Requiem

Trivia Contributor
The actor Alex Carter (Ralston) was also in Only The Strong survive as Canyon Parks.
 Monica Sztybel
Linda Thorson (Geena Sinclair) was also in Laurie's Friend
  
Peter's speech, "look for my reflection", was written by Chris Potter at the last minute before the shooting of that scene. It is not in any script. He felt the scene needed something more, and he wrote that bit, showed it to Michael Sloan a few minutes before going in front of the camera, and Sloan okayed it.
  
Chris said they used up 5 boxes of tissues filming the goodbye scene at the precinct.
  
Jon, the cop that Peter says goodbye to at the precinct, is director Jon Cassar.
  
Script differences  
The script starts out at Geena Sinclair's house. She's on the phone, calling Peter. He picks it up at his desk in the precinct. She tells him "he" is in the house. Peter informs her to "stand beside the window where you can see the front door. I'll be there in two minutes."

Peter hangs up and rushes through the squadroom. "Two-blue-and-whites,"he says to Blake. "Geena Sinclair's house."

Skalany: "I'll go with you, partner." (Peter's gone) "Of course! First rule of hotshot cops. Only rush into desperate situations alone." (calling after him) "At least take T.J.!" (looking around) "Where _is_ T.J.?"

Blake: (dialing his phone) "Rushed out of here twenty minutes ago. Something about the supernatural getting in touch with..."

Skalany: "Don't tell me. The `dark forces'... My mother's right. I'm surrounded by crazy cops."
  
Then comes the scene in the art gallery. When Kermit asks T.J., "Why bring Caine," T.J. says, "He's late", and moves off to look for him. Kawena Beckett approaches Kermit and says wryly, "I only sleep in a coffin on the weekends. And blood never tastes as good as cabernet. They call you Kermit."

Kermit: "Did the glasses give me away?"
Kawena: "I know who you are."
Kermit: "Of course you do. That's how you helped the Chicago police department all those years. `Seeing things'. Knowing things. Finding victims by fondling their ripped clothes. Trapping serial killers by sleeping with their picture under your pillow.
Kawena: (ironic) "Sometimes by sleeping with the killers themselves." (looking at Kermit) "I always know when I'm in the presence of one." (looking away) "You're Caine's friend. He's just arrived. I can feel it. His chi is overwhelming."

The Ancient arrives with Caine. He moves up to them, as Caine looks at the exhibits.

Ancient: (to Kawena) "You can feel it because you are a sorceress."
Kawena: "Provocative word. I'm a gallery owner who likes to dabble in the occult."
Ancient: "I am Ancient. We have known each other for a very long time."
Kawena: (amused) "You're Merlin? Perhaps I'm Morgana."
Ancient: "Perhaps."
Kawena: (indicating Caine) "I hope your friend finds what he's looking for."

Kawena moves away to greet more patrons.
Kermit: "Why did I know that you'd be here?" (the Ancient shrugs) "Want to tell me what's going on?"
Ancient: (innocently) "How should I know?"
Kermit: (wryly) "Because she's right. You've been alive for probably nine hundred years. What's Caine doing here?"
Ancient: (softer) "Fulfilling his destiny. What he sees in this place will change his life forever."
Kermit: "What am I doing here?"
Ancient: "You are the Geser of Ling."
Kermit: "Tibetan folklore. So I'm Caine's protector?"
Ancient: "No." (softer) "Peter's."
  
They cut to Geena's house with police cars outside of it. Peter tells her they found no one, but he's ordered the men to search the house once more. She insists he was there and that she saw his face. Peter tells her they picked up a suspect and that she can come to the precinct tomorrow to pick him out of a lineup.

Peter: "You'll be all right, Geena." (softer) "I'm your protector."
  
They go back to the gallery for the dialog between Caine and T.J., and between Caine and Kermit. Caine makes the request for Kermit to protect Peter. The dialog is the same.
  
Peter has his nightmare. He sits "bolt upright in bed, awash in perspiration, gasping. Beside him, Jordan stirs and sits up, taking his hand", reassuring him it was just a dream. He tells her it's the "same one" and describes it - seeing his mother in a Paris cafe, the temple then Jordan in the cobweb. She asks, "Am I naked." (mirrors the line Kelly asked him in Return of the Shadow Assassin - I'm glad they cut this out here). Peter ignores the question, saying, "And my father is
trying to kill me."

He gets out of bed. Jordan asks where he's going.

He says, "To find out what the hell is going on inside my head. Go back to sleep."
He kisses her on the top of her head and exits.
  
When Peter enters Caine place in a rush, he says to him, "Sometimes I feel like Kramer. On Seinfeld, you know? Always bursting in on you to tell you some momentous happening, which, by the time I get here, doesn't seem so important."

Caine: "I cannot help you."
Peter: "How do you know? You don't know why I'm here."
Caine: "You have nightmares you cannot understand. But there are times, like tonight, when our paths must go in different directions."

