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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995): “Chi of Steel”
by Hilary J. Bader, James Hayman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11

Title: “Chi of Steel”

Medium: television series episode

Original airdate: 8 Jan. 1995

Publisher: ABC
Written by: Hilary J. Bader
Directed by: James Hayman


6 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Superman Superman (Clark Kent) hero
CBR Scale: S Methodist / Kryptonian religion
Kryptonians; Super Friends...  DC 13,409
Lois Lane Lois Lane supporting character
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Raleigh College
[Superman's girlfriend, then wife]
DC 3,859
Jimmy Olsen Jimmy Olsen supporting character hero
CBR Scale: I Lutheran
The Legion of Super-Heroes
[Superman's pal]
DC 1,896
Perry White Perry White supporting character clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Baptist; Elvis worship (ordained)
[Superman's (Clark Kent's) boss; Daily Planet editor] DC 1,574
Jonathan Kent Jonathan Kent supporting character
CBR Scale: S Methodist
[Superman's adoptive father] DC 816
Martha Kent Martha Kent supporting character
CBR Scale: S Methodist
[Superman's adoptive mother] DC 827

Timecode: 0 minutes, 49 seconds: The scene is the interior of an exclusive Metropolis men's club, a club that Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White belongs to. Perry is there now. Outside the room he is in, we see for the first time a character who appears to be a ninja who will play a pivotal role in this story.

Technically, this black-garbed figure, who wears a ninja-like mask over his (or her?) face may not be a "ninja" per se. This episode entirely revolves around Chinese culture, Chinese martial arts, Chinese mysticism and Chinese-American characters. Ninjas are traditionally Japanese in origin. The black-garbed figure is referred to in this episode by others as the "hooded figure" or "hooded robber." This masked martial artist is never referred to as a "ninja." But it is hard to watch this character without thinking "ninja." The character's garb seems very much like a traditional film or comic book black-garbed ninja, and the characters moves and mystical skills (such as being able to melt into shadows and disappear) seem to be traditional fictional ninja skills.

Ultimately we learn that this character is not associated formally with Japanese ninjas or ninjitsu philosophy, and that traditional Chinese religion (including strong doses of Taoism, along with Confucianism and Buddhism) are a major part of the character's background and training. So we will not identify the black-hooded figure as a "ninja," even though when first watch the beginning of this episode, this is what first comes to mind.

Should a person who dresses like a ninja, fights like a ninja, and utilizes ninja-like skills be classified as a "ninja", even if they are Chinese and their training is in ancient Chinese traditions? We'll leave that whole discussion for others, and we can assure you, this is a topic that has been discussed in depth by many others. The writers of this episode were probably unconcerned with the nuanced details about whether or not there are "Chinese ninjas." The writers simply appear to have been interested in ninjas, which were an extremely popular trend in pop culture at the time, but - for whatever reason - they wanted to set their story within a Chinese-American rather than Japanese-American community. Perhaps this is because some of the other elements of the story, including the trafficing of Chinese slaves and indentured servants, simply aren't a factor in Japanese-American society like it is among Chinese-Americans.

Timecode: 1 minute, 10 seconds: We see the ninja-like black-garbed figure for the second time. After sneaking up on a security guard, the ninja-like hooded figure jumps and uses a karate chop to the guard's neck and back to knock him out. The hooded figure's moves are fast and smooth. He is clearly a dangerous martial artist.

[The scenes showing the ninja-like hooded figure making his way through the men's club are interspersed with scenes scenes showing Perry White talk to Harlan Black, Perry's financial advisor. The financial advisor is explaining to Perry White how his life savings have been converted to bearer bonds, stored in a safe in a room they are in, preparatory to using the bonds in a lucrative investment. The hooded figure knocks on the door to the room Perry and Harlan are in. Harlan opens the door but sees nobody - only a darkened hallway. Harlan closes the door. The hooded figure is standing next to Harlan, somehow having snuck into the room while the door was open!]

BELOW: The ninja-like hooded figure (a Chinese martial artist with mystical powers) invades the Metropolis Men's Club where Perry White is a member:

The ninja-like hooded figure (a Chinese martial artist with mystical powers) invades the Metropolis Men's Club where Perry White is a member larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Timecode: 2 minutes, 2 seconds: The ninja-like hooded figure throws Harlan across a desk.

