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What do you see?

The fire.

Within the fire.

The color of the flames.

Sparks.

Lifting up into the night sky.

The wood being consumed.

Burnt to nothingness.

And the joining.

Do you see that as well?

I see nothing coming together.

So you believe that only

the fire consumes the wood.

Yes. That is the pretense, not the truth.

The fire is a marriage between

becomes something which neither is and yet both

are.

I do not see that.

No.

You see the pretense.

As you go through life, you will find many things that seem obvious.

Then you will remember.

Everything, if not what it pretends to be, that

is the lesson of the five.

How will I know when something is not what it pretends to be?

The grandson of Kwai Chang Kane walks out of the past.

But I want to fight.

So did your great -grandfather when he was your age.

He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin temple.

An evil force destroyed that temple. Father and son each believed the other

perished. Fifteen years later, they were reunited.

Now Kane 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 am.

I am Kane.

I will help you.

Each subtle movement is repeated exactly.

It is not only the form, it is the art.

I'll never be able to do that.

You must have practiced a lot to be able to remember it.

It is not the moves I remember.

It is the picture I have in my mind. And since the picture is always the same,

the movement is always the same.

What's the picture?

Ah, a great heron.

Closer toward the azure blue lake, which I remember from my youth.

His wings flare.

His long, thin legs reach out towards the surface.

He is one with the sky, as he will be one.

With the water.

And the earth.

He moves through all worlds.

With eloquence.

It's a beautiful picture.

It is yours to share.

I'm glad Rico found you. I'm glad we all have.

Rico, we gotta talk.

Do not come in here like this.

What you do, you bring shame on yourself and on our family.

Stop it, old man.

The deal's set.

Can't do it. This one time.

Man, you know I just hit the street.

I need the score.

It's not going back to stealing.

I'm through with that.

Well, then quit talking for your life. Leave her out of this. Of course.

If she's important to you, I'm happy to leave her out.

We need you. I need you to do this thing.

Now, don't hang around.

To enter another's house without permission is rude.

To bring violence with you brings disrespect to all who are here and

taught.

Nothing to do with you.

Come on.

We can't make this go without you.

Can't do it.

Cute.

Cute.

Look out.

Get up.

Hey.

Watch out.

Should have stayed out of this.

If a man sees the wrong and does nothing, how can he then still call

a man?

Can't stay with him forever. Stay out of here.

I'm going to catch up with you.

If that doesn't do it, there are other ways.

I ain't finished with you either.

Nobody does this to me. Nobody!

They want Rico to work for them, and he won't. And before... Before you know it,

I took classes with you and stuff.

We... They broke into places and stole things.

Rico is real good with locks.

And that's why they want him back.

But if he goes with them, he loses me.

And that ain't gonna happen.

I gotta go to work.

I'm gonna walk you to the bus, because Tim is, like, crazy.

He's liable to do anything. No, I'll be all right.

You stay here.

Let him cool down.

Once he knows you're serious about staying away, he'll lose interest.

Okay.

Thank you.

You've given him the courage to do what's right.

I gave him nothing he did not already have.

Then you helped him find it.

I'm gonna go out the back way. Not that I'm afraid of those guys or anything,

but... Consul has said a battle avoided cannot be lost.

Smart guy.

I'm sorry your class was disturbed.

The place where lessons are learned.

Perhaps one was learned here tonight.

Not the one you intended.

Still, a lesson just the same.

You know this is stupid.

Okay, I make a two -to -one odds on Gladys. Any takers?

Okay.

All right, I hate to do this to you, Gladys, but you leave me no choice.

Pete, for you. Take a message.

Gladys!

This is kind of sexy.

Well, I do.

Well, Gladys, you've been working out.

You want to use the rosary?

No. No, I like it smooth and slippery.

Woo!

He's talking dirty.

You're trying to throw my game. I'm trying everything I can to keep from

embarrassed.

What can I offer you that can help me throw this match?

You should have thought of that before you ran your mouth, honey.

Me? You're the one who said you could take anybody in this place.

