Knight Rider: Season 3

1984 · 21 episodes · ★ 7.6

What Season 3 of Knight Rider

The third season of Knight Rider aired from September 30, 1984 to May 5, 1985. It aired on NBC. The region 1 DVD was released on January 31, 2006.

In this season, KITT evolves with new abilities, Patricia McPherson returns to the cast as Bonnie Barstow and stays until the end of the series. Michael and Devon also become closer friends, so they can trust each other to work and scheme together in secret without being discovered by KITT or Bonnie. KITT's rogue prototype, KARR, finally resurfaces.

21episodes

Sep 30, 1984premiered

May 5, 1985latest episode

17.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Knight of the Drones
Sep 30, 1984 · 90 min
A scientist plans to use robots and drone cars to round up criminals to rob a Federal Reserve Bank.
Directed by Sidney Hayers · Written by Robert Foster, Gerald Sanford · Starring Jim Brown, Barbara Stock, Evan C. Kim, Jared Martin
3x02 The Ice Bandits
Oct 7, 1984 · 49 min
Michael trails diamond thieves to the wine country of Northern California where the crooks are using a monastery as a front.
Directing: Georg Fenady · Writing: Gerald Sanford · Starring: Paul Koslo, Janet Julian, Alex Henteloff, Tom Reese
3x03 Knights of the Fast Lane
Oct 14, 1984 · 49 min
Michael hopes to flush out a futuristic sports car by challenging its murderous owner to a street race--with KITT as the prize.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe · Written by Richard C. Okie · Starring Cliff Osmond, Elaine Welton Hill, Lory Walsh, Alan Feinstein
3x04 Halloween Knight
Oct 28, 1984 · 49 min
After Bonnie claims she witnessed a murder, she's plagued by strange happenings designed to scare her out of her new apartment.
Directed by: Winrich Kolbe · Written by: Bill Nuss · Starring: John Calvin, Kurt Paul, Jason Evers, Taaffe O'Connell
3x05 K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.
Nov 4, 1984 · 49 min · ★ 6.5
KITT's evil prototype Karr returns, seeking to destroy Michael and KITT with a new laser stolen from the Foundation
Directed by Winrich Kolbe · Written by Richard C. Okie · Starring Georgia Schmidt, Jeff Osterhage, Paul Frees, Jennifer Holmes
3x06 The Rotten Apples
Nov 11, 1984 · 49 min
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.
Directed by Bob Bralver · Written by Gerald Sanford · Starring Lana Clarkson, Denny Miller, Russ McCubbin, Terri Treas
3x07 Knight in Disgrace
Nov 18, 1984 · 49 min
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.
Directed by: Harvey S. Laidman · Written by: Simon Muntner · Starring: Katherine Moffat, Ken Foree, Casey Sander, John Considine
3x08 Dead of Knight
Dec 2, 1984 · 49 min
A young dancer ingests a poison meant for Michael, who races the clock to find the only man with a clue to the antidote.
Directed by: Bernard L. Kowalski · Written by: David W. Wollert, Peter I. Baloff · Starring: Dick Peabody, Stanley Kamel, Jean Hasselhoff, Victor Campos
3x09 Lost Knight
Dec 9, 1984 · 49 min
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.
Directed by Sidney Hayers · Written by Robert Foster, James M. Miller · Starring Lenore Kasdorf, Anthony James, Jason Bateman, Alice Nunn
3x10 Knight of the Chameleon
Dec 30, 1984 · 49 min
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.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe · Written by Robert Sherman · Starring Kimberly Foster, Nicholas Worth, Shari Shattuck, Richard Gautier
3x11 Custom Made Killer
Jan 6, 1985 · 48 min
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.
Directed by: Harvey S. Laidman · Written by: Burton Armus · Starring: Elaine Giftos, Michael Fox, James Luisi, Alan Oppenheimer
3x12 Knight by a Nose
Jan 13, 1985 · 49 min
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.
Directed by: Bernard McEveety · Written by: William Elliott · Starring: Patrick St. Esprit, Don Gordon, F. William Parker, Toni Hudson
3x13 Junk Yard Dog
Feb 3, 1985 · 49 min
Michael vows to nail the owner of a toxic-waste dump when KITT is nearly destroyed in an acid pit.
Directed by: Georg Fenady · Written by: Calvin Clements Jr. · Starring: Heather McNair, Kathy Shower, Curt Lowens, Ramon Bieri
3x14 Buy Out
Feb 10, 1985 · 49 min
To catch a saboteur, Michael volunteers to drive an armor- plated limousine during a company's missile-defense demonstration.
Directed by Jeffrey Hayden · Written by Gregory S. Dinallo · Starring Bernard White, Clu Gulager, John van Dreelen, Jesse Vint
3x15 Knightlines
Mar 3, 1985 · 49 min
An international criminal rigs the Government's space weapons headquarters to blow up after construction is completed.
Directed by Charles Watson Sanford · Written by Richard C. Okie · Starring Sally Hampton, André Gower, Hank Garrett, Taylor Miller
3x16 The Nineteenth Hole
Mar 10, 1985 · 49 min
Michael enters KITT in a small-town road rally to investigate death threats received by the race's sponsor.
Directed by: Georg Fenady · Written by: Robert Foster, Gerald Sanford · Starring: Wendy Schaal, Albert Paulsen, Michael McManus, Cliff Carnell
3x17 Knight and Knerd
Mar 17, 1985 · 48 min
A scientist's daughter is kidnapped by criminals as part of a scheme to build a hot new weapon.
Directed by Georg Fenady · Written by Larry Mollin · Starring Tawny Moyer, Arye Gross, Victoria Bass, Steve Sandor
3x18 Ten Wheel Trouble
Mar 24, 1985 · 49 min
Michael takes the wheel of a big rig to help independent truckers fight a takeover by a ruthless corporation.
Directed by Bob Bralver · Written by Burton Armus · Starring Darwin Joston, Cliff Emmich, Renee Props, Christopher McDonald
3x19 Knight in Retreat
Mar 29, 1985 · 49 min
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.
Directed by: Roy Campanella II · Written by: Gerald Sanford · Starring: David Hedison, Randi Brooks, Dani Minnick, Ann Turkel
3x20 Knight Strike
Apr 5, 1985 · 49 min
To find stolen laser rifles, Michael attends a survivalist convention where pistols taken in the same robbery have been sold.
Directed by Georg Fenady · Written by Gregory S. Dinallo · Starring Jack O'Halloran, Richard Herd, Logan Ramsey, Judy Landers
3x21 Circus Knights Season Finale
May 5, 1985 · 49 min
Michael and KITT join a circus as a daredevil act to find out who's trying to force it into bankruptcy.
Directed by Harvey S. Laidman · Written by David R. Toddman · Starring Michelle Nicastro, Chuck McCann, James T. Callahan, Sharon Hughes