Perry White: What in the hell?!

[The ninja-like hooded figure grabs Perry using a neck pinch and forces Perry into a chair. The hooded figure quickly ties Perry to the chair. Harlan peeks up over the top of the desk he was thrown onto and fell off of.]

Perry White: You all right, Harlan?

Harlan Black: Uh huh.

[The ninja-like hooded figure leaves Perry and heads to the safe.]

BELOW: The ninja-like hooded figure uses his mystical power to break into a steel safe:

The ninja-like hooded figure uses his mystical power to break into a steel safe larger larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Perry White: Well, you're a little late, pal. That safe is locked and secured. There's not a chance you're gonna get anything out of there.

[The ninja-like hooded figure seems to meditate and call up mystical power. Suddenly he strikes both sides of the steel safe. Sparks fly. The steel door falls foward off of the safe.]

Perry White: Oh, my God.

[The ninja-like hooded figure then steals all of the bearer bonds, taking off with essentially all of Perry White's life savings.]

Perry White: Harlan, this is bad, isn't it?

Harlan Black: [Nodding yes.] Uh huh.

Perry White: Oh, no.

[Roll opening credits.]

Ninja-like warriors and Eastern martial arts form a major central theme of this episode. We have not included excerpts to all such material. We have tried to sample the most overtly religious content along these lines.

Timecode: 8 minutes, 47 seconds: Superman comes to the room in the gentleman's club where Perry White's bearer bonds were stolen by the ninja-like hooded figure. Superman looks throughout the room for clues. Finally he notices something on the safe itself.

BELOW: Superman finds a mystical Chinese dragon figure on the safe:

Superman finds a mystical Chinese dragon figure on the safe larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Superman: What is this?

Harlan Black: What?

[Superman uses his heat vision to heat up the spot he is examining on the side of the safe. He grabs an 8.5 x 11" piece of paper. Superman's heat vision reveals a dragon insignia somehow imprinted into the steel of the safe. Superman holds the paper up to the dragon imprint, which is now hot due to his heat vision. The dragon imprint is burned onto the paper.]

Superman: You mind if I take this with me and see what I can find out?

Harlan Black: Be my guest.

Timecode: 9 minutes, 42 seconds: Clark Kent shows the paper to Lois Lane.

BELOW: Clark Kent points out the dragon symbol and yin-yang, symbols of traditional Chinese religion and martial arts:

Clark Kent points out the dragon symbol and yin-yang, symbols of traditional Chinese religion and martial arts larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Clark Kent: He said that they found this design etched into the side of the safe.

Lois Lane: What is it?

BELOW: Clark Kent discusses the mystical Chinese religious symbols he found:

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Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Clark Kent: Well, see the dragon symbol, a yin-yang? They're power totems. Some of the more obscure Chinse martial arts use them. The design is cut into an artifact, like a necklace or a ring. It's supposed to bestow power upon its wearer.

Lois Lane: If it's so obscure, how do you know about it?

Clark Kent: I travelled through China a little bit. I mean, I know some of them, but not all of them. I don't recognize this one at all. But, hey, I know who would. Chen Chow.

Lois Lane: Who?

Clark Kent: Chen Chow, a friend of mine. He's the editor of the Chinatown Daily. His grandfather and sister, Lin, are really big into this stuff.

Timecode: 10 minutes, 24 seconds: Harlan is still in the gentlemen's club, asking questions of his high-ranking subordinate, a Chinese-American man played by actor Dana Lee.

BELOW: Perry White's financial advisor Harlan Black is skeptical about Chinese mysticism:

Perry White's financial advisor Harlan Black is skeptical about Chinese mysticism larger larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Harlan Black: The Heart of the Dragon? What is that, some kind of Bruce Lee movie?

High-ranking Chinese subordinate: It's no joke. You saw what he did to the safe. He's a 10th-level Ye Chi master, and with the Dragon's Heart Bracelet, he's unstoppable.

Harlan Black: Excuse me, did I just fall through a rabbit hole? I want this yahoo found. And then I want him hurt. And then I wanna dance at his funeral. Are you reading me on this?

High-ranking Chinese subordinate: Yes. But I don't think you're reading me.