All I did was laugh.

It's the way you laughed.

Hey, Peter, they say it's important.

Just take a message.

All right.

Call the ball.

Go. All right! All right!

You can do it! Peter, it's Blaisdell. There's trouble at your father's place.

Somebody's been killed.

What?

What's it to you? It's my father.

You asking as a cop or kid?

No, I'm just asking, Bert. That's all. Well, it looks like he put a knife in a

victim. No, not possible.

Look, here's how it adds up. It's his place.

No one else there but him and the victim with whom witnesses said he'd been

arguing. The murder weapon is his knife.

Come here.

Look.

This is for you.

I retrieved it from the ashes of the temple.

Ah.

I make that motive, opportunity, plus physical evidence.

What really happened?

I heard a noise. I came down the stairs.

The young man was lying there on the floor. He was dead.

Well, did you see anyone?

Hey! I'm being nice to you because he's your dad, but this is my call and my

investigation. Did you read him his rights? Yeah, a couple of times.

Hey, I think you should get a lawyer.

Why? If I have done nothing wrong.

It's not what you've done, Poppett.

That's how it appears.

Where are you taking him?

Don't interfere, Robert. He's a priest.

He couldn't do anything wrong.

He couldn't. That's for others to decide now. Get out. He will. That is time.

Move on.

When the moment of departure again occurs, another sad journey begins.

Got some ID?

I do not.

Driver's license?

I do not drive.

Credit card?

Library card?

Something with your name on it?

You got a social security number?

I do not.

Everybody's got numbers, bud. Even a guy in pajamas.

You can't exist in this society without him.

What are you hiding?

Protecting someone?

Could be.

A murderer.

Well, I don't think he'd necessarily see it that way.

You know, he might be seeing a troubled soul that needs protection.

Hell, I don't even know why I said that. I don't know what goes on in his head.

How far will he take it?

Honor what he believes.

Like he said when I was a kid, the righteous must be willing to ride the

to the land where the sun sleeps.

That's a dangerous game.

Yeah.

I'm going to go see what I can find out. Yeah, it's not your case.

Well, I know.

Try not to step on any toes unless I have to.

It's going to be interesting to see what a records check turns up, huh?

Yeah.

Might tell me where he's been all these years.

Turn to your right.

And hold still.

These prints will go worldwide, along with your mugshot.

FBI, CIA, everybody.

Something will bubble up, always does.

You cannot find what does not exist.

I wasn't convinced about your guilt before.

I am now.

You got one phone call.

Why don't you go and call a lawyer and a good one?

I wish to speak to my son.

How are you holding up?

I cannot stay here.

I know it's tough, but it is.

The murder charge fails impossible.

It is very important.

Well, I can have you popped out for supper.

All we gotta do is give him the name of someone to take his seat.

To do that, I gotta know what you're not telling.

I cannot tell you anything more than I already have.

Were you protecting somebody?

Maybe waiting. You waiting?

Hoping someone's going to come forward on their own?

The reason you're not talking got something to do with the fact that

priest?

To answer your questions, I would have to reveal more than I wish to reveal.

I can't help you unless... unless you let me.

the pretense, not the truth.

In your life, you will witness many things which seem obvious.

Then you will remember the lesson of the fire.

Everything is not what you pretend to be.

Besides the fact that you're not the killer, what is the pretense and what is

the truth?

Then what did?

Pop.

Hey, Pete.

See what I'm down to? The personals.

Chick finds I cut up dead people for a living.

Gonzo. Whoosh.

Check this out. See if it sounds like me.

SWF. 30.

Athletic. Seeks young professionals, some S &M.

No three -eyed turtle, no Dutch oven.

Dutch oven, what the hell could that be?

Nick, did you finish the preliminary workup on that kid we brought in from

Chinatown?

Haven't started.

When they say young in these ads, they mean like, what, 50s?

Nicky, I need to know.

What's to know? He's got a knife in his guts. Look, do me a favor, please, just

this time.

Show some interest.

To hold my father on a murder charge.

Oh, jeez, Pete.

