KNIGHT RIDER: TRUST DOESN'T RUST

NITPICKS

November 19, 1982
SEASON 1, EPISODE 9
Production #57307
Filmed: October 27 - November 4, 1982 (10)

Writer: ...................... Steven E. de Souza
Director: .................... Paul Stanley

Note: Timecodes are based on DVD releases of the episodes (Region 1, NTSC).

CONTINUITY:

0:03:20
0:03:30

Michael's red turtleneck (stock footage from the Pilot Episode) transforms into a blue shirt as the scene begins.

0:38:21

En route to the County Museum, Patricia McPherson briefly morphs into Mary Margaret Humes, who played Carol Reston in No Big Thing. This shot is stock footage from that episode.

0:43:31
0:44:04
0:44:09
0:44:19

The head-on with K.A.R.R. is on a deserted highway, but when we join Michael and Bonnie in the car, other vehicles magically appear in the opposite lane.

DASH:

0:11:23

Unlike K.I.T.T.'s Voice Module display, K.A.R.R.'s is an optical effect that isn't a part of a larger stage dash. Note that the panels do not extend beyond the display, and it seems to be laying flat.

0:11:23
0:11:33
0:15:16

The problems of having to use a K.I.T.T. to double for a K.A.R.R. - the hero and stage dashes have a red panel in K.I.T.T.'s Voice Module which doesn't match K.A.R.R.'s distinctive yellow 'jaws'.

0:15:16
0:37:38

The control panel buttons as the car is thrown in gear (at 37:38) do not match the buttons from the stage dash seen earlier (at 15:16) - this insert shot comes from the NBC Pilot Presentation.

0:34:05

Hasselhoff drives the hero car with a mostly complete prop dash - minus TV monitor screens.

0:37:59

This K.I.T.T. has a stock Trans Am dash.

K.I.T.T. & K.A.R.R.:

0:06:49
0:06:59
0:43:14

Blind driving scenes. The Auto Drive seat is visible and highlighted.

0:15:11
0:15:39

K.A.R.R. doesn't have a licence plate.

0:35:23

There is some damage to K.A.R.R.'s driver's seat, and this reappears in K.I.T.T. in The Final Verdict, the next episode to be filmed.

0:43:47

K.I.T.T.'s hood scoop carries a dent.

STUNTS & DOUBLES:

0:15:09

Doubles drive off in K.A.R.R.

0:22:23

A stand-in for Hasselhoff arrives in K.I.T.T.

0:33:17

This Trans Am is heavily roll-barred.

0:41:45

K.A.R.R., on Auto Drive, clearly has a stunt driver (Buzz Bundy) steering him on two wheels.

CREW:

0:15:40

The camera crew are reflected in K.A.R.R.'s bodywork.

0:17:05
0:17:07

A crew member sneaks into shot as he prepares to explode some squibs.

0:19:45

There is some strange movement in the rear passenger area.

0:40:39

A Knight Rider production truck in the left of the picture.

MISCELLANEOUS:

0:40:32
0:40:34

The entrance to the County Museum Warehouse is a facade between two buildings, constructed especially for the scene.

0:44:33
0:44:35

The quick cutaway of K.A.R.R. crashing doesn't feature a Trans Am at all - it's stock footage of a George Barris Custom '69-'71 Continental Mark III from the B-movie classic The Car.