(Note! These episode descriptions contain spoilers!)

The Return Of The Shadow Assassin
ad: Caine faces his supreme rival: the Shadow Assassin!
Teleplay: Michael Sloan; Director: Zale Dalen
Six months after "Redemption" part 2, the shadow assassin (Martin Kove), "who can kill you with his thoughts," Peter says, returns seeking revenge accompanied by his master (George Lazenby - 007 in On Her Majesty's Secret Service). Peter experiences nightmares in which Caine and Peter's girlfriend Kelly Blaine are captured by the Shadow Assassin. Several women Peter knows have been killed, and Peter is the link. After a six- month absence, Caine returns to face the Shadow Assassin. Kelly Blaine is taken by the Shadow Assassin, and then Peter is also captured. Caine and the Ancient join together to fight the Shadow Assassin and his master and release their prisoners. Everett Cooper: Gary Blumsack; Sally: Krista Bridges. (Intro Kermit)
Flashback: To the events in "Shadow Assassin."
Villain: Chi'Ru Master, His master
Quotes of Note:
"Let go of the arm or I'll be forced to break your fingers." - Kermit to Peter
"It is not wise to mess with Merlin." - Lo Si, after mystifying the Shadow Assassin
"Peter, I'm old, beyond the reach of hatred." - Lo Si to Peter
"Revenge is not so pure and it's not so simple. A man reaches out for a prize ... something he wants, something he needs, something he really needs, a brass ring. Then he can fall on his face trying to get it because he cares too much." - Blaisdell to Peter
"Sounds like something my father would say." - Peter in reply
"But not your foster father." - Blaisdell
"No, I didn't mean it like that - " - Peter
"It's okay. Just because I don't practice kung fu doesn't mean I don't understand it." - Blaisdell
"Give your old surrogate dad a hug. And don't pull out the IV." - Blaisdell, injured and in a hospital bed, to Peter
"You will never be alone again. I will always be there for you. You will hear the sound of the flute. You will feel the wind of my hand stopping an attack." - Caine to Peter, after Caine returns
"All battles against evil must be joined. Or the soul will be as paper in the flames." - Lo Si
"You count them up - the memorable moments in your life - and hope you can reach double digits by the end of it. That was one of them. I love you, Dad." - Peter to an injured Paul, recalling their first meeting

May I Ride With You
ad: A celebrity stalker takes aim and Caine and Peter!
Teleplay: Phil Bedard and Larry Lalonde; Director: Peter Crane
Reasoning that "to truly know a man, you must see him at his labors," Caine joins Peter on his beat for a day. In the course of that day, Caine is the victim of a car-jacking, during which he drives a car for the first time (and Peter commandeers Skalany's car to try to catch them); Peter and Caine take over a surveillance operation for Blake and Katz, during which the stalker appears, and Peter enters the apartment where he is knocked out - Caine awakens him by turning up the gain on the communications equipment, and Peter saves the woman life; Peter talks a young boy into giving another foster home a try by telling him about his experiences in the orphanage; Peter and Caine foil a robbery; Caine talks a young woman down from the ledge of a building by telling her about his losing Peter; Peter foils an attack on celebrity Regis Philbin by an Elvis impersonator by impersonating Philbin and convincing the shooter that he'll interview him on his show. Regis Philbin has a cameo (as himself). Matt: Dominic Zamprogna; Karen: Natalie Radford; David Dawson: Henry Czerny; Dominic: Gary Mendicino; Louis: Jack Blum; Mikey: Matthew Cooke
Flashback: Caine pitches and young Peter catches as Caine teaches him that he can catch whatever is thrown to him.
Peter's Alias: Yet another crazy person (this time in plaid boxer shorts); Regis Philbin
Villain: David Dawson
Quotes of Note:
"In life, as in baseball, many pitches will be thrown at you. And you will learn to catch every one." - Caine in flashback
"Are you a bad guy?" - kid to Caine
"I try not to be." - Caine in reply
"Then what are you doing in a cop car?" - kid
"I'm a father." - Caine
"You could have been killed." - Peter to Caine
"No, he couldn't. He's your father." Skalany in reply
"Skalany, if you're so damned impressed with him, why don't you take one of his classes?" - Peter (in a fit of pique)
"Maybe I'll just do that." - Skalany, eying Caine
"I would be honored." - Caine to Skalany
"Do not control. Be in control." - Caine to Peter
"You make one move out of this room, and I'll have you arrested." - Peter to Caine
"I think the food you eat is at least as dangerous as the work you do." - Caine to Peter
"I was 12, I was alone. I hated the world. My parents were dead. I didn't care what happened to me." - Peter to Matt about the orphanage
"You still have a chance. You still have control of your life. The choice is that you have to either decide that you keep that control, or you give it away to somebody else." - Peter to Matt
"The key is to give them something they're not expecting." - Peter
"I, too, lost a child. My son. I thought the world had ended. I thought there was nothing left for me." - Caine to Karen (the jumper)
"What did you do?" - Karen
"I went on." - Caine
"Wait. How did you go on?" - Karen
"There was something inside me, here, a small voice that said I might find him again." - Caine
"Strive to survive." - Caine
"You scared the hell out of me. Again." - Peter to Caine
"Regis Philbin? Some kind of plant?" - Caine
"Well, I would say that is the end to a perfect day, Pop." - Peter to Caine, after Matt has entered the foster home
"It was one HELL of a day!" - Caine in reply

