"Just get a cab there, he'll meet us there." "CHARLIE:" "Where are you going?" "VALERIE:" "I don't know." "It doesn't matter." "It's over, Charlie." "I can't take this life anymore." "I'm sorry." "You're joking, right?" "Talk to me, Valerie." " Right?" "VALERIE:" "No, I'm not." "Oh, my God." "Goodbye, Charlie." " Jason, don't do this." "CHARLIE:" "Get back." "[POLICE SIRENS BLARING]" "[TIRES SQUEALING]" "VALERIE:" "No." "OFFICER:" "Valerie Mitchell?" "Police." "You're under arrest." "Everything's gonna be all right." "NARRATOR:" "The grandson of Kwai Chang Caine  walks out of the past." "But I want to fight." "Yes." "So did your great-grandfather when he was your age." "NARRATOR:" "He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin temple." "An evil force destroyed that temple." "Father and son each believed the other had perished." "Fifteen years later, they were reunited." "Now Caine faced new challenges and his son grew up." "Look, I'm not my father." "I don't do kung fu." "I'm a cop." "That's who I am, that's what I do." "I am Caine." "I will help you." " So you're scared, huh?" " Imagine that." "Charlie Bradford gets whacked right in front of me, and I know I'm next." "Why should I be scared?" "KNAPP:" "Ms. Mitchell in 36 hours Jason Torrence will be indicted for racketeering." "With your testimony, we get him for murder." "And put him away for a very long time." "Nothing is gonna happen to you here." "Move into the real world, lieutenants." "I could be confined in solitary and Jason Torrence could see to it that a blow dart hits me just below the left ear." "I'm a dead person wherever I am." "We'll protect you, Valerie." "VALERIE:" "Stop it, let go of me!" "Stop it!" "You leave me alone!" "Stop following me!" "Stop it, leave me alone!" "Stop!" "Let go of me!" "Let go!" "No, stop!" "[VALERIE GRUNTS]" "I tried to explain, but she does not listen." "I wanna take the lessons." "I have seen you in the town." "You are a spirited girl." "Are you here to learn how to fight?" "I wanna take the lessons, but he won't let me." "He says I can't." "It is the rule." "VALERIE:" "I don't care about your rules." "Then we shall change them." "But she is...." " A girl?" " Yes." "And we have no women in the temple." "We never have." "[SIGHS]" "The unbending tree branch is easily broken." "The butterfly will not light on a fist that is closed." "The virtue we revere is not one-sided." "The peace we seek cannot be ours alone." "It is not ours to own or offer in the first place." "We do not question this, but our tradition" "Is to respect and honor all life." "To welcome all of those who seek our help." "There's only one man in this city who can protect me." " Should we, uh, put up the Bat-signal?" " His name is Caine." "Caine?" "Is that who you want?" "You get him here, or you can tell the DA that he won't have a witness that's worth a damn thing in court." "Caine." "If you want him, you got him." "[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]" "MAN [ON RADIO]:" "It's 38 minutes past the hour and for those of you inbound on the Gardiner Expressway  you'll find the right lane closed for construction." "Traffic is reported heavy and slow beginning at Anderson Avenue." "Oh, my God, this is a disaster." "All right, everybody out." "KELLY:" "Just how many women were you expecting to find in the shower?" "PETER:" "Oh, no, no, no." "Come on now." "Hey, hey, come on, my clothes are getting wet here." " Oh, I'll take them off." " No, no, we can't do this." "No, I'm serious." "He's gonna be here any minute." "My father, he can't see you like this." "He's never seen a girl in a shower before?" "I'm sure he's seen a hundreds." "Maybe dozens." "Come on." "Stop." "Maybe just my mother." "I don't know." "I don't wanna know." "Please, really, seriously, I'm in a hurry here." "Oh, God." "[DOORBELL RINGS]" "There goes the doorbell." "I'm a dead man." "Okay, just a second." "I was hoping for at least breakfast." "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "Okay, Pop, come on in." "I know, I'm sorry, never call you Pop, right" "Oh, hi, Chief." "Anyone ever tell you showering with your clothes on makes it tough to get lather on the soap." "KELLY:" "Hi, Frank." " Nice to see you again, Kelly." "[MOUTHING] Thanks." "You know it's my day off." "So, what's up?" "I was driving by, I got a radio call from the 92nd." " They want you down there." " What for?" "A murder witness wants to talk to you." "Valerie Mitchell." " Never heard of her." " Well, she's heard of you." "And the DA's got the flames turned up under this one." "So at your earliest convenience, as in now." " Well, I'm all wet." " You can dry off in the car." "[KELLY LAUGHING]" "KELLY:" "Uh-huh." "Who's this?" "It's the man you asked for." "Caine." " I don't want him." " You asked for Caine." "This is Caine." "VALERIE:" "No, he's not." "PETER:" "Yes, I am." "I don't want a cop." "I want the priest." " Priest?" "That's my