ACT ONE
FADE IN
A FIST
flies into camera filling the frame....
REVERSE
as Phil Janetti, recoils from the blow...He gets up from
the ground quickly, neither scared nor anxious...We hear
the sound of the crowd as the fight is cheered into further
combat. Janetti is a well-muscled, dark-complexioned man
in his thirties wearing the rugged wardrobe of a trucker
which is topped by a short uniform jacket and baseball cap
designating JORDON TRUCKING. He puts his hands up and moves
back towards camera and:
ON JOE FLYNN
Janetti's adversary. Flynn has the wild good looks of an
Irish warrior, messed hair and a certain uncontrolled anger
that fills him with an untamed energy and strength...He's
smaller than Janetti but more than makes up for it with his
wildness...He charges. The camera widens to:
EXT. TRUCK STOP - PATIO
The fight moves through the patio with the spectators,
other truckers and some waitresses, move tables and
umbrellas to keep the area clear and the furniture intact...
Janetti is the only one in the group with the Jordon uniform.
ANGLE
Flynn swings another couple of blows, missing the first and
catching Janetti with the next one...Janetti goes down and
he stands above him....
FLYNN
Come on get up you creep...You
turned over on us...You're worse
than a traitor....
JANETTI
Calm down Joe...I'm trying to make a
living...We used to be friends.
FLYNN
We ain't no more....
Joe reaches down and yanks Janetti to his feet and is met
by Janetti's punch...Flynn is sent backwards....
FLYNN
He wipes a speck of blood off his lip and glances at
it...It's like a cattle prod in his brain...He lets out a
roar and leaps at Janetti....
SCENE
A certain seriousness comes over the crowd as the fight
takes on a deadliness that was not present before. In the
crowd is a forties rawboned man dressed like the others but
with an additional hard edge to his appearance....
MIKE CURTIS
studies the scene with a more calculating look. Edges away
towards a phone booth.
FIGHT
Flynn leaps forward and before Janetti can even protect
himself he starts to pound Janetti into the ground...There
is no way to defend against Flynn's rage....
SCENE
Some of the other drivers realize that it is getting to be
too much of a fight and step forward, Frank Dial, a tall
thin black man with a calm demeanor and a soothing voice,
and "Burgers," a short, squat, overweight, strong and
always hungry.
DIAL
Slow down Joey...This ain't Nam and
Janetti ain't no Cong.
FLYNN
I'm still going to kill him....
He screams over to Janetti who's being helped to his feet.
FLYNN
You're dead Janetti...I know your
routes and your schedule...I'll run
you off the road....
Dial puts some more pressure on his restraining hold...Calls
over to Janetti....
BURGERS
Go ahead Phil...Get out of here and
he'll cool down....
Janetti holds a beat, then nods....
JANETTI
I only left your Independents cause
I was about to lose everything...I
need the security of Jordon Trucking....
FLYNN
You're a traitor!!
Janetti knows he can't reason with Flynn...He moves off
towards the rigs which are parked nearby...The camera moves
off to:
PHONE BOOTH - MIKE CURTIS
He has a pleased look on his face as he talks....
CURTIS
What do you think Mr. Jordon?
INT. JORDON TRUCKING OFFICES - INTERCUT AS NEEDED
Plush, looking down on the panorama of the city below him...
Edmund Jordon looks out of place in the surroundings...His
dress is severe in comparison to the sounding decor...He is
a tall, thin, heavy boned man with an intellectual brow and a
brooding calculating look. Two other men are in the room,
dangerous looking but subservient...One preps an Alka Seltzer
for Jordon who always has an upset stomach...Jordon speaks
into the phone.
JORDON
I think this is an opportunity we
have to seize upon....
CURTIS
What does that mean?
JORDON
It means that I believe my company
can stand the loss of one driver....
CURTIS
(now he
understands)
Got you....
(hangs
up)
Camera stays with Jordon as he grimaces, downs part of his
Alka Seltzer, then he turns to one of his henchmen.
JORDON
Check on our Compensation Insurance
carrier. I want to know what the
employer's share of a Death Benefit
is.
Jordon downs the rest of his Alka Seltzer.
CUT TO
OPEN ROAD - TEN WHEELER
Jordon Trucking logo, as it roars past camera.
INSIDE TRUCK CAB
Janetti at the wheel...He shows the fresh marks of his
recent combat. He drives his rig with nonchalant competence
...He suddenly reacts as his rig is jarred almost spinning
the wheel out of his hands....
SCENE
A tractor not pulling any trailer slams into the side of
Janetti's tractor and sends it out of line....
JANETTI'S TRACTOR
Janetti fights the wheel of the rig...The trailer adding
momentum to his difficulties....
ROAD
The two trucks side by side as they barrel along.
ANGLE
The uncoupled rig jams into the side of Janetti's rig again....
The trailer starts to fishtail sending the tractor out of
control....
JANETTI
Some panic starting to show on his face as he can't
control....
OTHER TRACTOR
gives Janetti one more bang and then pulls away....
SCENE
Janetti's rig is totally out of control...The trailer flips
around and takes the tractor section with it...The truck
runs off the road and flies off into space....
GULLEY
The truck tumbles down the side, pieces flying off...then a
burst of flame...then stillness....
BACK ON THE ROAD
The long tractor pulls next to the side of the road and
Curtis stares down from the cab and eyes the crash...Then
he hears the sound of an air horn, reacts and pulls off....
ALONG THE ROAD
Another full rig is barreling down the road...It is clearly
marked with the name of FLYNN AND FAMILY TRUCKING....
INSIDE FLYNN CAB
Joe at the wheel...still intense....
POINT OF VIEW THROUGH WINDSHIELD
He sees a column of smoke billowing up from the gulley...He
pulls over...Jumps from his truck....
SCENE
as he looks down at the wreckage of Janetti's rig...A
couple of other cars pull up now...The people eye Flynn.
FLYNN
A look of panic starts to show on his face, then he gets
into his truck and pulls off....
CUT TO
K.I.T.T.
caught in the middle of a freeway traffic jam...The cars
move along at a snail's pace.
INT. K.I.T.T.
Michael shows his frustration, his trapped feeling...He
slams his fist on the steering wheel...K.I.T.T. reacts....
K.I.T.T.
Michael, it's not my fault.
MICHAEL
How did you let me get into this
Kitt?
K.I.T.T.
Sorry, but you were driving....
MICHAEL
I know pal but why is this happening
to me?
K.I.T.T.
Well, to tell the truth this is
called the morning traffic jam...
It's not an hour you're usually
involved with....
MICHAEL
(smile)
Are you preaching to me?
K.I.T.T.
Absolutely not Michael...Merely
making a statement of fact.
A few beats of silence...then:
K.I.T.T.
You're not angry with me are you
Michael?
MICHAEL
Not if you can get us out of this
traffic mess old buddy.
K.I.T.T.
May I drive...?
MICHAEL
Be my guest....
Michael takes his hands off the wheel, sits back....
HIGHWAY
K.I.T.T. swings onto the emergency lane, pulls around a
couple of cars to an exit, speeds out, swings a fast U-turn
and moves along a parallel road....
K.I.T.T.'S VOICE
You can take over now, Michael.
MICHAEL'S VOICE
Have I told you lately that you're
the greatest?
