Night in Retreat, Night Strike, and Circus Knight Review

Things I'm forced to put up with. Knight Rider,

a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of

a man who does not exist. Michael Knight, a young

loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the

innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in the

world of criminals who operate above the law.

Welcome to be on the night brought to you by

the GCN and audible calm I am one of your host

to join Mike joining me is down the music man.

Hello. Hello. I will how are you this evening?

What I said I will be your critic this evening

critic. Yeah, I thought you were the ringmaster

You know what it was funny I was watching that

episode today Yeah, oh The kit the yeah original

the original trust Yeah, so today we're going

to be going beyond the night interviewing the

final three episodes from Knight Rider classic

season 3 hit the turbo boost kit That's what

I call a serious four -wheeler. Well, what do

you do? I'm a nuclear physicist. Just what is

it you want? Pegasus missile. Wait! Monica. Dr.

Nightwing, remember? Just as I thought. It's

window glass. I'm going to make you very sorry.

Michael, you're playing with suicide. Suicide's

letting them get away with that missile. Let's

do it! so first up today is night in retreat

Michael poses as a space weapon scientist to

gain access to a club operated by a woman dealing

in blackmail and top secret weapons systems and

we get to see this woman again yes that's right

oh god why didn't they just say this what this

was I'll get to that later and scanners off.

The plot of this one is basically, this is basically

a Bonnie centric episode because one of her MIT

professors gets killed and she wants Michael

to investigate it but at the same time she's

like oh no that's i don't care what you find

that's not the truth blah blah blah you know

one little bitch and uh and michael's trying

to be like look i'm gonna be honest this is what

i'm finding out yeah yeah um i like this one

it's an enjoyable episode it's it's interesting

to say the least It's interesting to see Michael

play a nerd compared to what happened the last

podcast episode. I know don't remind me That

was just a nightmare So funny any thoughts on

the plot for a night and retreat plot was okay

But I really think they were trying to stretch

for this one It is enjoyable. Like you said,

it's just a matter of Do I do you want to go

see it again? I Mean you have the action. So

yeah, the action is still there. I Mean I really

enjoyed it It's probably one of the ones I could

it's probably one of the lesser -known episodes

that I could go back and watch and enjoy But

alright, let's get to the scanners then There's

a high fence surrounding the entire property.

Of course, I could use my microwave jammer to

open that gate. See what you can find out about

this. Wait a minute. I think I've found another

way to get in. According to various city records,

this property is licensed as a private hotel

spa, which appears to cater mostly to members

of the scientific community. It also appears

to be an entirely legitimate enterprise. It only

goes to prove appearances can be deceiving. You

ready? Ready, but hardly willing. Michael, what

happened to the good old days when we simply

turbo -boosted over fences or crashed through

walls? You said it yourself, partner. The terrain

is not suitable for turbo -boosting. Let's turn

these scanners on. I love Kit's logic when it

comes to parasailing. Give me a break. Give me

a break. Break me off the face of that Kit -Kat

bar. Oh, God. No, not that. Come on kit babysits

a cat come on Yeah, that's actually it was kind

of funny cuz I did I did write that note down

when I saw that Where the hell does Michael say

keep the water what I? Found it funny, but it's

in scanners on because I found it funny, but

what the hell is keep the water wet me Or it

could be something more yes anyway I Love when

Michael calls kit kit. What was that long story?

I'll tell you later Strictly in the line of duty

right Michael and Man were there such deadly

women in this episode. What'd you like about

this one and as for you? Welcome to the Arctic.

I liked that because it was just kind of interesting

to see Kit eject a cat out of out of the car.

Mm hmm. So that was what I liked. The Kit Kat

saying, yes, that's what I wrote down. And the

fact of. Michael being held at gunpoint electronically.

So that kid has to open a gate to save his neck

Yeah, that the electronic shock thing that was

mmm, I don't know That was just interesting yeah,

so let's let's go ahead and get the scanners

off cuz I Find I have more there than I do here.

So let's get there That is a very long story.

I'll tell you about it later. Alright, let's

turn these scanners off. As I was saying earlier

in the plot, why didn't they just say she was

Adrian again? It would have made for a more compelling

story. It would have given Michael even more

gumption to go after. I mean, come on. It's the

same plot as she was trying to do in all the

other episodes she was in. It's the same actress.

