also sees this as an opportunity to get his hands on Knight Industries technology, namely KITT.

There is also a lady in distress, a toy designer who has lost her designs of an hi tech talking teddy bear to a rival company. Michael finds out that the rival toy company is a front for something else.

There is some big action scenes here. Michael Knight ejects out of his seat. At a later time he jumps off a building and KITT raises his seat as Michael lands though the sunroof. Then KITT launches itself on an apartment building and wonders how he is going to get out of there. KITT also takes a dislike to the talking teddy bear.

There is an humorous aside as a dodgy second car salesman when trying to sell an unsuitable car, he sees KITT and his flashing red lights which prompts him to be honest.

As always John Vernon is good value as the villain.
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6/10
Mighty Mouth
Calicodreamin17 December 2021
Michael Knight's past comes back to bite him in the most bizarre way possible. The bear is annoying and Michael lays it on a little too thick with the leading lady.
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6/10
The bear affair
Fluke_Skywalker3 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Even using the very loose constraints of 'Knight Rider' logic, very little makes sense in this episode. Michael is recognized by one of the baddie's henchmen as his previous identity of Michael Long because he shares a similar gait and voice (the fact that the baddie just happens to have a connection to the woman Michael is currently protecting is a whole 'nother matter). Later, the woman Michael is supposed to be protecting is revealed to be in cahoots with the baddie, but because she's pretty she gets to have a change of heart and get a second chance. John Vernon really outta work on his makeup and come hither stare.

And speaking of John Vernon, he's our villain here, because if John Vernon is in your movie or series he's gonna be the bad guy. He doesn't get much screen time, but what he does get allows him to be suitably menacing in a way only John Vernon can.

The action, including a Samurai sword fight between Vernon and the 'Hoff (and the 'Hoff's stunt double) is middling stuff, but a few running gags about a slimy used car salesman and a smart mouthed talking teddy bear are pretty amusing and help lift an otherwise fairly middling episode just above meh.
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