Exit Light, Enter Knight (28 Jan. 2009)

K.I.T.T., Sara, Zoe and Billy leap into action in an attempt to assist in ending a stand-off of what appears to be a botched bank robbery without the help of Michael, who's one of the hostages inside the bank.

Director:

Gary Scott Thompson

Writers:

Glen A. Larson (characters), Dave Andron (developer),

Stars:

Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo, Paul Campbell

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Justin Bruening	...	Mike Traceur
Deanna Russo	...	Sarah Graiman
Paul Campbell	...	Billy Morgan
Smith Cho	...	Zoe Chae
Michael Cudlitz	...	Lead Gunman
Daniella Alonso	...	Lynn
Stephanie Erb	...	Tina Johnson
Alyssa Shafer	...	Maddie Johnson
Joey Nader	...	Derrick
R.A. Rondell	...	Joe Carter
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	...	SWAT Leader (as Jeff Dashnaw)
Keith Woulard	...	Police Officer #1
Jack Impellizzeri	...	Frank Johnson
Amanda Musso	...	Nurse
J.J. Dashnaw	...	Hostage #1

Storyline

K.I.T.T., Sara, Zoe and Billy leap into action in an attempt to assist in ending a stand-off of what appears to be a botched bank robbery without the help of Michael, who's one of the hostages inside the bank.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 January 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dutch Oven, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min 50 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Sarah Graiman: I see you've already met Kitt.
Maddie Johnson: Yeah, he's pretty cool.
Sarah Graiman: And he's also a secret. Can you keep a secret?
Zoe Chae: Of course she can keep a secret. She's a girl.
Billy Morgan: Please.

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Connections

References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

User Reviews

Absence of Light

Whoa! The Son of Knight Rider delivers another Best-So-Far episode! Too bad there aren't many left, the show could have actually evolved into something likable.

Had this been made in the 1980s, this would have been a groundbreaking episode. Unfortunately this is made in the 2000s and while a perfectly watchable episode compared to the abominations in the first half of the season, it still suffers from the same core problem that almost all episodes before it - it recycles if not immediately recognizable, then at least familiar, ideas, scenes and plot elements from movies and TV series that we've seen before. Also, the title is a full-blown spoiler.

In all fairness, the first of the recyclings, that of the famous shoot-out outside of a bank in Michael Mann's masterpiece, Heat, is actually a neat subversion of the viewers' familiarity with the movie. Viewers who've come to expect nothing less than total idiocy from Knight Rider quite likely experience extreme frustration when viewing the sequence. "Why the frak are they shooting their way *into* the bank?" While it later turns out there was a method into this madness, which proves that the shooters *are* clever, the scene still suffers from TV budget, uninspired direction and the "no blood" policy of the show. "Sanitized" violence is more harmful than realistic, bloody violence.

However, after surprising us, the episode goes downhill - quite literally, in the end - from thereon. The recyclings come faster than you can list them and the bad guys make mistakes that prove they *are not* clever, which contradicts the beginning. Also, when revealed in full, their "masterplan" is just needlessly overcomplicated and therefore risky, which equals stupid. Their "professional" characters are *inconsistent*. Which means once again that the writers thought they were cleverer than they really are.

From midpoint an experienced viewer can predict pretty much every "twist" that comes because they've seen it before elsewhere. It's not easy being original these days, but here simply too much of the good stuff has been stolen from better works and on top of that, a heap of clichés pile up. Still, this beats the previous episode by claiming the title of Best Episode So Far to itself. Even if it's only a 5/10.