Why not just use the old Adrian character? Minus

the Goliath plot. Well, right, but it's the same

character. Yeah. It's the same. Would that electrode

thing, oh, when Michael is trying to free himself

from being trapped shirtless on the table. Yeah,

I had that same joke. That electrode thing really

worked like that. I called BS on that. That would

never, I don't. Thank if we have any doctors

or nurses that listen to this show like right

in let us know feedback at geek cast radio .com

He takes an electrode that you would normally

have on your chest to monitor you and somehow

there's a charge in it where It uh, I don't know.

Maybe maybe it would because they were shocking

him with the electrodes. So I don't know. But

I found that the whole effect of it, it looked

cool. But I found it weird. I'm like, that would

never. And you would think it would stop a person's

heart. Yeah, really. Because that's pretty dangerous.

When Michael gets in the truck, when they're

trying to get the missile back, his voice says,

it's all over. Yet his lip movements say, pull

over. What a glitch night. But why okay, but

why would we why would you need unless it was

unless he had to go back in ADR and do it which

is You know ADR is a lot of stuff that they do

in voice acting sometimes, but it's one of those

things where It makes no sense that that would

have to happen in a television show when all

you have to do is say what you mean and not They

may not have been able to actually get the on

-camera section fixed Yeah, possibly So this

a picture of this will be in the post people

might not get it because it is the usual turbo

turbo boost press but Michael is off elsewhere

Dealing with with the other criminals and kit

is chasing after the four -wheeler If Michael

isn't in Kit, and who the fuck pressed the turbo

boost button, there is a finger that actually

presses it versus just the button lighting up.

Yes, I know when Kit is self -driving that there

were drivers hidden in the back seat and all

that, but I call BS on the finger press because...

That had to be an error. Yeah, it is, but I'm

just saying, like, it looked like David's finger,

and I'm like, he's not even in the fucking car!

Somebody cut his finger off and just blew it

there. Oh my god What didn't you like about this

one Some of the some of the Nobody can drive

a truck and have a fighting scene on top of it

I'm sorry. There's just no no and then you have

to dodge that electrical shock thing without

falling off Yeah, give me a break Not happening

Anything else um No, not that um I don't know.

I just think this kind of I think they could

have used someone else for the villain Yeah,

I agree. Instead of asking Aunt Turkle to come

back, I mean, and it's not that she's a bad actress.

No, not at all. Not at all. I think they should

have just asked someone else to play the villain

for this one. You know, the villain role. Yeah.

I think that's about it, really. All right. We're

going to move on to the next episode, then. Michael,

we're locked into a laser tracking system. A

truckload of confiscated weapons was stolen from

a police warehouse. The weapons included two

laser rifles. I want to find out if he really

belongs here. There are truck tracks going in,

no truck tracks going out. Only one direction

left. Up. Go! Now it's time for Night Strike

to find a stolen laser rifle. Michael attends

a survivalist convention where pistols taken

in the same robbery have been sold. I will say

at least Sheila has more character development

than Mickey ever did. I think it's the same individual.

That's why I say that. Yeah, I was wondering

if that was the same person. It's the same actress,

yes. Yeah, I got bored with this one though real

quick. Yeah, I can tell by that yawn Listeners

that yawn was intentional. He's not tired. That

was meaning he was bored with this episode No,

that yawn was that yawn was meant to be put there.

Yes This episode is just so stupid and then they

never say where the dude that he's been looking

for for three days was no makes no friggin sense

whatsoever alright so let's just get straight

to the scanners Michael, we're almost home. Shh.

Don't say that too loud. With any luck, we'll

get there before Devin calls. He does seem to

have an uncanny knack in that area. Uncanny is

one way of putting it. Perverse is another. I

wouldn't go that far, Michael. Devin is calling.

Speak of the devil. I beg your pardon. Devin

is just a figure of speech. What's up? Let's

turn these scanners on. As I already said, the

Sheila character is so much better than Mickey.

Yeah, she's developed a lot. It's the same person,

same actress, but the character is so different.

The auto -roof, I noticed it in this episode,

but Kit's auto -roof, it seemed to have changed

since earlier. At least since... the chuck episode

Kid pulls the helicopter and that was an awesome

It's an awesome way to use a winch What did you

like about this one anything like like you said,

you know the person that plays Sheila You know,

she's obviously developed it. She's not like

Mickey You know just the helicopter scene And

there's a few scenes here and there that look

good. That's pretty much it. I guess for this

one Yeah, and as far as scanners off goes I didn't

really have like Yeah, I don't like this episode

in principle because it's as we said, it's a

boring episode But there were like it's not like

night and retreat where there are specific glaring

issues that I have as far as like nitpicks go

but this one it's like I can't even honestly

nitpick the actress' voice because actually it

sounds better than... She sounds better than

you. Yeah. Yeah. But as far as other things I

didn't like about it, I really don't have anything.