K.I.T.T.
Not recently, Michael....
CUT TO
EXT. ROAD - THE SEMI - STOCK
The ramp drops down and K.I.T.T. drives up and in....
DEVON (V.O.)
It's the simple matter of a group of
small operators being swallowed up
by a larger operation.
INT. SEMI
Devon swings around in his chair to face Michael...In the
b.g. Bonnie treats K.I.T.T. to a checkup and some kindness....
DEVON
Except in this case the Independent
truckers were holding their own on
the basis of sound business rules.
It even looked like they could win....
MICHAEL
Then something changed the rules and
now the Foundation is involved.
DEVON
Exactly...The leader of the Independent
Association, a Joe Flynn, is wanted
for the murder of one of the Jordon
Trucking drivers.
BONNIE
It just doesn't fit his profile...
Flynn may be a hot head and a fighter
but he's also a war hero and a natural
leader....
MICHAEL
Seems like we know a lot about the
wanted man and what his operation is
all about...You must have been
sitting on this one for a couple of
months....
DEVON
(evasive)
You might say we've been monitoring
it, rather than involved in it....
Michael's puzzled look goes from Bonnie to Devon...Bonnie
explains.
BONNIE
We started getting communications on
the computer. Devon and I have been
watching this situation for over a
month...It's like we're part of
it...It's become important to us....
MICHAEL
Who's been sending the messages??
DEVON
We don't know....
MICHAEL
Are you trying to tell me that you
can't trace the communications back
to the source...?
BONNIE
All I know is that the reports have
been checked and they were all
accurate.
Michael glances from one to the other...He smiles at them.
They seem slightly uncomfortable....
MICHAEL
Sounds to me like both of you are
more than a little personally wrapped
up in this situation without ever
meeting anyone involved in it...
(beat)
Isn't that one of your strict rules,
Devon? No personal involvement?
DEVON
Not exactly a rule, Michael...More
like a general guideline....
SCENE
Michael laughs....
MICHAEL
Fair enough...What do you want me to
do?
DEVON
Find Joe Flynn...Put him safely in
jail and then investigate the case
and then discover his innocence....
MICHAEL
Or guilt....
DEVON
Of course...But either way I'd like
him safe from any reprisals by the
Jordon people who have been reputed
to be extremely competent at finding
and disposing of people....
MICHAEL
Anything else?
BONNIE
Yes...Respect your equipment....
DEVON
(beat)
...and be careful....
BONNIE
That, too....
ON MICHAEL
On his look, we:
CUT TO
EXT. K.I.T.T.
driving through...They pull into a moderate neighborhood of
older houses maintained neatly and inexpensively....
K.I.T.T.'S VOICE
They had three rigs when the father
was still alive...Flynn is down to
one and operating out of their garage.
They pull to the curb and Michael exits K.I.T.T.
ANGLE
as Michael eyes the house...The driveway leads to a work
area where a sign designates FLYNN & FAMILY TRUCKING...
Michael moves to the house....
CLOSER SHOT
As he paces, the monotone sound of a beep matches his
steps...One step, one beep...Michael catches the sound and
staggers his pace. The beep maintains the exactness of the
pace...K.I.T.T.'s voice interrupts Michael's little dance
step routine....
K.I.T.T.
Michael, you're being scanned by an
electronic beam. A harmless but
effective alarm system.
MICHAEL
(into comlink)
Then there must also be a guard of
some kind....
MAMA FLYNN (V.O.)
Damn right there is, now freeze!
Michael reacts, crouches but holds his position, just turns
his head to:
SCENE
Mama Flynn faces Michael with a shotgun capably held in her
hands. She's a good-looking lady in her early fifties with
the same flare in her eyes and voice as her son, Joe....
MICHAEL
Take it easy...I'm only here to ask
a few questions....
MAMA FLYNN
Are you now...? Well, you'd better
not be a cop or from Jordon Trucking
...We get medals in this neighborhood
for shooting burglars....
MICHAEL
If I'm none of the three, can I have
a little conversation instead of
buckshot....
A wisp of a kid comes from around Michael and scans Michael
with a metal detector wand...(airport style).
ANGLE ON SALLY
as she turns to Michael angrily...She's as cute as a
button, as tough and as much of a tomboy as the rest of the
Flynn clan....
SALLY
I ain't no junior...I'm a girl...
(to Mama)
He's got nothing on him but some
sort of two-way wrist radio....
MICHAEL
That's no regular metal detector....
MAMA FLYNN
She's no regular kid...Now what do
you want?
MICHAEL
I'm from the Foundation For Law and
Government...I'm looking into the
incident involving Joe Flynn....
MAMA FLYNN
My boy is innocent....
Sally studies Michael more carefully....
SALLY
Your name, Devon Miles?
SCENE
Mama lowers the shotgun at her daughter's recognition but
still remains alert....
MICHAEL
No, I'm Michael Knight...How do you
know Devon?
SALLY
I'm the one's been sending him
messages.
MICHAEL
By computer?
SALLY
(shrug)
Once you break the code all you have
to do is know how to type. I can do
eighty words a minute...You going to
help us out?
MICHAEL
I'm willing to try, but first you'll
have to get Joe to surrender to the
police.
Mama flares...The shotgun pops up into position again....
MAMA FLYNN
You just became a burglar again...
Get off my property!!
MICHAEL
The longer Joe is on the run, the
longer it'll take to get to the
bottom of it...I am going to have to
talk to him....
ON MICHAEL
He holds Mama's look then glances to Sally....
SALLY
Sally motions him away with her eyes....
SCENE
Michael gets the message, he shrugs, backs away towards
K.I.T.T.
K.I.T.T.
Michael gets in....
K.I.T.T.
That's an aggressively close-knit
family, Michael....
MICHAEL
That's why they know there Joe is...
Put a tap on their phone, Kitt....
Michael turns as Sally appears at K.I.T.T.'s window...She
studies K.I.T.T. with an appraising professional look....
SALLY
What else does this car do besides
go to the market?
MICHAEL
Kitt is a lot more than a car....
K.I.T.T.
Thank you, Michael....
SALLY
(reacting)
A voice modulator...That's great...
Will it give a verbal response to
major mathematical computations...?
K.I.T.T.
Of course....
SALLY
(to Michael)
You really want to help?
MICHAEL
That's why I'm here.
SALLY
You look like an okay guy, but I
ain't that sure....
MICHAEL
I feel sure about you...You're bright
enough to get the Foundation's atten-
tion, and pretty enough to get mine....
Sally reddens....
SALLY
You're teasing me...That's what my
brother always does...I know I ain't
pretty....
MICHAEL
Trust me...I'm a good judge....
Sally looks up at him with a new interest...Michael returns
her look...She is about to say more when K.I.T.T. interrupts
with a flashing on his monitor.
K.I.T.T.
There's an incoming call, Michael....
Before Michael can adjust any switches, the voice of Mama
Flynn comes on....
MAMA FLYNN
(filtered)
Flynn Trucking....
FLYNN
(filtered)
Hello, Mom. It's Joe....
Michael hits the switch that cuts the sound of the inter-
cepted call...It's too late....
ON SALLY
Her shocked reaction...She flares....
SALLY
You're tapping our phone! You ain't
a friend...You're a creep!
She turns and runs for the house. Charges into it....