Dragon's Daughter
ad: A killer seeks revenge on her father's murderer: Kwai Chang Caine! Also: An evil enemy appears in a seductive form!
Teleplay: Stephen Hattman; Director: Zale Dalen
A dead crime lord's (Tan) daughter (Marla Sucharetza) seeks "revenge for the blood on (Caine's) hands." When Caine is called out by Tan's daughter through the murders of two men, Caine finds the latest body and is arrested for murder. He is released and identifies who the murderer is, although he cannot say what she looks like. Peter goes to the Ancient for something to attract her - he gives Peter "love drops" which Peter overuses. When he arrives at the Ambrosia Club, Peter is beset by women - and a man, but attracts the murderess. Walking her home through Hale Park, where the murders occurred, he challenges her, and she beats him up. In the meantime, Caine travels back through time to ask for Master Po's absolution so he can battle Xia. He arrives at the Park and uses the illusion of splitting into four Caines - the four winds, and defeats Xia. She manages to escape prosecution by implying that Peter set her up for a sexual escapade. Cap: Sam Malkin; Attorney Garrison: Jonathan Whittaker; Terry: Matt Trueman; Tom Black: Jerry Levitan.
Flashback: The use of smell as an attractant. Keep one eye on the open hand.
Peter's Alias: An architectural student.
Villain: Xia
Quotes of Note:
"Well, I haven't seen him for a while. Guess the two of us are giving each other a little space in our relationship." - Peter to Cap about Caine
"Kinda one of those snap-crackle-pop days." - Peter
"Hey, without bad guys, I'm out of a job." - Peter to Cap
"Completely irresistible." - Peter about his method of attraction
"To be damned by the devil is to be truly blessed." - Caine to Xia

