Knight Rider (TV Series)

Trust Doesn't Rust (1982)

David Hasselhoff: Michael Knight

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• Michael Knight : KITT, we gotta get this guy to a hospital, buddy.

  K.I.T.T. : Michael, that car. It could've been my twin. It was exactly like me.

  Michael Knight : Not exactly, buddy. It almost killed me.

• [Referring to Bonnie] 

  K.I.T.T. : She's right, Michael.

  Michael Knight : Ah, you always liked her better!

• K.I.T.T. : Michael, why do you need to socialize with so many women? Wouldn't one be sufficient?

  Michael Knight : KITT, you're beginning to sound like my mother, here. I mean, what's wrong with a little companionship?

  K.I.T.T. : Eh?

  Michael Knight : You can understand that.

  K.I.T.T. : No, Michael, I cannot. When you're one-of-a-kind, companionship does not compute.

• Michael Knight : Why wasn't I told about the other car?

  Devon Miles : Oh, Michael please.

  Michael Knight : No Michael please, I had a right to know.

  Devon Miles : Yes you did. Let me explain. Six months before we found you in the desert, near death, Wilton activated what was probably the crowning achievement of his life.

  Michael Knight : KITT.

  Devon Miles : No, KARR. K-A-R-R.

  Michael Knight : What's KARR?

  Devon Miles : The Knight Automated Roving Robot. That was Wilton's title for his prototype vehicle.

  Michael Knight : I think I like KITT better.

  Devon Miles : You can say that again. Now, KITT's primary function is to serve you. To protect you from harm.

  Bonnie Barstow : But KARR had no such programming. Instead, it's primary fuction is self-preservation.

  Michael Knight : And that was a mistake?

  Devon Miles : A major one. Consider the circumstances, just as Wilton realized he made a mistake by not programming KARR properly, he company was virtually toppled from within by the same people that left you for dead on that desert highway. As we struggled to save your life, and I attempted to build a safer car, the earlier model was put in storage. I thought Wilton had it dismantled before he died. But, I was wrong.

  Michael Knight : Ok, I'm sorry. But I still don't see how one computer program can make all that much difference.

  Bonnie Barstow : Michael, KITT's primary function to protect human life, is for one of a better word, altruistic.

  Devon Miles : But KARR without that program is self-serving. Almost animalistic in nature. Being devoid of a conscience, it's potentially dangerous. If the people who now have it, misuse it. Program it with information that it considers threatening, they could create a menace that would quickly grow beyond their control.

  Michael Knight : Devon?

  Devon Miles : Yes, Michael?

  Michael Knight : I think we should get that car back.

• K.A.R.R. : KITT, I am warning you. Change course at once!

  K.I.T.T. : I am not in control, KARR.

  K.A.R.R. : Then tell the humans to turn away. This is folly, KITT.

  Bonnie Barstow : He's right.

  K.I.T.T. : He's right.

  Michael Knight : No way.

  K.I.T.T. : Michael, what are you doing?

  Michael Knight : Remember Zeno and that immovable object thing? We're about to find out that answer.

  K.A.R.R. : Your lives mean nothing to me!

  K.I.T.T. : Michael, please. Pardon the expression, but he does have a few screws loose. Turn. KARR doesn't have my programming to protect human life.

  Michael Knight : That's what I'm counting on, buddy.

  Bonnie Barstow : What?

  K.I.T.T. : Michael, I cannot allow you to jeopardize your life. I am assuming control.

  [engages Auto Cruise Mode] 

  Michael Knight : No, you're not, KITT!

  [presses Normal Function button] 

  Bonnie Barstow : Michael, you know all those times I've called you irresponsible and impulsive? I didn't mean it.

  Michael Knight : Bonnie, remember all those times I called you bossy and demanding? I didn't mean it, either.

  K.I.T.T. : Michael, Bonnie...

  Bonnie Barstow , Michael Knight : Yes, KITT?

  K.I.T.T. : Why are you lying to each other?

  K.A.R.R. : Turn away. Turn away.

  [KARR swerves away from KITT and jumps off a cliff] 

  K.A.R.R. : No!

  [shouts] 

  K.A.R.R. : No!

  [crashes and explodes into the ocean] 

• K.I.T.T. : [deadly game of chicken]  Michael, what are you doing?

  Michael Knight : Remember Zeno and that immovable object thing? We're about to find out the answer.

  K.A.R.R. : [roaring engine, menacing confrontation]  Your lives mean nothing to me!

  K.I.T.T. : Michael, please pardon the expression, but he does have a few screws loose. Turn! Karr doesn't have my programming to protect human life.

  Michael Knight : That's what I'm counting on, buddy.

  Bonnie Barstow : What?

  K.I.T.T. : Michael, I cannot allow you to jeopardize your life. I am assuming control.

  Michael Knight : No, you're not, KITT!

  [switches to manual control] 

  Bonnie Barstow : Michael, you know all those times I called you irresponsible and impulsive... I didn't mean it.

  Michael Knight : Bonnie, remember all those times I called you bossy and demanding, I didn't mean it either.

  K.I.T.T. : Michael? Bonnie?

  Bonnie Barstow , Michael Knight : Yes, KITT?

  K.I.T.T. : Why are you lying to each other?

• K.I.T.T. : I hope you didn't take that suggestion seriously, Mr. Miles. I am quite happy with basic black.

  Michael Knight : Aren't we overreacting a bit, here? All these guys did was blow away a ringmaster. They didn't even steal any hamburgers.

  Devon Miles : Michael, KARR is like a loaded gun in the hands of a small child. It's only a matter of time before there's a real explosion.