First Season Episode Guide (Part 2):

Blind Eye
ad: Can Caine's inner vision save a blind woman's life?
Teleplay: Michael Sloan; Director: Rene Bonniere
After a stalker savagely attacks Blaisdell's blind wife (Janet- Laine Green), Caine helps her to use other senses to identify the assailant. (Note: Steve Lucescu plays Mike Weston's henchman who goes after Annie at her home.) Mike West: Chris Wiggins (Jack Marshak on Friday the 13th The Series); Randall: Eli Gabay; Dr. Hale: Tom Barnett; Maris: Allan Chow; Cheryl: Calista Carradine
Flashback: Caine teaching young Peter to use senses other than sight to know where he is and what is there.
Villain: Mike Weston
Quotes of Note:
"To look into darkness is clarity. You must use the source of your own inner light to illuminate what cannot be seen." - Caine
"Your presence is very strong." - Caine to Annie
"Every breath you take in your entire life has something to do with me." - Blaisdell to Annie
"I will endeavor to maintain good composure." - Caine on being entertained by an undercover cop posing as a stripper
"She's one of the greatest human beings I've ever known." - Strenlich, describing Annie
"She's the only mother I've ever known." - Peter in reply
"Blindness is only a rejection of light, not truth." - Annie to Caine
"The true light of the soul is always clear and bright." - Caine in reply
"I have a short attention span. It's always been a problem." - Peter to mugger

The Lacquered Box
Teleplay: Maurice Hurley; Director: Paul Lynch
As Peter lies wounded in a hospital, a watchful and anxious Caine recalls when his son risked his life defending him against a member of Tan's gang. In the flashback, we see Caine renovating the burned-out brownstone from the pilot, and Peter attempting to come to terms with his father's reappearance. The "lacquered box" of the title is a small lacquered box containing a cricket - for luck - the Ancient attempts to give Caine as a welcome to the community. The Ancient's granddaughter is stopped by would-be crime lord Clarence. Clarence then arranges for a bomb to be placed in the brownstone. Caine finds the bomb and opens the lid; the bomb is set to go off if he closes the lid; assuming the stories about Shaolin are true, Clarence has also arranged for a timer in the bomb. Peter comes into the brownstone to find his father kneeling on the floor holding up the box lid. Peter attempts to disarm the bomb, and after he is successful, he goes after Clarence. Peter is set up by two crooked cops (Tollis and his partner) and shot up with a combination of cocaine and heroine by Clarence in order to get him and Caine out of the way so Clarence can take over the void left by Tan's departure. Their plan is to destroy not only Peter, but his reputation, and Caine by extension. Caine saves Peter, taking him back to his home in the brownstone, where he nurses him. Once Peter recovers from the narcotic and Caine's kwoon opens, Peter gives Caine the ceremonial knife he retrieved from the ashes of the Temple as a child. The Chinese community then joins them to give Caine gifts of welcome, including a lacquered box containing a cricket. In the present, Peter recovers from his wounds, and Caine presents him with a lacquered box - containing a cricket - of his own. (Note: Rob Moses plays the crazy man in the warehouse, and appears later as part of Clarence's gang in the burned-out building.) Clarence: William Chang; Tollis: Marc Gomes; Tom: Roy Anderson; Alice: Teisha Kim; Frankie: Alex Karzis.
Flashback: Caine's remembrances.
Villain: Clarence and Tollis and his partner (Tom?) (two crooked cops)
Quotes of Note:
"This is not destiny. This is the random walk of a policeman's life. Unplanned and unprovoked." - Caine on Peter's critical condition
"Each of us must cast our own shadow. We learn nothing if we are prevented from facing the demons sent to challenge us." - The Ancient, on Caine protecting Peter
"What's this? Prayer of the magic painter, or chant to the mystic plumb line?" - Peter about Caine holding open the lid of the bomb
"If you trust yourself, any choices you make will be correct. If you do not trust yourself, anything you do will be wrong." - Caine (regarding which wire to cut to disarm the bomb)
"I cannot swear to what I do not know." - Caine
"The son protects the father. Why cannot the father protect the son?" - Caine to Peter
"I don't trust Mother Theresa. She's got an angle, I just haven't figured it out yet." - Peter
"I was concerned." - Caine to Peter
"About me? Or because I'm the last? You said that the line must continue. You must pass on to me what was passed on to you. I'm not who you think I am. Not anymore. I'm not who you want me to be. I have plans for my own life." - Peter in reply
"You are stubborn in your beliefs, aren't you?" Peter to Caine
"I prefer the word ... 'tenacious'." - Caine in reply
"Damn, I'm starting to sound like you." - Peter to Caine