An Ancient Lottery
ad: New episode! Will $38 million corrupt Caine and destroy Peter?
Teleplay: Gordon Farr and Simon Munter; Director: Joseph Scanlan
Builder McIllroy gives out lottery tickets as a token to the Chinese community when he renegs on his plan to build a community center (he plans to build a mall instead). The Ancient is besieged by charities, con artists and thugs after winning $38 million from the lottery ticket he gets from McIllroy. The Ancient and Caine are invited to a charity ball, where Caine meets a con artist, Amanda Dobson. Jack Wong, returned to the neighborhood, is determined to get the lottery ticket from the Ancient, but all his efforts fail, thanks to Caine and the Ancient's own abilities to defend themselves. In the meantime, Peter seeks evidence against crooked cop, Jimmy Leola (Joel Wyner), who murdered a police friend of Peter's. Leola is on suspension pending an IA investigation, and trying to find his girlfriend, Paula Wainright, who witnessed the murder. Peter and Jody Powell also try to find her, and they locate her at La Maquette, but before Peter can bring her in, Leola shows up and she bolts. Peter, who has taken the Ancient's lottery ticket for safe-keeping, has his pocket picked by Benny Coleman. Later, when he and Jody track Leola and Paula to Leola's boat, he discovers his wallet is missing, and tracks Coleman down with Donny Double D's help. Peter ends up finding his wallet - and the ticket - in the dumpster. He returns the ticket to the Ancient, who is returning home with Caine from a charity ball. The next day, the Ancient gives away then entire fortune, including a million dollars to McIllroy to build the community center. Wong: Von Flores; McIllroy: Chuck Shamata; Paula Wainright: ; Amanda Dobbs: Heather Hodgson; Mrs. Winthrop: Corinne Conley; Danny Zhao: Harvey Chao; Chauffeur: Les Porter; Benny Coleman: Alan Feinman.
Villain: Jimmy Leola
Quotes of Note:
"You fear I will do you harm." - Caine to Wong
"I watched you kill Tan." - Wong in reply
"I destroyed an evil that could no longer be tolerated. ... An act in which I take no pride." - Caine
"I do not think he [the Ancient] would shake the hand that once drove a knife into his leg." - Caine about the Ancient to Wong
"The Ancient has many friends." - Caine to Peter
"His conversation and his wisdom are legendary." - Caine on the Ancient
"My father would say that you're lost. That you are trying to find your path back to your true self. But all you see are signposts pointing in the wrong direction. There is a path, Paula." - Peter to Paula Wainright
"I am rarely deceived." - Caine
"I have the wisdom of the ages." - The Ancient
"Dancing will revitalize me." - The Ancient
"A disturbing thought." - Caine in reply
"It is merely a matter of becoming one with the music." - Caine on dancing.

Laurie's Friend
ad: New episode! A psychic child helps Caine and Peter track a killer!
Teleplay: Stephen Hattman; Director: Zale Dalen
Peter enlists the help of a girl named Laurie Richmond (Heather Brown) with psychic abilities - and a "spiritual connection" to Caine - to help him ensnare a cop killer. Reston: James Purcell; Helen Richmond: Linda Thorson (Tara King of The Avengers); Ted Markham (murdered cop): Domenic Cuzzocrea; Attorney Garrison: Jonathan Whittaker; Lucas: Steve Lucescu (stunt coordinator for the series); Simms: Richard A. Parker
Flashback: It is important to notice changes. Observation precedes wisdom.
Villain: Reston
Quotes of Note:
"Peter's a cop like me. Well, not quite like me. He's not quite like any other cop." - Skalany to Laurie about Peter
"Observation precedes wisdom. Only he who can at first see, can at last understand." - Caine
"My subconscious is a dark and dank place. Caine wouldn't survive there." - Kermit

Temple
ad: Caine's oldest enemy reignites a bloody feud!
Teleplay: Michael Sloan; Director: Allan King
A visit to the ruins of their old temple leads Caine and Peter into a confrontation with the vigilantes who attempted to destroy the building 15 years earlier. At the temple, Peter finally visits his mother's grave. In the town across the lake, Braniff, CA, Caine and Peter meet the widow of another priest, Michael Lowry. She (Rachel) is being terrorized by the same man who attempted to destroy the temple so many years earlier. Peter and Caine help her complete the shrine she's building in her husband's memory, and Peter befriends her son, Sam. Ping Hai: Kim Chan; Vance Cavanaugh: Kenneth Welsh; Rachel Lowry: Kerri Keane (who also appeared in the 1986 Kung Fu movie as David Carradine's love interest); Laura Caine: Eve Crawford; Mr. Hardin: Ron Hartman
Flashback: The invasion of the temple by Cavanaugh and his friends; Michael Lowry and Ping Hai; the destruction of the temple, and Peter's belief that his father betrayed him; Peter's questions about why his mother had to die; Peter defending the smaller temple children in town (from Rain's Only Friend)
Villain: Vance Cavanaugh
Quotes of Note:
"Sometimes in order to face the future, one must go back into the past." - Caine
"Fear is only an asset when you can control it." - Caine
"I am a man. Not a good man. Not a bad man. But both." - Caine
"The trick is not minding that it hurts ... One can absorb pain until it becomes a part of oneself. And then it can inflict no wound." - Caine
"I have been all those things." - Caine on being a carpenter, plumber and electrician
"When I was a kid, that looked like the top of the world." - Peter, about the temple
"Do you remember any of my lessons?" - Caine
"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." - Peter in reply, on entering the ruins of the temple
"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." - Caine, about Laura
"You were the lifeforce from which the spirit of the temple emanated." - Rachel to Caine
"To know that knowledge is ignorance is noble; to regard ignorance as knowledge is evil." - Ping Hai to Vance Cavanaugh
"Let me tell you something about guns. They have one function. That is to kill." - Peter to Sam
"Dumb move, huh?" - Peter, about going into town alone
"For you, it has a certain logic." - Caine in reply
"I guess ... kids have nightmares about dragons and creatures under their beds. I guess they have nightmares about betrayal, too. I should have shared those nightmares with someone." - Peter to Caine
"You have shared them with me now." - Caine in reply
"I'm sorry, Father, for ever doubting you." - Peter

