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KNIGHT RIDER: DEADLY MANEUVERS

EXEC. PRODUCERS: Glen A. Larson, R.A. Cinader
PRODUCERS: Hannah Shearer, Steven E. de Souza

Production #57305
2nd Draft - August 10, 1982 (F.R.)

Teleplay: .................... William Schmidt &
.............................. Bob Shayne
Contributing Writer: ......... Steven E. de Souza
Director: .................... Paul Stanley

                              
                                 ACT ONE

     FADE IN

     OMITTED

     EXT. CAMP ENGLEHART - MUNITIONS COMPOUND - NIGHT

     surrounded by fencing.  A single light shines above one of
     the buildings.

     Two bull-necked sentries pass by on their rounds.  They are
     Corporals Mank and Cotler.  We hold on this area after they
     pass.

     Col. Earnest T. Ladd, a handsome officer in his late
     fifties, slips around the corner...climbs in a window.

     OMITTED

     INT. BUILDING - NIGHT

     Ladd looks around.  There are boxes and crates everywhere.
     He moves forward...draws back as Sergeant Ray Perkins, lean,
     mean, in his thirties...passes by close to the camera.

     Perkins goes around a corner to an area illuminated by an
     overhead light.  Ladd -- and we -- can't see what he's 
     doing, but it makes a fair amount of noise.

     Ladd moves ahead cautiously...stops as his hand bumps into
     something.  He turns on a small flashlight.

     INT. WAREHOUSE - LADD'S POINT OF VIEW

     He has bumped into an open can of blue paint.  Brushes and 
     other paint cans are evident.

     BACK TO SCENE

     Ladd shines the light on his hand, which has blue paint on it.

                               LADD
                      (whispering)
               Oh, no.  My God, no!

     He wipes the paint on his pants, then hurries to the window.
     He slips out of the building.

     OMITTED

     BY FENCE

     Ladd sticks the flashlight in his pocket, starts over the 
     fence.  Halfway up, the flashlight drops to the ground.

     THE FLASHLIGHT

     falls on a metal drum.  In the still of the night, the clang
     is loud...and dangerous.

     THE SENTRIES

     Turn at the sound.  One hits an alarm button, then they rush
     off.

     INT. WAREHOUSE

     Sergeant Perkins is wiping blue paint off his hands when the 
     alarm goes off.  He tosses the rag aside, grabs a .45 on a 
     web belt, runs out.

     EXT. WAREHOUSE

     Ladd jumps into a Jeep, roars off into the night.  A moment
     later, Cotler and Mank pull up in another Jeep.  Perkins runs
     out of the building, strapping on the gun belt.

                               PERKINS
               Did you see who it was?

                               MANK
               Yeah.  Colonel Ladd.

     Perkins jumps into the Jeep, alarmed.

                               PERKINS
               We gotta stop him.

     They roar off.

     EXT. MILITARY BASE - NIGHT

     as the three soldiers chase their superior officer.  Ladd
     drives desperately, but cooly.  From time to time, he looks 
     down at his blue-stained hands.

     In the other Jeep, Mank drives while Perkins takes Cotler's
     AR-16, aims it.

                               COTLER
               You can't shoot him -- there'll be
               an investigation!

                               PERKINS
               The gorge is coming up...I just want
               to distract him!

     He begins firing on automatic.

     INT. LADD'S JEEP

     Ladd ducks as bullets whizz by over his head.  He swerves
     all over the road.

     PERKINS

     keeps firing.

     LADD

     looks over his shoulder...looks back at the road again...too
     late.  He screams as ---

     THE SCENE

     His Jeep sails over the edge of the cliff.

     THE SECOND JEEP

     It slams to a halt on the edge of the gorge.  The three men
     look down.

                               PERKINS
                      (finally)
               You know how to handle this?

                               MANK
                      (nodding)
               We didn't see a thing.

                                              CUT TO

     OMITTED

     A BUSY FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY - DAY

     stretching into the desert.  The highway is crowded with
     travellers and truckers.  From o.s., we hear:

                               K.I.T.T. (o.s.)
               Michael, you're in trouble!

                               MICHAEL (o.s.)
                      (tense)
               I can handle it!

                               K.I.T.T. (o.s.)
               You have less than an eight point
               seven percent chance of survival.

                               MICHAEL (o.s.)
               I'm doing my best!

                               K.I.T.T. (o.s.)
               Take evasive action!

                               MICHAEL (o.s.)
               Wait!  No!

     CLOSE ON MONITOR SCREEN IN THE KNIGHT 2000

     A simulated car crashes on the screen, with accompanying
     sounds of destruction.  Then the screen reads, "SORRY -
     YOU'RE DEAD!" and a miniature cross springs up where the car
     used to be.

     As we pull back, we see that Michael has an Atari-type
     control hooked up to the monitor.  It's one of the "Auto
     Race" games.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Tough luck.

                               MICHAEL
               Stupid computer games.  No offense.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Programmed by stupid humans...No
               offense.

     Michael looks out the window at ---

     OMITTED

     MICHAEL'S POINT OF VIEW 

     At the side of the highway is a broken down compact car.
     The hood is up.  Peering inside at the engine is a very
     pretty woman of about twenty-five, dressed in Army skirt and 
     matching jacket.  This is Lieutenant Robin Mirian Ladd.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000

     as it passes the car.

                               MICHAEL
               Wait -- let's go back.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Our orders were to meet Devon in 
               Santa Clara.

                               MICHAEL
               We will.  But first...we have to do 
               a service for our country.

                               K.I.T.T.
                      (dubious)
               Uh-huh.  Would you like to take over
               the wheel, now?  Perhaps impress the 
               young lady with my derring-do?

                               MICHAEL
               Just pull over.

     BY DISABLED CAR

     The Knight 2000 pulls to a stop and Michael climbs out.
     Robin looks up from the car.  On closer inspection, she is
     even prettier, though irritated.

                               MICHAEL
               Hi -- Michael Knight.

     They start to shake hands.  Hers is full of grease.  They
     laugh and put their hands down.

                               ROBIN
               Robin Ladd.  And aggravated.

                               MICHAEL
               What's the matter?

                               ROBIN
               I'm not sure -- the temperature
               gauge went crazy, then the car 
               over-heated and stalled.  I can't
               get it started.

     Michael checks something.  But he's not really sure what to
     check on, either.

                               ROBIN
               I haven't been home in two years --
               and now I've been stuck here for two
               hours!

                               MICHAEL
               I'll be right back.

     He heads back to the 2000.

     INT. 2000

     When Robin looks back down at the engine:

                               MICHAEL
               Any ideas on what could be wrong
               with it?

                               K.I.T.T.
               Besides the fact that it is an 
               inferior machine?

                               MICHAEL
               Don't be chauvanistic.

                               K.I.T.T.
               It's probably the thermostat.

                               MICHAEL
               What are the chances of fixing it 
               out here?

                               K.I.T.T.
               If you were Bonnie, I'd say 100
               percent.  As it is....

                               MICHAEL
               All right...we'll have to tow it.

     He starts to get back out.  Before he can:

                               K.I.T.T.
               Michael!

     Michael shuts the door quickly.  Robin looks up only for a 
     second.

                               K.I.T.T.
               I must have heard wrong.  Did you 
               say 'tow?'

                               MICHAEL
               Sure, tow.  You know, we connect her 
               car onto....

                               K.I.T.T.
               Me?  Michael, I was not designed to 
               be a...tow truck.  I have numerous 
               fragile instruments which could be 
               severely ---

     He gets out of the car.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Michael!

     EXT. TOWN - DAY

     The town is a shabby collection of motels, bars, coffee
     shops and small businesses.  The Knight 2000 comes into 
     view, slowing towing the rent-a-car.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000 - DAY

     Michael and Robin are much more relaxed with one another.

                               ROBIN
               As soon as we got off the plane, we 
               ran to find hot dogs and French 
               fries.  Germany was a wonderful
               country, but try finding a decent 
               hot dog!

                               MICHAEL
               There's nothing like home cooking.

                               ROBIN
               There's nothing like the States.
                      (a beat)
               What brings you to our neck of the 
               desert?

                               MICHAEL
               I'm on my way home, too.  I just
               finished...a matter for a client.

                               ROBIN
               What kind of work are you in --
               insurance?

                               MICHAEL
               Something like that.
                      (changing 
                       the subject)
               What time is your father expecting
               you?

                               ROBIN
               What week is more like it.  He 
               thinks I'm coming in next week.  But
               I want to walk into his office and 
               say...
                      (deep voice)
               'Colonel Ladd, sir?'  And have him
               look up -- Boy, will he be
               surprised!  Would you mind if we 
               went straight to the post?  We can 
               drop the rent-a-car off later.

                               MICHAEL
               A little anxious?

                               ROBIN
               A lot anxious!