But at the same time, it's just a generic Knight

Rider episode. There's nothing really special.

It's one you can watch, but I don't think you'd

go back to seeing again. Oh no, not at all. So

we're gonna move on to the final episode of the

day. Terrific. My friends call me Michael. She

says you're gonna give circus major a real shot

in the eye. Why do I get the feeling someone

does a more turbo man in your circus? Together,

we will pass through the ring of fire! If you're

not interested in the fires, maybe you should

give him one he won't forget. An incendiary bomb

might just - And the quote -unquote season finale

of Circus Night ends. Now I will say Warner Warner

brother, what is it? Barnum and Bailey joke here

Yeah, I guess Yeah, I never first of all, I'm

not a fan of circuses whatsoever. I find them

so boring You know fire guy knife guy knife thrower

knife swallower fire swallower fire eater Tiger

Lee is I've every time I've gone to a circus

every time I went to a circus as a kid which

thank God wasn't many times but just like Okay

So they're gonna I mean I'm not taking away from

Specifically like trapeze artists like that's

that's acrobatics. That's you know, that's physically

doing something but the more, you know obscure

Things that circuses have like you know the bearded

lady or then like I said the knife swallow or

the fire eater or the fire I just don't fucking

get it. I like this episode overall I think it's

a decent regular episode, but it's not an episode

That's going to be like I watch all the time

as a season finale. It just fails It does have

a really really great story, but when I think

of a season finale The whole point of ending

your season and being able to go and give people

something to come back and look forward to. So

far, Knight Rider is 0 for 3 in the season finale

departments. Yeah, because especially near the

end of this episode, you don't need a clown and

a banker to be the villains. You just don't you

know, yeah And in a way kind of the second and

the second and in a way we're kind of dealing

with drugs sort of but not quite because you

remember that You know Terry had a brother named

Peter and he was this trapeze artist and he gets

killed, you know Yeah So, yeah, they had injected

him with something or did something to him or

whatever. DMSO, you know, DMSO, which is a drug

that's supposed to be into bloodstream and that

type of thing. You find out kind of what the

plot is as the story goes. Yeah, I mean, I like

the fact that the episode kind of centers around,

you know, something kind of from Devin's past.

I like that part about it. But I just don't see

a circus episode being a decent season finale

at all. I just don't. I know they tried to cover

Michael's past on a lot of the episodes, but

do you realize that we've only seen two Devon

from the past episodes that I know of? Yeah.

Yeah, because the only time he ever talks about

his past is when he's motorbiking or, you know,

or the fact that he was part of a circus. yeah

and you remember in season two merchants of death

yeah you know so that it's kind of like we don't

really get to see his past and i it's i know

that you know it's supposed to be around michael

night i understand that but you would think you'd

want to see the the bosses past just a little

bit of it so michael kind of gets on an understanding

of him since devin knows since devin knows michael's

past right you know Yeah, you would think all

right, let's get to the scanners You're going

to be a lot busier than you think no way buddy,

I'm out of here Why don't I like the sound of

that Let go of my door, please. Open up. I've

got the estimate here. For what? To fix my car.

Calling that a car is an insult to auto technology.

Listen, friend, you hit me and you're gonna pay

for it. Replace rear cracked window. Repair dings.

Recover the roof. Right front fender. Replace

bumper, trunk lid, wheel covers, prime and paint.

$4 ,681. You'll have to forward your bill to

the Foundation for Law and Government. Law and

Government? Right. Alright, let's turn the scanners

on. What'd you like about this one, anything?

Can't think of anything off the top of my head

except the fact that you actually get to see

Michael going in his turbo, man That was that

was just kind of funny to me and then You know

just just that I guess Yeah, I like that and

I like the fact that kid is pretty apprehensive

about the whole being a circus attraction and

whatever else and the right You know car that's

two two inches in diameter and have 16 fucking

clowns Papa I I honestly do not like I have a

sense of humor, but I see no humor in clowns

getting out of a tiny car that makes Doesn't

make me laugh at all But I mean like I did like

bits and pieces of this episode I thought it

was really interesting. I love the guy that I've

seen him elsewhere the guy The the Barnes guy

the Jeff Barnes the banker. Yeah, I've seen him

Elsewhere of course James she's played by James

Callahan me do a quick search here what I Know

I've seen him he's been in some other stuff I

know I've seen him in other other things as well

oh well sadly I think I think he passed away

oh let me see here 19 hmm well maybe this is

the wrong guy Because I don't see Knight Rider

on his Anyway, I know I've seen this guy somewhere

Didn't they have him twice because didn't he

play the sheriff in a good day at White Rock?