Your father?

I need you to tell me everything you can as soon as you can get it to me.

And just to make sure you're looking in the right places, the knife didn't kill

him.

I'd separate the two of you if we have this place, but we don't, so get along.

Any trouble for Marty, I'll slap you in solitary.

You're dead.

This enemy is real, is it?

I'm waiting outside, holding my mud. Then here comes the meter maid. So

the buzz?

I say she whistles up the black and white.

You ran.

You left me hanging. No, man. I figured I'd circle.

So I'm on the other side of the block when you bust out of the bank. Is that

fault, huh? Is it?

Oversight, friend.

Is there not enough trouble here without causing more?

You ain't seen trouble yet.

See you then.

Tiger, I want you to wish me.

This guy's nuts.

Get him out here, man. He's gonna kill us all.

All right, don't make this worse than it is.

I have no wish to harm anyone.

You watch him, I tell you.

I'm gonna take you out of here.

You can go easy or hard.

you like being in here?

Peaceful?

Relaxing?

It'll give you some time to reflect.

I saw someone here.

I thought you were your father.

He's still in jail.

Who was here besides you and my dad?

I'm not sure.

My memory pricks me.

There was an argument?

Yes.

Between Tim and... The young man.

Rico.

Can you tell me about Rico?

Were he and the victim friends?

They knew each other.

Whether they were friends, I do not know.

Where can I find Rico?

I believe he lives behind the dress shop.

Do they know that Cain is a Shaolin priest?

Yes, they know.

He went nuts.

Tried to take on all the prisoners in the holding tank.

That doesn't sound like him. Yeah, well, he's got him in isolation.

Not quite the pacifist he was made out to be. Turns out he's got a history of

violence. Give me a break.

You want proof?

This just popped off State Police Nexus.

He was arrested seven years ago in Moab, Utah.

Attempted murder.

Resisting arrest.

Moab, Utah.

Yeah.

Well, it says here all the charges were dropped.

Yeah, the witness changed his story.

And as we all know, there's lots of reasons why witnesses change their

Yeah, like they made a mistake.

Lots of reasons.

I'm here to see the prisoner, Kane.

You mean the wacko.

Put on quite a show.

Leaping, punching.

Scared a couple of drunks right into taking the pledge.

How do you feel?

Well, it's surely done at this time.

Talk about having no faith in the system. Talk about a dumb move.

For that matter, having no faith in your own son.

I hope you got a hell of a good reason for this.

I hope you got this all figured out. Because you have lost me.

Lost me.

He's meditating.

Keep some calm. I would leave him alone.

Just know, when you're in high school and you want permission to do

something that you knew I would disapprove, like a rowdy night

out, you know, you slide into my den the way you just slid into this office. I

see that slide, and the word no just leaps to my lips. So the answer is no,

whatever it is. Yeah, well, that's a little more important than some rowdy

out.

Yeah, I bet it is.

He's escaped.

This is impossible.

I know.

Well, obviously it hasn't been reported.

No. No, so far you and I are the only two people that know.

Well, we're not going to keep it a secret very long.

I can't wait.

Paul, in a couple hours they're going to take the count. They're going to know

he's gone. I need the time.

You're always breaking the rules.

I don't just break rules. And if I get away with it, it's because I give them

something, a deal or a promise that I make good on.

Why didn't you come to me at all?

I thought I'd not come until you never even occurred to me.

Look, I believe he got himself thrown into solitary so that he could escape.

And why is he out there?

I don't know. Whatever his reason is, it's more important than catching a

murderer. See, I'm just afraid that he's going to get cornered by a bunch of

nervous cops who think he's a stone killer. You want me to do what?

Ignore and escape? Just pretend it didn't happen? Two hours.

Listen, you can call down, get him, bring him up for interrogation. I don't

know, something. Paul, two hours.

Preliminary reports.

That's what you said.

How'd you know?

Lucky guess.

If you hadn't said something, I probably would have missed.

Where are you?

I am here.

I'm not even going to ask how you slipped out, but tell me why.