     A sign at the main gate of the post reads "CAMP ENGLEHART
     MUNITIONS PROVING GROUNDS".  Like many of the larger Army 
     posts, it is "open", and Michael can drive right on.

     EXT. HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

     An impressive, red-bricked building.  Robin practically skips
     up the walk in anticipation.  Michael hurries to stay abreast
     of her.

                               ROBIN
               Look at this place -- why does home 
               always look...smaller?

                               MICHAEL
               Maybe 'cause our memories are so big?

     OMITTED

     EXT. COLONEL LADD'S OFFICE - DAY

     Robin starts to say something to Michael, but he just smiles,
     steps back -- allowing her to enter alone.

     INT. COLONEL LADD'S OFFICE - DAY

     Robin enters with a big smile.

                               ROBIN
                      (deep voice)
               Colonel Ladd?

     When Major Doug Sanderson, a rugged-looking man in his early
     fifties, looks up from the desk, he is no less surprised
     than Robin.

                               ROBIN
               Isn't this Colonel Ladd's office?

     Sanderson gets up from the desk quickly.

                               SANDERSON
               You must be Lieutenant Ladd.  I'm
               Major Sanderson, Colonel Ladd's 
               second-in-command.

                               ROBIN
               Where's Daddy?

     Sanderson looks extremely ill-at-ease.  Michael comes into 
     the room behind Robin.

                               SANDERSON
               Perhaps we'd better speak to General
               Duncton.

     INT. GENERAL DUNCTON'S OFFICE - DAY

     General Frederick Duncton, a distinguished-looking man in
     his sixties, smiles tightly as he gets up from his desk to 
     greet Robin and Michael.

                               DUNCTON
               Robin -- it's good to see you!

     She gives him a kiss on the cheek.  Duncton puts his arm
     around her.

                               ROBIN
               General Duncton, what's going on?
               Where's my father?

     Duncton's smile fades.

                               DUNCTON
               You don't know?

                               ROBIN
               Know what?

                               DUNCTON
               Robin, my dear -- I'm afraid there's 
               been an accident.

     Robin tenses.

                               DUNCTON
               I'm sorry.  His Jeep went into Buena
               Vista gorge out in the desert.  He 
               probably blacked out before...he,
               uh...felt anything....

     Robin sways.  Michael steps over quickly, helps support her.

                               ROBIN
               Oh, no...Daddy...oh, no....

     As Michael's arms go around her helplessly, we:

                                              CUT TO

     EXT. GRAVESITE - DAY

     In the middle of two rows of mourners is an open grave and a 
     casket -- which has an American flag draped over it.  A band
     and a line of mourners stand on one side of the grave.  Near
     the band is Robin, Michael, General Duncton and Major 
     Sanderson.  Not far away is Sgt. Perkins.  General Duncton
     has his arm linked through Robin's.

     At the edge of the grave is a firing party of seven men.  A 
     Chaplain stands with other mourners and pallbearers on the 
     other side of the gravesite.

                               CHAPLAIN
                      (in mid-eulogy)
               Earnest Ladd was the ideal soldier...
               a man of war who loved peace most 
               of all.  When you asked him about 
               the chestful of medals he earned 
               on the battlefields of Europe, he'd 
               change the subject...and then he'd 
               talk for hours about his work on 
               the Berlin Airlift and the Marshall
               Plan.  His family and friends will 
               mourn him, his comrades and his 
               troops will miss him...and we will 
               all remember him.

     He closes his prayerbook.

                               OFFICER
               Escort, present arms!

     The firing party points their rifles to the sky, then 
     fires...once, then again and then a third time.

                               OFFICER
               Order arms!

     The firing party lowers their rifles.  The bugler in the 
     band plays "Taps."

     When "Taps" is finished, one of the pallbearers takes the 
     flag off the casket and quickly folds it until it's down to
     a cocked hat triangle.  He then passes it to the pallbearer
     at the head of the grave and salutes the flag.  This
     pallbearer turns left and hands the flag to Robin.

                                              CUT TO

     EDGE OF CEMETARY

     Michael waits for Robin, who is slowly making her way down
     from the gravesite.  Near Michael stands Sanderson and a few
     other officers.  Sgt. Perkins hovers nearby, obviously
     trying to listen in on Sanderson's conversation.

     Robin stops by Sanderson and listens to him.

                               SANDERSON
               ...It's not something we want to 
               advertise, but some men did testify
               that he had been drinking the night
               before.  I guess he just misjudged 
               the....

     Robin, barely controlling her anger, strides up to Sanderson.

                               ROBIN
               With all due respect, Major Sanderson,
               my father rarely got drunk.

     Sanderson looks regretful.

                               SANDERSON
               Lieutenant, I know how you feel.
               But the medical tests on the body
               were ---

     She winces.  Turns and walks away.  Michael grabs Sanderson's
     shoulder, spins him around.

                               MICHAEL
               You're a tactful jackass, you know
               that?

                               SANDERSON
               Take your hands off of me!

     General Duncton steps over, separates the two men.

                               DUNCTON
               Sanderson, don't you have some 
               duties to take care of?

     Sanderson glares at Michael.

                               SANDERSON
               Yes sir.  I do.

     He salutes, exits.

                               MICHAEL
               General, I can explain ---

                               DUNCTON
               You don't have to.  Sanderson's a 
               good officer -- but he doesn't have 
               much of a bedside manner.

     Michael turns, looks off at Robin, who is some distance 
     away, daubing her eyes with a handkerchief.

                               DUNCTON
               Look, Mr. uh ---

                               MICHAEL
               Knight.

                               DUNCTON
               ...Knight.  I haven't seen Robin since 
               she was twelve years old.  Now, I 
               don't know how to talk to her...what
               to say...You said something about just 
               passing through.  Can your plans....

                               MICHAEL
               ...be changed?  I think so.

     Duncton smiles, shakes Michael's hand.

                               DUNCTON
               Good.

     Michael turns, goes to Robin.

     MICHAEL AND ROBIN - DAY - TRACKING SHOT

                               MICHAEL
               Robin!

     She looks back, but does not slow down.  When he is next to
     her:

                               ROBIN
               I'd like to be alone right now.

                               MICHAEL
               I understand.

     She wheels on him, shouting:

                               ROBIN
               I don't need your sympathy!  I don't 
               need anyone's sympathy!

     She turns and runs up a cobblestone path leading to an
     officer's duplex, leaving Michael staring after her.

                                              CUT TO

     EXT. PATTON MOTEL - RIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY - DAY

     The Knight 2000 is in the parking lot of this ND motel, the 
     kind that springs up around Army posts like so many cacti.
     Michael comes out of a room, gets in the car and gets his
     overnight bag.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Michael, I'm afraid I have some 
               alarming news.

                               MICHAEL
               I'm sitting down.

                               K.I.T.T.
               I've checked my circuits and due to
               that towing incident my saline con-
               verter is out of alignment.

                               MICHAEL
               I'm sorry...but I don't think we're 
               going to be underwater in the next
               few minutes, so what's the big deal?

                               K.I.T.T.
               Michael...what if it was your saline
               converter?

                               MICHAEL
               Okay, okay.  Make the call.

     EXT. MODEST RESIDENTIAL STREET - ON FOUNDATION'S SEMI - DAY

                               DEVON'S VOICE
               Michael, hello.  I was just thinking
               of you.

     INTERCUT - INT. SEMI - DAY

     Devon is on the phone.  Bonnie is busy in the f.g., putting
     an electronic device together.

                               MICHAEL
               Really?  Meaning there's a little
               problem that needs my attention?

                               DEVON
               You might say that...it's a small
               legal matter which our attorneys
               can't quite handle....

     Saying this, Devon looks out the window (or door) at ---

     EXT. SEMI - DEVON'S POINT OF VIEW - A MODEST BUNGALOW

     Two wimpy-looking lawyers are in the front yard, standing
     before Mt. Baldy with a moustache -- namely, one Clay 
     Feltzer.  As we watch, one lawyer hands Feltzer a legal form
     on a clipboard.  The other lawyer kindly presents a pen.

     Feltzer snaps the pen in two...rips the form -- and the clip-
     board -- in half.  He throws one lawyer at the other, slams
     his front door.

     BACK TO SCENE

                               DEVON
               Dare I say it's quite apropos to your
               modus operandi.

                               MICHAEL
               Could you rephrase that?

                               DEVON
               It's right up your alley.

                               MICHAEL
               I've got a problem, too.  It's Kitt.
               He says his saline converter is out 
               of whack.

     Overhearing this, Bonnie hits a button on a speakerphone,
     leans close to it.

                               BONNIE
               That's impossible.  The only way you
               could damage that converter is to do
               something stupid like...like...
                      (thinking)
               ...towing another car.

                               MICHAEL
               Well, uh...maybe it's a factory defect
               or something.  Anyway, you know Kitt 
               ...he likes to be in tip-top shape.