MICHAEL/K.I.T.T.
K.I.T.T.
Sorry, Michael....
MICHAEL
I know, buddy...Backtrack that call
and give me a location....
K.I.T.T.'S MONITOR
as the map grid flashes across the screen and then a red
dot centers in on a specific location....
K.I.T.T.
It's about a mile from here...ETA
______ seconds....
K.I.T.T./MICHAEL
As they speed through, Michael has flipped the speaker
switch again as he picks up speed...The telephone conversa-
tion can be heard over K.I.T.T.'s monitor.
MAMA FLYNN
(filtered)
Are you all right, Joey??
JOE FLYNN
(filtered)
I'm okay, Mom....
The conversation is interrupted by the loud voice of Sally
who warns both of them....
SALLY
(filtered)
He had the phone tapped...Michael
Knight...He'll know where Joey is....
Mama Flynn reacts instantly...She yells into the phone....
MAMA FLYNN
(filtered)
Joey, get out of there!! Run!
EXT. PHONE BOOTH
Joe Flynn on the phone...He hears the urgency in his
mother's voice and drops the phone, races to his rig which
is parked nearby and hops in....
MICHAEL'S POINT OF VIEW THROUGH WINDSHIELD
He sees Joe's moves and the rig pulling away in the distance.
He speeds up.
FLYNN
pulls from the area and picks up speed as he grinds his way
through the gears...He spots Michael in his rearview
mirror....
THROUGH MIRROR - MICHAEL
bearing down on the rig...Gaining quickly....
FLYNN TRUCK
pulling over to block, K.I.T.T. not able to pass.
SCENE
The cat and mouse of Michael trying to pass and Flynn
blocking the road, allowing the trailer section of the
truck to slide around and dangerously swing into K.I.T.T.'s
path.
INSIDE K.I.T.T.
Michael reacting, forced to defensive driving....
MICHAEL
I'm faking left, then give me a shot
of Turbo Boost when I go to the inside.
K.I.T.T.
You'll be cutting it close, Michael
...The road is beginning to narrow....
MICHAEL
We'll make it work for us....
SCENE
Michael swings around to pass the truck in the left lane....
ANGLE - FLYNN
swings over to block that possibility....
MICHAEL
Using the superior maneuverability of K.I.T.T. and the added
boost, he swings to the inside and starts to pass the rig....
FLYNN
reacts to the move and starts to swing his rig back to the
inside, threatening to squeeze Michael off the road....
SCENE
Michael skids off the road bed and onto the shoulder.
Gravel and dirt are thrown in the air and he just barely
slips by the truck and swings back on the road in front of
the Flynn rig.
MICHAEL
picks up even more speed and pulls away from the front of
the truck, then suddenly spinning the wheel....
SCENE
...and swinging K.I.T.T. in a 180, skids to a stop across
the road blocking it.
OVER MICHAEL'S SHOULDER - THROUGH PASSENGER WINDOW
The Flynn rig bearing down on him...Becoming larger and
larger as it fills the screen....
FADE OUT
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN
K.I.T.T.'S PASSENGER WINDOW - CONTINUOUS ACTION
As the truck bears down....
K.I.T.T.
Good-bye, Michael....
MICHAEL
Think positive, good buddy....
SCENE
At the last possible moment Flynn jams on the brakes...the
air brakes screeching in strain...the tractor skidding
against the strain....
POINT OF VIEW - PASSENGER WINDOW
The truck stopping at the last moment only inches from the
window which is filled with the enormous bumper and grill
of the tractor....
MICHAEL
holds a beat then lets out his breath....
K.I.T.T.
Would you like to know exactly how
close the truck is to us, Michael??
MICHAEL
Definitely not....
Michael is out of the car....
ANGLE
Michael is around the car and at the side of the rig as the
door flies open and Flynn leaps from it and onto Michael...
They tumble to the ground....
SERIES OF CUTS
Michael rolls to his feet and coils as Flynn roars and
throws himself at Michael....
Michael ducks under the wild punch....
MICHAEL
Come on, Flynn, cool it...If you
wanted to kill me you would have
flattened me with the truck....
Flynn answers with another swing that connects with Michael
...He is about to follow with another which Michael spins
under and drives his fist to the midsection of Flynn....
Flynn's breath leaves his body and Michael kicks Flynn's
legs out from under him and quickly sits on his chest to
keep the smaller man on the ground...Flynn has no struggle
left in him....
MICHAEL
I'm not from Jordon or the police
and the only thing you need to keep
me neutral is some conversation....
FLYNN
Then why you're sitting on my chest?
MICHAEL
You have an ability to inflict
physical pain...I have an aversion
to it...If that's scared the answer
is yes....
ON FLYNN
He's surprised by the answer, has to laugh....
FLYNN
Fair enough...Let me up...No more
fighting....
MICHAEL
Can I believe you?
FLYNN
I ain't no liar...I ain't no murderer,
either....
Michael slides off Flynn but stays alert....
MICHAEL
I'll deal with one thing at a time....
MAMA FLYNN (V.O.)
You'll deal with me first...You just
went from burglar to mugger...Get
your hands up....
SCENE
Mama Flynn and young Sally stand behind Michael...Sally
runs to her brother and hugs him...For all his roughness,
Joe, is amazingly gentle with her...He strokes her head to
reassure her....
MICHAEL
As he holds his hands above his head he whispers into his
comlink....
MICHAEL
I could use some help, pal....
K.I.T.T.
The dashboard coming to life....
K.I.T.T.
Of course, Michael...And since turn-
about is fair play....
SCENE
The roaring voice comes out over K.I.T.T.'s speakers....
K.I.T.T.
'This is the police...You're
surrounded...Drop that weapon,
Mrs. Flynn....'
Mama Flynn freezes, they all look around to see where the
voice is coming from...This gives Michael the opportunity
to grab the shotgun from Mama Flynn's hands...He flings it
over the roof of the truck....
MICHAEL
I think that's about all the ambushes
we need for one day....
MAMA FLYNN
Where are the police...?
SALLY
There are none, Mom...It's that car
of his...It's something special....
MAMA FLYNN
It's not special enough to take on
three Flynns....
MICHAEL
Enough of this? Is that all you people
do is fight? We're not going to accom-
plish anything if all we do is keep
giving each other bloody noses...
(at Joe)
So far all it got you is a warrant for
murder and...
(to Mama Flynn)
...all it's doing to you is to make
you live with a shotgun growing out
of your arm...
(beat, softer)
So let's start acting sensible and use
our brains instead of our fists....
There is a long pause, then Joe speaks....
JOE
Maybe he's right....
MICHAEL
You can't keep running around using
a forty-foot rig as a getaway car.
JOE
(to Mama)
Yeah, and you'll need it to keep
bread and butter on the table.
MAMA
Don't worry about us...We can take
care of ourselves....
ON JOE
His softer beat...to Mama and Sally.
JOE
You're not supposed to have to....
MICHAEL
(a softer
beat)
If you're going in quietly, Joe,
I'll keep an eye on them....
SALLY
Like Mom said, we don't need your
help.
JOE
(to Michael)
All that is fine except for one
question...Do you think I'm innocent?
MICHAEL
(few careful
beats)
I don't know, but I don't know
you're guilty yet, either....
