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Where are you? Dad?

Dad?

In here, my son.

Hey.

Lace Dell told me at the precinct that you were leaving.

There is a journey I must take.

Why is this a journey that you have to take alone?

You may accompany me.

On this journey, if you wish.

The memories will be painful.

They will clutch at your heart.

But you are welcome to share them with me.

Well, do you mind me asking where you're going? I know it's probably none of my

business, but... Sometimes, in order to face the future,

one must go into the past.

Dark.

And fathomless, though it may seem, one must step back into the

mists. And clear them, so we may see ahead to our path.

Okay.

Where are we going?

Home.

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 do.

I am gay.

I will help you.

There it is.

You know, when I was a kid, that looked like the top of the world.

You taught me so much in this place.

No, my son.

It is you who taught me.

You remember any of my lessons?

Of course.

I wish I could hear those words again.

All I can hear are the cries of the priests and the children.

And the footsteps of those who ran away.

Father!

Father!

It was much confusion.

Ham.

Fear is only an asset when you can control it.

Maybe we should talk about that night.

Now that we're here.

That is why we are here.

Isn't that part of the cabinet from your room?

Yes.

Jeez. You always carry that, Pop?

On occasion.

Well, that's a good thing to know in case you're attacked by mercenaries.

Are you expecting such an attack?

With you, anything can happen.

What is that?

This was your mother.

She was so beautiful.

Sometimes, in the candlelight, there was

an iridescence in her eyes that made me believe

she was an angel caught in the translucent corridors between two

worlds.

I don't want to see my mother's grave.

You never did.

As a boy.

Well, I do now.

Did you lay my flowers on her grave?

Yeah.

I will take no more lessons.

I've learned all I can learn.

All the questions I have cannot be answered.

Because of the one big, unanswerable question.

That's right.

Tell me.

Why she had to die.

What purpose it serves in the grand scheme of things.

I do not know.

If you carry your mother with you in your heart, she will always be alive.

Can you understand that?

I'll take you to her grave.

Not now.

Maybe one day.

You won't forget her, will you?

No matter what else happens.

No matter who else you meet.

Thank you for finally bringing me here, Dad.

You have always been here.

I used to get so excited about going over that little town.

Wondering what it'd be like.

Watch the people.

See what they did.

To escape the solitude that was forced upon you.

Yeah, maybe.

I wonder if it's changed much in 15 years.

All things change.

Let's go find out.

Mr. Felson!

Mr. Felson, all I'm asking for is a bridging loan. Mike left me debts I

even know we had.

I mean, we have a history with this town.

Well, he had.

We came back here because I want to raise my child in a safe environment.

The environment here, as well as everywhere else, is depressed, Mrs.

Property prices have plummeted.

We could refinance your house. I can't afford to beat my child.

Never mind. Do the repairs on the barn, the extension and... And the temple.

It is not a temple.

I am not running a home for runaway cultists.

It's a shrine.

Maybe you ought to come out sometime and light a candle. It might do wonders for

your spiritual growth.

Sammy?

What did the weasel say?

Well, we are not welcome back in this town. We don't get any help. We're on

own.

Listen, did you break open your Ninja Turtle piggy bank like I asked you to?

bet. Good. We can buy some supplies.

Miss Lowry, good to see you. Hi, Mr. Hardy.

What can I get for you today?

Well, I realize that my credit is already the national debt. Well, there's

to credit than money.

Michael's a good man, good stock. I knew him since he was a boy.

Well, I'll just fill this for you then. Can you give me a hand, son? Sure.

Well.

I thought you'd be packed up and headed for San Francisco by now.

What have I ever done to you?

Nothing yet.

Then it's your fault you married a weirdo.

He was Shaolin.

Yeah, I know.

I know about those fruitcakes. We drove them out, burned down that temple up in

the hills there.

That's not how I hear it.

I was there. I made it happen.

So don't think you can come back to this town and get a revival going.

There ain't going to be no cult following that starts worshipping at

Mike was sick.

He came back home to die.

Just stay away from me, Mr. Cavanaugh. Stay away from my son.

Just leave us in peace.

I can get a lot friendlier if you do the thing.

Let's start with that. See how we go.

Hasn't changed much.

Bank in the corner's got some new improvements.

Body shop's new.

Video place.

Other than that, looks exactly the same as I remember it.

How does that make you feel?

I was 12 years old.

Looking at things a little taller.

Have a little fun with the widow lady.

Hey, I know those guys.

Like your dress.

Peter, Peter, wait.

Could have kicked their butts right in the street.

This should be fun.

I don't know, it's terrible.

Can I help you with those boxes, ma 'am? No, no, that's fine. Thank you very

much.

Sorry.

Looks like their manners have improved with the years.

Sure he did.

I thought I told you guys the next time something like that happened, I was

going to have to get tough.

Well, you don't remember me?

Well, I was shorter at the time, and to be fair, I didn't have any hair.

Sure.

You're one of those freaky little kids from the temple.

Yeah.

Listen, why don't you apologize to the lady, please?

Pick up some of this stuff.

All right, come on.

Hey, Van, look at all them candles she got. Maybe she's trying to start up

another temple.

