All language subtitles for s01e03_-_shadow_assasin

Where are you?

Haha.

I'm not ready for you.

The grandson of Kwai Chang Kane walks
out of the past.

But I want to fight.

So did your great -grandfather when he
was your age.

He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin
temple.

An evil force destroyed that temple.
Father and son each believed the other

perished. Fifteen years later, they were
reunited.

Now Cain faced new challenges.

And his son grew up.

Look, I'm not my father. I don't do kung
fu. I'm a cop. That's who I am. That's

what I do.

I am Kane.

I will help you.

You are trouble, Kwai Ching Kane.

Yes.

The repairs on the quarters of the Kung
Fu Academy

are finished now.

You can return anytime you wish.

Do you really wish to share your space
with an old man?

I am quiet, but quite slovenly.

I will not be there unless you can help
me. You are Shaolin.

There is no task you can undertake for
which you need my counsel.

I am to fight a Chiwu master.

They are fear.

Phantoms.

Of the mind.

Demons of the soul.

Yes.

But this one is real.

I have seen him.

In a dream?

In a revelation.

A warning.

Why must you fight this devil?

There is a man.

I do not know him.

But I have been summoned.

To be his protector.

If you cannot help me, then I am alone.

How many death threats have you
received, Everett? How many do I need

get police protection? I'm papering the
bathroom now.

Have you ever received death threats
before?

Only from the New York Times book
critic.

That's enough, ladies and gentlemen. Mr.
Cooper has no comment. No, no, no. Yes,

yes, I do. Yes, I do. I'm being stalked.
I'm a target. Here.

Look at the cover of the book. Shadow
Assassin.

It ain't about enchilada recipes.

It's about death.

Wait a minute, everybody.

I'm sorry. It's not you that I'm mad at.

Well, anyway, what are you doing today
after reporting?

Just trying to beg for a date.

What are you making this for?

Publicity stunt.

Yeah, but what if it isn't? He winds up
face down in an alley.

We're going to look very bad on the
front page. No, no, no. I think that's

coming right around the corner of me.

There's a book signing over at Fairmont
Street this afternoon.

You're going to check it out.

For what? Ninjas hiding behind the
shelves? Phantoms creeping out of the

shadows? One never knows.

You just make an appearance.

You reassure our illustrious author that
you represent the city spot.

I'm giving you a new partner, by the
way.

I just transferred over from the 6 -6.

Tough, sassy material.

I think you'll find a way to handle him.

Detective Blakemore, we would all like
to welcome you to the 101.

Well, all together, or can I thank you
one by one?

Be careful, sir. Don't let the smart
mouth and the curves fool you. Inside,

she's straight as an arrow.

Damn it, Kane.

You get better looking every time I see
you. Think it the truth.

Oh, and that ingenuous modesty can melt
a girl's heart every time. Well, it

never worked for yours.

Well, that's because mine's made of
tempered steel.

I've decided I'm going to donate mine to
Gillette when I die.

Well, obviously, you two don't need any
introductions.

I'll just go on with it.

Fight some crime.

Catch you later.

Yeah.

So, what happened to the 66?

Basically, I got tired of hauling in
drugs, scumming it out on the streets

in five minutes.

I know how you feel.

It's good to see you again.

Yeah, you too.

Well, Kira, do I detect a crack in the
facade?

Don't tell anyone, but I'm still working
on the I may be a woman, but I'm one

hell of a tough cop routine.

So, uh, what makes you think it's gonna
be any better here at the 101?

I don't know. You got Chinatown, you got
Park, all the pot dogs, and you got

Holt's Couture Shopping. Hey, I'm glad
you're looking for culture, partner,

because we got one chic assignment.

Book signing.

Make sure your gun's loaded.

This could be very, very dangerous.

I enjoyed your book.

It was stimulating and informative and
provocative.

It was just a dust jam.

It kept me awake all night.

Well, Hartburn and every Cooper novel
will do it to you every time. It was a

pleasure. Thank you. Thank you very
much.

Good charming. Keep it charming. You're
doing my best.

Well, you look good. The horse must
agree with you. Why don't we use you for

the material trappings, you know? The
Mercedes, the house, the lawnmower, the

children.

Give me a good advance on the Shadow
Assassin sequel, will you? I'll do what

can. I'll do what I can.

No worries. I just want to get out of
here when I can. I gotta... I'm truly...

Truly what?

Divine.

Yes, you certainly are.

Have you read my book?