JOE
That's honest enough for me....
Mama comes over to hug her son...Sally gives Michael a hard
look....
JOE
I'll go in with you....
SALLY
Me, too....
ON MICHAEL
He nods his agreement...They get in the car and drive
off....
CUT TO
EXT. POLICE DEPARTMENT
Michael and Joe exit, Sally gives Joe a long sad look...He
ruffles her hair.
MICHAEL
If you wait for me, I'll drive you
home.
SALLY
Forget it...I'll take the bus....
Michael shrugs, walks away with Joe...Sally eyes K.I.T.T.'s
monitor.
SALLY
You can't trust anything you can't
program yourself....
K.I.T.T.
Not true.
SALLY
(reacting)
Who programmed you to argue?
K.I.T.T.
I don't argue, Sally, I merely
correct improper calculations...You
can trust Michael Knight....
SALLY
Sez you...He turned in my brother....
K.I.T.T.
Now listen, little girl...I think I
like you, but not if you won't keep
an open mind when it comes to Michael
...He's a fair man....
SALLY
What makes you so smart...I have
computers that are pushed up to
handle over two million K's...What's
your capabilities?
K.I.T.T.
Unlimited...I now have over fifty
million K's in storage and can
introduce one million more everyday
if needed....
SALLY
(beat,
impressed)
If you tap into my equipment we can
talk later....
K.I.T.T.
Of course, Sally...But if you wait
for Michael I can arrange a guided
tour of my backup and design head-
quarters....
SALLY
Do I have to be nice to him?
K.I.T.T.
Just be fair with him...He'll help
your brother if he can....
SALLY
(beat)
Yeah, well then, okay....
K.I.T.T.
Thank you, Sally, we have a deal....
Sally nods to the dashboard, leans back in the seat as she
looks over the police station....
CUT TO
EXT. POLICE STATION - DAY
as Joe Flynn is being led out of it, tucked between two
uniformed cops, walks down the couple of steps...The camera
pulls back to show that the scene is taking place on TV.
The camera widens to:
INT. JORDON'S OFFICE - DAY
Jordon watches the scene with a cynical eye...He hits the
remote switch, turning off the set and turns to his ever-
present aides and Curtis. Curtis turns to face Jordon in
disappointment....
CURTIS
I wanted to see the end of it....
JORDON
Why, does it make any difference
what make of car they take him to
court in? You know what electricity
cost today? Or my whiskey you like
so much?
The two other henchmen in the room look away or find
something else to do...They've heard these speeches before.
CURTIS
You're a rich man, Mr. Jordon...Look
around at these offices....
JORDON
This furniture is rented and goes
back the minute I put together a
trucking monopoly in the area...It's
just decoration...and I didn't get
rich squandering my money and I'm
not about to let you do it for me....
CURTIS
Right, Mr. Jordon....
JORDON
And it doesn't cost any money to
seize upon opportunity.
CURTIS
Like what?
JORDON
Like you three and the others earning
those fat paychecks I pay...You saw
the television. The Independents
just lost their leader...You got a
ten thousand dollar bonus for handling
it....
CURTIS
And I figure that now we're in pretty
good shape....
JORDON
(interrupting)
Don't figure, Curtis...Don't think...
Don't make decisions...And above
all, don't tell me how to make a
profit on my investments!
(to silence)
Now you get out there and sweep up
...While those Indies are disorganized
...Go out there and mess them up...
(beat)
Finish them up once and for all....
The men in the room keep their look on Jordon...This sets
him off....
JORDON
Well, what are you waiting for...car
fare?
The men move off....
CUT TO
EXT. SEMI - DAY - STOCK
As it moves along the road....
MICHAEL'S VOICE
You might say that Bonnie is the
mother....
INT. SEMI
Devon, Bonnie, Michael, Sally...Bonnie as usual giving
K.I.T.T. her attention.
MICHAEL
Bonnie created Kitt, raised him, and
takes care of him with all the
maternal love and ferocity of a
tigress....
BONNIE
Michael is kidding...Kitt is his. I
just put him back together.
DEVON
Which Bonnie gets a great many
opportunities to do with Michael
driving all the time.
Sally gestures to everything around her.
SALLY
Joey would love to see this.
(beat)
He still doesn't have a lot of faith
in computers or any of that tech-
nology in spite of the fact that I....
MICHAEL
In spite of what....
SALLY
(elusive)
Oh, nothing....
Michael studies her a few beats then leads her gently aside.
MICHAEL
You're the one that set it all up,
aren't you?
SALLY
Me, what?
MICHAEL
I've checked the schedules and load
capacities of the Independent
deliveries and it was worked out to
the minute and the ounce....
SALLY
(tough)
My brother, Joe, runs the family
business....
MICHAEL
Sure he does, if you can figure out
how to break the Foundation's commu-
nications, you'd also have the
ability to create a special format
for the trucking routes....
ON SALLY
She's too young to know how to cover her feelings....
SALLY
You can't tell anyone...You got to
promise not to....
MICHAEL
I'm impressed. I think it's
something you should be proud of....
SALLY
Yeah, we'll try and convince a bunch
of truckers that a fifteen-year-old
girl is running their schedule...
Those guys listen to Joe...They
really look up to him....
MICHAEL
Just like you do....
SALLY
That's right...He's the best....
MICHAEL
I'm sure he is...But you're not so
bad yourself....
Sally reddens...She's not used to any kind of feminine
treatment...She loses her composure just enough to show her
vulnerability.
SALLY
And you got him in jail...We're
going to lose everything we worked
for...We need Joe.
Devon feels for the little waif....
DEVON
We're willing to do anything we can
to help....
ON SALLY
A calculating shrewdness flashes in her eyes....
SALLY
You sure?
DEVON
(reassuring)
I'm positive....
Sally points at Michael....
SALLY
Then give me him!
SCENE
A series of reactions....
MICHAEL
Me?
SALLY
(to Michael)
I'm talking to your boss.
Sally ignores Michael and turns her back on him, faces
Devon....
SALLY
If he can drive the Flynn family rig
till you get Joe out of jail, at
least we can stay in business....
DEVON
That's a little out of....
DEVON'S POINT OF VIEW
He looks over the top of Sally to Michael who gives him an
almost imperceptible nod in agreement....
DEVON
...the ordinary but it's possible it
could be arranged....
Sally turns back to Michael...She's all business....
SALLY
You'll get union wages, profit
participation and supplemental
health benefits...But you better be
clear about one thing....
MICHAEL
I think I know...
(beat)
You're the boss....
On her positive nod and Devon and Bonnie's smile we:
CUT TO
EXTERIOR - BLUE SKY - DAY
Camera moving down. We hear the filtered voice of Sally
over a CB radio.
SALLY (V.O.)
...and then you pick up at the train
yards for an intermediate drop at
LAX.
FLYNN TRUCK AND TRAILER
as it moves along the open road.
SALLY (V.O.)
You got it...Over.
INSIDE FLYNN TRACTOR
Michael at the wheel....
MICHAEL
I got it, boss...Does my having
lunch enter into any of our
schedules?
SALLY
Eat it on the move...Out.
Michael smiles at the CB as he hangs up the mike...Then
talks into his comlink.
MICHAEL
You hungry, pal?
K.I.T.T. (V.O.)