Better watch out.

That was great.

They teach us patience.

We teach them tolerance.

Someone must protect the innocent.

Isn't that right, Father?

The thought is right.

Your method, I will discuss with you later.

Were you really a member of the Shaolin Temple on the lake here?

Long time ago.

Well, then you would have known my husband, Michael Lowry.

He was a priest who lived there for a year. He moved on because... Because he

lost his faith.

That's right.

But he found it again.

And you?

Well, I'd like to believe that was true.

You're Kane, aren't you?

There's no one else it could have been.

Kwai Chang Kane.

Would you like to come to dinner tonight? We're just a mile out of town,

the old Mission Road.

The last farmhouse beyond the orchard.

we would be honored.

Hey, Vance.

Looks like that cult leader's come back again.

What was his name?

Kane?

That's it.

Better watch out.

You end up crawling away on your hands and knees again.

It wasn't like that.

Yeah. I was there, boy.

Remember?

I'm going to kill you this time for sure, gentlemen.

Please, come in.

I'm so happy you're here.

Oh, no!

Ah!

Doesn't that hurt?

The trick is not minding that hurt.

But you've been scalded, Micah.

One can absorb pain until it becomes a part of oneself.

And then it can inflict no wound.

Oh, that sounds like something you'd say.

My husband talked a great deal about you.

He said that you were the life force from which the spirit of the temple

emanated.

An opinion.

Not shared by everyone.

Tell me about Mike.

He was strong, wise,

incisive. But can you remember some incident?

Maybe something that happened in town.

Just get that filled out right away, old man. Well, well.

What have we here now, eh? A couple of fruit flies just flitted down from the

temple up there in their dresses.

We'll come back later.

We'll be coming for you, priest.

That's what you call yourself.

To me, you're just a bunch of deviants corrupting the town.

We only wish to be left in peace.

To study and to worship.

I hear you're doing all kinds of sacrifices up there.

Huh? Goats?

Cutting the throats of sheep and maybe children too, is that right? Enough!

To know that knowledge is ignorance is noble.

To regard ignorance as knowledge is evil.

You must say no more.

What are you going to do?

Wash my mouth out with soap, old man? Huh?

I do not believe.

So we do the job.

You must be feeling in a charitable mood today.

Stay away from us. And stay away from the temple.

Your husband was very fond.

An old priest.

Oh, Ping Hai.

Yes. Yes.

Well, I guess I have the right situation under control.

I want to show you something.

Mike never did finish working on it.

I'm going to finish it, and then anyone from town who wishes to come here for

solitude or prayer may do so.

How did your husband die?

Pancreatic cancer. He was gone in seven weeks.

My son and I will complete the repairs on your house and barn.

Oh, I have no money.

That is not required.

Oh, you are a good man.

A man.

Not a good man.

Not a bad man.

Well, the only man Mike said he would trust with his life.

Why did Mike leave the temple?

He had great emotional difficulties.

He had to deal with them. And so he got married and raised a son.

I also married and raised a son.

Until he was about the age of Sam.

And then...

If you're really a cop, how come you don't carry a gun?

Well, I didn't think I'd be needing one tonight.

This is my dad's prized possession.

Sat at once, belonged to Wyatt Earp.

Old man Hart is gonna give me bullets.

So you can do what? Go after the guys that are tormenting your family?

Let me tell you something about guns.

They have one function.

That is to kill.

If you carry one, you'll use it.

If you leave it lying around, some kid will probably pick it up.

Guns are dangerous.

You're a cop.

Cops use guns to stay alive.

Sam! Dinner!

Hey, just think tough.

Okay? That's how you can really help.

Okay. And remember what you said about guns.

You can do nothing now.

But they'll hurt him.

Ping Hai humiliated Vance last night.

I've been waiting for you, Cain.

The kids at school say it was the townspeople that destroyed your temple.

They marched on it with burning torches and tried to kill the priests.

But they were kung fu masters like my dad and kicked their butt.

Sam.

Well, the temple was destroyed by a renegade priest named Tan.

But... The townspeople did march on it, didn't they?

One moonlit night like race all in black, led by Vance Cavanaugh.

Let's not talk about him tonight, okay?

Um, you know, I remember Mike always talking about Kane's son, but never

your mother.

She died when I was very young.

I have a picture of her.

I found it today at the temple in the ruins.

She was very beautiful.

Oh, yeah, she is.

Or she was.

Show Peter your locket, Sammy.

I lost it.

You lost your father's locket? Yes, his story.

He's all tied up in knots over Van Kavanaugh.

Sam is the man of the house now. He wants to protect his mother.

I will protect you.

So?

What happened to that locket?

Oh, Vance's guys took it. Just ripped it off my neck while I was in town.

Trying to get it back, but the jerk just laughed at me.

I couldn't tell Mom.

What was in the locket?

A picture of my father on one side and my mom on the other.

Dad gave it to me a couple days before he died.

It was the anniversary of his death next month.

I always take the locket with me when I go to his grave.

Think I'll ever get it back?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, sometime.

Tell my dad I'm going into town for a while.

I'll be back for coffee.

Can I get a beer when you get a chance?