Only The Strong Survive
Teleplay: Tom Blomquist; Story: Maurice Hurley and Tom Blomquist; Director: Zale Dalen
Peter enters a martial-arts tournament to gather evidence on the organizer Ben Kinasay (Bo Svenson), a suspected kidnapper whom Caine fought and crippled years earlier. (Note: Although Jody Powell appears in earlier episodes, she is apparently introduced to Peter in this episode.) Ben Kinasay: Bo Svenson; Waitress in Texas: Christine Reeves; Jennifer Newley: Tanya Allen; Blake Ralston: Geoffrey Bowes; Jackson: Trevor Bain
Flashback: Caine in Chillicothe, TX in 1981, where he defended a young woman from Kinasay's violent advances.
Peter's Alias: "Harry Callahan," a martial artist.
Villain: Ben Kinasay (Svenson)
Quotes of Note:
"What are you doing?" - Peter to Caine as he waves his hands over a plant
"It is called ... gardening." - Caine in reply
"That doesn't look like any gardening I've seen. That's magical." - Peter
"Drops of rain from the sky, dust from sunlight, all unite together to create life. And anyway, the plant seems to like it." - Caine
"There are no tricks. There are only discipline, training and practice." - Caine
"I need a butt-kicker." - Peter to Caine
"I am a simple man." - Caine
"So, he started a fight with you and you nailed him. So why should you feel guilty about that?" - Peter to Caine
"Because I allowed it to happen." - Caine in reply
"Patience was never your long suit, Peter." - Kermit
"Needles glow in haystacks. That's why I wear green glasses." - Kermit
"Jody, Jody, Jody, you get the key to my heart and the liquor cabinet." - Kermit
"Gotta protect my disks." - Kermit (on pulling a gun from a drawer)
"I've never seen you leave your computer before." Strenlich to Kermit
"I thought I'd get some air. Find out what's happening in the world. Is Nixon still president?" - Kermit in reply
"I have carried your pain as well as mine. Now, perhaps we are both free." - Caine to Kinasay
"Why should I understand anything you do, at all?" - Peter on Caine

Out Of The Woods
Teleplay: Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde, Rob Gilmer; Story: Rob Gilmer; Director: Graeme Campbell
Following a bust with Kermit, Peter takes some time off and Caine joins him. They go to Three Mountain Lake, a place about 200 miles north of the city, where Blaisdell used to take Peter fishing. Trying to assist lost campers, Caine and Peter stumble onto a shelter where a fugitive, (Laurence Dane) and his outlaw sons are hiding. Wayne: Page Fletcher; Mel: Deborah Duchene (Janette on Forever Knight); Cyndi: Cynthia Bellivieu; Bobby: Jeffrey Max Nicholls; Joey; Patrick Mark; Wyatt: Conrad Bergschneider; Judge Till: Rodger Barton; Crozier: Patrick Patterson; Bentley: T.W. Schroeder; Danny Silbert: Christopher Kennedy; also John Wildman, Greg Spottiswood
Flashback: If you are firmly rooted in the Tao, all the forces of the earth may pull at you, yet you will remain at rest. Caine engages in a tug-of-war with the students at the temple, and wins.
Villain: Wayne Silbert
Quotes of Note:
"I sense a certain peace." - Caine to Peter
"Like a tree firmly rooted yet moving with the wind." - Peter
"A concept I will attempt to comprehend." - Caine in reply

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