Timecode: 10 minutes, 53 seconds: Cut to interior of the Chinese martial arts studio (or "dojo") when Chen Chow's grandfather is training young Chinese men in high-level martial arts. Lois Lane enters the dojo and approaches a Chinese woman who appears to be a receptionist or other worker. We will eventually learn that this woman is Lin Chow, the granddaughter of the Ye Chi grandmaster who is Chen Chow's grandfather.

BELOW: Lois Lane visits a Chinese martial arts studio where there are students wearing Taoist yin-yang symbols and Buddhist statues:

Lois Lane visits a Chinese martial arts studio where there are students wearing Taoist yin-yang symbols and Buddhist statues larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Lois Lane: Hi. I'm Lois Lane. Clark Kent called. I have an appointment with Chen Chow.

[The woman Lois approached bows her head and walks away. We see more of the elderly gentleman training his students. His two students spar with each other. Note the Yin-Yang symbol on their outfits. Lois Lane watches the training. The elderly master speaks to his students in Chinese. The two students stop sparring and bow to the master. They walk away. Behind the martial arts master there is a shrine room with a golden statue of a sitting Buddha. The martial arts master enters the shrine room.]

[At the entrance to the martial arts studio a Chinese man who is dressed very much like Clark Kent - even down to the glasses - walks up to Lois Lane and shakes her hand. It is Clark's friend, Chen Chow.]

Chen Chow: Hi. You must be Lois. I'm Chen.

Lois Lane: Hi.

Chen Chow: Nice to finally meet you. I've heard a lot about you. So, I hear the hooded figure strikes again.

Lois Lane: Yeah. Clark said you'd heard about this guy?

Chen Chow: He's hit four Chinatown businesses in the last week. But this is his first robbery outside Chinatown. Same m.o. A loan, big cash, no clues.

Lois Lane: Actually, one clue. Uh, we found this. We were wondering if you know what it means.

[Lois pulls the paper with the dragon symbol burned into it from her purse. She shows it to Chen Chow. He takes it in his hand and looks at it.]

Chen Chow: I don't know. [Shows paper to his grandfather, the martial arts master, who is sitting in the lotus position in front of the Buddha statue.] Hey, Grandpa? You recognize this?

BELOW: Grandfather Chow sits in front of a large statue of the Buddha:

Grandfather Chow sits in front of a large statue of the Buddha larger larger larger larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Grandfather Chow: This one's heart and head are in different places.

Lois Lane: That's a good thing. If my heart was in my head, I wouldn't have room for my brain. [chuckles]

Grandfather Chow: It is the dragon's heart, the long sum. Power totem of the Ye Chi discipline. Two bracelets worn on the wrists, taken from the Tao Monastery many years ago.

Lois Lane: Where are they now?

Grandfather Chow: Only the one who took them knows.

Lois Lane: [to Chow Chen] Look, Chen, if you could get me a list of the robberies that took place in Chinatown and the dates--

Chow Chen: I'll fax it to your office.

Lois Lane: Thanks. How do you know Clark?

Chow Chen: We go to the same optometrist.

[Another man comes up and speaks to Chow Chen, calling his attention away to something else.]

Chow Chen: Excuse me. [Walks away.]

Lois Lane: [to the martial arts master, who is now sipping tea.] It was a pleasure to meet you, sir. I just wanted to say that I've studied a little karate and tai chi. And I was watching you with your students. I'd really be interested in maybe taking--

Grandfather Chow: Women are not allowed in the master class.

BELOW: Lois Lane is interested in studying with with Grandfather Chow, but women are now allowed in the master class:

Lois Lane is interested in studying with with Grandfather Chow, but women are now allowed in the master class larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

[Lois Lane is not happy to hear that. Earlier in the day she was not allowed to enter Perry White's gentleman's club, which she took as a sign of discrimination against women. The martial arts master's words remind her of that earlier incident. She turns and walks away.]

Later we see a scene on the docks, where a Chinese couple and their son arrive in America. The high-ranking Chinese subordinate that worked with Harlan in the Metropolis Men's Club talks to the Chinese family, telling them that they must work for their organization and turn over 50% of their pay until their debts are paid. Even the young boy must work, and will not be allowed to attend school until after his debts are paid. Then the high-ranking Chinese subordinate gets into a limousine and talks to Harlan. It seems that Harlan (a white American) is in charge of this organization. Harlan discusses their criminal business with his subordinate, and they talk about how they could make more money smuggling slave and/or indentured labor into the country if it wasn't for Superman patrolling the docks so often. Timecode: 17 minutes, 5 seconds:

Harlan Black: Tell me you've got good news about these robberies.

