The Return of Sing Ling:

SEASON: Third

FILMED: Seventh

AIRED: Fourth (OAD: w/o February. 13, 1995)

SUMMARY: The young emperor needs Caine's assistance to perform one more act of worthiness. Peter accompanies both men to China where Sing Ling performs a sacred ceremony and Caine pays homage to his father.

WRITER: Reuben Leder

DIRECTOR: Zale Dalen

RECURRING CHARACTERS:

Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine)
Peter Caine (Chris Potter)
Young Peter Caine (Nathanial Moreau)
Matthew Caine (David Carradine)
The Ancient (Kim Chan)
Sing Ling (Ernie Reyes Jr.)
Sergeant Broderick (John Bourgeois)
Jody Powell (Belinda Metz)
Captain Simms (Kate Trotter)
Frank Strenlich (William Dunlop)
Blake (Robert Nicholson)
Cap (Sam Malkin)
*Young Caine (Daniel Tordjman-Goodfellow)

* = debut.

GUEST CAST:

Emmanuelle Chriqui: Bumper
Gale Garnett: Jo Emery
Hiromoto Ida: Deng
Peter Kosaka: The Monk
Jan Li: Mysterious Chinese Woman
Colin Mochrie: The Bus Driver
Phil Morrison: The Robber
Ronin: Captain Chu
Albert Rosos: Li Pei
Arthi Sambasivan: The Clerk
Kim Schraner: Marie
George Takai:Colonel Ong

TRIVIA:

One of Sing Ling's bodyguards at the house is played by the same guy who was in The Possessed as Tsun Gwi and Warlord as a bodyguard.

It's daytime outside the plane from the distance, but dark in the close-up.

QUOTES:

CAINE:

"A man cannot be forced to do that which his conscience does not allow."

"Freedom is a state of mind."

"Sometimes powerful external forces surround us, and we cannot change them. We must face them."

"A river has many currents. Not merely the ones that surface."

Sing Ling: "Wicked."

Caine: "Totally."

"He had to make a choice between the light he stood in, and the light we all must stand in."

PETER:

Peter: "Oh, I'm a talkin' fool. Right, Chief?"

Strenlich: "One or the other."

"Sooner or later there's the moment of truth. The flash where you've gotta decide."

"You've been watching too much TV, Kid."

"Let's go, Danno."

"You work fast, Pop."

"They don't hand out tourist visas to outlaw Emperors and Shaolin priests."

"I'd like to know what your facing, Pop. I'd like to face it with you."

"What ceremony? Oh, you must mean the Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah. Yeah, I was looking for that too."

"Plane? I took a yak."

"You're being cryptic. I hate it when you're cryptic."

CAP:

"Well, .we had a guy in the sanitorium.... He was the Emperor of China too. Very cool."

"Hey, Emp!"

SING LING:

"Yes, I am Peter's new snitch."

Jody: "So where is Donny Double D?"

Sing Ling: "He's in the sanitorium...with the Emperor of China."

"It's not easy living up to the standards of one's forebearers."

THE ANCIENT:

"I must apologize in advance for what you are about to do to me."

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