How do you sleep at night?

Naked. With the window open.

One sheet.

That's not exactly what I meant.

You see, the book is provocative.

No one wants to believe that shadows
have form and that phantoms kill.

Perhaps I shouldn't sleep alone?

Well, can I get back to the sleeping
alone thing?

Oh, Mr. Cooper.

I'm Detective Kane of Detective
Blakemore. Great, great, great. Finally,

someone's listening.

I want to get you my schedule for the
rest of the week.

Do you trade off?

Who gets nights?

We draw straws, and a loser takes
nights.

Mr. Cooper, just here to check out the
party for you.

And if you have one of these threatening
letters that you've received, I'd like

to run it through forensic.

I tore them up.

What?

What, I might get a slow moment, read
them again, brighten my day? Everett.

Excuse me, Everett, let me introduce you
to Kerry Butler with our New York

publishing house. Now, how would you
like to have a book launching on Fifth

Avenue? Are you kidding? I'm a New York
boy.

Come here.

Hey, don't go too far. We're like glue,
right?

Right?

Am I right?

Glue. Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah.

Everett, Kerry Butler.

Brooklyn! The next death threat is going
to come from me.

Champagne? Champagne?

One time, this little Puerto Rican kid
was running down the street and he went,

Mira, don't touch my ball! And eight car
alarms went off.

Well, you had to be there. Yeah, you
know why they never could bomb New York?

Because anything shiny, before it hit
the ground, it would be dripping.

Is it something I've been told? I'm not
sure.

Whoa,

whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Exotic.
Where do you think I found him? Huh? The

China Boat restaurant serving dim sum?

This is the world's leading authority on
Shaolin teachings. Over 6 ,000 hours of

intensive training.

A man who can kill you with his
thoughts?

I don't know. I don't believe in that
kind of logic.

When did you get a father?

Long story.

Excuse me. Lehi, what's the matter? You
look like you've seen a ghost.

No, not a ghost.

Here. I gotta get some air.

Are you all right? Yeah, I'm okay. Don't
worry.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

uh oh

That's good.

Yes.

But not good enough.

I have no wallet.

Please.

I wish you no malice.

You have no place to go?

Sure. I got my pick of any street I
want.

Oh, yes.

That is where I've seen you.

On the street in Chinatown.

Not just there.

I live in very good neighborhoods.

Just give me a cardboard box and a
candle and I'll be happy.

I have a studio.

I could offer you shelter.

I know the name of that tune.

Rent's real cheap, but it comes out of
my body.

No.

No rent.

Merely shelter.

Ariel. It's a nickname, like the
character in The Tempest. You know?

Good old Will Shakespeare.

I'm a spirit.

I move in and out of shadows.

I'm magic.

As we all are.

Well, from the moment I'm going to call
it a homicidal, I guess it's because of

that.

Take a look at this thing on his
forehead.

Tell me what you make of that.

Some kind of religious cult?

Daughters of Satan, the followers of
Rameses or something?

Yeah, it could be.

I don't know who ever did this.

Wanted to know who it was or at least
what he represents.

I've seen this before.

Where? When?

I don't know.

When I was a kid or something.

Give me that. Sure. What does it stand
for?

Pestilence. Leg.

Harrison!

What's going on? What are you, selling
tickets?

Everybody's coming down here to view the
body one by one. Get them out!

It's a gentle person I've never known.

What happened to him?

It's just a mug.

What's that on his forehead?

That. It's right there. What's that?

It's the mark of a shadow assassin.

Right? Am I right?

It's the book.

Anybody connected with the book is going
to die.

So maybe now you'll believe me.

You have a new friend?

Yes.

You have cake?

Or you a wallet?

Hey, I must be better known than I
thought.

I know you too.

You're the ancient.

Your building was torched.

Anyway, I don't steal no more.

Yes, you do.

You steal for the others.

You bring them food, you give them
clothes.

Now you must do something for yourself.

So must you, Kuai -Cheng -Keng.

I will teach you all that I know, all
that I can to prepare

you for this fight.

But it may not be enough.

It is enough that you offer, my friend.

Hey, what are you doing here?

Glue.

I'm sticking to you like glue.

I'm in your hip pocket.

I'm being stalked, you're being stalked.

It's a buddy thing.

Well, you're going to have to make a
statement at the precinct.

I've made hundreds of statements. No
one's listening.

I'll talk while you drive.

You're in charge of the case, right?

Right? Am I right?