father." "VALERIE:" "Your father?" "Oh, my God." " You're Peter." " Going through this name thing again." "VALERIE:" "I'm Valerie." " Valerie who?" "Valerie what?" "You don't remember?" "That's okay, I was younger." "PETER:" "What?" "Younger than who?" " You." "At the temple." "The temple?" "Valerie?" "Valerie?" "Are you kidding?" "No, this can't be you." " You feel like sparring?" " Now?" "Why not?" "Come on, Val." "Peter." "Not now, Peter." "I'm trying to concentrate." "But I can show you some new moves." "MAN:" "Try again." "An interesting example of anticipation and avoidance." "MAN:" "Feel the resistance." "I need your father to help me." " What's this all about?" " She's a witness in a murder case." "It's Jason Torrence." "Torrence?" "He's a very dangerous man." "I told them I wouldn't accept protective custody..." " ...unless I had faith in my protector." " My dad." "Yeah." "KNAPP:" "You're metro." "You have jurisdiction so I'll hand her over." "If you're gonna need your daddy, that's your business." "But, Officer Caine, as of right now you have responsibility to see that this woman is in court to testify." "AMY:" "Hi, Gunnar." " Hi, Amy." "I have an office for business." "All right, who's for a fifth hot dog?" " Yeah!" " Having a good time?" "We can't get near her yet." " Where is she?" " The 92nd precinct." "Come on, Dad, we're going to cut the cake." "I haven't dished out all the hot dogs yet." "We're gonna have the cake with the hot dogs." "Hi, Gunnar." "You gonna have some of my birthday cake?" "TORRENCE:" "He can't, sweetheart." "I'll be right there." "Why don't you go get your new video camera, okay?" "Okay." "I want the girl today." "KNAPP:" "Yeah, Gunnar, it's me." "She's been released into the custody of an officer from the 101." "Name's Peter Caine." "His home address?" "Give me an hour." "I'll get it for you." "PETER:" "Well, this'll be quite a reunion for you." "What's wrong?" "There's always a light on in his studio, a candle, or something." " Somebody's in there." "VALERIE:" "We can't go in." "If Torrence's boys are here, we have to get out." "If they are, I don't have a choice." "You stay close." "Peter, please." " What?" "CAINE:" "These are students." "Valerie?" "VALERIE:" "Master Caine." " Valerie." "[CAINE LAUGHING]" " I'm so pleased to see you." "VALERIE:" "Me too." "I feel great fear in you." "Not so much now." "The way you have chosen has proved difficult." "I'm in trouble." "A man by the name of Jason Torrence." "He owns more rackets in this city than Tan ever dreamed of." "He killed a friend of hers." "We gotta make sure she testifies against Torrence." "You're the only one she trusts." "As long as she's here, you're a target too." "Guess you never figured a student of yours could get so messed up." "Do not be concerned with the past." "Misery fades away completely with time." "If you live long enough." "I'm gonna swing by my apartment, pick up a few bells and whistles." "My motion detector." "A security system." "We can't stay here when I get back." "You've mentioned my father's name too many times." "We'll go to a department safe house." "Just be ready at the door in 20 minutes." "Watch your backs." "KELLY:" "Surprise." " What the hell--?" "The super let me in." "I hope you like scallops in beer batter." "Kelly, this is a great idea." "It's just bad, bad timing." " You can't stay." " I gotta help my father." "With your motion detectors?" "I'll make it up to you." " Bye." " You better." "PETER:" "Get down!" "[KELLY CRYING]" "VALERIE:" "Where are we going?" "Now what?" "CAINE:" "Walk calmly with me." "MAN:" "Three, four, five, six, seven." "Shoulders straight." "Jeez, I don't know if this class is gonna be as exciting as I hoped." "VALERIE:" "Oh, my God." "CAINE:" "In here." "Come on." "MAN:" "Okay, let's go back to the basics." "Feet." "Feet together." "Relax your tension and you will find the enjoyment you seek." "Caine." "Relax your body and you will flow through your attackers like water." "Does that happen in every class?" "Let's find a safe haven." "There will be more." "I have an idea." "Come on." "VALERIE:" "It's just up here." "Here." "A little something you didn't teach me at the temple." "CAINE:" "Definitely not." "VALERIE:" "Welcome to the Bates Motel." "CAINE:" "You will be safe here?" " This place gives me the creeps." "Is Anthony Perkins going to check us in?" "Forget it." "God, I'm starving." " I will find food." " Oh, no, no, please." "Don't leave me here alone." "I'll jump out of my skin at the first floor creak." "There must be a kitchen somewhere." "We will find something we can use." "MAN:" "Come on, Michael, this way." " What the hell are you doing here?" " My apartment is shot to hell." "My father and our star-material witness have disappeared." " What?" " With a car full of shooters after them." "I'm gonna run the license." "I can guarantee that car is registered to somebody that works for Jason Torrence." " We'll pick him up." " And?" "They'll