Perhaps a little lonely, Michael,
but rather enjoying my independence....
ANGLE ON ROAD
as the camera moves back along the length of the truck past
it to:
K.I.T.T. (DRIVERLESS)
following the truck....
K.I.T.T.
And if I may comment, that schedule
that Sally layed out is well planned
and fiscally sound...It's excellent....
MICHAEL
Easy for you to say, you're not
driving....
K.I.T.T.
Yes I am, Michael, and without union
benefits....
Michael laughs.
MICHAEL
In that case you'll be on a coffee
break in a few minutes...I'm meeting
Mama Flynn at the truck stop.
K.I.T.T.
What about your schedule?
MICHAEL
I'll work overtime....
K.I.T.T.
Easy for you to say.
NEW ANGLE
Michael pulls into the truck stop and pulls between some
rigs...He exits the cab.
EXT. TRUCK STOP
Mama Flynn waiting for him...He approaches her and they
enter together....
FRANK DIAL (V.O.)
(soft spoken,
but direct)
Why you? If you were on our side
you wouldn't have put Joe in jail....
CUT TO
INT. TRUCK STOP - DAY
The group of Independent truckers uses the tables in the
dining room area for their informal meeting.
Michael is faced by this wary group of men who are not
openly hostile but are not prepared to deal with total
strangers. Among them we recognize Frank Dial, "Burgers,"
and Mike Curtis....
MICHAEL
Where would you suggest he be...he's
got to answer to that charge or
he'll spend his life running from
the cops...
(beat)
That is unless he's guilty.
BURGERS
We would have protected him...He
didn't kill Janetti....
MICHAEL
Then maybe you can help me prove it....
BURGERS
(smart-ass)
Sure, be glad to...Tell me what I'm
supposed to say and who to say it
to....
MICHAEL
That's not the answer to this and
you know it....
Mama Flynn sounds out to the group....
MAMA FLYNN
Come on, guys, loosen up...I ain't
crazy about this dude, either, but I
don't see anyone else rushing
forward to help....
DIAL
You still haven't told us why we
should trust him....
MAMA FLYNN
(shrugs)
Why not? Sally does.
MICHAEL
(reacting)
She does?
MAMA FLYNN
Don't you tell her I told you....
TRUCKERS
They hold their silence for a few beats and then Burgers is
the first to laugh and then the others join in...The
tension in the room is broken. The men are relaxed and if
Michael is not accepted, he is at least past the first hump
in being listened to.
MICHAEL
Okay, let's go back to the fight Joe
had with Janetti...How many of you
guys were there?
The truckers eye each other, still not ready to answer
direct questions. Michael senses this....
MICHAEL
Hey, fellas...I can't wait till
Sally is old enough to marry me just
to get a few answers. Won't you
just talk to her new boyfriend?
Dial smiles and speaks up....
DIAL
Yeah, I was there...But the fight
had nothing to do with anything...
Joe got in a lot of fights...If that
meant murder, half the guys in this
room would be dead....
MICHAEL
I want to get down to exact timing...
Whether it was even possible for Joe
to commit the crime....
There is interest in the group now...and a sudden concerned
look on the face of Mike Curtis...He glances at his watch....
CURTIS
I got a couple of drops to make...
I'll catch up later....
He moves off as Burger answers Michael....
BURGER
Me and Frankie hung onto Joe for
about five minutes after the fight,
then he hung around till he cooled
down and took off....
MICHAEL
How much time would you say that
took?
The camera follows Curtis as he exits the truck stop and
then picks up his pace....
CUT TO
EXT. TRUCK STOP - LATER
Michael exits the truck stop, hops into the Flynn rig and
drives out....
EXT. ROAD - DAY - MICHAEL/K.I.T.T. - INTERCUT AS NEEDED
Michael moves along with the Flynn rig...K.I.T.T. is still
following. Michael and K.I.T.T. are back at their conver-
sation.
MICHAEL
The only thing I learned was that it
could have been Joe who forced
Janetti off the road....
K.I.T.T.
Not exactly new information,
Michael....
MICHAEL
No, but maybe a new attitude...I'm
starting to believe that Joe's
innocent.
K.I.T.T.
Based on what?
MICHAEL
Nothing, everything still points to
him....
K.I.T.T.
Well, Michael, I'd suggest you slow
down or you might get the opportunity
to discuss your theories with the
police...There's a couple of vehicles
coming up fast....
INSIDE TRACTOR - MICHAEL
checks his speedometer and then slows a little...Then is
snapped alert by K.I.T.T.'s warning....
K.I.T.T.
Michael, watch out! They're not
police!
ROAD
A pickup truck and an unhitched tractor try to zip past
K.I.T.T.
ANGLE - K.I.T.T.
moves over on the road to block them but they are on either
side and the tractor passes K.I.T.T. on the inside as
K.I.T.T. is able to block out the pickup truck.
FLYNN RIG
as the tractor pulls up next to it and:
ANOTHER ANGLE
An arm flings out a flaming projectile...Michael swerves
his rig at the last moment.
CLOSER ON FLYNN RIG
The projectile can now be seen as a flame bomb...It misses
the tractor part of the rig and lands between the tractor
and the trailer.
SCENE
The two vehicles racing down the road...Smoke starting to
billow from the Flynn rig.
K.I.T.T.
still playing cat and mouse with the pickup truck, wants
Michael....
K.I.T.T.'S VOICE
Michael, you're on fire....
MICHAEL
Smoke starting to fill the cab and blind him....
ENEMY TRACTOR
pulls next to Michael, preparing to fling another fire bomb
directly at the cab....
MICHAEL
His reaction....
FREEZE FRAME
FADE OUT
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN
MICHAEL - CONTINUOUS ACTION
as the fire bomb is released from the enemy truck....
MICHAEL
Kitt.
INSERT - K.I.T.T.'S DASHBOARD
as it goes through its electronics, then:
SCENE
The fire bomb explodes before it hits Michael in the
tractor....
K.I.T.T.
I hit it, Michael...You're still on
fire...If I jam your brakes you'll
fishtail....
MICHAEL
If I bail out we'll lose the rig....
K.I.T.T.
...and live to fight another day....
MICHAEL
Got the message....
K.I.T.T. pulls up allowing the pickup truck to pass him
now....
ANGLE
as K.I.T.T. pulls between the Flynn rig and the enemy
tractor....
ROAD
The three vehicles racing down the road side by side...
Flynn's rig belching thick smoke from the fire....
MICHAEL
fighting the wheel, the smoke blinding him...He throws open
the driver's door, looks down at....
MICHAEL'S POINT OF VIEW - K.I.T.T.
right alongside now and looking very small next to the
large rigs that sandwich him.
ENEMY RIG
trying to squeeze in against K.I.T.T., the size of it
enough to squash K.I.T.T.
K.I.T.T.
pops the T-roof....
K.I.T.T.
Now, Michael....
SCENE
Michael jumps from the smoking truck into K.I.T.T...K.I.T.T.
hits the turbos and pulls away from the other vehicles.
ANGLE
The enemy tractor and the pickup truck veer away and are
lost down a side road....
FLYNN RIG
It continues on a short distance then the trailer section
jackknifes around and overtakes the tractor...It flips
over...then explodes....
K.I.T.T./MICHAEL
swinging a 180 and head back to the wreckage....