Illusion (original title: Misdirection)
ad: Caine's priestly past marks him for murder with a brutal drug lord!
Teleplay: Phil Bedard and Larry Lalonde; Director: Peter Crane
Because Caine can speak the obscure dialect used by a vicious drug lord, Chan Lu Ma (George Kee Cheung), Caine goes undercover at the club favored by the drug lord in a play to help the Feds nail him. Peter goes undercover at the same club as "woman dressed as a man" to keep an eye on Caine. Connie: Julia Nickson (Sinclair's girlfriend on Babylon 5); Bogart: Kevin Lund; Droney: Diego Chambers; Mr. Cyril: Sugith Varughese
Flashback: What is the truth? Young Peter asks how he will recognize the truth when he finds it; Caine tells him to be patient and it will find him.
Peter's Alias: A cross-dressing _waitress_; Caine masquerades as a busboy.
Villain: Chang Lu Ma
Quotes of Note:
"Undercover with a priest. Well, I've done crazier things." - Peter
"We are all masculine and feminine. Why not show it?" - Caine to Peter (when Peter has to dress up as a woman to go undercover)
"Cops don't wear make-up. It makes the other cops nervous." - Peter as he's being put into costume
"My heart's all a flutter." - Peter to the DEA agents who are teasing him
"All our training is really a search for the truth." - Caine to young Peter (in flashback)
"What we seek cannot be gazed upon. Look too hard for the truth and you will be blinded by that as well." - Caine to young Peter (in flashback)
"The training is revealed in the movement." - Chang Lu Ma, describing Caine as Shaolin
"A Shaolin does not exalt the king, or denigrate the pauper. He does not judge. He accepts what is." - Chang Lu Ma, explaining the Shaolin philosophy
"You are wrong. We accept what cannot be changed." - Caine in reply
"You are Shaolin indeed. Your words entangle the mind." - Chang Lu Ma
"When I was a child, a great eagle swept down from the sky and took me away to a place of unspeakable danger. I was given a choice - to surrender or to struggle." - Caine
"And which did you choose?" - Chang Lu Ma
"Perhaps I have not yet chosen." - Caine in reply
"Perhaps that's the last choice we all make." - Chang Lu Ma
"Or the first." - Caine
"It is said that a Shaolin gathers sorrow and gives joy to all he touches." - Connie, to Caine
"He gives joy to those who are prepared to receive it." - Caine in reply
"Sixteen million of anything is more than I can comprehend." - Caine
"The lamb is indispensable to the wolf. One dies so that the other may feed." - Caine to Connie
"A tiger measures his success by the blood of others." - Caine on Chang Lu Ma
"Each minute of life is a precious gift. I would gladly share any gift I have with you." - Caine to Peter
"It's never just 'yes' or 'no' with you." - Peter in reply

Straitjacket
ad: Caine must dodge the law to halt a lawless killer.
Teleplay: John Considine; Director: Jorge Montesi
Caine goes undercover at a psychiatric ward to protect a patient (Catherine Disher - Natalie Lambert of Forever Knight and the voice of Jean Grey in The X-Men) who claims someone is trying to kill her. Karen Caden: Catherine Disher; Cap (introduction): Sam Malkin; John Mitchell: Nigel Bennett (LaCroix in Forever Knight); Bob Chandler: Jonathan Welsh (Greenspan in Adderly); Dr. Mims: Cedric Smith (voice of Dr. Xavier on X-Men).
Flashback: A disturbed man steals an urn from the temple because it soothes his troubled mind. Caine gives him the urn rather than punish him because it gives him some peace. A man at peace must be respected.
Peter's Alias: A janitor; Caine is an inmate of the asylum, having committed himself so he can protect Karen Caden.
Villain: Mitchell
Quotes of Note:
"I love it when he talks like this!" - Peter, describing his father's sermonizing