                               DEVON
               Well, when you get here, Miss Barstow
               will take a look at it.

                               MICHAEL
               Well...actually, I was hoping you
               could meet us.

                               BONNIE
               I don't make house calls.

                               MICHAEL
               I'm about two hours south of you...
               at Camp Englehart.  And something's
               come up here...something urgent....

                               BONNIE
               What's her name?

                               DEVON
                      (covering
                       receiver)
               Bonnie, really...Michael may be
               cavalier, but 'something urgent'
               doesn't always mean....

     Bonnie looks at him.

                               DEVON
               It doesn't usually....

     Another look from Bonnie.

                               DEVON
               ...it doesn't invariably...
                      (into phone)
               What's her name, Michael?

                               MICHAEL
               Devon, I'm surprised at you.  This 
               happens to be a pressing problem
               regarding an officer in the Armed 
               Forces of this great nation.

     Devon and Bonnie react to a "thud" against the side of the 
     semi.  A beat later, the two lawyers stumble in the door,
     their clothes torn and dirty.

                               DEVON
               Very well, Michael.  We'll meet you 
               there...but wrap up your 'government
               matter'....

     Devon watches as one lawyer takes ice from Devon's ice bucket,
     applies it to a black eye.

                               DEVON
               I want you on this case as soon as 
               possible.

                               MICHAEL
               Roger, Devon.  Over and out.

                               DEVON
                      (to Bonnie,
                       as he hangs up)
               He knows I hate that kind of talk.

     Michael switches off his car phone.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Michael, how can you tell such out-
               rageous lies?

                               MICHAEL
               With a sincere expression.

     He starts to get out...thinks about it.  Puts his bag back 
     ...starts the car.

     OMITTED

     EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT - DRIVEBY

     Michael drives down this empty highway, heading from the 
     post.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000 - NIGHT

     In Michael's rearview mirror, he can see an Army-issued
     olive-green car, coming up behind him.  It is being driven
     very erratically.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Shall I take evasive action?

                               MICHAEL
               I'll handle it.

     EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT

     The Knight 2000 swerves to avoid being hit.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000 - NIGHT

     As the car passes, Michael sees its driver, Robin Ladd.
     Michael accelerates and follows her.

     BY THE CLIFF - NIGHT

     Robin's and Michael's cars stop near the edge of the cliff.
     Robin gets out of her car and heads to cliff's edge.  Michael
     follows.  She looks at him coldly; she's been crying.

                               ROBIN
               I told you -- I don't need your 
               sympathy.

                               MICHAEL
               Then how about my help?

                               ROBIN
               Why should you care?

                               MICHAEL
               Because...that's the kind of insur-
               ance my company sells.

     She looks at him closely, then turns and stares out across 
     the desert beyond.

                               ROBIN
               When I was a little girl and Mom was 
               alive, we'd come up here for picnics
               every Sunday.  Dad always drove out
               here -- to relax.  He loved this 
               desert.  Some people are mountain
               people.  Some love the ocean.  Dad
               was a desert person.
                      (a pause)
               When I was at West Point, he'd send 
               me things.  I mean, not like the
               other cadets -- they got cookies and
               cakes, stuff like that.  I got 
               articles -- and books -- on famous
               generals and women:  Patton, Eleanor
               Roosevelt.  He wanted me to be the 
               first female four-star general.

     She turns to him, shaking.

                               ROBIN
               ...There's so much...I didn't get to 
               tell him.

     Michael comes up, envelopes her in his arms.

                               ROBIN
               He knew this road so well.  How 
               could he have died like that?

                               MICHAEL
               I don't know.  What do you think
               happened?

                               ROBIN
                      (shakes 
                       her head)
               All I know is something...isn't right
               here....

                               MICHAEL
               Then let's check into it.

                               ROBIN
               How?

                               MICHAEL
               I can check the medical report, the 
               accident report...you never know
               what you might find.

     She calms down.

                               ROBIN
               I could...check Daddy's files.

                               MICHAEL
               Good.

     She steps back.

                               ROBIN
               You do believe me, don't you?  I
               mean, I'm not hysterical.  Well, 
               maybe a little -- but you do believe
               me?

                               MICHAEL
               I believe you.

     She finally manages to smile.

     EXT. MUNITIONS BUILDING - DUSK

     Sgt. Perkins is talking with Mank and Cotler.  Mank is 
     agitated.

                               MANK
               She wasn't supposed to have come in 
               until next week -- when the Ordinance
               tests were over.

                               COTLER
               And who's that guy, Knight?  He was 
               'just passing through' -- now he's 
               hanging around.

                               PERKINS
               Just keep an eye on them...both of
               them.

     The camera tightens on Perkins.

                               PERKINS
                      (continuing)
               And let's hope we don't need another 
               military funeral.

     OMITTED

                                              FADE TO BLACK

                         END OF ACT ONE

                            ACT TWO

     FADE IN

     EXT. PX PARKING LOT - DAY

     Army personnel stream in and out of the PX.  Parked in the
     lot are various cars, Army vehicles, a catering truck -- 
     whose Vendor doles out plastic-coated sandwiches and plastic-
     tasting coffee -- and the Knight 2000.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000

     Sipping coffee, Michael is looking at ---

     MICHAEL'S POINT OF VIEW - MEDICAL BUILDING

     A door labeled "Medical Records" is guarded by an MP.  He
     checks everyone entering.

     BACK TO SCENE

                               MICHAEL
               Kitt, we have to get that medical 
               report.

                               K.I.T.T.
               'We', Michael?  I think I would 
               attract a great deal of attention 
               inside that building.

                               MICHAEL
               Unfortunately, so would I...unless....

     Michael stops.  He's noticed the activity at the catering
     truck behind him.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Michael, I detect a certain tone in 
               your voice.

                               MICHAEL
               Oh?  What tone is that?

                               K.I.T.T.
               The one where you're convinced 
               you've come up with a brilliant 
               idea.  The next thing you know,
               you're doing something foolhardy and 
               I'm in my surveillance mode.

                               MICHAEL
               Kitt?

                               K.I.T.T.
               Yes, Michael?

                               MICHAEL
               Go into surveillance mode.

     Michael gets out of the car.  Some interesting lights blink
     on.

     OMITTED

     BY CATERING TRUCK

     When the crowd thins out, Michael approaches the Vendor.

                               MICHAEL
               May I have another cup of coffee?

     The Vendor nods wearily.  He starts to the coffee machine.
     Steaming hot coffee is brewing.

                               MICHAEL
               In fact, may I have all your cups of 
               coffee?

     The Vendor turns back to see if this guy's crazy or what.
     Michael pulls out his wallet full of Foundation money.

                               VENDOR
               Listen, mac, I run a business 
               here....

                               MICHAEL
               For an hour -- max.

                               VENDOR
               I gotta sell my sandwiches....

                               MICHAEL
               I'll buy them, too.

                               VENDOR
               And...and...my chips and pretzels.

     Michael nods, counts out some money.  The Vendor's eyes 
     light up.

                               MICHAEL
               And, if anyone asks, I'm your nephew.

                               VENDOR
               For another twenty dollars, I'll 
               adopt you.

     EXT. MEDICAL RECORDS BUILDING - DAY

     Michael drives up in the Vendor's truck.  He parks and gets 
     out.  He takes a small basket from the front seat and loads
     it with sodas, candy, etc. and enters the Medical Records
     Building.  The guard at the door just waves him in.

     EXT. PX - DAY

     A garbage truck is sandwiched up against the Knight 2000.
     Lanky PFC Kosko is driving the truck, attempting to maneuver
     it without hitting the Knight 2000.  Pudgy PFC Weiss is 
     standing alongside shouting directions.

                               WEISS
                      (calling)
               You're too close to the car, Kosko!

                               KOSKO
                      (calling back
                       sarcastically)
               I can see that much, Weiss!

     KOSKO'S POINT OF VIEW - ROBIN

     looking sharp, hurries past the truck on her way to the 
     Inspector General's office.  Kosko stares.

                               KOSKO
               Wow -- that's my kind of officer!

     CLOSE ON KOSKO'S HAND

     Instead of reaching for the gearshift, he grabs the lever 
     labeled "garbage dump."  When he hits it....

     EXT. TRUCK

     The garbage holder lifts -- and then all the garbage spills
     out of the truck -- towards the Knight 2000.

     INT. K.I.T.T.

     One of the dashboard scanners looms in on the approaching
     garbage.  The dashboard lights up.

     WEISS

     sees the imminent spill, runs towards Kosko.

                               WEISS
               Kosko!  Wake up...!

     K.I.T.T.

     backs up deftly and goes around a corner...just as the 
     garbage tumbles down.

     THE SCENE

     When Weiss opens his eyes -- there is a giant pile of 
     garbage where the car used to be.  Kosko hops out.

                               KOSKO
               Where's that civilian car?

