"PETER:" "Hey, Donnie." "[WHISTLES]" "Hey." "You here?" "Donnie?" "[WHISTLES]" "[GUN COCKS]" "[PETER SHOUTS]" "WOMAN:" "Dr. Fleming..." " ...please call extension 1928." "NURSE:" "He's stable." "But he's not responding to treatment." "We've done all we can do." "The rest is up to your son." "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." "ANCIENT:" "The heavens unfold." "A man's destiny is revealed." "This is not destiny." "It is the random walk of a policeman's life unplanned and unprovoked." "You blame yourself for this?" "Yes." "[SOBBING] If only I had been there...." "Then this could also have been your destiny." "Each of us must cast our own shadow." "We learn nothing if we are prevented from facing the demons sent to challenge us." "What does he learn from this?" "ANCIENT:" "That is not for us to know." "My friend you must accept that you cannot always protect your son." "You have been shown before that this is true." "You recall rebuilding the brownstone after Tan destroyed it?" "There was a young man named Clarence." "He sought to complete Tan's work to kill you." "You became Peter's shadow." "My father said he was surprised you survived the fire because you're so old." "Old?" "I am old." "But I'm tough." " Is this for the priest?" "ANCIENT:" "Yes." "Why do we give the priest a present?" "So he will know that we want him to stay." "ALICE:" "Why a cricket?" " A cricket is luck to the house." "ALICE:" "Yes." "A Shaolin priest is luck to the community." "Why?" "Why?" "Because he shows what we can be with a little effort." "And what can we be?" "Well, uh, be better to ourselves to those around us, and to everything we touch." "And because he give us hope." " He may not like it." " From your hand, he will." "Go now." " We'll go there tonight." "All right?" " You bet." "Yeah, you bet." "CLARENCE:" "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "So pretty." " Where you going, little sis?" " In there." "Where?" "In there?" "No, not today, sweetheart." "The priest can't have any visitors." "He's leaving." "My grandfather says the priest is staying." " No." "He's not wanted." " Is so." "So, what's that, huh?" "Is that a lucky present for the lucky priest?" "Yes." "CLARENCE:" "Aw...." "Go home, little sis." "The priest has used up all his luck, and it's too late to get any more." "ALICE:" "Grandfather?" " Made my shoe all slippery." "To do this to a little girl is about as low as it gets." "[LAUGHING]" "That's it." "No one goes in, no one talks to the priest." "This place is closed." "That's how it's gonna be, uncle." "Tan's gone, and I'm the big dog now." "[LAUGHING]" "CLARENCE:" "Let's see." " You sure this is gonna work?" " Guaranteed." "Hey, man, I didn't spend all that time in the Guard for nothing." "Easy, easy." " I don't see why we're doing this." " Did not expect you to." " We should just whack the guy." " That's not the point." "People gotta know." "This will get their attention." "This will give them something to think about." "[BEEPING]" "CLARENCE:" "Gotcha." "I guess you've already figured out the deal." "But in case you haven't:" "Remove the lid a little bit, and boom." "Up you go, and the building with you." "And if I move it now, we both die." "That's right." "Ha, ha." "Be a hell of a joke on me, wouldn't it?" "Hey, if you got that kind of stuff, make your move." "I know you guys are trained to do all kind of weirdness:" "hold your breath for a day and a half, all that kind of jive." "So maybe you can keep the lid just like it is forever." "Well, ha, ha, cousin Frankie figured on that so he wired a timer to the bomb." "[CLARENCE LAUGHING]" "Why do you wish to harm me?" "You pollute the soup." "I'd like to stay and chat with you, but I got things to do and you got places to go." "See you, uncle." "Father, why do we meditate?" "For many reasons." "For instance?" "To prepare our bodies and our minds to accept." "Accept what?" "Whatever comes." "Well, it looks like you decided to stay." "You could use my help with the decor." "I got a couple old posters you could have." "Including an oldie but goody, the original Heather Thomas." "Ha, ha." "What's this?" "Prayer of the mystic painter, or a chant to the cosmic plumb line?" " What's the matter?" "Can't you lift it up?" " Do not touch it." "It is a bomb." "PETER:" "Oh, no." "And it's got a timer." "[BEEPING]" "Okay, I'm gonna have to disarm it myself." " You have experience in such things?" " Yeah." "Yeah, I took a class." "Thing is, I slept through most of it." "That could be a problem." "[SIGHS THEN CLEARS THROAT]" "Oh, yeah, this is a pretty rudimentary rig." "Now, if I remember right what's important is