The Warrior (Psi Factor)

The Warrior is the seventh episode of the second season of "Psi Factor" and the 29th overall. The plot of the episode unfolds as Matt Praeger attempts to deduce what links a missing Terracotta Army statue, the murders of friends of Frank Elsinger and Michael Kelly, and a series of decapitations.
== Synopsis==
The statue of a headless soldier from the Terracotta Army given to a museum as a gift by the Chinese consulate comes to life and starts decapitating people.The Warrior - IMDB - Retrieved 23 December 2021
==Plot==
===Cold Open===
=== Main Plot ===
===Epilogue===
==Cast==
===Guest===
*Michael Moriarty as Michael Kelly
*Robert Ito as Victor Sang
*David Fox as Hamilton Darwell
*Nigel Bennett as Frank Elsinger
*Peter MacNeill as Ray Donahue
*Michael Burgess as Dr. Jeffrey Tompkins
*Peter Langley as Security Guard
* Peter Cockett as Jonathan Tucker
*Andrew Jackson as Frank Kelterbourne
==Notes==
===Continuity===
* Elsinger is stated to have been friends with Dr. Jeffrey Tompkins, which forms part of the reason that Praeger and crew are ordered to investigate his murder.
*Kelly personally recommends Professor Hamilton Darwell to assist the team with the case. Darwell is established to have been one of his few friends and Kelly personally asks Praeger to solve his death because of this.
*Praeger and Donner go undercover together as husband and wife.
*The Nettzeen Inquizitor is established to be run by Jonathan Tucker, who loses his head in this same episode.
*Praeger and Elsinger squabble over the participation of Michael Kelly in investigations, with Elsinger angrily declaring that Kelly could not be contacted any further.
* Donner volunteers information to Tucker about the case. By the time of "The Egress", Donner has been leaking all manner of information in revenge for the death of Connor Doyle.
===References===
*Axon wears a "Western" shirt, presumably referencing Western University.
*Axon quotes Isaac Asimov, stating, "Magic is just science we don't yet understand."
*Praeger recalls what he refers to as the "Gardner robbery".
* Praeger refers to the notion that the statue of General Soo might be stealing heads as the "Ichabod Crane theory."
*Victor Sang states that he had witnessed a lot of change; from the Cultural Revolution to the Reunification of Hong Kong.
*Tucker refers to Montreal bagels.
*Praeger refers to how dragons are perceived to be good luck in China; Donner states that the killing of one demonstrates that General Soo was evil incarnate.
==Links==
*The Warrior on IMDB
==References==
Category:Fiction
Category:Psi Factor Episodes
Category:Psi Factor Season 2