Dragonswing II

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Peter's wearing the ring.
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Ho Chow is Mr. Shu.
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The sign outside the Rathouse Pub says established by Rolph Harvey He's the set dresser who likes to put his name on all the signs (like the Junior High School in Force of Habit).
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Originally Blaisdell was supposed to be in this episode. I don't know why they changed it. Also, Sloan had wanted Kermit to be a part of the Dragonswing, but Scott Wentworth was performing at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and his schedule conflicted. So his gun went in his place:-)
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This episode throws off the timeline. In Temple, the headstone of Laura's grave says, "March 6, 1966" (I'm not sure of the day, but the month and year are right). In this episode, Caine says Laura has been dead three months in 1967.
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Script differences  
The script I have has Blaisdell in it.
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The tease is a little different. Rather than Peter's apartment, it takes place in Strenlich's home. Rather than Morgan sitting at the poker table, it's Marvin Katz. He says her lines.
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After Kermit comments about only being able to beat the odds on the computer, he asks if anyone has seen the chief in the last hour. Peter offers to look, offering to get beers for the group.
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There's a quick cut to a lead pipe swinging at a man's head. The man "throws up matstick arms to ward off the coming blow. he cries out."
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Back to Strenlich's. Peter moved into a kitchen and takes out some beers. Peter sees the French doors to the balcony are open and he sees Strenlich's silhouette outside. "He's talking to someone, his voice faint, indistinct. Peter moves forward."
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Back to the frail figure being struck again. It's the Ancient. He grabs the pipe and twists the wrists of the owner. There's a "flurry of fists through the frame."
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Peter gets closer and sees that it's Molly that Frank is talking to. She's crying, upset at him for never finding time for the family. She says that while she is a cop, she at least makes the effort. She tells him the kids know about his lack of support. She moves off. Frank turns around to see Peter, who is embarrassed at being caught. Peter says, "Your bet. Piazza just knocked one into Orange County for the Dodgers. Here's your beer." (awkwardly) "Devon's been ragging on me to cut my hours back too."

Strenlich: (brave front) "Molly's just under pressure. No sweat."

She's weeping under the trees.

Peter: "Cops life, huh?"
Strenlich: "You can't beat it."
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The Ancient goes "down under the last blow of the beating..."
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Molly lets Ariel in the house and she rushes to Peter. She says that people in the precinct told her he was there. He panics and asks if his father is hurt. She says no, it's the Ancient.
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The next shot is of them at a restaurant. Danny Zhao is describing what happened to Peter as Lo Si sits at a nearby table, blood dripping down one side of his face, on which he holds a cloth against. Peter asks him what happened.

Ancient: "Vipers lash at the startled mongoose. Chinese assassins. They wanted to kill me. to silence me! But it is your father they seek!"
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Next we're in Caine's quarters, which is partially wrecked like in the episode. "Peter enters, gun drawn, looks around. He runs through the open doors out onto the moonlit balcony overlooking the city. Deserted. He runs back inside and kneels down. Camera tightens onto what he finds. Blood on the floor. A symbol drawn on it."
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In act one the description of Peter in Kermit's office: "A grim and exhausted Peter leans in." This is as Kermit is searching for Caine on the Internet. There is not flashback in that scene. It ends with Peter asking Kermit to search for the symbol.
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After the brief scene of Caine in the dark room, they go to a scene at the Agrippa Club (this was probably written before they changed the club to Chandlers). Blaisdell enters and approaches Terry. He says something we can't hear, and Terry replies, "The far booth."

Peter is sitting back there nursing a beer. "Blaisdell slides into the booth opposite him. Peter barely looks up. Blaisdell laughs softly, shaking his head."

Blaisdell: "Kermit's having a ball. He's interfaced his computer with Federal Agencies in Brazil, Israel, Turkey. I think Interpol's going to just open their files and let him access them!"
Peter: (softly) "And none of these Agencies have any knowledge or sighting of my father."
Blaisdell: "Not yet. But he's a hard man not to ignore."
Peter: "Unless he's in the darkness somewhere, tied down like an animal."
Blaisdell: (leaning forward) "You can see that?
Peter finally looks up, taking a swallow of beer. The music plays a counterpoint to their quiet oasis.
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This is when Peter says he sometimes sees things.