Peter: "Why does this feel more of a nightmare than the one I just experienced?"
Caine: "You must leave now, my son. Do not attempt to contact me for thirty-six hours."
Peter: "Why? Dammit, Pop, why can't you confide in me?"
Caine: (suddenly loud) "Because this is personal!..."

This is when Caine goes on about not sharing secrets and facing the darkness.

Peter exits. There's no speech about his conflict between Shaolin and cop.
 
Now, there's a whole other plot in this script involving Simms' son Todd. At the precinct the following morning, as Peter escorts Geena to the lineup, Clancey (the character from Special Forces, portrayed by Marina Anderson) walks up to Kelly Blake. She asks for Captain Simms.
  
The next scene is at the Ancient's apartment. Cheryl is edgy, nervous about Caine, because he's shut her out and he's never done that before. The Ancient cautions her to leave him alone, explaining that Caine must meet the greatest challenge of his life and cannot be disturbed. Cheryl gets jealous. "He'd make time for his son. For you." (rising) "So he's going to make time for me!"

Ancient: "Cheryl, no! You do not understand!"

She's gone.
  
Back in Simms' office, Clancey tells her that Todd dropped out of the military academy for days ago. He's searching for his girlfriend who is in a lot of trouble. "And so is Todd."

Simms: "What kind of trouble?"
Clancey: "The girl may have been kidnapped."

She tells Simms that Todd called her last night from the Shot Glass Bar. Simms grabs her coat and they leave her office. They move past Skalany, Kelly and Blake, who notice them rush off. This is when Skalany asks how the line-up is going. She comments about the fear in Geena's eyes. Kelly tells her that she was stalked once, and that Geena has a right to be afraid. Skalany is not on the phone with her mother.

They go to the lineup. A little more dialog, but no major differences
  
At Caine's, when he separates, Cheryl distracts the good one. The evil one throws him against the wall, then throws Cheryl to one side and exits.

When the good Caine comes around, Cheryl asks him what's going on. He orders her to leave.
  
In the Shot Glass Bar, Jordan is still working there. Simms sees her and says that she thought Jordan had been removed from her assignment. Jordan explains that Strenlich reassigned her. Clancey asks her where Todd is. Jordan says he's been drinking for three hours.

Jordan: "Who is he?"
Simms: "My son."

Simms and Clancey approach Todd, who isn't happy to see Simms. He says he wrote her the letter so she wouldn't worry. She asks him why he dropped out of the academy, and he says the mortality rate was too high. She doesn't believe him. She asks him to tell her about Amanda. He throws a dirty look at Clancey.
  
The next scene is Caine playing pool with Jack. When Caine thrusts him into the wall, Jordan sees him and stops dead in shock. Another waitress stand with her.

Jordan: "Caine!"
Sally: "You know that old dude?"
Jordan: (still soft) "I thought I did."
Sally: "Want me to get Richie from behind the bar?"
Jordan: "That `old dude' would mop up the room with him. There won't be trouble. Don't worry."

They go back to Caine telling Jack his deal. Caine moves off and they go back to Simms and Todd.

Todd tells her that Amanda has been kidnapped by an old boyfriend, who happens to be Jack Wong. Simms offers to help, and he says to stay out of it. He leaves. Simms tries to catch up with him, but she loses him in the crowd.
  
The next few scenes are exactly like the episode, save for an added line here and there.
  
Once Peter leaves Simms' office after his debate with the Commissioner, Simms says, "If he can prove a case against Detective Ralston I'm not going to stop him."

Kincaid: (exiting) "Yes, you will, Captain. If you wish to remain a Captain in this precinct."
  
Peter's reaction to the Ancient's explanation of Kuan La is better in the script.

Peter: "You're talking about two Caines? One benevolent, the other malevolent?"
Cheryl: "At war with each other."

Peter does ask if he means physically separate. Cheryl blames herself for what happened.

When Peter leaves, he says he's going to find his father. Cheryl asks, "Will he find him?"

Ancient: "He will return here first."
Cheryl: "How do you know that?"
Ancient: "It is his destiny."
  
When Peter leaves Kermit in the alley after the fight, he doesn't say he has to find his father. As he drives off, Kermit says, "A promise to your father is a promise to keep."
  
The next scene takes place at house where Todd's girlfriend, Amanda Carlson, is held hostage by some goon named Sheen. He mocks her and says that Todd will never find her. She thinks otherwise. Sheen tells her that once they rob the bank tomorrow they will be on their way to a new life and that they will be a couple again. She spits in his face. He's about to slap her when Jack Wong enters.

Wong: "If you're going to hit her, then kill her. Otherwise treat her nice. You should never have brought her here in the first place. We've got work to do." (Sheen hesitates; staring down at Amanda) "Or do I call Bon Bon Hai and tell him you're too distracted to plan a robbery?" (Sheen exits; to Amanda) "Best I can do."