A man's very existence is at stake.

Without my help, he will be destroyed. You could have just told me. I want to

help.

In about an hour and a half... the city's going to be looking for you. And

they're like me, they're going to start here.

Come on.

I don't know how the hell you broke out, but this puts a nail right in your

coffin.

You're back in the slam, and you, Peter, you just bought yourself more trouble

than there is.

have time to argue why are you here in the dark this is something

i must do someone is coming here yes to do what to die

you may stay if you wish but you must promise me you will say

absolutely nothing and you will not interfere no matter what happens

Luffy, I did not expect you.

What you intend to do is not necessary.

It is... It is the times separated

by one day.

It is the place from which he departed.

What's he talking about?

He intends to die here.

My soul will follow his.

In time, my deed will bring them together.

Whose soul? Tim's soul? Yes.

I will express my sorrow.

and my hope for forgiveness and for our souls to embrace.

He is the child of my brother.

He was left to my care and I failed him,

myself, my family.

To take responsibility for another's child is a sacred trust.

A soul was left over to me.

I violated that trust.

No, but you didn't kill him.

I did kill him.

I only wanted to stop him. Just that.

not to kill him.

He came back as I was leaving.

We argued.

I told him that I was ashamed of him, of what he was doing,

that this community had a chance now because of you, Cain.

We all had a chance.

to end the fear and the violence which grips our lives.

He laughed.

Violence, he said, is only feared by the timid.

He pushed past me. He picked the knife off the table.

He came at me.

I only wanted to disarm him.

Just that.

Not to kill him.

But the knife did not kill him.

I read the medical report.

He would have survived the knife.

He was strangled to death.

My son is correct.

When you went for help, someone else entered.

saw the young man on the floor and strangled him.

You are certain of this?

Forgive my doubting you, but... Very certain.

So you see, there is no need to do what you have intended.

You do not have to kill yourself.

Your soul will not meet his because there is nothing to forgive.

There is.

I beg you to forgive this unworthy old man and the

son of my brother.

His sins are not yours.

We finished?

Finished?

I do not know what you mean.

I mean...

The ancient's not going to kill himself.

So you've done what you had to do.

Yes.

Good.

Where are you going?

To catch a murderer.

And you, however the hell you got out of jail, get your ass back in.

Don't be here when he wakes up.

You like this dress?

Well, I don't know. You know, it's got a white background.

Looking for Rico Rivera?

Why are you looking for him?

We need to talk. You know where I can find him?

I don't know. He left town.

Which is it? I don't know where he left town. Hey, I don't know, okay?

Okay. I just thought it would be easier.

Easier than what?

Easier than Rico getting smacked by a SWAT team.

What are you talking about?

You thought he'd skate, that he could kill the guy and no one would find out

about it?

Forget that. I mean, he's wanted on a murder charge.

And sooner or later, he's gonna pop up his head and then... Fuck.

I mean, every cop knows a neighborhood guy like Rico's not gonna hide more than

five blocks from his home turf.

No, it didn't.

What are you doing here?

Did anyone follow you? Nobody followed me. Are you sure?

Yes.

Oh!

Let him go.

Let him go.

Can't do it.

I'll shoot.

It's not going to make any difference.

Linda's still going to go down.

And you keep waving that gun, you're going to go too.

Give it up, Linda.

It's over.

Now, I'm going to reach your right.

And then...

You can tell me why.

He was going to hurt Linda.

It's that simple.

I saw him down with a knife in his guts.

I took him out.

You want to write him up?

Take down this guy, Steve.

I let my father go.

Your father, like you didn't know.

What?

Now, how could anybody get out of here?

Bird call. Set the check. I did. The cell was empty.

It's on all the wiring.

And I think he was missing when you went to see him.

I just wish I could prove it.

You better let me check the cell.

There you go, smart guy.

Empty.

You know, something happened to me tonight when I was making an arrest.

Something that should make you very happy.

Oh.

Remembered part of my Kung Fu training.

But you forgot the most important part.

What's that?

Cool. Duck.