What's the matter, kid?

Price of goat's blood not to your liking?

What are you afraid of, Vance?

Maybe the same things you were afraid of when you came to our temple.

I don't know me enough.

You were there to burn, to kill.

But you were afraid, like all redlocks, made up of cowardice and pale rage.

Too bad your father sent a boy to do a man's fighting.

Don't mean a damn thing in this town.

I looked out the window just now.

And for a moment it was Mike standing here.

He used to look at the stars for hours without moving.

The stars are what binds the sky together.

Otherwise, we mortals would be crushed beneath the weight.

It's silence.

He found great tranquility here.

That's why he came back to Braniff.

To die in peace.

Did the best man in the world have to die?

I do not know.

Hold still.

Here.

Thanks for showing me that.

Thanks.

Got his locket back.

Dumb move, huh?

For you, it has some logic.

How many did it take to do that to you?

Just dance.

I don't want you fighting my battles for me.

I think it's you that Vance is waiting for.

He's filled with rage and humiliation over what happened 15 years ago.

He's been stirred up again.

By me?

By what you represent.

We will deal with this problem.

Victor, we have finished the repairs.

You are troubled.

Not about these events.

No.

By something that happened at the temple.

Tell me about it, my son.

I was injured.

And I saw you through an opening in the temple wall.

Father!

And you could have saved me.

But you turned your back.

There was an explosion. I was hurt.

I knew that.

I guess kids have dreams about dragons and creatures under their bed.

I guess they have nightmares about betrayal, too.

I should have shared those nightmares with someone.

You have shared them with me now.

We're going into town to get the supplies you need.

Sam's going with me. I will accompany you.

I'll just stay here if that's okay with you.

Something I have to do.

I'd help with the repairs myself, but I'm getting on, you know. Now, I've got

make 90 because the town throws you a party, so I can't go falling off no

A wise decision.

Let's see him there. Hey.

Thought you'd be out of town by now.

Heard you're repairing the widow's house.

You're a master carpenter, plumber, and electrician. Is that it?

I have been all those things.

Thought you were a priest.

That also.

I'll just get this filled for you right now, Miss Lowry.

Vance got a short fuse, priest.

I'd get out of town for blows.

Just a little friendly advice.

Better watch out, man. He'll kick your butt.

I will not fight you.

I am not your enemy.

It is Vance that you fear.

His rage is uncontrollable outbursts, which at any time might be directed at

you.

You must learn to deal with this man.

Take my advice.

Vance, maybe you should back off on this widow.

Don't you understand what we're fighting for here, boy?

Our families, our friends.

These people bring diseases, they perform unhealthy acts.

They corrupt and deface and shame the decency of a town.

What the hell are you talking about? Survival.

Survival of the righteous against the deviant sent here to destroy us.

Firepower ain't gonna mean nothing against that priest.

Scares you, doesn't he?

You can feel his evil, can't you?

But he's flesh and blood, boy.

Flesh tears.

Blood spills.

Let's go.

Why are you kicking her tummy? Now, you listen to me, boy. If you want to see

your mother alive again, you tell that Chinaman to come and get her.

He knows where.

They

go,

Ma, you got to go get her. Van said you know where.

Yes. Go back.

Wait for my son.

Tell him to go to the temple.

No! Vance, no, don't do that.

You're afraid.

You need help. I'll help you.

Yeah?

Somebody talk to me, huh?

Listen to my problems.

Deal with a man's obsession?

The old one.

You wish us to abandon our temple for

the townspeople to see what barbarians we are in here.

You expect we will rescue our priest with flashing knives and silver

stars thrown at the faces of our enemies?

But you didn't.

It's all those stories of smoke.

You're a bunch of cowards.

Now pack up and get out, or we'll burn this place to the ground.

You will not.

Fear what you do not understand.

You will leave now.

Come in peace.

long time priest in that time you have allowed your anger and

frustration to grow and fester you must put your integrity foremost

on your balance you must let go of the past you always

did have a way with words that's how you brainwashed all those cult followers of

yours

Your only loyalty is to the truth.

I was responsible for your humiliation.

I have come to beg your forgiveness.

No more.

Let Rachel go.

She gets to watch.

Just you and me, Chinaman.

But this time you crawl away.

What will you do now?

Well,

I'll try to stay ahead of the mortgage.

What will you do?

My son must go back to his police department. I must go back to Chinatown.

I'll miss you.

I will be with you.

As Mike is with you, always.

Mom, Mom, you've got to come check this out. Come on.

Good morning, Mrs. Lowry. Hello.

Repairs to your home should be completed in three weeks.

The bank has approved your loan.

I know you think us bankers heartless and mean -spirited, and that's a

I'd like to endorse, but the president of the bank feels that Vance Cavanaugh

and others in this town have caused you enough pain.

Oh, no.

Oh, well, no need for that. It wasn't my idea.

One more stop before we leave.

Yeah.

I never thought I'd ever stand here again with you.

Oh, did I?

Let's go.

Kung Fu The Legend Continues is produced by Warner Bros.

Distributing Canada Limited and is distributed by Warner Bros.

Domestic Television Distribution.