High-ranking Chinese subordinate: I do. The dragon's heart bracelets were brought here, from China, by a family that's known to us. The bracelets--

Harlan Black: Bracelets again! What, are you working up a drag act? I don't care about bracelets. You're into women's accessories, fine. Shop on your own time. But find this guy that's taking my money!

Timecode: 17 minutes, 34 seconds: The ninja-like hooded figure strikes again, attacking security guards who are guarding an armored car at the dock, in the middle of the day. The high-ranking Chinese subordinate pulls out a gun and tries to shoot the hooded figure, but the hooded figure disarms him with throwing disks. Superman appears on the scene and tries to grab the hooded figure, but the hooded figure is able to elude Superman and then throws Superman into a large crate. Before Superman can recover and grab the hooded figure, the hooded figure sprinkles magical dust around him and disappears.

BELOW: The ninja-like hooded figure defeats Superman in battle:

The ninja-like hooded figure defeats Superman in battle larger larger larger larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

[Harlan and the high-ranking Chinese subordinate have watched as the ninja-like hooded figure defeated Superman and escaped.]

High-ranking Chinese subordinate: You were saying something about women's accessories?

BELOW: Harlan Black is impressed that a Ye Chi master defeated Superman:

Harlan Black is impressed that a Ye Chi master defeated Superman larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Harlan Black: He can beat Superman.

High-ranking Chinese subordinate: Wearing the Heart of the Dragon, a Ye Chi master could kill Superman.

Harlan Black: A dead Superman. You know what that is? Good for business. Nobody flying over the harbor with x-ray vision. We could fill factories by the boatloads. Welcome to that world of "If." Get them. I don't care what it costs or who dies. I want those bracelets.

Timecode: 19 minutes, 38 seconds: Later, Clark Kent has told his parents about his defeat at the hands of the ninja-like hooded figure.

BELOW: Clark Kent and his parents are mystified after a martial artist with no apparent super powers defeated Clark as Superman:

Clark Kent and his parents are mystified after a martial artist with no apparent super powers defeated Clark as Superman larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Jonathan Kent: Are you sure it wasn't Kryptonite?

Clark Kent: I'm sure, Dad.

Martha Kent: Do you suppose he could be some kind of superbeing?

Clark Kent: Well, he wasn't strong. He was just . . . I don't understand what he really was at all.

[After some other conversation, Lois Lane arrives at the apartment.]

Lois Lane: So, the moves that the hooded figure [i.e., the ninja-like hooded figure] was using? I recognized them. They're the exact moves that Chen's grandfather taught. The Ye Chi.

Timecode: 21 minutes, 18 seconds: Lois and Clark go to Grandfather Chow's dojo to talk to him. But when they arrive, they see that the place has been ransacked. The high-ranking Chinese subordinate and thugs working for him were there looking for the magical Heart of the Dragon bracelets. Clark Kent uses his x-ray vision to try to find his friend. He sees his friend Chen Chow tied up along with the Lin Chow and Chow's grandfater. They are tied up and sit on the floor in the shrine room in front of the Buddha statue. Clark tells Lois he thinks he hears something. He heads straight to the shrine room. Lois follows. They untie the tied-up Chinese people.

BELOW: The Tong (Chinese mafia) tied up Grandfather Chow and his grandson, Chen Chow.

The Tong (Chinese mafia) tied up Grandfather Chow and his grandson, Chen Chow. larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Clark Kent: Chen, what happened?

Chen Chow: Four guys broke in, tore up the place.

Lois Lane: Who were they?

Grandfather Chow: The Tong.

Lois Lane: The Chinese mafia?

Clark Kent: What did they want?

Chen Chow: They think we have the dragon heart bracelets Grandpa was talking about.

Lois Lane: That's part of the reason we're here.

Clark Kent: The hooded robber hit Son Kwan Industries. Lois saw him using the same Ye Chi moves that you taught, and he was wearing the bracelets.

Lois Lane: He threw Superman around like a rag doll, and then disappeared.

Clark Kent: I wouldn't say like a rag doll.