Blaisdell looks away.
Blaisdell: "We all deal with loss in different ways. I was in the end phase of a mission for the CIA. Red sector, lines of communication cut off, defector with a bullet wound in his leg. A young agent fought a rearguard action for me to get out. They cut him down in a square in Zagreb. I couldn't go back for him. He died cold and alone in a snowstorm."

Peter: "Why was that loss greater than another?"
Blaisdell: "He was my son."
Peter stares at him.
Peter: "You had a son?"
Blaisdell reaches across and takes Peter's hand.
Blaisdell: (softly) "I still have a son."
Tears blind Peter's eyes. He looks down.
Peter: "I don't know how to deal with it. If he's cut down somewhere. If he's gone."
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This is when they have the flashback about visiting his mother's grave.

After Caine says, "Do not refer to me as Pop," young Peter asks, "You'd still be around?"
Caine: "If you want me to be."
Young Peter hugs his father with a fierceness that surprises him. He holds him close...

This is where young Peter says he's unsure what he'd do if he lost Caine as well as his mother. And Caine tells him about the shadows and being in the light for Peter.

They come out of the flashback. Peter says, "Tell me he'll come back into the light."
Blaisdell: "What's that?"
Peter: "I have to find him."
Blaisdell: "I'll get onto my old contacts. See what the whispers are on the streets of Vienna and Paris."
Peter: "Thanks, Paul. For being my father when I needed one." (standing; a beat) "You never told me you had a real son."
Blaisdell: "We'll talk about it one night."

He leaves Blaisdell alone with his memories.
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Then they go to the scene at Caine's with Peter and Rykker. The only difference is that Rykker doesn't dispute his debt to Caine with Peter. That's skipped.
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In the scene where Peter and Rykker arrive at the Rathouse Pub, the script depicts Peter drawing the symbol on the matchbook, rather than he just handing it to Rykker.
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Katia is arm wrestling, not fighting. There is a candle on either side of the table. Her first opponent is described as the type who could rip phone books. She manages to push his arm down to the candle. He can't take the pain of the flame and gives up. People cheer. She sees Peter and asks him if he fancies a game. When he tries to refuse, she says, "Big strong lad like you? Gonna let a wisp of a thing like me shame ya in front of all these good folks?"

Peter sits at the table and grips her hand.
Peter: "I wouldn't want to embarrass you."
Katia: "Darling, no man has embarrassed me in a very long time."
Camera moves around the table as their arms waver back and forth. She appears to be forcing Peter's arm right to the candle flame. He doesn't flinch.
Katia: "Doesn't that hurt?"
Peter: "Of course it does. The trick, as Steadman would say..."
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They go to a flashback from Dragonswing 1 where Steadman holds Brent's hand over the flame. Then it returns to the present.

Katia: (finishing it) "Is not minding..."
Peter blows out the candle on her side and raps her hand down onto the table. The crowd cheers. Katia gets to her feet and pushes through them. Peter follows.

When she and Peter are talking outside, she kisses then gently slaps him.
Katia: "That's for whatever's on your mind."
Peter smiles.
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Meanwhile, five men in black are circling the building as Peter explains to her how he knows Steadman. He tells her he needs another Dragonswing. She says, "My father's retired. He's risked his life for Queen and country for long enough."

Peter: "But if your father was in danger, you'd do anything you could to rescue him, wouldn't you?"
Katia: "Of course."
Peter: "That's all I'm asking. For my father."
Katia: "I might be able to persuade him. But I go too. That's the deal."
Peter: "This won't be arm wrestling in your Dad's pub." Suddenly she leaps into the air and kicks out. One of the would-be assassins behind Peter goes flying.
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They fight off the other four, showing her skill. After it's all over, Peter says, "You go too." She asks him who they were, and Peter explains they're assassins trying to stop the Dragonswing. Rykker enters and tells him there may not be one, because Steadman is "fighting for a young woman's honor."

Katia: "Whose?"
Rykker: "Yours..."
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Steadman and a man named Andre Castillian are dueling with foils. Steadman has grace, Castillian has youth and speed. Peter, Katia and Rykker show up.

Peter: "This is crazy!" (to Steadman) "Dueling went out with the Three Musketeers."
Steadman continues to ward off Castillian's blazing attacks with his foil.