to cut the correct wire first." "That breaks the circuit cleanly." "Yeah, okay, this is coming back to me." "Okay, there are two wires:" "one is positive, the other's ground." "So you cut the ground first, and then" "No." "Wait a minute." "That's wrong, that's wrong." "Perhaps that is the part you slept through?" "Okay, you cut the positive." "You cut the positive first...." "Wait a minute." "How do you know which is positive and which is ground?" "One's red, the other's black." "Both of these wires are gray." "So they are." "[SIGHS]" "Hell, I'd be guessing which one to cut anyway." "Okay." "Just be very steady." "I have no intention of shaking it." "Do you have an opinion?" "If you trust yourself, any choice you make will be correct." "If you do not trust yourself, anything you do will be wrong." "Great." "So as long as I choose the right one then we've got nothing to worry about." "In any case, we have nothing to worry about." "Right." "We're dead." "You can put the lid down." "PETER:" "Is that the guy that planted the bomb?" "CAINE:" "I did not see his face." "You heard his voice." "I cannot swear to the cadence or the tone." "PETER:" "Look, these aren't casual questions." "These guys tried to kill you." "The collar's locked in this thing if you give me something." "Oh, now, don't shut down on me." "I cannot swear to what I do not know." "Look, okay, I want you to leave." "I can't" " You're too vulnerable." " I can't protect you." " You are not required to protect me." "Why don't you just move into my place?" "It would not be convenient for me to leave at this time." "Lookit, that's not a reason." "That's not a reason, that's an attitude." "And the street attitude gets you dead." "CLARENCE:" "Nice flowers." "Rene." "You're looking too good, girl." "Put these flowers right to shame." "Stop that." "Oh, if you don't come out and light up my night I'm gonna have to come in there and get you." "Just keep your hands off." "FRANKIE:" "The girl ain't happening, Clarence." "At least not for you she ain't." "I can't keep my hands off." " Hey." " Leave her alone." "And I want my father left alone too." "You understand?" " Why tell me?" " Because you're standing here." "If anything happens to my father" "Traffic accident, building falls on him flying saucer swoops down, takes him away." "I'll bury you, then I'll bury your mama." "He's to be left alone, and you're to make sure it happens." " And leave the girl alone too." "RENE:" "Thanks." "What are you doing?" "What are you doing following me like I'm 8 years old swimming the falls for the first time." "Do you think you can protect me?" "The son protects the father." "Why cannot the father protect the son?" "I am not doing this because I am your son." "I'm a cop doing my job." "Listen, if you can't protect yourself, and you won't leave, then I have to." "Do you understand that?" "You're way over your head." "I want you to stay off the streets." "I want you to stay out of harm's way until I get this settled." "Just quit being my shadow." "Hey, man, let's go bust that priest right now." "Show that cop something about what's personal." " Leave the priest alone." " What?" "We're not going after the priest." "The C-4 in the bomb was from the National Guard armory." "No prints." "Unless your father gives us a face, there's not much more we can do." "Want me to assign a man to him?" "No." "No, I'll go back myself." "I'll just hang out until things settle down." "Yeah, sure." "It'll give you some time together, huh?" "You know, I could say anything to you, any time, about anything." "You always could." "Well, how come I can't talk to him?" "Well he's your father, Peter." "I'm" "I'm your friend." "Friends are easier to talk to than fathers." "It's just that everything I say comes out wrong." "Then don't say anything." "Just back off." "Let it happen at its own pace." "All right?" "Yeah." "Yeah, maybe so." "I'll be in Chinatown." "LYLE:" "There he is." "CLARENCE:" "Hey, man." "Good to see you." " All right, all right." " Let's take him down." " Hell, let's run him down." "[LAUGHING]" "LYLE:" "We're losing him." " Damn." "That's it." "[POLICE SIREN BLARING]" "Clarence." "You got something for us?" "Nope." " Bank's closed." " That's disappointing news." " That's too bad." " Seriously disappointing." "There's a payment due." "People are expecting it." " It's gonna stay due." " So, what the hell are you saying?" "What the hell does it sound like I'm saying?" "We're stopping all payments to you guys, capiche?" " You know a cop by the name of Caine?" "LYLE:" "Works for Metro." " Chinatown." "Now he works Chinatown." " What's that got to do..." " ...with