BELOW: Grandfather Chow describes some of the mystical abilities and tricks that makes a Ye Chi master so formidable:

Grandfather Chow describes some of the mystical abilities and tricks that makes a Ye Chi master so formidable larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Grandfather Chow: A Ye Chi master utilizes many devices: A smoke that paralyzes, a sound that confuses, a dust that can create an image so real, that even another Ye Chi master would be fooled.

Clark Kent: And the dragon's heart bracelet.

[Grandfather Chow walks over to Clark Kent. The aging master waves his hand in front of Clark's face. The master uses his mystical abilities to sense something about Clark.]

BELOW: Grandfather Chow tells Clark Kent his chi is strong:

Grandfather Chow tells Clark Kent his chi is strong larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Grandfather Chow: Your chi is strong. Very, very strong. Yes, I trust you. I have the bracelets.

BELOW: Grandfather Chow waits for a worthy recipient of the powerful Dragon's Heart bracelets. It will not be his former student, Jzuk-Mao, who was seduced by evil and greed:

Grandfather Chow waits for a worthy recipient of the powerful Dragon's Heart bracelets. It will not be his former student, Jzuk-Mao, who was seduced by evil and greed larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Chen Chow: Grandpa, for real? When my grandfather died, he gave them to me to hold for the next worthy one. I thought it would be my student, Jzuk-Mao, but he was seduced by evil and greed. The last thing I did before leaving China with my grandchildren for America was to have him arrested.

Lois Lane: What's so amazing about the bracelets.

Chen Chow: I will show you. [Grandfather Chow presses secret hidden buttons on a Chinese mural painted on one wall.] Like so many, the Tong search without seeing.

[The secret panel opens in the wall. Grandfather Chow is shocked to see the bracelets are missing.]

Grandfather Chow: It's gone. Someone has stolen them. They were here yesterday. I checked on it after you left, Miss Lane.

Timecode: 24 minutes, 50 seconds: Lois and Clark talk to Jimmy Olsen and Perry White in Perry's office. The "hooded figure" has been robbing businesses run by Son Kwan Industries and giving money to the indentured servants who must work for Son Kwan Industries, so they can buy their freedom. There are rumors in Chinatown (but no proof) that Harlan Black is the man who runs Son Kwan Industries. So the ninja-like hooded figure apparently stole Perry White's bearer bonds because the masked figure thought that the money was "dirty", just another part of Son Kwan Industries' ill-gotten wealth. So the "hooded figure" is sort of a "Robin Hood" type of thief. Lois and Clark want to try to find the hooded figure so they can convince the person that Perry was just an innocent dupe, and hopefully they will be able to convince the person to return Perry's life savings.

Note the framed photo of Elvis Presley sitting behind Perry White's desk in this scene.

BELOW: Elvis watches over Perry White:

Elvis watches over Perry White

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Lois Lane and Harlan Black both suspect that Chen Chow is really the hooded robber. Lois thinks that Chen's guise as a nerdy, mild-mannered reporter is just a disguise, to hide his true identity as a martial arts "super hero." We soon see, however, that Chen is NOT the hooded robber. Harlan Black has Grandfather Chow's star pupil from his time in China, Jzuk-Mao, fight Chen Chow. Jzuk-Mao is a "tenth-level Chi master." Chen Chow is completely unable to defend himself. He truly is not the hooded robber.

BELOW: Jzuk-Mao: 10th level Ye Chi master:

Jzuk-Mao: 10th level Ye Chi master larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Timecode: 35 minutes, 26 seconds: When Lois disguises herself as a man to sneak into the Metropolis Gentlemen's Club, Clark figures out that hooded robber is not a man, but is actually a woman: Lin Chow, Grandfather Chow's granddaughter. She has been around Ye Chi martial arts her entire life. She has observed her grandfather's training but was not allowed to take his master class. Yet she has mastered his teachings and took the magic bracelets to enhance her abilities and allow her to steal money from the evil Son Kwan Industries so she could return money to the organization's indentured servants.

After Clark explains his theory to Lois Lane and Perry White, we cut to the dojo, where we see the hooded figure unmasking. The hooded robber is indeed Lin Chow. Suddenly the sliding door to the shrine room opens. Grandfather Chow is standing there, realizing for the first time that his granddaughter really is the hooded robber.