                               WEISS
                      (points 
                       to pile)
               Under that, you idiot!

                               KOSKO
               Oh, geez...when this gets out we'll
               be transferred to the South Pole!

                               WEISS
               Get some shovels from the truck...
               Maybe we can get that car outta here
               before anybody knows what happened.

     Kosko goes to the truck and gets two shovels.  And they 
     start to shovel....

     EXT. COLONEL LADD'S OFFICE - DAY

     Robin quickly opens the door to the darkened office.  She 
     checks the hallway -- sees no one -- and goes inside.

     INT. MEDICAL RECORDS BUILDING - DAY

     Michael is selling goodies out of his basket in the front
     hall.  He is checking out the hallway and rooms, not really
     paying much attention to the fat GI who is buying up almost 
     everything in the basket.

                               SOLDIER
               Where's Sanj?

                               MICHAEL
               Sanj?  Is that Indian?

                               SOLDIER
               Nah -- the sandwich man.  Where's 
               the sandwich man?

                               MICHAEL
               Oh -- he's on vacation.  Sandwich
               Islands.

     The Soldier holds up a can of soda.

                               SOLDIER
               How much?

                               MICHAEL
                      (not sure)
               Uh...forty-five cents.

                               SOLDIER
               Forty-five!  Sanj usually charges 
               thirty-five!

                               MICHAEL
               Inflation.

     INT. OFFICE - DAY

     Robin is searching the office.  She opens the desk drawer,
     then something on the desk catches her eye.  She picks up 
     the nameplate that reads:  "COL. ERNEST T. LADD".  After a 
     moment, she puts the nameplate back on the desk and turns to 
     a wall of file cabinets.  She crosses to one at the far left 
     end...when she hears a sound from the hallway.  She freezes,
     ducks behind the desk.

     INT. MEDICAL RECORDS BUILDING

     Michael is in a small closet talking into his wrist radio.

                               MICHAEL
               Kitt, I need a status check.

     INTERCUT - K.I.T.T.

     On his monitor screen is a plan of the building.  A blinking
     light indicates Michael.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Certainly, Michael.  You are in a 
               broom closet.

                               MICHAEL
               I know that!  The records room is 
               twenty five feet from here.  Is 
               anyone inside it?

     EXT. CLOSET 

     A custodian stands outside the closet.  Hearing voices, the 
     custodian peers inside the keyhole.

     CUSTODIAN'S POINT OF VIEW - MICHAEL

     is talking into his wrist -- and his wrist is talking back.

                               K.I.T.T.
               No, Michael.  It's all clear.

                               MICHAEL
               Thanks, Kitt.

     Michael comes out of the closet -- sees the custodian.
     Michael smiles sheepishly, walks away.

     INT. COLONEL LADD'S OFFICE - DAY

     A shadow moves past the door window.  After a second, Robin
     gets up and opens another file cabinet.  One file catches 
     her eye.  She opens it, looks at a piece of paper, then 
     sticks the paper in her pocket.

     INT. HALLWAY TO FILE ROOM - DAY

     Michael strolls past the room which is clearly marked,
     "CLASSIFIED".  He checks each way -- then hurries inside.

     INT. FILE ROOM - DAY

     He goes to a file drawer and opens it.  He pulls out a file 
     marked "LADD-ERNEST T."  He glances through it.

     INT. HALLWAY TO FILE ROOM - DAY

     Through the door window of this room, a nurse walks past the 
     room -- then goes back and looks inside.  What she sees is 
     Michael.  The nurse hurries away.

     INT. LADD'S OFFICE 

     Robin is at another file drawer.  She opens a file -- and is
     surprised at the empty file labelled "MUNITIONS".  Robin
     contemplates this when Sanderson walks in and flicks on the 
     light.  She looks up, startled.

                               SANDERSON
               Lieutenant Ladd...Hi!  I didn't
               expect you back so soon....

     She calms herself.

                               ROBIN
               Well, work...always helps keep my 
               mind...off things.

                               SANDERSON
               I can understand that.  Is there
               something you were looking for?

                               ROBIN
               Just...pictures or anything my 
               father may have left.

                               SANDERSON
               Did you find anything?

     She picks up the nameplate.

                               ROBIN
               Just this.

     He smiles.

                               SANDERSON
               Actually, this is a stroke of good
               luck.  I have a job for you that
               will keep you very busy, indeed.
               Come with me.

     She carries the nameplate and exits.  He looks around the 
     room, shuts off the light and closes the door behind him.

     EXT. FILE OFFICE 

     The clerk points to the door to two MPs.

     OFFICE 

     As Michael, with his basket, walks out, the MPs come in.
     After a beat:

                               MICHAEL
                      (holding 
                       up candy)
               Ah...You two look like you might 
               want a quick pick me up.

     They grab his elbows, actually lift and carry him.

                               MICHAEL
               I'm sorry I said that....

                                              CUT TO

     EXT. STOCKADE - DAY - TO ESTABLISH

     INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY

     Michael sits at a table, across from a friendly looking,
     bear-like man, Lieutenant Hugh Rainey.  At the door stands
     an MP.

                               RAINEY
               What exactly were you looking for,
               Mr. Knight?

                               MICHAEL
               Don't tell Uncle Sanj -- but I was 
               looking for a place to -- catch a 
               few z's.  That's no crime, is it
               Lieutenant?

                               RAINEY
               In a classified area, yes.
                      (a beat)
               We ran a check and we find no record
               of you anywhere.

                               MICHAEL
               You know how it is -- when you live
               a clean life, no one bothers?  I 
               mean, the FBI only keeps finger-
               prints on crooks, right?  I was 
               always taught -- do right -- believe
               in justice.  That way, you won't get 
               in trouble.

     Rainey nods yes.

                               RAINEY
               Then could you explain the cards of 
               paper in your wallet?

                               MICHAEL
               Cards?

                               RAINEY
                      (reads them)
               'Michael Knight -- Speedy Repairman',
               'Michael Knight -- Quick Carpet
               Cleaner', 'M. Knight, Enterprises -
               Swedish massage, While-U-Wait'.

                               MICHAEL
               Lieutenant, times are rough.  I've 
               had to do a lot of odd jobs -- just
               to make ends meet.  That's why I was 
               so lucky Uncle Sanj gave me this job.

                               RAINEY
               Uncle Sanj?  Even his family calls 
               him that?

                               MICHAEL
               Sure.  We're a tight-knit group.
               Indian, you know.

     INT. QUARTERMASTER'S WAREHOUSE - DAY

     It is a vast cavern, full of stores of uniforms, canned 
     goods, etc.  As Sanderson points things out to Robin, his 
     voice echoes.

                               SANDERSON
               You see, Lieutenant Ladd, this 
               material hasn't been inventoried
               in close to ten years.

     She lifts up a moldy parka.  Moths fly out.

                               ROBIN
               It looks more like twenty-five.

                               SANDERSON
               All the more reason to get the 
               report in as quickly as possible.

                               ROBIN
               But -- couldn't any private do this
               job?

                               SANDERSON
               Hardly, Lieutenant -- I don't have 
               to tell you how important this task
               is -- what with our new concern with 
               Arctic warfare.  I know it's a big job
               -- but it will keep you very 
               busy.

     When he smiles, she does her best to smile back.

     INT. INTERROGATION ROOM

                               RAINEY
               All right, Mr. Knight.  Your Uncle
               Sanj verifies your story.  Next time
               you want to catch a snooze -- find a 
               nonclassified area, okay?

     Michael smiles, relieved.

                               MICHAEL
               Okay.

     He reaches down into his basket.  He hands Rainey a candy
     bar.

                               MICHAEL
               Candy bar -- on the house.

     Rainey smiles, takes the bar.

     EXT. POST STREET - DAY

     Perkins watches as Michael comes out of the MP building.
     When Michael is gone, Perkins walks briskly to the building.
     Major Rainey is coming out.

                               PERKINS
               Sir, see that civilian...What was he 
               here for?

                               RAINEY
               Nothing, much.  He was caught cat-
               napping in the Medical Records 
               building.  No harm done.  Why?

                               PERKINS
               Uh, no reason, sir.  I thought I 
               served with him in Korea.

     Perkins turns, hurries away.

     WITH MICHAEL

     He looks around for his car, puzzled.  Then he sees it,
     crosses to it, gets in.

                               MICHAEL
                      (sotto)
               Can't you stay in one place?

     He gets in.  Drives away.  We pan with him, hold when we see
     Kosko and Weiss...digging away at the mountain of garbage.

     EXT. PATTON MOTEL - NIGHT

     as Michael pulls up, parks.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Michael?

                               MICHAEL
               Yes, Kitt?

                               K.I.T.T.
               I detect someone inside your room.

                               MICHAEL
               What?

                               K.I.T.T.
               Could it possibly be someone from 
               room service?

                               MICHAEL
               Not in this place....

