Mystical episode emphasizing the passage to land of the death, through the Caine's recollections from his past at Shaolin temple when was a boy and his search for his brother at America when he is climb a mountain is bite by a scorpion falling down and trapped in an underneath cave where Caine in a raving way is haunted by an Aztec God called Atl who demands he accepts and worship Atl otherwise he will dead and his soul will living at limbo.
Through flashbacks Caine back as young grasshopper when his master Khan (Philip Ahn) receives a powerful and oldest Mandarin about to die been following by spoiled his young son who tries help his father to a journey to land of the dead, thus he fools grasshopper serving a poisoned couple of tea in hope to young Caine tells him when he passing from death what God his father must worship aiming to advise his dying father what right God he can follow to reach safely at land of dead.
Here in this episode the screenplay underlines an old saying all-to-common at Asia, where describe the social status where noblemen says "We are one among few, otherwise the vassals is one among too many" in a nutshell the vassals are expendables, in this mystical environment the episode unfolds.
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First watch: 2022 / Source: DVD / How many: 1 / Rating: 7.5.