In 1982 a young man named Michael Knight (played by a big haired Member's Only jacket wearing David Hasslehoff) drove off the back of a truck in his slick, black Trans Am, and into our collective TV watching hearts. The ladies swooned for him, and the guys all wanted to be just like him. Michael Knight was the coolest cat to hit TV that season, and his car made him even cooler.

Michael and his indestructible talking car KITT had many adventures, but this first season is the one that turned all of us, the children of the eighties, into serious converts. Some of us were hardcore enough to make our own KITT's out of Hot Wheels cars and bring them to school to impress our friends. Well, maybe not many of us, but at least one other kid at school and I were – because Michael Knight was the coolest.

Episode 1 – Knight Of The Phoenix (Parts 1 & 2): This two part pilot episode is the one that introduced us to a young man - a detective who is believed to have been killed in a shoot out. What really happened to him though is that a wealthy man named Milton Knight has taken him in, given him plastic surgery, and changed his name to Michael Knight. His dying wish is to have one man make a difference as a crime fighter. That one man is Michael. He hooks Michael up with a prototype KITT 2000 Trans Am. The KITT 2000 is basically a super tank in sports car form. Michael obliges Milton's last wish and becomes… Knight Rider.

Episode 2 – Deadly Maneuvers: A high ranking Army officer finds out about a criminal ring operating right under his very nose. Sadly, he pays the price for his curiosity and winds up dead. Michael Knight is called in to find out who the killers are and bring them to justice.

Episode 3 – Good Day At White Rock: After the trying events of the first couple of episodes, Michael takes off with KITT for a much needed stretch of rest and relaxation. It quickly turns dangerous though when he winds up involved in a war between two rival motorcycle gangs!

Episode 4 – Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular: When the organizers of an auto stunt show take out a second mortgage from a man who they don't realize is a crook, Michael is called in to take care of things. It seems that this mortgage broker has a habit of making sure his clients end up having accidents so that he can take over their businesses.

Episode 5 – Just My Bill: When a man runs for Senate, he's bound to come into conflict with people and as such, make a few enemies along the way. That's exactly what happens in this episode, as Michael is on the job acting as a bodyguard for the up and coming politician in question.

Episode 6 – Not A Drop To Drink: Out in the boonies a problem has arisen – there's a turf war going on over the ownership of the local water supply. Devon gets word of this and figures Michael is a shoe-in to take care of this problem, and that's exactly what he does.

Episode 7 – No Big Thing: Devon ends up in a small town jail for a petty crime! Things seem to be smoothing themselves out until the cops kill one of his fellow inmates in cold blood. Michael has to bust Devon out and set things right before it's too late.

Episode 8 – Trust Doesn't Rust: KARR is an evil version of KITT and it's on the loose! The only ones who can stop KARR's reign of terror are Michael and KITT, because it'll take everything KITT has to stop KARR and then some. This episode is so over the top cornball that it's a milestone in the goodness of bad TV.

Episode 9 – Inside Out: A retired army man now leads a gang of no good thieves. Michael gains their trust in order to bust them up and put an end to their ways when they try and hit the big time by heisting a shipment of gold.

Episode 10 – The Final Verdict: A shy bookkeeper is the only one who can prove the innocence of a man accused of murder. Michael needs to keep him safe before the mobster's in on the scheme quiet him up for good.

Episode 11 – A Plush Ride: Michael enrolls in a school for chauffeur-bodyguard types to stop a man from assassinating some very important leaders of a few third world nations.

Episode 12 – Forget Me Not: A dastardly criminal organization is planning the assassination of a prominent South American politician. Michael can stop them if he can find out the details in time, but the only one who knows them is a little girl, and she has amnesia!

Episode 13 – Hearts Of Stone: In Central America, the gunrunners know that life is cheap and the guns equal power and money. Michael has to infiltrate their ranks using his best sneaky-skills and stop their evil ways before they leak the new prototype guns into the wrong hands.

Episode 14 – Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: There's a race on to benefit alternative fuel research and someone seems to be sabotaging the participants. Michael joins up in the race in order to be able to figure out who it is and how to stop him.

Episode 15 – The Topaz Connection: When the publisher of a certain men's magazine is shot to death, Michael is called in on the scene. He heads out to the magazine's headquarters in Las Vegas and finds out that they were all set to publish an exclusive article that might indict some very important people in a rather ugly crime.

Episode 16 – A Nice Indecent Little Town: Michael and KITT are hot on the trail of a counterfeiter and the follow him to a quiet little town in the middle of nowhere. As the investigation thickens, not only does it appear that they're hiding this criminal, but that the CIA is involved in it as well.

Episode 17 – Chariot Of Gold: A group comprised of an elite gang of brilliant archeologists suddenly become the victims of a mysterious killer. Michael takes the case to try and figure out who is responsible and why.

Episode 18 – White Bird: Before Michael Knight became Michael Knight, he was engaged. And now it seems that his old fiancée is being framed for conspiracy! Will Michael be able to stay impartial and ensure that justice is served or will his old feelings come into play?

Episode 19 – Knight Moves: A group of hijackers appear to be targeting the shipments made by an independent trucking company, but the reasoning behind their attack is not apparent until Michael starts looking into things.

Episode 20 – Nobody Does It Better: A private investigator begins interfering with Michael's work when he tries to help him figure out who is stealing some top secret computer software.

Episode 21 – Short Notice:Michael is accidentally responsible for killing a gang member and only one woman can clear his name. She's willing to help, but only of Michael will help her get back her kidnapped daughter first.

Video:

They were shot fullframe, and we get them fullframe. All is right in the world of aspect ratios on this release. The picture quality though, is a mixed bag. The good – there is plenty of detail evident in the picture, and the colors look really nice. The picture is sharp and flesh tones look nice and natural. Sounds perfect, right? Well, there's a lot of edge enhancement on this release, and it does get a tad distracting in a couple of scenes. There are even a few spots where the image is almost wiggly because of it. This brings the overall viewing experience down a bit because of it. There's also a bit of print damage constantly rearing its head throughout the series, though none of it is overly severe.