say the car was stolen." "I guarantee a report on somebody's desk." "These guys cover their backs." "There you are, Gunnar Stevenson." "STRENLICH:" "I'll get out your father's description and the girl's." "The DA will be calling as soon as this hits the wires." "What do you want to tell Lieutenant Knapp?" "We promised the 92nd we'd protect the girl." "As long as she's with my father, she's all right." "I guess I owe you an explanation." "CAINE:" "You do not." "I haven't exactly lived up to what you tried to teach me at the temple." "The teachings are still with you." "No." "No, they left me a long time ago." "I can't get them back now." "And yet we are together." "VALERIE:" "It all seems so simple when you're young." "And the path ahead is so clear." "You're gonna do great things with your life." "And then loyalties are betrayed promises get broken." "Mostly the ones you made to yourself." "And everything you thought was important in life doesn't seem to matter to anyone else." "People try and steal your soul." "And you're alone." "You don't know what it's like to be alone." " But I do." " No." "No, you have your son." "For now." "But for a long time I wandered." "Fifteen years." "Alone as a man could be." "You left the temple?" "You left him behind?" "No." "CAINE:" "Peter!" "VALERIE:" "I had no idea." "I have thought about that temple for so many years." "Being there." "You being there." "I carried your picture with me since the day I left." "I am honored." "So how's the reunion going, you and Peter?" "Slow, for both of us." "I used to have a crush on him." "Did you know that?" "I used to tease and torment him because inside I just thought he was the greatest guy." "Perhaps you should have told him of it." "A kid doesn't know those things." "When I saw him again after all those years, and realized who he was my heart just jumped." "This time, share the secret." "Maybe I will." "If I get to share anything again." "[SINGING IN OPERATIC VOICE]" " Wow, wonderful, huh?" "Wonderful." "WOMAN:" "Oh, yes." "Well, Donald, your offer sounds almost too good to be true." "[FRENCH ACCENT] Ms. Von Hoogen." "Beate, if I may." "It being such an euphonious appellation." "Nothing could be too good for you." "I sense you're buttering me up for something." "Aren't you, Donald?" "Oh, mon petit chou, nothing could be further from my mind." "You are a man I can do business with." "Not till I'm done with him." " Who's this?" "DONALD:" "An associate." "You scuzzbag." "You stood me up." "[IN NORMAL VOICE] Lula, darling, you look sensational." " Sensational, huh?" " Oh, please join us." " Like your dress." " Thank you." "DONALD:" "This is not what it seems." "LULA:" "Oh, no?" " It is strictly mercantile." " Oh, it is, is it?" "No." "I mean, not strictly." "I mean, yes, but no." "You see, the man's a weasel." "A weasel." " Donnie, ahem, we gotta talk." " Petey, my man." "Hey, if this is about that Martinez tip, I can explain." " We gotta talk." " Wait, I'm not finished with him." "I'll make sure he gets back." "DONALD:" "Excuse me, please." " Well." "This is not a good night." " Would there be a better night?" " Of course not." "So, what's up?" " Jason Torrence..." " Ugh." "...and a girl named Valerie Mitchell." "Oh, yeah, Valerie." "She's a former associate of Mr. Torrence." "Why?" "Well, Torrence tried to kill my father and Valerie Mitchell tonight." "They've gone aground." "I wanna know where." "Gone to ground, huh?" "Well, to extend your metaphor the fox usually hides out in familiar territory." "So if Valerie's in the lead, check out the old Starlight Hotel." " She used to be a regular." " The Starlight's out of business." "Makes it the perfect place to hide." "Hey, hey, aren't you--?" "Aren't you forgetting something?" "Well, the way I see it, I just saved your butt from two very angry women." "I'd say we're even." "Nothing." "WOMAN:" "Now, why don't you tell me about the weasel." " Weasel, huh?" "LULA:" "You mean Donny?" "Fine." "Good night, ladies." "You pick up the check." "There was so much money power." "I liked it, Caine." "I liked the seduction of it." "Jason thinks he owns me." "He's gonna kill me, Caine." "Where may I find this man?" "What are you gonna do?" "Reason with him." "An offer he can't refuse?" "I do not know what that might be." "But I must try." "He's at the Meridien Hotel, accepting an award Man of the Year." "Wait." " I'll come with you." " No." "No one knows you are here." "You're safe." "We must contact Peter." "He will come." "MAN:" "Ladies and gentlemen, our man of the year, Jason Torrence." "[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]" "TORRENCE:" "Thank you, Bob." "I'd like to thank my so-called friends and colleagues for their sincere, sensitive, spiteful and slanderous remarks they made about me in their dinner speeches." "[CROWD LAUGHING]" "No, really, this is a very special night." "I can't tell you how proud I am to receive this honor from my