Right.

All your senses, all your instincts,
forget them.

You must learn them as new.

Behind you, Kwai Chung -ki.

You must know what is shadow and what is

substance.

All things seem to be shadow.

Yes. You must sense the shape behind it.

The Chiru Master is never where you
expect him.

He is smoke.

He is...

Allusion.

Listen, I think it's great that you come
and visit your father, but aren't we

talking about life and death here?

My life, my death.

He may be able to help us.

He?

Who?

Gandhi?

He's the only person I can imagine that
could live here.

Weird father.

You have had a bad dream?

No.

Something was here.

In the room with me.

A shadow moved.

In your imagination.

No. No.

I saw it.

It was the dragon's head.

Teeth. Beard.

Hey, listen.

You're the cop.

You're investigating a murder. How you
do it is your business. I'm just tagging

along because I'm scared.

Talking to your father is going to help.
I'm with you.

Where do we look?

We started one out of Chinatown. Keep
asking till we find him.

Grab your father. He looks a little
oriental. Oh, very helpful.

Oh, my God.

Do you see him?

Where'd you get this coat?

I didn't steal it. He gave it to me.

The priest.

Because I ain't got no coat, not one
without holes that a rat can climb in.

Put the gun away.

It frightened me.

How do you know him?

I live with him.

Oh. Run that by me again?

I have no place to go. He took me in.

So where is he now? He took off with
some old guy. Really old. Like he came

of some tomb.

He was teaching him how to fight?

The ancient was going to teach my father
how to fight?

He's your father?

Wow.

That's cool.

Where is he?

He said I could meet him at a cafe, the
Golden Dragon.

I was on my way there when he grabbed
me.

When did you start picking up waifs?

Oh, she had nowhere to go. I know, I
know. I am Kane.

Come to Chinatown, I will help you.

Listen, this is Everett Cooper, the
author.

Hey, how you doing?

I can't.

Or both of us.

I'm investigating a homicide.

Mr. Cooper's researcher.

He worked on this book.

It's supposed to reveal secrets about
shadow assassins and forbidden cults.

But like Solomon Rushdie's Satanic
Verses, I think he may have offended the

wrong people.

Yes.

He has.

Legends, you know.

Throw in a few facts, thread in some
romance, a little gratuitous sex and

violence, and boom, you're on the New
York Times bestseller list.

Who knows where myth ends and reality
begins, right?

I think the killer's a little more than
myth.

This mark was found on my victim's
forehead.

Your murderer is Chiru.

I want someone who can kill somebody
with their thought.

Nobody can do that. Not even a Shaolin
priest.

Shibu is not Shaolin.

It is a separate sect, a renegade order,

which we speak of only in a whisper.

So there's no defense against the
Abbasid?

If you fight him, you die?

So, I am in danger, right?

Anyone who has any contact whatsoever
with this book is

in danger.

Okay, so this is some wacko posing as
Everett's shadow assassin.

I'll give me something to work with.

I'm taking you home, Everett.

Don't worry. There'll be another police
officer there to take my place when I

leave.

Can I stay with you?

I would just feel safer with you.

You must go with my son for now.

But I will be close to you.

Come on, Everett.

Everett.

Hey.

Are you okay?

The waif, uh... She said the ancient was
teaching you how to fight. What's that

about?

Survival.

I don't understand you.

I'm working on it, but... I guess I got
a lot to learn, huh?

Well, I don't remember what real beauty
looks like anymore. It's certainly not

out on the streets.

Sure it is.

Sure it is. That's what my father would
say.

It is there to be discovered. One must
simply look.

How is the reunion going?

It's hard to say.

He lives in another world.

A world that I was a part of at one
time, but I've become a stranger to.

I thought I had my foot in the door
again, but... But you were wrong.

I just can't find... I can't find the
right words to say to him.

Like, this afternoon, he was aloof,
distant. Like, there was something...

something on his mind that he just
couldn't talk about.

Peter, I mean, we all go through that.
You know that.

No, but this was important.

I could feel that this was important.

But he just won't give me anything. He
won't reach out.

Well, then maybe you'll have to do the
reaching out.

You know something?

You having a father again has made quite
a change in you.

Hmm?

How you doing?

Hope I'm not disturbing dinner.

Now, you're finished.

I'm supposed to get round -the -clock
protection.

Guy leaves it thick, they send Doogie
Howser to relieve him.

This kid isn't even shaving yet.

