Original Air Date: October 2, 1996
A carnival ride has the ability to scare people to death. The story has
the ability to bore people to death.
Almost interesting facts: Deborah Duchêne (Xenia, Pita's love
interest of the week), also played Mel, Pita's love interest of the week
in "Out Of The Woods." James Drury, The Preacher in "The Gunfighters,"
here plays the evil carnie, Doctor Freeze.
A show without Caine having a flashback would be unthinkable:
So they used a scene from "The Gunfighters." It had James Drury in
it, but it was in fact a flashback of The Preacher shooting the original
Kwai Chang Caine...so it was technically a flashback dealing with two
completely different characters. <G>
Quote to remember for the total lack of conviction of its
delivery: "Shaolin...I felt his presence more strongly than my own
heartbeat."