SCENE
...in time to see it burst into a ball of flame....
K.I.T.T.
We were very lucky, Michael....
MICHAEL
What about those two trucks...?
K.I.T.T. scans the area...then....
K.I.T.T.
I can't locate them...Something may
be damaged....
MICHAEL
(beat)
I guess they were lucky also....
EXT. TRUCK STOP - DAY - ESTABLISH
SALLY'S VOICE
(angry)
Accidents are rated one percent of
total working days...You're out one
day and you lose a complete rig...
We'll be lucky if our insurance pays
what we owe....
EXT. PATIO
Sally and Mama Flynn face Michael. Sally flares.
SALLY
As of now for insurance purposes
your overall safety record is rated
as poor to uninsurable....
MICHAEL
I'm sorry....
SALLY
You're fired.
MICHAEL
Fired?
K.I.T.T.
I normally don't interrupt, Sally, but
there was no way to save your vehicle.
I was the one that advised Michael to
abandon it...I have the tapes if you'd
care to examine them....
MAMA FLYNN
Won't make any difference any more now
that we've lost...The guys heard about
the accident and they know we're beat
...They're pulling out....
MICHAEL
All of them?
MAMA FLYNN
Enough to finish us...Frank Dial and
Burgers will hang in...Frank is Joe's
closest friend....
SALLY
And Burger has this crush on Mom...Joe
is in jail and they know we can't make
the crop delivery now...We're finished.
MICHAEL
Hold on...Are you sure this crop
delivery is the one thing to keep
the Independents together?
SALLY
We deliver first crop and we have the
full season contract...You want to see
the printouts that prove it?
MAMA FLYNN
But no first delivery, no season run....
SALLY
And that's all she wrote....
Sally walks away, sits on the rear bumper on K.I.T.T. Mama
Flynn eyes her with a sympathetic tenderness...She explains
it to Michael....
MAMA FLYNN
This is more important to her than to
any one of us...I got calluses, she
doesn't. She lost her father when she
was two, and any chance of being raised
in frilly dresses by the time she was
five, and now her brother and her
'business' by fifteen...
(beat)
And there's nothing I can do about any
of it.....
ON MICHAEL
He's touched by the speech...a few beats, then....
MICHAEL
Maybe I can....
He moves around to Sally, grasps her firmly by the arm and
not too gently steers her into K.I.T.T., then drives away....
INSIDE K.I.T.T. - MICHAEL/SALLY
as they drive off. She's mad...Michael is in a no-nonsense
mood.
SALLY
You know what you get for stealing
kids?
MICHAEL
I only borrowed you and I have your
mother's permission....
SALLY
Okay, so you got me...what're you
going to do, wreck me?
MICHAEL
That's a cheap shot....
SALLY
Then you can have it for nothing....
Michael's own anger is starting to build.
MICHAEL
I'm going to try and explain things
to you once more....
SALLY
Forget it...I ain't listening...You're
a loser....
Michael looks upward in frustration...Talks to K.I.T.T.
MICHAEL
What do I do now, Kitt?
K.I.T.T.
Children should be treated with great
patience, reasoned with and educated
so that they can be brought slowly
into maturity and a solid relationship
with society....
MICHAEL
I don't have that much time....
K.I.T.T.
Then I suggest a firm but kindly
spanking....
Michael jams on the breaks as Sally reacts in shock....
SALLY
You going to beat me up just 'cause a
computer tells you to?
She smacks the dashboard with an angry fist....
SALLY
And you...I thought you were my
friend....
Michael turns to face her...Sally starting to lose her
toughness....
SALLY
You ain't really going to do it, are
you?
MICHAEL
Don't you think you deserve it...?
ON MICHAEL
as he eyes Sally...He can't do it and he knows it....
MICHAEL
No, I guess I can't....
Sally loosens up slightly but she has lost her veneer of
toughness...A few beats, then....
SALLY
You know nobody but Joey ever spanked
me...
(beat)
And then he was like you...He only
threatened.....
MICHAEL
Then if he's like me, maybe I'm just
a little bit like him....
SALLY
He's the greatest...He really is....
MICHAEL
I can only try to come near that,
but I am willing....
ON SALLY
Her own emotional dilemma...Some beats....
SALLY
I know...You ain't such a bad guy...
It's just...just....
Michael reads her feelings....
MICHAEL
Sally, it's okay to be scared.....
ON SALLY
This breaks her...She starts to pour out her feelings...The
words like the tears, flow....
SALLY
He's all I got...Joey...and he ain't
here...My mom, she's lonely...she
wants to marry Burgers but she won't
'cause of me and it's okay with me,
but she won't ask and we're going to
lose the truck and the house and
there's not going to be anything
left and it ain't right.
(beat)
We're not bad people and we don't do
anything that wrong....
The tears fill her face and she is in Michael's arms...He
strokes her head like he's seen Joe do....
SALLY
...and even you and that fancy
Foundation can't help us....
SCENE
MICHAEL
I'm going to do everything I can,
Sally...I'm not your brother and I
can't replace him but I can keep
things going for him till he gets
back...I truly believe that he's
innocent....
SALLY
(excited)
You can get him out...?
MICHAEL
One thing at a time...First let's
make sure he's got a place to sleep
and eat if I do...
(beat)
Where's this crop depot and who do I
have to talk to....?
Sally eyes Michael, the trace of a smile...Maybe he is
starting to look more like her big brother....
CUT TO
EXT. GREEN LUSH FIELDS - DAY - STOCK
Pickers working at the harvesting of the crops....
PRODUCE LOADING BAY
that spreads out around the one-story building...Michael
pulls up in K.I.T.T.
ANGLE
As Michael exits K.I.T.T. he looks over to see a small sedan
with the Jordon Trucking logo on the door...He moves up the
loading dock and around a corner to....
NEW ANGLE
where chief dispatcher Linden is in conversation with
Jordon and one of his henchmen...Mike Curtis, off to one
side reacts when he sees Michael...Michael steps up to
them, speaks to Curtis....
MICHAEL
When you work both sides you're bound
to get squeezed in the middle....
CURTIS
(flaring)
I got a right to do business anywhere
I want....
MICHAEL
Me, too...
(to Linden)
Mr. Linden, I'm Michael Knight...I
just spoke to you on the phone....
JORDON
Curtis, take your friend out for a
beer...He's interrupting me....
Michael holds Curtis in place with a look...Turns to Jordon.....
MICHAEL
You're Jordon...?
JORDON
Mr. Jordon...Knight, isn't it?
MICHAEL
For the sake of conversation you can
call me Flynn....
Jordon reacts...The color rises....
JORDON
Flynn is finished...You must be looking
to join him....
MICHAEL
Not quite...
(to Linden)
I believe there's a standing deal
for us to deliver your crop....
Linden eyes one and then the other...He speaks honestly and
directly....
LINDEN
That was the truth when you had the
ability to deliver it...From what I
hear you can't make the early market.
MICHAEL
Because they say so...?
JORDON
You can't possibly make any schedule...
(to Linden)
Flynn doesn't even have a rig anymore....
MICHAEL
That's not your problem, Jordon...It's
between Linden and me....
JORDON
You'll all go down the drain together
...Your crop and the Independents....