Reunion
Teleplay: Robert L. McCullough; Director: Bill Corcoran
Caine's former student Valerie Mitchell (Cali Timmins) seeks his protection after witnessing the murder of her mobster boyfriend. When Valerie insists that she will not accept protection from the police but only from "Caine," the 92nd Precinct calls for Peter Caine. While happy to see her old friend, Valerie insists on protection from Kwai Chang Caine, and is taken to him. Mobster Torrence is trying to get her back, and she and Caine must flee. Hitmen attack Peter's apartment, and later attempt a hit at the mall. Finally, Caine allows Torrence to capture Valerie so she can exorcise her own ghosts and break free of Torrence. Intro Kelly Blaine. Lt. Knapp: Christopher Bondy; Jason Torrence: Eugene Robert Glazer; Charlie Bradford: Jed Dixon; Young Valerie: Laura Bertram
Flashback: Young Valerie attempted to be accepted to attend classes at the temple; young Valerie and Peter practicing together; Valerie saying goodbye to Caine because her family is moving away
Villain: Jason Torrence
Quotes of Note:
"Did anyone ever tell you that showering with your clothes on makes it tough to get lather on the soap?" - Strenlich to Peter when Peter answers the door drenched (after being pulled into the shower by Kelly)
"The virtue we revere is not one-sided. The peace we seek cannot be ours alone. It is not ours to own or to offer in the first place." - Caine to the young priest attempting to send Valerie away (in flashback)
"Our tradition ... is to respect and honor all life, to welcome all of those who seek our help." - Caine (in flashback)
"Don't be concerned with the past. Misery fades away completely with time." - Caine to Valerie
"Relax your body and you will flow through your attackers like water." - Caine to a kung fu class at the mall
"For a long time, I wandered, 15 years, as along as a man can be." - Caine to Valerie
"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." - Caine to Torrence
"Home is not a place. It is a ... feeling. It is a part of you that cannot be taken away." - Caine to young Valerie when she tells him she must leave the temple
"There comes a time when we must turn and face the tiger." - Caine
"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." - Caine to Valerie
"I used to tease and torment him because insice I just thought he was the greatest guy." - Valerie to Caine, about young Peter
"After 15 years, it seems to me you should learn to handle her by yourself." - Caine to Peter when invited to join them for lunch after Valerie reveals to Peter that she had as big a crush on him as he had on her

Dragonswing
ad: Time Hoppers and Crime Stoppers! Caine and Peter help a small town fight terrorists.
Teleplay: Michael Sloan; Director: Paul Shapiro
When Peter's friend from the orphanage, Kyle Bettinger comes to Peter to ask help in getting back his kidnapped girlfriend, Peter agrees to help. Blaisdell informs Peter that the Feds have been trying to capture the marauders for 18 months, and brought him in on the case 8 months ago. They have hit the town of Mansfield four times, and Blaisdell figures only an elite team will be able to get in and stop them. With Blaisdell's help, Caine and Peter round up a squad of men - including a retired spy named Steadman (Patrick MacNee - John Steed of The Avengers) and an aging mercenary named Rykker (Robert Vaughn - Napoleon Solo of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) to rescue the woman kidnapped by the survivalists. Also included in the team are the Ancient and Master Khan. Steadman: Patrick MacNee; Master Khan (once teacher of the children at the temple): Rob Moses; Rykker: Robert Vaughn; Jenny Quinn: Deborah Hancock; Kyle Bettinger: Justin Louis; Deputy Sheriff Taggert: Ken James; Lead Survivalist: ; Mayor Quinn: Patrick Culliton
Flashback: Bandits attack the temple during a celebration; young Peter sees the priests execute a maneuver known as the "dragonswing" and he tells them he wants to be the tip next time. Caine sitting in lotus position through the night in Peter's room at the temple, and Caine instructing Peter on the control or absorption of pain.
Villain: The survivalists, dirty cop Deputy Sheriff Taggert
Quotes of Note:
"I have a history." - Blaisdell of his FBI contacts
"I got out of that orphanage and made something of my life thanks to you. Kyle got out of that orphanage and made something of his life thanks to somebody like you." - Peter to Blaisdell
"Old man clumsy. Dangerous to have around." - The Ancient about himself
"I do not want to fight. However, that does not mean I will not." - Caine
"Why is it so important to be a hero to others?" - Caine to Peter
"Because they've kidnapped a young girl. I'm not about to sit by and watch innocent people suffer. And if I've learned that from anybody, I've learned that from you." - Peter in reply
"Father, we need a dragonswing here. We've got part of it. This time I'm going to be the tip. Let's go get the rest." - Peter to Caine
"What is this? The Geriatric A-Team?" - Peter
"The years a man has wear him down or hold him up." - Caine
"You must embrace the pain. Make it part of yourself. Become one with it. If you can do that, the pain cannot touch your soul." - Caine
"What monastery did you fall out of?" - Taggert to Caine
"A question I am often asked." - Caine in reply
"This stuff'll rot your insides. Ever think of carrot juice?" - Khan to Steadman
"Hardly ever." - Steadman in reply
"That was almost as fast as me." - Peter to Rykker (on his shooting)
"I didn't want to spill my drink." - Rykker in reply
"We're armed. We're dangerous. Are we ready?" - Peter
"You're all very strange." - Rykker to the Shaolin gathered
"This is gonna be fun." - Master Khan
"Secure, partner?" - Caine to Peter
"Secure." - Peter in reply
"There is always another way. But, we did have a fine dragonswing, my son, did we not?" - Caine to Peter
"Bloody marvelous!" - Peter, mimicking the Ancient in reply

