Knight Rider Archive wrote:It's interesting you bring up the Mission: Impossible feel - Bruce Lansbury was also a producer on that show. He's the real-life brother of Angela Lansbury from Murder She Wrote.
I think it's ironic that the show fell into the hands of producers who worked on the various Knight Rider imitators. Lansbury had previously spent time on Street Hawk; Armus worked on Airwolf and Street Hawk. When they came on board, the tone and feel of the show certainly changed, not always for the better.
Now didn't Bruce Lansbury also work on The Brady Bunch? Because I remember seeing the name in the credits a couple years ago, and wondering if that was the same guy.
While Season 4 wasn't Grade A stuff, I still like it slightly better than Season 1. Partly because of the scenes that Kitt had with strangers he'd come across. (The blonde from Deadly Knightshade. The homeless guy from Hills of Fire. Chuck from Many Happy Returns, and so on…) Plus S4 didn't come across as...what's the word I'm looking for?
Campy as the first season? Not that that's a bad thing.
Of course there's the episodes we all enjoy. KOTJ, Killer K.I.T.T., The Scent of Roses. Though for me, I feel that Sky Knight and Redemption of a Champion are two very underrated episodes. Sky Knight was suspenseful, and reinforced that the FLAG team was a group of people who really cared about each other and had faith in one another. ROAC I feel really got back to what Wilton Knight wanted to accomplish with the Foundation. There's others in the season I like, but those two stand out for me.
As far as the worst episode, I would have to say Knight of a Thousand Devils. The last two times I put that in, I could barely stay awake.
I didn't mind SPM. It came in handy at times. I wish though that they had made RC at least a little more rough around the edges.
If you'd be so kind as to put me down.
Down?
My dear, I'm a car. Not a plane.