LINDEN
I'd like to help out Knight, but just
like you, there's a lot of people that
depend on me to get this crop in right.
MICHAEL
And if I do it...?
LINDEN
If I thought you could I'd keep my
end of the deal....
JORDON
But you can't so if you'll go about
your business, I'll take care of
mine....
MICHAEL
reacting, thinking fast....
MICHAEL
What if I guarantee it...??
JORDON
With what, your shiny little black
car? There's over a hundred thousand
dollars involved in this shipment
alone....
Linden is also a patient man....
LINDEN
How would you guarantee it?
MICHAEL
A completion bond.
ON LINDEN
A few beats as he eyes both men...Then speaks to Michael....
LINDEN
If you can put up a fifty-thousand-
dollar bond by midnight, you get the
route....
JORDON
I'll put up a hundred....
LINDEN
(annoyed at
Jordon)
Fifty is sufficient and I did have a
deal with Flynn first...If he meets
the bond he's got it...
(to Michael)
You know where to reach me....
Linden nods and walks away....
SCENE
Jordon is not feeling too pleasant towards Michael....
JORDON
If you cost me one penny of profit
you'll live to regret it....
MICHAEL
(pressing)
Going to run me off the road again,
Jordon??
(to Curtis)
Or are you the one that does that...???
The henchmen and Curtis take a threatening step forward....
K.I.T.T.
The motor roars to life...The sound of it getting the
attention of the group...They freeze....
BACK TO SCENE
MICHAEL
Either way, I'll be looking forward
to meeting you again....
Michael backs away and then moves to K.I.T.T.
ANGLE
As Michael drives away Jordon erupts....
JORDON
I don't care what you have to do, I
want those truckers stopped....
CURTIS
They'll be in convoy...We'll need a
lot of people....
JORDON
I don't care...wipe out the convoy.
Do it...I don't even care what it
cost....
Reactions....
CUT TO
EXT. F.L.A.G. SEMI - DAY
DEVON'S VOICE
A fifty-thousand-dollar bond? Michael
you've got to be out of your mind....
INT. SEMI
MICHAEL
You want the truckers to go down
without a chance...?
DEVON
Of course not...But....
MICHAEL
And Mama Flynn and Sally...???
DEVON
No...however....
MICHAEL
And make me and the Foundation look
like fools...????
DEVON
(reacting)
Never!
MICHAEL
Then what's a fifty-thousand-dollar
bond among friends...?
DEVON
I'll have to make a couple of calls
but, all right, Michael....
MICHAEL
That's great, Devon, but there's just
one more small thing....
DEVON
On his pained look, expecting the worst....
FADE OUT
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN
EXT. CROP DEPOT - DAY
Busy with the activity of the loading of the crop onto the
various Independent trucks...None of them match, none of
the trailers are the same, even one flat bed mixed into the
group...They are spirited and feeling pretty good as Dial
keeps the heavier Burgers sweating....
ANGLE ON K.I.T.T./MICHAEL
Michael sitting inside and talking to the monitor....
MICHAEL
It's going to be all right, Devon.
INSIDE K.I.T.T.
The screen image of Devon...he isn't as sure....
DEVON
I don't know how you talked me into
it....
MICHAEL
Don't blame me, Devon, you always
told me you never do anything you
don't really want to....
DEVON
I always felt that way...
(beat)
...till now...Actually I don't mind
arranging for the guarantee bond....
MICHAEL
See what I mean, Devon...I didn't
talk you into a thing....
DEVON
...however, allowing you to use the
F.L.A.G. semi to deliver onions is
beyond my comprehension....
ON F.L.A.G. SEMI
as the onions are being loaded into the semi supervised by
Mama Flynn.
DEVON'S VOICE
Barring any jeopardy, the smell of
those onions could last for months.
Michael tries to contain his laughter....
MICHAEL
If you whistle or put a pin in your
mouth I won't have to watch a grown
man cry...Gotta go, Devon....
DEVON
Well, yes...
(beat)
Good luck, Michael....
MICHAEL
Thanks, Devon....
The screen flicks off...K.I.T.T.'s voice fills the gap....
K.I.T.T.
Michael, I've come to understand
your humor, but don't you think
you're being a little rough on Devon?
MICHAEL
No....
K.I.T.T.
(beat)
Thank you for your prompt answer....
Michael laughs, exits K.I.T.T...He moves to the:
LOADING DOCK
where the last of the crates are being loaded into one of
the trucks. Mama Flynn and Sally are mixed in with the
activity...The rear door of the trailer is slammed shut
against the last crate and the group looks over to
Michael...Like it or not they have chosen their leader.
Michael accepts.
MICHAEL
We all set?
DIAL
We're set....
MICHAEL
You all know that Jordon and his
group have this last shot at us....
BURGERS
Let them come.
MICHAEL
I think they will, so stay close and
keep moving....
They break up and load onto their respective vehicles.
Sally gets a hug from Mama before she moves off, leaving the
girl standing there...Michael gives her a look...She
returns a thumbs-up signal.
CUT TO
EXT. DEPOT
as Michael and K.I.T.T. lead out of the area and turn onto
the road...The trucks trail him like the ass end of a
rattlesnake.
INSIDE K.I.T.T.
Michael flicks on the monitor....
MICHAEL
We're pulling out now, Devon....
INTERCUT AS NEEDED - MONITOR - DEVON
A puzzled look on his face. He holds a beat, then....
DEVON
Michael, if you're talking to me on
the monitor, who's driving my F.L.A.G.
vehicle?
ANGLE ON F.L.A.G. SEMI
Mama Flynn at the wheel....
MICHAEL'S VOICE
The best...Mama Flynn....
Devon's reaction....
MICHAEL
Trust me, Devon...talk to you later....
LOW ANGLE ON THE ROAD
The trucks now stretch out along the road, Michael leading
...They drive past camera with a roar....
WIDER SHOT
As Michael pulls out from the front of the convoy, he keeps
moving but slows slightly and waves the second truck,
(F.L.A.G. truck) to continue on as the lead...The other
trucks passing him as he checks each of the rigs....
VARIOUS SHOTS
The drivers, Mama, Dial, Burgers, and the others wave to
him as they pass...They are all animated, all with an
excitement showing on their faces....
INSIDE K.I.T.T.
Michael has the same look on his.
THE CONVOY
Arms and fists out the side windows cheering themselves
on....
The camera pulls back to:
JORDON
as he watches from a high point...The look on his face...
one of controlled fury...He turns to Curtis....
JORDON
What are you waiting for?? Get them
...Wipe them out...They don't even
have any armed protection...Giving
you a bonus for this one is a waste
of my money.
CURTIS
(annoyed)
Then why not do it yourself and save
it?...
JORDON
If I didn't think it was easy I
wouldn't be hanging around to make
sure I get what I pay for...Now get
it done....
Curtis eyes him...Talks into a hand radio as he moves off
to his tractor....
CUT TO
K.I.T.T./MICHAEL
K.I.T.T.'s control panel flashes....
K.I.T.T.
Michael, I'm picking up some short
wave communications on the Jordon
Trucking frequency....
MICHAEL
What's the location?
INSERT - MONITOR
A grid map flashing and showing three vehicles bearing down
on the rear of the convoy.
K.I.T.T.
Moving towards the rear of the
convoy.