Shaman
ad: Hot Trax ... Great Hits! Caine summons mystical powers to help an Indian tribe.
Teleplay: Robert Bielak; Director: Jeff Woolnough
A native American holy man William Two-Feathers (Billy Merasty) who opposes building a casino on reservation land seeks Caine's help in preventing his adversaries from pushing the deal through. Caine receives Two-Feathers call through meditation, but Peter doesn't want to drop everything to help him. Blaisdell reads Peter the riot act about helping his father, and also points out a great deal of violence in the Indian community - if Peter accompanies his father, he might get a foot in the door there to help calm the situation. Once a student of Caine's, Two-Feathers is murdered by Crow Dog and his accomplices, but his sister convinces Peter to delay reporting his death so that the community will think him still alive and follow his lead on voting down the casino. Caine takes Two-Feathers body to perform the appropriate death ritual, and Two-Feathers manifests himself to say goodbye. Dancing Moon: Lisa LaCroix; Crow Dog: Lawrence Bayne; Casino Promoter (Wilson): Elias Zarou; Enforcer (Cochrane): Eugene Lipinski; Andre: Jody Larayu; Soaring Eagle: Jack Burning.
Flashback: Peter smuggling a video game into the temple, and Caine telling him that it is not necessary to ignore the tools of the present in order to revere the past.
Villain: Crow Dog and the white Casino Promoters
Quotes of Note:
"It is simply that certain aspects of life - this life - this place - are very difficult for me." - Caine
"If you do not trust others, they will not trust you." - Caine
"Reverence for the past does not mean ignore the future or the present." - Caine to young Peter (in flashback)
"Except for the eyes, I wouldn't have made the connection." - Dancing Moon about Peter and Caine being related
"Against overwhelming odds, you lose." - Caine to Two-Feathers while training him
"You have a good heart. A gentle soul. It has not always been that way, but now your aura struggles to be set free." - Dancing Moon to Peter
"A cop's life hampers spiritual enlightenment." - Peter in reply
"You are good at your job. You listen and you care." - Dancing Moon
"I was taught that as a child." - Peter
"By your father?" - Dancing Moon
"Yes." - Peter
"He taught you well." - Dancing Moon
"I'm a descendent of Custer. Is that a problem?" - Peter to Dancing Moon as they enter the all Indian establishment
"Jimmy Swaggart would have been proud." - Peter's comment to Dancing Moon over her speech
"I'll just take the knife out of my back. No problem." - Peter in response to the bartender's glare

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
ad: After Time Trax, you get Punchy! A white slavery ring wants young women alive ... and Caine dead!
Teleplay: Michael Sloan; Director: John Wood
Caine assists his student Alicia's grandmother in her garden to bring some happiness to Alicia. When Alicia disappears, her grandmother comes to Caine for help. Caine and Peter's investigation into her disappearance leads to a white-slavery ring which has been responsible for the disappearances of several college-age girls over the last few months. While trying to track down the perpetrators, Peter takes Caine to meet Paul Caldrin at a pornography house; Caine becomes enraged and destroys the tape and VCR. He apologizes to Peter, but Peter tells him he loved it. Peter enlists the aid of an ex-girlfriend who sings at the parties set up to transfer the "merchandise" to "sexual high-rollers." When she is also taken, Peter and Caine race against time to get all the girls back. Alicia Wright: Deborah Drakford; Jim Reardon: Dylan Neal; Maurice: Roland Hewgill; Velasco: Alan C. Peterson; Paul Caldrin: Ray Baker; Jesus Delgado (of the gang The Pale Aztecs): Walter Alza, Jr.; Mr. Takari: Ken Hori; Carol Hastings: Tamara Bernier; Grandmother Ellen: Rita Howell.
Flashback: Peter telling Caine that his mind is too full, the pages are too full, and he cannot answer the questions on the test. Caine tells him to answer one at a time; when he has answered one, go on to the next. If the next is more difficult, then his successful achievement will make his knowledge grow larger; if he answers none right, then his homework will grow larger.
Peter's Alias: Musical manager of Carol Hastings at "sexual high-rollers" party, along with Caine; a chauffeur
Villain: Jim Reardon, Mr. Takari, Velasco
Quotes of Note:
"There are those who believe I'm in no position to judge sanity." - Caine to Alicia
"If the child's character is luminous, and innocent, wild beasts walk away, birds of prey will not fly at them." - Caine to Alicia

