Goliath: Part 1

Episode aired Oct 2, 1983
TV-PG
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

379

YOUR RATING

Superhero Action Crime Drama Sci-Fi Thriller

Wilton Knight's estranged son Garthe has returned from Africa where he had been sentenced to three lifetime imprisonments. Together with his mother Elizabeth (Wilton's fourth wife) he manage... Read allWilton Knight's estranged son Garthe has returned from Africa where he had been sentenced to three lifetime imprisonments. Together with his mother Elizabeth (Wilton's fourth wife) he manages to steal the formula to Kitt's Molecular Bonded Shell and applies it to a monster truck ... Read allWilton Knight's estranged son Garthe has returned from Africa where he had been sentenced to three lifetime imprisonments. Together with his mother Elizabeth (Wilton's fourth wife) he manages to steal the formula to Kitt's Molecular Bonded Shell and applies it to a monster truck he calls Goliath. Garthe then sets out to destroy Michael Knight, the man he feels his fat... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

379

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
David Hasselhoff on Goliath: "Everybody remarks on [this] episode - honest to God, everybody does. And when I was doing it with my little earring, I thought I am never going to work again. And when my father saw it he said, 'Michael Knight's evil twin is a better actor than Michael Knight!'"

Goofs
K.I.T.T.'s infrared scanner is somehow able to see through a lead door. Even if an infrared scanner could see through a lead door - which it couldn't - it would not show the scanned objects in full color.

Quotes
Michael Knight: Now I know what getting run over by a truck really feels like.
KITT: [strained voice box] Michael, my computer functions are damaged, so I can't make a diagnosis, but you sound terrible. You need a doctor.

Connections
Edited from The Car (1977)

Soundtracks
Gimme Shelter
Written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones

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Featured review

8/10

David (Hasselhoff) vs. Goliath

Like the "KARR" episodes, "Goliath" (and its sequel) seeks to give KITT a supervillain to come up against. I really wish that the series had continued this trend and given KITT and full rogues gallery, but the contrast between the two auto-baddies is stark. Goliath is huge, and while it lacks the sentient personality of KARR, it has something perhaps even more sinister. Garthe Knight!

David Hasselhoff plays a dual role as the evil son of former FLAG and Knight Foundation founder Wilton Knight, and he sinks his gleaming white chompers into it like it's a Big Mac. He's dreadful, but not in a bad way. But damn I love The 'Hoff as Michael Knight. To me, he's the best thing about the series. He's so unapologetically likable in the role that he's probably the easiest protagonist to root for in television history. Modern Hollywood should take note.

This is a really fun 1 hr. 37 min. Of 80's action genre TV. The kind that they just don't make anymore. Sigh.