BACK
Michael reacts, slides away from the lead position, swings
into a 180....
REAR OF CONVOY
Two pickup trucks and Curtis' tractor swoop down at the
rear of the convoy...Burgers is driving the last truck, a
rig with a fully loaded flat bed, the crop crates tied down
with a tarp....
MICHAEL'S POINT OF VIEW THROUGH WINDSHIELD
as he speeds towards the rear of the convoy...One of the
pickup trucks and Curtis' tractor is forcing Burgers' flat
bed off the road...Michael drives right for them, heading
for the Curtis tractor, bearing down on it....
SCENE
The two assault vehicles split off, swerving to evade the
collision with Michael....
ANGLE
One of the pickups slides off the side of the road and is
disabled.
BURGERS' TRUCK
trying to regain control, swerving from side to side on the
road....
K.I.T.T.
swinging another 180 and heading back after the convoy
which has built up some distance....
CONVOY
The other pickup truck staying with Burgers' rig. It
continues to force him over to the side of the road....
Curtis' rig moving on down the line....
BURGERS' RIG
swinging a little out of control...The flat bed starting to
swing around in a fishtail...Burger has to jam on the
brakes as he comes to a curve in the road....
ANGLE
The load slides off the flat bed and scatters some of it
covering the road....
CURTIS' RIG
bearing down on the next rig in line....
MICHAEL/K.I.T.T.
after them...He blasts through the littered road sending
debris into camera and passing Burgers who:
BURGERS' TRUCK
...skids to a hair-raising stop off the side of the road
...then looks upward in gratitude....
ROAD
Dial and the other pickups trying to accomplish their same
deed with the next truck...This one blocks part of the
road...Michael bearing down on them....
INSIDE K.I.T.T.
The monitor flashing signals that keep pace with the
action....
K.I.T.T.
Michael, there's another assault
heading for the front of the convoy
...I read it as three vehicles....
ROAD
The next truck seems to be holding its own against the
Curtis rig and the pickup but have the road blocked...There
is no way around. Michael speeds up....
MICHAEL
Give me what I need, buddy, we're
going over the top....
DASHBOARD
doing its functions....
SCENE
K.I.T.T. speeding up and launching over the moving pickup
truck....
ANGLE
...and landing in front of the truck, continuing on....
F.L.A.G. SEMI
Three vehicles head out of a side road and directly towards
the blind side of the semi.
INT. SEMI
Mama Flynn not seeing the move but busy watching the action
behind her through the rearview mirrors...The voice of
Sally brings her back to the world of peril....
SALLY'S VOICE
Watch out, Mom...On the blind side!!
Sally crawls out of the sleeper compartment area...Mama
reacting....
MAMA FLYNN
What are you doing here....
SALLY
Yell at me later, Mom...Now you
better drive....
Mama sees the logic, swings the wheel over....
SCENE
The three assault trucks headed for the front of the
F.L.A.G. semi trying to jam it off the road...Mama expertly
spins the truck over to one side of the road and evades the
first assault....
ANGLE - K.I.T.T./MICHAEL
Never slowing, he slides over next to one of the trucks and
forces it off the side of the road.
ASSAULT TRUCK
It spills out of control and into the gulley.
ROAD
Michael continues at speed to turn back to the other
trucks...They are now on either side of the F.L.A.G. semi....
SEMI
Mama sees Michael coming up through her side mirror...She
pulls over to give him some room....
SCENE
The assault truck on the inside reacts to the larger semi
moving on it and slides off the shoulder of the road, out
of it....
K.I.T.T./MICHAEL
force their way between the semi and the other assault
truck and then Michael tucks K.I.T.T.'s nose in front of
the truck and forces him to the inside of the road and
halfway up a bank....
ASSAULT TRUCK
as it climbs the bank and then flips over....
F.L.A.G. SEMI
Mama and Sally satisfied, then Mama's reaction...From her
vantage point she can see down the road....
POINT OF VIEW THROUGH WINDSHIELD
Two trucks (or cars) straddle the road and block it....
SCENE
Sally waves her arm out the window, warning Michael....
K.I.T.T.
speeds up and pulls in front of the semi, gains some more
speed....
MICHAEL'S POINT OF VIEW THROUGH WINDSHIELD - THE TWO CARS
blocking the road....
K.I.T.T.
Michael, you're not going to....You
are, aren't you...?
MICHAEL
Not without you, buddy....
K.I.T.T.
Obviously, Michael....
VARIOUS ANGLES
as K.I.T.T. speeds towards the blockade and blasts through
them, the two blocking cars spinning and flying out of the
way....
MAMA FLYNN/SALLY
Their reactions....
CURTIS' TRACTOR
pulls up and lets the convoy go...He picks up his radio....
CURTIS
It's over, Jordon...We can't stop
them....
JORDON
next to his auto...His rage apparent now....
JORDON
You finish them off, Curtis, or I'll
let the cops know you're the one
that killed Janetti....
INSIDE K.I.T.T.
The filtered voices of Curtis and Jordon coming over the
speaker....
CURTIS
(filtered)
Then we'll both go, Jordon, but at
least I'll be running....
MONITOR
The map grid flicking out the locations of the vehicles....
K.I.T.T.
Which one do we want, Michael?
MICHAEL
Let's get Curtis...The cops can pick
up Jordon any time....
ROAD
Michael whips K.I.T.T. around and speeds up...He screeches,
whips around a curve and spots the tractor and the one last
pickup racing away....
ANGLE
Michael and K.I.T.T. bearing down on the two of them...Then
the pickup pulling to the shoulder of the road...The driver
climbing out of the truck and standing there with his hands
up. Michael continues past....
MICHAEL'S VOICE
Get a picture, Kitt, just in case he
changes his mind....
INSIDE K.I.T.T.
The monitor does its thing....
K.I.T.T.
You'll have the police working
overtime if you keep this up...
(beat)
That's the Curtis vehicle dead
ahead....
MICHAEL
How do you suggest we take him??
K.I.T.T.
Gently, Michael...Gently...I hate
making excuses to Bonnie...She
worries....
MICHAEL
Okay, buddy...I'll do the best I
can...How about micro jamming his
brakes?
K.I.T.T.
My pleasure, Michael....
MONITOR
K.I.T.T. does his thing again....
CURTIS' TRACTOR
The brakes locking and the tractor skidding to a stop
sideways across the road....
MICHAEL
seeing that he cannot pass....
MICHAEL
Give me boost, now!
SCENE
K.I.T.T. launches in the air and sails across the tractor....
ANGLE
as K.I.T.T. lands on the other side and spins a quick
180...then moves to the tractor....
MICHAEL
So much for gently, Kitt....
K.I.T.T.
Sorry, Michael, just thought we
should try....
MICHAEL
No sweat...We made it....
CURTIS TRACTOR
Michael yanks Curtis from the cab....
CURTIS
Enough...I've had enough...I ain't
the guy you want....
MICHAEL
Then I'm sure you'll tell me who it
is....
CURTIS
Can't we make a deal?
MICHAEL
I can make one with Jordon if I
don't start hearing what I want
now....
Curtis' look....
ON MICHAEL
His shrug....
MICHAEL
Life just ain't fair, is it Curtis?
FREEZE FRAME
FADE OUT
END OF ACT FOUR
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