Redemption (part 1)
ad: Hot Trax ... Great Hits! Chinese assassins have Caine in their sights.
Teleplay: Robert L. McCullough; Director: Allan Kroeker
Caine volunteers to protect the teenage heir (Ernie Reyes, Jr. - Sidekicks [TV series], Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II, Surf Ninjas, etc.) to the Chinese throne from assassins as a means of redeeming the Caine family honor. Caine tells Peter that it was not searching for him that brought him to this city; like the Ancient and Tan, they have come here because of the young prince, born under the sign of the tiger, in the hour of fire. At first, Caine is rejected due to his family's history, but he and Peter prove themselves to the Council which has protected the Emperor's line. While Caine and the Ancient search for signs of the assassins ("just like the Hardy Boys"), Peter befriends the headstrong young prince. As bojaya to the emperor-to-be, Peter must relinquish his gun. Xiaoli: Bernadette Li.
Flashback: Remember the unexpected. Peter asking for advice on how not to get his head knocked off by Master Khan; Caine recommends to do the expected since that is the first ingredient in surprise.
Villain: Lo Chang assassins and western assassins
Quotes of Note:
"You guys checked out Chinese restaurants for large orders of spicy takeout ... And this 'detective' work paid off for you. Like the Hardy Boys." - Peter to Caine and the Ancient
"I'm not here to kick your butt. But from what I see, you could use a good butt kicking." - Peter to Sing Ling
"Finding you was a wonderful accident." - Caine to Peter, after telling him he had not been searching for him here
"Hired killers have no nationality." - Caine
"When the mongoose is young, the cobra is his toy. When he is old, he should not play with cobras." - The Ancient, on fighting at his age

Redemption (part 2)
ad: Time Hoppers and Crime Stoppers! Caine holds the key to a young emperor's survival!
Teleplay: Robert L. McCullough; Director: Allan Kroeker
As Sing-Ling (Ernie Reyes, Jr.) prepares to ascend the throne, Caine and Peter continue to battle assassins - and confront some familiar faces in the process. In preparation for the final confrontation, Caine disappears, and Peter finds him in a homeless shelter. There Caine gives Peter the journals of his grandfather, father and himself, as well as a ring that has been passed down through the generations. After dealing with the assassins, the day of the ascension of Sing-Ling to emperor dawns. While waiting for the ceremony to begin, Caine is faced with his student and friend Cheryl Hines, who has broken in to assassinate Sing-Ling. She is defeated, and Sing-Ling is made emperor. (Note: Caine leaves after Sing-Ling ascends the thrown for parts unknown.) David Chow: Simon Sinn (Note: David Chow was an advisor on the original Kung Fu series; this is probably an in-joke); Hank: Jack Jessop.
Flashback: Peter is frightened before a fight with the segmented staff; Caine tells him that fear is his companion, his ally, to make his body respond to his thoughts.
Villain: Assassins; Cheryl Hines
Quotes of Note:
"The Shaolin is lowly born. He's hated by the aristocrats. The powerful fear and despite him. His home is not among them. It is with the people, the homeless, the discarded. That is where you will find him." - Lo Si to Peter on where Caine might be
"I could really use my gun here." - Peter
"Fear is natural for one who is to be Emperor." Lo Si to Sing- Ling
"Each of us has four faces: the one we show, the one that is seen, the one we believe is true, and the one that is true." - Lo Si to Sing-Ling
"There is a finality to everything. Even the universe is not infinite." - Caine to Peter
"We honor the past to ensure the present and the future." - Caine, quoting the original Kwai Chang Caine's journal
"You sound like you're preparing to die." - Peter to Caine
"Perhaps I am." - Caine in reply
"Well, I won't allow it. Neither of us is ever going to be alone again." - Peter
"It has always been my destiny to walk alone. I am Shaolin." - Caine
"All learning begins with a simple phrase: I do not know." - Caine to Sing-Ling
"If you listen, you will soon hear a voice you can trust - the voice of your heart." - Caine to Sing-Ling
"The most dangerous predator conceals himself until the time of the kill." - Caine about Cheryl
"Any responsibility you have to me is what's in your heart." - Peter to Caine
"Waiting is not what I do best. After all, true patience is the master's final lesson." - Blaisdell to Peter

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