     He crosses carefully to his room.  Feels the knob.
     Unlocked.  Stepping back, he kicks the door open ---

     INT. MOTEL ROOM (SECTION) - NIGHT

     As the door crashes open, Robin jumps off the bed, with a 
     shriek.  The newspaper she's been reading goes flying.

                               ROBIN
                      (recovering)
               Do you always enter a room like that?

     As Michael reacts we:

                                              CUT TO

     INT. MUNITIONS WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

     Cotler and Mank are playing cards.  Perkins comes into the 
     shot on the double.

                               PERKINS
               I got a job for you two.  Lieutenant
               Ladd's civilian was snooping around
               the post.

                               MANK
                      (pleased,
                       rising)
               Maybe it's time for that other 
               funeral.

                               PERKINS
                      (sharp)
               We don't need any heat -- not now.
                      (beat,
                       smiling)
               But a trip for two to the emergency
               room...I think we could all live 
               with that.

     Mank and Cotler smile, move away.

                                              CUT TO

     OMITTED

     EXT. TOWN STREET - NIGHT

     A typical Army town -- too much neon, too much noise -- too
     little taste.  Michael and Robin come out of a very greasy
     spoon.  Michael gingerly touches his stomach.

                               MICHAEL
               Well, that was certainly...food.

                               ROBIN
               Not everybody likes junk.

                               MICHAEL
               I do.  This was just...beyond junk.
               You ready to compare notes?

                               ROBIN
               If one note counts, yes.

     She hands him the paper she pilfered from the file.

                               MICHAEL
               According to this, your father was 
               granted a leave over a week ago.
               Yet, he came back to the post...Why?

                               ROBIN
               I don't know.  Your turn.

                               MICHAEL
               Was your father a handyman-type?
               You know, do it yourself?

                               ROBIN
                      (smiling)
               No way.  He had to call the 
               Quartermaster to change a light 
               bulb.  Why?

                               MICHAEL
               The medical report I saw said he had 
               blue paint on his hands.

                               ROBIN
                      (puzzled)
               Blue paint?

     She looks at him doubtfully.  When they reach an alleyway,
     Robin turns down it.  Michael hesitates.

                               ROBIN
               Come on -- it's a short cut we 
               always used as kids....

     He follows.

     EXT. STREET - NEW ANGLE

     on Mank and Cotler, out of uniform, in grubbies.  They watch
     Robin and Michael.  They each take a knife out of their 
     pocket.

     ALLEY - NIGHT

     which is filled with garbage cans, trash -- and one derelict.

                               ROBIN
               And then there was that empty
               munitions file.

                               MICHAEL
               Munitions, huh?  Where is the 
               munitions area...?

     She thinks -- then looks up:

                               ROBIN
               Not far from Buena Vista Gorge....

                               MICHAEL
               Where your father crashed.

     Before they can figure this out, Robin sees Mank coming down
     the alley towards them, from the north end of the alley.
     They turn around -- and see Cotler coming at them from the 
     south end.  They are trapped, and we:

                                              FADE TO BLACK

                         END OF ACT TWO

                            ACT THREE

     FADE IN

     ALLEYWAY - NIGHT

     Mank and Cotler close in from either side.

                               MANK
               Hey, man, how about some money?

     Michael and Robin huddle close.  Mank reaches them first.
     Michael steps in front of Robin as if to protect her.  She 
     gives him a look, then steps in front of him.

     In the blink of an eye, she has issued a perfect karate kick
     to Mank's hand, sending the knife flying and Mank sprawling.

     Cotler charges Michael.

     Michael grabs him, introduces him to the nearby brick wall.

     Mank tries to fend off Robin's kicks, then he rolls under 
     her and she falls.

     Cotler, on the ground, snatches up the dropped knife, attacks
     Michael.  Michael grabs a garbage can lid.  Presto-instant 
     shield.

     The derelict looks up.  He sees a man with a garbage can
     shield and a woman holding her own against a big man.  He 
     shakily gets to his feet.

     Mank spies a half-broken beer bottle and tries to grab it.
     Michael -- still fending off Cotler's knife attacks -- sees 
     this and he kicks the bottle away.

     Cotler, passing Robin, takes a swipe at her with the knife.
     It grazes her arm.  Mank scrambles to his feet.

     Michael takes the can lid and whacks Cotler with it.  Cotler 
     goes down.

     The derelict stumbles in the middle of the fight, totally
     oblivious.

     Robin, on her feet, gives both Mank and Cotler karate kicks.
     Mank stumbles back and falls, rearend first, into a garbage
     can.  Cotler runs/crawls out towards the north end of the 
     alley.

     The derelict checks the garbage can with Mank in it.  He 
     decides the pickings are much too sparse and walks on.

     When Mank comes to, he runs down the alley.  Michael and 
     Robin catch their breath.

                               ROBIN
               You...did...okay...for a civilian.

                               MICHAEL
               Thanks, Rocky.

                               ROBIN
               Next time I offer a short cut,
               ignore me.

                               MICHAEL
               It's not just the neighborhood.
                      (off her 
                       look)
               Did you notice that one guy's shoes?

                               ROBIN
               Shoes?

                                              CUT TO

     EXT. GENERAL DUNCTON'S OFFICE - DAY

                               DUNCTON'S VOICE
               This is shocking, Robin.  Just
               shocking.

     INT. GENERAL DUNCTON'S OFFICE - DAY

     Duncton hands Michael and Robin coffee while he shakes his 
     head.

                               DUNCTON
               Even an Army town isn't safe anymore.
               Damn civilian hoodlums think it's 
               open season on soldiers....

                               MICHAEL
               Sir -- one of the men was wearing 
               Army issue boots.

                               DUNCTON
               Probably one of those town punks.
               They love to buy their clothes at 
               the Army-Navy store.  Don't have 
               guts enough to join up and get 
               them the right way....

     He leads them to chairs.  They all sit.

                               ROBIN
               General Duncton, do you know that my
               father was granted a leave a couple 
               weeks back?

                               DUNCTON
               Of course.  I urged him to take it.
               He worked very hard, Robin.

                               ROBIN
               But he died on the post.

                               MICHAEL
               He must have come back for a reason.

                               DUNCTON
               Hmmm.  You're right...
                      (thinking)
               He came back to see if Robin had
               arrived!  Right?

                               MICHAEL
                      (it's plausable)
               Well....

     This logical explanation unnerves Robin and Michael.

                               ROBIN
                      (getting
                       desperate)
               But the file -- the munitions file,
               in his office was empty.

                               DUNCTON
               I know that, dear.  Your father had
               just completed a lengthy report for 
               me on munitions control.  I have the 
               file.  Would you like to see it?

     Robin looks at Michael helplessly.  The look on his face 
     says that they'd better quit while they are ahead.

                               MICHAEL
               Thanks for your time, General.  I
               think we'd better get some rest.

     They all stand.

                               DUNCTON
               That's a very sound idea, Mr. Knight.
                      (to Robin)
               You take care.

     Robin nods.  Duncton watches them as they leave, concerned.

     MICHAEL AND ROBIN

     walk back to her quarters.

                               MICHAEL
               I didn't have the nerve to tell him
               about the paint.  I think he 
               would've locked us both up.

                               ROBIN
               And thrown away the key.  Maybe with 
               good reason....

     They reach the building marked, "Bachelor Officer's 
     Quarters."

                               MICHAEL
               Funny, I never thought I'd stay up 
               all night with a bachelor....

     An o.s. honk attracts Michael's attention.  He looks up,
     sees ---

     HIS POINT OF VIEW - FOUNDATION SEMI

     parked on the main drag.  Bonnie is behind the wheel.

     BACK TO SCENE

                               MICHAEL
                      (to Robin)
               Uh...why don't you get a good day's
               sleep.  We'll do some brainstorming
               later.

                               ROBIN
               Sure.

     She suddenly pulls him close, kisses him on the cheek.

                               ROBIN
               Thanks for everything.

     She goes inside the building.  Michael smiles...and then 
     sees ---

     HIS POINT OF VIEW - BONNIE

     leaning on the dash of the truck, a knowing look on her face.

     BACK TO SCENE

     Michael reacts, crosses to semi, enters the side door.

     INT. SEMI - DAY

     Michael comes in the side door, nods to Devon.

                               MICHAEL
               Hello, Devon ---

     Michael stops, surprised to see K.I.T.T. parked here.

                               MICHAEL
                      (to K.I.T.T.)
               Aren't you supposed to wait
               faithfully for my return or 
               something?

                               DEVON
               Really, Michael, you've read too
               many Western novels.

     Bonnie comes in from the front.

                               BONNIE
               The saline converter is back in 
               operation, Michael.

                               MICHAEL
                      (to K.I.T.T.)
               I'm so happy for you.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Thank you.
                      (sotto)
               To save you embarrassment, I didn't 
               describe the origin of the damage.