BELOW: Clark Kent realizes that the ninja-like hooded figure is really Grandfather Chow's granddaughter Lin:

Clark Kent realizes that the ninja-like hooded figure is really Grandfather Chow's granddaughter Lin larger larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Grandfather Chow: So, it is you. What you have done is a shameful thing. You have stolen the Dragon's Heart.

Lin Chow: I'm sorry, Grandpa. I thought that--

Grandfather Chow: Do not think. The long sum is mine to give, not yours to take. You have dishonored me. Give them back.

BELOW: In front of the Buddha statue, Grandfather Chow chides his granddaughter for shamefully stealing the Dragon's Heart:

In front of the Buddha statue, Grandfather Chow chides his granddaughter for shamefully stealing the Dragon's Heart larger larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

[Lin Chow gives her grandfather the Dragon's Heart bracelets. He puts them on. He raises his hands above his head. He crosses his arms in front of them. He laughs an evil laugh. His face looks more and more evil. He is transformed into a younger person.]

BELOW: Grandfather Chow transforms and we see it is really his evil former student Jzuk-Mao in disguse:

Grandfather Chow transforms and we see it is really his evil former student Jzuk-Mao in disguse larger larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

[Cut to commercial break. After the commercial break, the new scene starts with the camera focused on the golden Buddha statue. We see that Lin Chow did NOT hand the bracelets over to her grandfather. She really gave them to her grandfather's former student Jzuk-Mao, who used his tenth-level Ye Chi powers to make Lin Chow see him as her grandfather. Now this villainous pupil of Ye Chi has the powerful Dragon's Heart bracelets.]

Timecode: 37 minutes, 38 seconds: Cut to a Chinese traditional celebration. We see a dancing dragon and fireworks as part of the celebration.

Timecode: 39 minutes, 3 seconds:

Lin Chow: I fought Superman. He has a chi of steel. And if I could show him how to use it, he could beat Jzuk.

Timecode: 39 minutes, 21 seconds: Lin Chow trains Superman in the use of his chi, so he can prepare to face Jzuk in battle.

BELOW: Lin Chow uses Taoist and traditional Chinese religious teachings when training Superman:

Lin Chow uses Taoist and traditional Chinese religious teachings when training Superman larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Lin Chow: Against Jzuk, your strength is your weakness. He'll use it against you.

Jimmy Olsen: [watching the training session with Lois] How is Superman supposed to fight without being strong?

Lois Lane: It's five to 11. If only he had more time to learn. Which he would, if the grandfather wasn't a hostage.

[Lois hatches a plan to help free Grandfather Chow from Jzuk and Harlan Black. She and Jimmy run off to put her plan into effect while Superman continues to train for his showdown with Jzuk.]

Lin Chow: Remember, the more you fight, the more you give him. And the reverse is also true.

Timecode: 40 minutes, 28 seconds: Superman arrives at the dojo at 11:00 p.m., just as Harlan Black said he must do, lest harm come to Grandfather Chow, who is being held captive by Black and his people, including the high-ranking Chinese subordinate.

BELOW: Harlan Black declares a contest between super strength (Superman) and super chi (Jzuk-Mao):

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Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

Harlan Black: A contest. Super strength against super chi. Personally, I'd put my money on Jzuk.

[Superman and Jzuk fight each other. Jzuk does amazingly well in combat against Superman. But with the help of Lin Chow's training and tips, Superman manages to defeat Jzuk. Jzuk is defeated when Supeman knocks him into the shrine room and the defeated warrior ends up lying on his back in front of the Buddha statue.]

BELOW: After losing to Superman in battle, Jzuk-Mao honorably hands over the mystical Dragon's Heart bracelets:

After losing to Superman in battle, Jzuk-Mao honorably hands over the mystical Dragon's Heart bracelets larger larger larger larger larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

BELOW: Grandfather Chow presents the mystical Dragon's Heart bracelets to a worthy successor: his granddaughter Lin Chow:

Grandfather Chow presents the mystical Dragon's Heart bracelets to a worthy successor: his granddaughter Lin Chow larger larger larger larger larger larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.

BELOW: Police didn't press charges against Lin Chow, after her Robin Hood-like campaign as the ninja-like hooded figure:

Police didn't press charges against Lin Chow, after her Robin Hood-like campaign as the ninja-like hooded figure larger larger

Source: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 2, Episode 11 (8 Jan. 1995). Written by Hilary J. Bader. Directed by James Hayman.