Steadman: "But not chivalry, I hope."
Katia: (running forward) "Daddy! Don't do this! He'll kill you!"
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The swordplay continues, and Steadman gets cut in the side and on his head. Peter doesn't like what he's seeing and reaches for his gun. Rykker stops him and whispers, "This isn't about his daughter. Castillian's a rogue agent who almost killed Steadman and a lady colleague fifteen years ago. he got close to Katia so he could find Steadman and cut his throat. But Steadman doesn't want Katia to know that."
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Steadman manages, gracefully to disarm Castillian. The man insists he kill him, but Steadman doesn't, but vows to if they meet again. Castillian moves off to an awaiting car and drives away.

Katia reprimands her father. Steadman sees Peter and asks where Caine is and Rykker explains that Caine's the reason Peter is there.
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The scene at the pub is like the episode, but without Peter's outburst, which is in the scene with Blaisdell in the script.
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The ending of the scene is different, however. When Katia asks where the party is, and Steadman says, London, England. He adds to Peter, "This is a mission best left to professionals."

Peter: "I lost my father once. For fifteen years. I won't let that happen again."
Steadman: "I knew you wouldn't. Game's afoot, eh? Better find your passport and ask Blaisdell if you can take a couple of days off."
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In Blaisdell's office, Peter stands before Paul's desk. Paul get's to his feet. He looks exhausted.

Blaisdell: "I don't suppose there's anything I can say that would talk you out of going?"
Peter: "Not that I can think of."
Blaisdell: "I'm putting you on suspension for a week. What you do with the time is up to you. Got something to show you."

Paul and Peter go into Kermit's office.

Blaisdell: "A professional organized Caine's kidnapping. That's what my mercenary contacts came up with."
Kermit: (without looking up) "Got it isolated to three names."

Three photos are on Kermit's screen. One is of a Turk. The second is of a Russian. And the third is Chan.

Peter: "Chan!"
Griffin: "You know this clown?"
Blaisdell: "Killer for hire. Well connected. Worked for Tan. Looks like he's taken his act on the road."
Peter: "That's how this fanatical group found my father."
Blaisdell: "Only way I could figure it."

Peter moves from the office. Kermit follows and this is when he gives Peter his gun.
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While Peter is removing some personal things including the journals, Paul comes to talk to him.

Blaisdell: (quietly) "Stay close to Rykker. he can keep you alive. I'm at the end of a phone any time, day or night." He squeezes Peter's shoulder, then moves back into his office and shuts the door. Peter sits at the desk and picks up one of the journals. His father's journal. He leafs through the pages...

Peter: (softly) "I don't even know what I'm looking for. But you gave these to me for a reason, father. And I..."

This is when he sees the symbol of the Liji and the drawing of the Dalai Lama.

Then they go to the scene where Caine is put in the room with the Dalai Lama.

Back at the precinct, Peter is just closing the journal. He glances up to see Kahn standing in front of him. He says the Ancient will be fine and that he wants to join the Dragonswing. Peter says, "Same odds, same danger, different victim." Kahn replies, "Why not?"

Blaisdell is watching them as they leave. He steps back from the blinds and says softly, "Shoot straight, Peter."
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When the group arrives at the party in London, Kahn is dressed as a chauffeur. Rykker tells him to keep his eyes peeled. Kahn tips his hat.
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Rather than being with a woman at the party, Sterling shows up in a Mercedes, already tracking a KGB agent (instead of Mr. Shu as in the episode). The script follows him tracking the man with his watch.
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Meanwhile, at the party, Steadman sees an old friend. A woman named Tara. After Steadman leaves the group, Rykker points out Monckton to Peter. Katia isn't around, she's till mingling. Peter asks what they should do. Rykker replies, "What we have to."

Tara is some sort of agent. Steadman asks if she's there in an official capacity. She says, semi-official. She's awaiting the arrival of the Princess of Wales - a friend. And she says the American Ambassador is receiving death threats, and warns that there might be trouble.
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Meanwhile, Sterling fends off an attack on his own with "kung fu moves that Caine would appreciate." He continues to follow his target.
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Tara asks who everyone is. She knows Rykker, she's surprised that Katia is Steadman's daughter and she asks, "Who is that dishy young man beside her?" Steadman replies, "An American cop." He points out that a member of the Ambassador's security force was one of the people who had trapped Tara years ago in a Victorian doll's house and made the dolls attack her. She comments that the security has been breached.