peers." "To me, it's a crowning" "MAN:" "Who's that guy?" "achievement." "And so I'd like to say, dear friends, thank you, thank you, very much." "Jason Torrence." "Glad you could make it, Mr. Caine." "I hear we have a mutual friend." "I have come to reason with you." "You do not need to take Valerie's life to save yourself." "She's not going to testify." "CAINE:" "That is not your main consideration." "What is at risk is your control over another human being." "Valerie is her own person." "[SIGHS]" "You have led her from her path poisoned her spirit in order to control her." "The damage is great, and yet all that she is resists you." "Killing her will not avert that." "I can see that you're all concerned, Caine, but why?" "I am Shaolin." "It is tradition." "Valerie was my pupil." "I will not abandon her." "You have attempted to kill her and my son." "You have offended me with that act." "And what are you going to do, priest?" " Destroy me?" " No." "That will come from your own hand if you persist." "Does your mother know you are up so late?" "She's out herself." "I have a feeling she won't be home until tomorrow anyway." "Ah." "Something else troubles you." "I can't take your classes anymore." "We're moving away." "What you have learned will always be with you." "But I'm gonna miss it here." "I like being here." "It felt like home." "This will always be your home." "Home is not a place." "It is a feeling." "It is a part of you that cannot be taken away." "[SOBBING]" "Would you write something on it?" "I would be honored." "Remember the grasshopper at your feet." "Kwai Chang." "Grasshopper?" "PETER:" "Valerie." " God." "Your father went to talk to Jason Torrence." "PETER:" "It's okay." " I've never been this scared in my life." "It's okay." "My father would say that, that's okay." "You're still alive for one thing." "Valerie." "VALERIE:" "You could have been followed." "It didn't happen." "I wasn't followed." "Relax." "You're safe." "CAINE:" "No, she is not." "VALERIE:" "Caine." "Mind telling me what you thought you'd accomplish by talking to Torrence?" "He could not be dissuaded." "We have no choice now." " There are men outside, close by." " You were followed?" "No, I led." "Great." "There was no other way." "No other way?" "No other way for what?" "VALERIE:" "No, get away from me." "What are you doing?" "I can go after her." " Let her go." "PETER:" "They'll take her to Torrence." "Yes." "There comes a time when one must turn and face the tiger." "Her tiger is the seducer." "If she cannot confront him without fear, he will own her soul." "VALERIE:" "Let me go." "GUNNAR:" "Over here, Mr. Torrence." "VALERIE:" "Get your hands off of me." "Let go of me." "All right, just take your hands off of me." "Hello, Valerie." "Let her go." "I've missed you very, very much." "We have about 10 minutes before backup gets here." " Six against two." "Bad odds." " Yes." "I'd say they're outnumbered." "You disappointed me, Valerie." "When you took up with Charlie, you broke my heart." "What we had was pain and obsession." "Valerie, I want you to come back to me." "Valerie and Torrence?" "VALERIE:" "Is that why you're trying to kill me?" "I never gave instructions to kill you." "I just wanted you to return to me." "I'm not coming back to you, Jason." " And I am going to testify." " I can't allow that." "Then kill me." "Valerie, please." "VALERIE:" "It was just a seduction for you, wasn't it?" "Money, jewels, the life." "I gave away my soul to you, Jason but now I'm taking it back." "I don't know how I ever feared you." "You're pathetic." "CAINE:" "You had to confront him, Valerie." "You are safe now." "MAN 1:" "Hey, how's it going?" "MAN 2:" "Right over here." "[CHUCKLING]" "[CAINE PLAYING FLUTE]" "[VALERIE LAUGHING]" "The indictment was handed down." "Murder one." "Torrence is finished, thanks to you." "It had very little to do with me." "It was his own arrogance that destroyed him." "It was inevitable." "Well, at least let me thank you for helping me." "I needed to confront Torrence if I had any chance to make it out of that life." "And what you taught me at the temple really helped." "It finally all came back to me." "But you never lost it." "The path that is your destiny may be difficult, but it is yours." "In a lifetime, many lose their way and never find their path again." "The knowledge that returned to you unbidden is the fabric of your true path." "[SIGHS]" "Evidently, some of that knowledge never returned." "What happened to that quiet, caring boy I loved?" "What?" "Whose side are you on?" "Whoa." "Some kids just never learn." "Come on, I'll buy you lunch to make it up to you." " All right." " Or don't you let old girlfriends do that?" "Girlfriends?" " When?" "At the temple?" " Too bad you never figured it out." "Well, maybe I did figure it out." "Maybe I just didn't know what to do." "You coming?" "After 15 years it seems to me you should learn to handle her by yourself." "[ENGLISH SDH]"