Knight Rider (TV Series)

White Bird (1983)

Catherine Hickland: Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason

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• Michael Knight : Stephanie?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Yes?

  Michael Knight : I'm Michael Knight. I arranged for your bail.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [feint spark of recognition]  Do I know you?

  Michael Knight : No.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Do you work for Mr. Cole?

  Michael Knight : No. I work for the Foundation of Law and Government.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I'm... sorry. I don't know of them. Why would a Foundation I never heard of... post bail for me?

  Michael Knight : Well, we're interested in your case. We help people we're interested in.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I'm not sure that answers my question.

  Michael Knight : Maybe I can fill you in on the way.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : On the way where?

  Michael Knight : To your apartment. Unless you wanna hang around here.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [scoffs]  No.

  Michael Knight : I didn't think so.

• Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [reads headline]  "Lawyer names law clerk in gangland conspiracy."

  [tosses newspaper aside] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : It's a lie! Everything in there is a lie! What does he hope to accomplish? Does he really... expect a grand jury to believe that I'm... I'm... I'm a money courier for the underworld?

  Michael Knight : Stephanie... don't be too sure they won't. It's all a matter of credibility. It's your word against his.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [whirls around]  Well, I'll take that chance. My credibility is intact.

  [Michael looks down] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Isn't it? Michael?

  Michael Knight : I don't want to get into this until I can prove otherwise.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : What are you talking about?

  Michael Knight : Stephanie, a routine computer run shows you got a record.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : What?

  Michael Knight : Two arrests in Las Vegas.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : That's ridiculous. I've never been arrested in Las Vegas or anywhere else. What was I supposedly arrested for?

  Michael Knight : Solicitation.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [scoffs, turns around tearfully]  That's a lie. How can he do that? You can prove that's a lie, can't you?

  Michael Knight : We're working on it.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [eyes swimming with tears]  Do you believe me?

  Michael Knight : Oh, yeah. I believe you.

  [his hand brushes her cheek] 

  Michael Knight : It's the grand jury I'm worried about.

  Bonnie Barstow : [enters]  Michael? Devon wants you.

  [as Michael leaves, comforts saddened Stephanie] 

• Michael Knight : [speeding along in K.I.T.T]  What are you looking for?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : The microwave and the sunlamp. Really, I've never seen anything like this before. I'm still amazed if someone has a phone in their car.

  Michael Knight : All right. We might as well deal with it now. KITT... say hello to Stephanie. Stephanie, meet my car, KITT.

  [K.I.T.T. of course opts to be capricious and plays dumb] 

  Michael Knight : Say something, KITT. Come on, say something, she's gonna think I'm crazy.

  K.I.T.T. : Hello, Stephanie. Michael isn't crazy. Not in the clinical sense, at least.

  Michael Knight : Thank you very much. He talks.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : How can a car... talk?

  Michael Knight : Computers. Don't ask me how. I don't know. I don't wanna know.

  [K.I.T.T. shows off with a dashboard display and makes Stephanie laugh] 

  Michael Knight : How you doing? Feel better?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Aside from trying to adjust to being in a car that talks?

  [chuckles] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Yes. Better. Thanks. As a matter of fact, the farther away we get, the better I feel.

  [sudden realization:] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Where are we going?

  Michael Knight : The Foundation has a retreat just north of here. What's the matter?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I just realized I hadn't asked you that. That scares me.

  Michael Knight : What scares you?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : That I would trust a stranger so much.

  [her hand goes to the necklace Michael Long had given her] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I think the reason I did is this feeling I have. This feeling I know you.

• Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [as he drives her home]  How did you know I live in an apartment?

  Michael Knight : Your address was on the arrest report.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : And how did you get your hands on the arrest report?

  Michael Knight : Stephanie, the Foundation has a lot of friends.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [wryly]  It seems like everyone has friends in high places except me. Sorry. Just a little self-pity slipping through.

  Michael Knight : You're entitled. But, Stephanie, you do have friends if you choose.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Thanks, really. But my boss is going to help me. In fact, he's probably arranging bail for me right now.

  Michael Knight : I appreciate your sense of loyalty and trust, I really do. But so far the facts indicate your boss is much more than an innocent bystander.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [angrily]  Everyone seems to think that he's guilty of... I don't know, some tie-in with the underworld. Well, I don't believe it.

  Michael Knight : I'm not saying that you have to. All I'm saying is that until we can develop more information, you'll be real wise not to lock yourself into a particular defense or a particular person.

• Michael Knight : [they stopped in front of where she lives]  Well, what do you think?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I don't know what to think.

  Michael Knight : Tell you what. You do it my way for twenty-four hours. If you're not convinced by then, you're free to handle it any way you choose.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Why are you doing all of this?

  Michael Knight : I told you why.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I know, the Foundation and all that, but it just seems like there's something more. Is there?

  Michael Knight : No.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : But you just seem so familiar to me. Your voice, the way you move.

  Michael Knight : So do we have a deal, or what?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [laughs]  All right.

  Michael Knight : All right. I'll see you in a couple of hours. Now you keep this door locked. Don't let anybody in.

  [goes off, leaving her staring at his departing figure, her hand on her necklace] 

• Michael Knight : [Stephanie had mistaken him for an intruder, and he had to jump her when she attacked, now he's on top of her trying to calm her down]  Stephanie! Stephanie, It's me! Michael!

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [relieved]  Oh, Michael! Oh! Oh, I thought they had come back. I didn't know...

  Michael Knight : Who? What happened?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Two men came while you were gone.

  [still panting with panic and exertion] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : They tried to break in when I wouldnt open the door, so... I ran out at the back...!

  Michael Knight : It's okay, Stevie.