                               MICHAEL
               Kitt, you're one in a million.

                               K.I.T.T.
               I know.

     Bonnie crosses to the car.  It's a tight squeeze past
     Michael.

                               BONNIE
               Excuse me.

                               MICHAEL
               Anytime.

     She gets in K.I.T.T., starts checking circuits.  Devon leads
     Michael to a seat.

                               DEVON
               Michael, the Foundation has worked 
               months on this union racketeering 
               case.  Without Mr. Feltzer's 
               testimony it will all be for 
               naught.  I trust you've tidied up
               your urgent government case...?

                               MICHAEL
               Not exactly.  But I think I can get 
               to the bottom of it tonight.

     Bonnie looks up from her work.

                               BONNIE
                      (sweetly)
               I'll bet.

     Michael throws her a look.

                               DEVON
               Michael, this wild goose chase has 
               gone on long enough!

                               MICHAEL
               I can't leave yet.  But I will offer 
               a compromise....

                               DEVON
               Of all the bull-headed, stubborn men
               I've ever met...If Mr. Knight were 
               alive today....

                               MICHAEL
               You'd be calling him bull-headed and
               stubborn....

     Devon sighs.  Michael's right.

                               DEVON
               I'm listening.

                               MICHAEL
               Why don't you talk to Mr. Feltzer?

                               DEVON
               What?!

                               MICHAEL
               Sure -- you're the best talker in 
               the organization.

                               DEVON
               That's impossible...
                      (hedging)
               Isn't it?

                               K.I.T.T.
               Mathematically speaking, sir, it's 
               far from impossible.  In fact....

                               BONNIE
                      (warning)
               Kitt....

                               MICHAEL
               Go up to him and tell him how 
               important this case is.  Talk to him 
               man to man.

                               DEVON
               Or man to brute.

                               MICHAEL
               Is that fear I detect, Devon?

                               DEVON
               Certainly not...merely...caution.

     Devon is thinking.

                               DEVON
               Very well.  I'll give it a try.

                               MICHAEL
               Good!  I'm proud of you, Devon, I 
               really am.

                               DEVON
               On one condition.

                               MICHAEL
               Name it.

                               DEVON
               You never again tell me that you are 
               proud of me!

                                              CUT TO

     OMITTED

     QUARTERMASTER'S WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

     Hold on the racks of gear.  Then we see Robin and Michael 
     are sneaking around the uniform area.  Michael holds a 
     flashlight.

                               ROBIN
               I just knew this rotten job would
               come in handy someday.
                      (a beat)
               Any preference?  Enlisted man?
               Officer?  WAC?

                               MICHAEL
               How about something in basic stealthy?

                               ROBIN
               Got it.

     She pulls out some fatigues and hands them to him.

                               ROBIN
               Are you sure you don't want me to 
               come with you?

                               MICHAEL
               I'd love you to.  But the one thing
               they can't do is give me a court 
               martial.

                               ROBIN
               You be very careful.

                               MICHAEL
               I will.

     There's a nervous second...the closeness of the room...the 
     closeness of their bodies....

                               ROBIN
               Thanks.

                               MICHAEL
               Thanks -- for what?

                               ROBIN
               For -- believing in me.

                               MICHAEL
               I don't...I just wanted to wear this 
               nifty uniform....

     She laughs.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000 - NIGHT

     Michael climbs in.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Michael, don't you take enough risks?
               I mean, they do have penalties for
               impersonating officers, don't they?

                               MICHAEL
               You forget, Kitt -- I am an officer
               -- in the Reserves.  As Michael Long.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Just don't ask me to impersonate a 
               Jeep.

     EXT. MUNITIONS AREA - NIGHT

     Michael pulls the car off the road not far from where
     Col. Ladd did before.  He gets out of the car and runs 
     towards the fence.  Michael sees Mank and Cotler by the light
     and starts to climb over.  At the top, he throws his fatigue
     shirt over the barbed wire.  He drops to the ground with a 
     thud.

     MANK AND COTLER

     hear the thud.  They rush to the back.

     EXT. PX - WEISS AND KOSKO

     nearing the bottom of the garbage pile.  They are bewildered.

                               WEISS
               It's gotta be here somewhere!

                               KOSKO
               Keep looking!

     EXT. QUARTERMASTER'S - NIGHT

     Robin looks up.  An MP car drives up.  Perkins climbs out.

                               PERKINS
               Do you have authorization to be in 
               there, Lieutenant?

     She's trapped.  He roughly pushes her to the car.  When she 
     gets in, she sees....

     INT. CAR

     Sanderson in the backseat.

     WEISS AND KOSKO

     watch as Robin is put in the car.  Perkins gets in and 
     drives the car away.

     MICHAEL

     climbs in the window of the Munitions Building.  Using the 
     flashlight, he starts to explore.

     EXT. MUNITIONS BUILDING 

     Mank and Cotler come around -- but no one is by the fence.
     They shrug, go back to the front.

     MICHAEL

     sees the crates and boxes marked "Practice Shells" and 
     "Armor-Piercing Shells".  Then he moves to where the wall
     chart is located.  He looks up at the color code chart then
     the flashlight stops on the open can of blue paint.  Above
     the paint are four shelves of shells, all painted blue.  He
     points the beam of light at the color code chart which reads:

                     "BLUE - ARMOR PIERCING"

     Michael takes out his keys and starts to scrape at one of
     the blue shells.  After a second, the blue chips away -- to
     reveal yellow paint.  He scrapes some more and sees more
     yellow.  He points the flashlight up to the chart which 
     reads:

               "YELLOW - NUCLEAR TACTICAL WEAPONS"

     As Michael reacts we:

                                              CUT TO

     INT. CAR - DAWN

     Robin -- in handcuffs -- sits in the backseat with Sanderson.

                               SANDERSON
               You're too much like your father,
               Lieutenant.  He didn't know when to 
               keep his eyes closed, either.

                               ROBIN
                      (quietly)
               You killed him.

                               SANDERSON
               You read the report -- my report.
               He drove into the gorge.  And now 
               his only daughter -- crazy with 
               grief -- went AWOL.  Disappeared 
               without a trace...along with her 
               civilian friend.

                               PERKINS
                      (grimly)
               When we find him.

                               SANDERSON
               Of course, that part of the report 
               remains to be written.  I'll try and 
               get to it next week.

     The car comes to a halt.

     EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT

     Perkins parks the car in front of a house.  He pulls Robin
     out of the car.

     INT. "HOUSE" - NIGHT

     Perkins opens the door -- and shoves Robin inside.  She 
     can't keep her balance and she falls to the floor.  The 
     "house" is really just one large, windowless room.  Perkins
     slams the door shut, pitching the room into darkness.

     EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT

     Camera pulls back slowly, as the car drives away.  We see 
     now that the "house" is really a false front.

     INTERCUT - ARTILLERY IMPLACEMENTS - NIGHT - STOCK

     All around the house -- in this valley which is the 
     Ordinance Test Center -- tanks, howitzers and other 
     artillery -- wait to be fired.

     EXT. HOUSE

     The pull back concludes on a sign reading "Ordinance
     Testing Field - Danger" and we see that on the roof
     of the house there is a giant bull's-eye.

                                              FADE TO BLACK

                        END OF ACT THREE

                            ACT FOUR

     FADE IN

     INT. MUNITIONS BUILDING - DAWN

     Michael sneaks out of the building through the back window.
     The window shuts with a bang.

     MANK AND COTLER

     run inside.  They see nothing.

     EXT. KNIGHT 2000

     Michael fumbles with the keys, he hears a noise behind him.
     When he turns back, he sees...A rabbit, running after 
     something.  Michael, relieved, gets back in the car.

     OMITTED

     EXT. QUARTERMASTERS - DAY

     Michael runs to the Quartermasters office.  It's locked.
     He peers inside.  Weiss and Kosko walk by, shovels over 
     their shoulders.

                               KOSKO
               Hey, mister -- you looking for that 
               good-looking Lieutenant?

                               MICHAEL
               Yes.  Why?

                               WEISS
               Sergeant Perkins drove away with her 
               -- in an MP car, about an hour ago.

     Michael waves and runs to K.I.T.T.  When Weiss and Kosko see 
     Michael's car pull away, they are amazed.

                               WEISS
               Wait -- isn't that....

                               KOSKO
               No...!

                               WEISS
               Yes!

                               KOSKO
               Yes!!

                                              CUT TO

     EXT. POST - DAY

     Michael parks K.I.T.T. as he sees Rainey crossing the post.
     He runs up to him, grabs him.

                               MICHAEL
               Lieutenant Rainey!  Why was Robin
               Ladd arrested?

                               RAINEY
               Well, well, the sandwich man....

                               MICHAEL
               Lieutenant, it's important!  Why?

                               RAINEY
               I don't know what you're talking 
               about.  Lieutenant Ladd hasn't been
               arrested.