our arrangement?" " He's interfering with our operations." "As long as he's sniffing around, the bank's closed." "So you want us to do what?" "Clean up the problem." "Ha, ha." "You don't shoot a cop." "You don't, and we don't." "All right?" "Now, that doesn't solve the problem." "CLARENCE:" "Who said anything about shooting him, huh?" "Did I say shoot him?" "We can be a little bit more creative than that." " You look like you've done this before." " I have." "Oh, that's what you've been doing for the last 15 years, carpentry." "Ha, ha." "No." "Aw, great." "The Dixie doughnut kings." "Those are policemen like yourself?" "Yeah, they're cops." "They're not like me." "You do not trust them?" "I don't trust Mother Teresa." "She's got an angle." "I just haven't figured it out yet." "Strenlich said I'd find you here." "What do you got?" "We got a line on a suspect we've been tracking for a week." " Could use backup." " Guy's pure rabbit." "If we don't have a body in every hole he's gone, and we won't see him for another week." "What do you say, partner?" "All right." "Don't take all day, huh?" "If you do not trust these men, why do you accompany them?" "I think it." "Can't prove it." "Until I can, they're just cops who need my help." "I'll just keep my head on a swivel." "You do the same." "Stay off the streets till I get back." "I think young Clarence is gonna try to make a move." "Is that why you came to help me?" "No, I came to help because I came to help." "Ha, ha." "Damn." "That sounds like something you would say." "This guy we want's about 6'4"." "Can't be more than 150 pounds." "White and ugly." "Yeah, what's he wanted for?" "Fed us some bad information on a dope deal, nearly got us killed." "I want him." "Yeah." "Wanna know who set us up and why." " All right." "You wanna take the right?" " No." "No." "I'm staying here." "You flush him, I'll snag him." " What, this place make you scaredy?" "WOMAN:" "Don't touch me." "Everything about this makes me scaredy." "When I get scared, I don't know what I'm gonna do." " You know what I mean?" " Ha, ha." "Absolutely." "WOMAN 1:" "No." "MAN 1:" "Someone's coming." "WOMAN 2:" "Quiet." "Get out of sight." "MAN 2:" "Let's split." "Okay." "All right, all right, all right." "Police." "Okay?" "Stay where you are." "Keep your hands where I can see them." "Okay?" "That's it." "Hands where I can see them." "I said, police." "Hey, easy." "Hey." "Hey, hey." "Oh, jeez, man." "Guys?" "Hey, I need some help here." "All right, look, I don't wanna" "Just keep control of yourself." "MAN 1:" "What's this?" "MAN 2:" "Check this out." " Aah!" "LYLE:" "What's in that?" "CLARENCE:" "Speedball." " Little bit of cocaine, heroin." "TOLLIS:" "Ooh, I like it." "CLARENCE:" "Now, this...." "This is personal." "Oh, you're gonna die, yeah." "But you're gonna be remembered as a cop who OD'd." "See, I'm not just killing you, I'm killing your reputation as well." "TOLLIS:" "Easy." "Easy, pal." "CLARENCE:" "Real old-country stuff, ain't it?" "[LAUGHING]" "We gotta get back to the precinct." "We'll catch you later." " Later." "TOLLIS:" "Good job." "MAN 1:" "Look over here." "Who's this dude?" "MAN 2:" "He's dead." "Let's see what he's got." "Give me that jacket." "Give me that jacket." "Give me that." "Give me that." "Hey, that was mine." "Hey, baby." "Hey, baby." "I can make it nice for you, baby." "I do everything." "Just give me something." "You know, whatever you got." "Just anything." "I'm hurting, man." "Please." "Come to Chinatown." "Ask for Caine." "I will help you." "MAN 2:" "Check in that pocket." "MAN 1:" "You stink, man." "You stink." "MAN 2:" "Hey, wait." "MAN 1:" "Wait." "MAN 1:" "You stink, man." "MAN 2:" "Hey, wait a second." " Man, get out of my face." " Hey, man." " Stay" " Stay back." "MAN 3:" "Give me." "Give me." " Look." " Help him with his boot." "CAINE:" "No." "Leave him." " He's dead." " He is not." "Please, do not touch him." "Yes." "MAN 4:" "Hey, we're not done with that guy." "Put that guy down." "We weren't done with him." " I'm looking for Peter." "Anyone see him?" " He isn't down yet." "And what's that supposed to mean?" " Nothing." " It meant something." "Just what everybody knows." "Inside, both of you." "All right, shut that door." "Now, what was that all about?" "Finding him has been a problem lately." "He's erratic." "We've needed him for backup." "First time, he didn't even show up." "Second time, he was too high to qualify, all right?" "How come this is the first time I've heard about any of this?" "Everybody knows you and Peter have a special relationship." "You're not gonna believe anything anybody says." "We kept our mouths shut." "It