  [hugs her close] 

  Michael Knight : It's okay.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [sits bolt upright]  Why did you call me that?

  Michael Knight : What?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Stevie. Nobody calls me that anymore.

  [shakes her head] 

  Michael Knight : I guess I'm pretty thorough, huh? I must have read it in the Foundation's files.

  [gets up] 

  Michael Knight : Come on, I've got to get you out of here to someplace safe. Go put some clothes together, huh?

  [she looks back at him, not sure if that feeling she has about him is correct] 

• Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Not only does he talk, he has a sense of humor.

  Michael Knight : I wouldn't go that far.

  K.I.T.T. : I beg your pardon!

• Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [at Devon's retreat, as Michael enters]  Hey! You hungry? Please say yes, because I'm starving and I don't wanna feel guilty.

  Michael Knight : Yes.

  [the way she looks at him now...] 

  Michael Knight : What?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Have you ever had the feeling you've been someplace before? Said the same things to the same person?

  [sighs] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I know it can't be true, but that's how it feels.

  Michael Knight : Come on, you're just too tired.

  [sits down next to fireplace] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Yeah, I guess.

  [sits down as well] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I guess I've been working so hard trying to get my life together, trying to take care of myself. Look at me now! I can't even go home. I can't do anything without you. I'm dependent on you.

  [scoffs] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : The last time I depended on somebody, I lost him. His name was Michael, too.

  [looks him squarely in the eyes:] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Michael Long.

• Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [out in nature, to the tune of old Sixties rock "White Bird"]  You know all about me. I don't know anything about you. It's not fair.

  Michael Knight : I'll tell you later.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Tonight?

  Michael Knight : Yeah, maybe tonight.

  [nods, smiles] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : In the meantime, I refuse to let this gorgeous day go by without picking some flowers. Is that all right?

  Michael Knight : It's all right. Just don't go too far.

  [song goes "white bird must fly, or she will die"] 

• Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I talked to the federal attorney. He said that after I testify, I'll be in the Witness Relocation Program. New place to live. New identity. Sometimes It doesn't seem like any of this ever happened.

  Michael Knight : Well, It's all behind you now. The nightmare is over.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : And the dream?

  Michael Knight : What happened? You lose your necklace?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : No, I gave it back.

  [walks on, deep in thought] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Gonna be... strange becoming somebody else.

  [little chuckle] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Leaving my life behind. You know, I read about a bird once a long time ago. A white bird. It eats, sleeps, spends its entire life in flight. It never lands. That's its purpose... its destiny. To fly forever.

  [background song goes "white bird must fly or she will die" and they kiss tenderly] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Goodbye, Michael.

  Michael Knight : Goodbye, Stevie.

• [first lines] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [secretary, on phone]  Yes, it's been set for, uh, ten o'clock on Monday. Right. Okay, we'll see you there. Mm.

  [cradles receiver, on her way home now, first looks in on her boss] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Hi, it's almost five-thirty. Anything before I leave?

  Gilbert Cole : No, I can't think of anything. Oh, wait, if you're going down, you could help a forgetful client retrieve his briefcase. He's on his way over. A silver sedan, chauffeur, the works.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [smiling]  Sounds hard to miss. Anyone I know?

  Gilbert Cole : No. Just another wealthy bachelor with tax shelter problems.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : You're right. It's no one I know.

  [clear melodious giggle] 

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I'll see you tomorrow.

  Gilbert Cole : Okay.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Goodnight.

  Gilbert Cole : [as Stephanie heads out of the office]  Goodnight.

• Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [gets grabbed outside office]  Hey, what are you doing? Let me go!

  Carson James : Calm down, miss. You're not going anywhere.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Stop It! Let me go!

  Carson James : Federal agents, Department of Justice. Right this way.

  [hustles her into back seat of unmarked car, then orders driver:] 

  Carson James : Let's go.

• Carson James : The money in that briefcase is marked. It's illegal money, it's dirty. It comes from a man named Anthony Solan. Now that name might mean nothing to you, but It's well-known to the Department of Justice, the FBI, and various other circles. What isn't as well-known, is the very special relationship that exists between Anthony Solan and a very well-known attorney by the name of Gilbert Cole.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [shakes her head]  I don't believe that.

  Carson James : You don't have to. We've had your boss under investigation for six months. We know of the connection between him and Solan. But we haven't been able to prove it. Now we can. That briefcase proves conspiracy.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Well, if it's true, then why don't you arrest him?

  Carson James : He is a smart lawyer. Would you let a guilty man go free just because he's smart?

  [no answer] 

  Carson James : Look, I'll spell it out for you. Our conspiracy case rests on your testimony. You've got to say that he gave you the briefcase with specific instructions.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [out of loyalty]  And what if I refuse?

  Carson James : If you refuse... and there's insufficient evidence to prove that the briefcase is Gilbert's...

  [shrugs] 

  Carson James : then there's only one person left to hang it on. And I'm looking at her.

• Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : [on to him, now playing him]  Gilbert. It's me, Stephanie. I need your help.

  Gilbert Cole : Where are you now, at home?

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : No, they've got me at the Foundation, but I heard them talking about taking me to a retreat somewhere in the mountains. Someone's coming! I'll try to call you from there.

• Michael Knight : [on the way]  No matter what happens, you stay with KITT.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I will.

  Michael Knight : Stephanie, promise me.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I promise.

  Michael Knight : Okay. Devon's standing by. All we have to do is bait the trap.

  [they turn in at the gate] 

• Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : Michael, I'm a little afraid.

  Michael Knight : Don't worry. Everything's gonna be all right.

  K.I.T.T. : He knows what he's talking about.

  Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason : I certainly hope so.