Knight Rider
Knight Flight to Freedom
TV Flash files “Knight Flight to Freedom” as hour 81 of 84 in the TV Flash guide — Knight Rider (1982–1986) on NBC, season 4, episode 18, aired 1986-02-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E18: listed hour 81 of 84 in the Knight Rider guide, hour 18 of 21 in season 4. It aired 1986-02-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Hills of Fire” (S04E17). Next is “Fright Knight” (S04E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Michael is captured while trying to rescue an American political prisoner held in a country in the throes of a coup d'état.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Knight Flight to Freedom sit in the Knight Rider guide?
S04E18 is listed hour 81 of 84 — hour 18 of 21 in season 4, season 4 episode 18.
When did Knight Rider S04E18 air?
Knight Flight to Freedom aired 1986-02-21 and is listed at 60 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
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- William Daniels as KITT (voice)
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- 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…