happens." "The pressure gets to people in different ways." "For some, it's booze." "For others, it's something else." " I'd spot it." "LYLE:" "Oh, right." "Yeah" " Yeah, skip." "Maybe he's working on something." "Maybe he's distracted." "I don't know." "All right?" "If he calls in or he shows up, I wanna see him." "Absolutely." " He didn't buy it." " Doesn't matter." "The thought's been planted." "Now when the body's found, no one will be surprised." "Yeah, so why hasn't it been found?" "You must drink this." "Sorry I'm late for class, Father." "The priest stopped me." "He hates you." "It's his eyes." "Stay still." "Do not talk." "Now the same guy wants us dead." "Fire." "Get me out of this." "Help me, Father." "Help me." "CAINE:" "I am here." "PETER:" "It's coming now." "It's all around me, Father." "[PETER CRYING]" "You must lie still." "You must rest." "What?" "What?" "What?" "What?" "What?" "You were drugged." "Am I--?" "[PETER LAUGHING]" "Right." "Right." "You were following me." "Quit dogging me." "You followed me." "You gotta" " Oh, you gotta quit dogging me." " I was concerned." "About me?" "Or because I'm the last?" "CAINE:" "Last?" "PETER:" "You said that the line must continue." "That I...." "That you must pass on to me what was passed on to you." "I can't" "See, I'm not who you think I am." "Not anymore." "I'm not who you want me to be." "You" "I have plans for my own life." "CAINE:" "Perhaps." "WOMAN:" "I'm trying ecstasy." "MAN:" "I want a shot." "He's not here." "He's gotta be." "Clarence filled him up with enough junk to kill an elephant." "That's what I know, but he ain't here." "Go tonight." "Hey!" "You messed up, Clarence." "Caine's gone." "How the hell did that guy get up and walk out of there, huh?" " It's the priest." "The cop's father." " How's that possible?" "He's a Shaolin, that's how." "Look, I've had enough of this, all right?" "It's time to end it." "I want you guys to meet me in 15 minutes behind the brownstone." "The priest is dead." "Come on, come on." "LYLE:" "The gang's all here." "She has come to warn us." "PETER:" "What is it?" " Let's get this done." "CAINE:" "Men are coming." " Don't mess up." "PETER:" "Okay." "Call for help." "Say this exactly:" ""Officer needs assistance."" "I would gladly do it except I have no phone." "PETER:" "Okay, what you've gotta do" " Do not worry." "Oh, God." "You don't understand." "They've got guns this time." "They must kill us." "They've got no choice." "Just take the girl and go while you can." "Go." "It is too late." "Stay here with my son." "Do not worry." "You will be safe." "Come on." "Come on." "Where is it?" "All right." "Okay." "Listen, nobody knows that you're in here." " I got him, I got him." " You got bubkes." "I want you to scrunch yourself in there, and don't" "No matter what happens, don't come out, okay?" "[GUNFIRE]" " Be very, very quiet." " Okay." "Very quiet." "Good girl." "Oh, man." "Let's get out of here." "This is getting just too weird." "TOLLIS:" "No." "We gotta finish this." "CLARENCE:" "Over here." " Go on." "Yeah?" "Come and get some." "Come on." "Want some more, priest?" "Come on." "No!" "Aah!" "CAINE:" "My son." "Here." "PETER:" "It's all right." "It's all right." "You can come out." "She's gone." "LYLE:" "It ain't over just yet." "Nobody's safe." "Okay." "Okay." "It's okay." "It's all right." "This is for you." "I retrieved it from the ashes of the temple." "A long time ago." "CAINE:" "Aha." "I'm returning it to you." "I didn't have a choice." "I had to shoot him." "There was no other way." "There is always another way." "Thank you." "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "I want to drop off this little housewarming gift." "I'm not sure you can use it but, uh, from the way it looks, you need everything." "This has been in the family for years." "I got it from my cousin who got it as a wedding present." "I am honored." "It is a Teflon-coated electric wok." "Hardly been used at all." "I want to give you this present so then you will know that we want you to stay." "But you already know that." "[CRICKET CHIRPING]" "[LAUGHING]" " It's a cricket." "ALICE:" "Yes." "Do you like it?" "Very much." "Blaisdell called." "They got the guy that shot me." "Just some junkie looking for a fix." "[SIGHS]" "His pain must have been great to do so much harm to you." "I ca" "I can't believe you." "I mean, I got shot." "You still feel sorry for this guy?" "Anger has no purpose." "[CHUCKLES]" "You are stubborn in your beliefs, aren't you?" "I prefer the word "tenacious."" "Yeah, well, whatever it is saved my life." "It is a cricket." "[CRICKET CHIRPING]" "It is good luck." "[ENGLISH SDH]"