Knight Rider
Knight of the Drones
TV Flash files “Knight of the Drones” as a desk essential hour — Knight Rider (1982–1986) on NBC, season 3, episode 1, aired 1984-09-30, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 43 of 84 in the Knight Rider guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 1984-09-30 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Big Iron” (S02E21). Next is “The Ice Bandits” (S03E02).
Essential hour: “Knight of the Drones”. Knight of the Drones is 1984 science fantasy — Larson's talking car still sincere while the title already sounds like a reboot pitch.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A scientist plans to use robots and drone cars to round up criminals to rob a Federal Reserve Bank.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Knight of the Drones sit in the Knight Rider guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 43 of 84 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did Knight Rider S03E01 air?
Knight of the Drones aired 1984-09-30 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Is the car really the co-star?
Yes. KITT, voiced by William Daniels, is the partner — scanner bar, turbo boost, moral GPS. Hasselhoff is the windshield; the Trans Am is the franchise.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The purest high-concept 1980s action toy — Hasselhoff and KITT chemistry is the whole meal. Glen Larson's talking Trans Am, William Daniels voicing the scanner-bar co-lead, turbo boosts as Friday-night science fantasy. Glorious sincerity, excellent car. Kit, I need you is still a prayer at red lights; later reboots keep failing upward toward the charm.
Friday night, a Trans Am, and a scanner bar that was the actual co-lead. NBC's Knight Rider (1982–1986), Glen A. Larson, sold David Hasselhoff's Michael Knight as a windshield star while William Daniels voiced KITT — the AI car that out-acted half of prime time. Edward Mulhare's Devon held the foundation's leash. **Four seasons, 84 hours of turbo-boost science fantasy.** Rex can keep the western in amber. This was high-concept action as a toy window: buddy-cop TV where the buddy had a red scanner, moral missions,…
Filed against
- David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight
David Hasselhoff’s Michael Knight made Knight Rider a talking Trans Am religion — 1980s catalog high-concept toy, Kit I need you as a Friday liturgy, then Baywatch turning the same chest into a planetary slow-motion export. TV Flash files…
- William Daniels as KITT (voice)
William Daniels’s Dr. Mark Craig made St. Elsewhere’s dump hospital feel like a scalpel with tenure — 1980s catalog rounds, then Knight Rider’s KITT and Boy Meets World’s Feeny stretching the same diction into a car and a classroom. TV…
- Edward Mulhare as Devon Miles
Edward Mulhare kept the Foundation's manners as Devon Miles on Knight Rider — Glen Larson's talking Trans Am, Friday-night science fantasy, and the handler who made a turbo boost look like a briefing. Hasselhoff had the car; Mulhare had…