That's where I've seen him before. Yeah, you're

right That's true and that was in season one

Yep I think that's where I've seen him before.

Let me just look at these episodes here. Let's

see. Circus Knight is a terrible actor who's

forced into bankruptcy. And it doesn't say. I'm

going to have to look it up, and I'll bring it

up at the bottom of the show or whatever else.

But I know I've, like, but even besides the sheriff

in season one. Right. I'm pretty sure I've seen

him in something else outside of Knight Rider.

Yeah. Not remembering what. Yeah. Yeah. All right.

So let's just turn the scanners off. Was there

anything you didn't like about this one? Just

bad season finale. Yeah. That's pretty much my

only thought on it is that it's not a season

finale contender at all. As a regular episode,

I really enjoyed it. As the fact that this is

what ended Season 3, I think that's lame as hell.

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Fantastic. Allons -y! Get! Yes, Michael. Just

keep driving. So we are back, and as I was trailing

off earlier at the end of Circus Nights there,

um... James Callahan, also known as James T.

Callahan. The other thing I remember him from,

I remember seeing him in Highway to Heaven. I

remember seeing him in Growing Pains. I remember

seeing him in the A -Team as Dr. Fallon, U .S.

Army. He was in, weirdly enough, he was in Remington

Steel as Emmett Devone. He was in too close for

comfort. Oh, wow. I didn't know that. Yeah, he

was in Let's see. Yeah, I He was in how many

episodes of that from 87 to 90 he was Walter

Powell from Charles in Charge. That's where I

remember him from outside of Knight Rider But

he did sadly pass away in 2007. The last major

thing that we would have known him from would

be 2006's 7th Heaven. Who did he play in that?

He played Father Mulligan. He was also in ER.

He was Mr. Bristol slash Oliver. Wow, he was

on the chicken soup for the soul TV circuit that

book series got a TV series. Holy crap No that

he was in Sybil in 1980s 1996 His father Lindman.

So yeah, I remember him from from others like

I knew when I saw him as Jeff Barnes and I heard

his voice I'm like, I know that guy. Where do

I know that guy from? Alright, so let's Pull

out the kit cars today. What do you give night

and retreat? Oh wow, you know, I actually have

to give this I Actually have to give it a I actually

have to give it a two two kit cars Yeah, I'm

gonna give it a three. There's there's so much

like I love the episode Don't get me wrong, but

like analyzing it there's so much wrong with

this Everything I pointed out. It's like that

Makes no sense whatsoever All right, next one.

Let's see. What are you going to give night strike?

One one kit car I because just for the simple

fact of It's boring. Yeah, it just it doesn't

I'm like, okay, really? It's just basically on

for background noise Yeah uh... for me i'm gonna

give it a two it's boring like you said it's

on background noise but it's not like it's no

uh... uh... it's no forget me not i'll give you

that yes ten times better than that So what about

circus night now for circus night? We're gonna

give this two ratings We're gonna give it an

overall episode rating and then we're gonna give

it a season ending rating just to let the listeners

know What do you what is your overall episode

rating for circus night? I gave it an F for fail.

I really do just because it's zero to five damn

it. There is no letters No, no, I know but I'm

saying yeah, I'm saying In general, I give it

an F for fail, but I know what you're meaning

by numbers, so I give it a zero for numbers.

Holy crap. It's not. Well, I don't care for circuses.

It does have, you know, it's like it's the zero

for it's the zero for the finale. It's not so

much the episode. Right. Well, I asked you what

did you what would you give it for overall overall

overall? I would probably give it a three Okay,

but as a season finale you give it a zero. Yes.

Yeah, I'm right there with you I give it a three

overall, but as a season finale it fails. Yeah,

it gets zero. Yeah All right, you want to tell

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Man, not related to Mickey Mouse, I promise.

I just did that for... I did that for clarification

in the show, okay? Mickey Mouse, the black version...

OH GOD! Good, close the show! Oh, no. I thought

they arrested her, too. Wrong, buddy. The authorities

have found a brand -new home for her. Just so

it's far away from me. Actually, the Foundation

was thinking of adopting Shiva as a pet. You

have to be kidding. Hey, we have a kid. Why not

have a cat? Very funny, Michael. Very funny.