Knight Rider: Race for Life

"Race for Life" is the sixteenth episode of season two of the TV action series Knight Rider and is the thirty-eighth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Georg Fenady with a script written by Bruce Belland and Roy M. Rogosin. It first aired on NBC on Friday, February 5th, 1984 at 9:00 pm. In this episode, a blackout cripples the computer database at a hospital where April's ill niece, Becky, is awaiting a bone marrow transplant. Using K.I.T.T.'s database, they find that the only compatible donor they can track down is a gang member named Julio Rodriguez. Michael and K.I.T.T. race to find Julio and hopefully get him to agree to help them in time.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is included on disc four of the Knight Rider: Season Two DVD collection by Universal Studios and disc ten of the Knight Rider: The Complete Collection DVD set.


 * This episode is production code number: 57826.


 * Dedication: This Knight Rider is dedicated to the memory of Marcel Rafael Marcelino, who died while his father, Mario, was filming this episode. Mario played the role of Julio.


 * Production on this episode began on December 8th, 1983. Principal filming concluded on December 16th.
 * This episode was re-broadcast on June 17th, 1984.


 * This is the second episode of Knight Rider directed by Georg Fenady. He directs eleven episodes of the series in total.


 * This is the only episode of Knight Rider co-written by Bruce Belland. Belland is also an actor who played a character named Bruce in eleven episodes of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet.


 * This is the only episode of Knight Rider co-written by Roy M. Rogosin.


 * Actor Richard Basehart is uncredited in this episode as the voice of the opening narrator.


 * Actor William Daniels is uncredited as the voice of K.I.T.T. in this episode.


 * This is the thirty-eighth appearance of actor David Hasselhoff in the role of Michael Knight.


 * This is the thirty-eighth appearance of actor Edward Mulhare in the role of Devon Miles.


 * This is the fifteenth appearance of actress Rebecca Holden in the role of April Curtis.


 * Actress Robyn Lively, who plays Becky Phillips, was nominated at the 1985 Young Artist Awards for the category of Best Young Actress - Guest in a Television Series for this episode.


 * This is Toni Nero's third work on a television program. She has also appeared on episodes of Matt Houston, Automan and T.J. Hooker starring Star Trek alum, William Shatner.

Allusions

 * Becky's special name for K.I.T.T. is "Black Beauty". Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. The story has been adapted into numerous films including a movie in 1921, one in 1946, and one in 1971, which is the most well-known adaptation among them.