The KGB agent radios that the Ambassador is in his study. Sterling is still following him. Meanwhile, Steadman and Tara see that three security guards are leaving the room and decide to follow.

Outside, four assassins get out of a car. They enter the mansion.
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Tara feigns drunkenness and talks to one of the fake security guards. She stumbles into him and knocks him out by throwing him against the wall. Steadman takes out another who was about to shoot Tara. Sterling takes out the assassin in the Ambassador's study (like in the episode).
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Outside, the four assassins move forward, and Peter leaps out of the darkness on one side, and Katia on the other. They take two of them out. The other two draw guns, but Rykker fires on them. He sees Monckton disappear before he can get a shot at him.
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Later on, Tara says it was fun and asks Steadman to look her up when he comes out of retirement again. She leaves. Sterling asks what's up and Peter explains that his father's been kidnapped. When Rykker asks if the Liji means anything to MI6, Sterling get's serious.

Sterling: (quietly) "It means the fate of the Chinese people. Let's go somewhere we can talk."

They go to the scene where Caine and the Dalai Lama reminisce.
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When they go into the flashback between Caine and the Dalai Lama at the temple, there is no year listed in the script.
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No amulet is given in the script.
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Sterling, Katia, Steadman, Rykker and Peter (no Kahn) are in a hotel room going over the plans. They are still in the UK. Sterling doesn't know where the fortress is, but he knows about the group holding Caine. Rykker brings up Monckton, and Sterling says that he'll bolt if he sees the three mercenaries. Peter comments that Monckton doesn't know him or Katia and Sterling smiles and says, "Fancy a pint." That's when they go to the pub.

There, Monckton is sitting alone at a table, nursing a drink with trembling hands. Peter and Katia sit down on either side. He reaches for his gun, but Peter clamps a hand on his arm and holds it tightly. It's Peter who comments that Monckton left the party early "before we could talk." Then goes on to say how he could flash his badge...

When Monckton asks what they want, the lines are delivered differently. It's Katia who asks for the address, and Peter who adds, "Their exact location." Then he says, "Or I'll turn you over to MI6. Your call."
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The next scene is in a tavern in Geneva. In there, they look over the map. This time Kahn is leaning against a pillar, watching the door. The plans are told in similar fashion as the episode.

They have the scene between Rykker and Steadman as he's preparing the explosives. Then there's a scene between Peter and Katia at the tavern. Kahn is there, looking out the window.

Peter: "You should get some sleep."
Kahn smiles and shakes his head. He's fine.

Peter reaches Katia who sits at the bar. The place is otherwise completely deserted. Katia pours them some champagne.
Katia: "I'm frightened."
Peter: "You should be..."

This is when Peter asks her why she's there. After she kisses him, instead of asking him if they can get to know each other better after the mission is over, she says, "Now we know each other a little better. It's two hours until we leave."

He toasts her glass...
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They go to the scene where the Dragonswing descends onto the island. There's no boat this time. Just Peter emerging out from the darkness, taking out some guards that were watching a large gate. Once the guards are out, the group opens the gates and moves in.

Three guards sit at monitors that show the compound. Peter bursts in and takes them all out without a sound.

This is when they have the scene with Chan, Caine and the Dalai Lama.

The action plays out the same, except that Kahn does a lot of fighting outside, and Peter uses Kermit's gun on the staircase up to the room his father's in. Also, it's not a boat that Sterling brings, but a helicopter. Because of this, there is a lot of action on the roof.
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The tag begins right when Sterling shows up. It takes place in the pub in Geneva, not at the Rathouse. When Peter says his father took the Dalai Lama back to exile, Katia: "Seems ironic to rescue the old man and then return him to obscurity."
Rykker: "Obscurity is a safer place to be. Maybe for all of us."
Sterling: "How long will Caine be gone?"
Peter: "I don't know. Excuse me..."

This is when Peter leaves, followed by Katia. After the three men toat, there's more to Peter and Katia. He staring at his reflection in a lake outside the building. Katia takes his hand.

Katia: "Will your father come back?"
Peter: (softly) "He usually does..."
He puts an arm around her shoulders...
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