Shaolin Shot

Trivia Contributor
The song "How Did I Know" was written and performed by Belinda Metz:-)
 Monica Sztybel
We've made jokes in the past about how often the same names creep up in the episodes. The most common name used in this series is Carrie (Cruise Missiles, The Promise, Shaolin Shot, Dark Vision...). Spell it any way you like:-)
 Monica Sztybel
Most of the guest actors in this episode have been on the show before:
  • Page Fletcher (the coach) was Wayne in Out of the Woods
  • The owner, Annie, played the girlfriend/coworker of the construction company owner in "An Ancient Lottery".
  • The first player Peter meets from the team, Cosantine, wasn't in another episode, but he played Robert Cea opposite Chris' Dave Driscoll in an episode of Top Cops.
  • Jaekel, the goalie, looks very familiar, but I can't place from where. I don't think it's KFTLC though.
  • One of the teammates was the loony guy who held Kelly hostage in "Sunday at the Hotel with George".
 Monica Sztybel
The reflection of the Assistant Cameraman (David Perkins) is in Peter’s glasses at one point.
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Script differences  
The script has a lot more dialog. In the scene with the hookers, Peter is shown walking past the pimp without noticing him. Something which was excluded from the episode.
 Monica Sztybel
Jody is the one bringing the hookers in. Strenlich is behind the muster desk. Frustrated, he asks Peter to come over and help.

Carrie: ...(catching Peter's arm) "Hey, Detective Caine! Where's your dad? Can't get him to come down to the Stem and kick these pimps right back into the gutters on the East side?"
Peter: "He's a priest."
Jennie: "He's your shadow, ain't he? You walk into the district, make some noise, break some heads, he'll be there. Father and Son." Peter throws off Jennie's arm and moves on. Camera picks up a young Asian man watching Peter. We'll come to know his name is Li Chu.

The hookers explain why they need protection. They say a pimp by the name of "Ratchman" (though they like to call him "Ratman") busted a girl's head in.

Meanwhile, Blake talks to Peter about the phone messages and juggling relationships.
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After Caine leaves Peter alone in the cemetary, Peter doesn't realize he's gone.

Peter: "I gotta get to Delancey's." (sighing) "Look, Pop, I..."
Camera comes around to Peter to show that Caine has disappeared into the drifting mist.
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When Peter is asked if he has a problem with Strenlich and Kelly's relationship, after he says not at all he gestures to her hands and says, "They stopped trembling as soon as the chief sat down." He gets up and says, "Good sign. I'll be in touch."

This is when Kelly warns him about the maniac on the team and he comforts her that he'll be someone else.
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When Lo Si tells Peter that Caine's feelings might have been hurt, there's more to Peter's line.

Peter: "I didn't mean to hurt them. I was just...lashing out. At myself really. Blaming him for my own frustrations. My own inadequacies."
Ancient: "He will return."
 Monica Sztybel
The script hints at the fact that the coach and the owner were once an item. It's not persued in the episode.
 Monica Sztybel
When Jody backs off from Peter, saying, "That's not the seduction I had in mind," Peter has an explanation.

Peter: "Maybe I just care about you too much to take a chance. My father would say that if and when the time comes that our paths become, not parallel, but one...we'll know."
Jody: "But not tonight." (letting him go) "I hate it when you're right. Goodnight, partner."
Peter: (a smile) "Goodnight, partner."

After he leaves she says the Madonna line:-)
 Monica Sztybel
Before Peter and the team go out on the ice for the practice game, there is a scene in the locker room. Peter is putting on his skates and he accidentally knocks Jaekel over.

Peter: "Sorry."
Milton: (as he passes) "You ever take those glasses off?"
Peter: "Oui." (the Burt Lancaster smile) "When I skate."
Camera follows Milton across the locker room to where Consantine is dressing with Bonaduce and Paulsen.
Paulsen: "Something about that guy makes my teeth itch."
Consantine: "If he can't cut it he'll be in the hospital by this afternoon."
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In the tag, Caine says the seats he has are behind the goal. I'm gladthey switched it to center ice:-)
 Monica Sztybel