Review: ‘Knight Rider’ – Knight Of The Iguana
The following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the “Knight Of The Iguana” episode of NBC’s “Knight Rider. It’s not that this show is bad, really. It’s that it is so … standard … pedestrian … predictable … uninteresting that makes it hard to watch. Don’t get me wrong. I like the actors, the characters, the cars, the explosions, the skin … lots and lots of skin. It is what they do with all this that bores me. Here’s a good example. The episode opens with a dark headquarters, with Michael looking for “the enemy,” as KITT calls him. Michael pussyfoots around, looking for someone to shoot. Is it a double agent? Is it a bad guy with a nuclear warhead trying to destroy KITT? Is it an alien from outer space? No, it turns out to be Billy with a Super Soaker. The worst thing that happens …