Wong leaves her alone. She cries softly.
  
Next scene: Simms is in her office finishing up a phone conversation with General Bradford when T.J. walks in offering to help her find Todd. She asks him how he knows about it, and he says that Detective Chin has heard word on the street. T.J. has a plan that he thinks might be crazy, but might work.
  
Back to the house: Todd enters through the back door.
  
Meanwhile, T.J. and Simms enter a Chinatown building.

Simms: "I thought Yuen Yee read the Tarot cards in Chinatown."
Kawena's voice: "Not any longer."

She is standing in the shadows before a card table. T.J. introduces himself as Thomas Jefferson. Kawena finishes with "Don't call you T.J.." She asks for an article of Todd's clothing. Simms hands her Todd's hat which he left behind at the Shot Glass Bar. Kawena asks them to sit down. She sees images of Todd breaking into the house, and a gun butt smashing down against his head. She tells them where Todd and Amanda are, and offers to draw the house for them.
  
The next scene is Caine destroying the apothecary and hurling Peter across the room.
  
   

Then they go to the scene at Geena's house where Ralston attacks.
Instead of just the TV going out, all the lights go out as well.

When Ralston says, "Always carry an ankle gun. Being the good cop that I
am," Peter says, "You're a good cop? You don't know the meaning of the
word."

Kermit's voice: (out of the darkness) "My sentiments exactly."

Description: "A light is snapped on. Kermit sits in an easy chair. A
wild-eyed Ralston swings on him with the gun. Kermit throws up his
elephant gun and fires, blowing the gun from Ralston's hand. He
collapses to his knees. Jody moves to Geena. Peter cuffs Ralston."

Peter: "You really are my protector tonight."
Kermit: "Oh, yeah."

The next scene is Caine getting his reading from Kawena.

At the house where Amanda is being held, Simms knocks on the door and
explains to Sheen that she had a flat tire and that she needs to call
AAA. Meanwhile T.J. and fellow cops burst in on the house and disarm
the men inside. Wong isn't there. Sheen reacts, but Simms takes him
out. Todd and Amanda embrace. When Todd sees Simms he apologizes. She
says, "You're alive. That's all I care about." He embraces her. Chin
and T.J. comment about how Wong wasn't there. They cut to a shot of him
slipping into the shadows
outside the house unseen.

Next, Peter enters the Ancient's apartment ready to help Caine.

At the beginning of the scene in the room with the caldron, Peter
"stares mesmerized, frightened."

Peter: (softly) "All fired up and ready."
Ancient: "Do not make this decision to save your father. You must make
it for yourself."
Peter: "I already have. But you could save him, Lo Si."

And they go on from there. The flashback images also include clips from
Destiny.

The script ends the scene with Peter getting the brands, not their
dialog afterwards.

Meanwhile, Skalany is in the apothecary with Caine, commenting on the
state of the room. "What happened here?"

Caine: "I no longer needed these things."
Skalany: "You smashed them?"

This is when Caine grabs her. When he says there's passion between
them, she replies, "I know. I feel it too. But not like this. Not by
force."

The scene goes on from there.

There's much more in that scene in the commissioner's office when Peter
turns in his badge.

Kincaid: "You took one hell of a risk, Captain!"
Simms: (a small smile) "Seemed like a good idea at the time."
Kincaid: "I'm sure it was. Your son and his girlfriend are safe. But
next time..."
He breaks off as the door opens and Peter enters. He looks at Simms,
surprised to see her there, then puts his badge and gun on Kincaid's
desk.
Peter: "I know my Captain wouldn't have accepted my resignation. But
you will, Commissioner."
Simms: "What's happened?"
Kincaid: "Look, Detective Caine, I owe you an apology. You were right
about Ralston. I was wrong."
Peter: "That's not what this is about, Commissioner. It's about a code
of ethics. I have my own. And they don't work for a cop."

When Caine is holding the photo of Laura, Cheryl asks, "Were you in
Paris together?"

Caine: "No..."

After Caine says, "Until my son was ready," he says, "Goodbye, old
friend."
The Ancient rises and embraces him.
Ancient: "We will be together again."
Caine: "We will."
Cheryl: (hugging him) "Gonna miss you."
Caine: "You will not. For you will carry me in your heart."

The goodbye scene is almost exactly like the episode, again save for
additional minor lines. And also without the speech by Peter. As he
walks away and the chaos resumes, it's not a kidnapping they're
responding to. They're just doing their usual routine.

When Caine tells Peter why he's leaving, Peter says, "All right, I'm
coming with you. Nothing to stop me now."

Caine: "I must do this alone. When I have discovered the truth, I will
return. In the meantime...will you take these quarters over? Look
after them for me?"

When Peter asks Caine if he knew this day would come, he adds, "Does
this mean I'm taking over your life?"

Caine: "It does not. It means you are living yours."

This is when Peter asks him if he will come back.

And it ends just like the episode.