Anyway, overheard you guys making a date
in the alleyway.

Nice place.

It's good.

So, any real leads on the killer yet?

Dinner was great, and the company was
even better. Thanks.

I get a feel like a creep sending you
home.

Not if you send me to your home.

Hey, I'll stay in the kitchen. I don't
have

to worry about a shadow of a chance when
I'll die right here in an alley.

Now, if we can just move that energy
into a new direction.

Call it in, please.

Can I have your handcuffs?

Yes, ma 'am.

I'm

going

to go get Peter, all right?

Yeah, 33.

Officer needs assistance in the alleyway
south end of Magnolia.

Peter. It's a man.

Yeah, King.

No!

Your enemy will be all around you.

But this only one is real.

Know him, feel him, and find him.

Better.

If that had been Chiru... I'd

be dead.

I'll see you later.

How was it? Cops funeral, huh?

more poignant because it's a woman who
died in the light of duty.

Every cop there stands and looks down on
the grave and sees himself being alone

in that cup.

That's why I didn't go.

I buried my father like that.

How's Peter taking it?

About as badly as I've ever seen him
taking it.

Nikki, what do you got in the autopsy?

Poison.

Poison? That's right. In both bodies?
What kind of poison?

Very exotic and traceable. Well, never
mind how exotic and virtually

it is. It's a root herb.

Derived from a root herb?

Okay, Nikki, Nikki, thank you. You're
the greatest.

I was waiting for you.

I know.

But I have not come for you.

As the author Everett Cooper, he is the
one I seek.

He meant you no harm.

He betrayed the secrets.

The secrets he learned.

He did not believe in them.

He will now.

Do not interfere.

There is no reason for you to die.

There is always...

A reason to die.

Your grandfather wore his bleeding heart
on his shirt sleeve.

This is another era.

How many more die?

It will end with the author.

Bring him to me.

There's an abandoned steel mill on the
lake.

I will have it prepared.

Midnight tonight.

Then leave.

I cannot do that.

Even though you are a holy man, I bear
you no malice.

But if you stand in my way, I will kill
you.

Right. Cops.

Can't trust them.

Took away my protection this morning.

So I came here.

I didn't know what else to do.

If you had not found me, I would have
found you.

We must face our destinies together.

Tonight.

Couldn't I just go to Pittsburgh?

You have come to talk to me of poison.

Yes.

How did you know that?

You must warn your father.

I swore to him I would not reveal his
secret, but I cannot let him

die.

What are you talking about?

That he rule, master.

Your father engages with him in...

Mortal combat.

Tonight.

Where's Everett?

Waiting for me.

No.

He's waiting for us.

The ancient told me what's going on.

You're not going after a serial killer
by yourself.

He is.

Chiru.

Uses poison.

That's how he killed his victims.

Or is that how all Chirus kill their
victims?

The method of death is not important.

Chiru uses deception to confuse and
disorient.

Well, maybe a bullet will stop him.

No, I must go alone.

Can't let that happen.

Tell me where and when.

No matter what happens, you're the hero
of my next book.

I am honored.

Wait here.

Hey, tell me what my father's got.

There is nothing that you can do,
nothing more I can do.

He must face his destiny.

I haven't waited 15 years to find my
father and lose him again.

If he's going to die, then I'm going to
go too.

And the shadow assassin can kill me.

Now you tell me where he is.

You have brought the author?

Yes.

But you may not have him. Are you his
champion?

I am.

Then you must die also.

I'm right here in front of you.

Over here. Over here.

Try again.

Try again.

Here's my shot. Here's my shot. Here's
my shot.

Awareness. Awareness.

Awareness.

Behind you.

Behind you.

You okay?

Where is he? He's gone!

The man who saved me is a very special
human being.

Uh... Kwai Chang Kane, if you're
watching...

Shadow Assassin sequel is about you.

You're probably not watching, and you
don't watch the stuff.

You're probably home making a flute.

Anyway, that's it.

You're going to be the subject of his
next book?

Perhaps.

You know, you defeated a man last night,
not a phantom.

He was a killer.

Died by his own hand.

He just crawled off to die.

But we'll find him.

You must remember that legends begin
with truth.

Well, the ancients said that if you
defeated Shuru, you'd become a master.

that true?

Well, he's very old.

I'm ready for my lesson.

He's going to teach me Kung Fu.

Hey.

You know, Pop, maybe... Dad.

Maybe I'm ready for some lessons.

When you are.

I will return.