                               MICHAEL
               But -- Sergeant Perkins picked her
               up in an MP vehicle.

                               RAINEY
               Perkins?  Perkins isn't in the 
               Military Police...he's in munitions.

                               MICHAEL
                      (realizing)
               Munitions!
                      (quickly)
               I can't explain -- but have some of 
               your men meet me at munitions -- 
               immediately!

     Michael tears away.

     KNIGHT 2000

     The car takes off like a shot...90 M.P.H...120 M.P.H...150
     M.P.H...across the desert roads....

     EXT. MUNITIONS - DAY

     Sanderson is supervising Perkins, Mank and Cotler.  The two
     privates carry the blue shells from the munitions building
     to a truck.

     From o.s., we hear the sounds of artillery fire.

                               SANDERSON
               Let's get a move on.  That plane
               lands at 0-10-hundred hours.

     They look up when they hear an approaching vehicle....

     THE KNIGHT 2000

     as it tears like a glider across the desert.

     MUNITIONS DUMP

     As Michael screeches into sight, Perkins, Mank and Cotler 
     pull out their pistols.  Mank fires once, then again....

     The bullets bounce off the car harmlessly.  Sanderson runs
     inside.

     The Knight 2000 edges closer to Mank and Cotler.  Finally,
     in fright, they drop their guns -- and hightail it out of 
     the munitions area.

     Perkins runs to a side door of the building and grabs a door 
     handle.  It's locked.  The Knight 2000 is coming straight at 
     him...He looks back, scared.  He drops his gun.  The Knight
     stops -- on a dime -- inches from Perkins, trapping him
     against the building.  Michael takes the gun from him then
     runs to the building.

     MICHAEL

     sees and hears nothing.  He steps inside.  Goes down the 
     aisles of ammo.  Suddenly ---

     SANDERSON

     throws a crate at him and Michael goes down.  Sanderson runs 
     outside.

     Michael shakes off the blow and staggers out.

     BY KNIGHT 2000

     Sanderson is trying desperately to unlock a door.  When he 
     sees Michael, he pulls out his gun...he takes aim...Michael
     is a sitting duck...until K.I.T.T. zooms into shot --
     "takes" the bullets.

     Before Sanderson can comprehend this, Michael vaults
     K.I.T.T.'s hood, grabs Sanderson and smashes him against the
     wall.

                               MICHAEL
               Where's Robin Ladd?

                               SANDERSON
               I don't know!

     In the b.g., we hear the gunfire of artillery coming from 
     the Ordinance area.

                               SANDERSON
               You're going to be in big trouble,
               Knight.  Accosting Army personnel,
               destroying government property....

                               MICHAEL
               If we're crazy you're right.

                               SANDERSON
               You are crazy.

                               MICHAEL
               Oh?

     He drags Sanderson to the truck.

                               MICHAEL
               Those shells are blue.  Then according
               to the chart, they must be armor-
               piercing shells.

     Sanderson is starting to get nervous.  With a free hand,
     Michael grabs the shell.

                               MICHAEL
               Well, then if this is armor-piercing,
               and I open it up, I'll just destroy 
               the cap mechanism.  No harm done.
               But if this isn't -- if this is some
               of the nuclear tactical weapons you
               crooks are trying to sneak off the 
               base, well, when I unscrew it, there
               still won't be an explosion, but 
               there'll be enough radiation to last
               a few hundred thousand half-lifes,
               right, Major?

     Michael starts to unscrew a blue shell.

     SANDERSON

     is sweating, getting nervous.  Michael keeps going.

                               SANDERSON
               Stop!

                               MICHAEL
               Why?  Nothing will happen.
                      (a beat)
               Where is she?!

                               SANDERSON
               She's...at ground zero....

                               MICHAEL
               What the hell are you talking about?

                               SANDERSON
               The Ordinance Weapons center.  She's 
               at Ground Zero.

     When this sinks in, Michael drags Sanderson to a cage area
     inside the building.  He locks him inside.  Then he grabs
     Perkins and does the same.

     KNIGHT 2000

     as it speeds up the desert road.  It passes Mank and Cotler
     running towards the post.

     After the Knight 2000 passes and turns off towards the 
     Ordinance Test Center, a half dozen MP Jeeps appear at the 
     horizon.  When Mank and Cotler see the Jeeps, they give up 
     trying to escape.

     EXT. GUARD BOOTH

     The wooden gate is down and a GI steps out.  Michael brings 
     the car to a stop.

                               GUARD
               This is authorized area.  The 
               Ordinance Test Center is closed 
               during the weapons testing.

                               MICHAEL
               Where's General Duncton?

                               GUARD
               He's at the center.  But you can't....

     But Michael revs up the Knight 2000 -- and it smashes the 
     guard gate to splinters.  The Guard leaps out of the way to 
     avoid getting hit.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000

     O.s. the guns are much louder.  When the car comes over a 
     rise, we can see the house with the bull's-eye -- surrounded
     by clouds of smoke and explosions.

                               MICHAEL
               Kitt, can you get the Army frequency?

                               K.I.T.T.
               Which one?  Russian...Albanian?

                               MICHAEL
               Duncton.  Get Duncton.

                               K.I.T.T.
                      (disappointed)
               Oh.  American.

     INTERCUT - DUNCTON'S BUNKER - DAY

     The bunker is concrete and has one small slit for a window.
     It looks out over the Ordinance Test Center.

     Duncton is handed the phone by an Aide.

                               DUNCTON
               Yes, Mr. Knight...You're where?!

     INTERCUT - MICHAEL

                               MICHAEL
               Halfway across your target zone.

                               DUNCTON
               Are you out of your mind?  You'll 
               be killed if you ---

                               MICHAEL
                      (breaking in)
               General, listen!  I have proof that
               a group of men on the post tried to 
               steal tactical nuclear weapons.
               Sanderson was the ringleader.

                               DUNCTON
               Are you positive of that?!

                               MICHAEL
               Yes, sir.  Sanderson locked Robin
               Ladd up at Ground Zero.  I'm going
               to get her out.  Can you stop the 
               tests?

                               DUNCTON
               Stop the tests?  Of course, imme-
               diately!  You're a brave man, 
               Mr. Knight.  Hang on!

     He hangs up just as an Aide runs up.

                               AIDE
               Sir, there's a strange black car in
               the target zone!

                               DUNCTON
               I know.

     Camera tightens on Duncton.

                               DUNCTON
               The black car is part of today's 
               maneuvers.  The soldier who blows it 
               off the map will get a three day pass.

                               AIDE
               Yes, sir!

     INT. KNIGHT 2000

     as it heads down into the valley.

     ON ARTILLERY HOWITZERS - STOCK

     as they shoot rounds of ammo.

     THE KNIGHT 2000

     The ammo bursts all around the car.

                               MICHAEL
               Hey!  What's going on?

                               K.I.T.T.
               We are being bombarded by artillery
               shells.  I thought it was obvious.

                               MICHAEL
                      (realizing)
               So is something else...I don't think
               I should have called out 'buddy'
               General Duncton....

     Michael swerves to avoid a bomb crater.  Explosions are 
     coming closer to the car.

                               MICHAEL
               Kitt, can you take a direct hit?

     Just then, a near hit rattles the car.

                               K.I.T.T.
               I don't think we want to find out.

     TANKS - STOCK

     come charging over the hill at the Knight 2000.  They fire
     at the car.

     KNIGHT 2000

     as it bears to the right, then the left, then zooms out of
     range.  It is successfully avoiding the tank's fire.

     SANJ'S TRUCK

     parked beyond a fence at the end of the testing center.  On
     either side of the fence are deep gulleys.  The fat soldier
     is getting a soda from Sanj.  Behind the Soldier is Kosko.

                               SANJ
               Fifty-five cents.

                               SOLDIER
               Fifty-five?  The other guy charged me
               forty-five!

                               SANJ
               Inflation.

     Weiss calls over to Kosko:

                               WEISS
               Hey -- Kosko -- get here on the double.
               We have to get some more shells.

     Kosko hurries away.

     DUNCTON'S POINT OF VIEW

     He can see that the Knight 2000 has gotten past the tank 
     fire and is starting for the house.

                               DUNCTON
                      (to Aide)
               Ready the heat-seeking rockets.

     ON ARTILLERY HOWITZERS - DAY - STOCK

     firing at the car.  The Knight 2000 adroitly steers clear of
     all the shells.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000

                               MICHAEL
               How are we doing, Kitt? 

                               K.I.T.T.
               As you might say...'Piece of cake'....

                               MICHAEL
               Don't get cocky....

     INT. DUNCTON'S BUNKER

                               AIDE
               The heat-seeking rockets are ready,
               sir.

                               DUNCTON
               Train them on the car!

     WEISS AND KOSKO

     pass a bunch of MP Jeeps carting Perkins, Mank and Cotler
     away.  They pull into munitions -- and see the truck of blue
     shells.

