Knight in Retreat
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Knight in Retreat
Knight in Retreat
Bonnie's old friend and professor, Harley Freeman, is killed when his car mysteriously hits some power lines. In fact, the muder was orchestrated by a woman named Bianca Morgan. Bianca works at a retreat for the best minds in various fields of science. She has tape recorders hidden throughout the retreat to record her rendezvous with various professors in order to blackmail them - she will send the tape to the man's wife unless he supplies her with what she wants. What she wanted from Freeman was a courier's route, in order to steal a microcomputer guidance system. Michael gets on the case and finds the courier's route as well, but is unable to stop the theft of the microcomputer before one of Bianca's fellow retreat mistresses can get away. Michael decides to masquerade as a computer scientist at a local club where the men are picked up to go to the retreat, and his plan almost works. Michael follows a woman back to the retreat and breaks in, having KITT open the gate to make it seem like a normal entrance. Once inside, Michael finds the tape recorders hidden throughout the home, but he is found out and strapped to a shock device. Meanwhile, Bianca blackmails another man named Theodore Cooper to find out when his missile system (which is useless unless paired with the microcomputer guidance system) will be delivered to a testing site. Michael manages to escape, and with KITT's help, he stops the theft and brings Bianca and her associates to justice.
THOUGHTS:
-Good episode. Nice plot with Bonnie getting involved in the search for the truth about Freeman.
-Fun stuff with KITT and Shiva (the lion cub).
New feature on KITT:
+Sub-Zero (temperature control to below freezing inside KITT)
FAVORITE QUOTE:
"Michael, that's not asking a lot. That's asking a miracle."
-KITT, when Michael asks if it's a lot for KITT to make him into a computer scientist
NITS:
-I'm sure you all remember that Ann Turkel (as Bianca Morgan) also played Adrian Margot in "Goliath, Parts 1 and 2" and "Goliath Returns, Parts 1 and 2." There's no mistaking her!
-The house used for Bianca's retreat is the same house Adrian Margot used in "Goliath Returns, PArts 1 and 2."
-Bianca leaves Michael's watch on during the shock table scenes.
-The sound made by the shock machine is the same as used for KITT's microjam.
-Why didn't KITT just microjam Bianca's breaks at the end?
-When KITT turbo boosts over Bianca's 4x4 at the end, you can see a finger pushing the button (even though Michael is on the other truck!).
By Chris Todaro on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 3:28 pm: I was watching this episode today and I noticed a shot of a jukebox that looked exactly like the opening to "Happy Days."
By Julie Cox on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 11:31 pm:Ann Turkel was not in "Goliath, Parts 1 and 2." She did play Adrian Margot in "Soul Survivor."
By Victor Kros on Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 7:23 pm:Ann Turkel was in "Goliath Returns" Parts I and II as Garthe's love interest. She was also in Soul Survior and Knight in Retreat making her appear in four episodes throughout the series.