The Lacquered Box:
Production Number 187443
Original Air Date: May 12, 1993
This episode was originally
written to be the straightforward story of Caine's rebuilding of
the brownstone after the fire -- there was nothing at all in the original
script about Pita
getting a shotgun blast at point-blank range. Most
shocking of all, The Ancient was not even supposed to be in
it...the old man whom the little girl refers to as
"grandfather" was going to be a character named Lin
Tsu. But I digress <G> Somehow a new teaser, a new
beginning and a new end were written into the story, making it
even less coherent than usual -- which is saying a lot!
Continuity Error: Go back and re-watch the pilot where
Caine rescues Lo Si from the killers coming to the hospital. Is
there a mark on The Ancient?? Nope! But in this ep, he is
sporting a bandage on his forehead and a cute lil finger splint.
When is all that supposed to have happened? <G>
Ooops!: Rob Moses (Khan) sticks
out like a sore thumb in glasses and a crummy wig, playing a stunt badguy in
the fight scene at the end.