                               WEISS
                      (points to them)
               Hey, these will do.

     They get out of the truck and start to load some of the 
     shells into their truck.

     INT. THE KNIGHT 2000

     Michael is looking out of the windshield at an approaching
     rocket.  The car turns left -- and the rocket follows -- 
     and, in fact, is getting closer.  The car zooms right -- but 
     the rocket stays close.

                               MICHAEL
               Kitt!  It's a heat-seeking missile!
               Try and dodge it!

                               K.I.T.T.
               I am trying.

                               MICHAEL
               We have to find another source of 
               heat!

     Michael looks around.

     MICHAEL'S POINT OF VIEW - EDGE OF FIRING RANGE

     Camera zooms to the fence.  Just beyond it is Sanj's roach
     coach.

                               MICHAEL'S VOICE
               Over there!

     EXT. KNIGHT 2000

     as it swings around in a desperate turn, heads for the fence.

     OMITTED

     THE ROCKET

     is close to the car.

     THE KNIGHT 2000

     is going as fast as it can...The car is coming close to a
     gully.

     FAVORING SANJ

     as our fat GI returns with a complaint.

                               SOLDIER
               Hey, this coffee isn't hot.

                               SANJ
                      (annoyed)
               It isn't?  Okay, you want hot?  I'll
               give you hot!

     He turns, raises the thermostat.  The needle goes into the 
     red zone.  Suddenly both men turn, seeing ---

     KNIGHT 2000

     roaring towards them.

     SANJ AND CUSTOMERS

     turn and head for the hills.

     THE KNIGHT 2000

     at the last possible second, dives into the gully.

     THE ROCKET

     goes through the fence to the coffee truck...and...explodes
     the truck, sending coffee, Danishes, chips and candy bars 
     everywhere!

     INT. K.I.T.T.

     as the car spins around, heads back towards ground zero.

                               MICHAEL
               Terrific, Kitt!  It worked!

                               K.I.T.T.
               Michael, are there any more catering
               trucks in the vicinity?

                               MICHAEL
               No.  Why?

                               K.I.T.T.
               There's two more heat-seeking 
               missiles coming in from the 
               Southwest.

     Michael turns, looks.

     HIS POINT OF VIEW - MISSILES - STOCK

     heading toward them.

     BACK TO SCENE

     Michael looks around.

                               MICHAEL
               Head for that underbrush, Kitt.

     EXT. KNIGHT 2000

     drives to a thicket of chaparral, sagebrush and mesquite.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000

                               MICHAEL
               Fire your rockets!

     EXT. CAR

     K.I.T.T. does -- and the thicket bursts into flames.  The 
     heat-seeking rockets head for the fire and -- explode on 
     contact.

     THE KNIGHT 2000

     It points itself to the house....

     EXT. HOUSE - DAY

     An artillery barrage hits close to it, collapsing part of 
     the roof.

     INT. HOUSE

     Robin barely misses getting smashed by the falling rubble.
     She climbs out over the rubble.  Over the PA:

                               MICHAEL (o.s.)
               Robin!  Get in!

     She hurries to the car and climbs in.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000

     They hug.

                               K.I.T.T.
               Now where, Michael?

                               ROBIN
               Who said that?

                               MICHAEL
               Let's go pay the General a visit!

                               ROBIN
               Is this a car -- or a spaceship?

                               MICHAEL
               A little of both.

     WEISS AND KOSKO

     line the blue shells up to three red ones.  Weiss loads one 
     of the red ones into a Howitzer and fires.

     KNIGHT 2000

     heading to Duncton's bunker.  The only thing between them is 
     the Howitzers.

     WEISS AND KOSKO

     load up another red shell.  There is but one left.

     KNIGHT 2000

                               K.I.T.T.
               Michael, we're getting closer to 
               the guns!

                               MICHAEL
               That's the idea!

     WEISS AND KOSKO

     load up the last red shell and fire.  Weiss starts to load 
     the blue shell.

     INT. KNIGHT 2000

                               ROBIN
               Head for the bunker...they won't 
               shoot us there!

     Michael nods, swerves.

     WEISS AND KOSKO

     The blue shell is loaded.  Kosko closes the breech.  Reaches 
     for the chain....

                               WEISS
               Isn't that the car that....

                               KOSKO
               No.

                               WEISS
               Yes!

                               KOSKO
               Yeah?

     TO INCLUDE KNIGHT 2000

     The Knight 2000 swerves wildly close to Weiss and Kosko's 
     howitzer.  Swipes the sandbags at the emplacement.

     WEISS AND KOSKO

     Their weapon tilts.  A sandstorm of sand blows over them.
     The blue shell drops from the breech onto Kosko's foot.  He 
     yells.

     MP JEEPS

     come tearing up to the artillery area.

     THE KNIGHT 2000

     goes for Duncton's bunker.

     INT. DUNCTON'S BUNKER

     The Aide is on the phone.

                               DUNCTON
               Is the black car destroyed?  Is it?

     The bunker wall suddenly shatters apart.  The Knight 2000
     drives over the rubble.  Behind it are the MPs.  Duncton
     looks sick.

                                              FREEZE FRAME

                         END OF ACT FOUR

                               TAG

     EXT. PATTON MOTEL - MORNING

     As Michael loads his luggage into the Knight 2000, Robin
     drives into the parking lot in a Jeep.

                               ROBIN
               I've come to say thanks...for every-
               thing.  It's still so hard to believe
               ...my father died for their greed.

     Michael comes up close to her.

                               MICHAEL
               Your father died -- doing his duty 
               for our country.  A soldier's death.

     She smiles.

                               MICHAEL
               Are you going to put in for a 
               transfer?

     She shakes her head no.

                               ROBIN
               I guess I'm like my father -- I'm a 
               desert person.

                               MICHAEL
               I guess I'm a...road person.

     They laugh.  Robin reaches behind the seat and picks up an
     Army cap.  She hands it to Michael.

                               ROBIN
               A little something to remember me
               by.

     He takes it.

                               ROBIN
               You know something?  It's been a long
               time since I've been this impressed 
               by a guy's car.  How can I thank it?
               Kiss it?

                               MICHAEL
               How about a substitute?

                               ROBIN
               A truck?

                               MICHAEL
               A driver.

     She leans over.  They almost kiss -- when Michael sees 
     Beatrice and Alvin watching them from the motel office.  They
     are standing arm in arm, smiling and waving.  Michael and 
     Robin laugh again -- and they kiss, a nice, leisurely kiss.

     When the kiss is over, Robin reaches into her jacket pocket
     and holds up a bumper sticker.

                               ROBIN
               Then this can be for Kitt.

     INSERT - BUMPER STICKER

     Which reads:  "GO ARMY!"

     THE JEEP

     Michael takes it, then steps back.  He starts to salute,
     then puts on the cap.  Now he salutes.  She salutes him back.

     CLOSE ON "GO ARMY!" BUMPER STICKER

     Affixed to the back bumper of the Knight 2000.

     Camera widens to reveal the car is on Mr. Clay Feltzer's 
     street.  It slams to a halt behind the Foundation semi.

     THE SCENE

     Michael hops out, runs toward the house -- only to be 
     stopped by Bonnie, who leans against a parked car.  Nearby
     are two Foundation lawyers, sporting some bandages.

                               BONNIE
                      (to Michael)
               You're too late....

     She points to ---

     DEVON - OUTSIDE MR. FELTZER'S HOUSE - DAY

     Devon takes a deep breath, knocks on the door.  A beat.  We
     hear heavy footsteps approaching from within.

     MICHAEL AND BONNIE

     watching like the crowd at the Holmes-Cooney fight.

     BACK TO SCENE

     Mountainous Mr. Feltzer opens the door, scowling.

                               FELTZER
               Whaddya want?

                               DEVON
               Mr. Feltzer, I need to converse with 
               you.

                               FELTZER
               Are you one of those lawyers?

                               DEVON
               No, sir.  I am not a barrister.

     Feltzer's trying to figure out what he said.

                               FELTZER
               Then you're a salesman.  If there's 
               one thing I hate worse than lawyers,
               it's salesmen.

                               DEVON
               No, sir.  I am not a purveyor of
               merchandise.

                               FELTZER
               You know something -- you talk funny.

     Devon gulps, silently curses Michael Knight.

                               FELTZER
               You talk just like that guy on 
               Masterpiece Theater.
                      (beat)
               I love Masterpiece Theater!

     Feltzer smiles.  Devon's speechless.

                               FELTZER
               Come on in and have some breakfast,
               big guy.

     Feltzer puts his arm around Devon, pulls him into the house.

                               FELTZER
               Hey, Mona -- set another place.
               Alabaster Cook is here!

     MICHAEL AND BONNIE

     as they react, amazed, we:

                                              FREEZE FRAME

                                              FADE OUT

                             THE END