Kung Fu - Episode Guide

Season 1

King of the Mountain

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1972

King of the Mountain

Kwai Chang Caine, the half-American Shaolin Monk, befriends a boy without housing, foils a bounty hunter and experiences the pain of love.

Dark Angel

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1972

Dark Angel

Kwai Chang Caine helps to restore the faith of a preacher while he is searching for his grandfather to discover his United States heritage.

Blood Brother

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1973

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Caine looks for a good friend from his Chinese temple who is missing from town, and there are people determined to stop his search at any cost.

An Eye for an Eye

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1973

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A woman (Lane Bradbury) impregnated in a rape endures more tragedy when she and her father try to take revenge on her soldier-attacker.

The Tide

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1973

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A pretty Asian woman saves Caine's life when he is badly wounded by a murdering sheriff, but conspires to use him as a pawn to possibly free her father from a Chinese prison.

The Soul is the Warrior

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1973

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Caine offers to walk through a pit of snakes to save the life of a sheriff (Pat Hingle) who was forced to kill the son of a rancher.

A powerful rancher demands justice for the death of his son, requiring Caine to reveal the man's greatest fear.

Nine Lives

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1973

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Cats are scarce in the Old West, and Caine must replace one to appease the death of one killed by a gold seeking miner.

Sun and Cloud Shadow

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1973

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A powerful landowner attempts to drive off Chinese miners from their legally owned mountain of gold, but complications arise from his son's love for the girl Cloud Shadow.

Chains

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1973

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Shackled to a brute of a man thirsting for his enemies' blood, Caine probes the cause of his hatred and leaves him transformed in the wilderness.

Alethea

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1973

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Seeing is believing. Or is it? A young girl's eyewitness testimony leads to a priest being tried for murder and sentenced to death by hanging.

The Praying Mantis Kills

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1973

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A frightened boy, defending a jail against the bandits who killed his sheriff father, inspires courage in an adult coward. At the moment of truth, Caine teaches them both to temper justice with mercy.

Superstition

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1973

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Caine is falsely arrested for stealing and is sent to a silver mine. After arriving, he teaches a fellow prisoner how to endure extreme heat, cold and how to survive in a serious cave-in.

The Stone

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Apr 12, 1973

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It's Kung Fu vs. Brazil's fighting technique of Capoeira as a man learns from Caine that to fight injustice anywhere is to fight it everywhere.

The Third Man

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1973

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Caine challenges a killer to be his own judge and his victim's widow to accept the verdict.

The Ancient Warrior

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: May 3, 1973

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Ancient Warrior, an aged Native American accompanied by Caine, seeks burial in his sacred, ancestral land. But the burial site is located dead center in a violent, Native American-hating town called Purgatory. Gary Busey guest stars.

Season 2

The Well

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1973

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Kwai Chang Caine, stricken by poisoned water, lies near death in the home of a former slave who fearfully harbors a secret so precious that it might well save the entire community from disaster.

The Assassin

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1973

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Caine uses the love in two men's hearts to thwart their hatred and break a chain of murder.

The Chalice

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1973

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Caine promises a dying priest who stole a golden chalice, that he will recover it from 3 murdering bandits so his soul will be saved.

The Brujo

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1973

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Caine, proving that faith is a two-edged sword of good and evil, breaks a witch's very real curse over a whole town.

The Spirit Helper

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1973

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Caine, in a reversal of roles, finds himself as the master with a 15-year-old boy as his disciple in which he must teach him that the act of revenge can lead to the death of the spirit.

The Squaw Man

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1973

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When a man kills a criminal trying to murder Caine, the townsmen ask him to go after the evil and deadly father next.

The Salamander

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1973

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Caine saves a man's mind by demonstrating that ugliness -- and reality and illusion -- can be in the eye of the beholder.

The Tong

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1973

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Without returning violence for violence, Caine ends the tyranny of a "Chinese Mafia" and liberates a boy slave.

The Soldier

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1973

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A tormented Army lieutenant (Tim Matheson) who feels himself a coward pursues Caine after the priest escapes wrongful imprisonment.

The Hoots

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1973

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Caine befriends a group of Hutterites who are God-fearing and simple people yet fear contamination from outsiders. They are involved in a dispute over a nearby waterhole with cattlemen who fear that their sheep may infect the water.

The Elixir

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1973

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Caine prescribes an emotional cure for a medicine-show goddess stricken with a deadly type of independence.

The Gunman

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1974

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Two emotionally repressed people learn from Caine that to accept pain as the price of love is the mark of life.

Empty Pages of a Dead Book

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1974

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Caine changes a Texas Ranger's life by showing him that the law can murder justice.

A Dream Within a Dream

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1974

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Caine finds a wealthy man hanging in the marsh that mysteriously disappears after he gets shot, and later finds that several people in town had reason to kill him.

The Way of Violence Has No Mind

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1974

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Caine, pitted against a Chinese Robin Hood, teaches a boy that only the heart can truly conquer.

In Uncertain Bondage

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1974

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A proud Southern belle, imprisoned in a pit with Caine, learns that serving others and being served are folds of the same garment.

Crossties

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1974

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Caine is injected into a war between a hate-maddened detective and an outlaw leading a gang of ex-farmers victimized by a railroad.

The Nature of Evil

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Mar 21, 1974

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Caine and blind preacher Serenity Johnson choose a path toward a confrontation with evil when they encounter a man possessed by the devil in his own dual nature.

The Cenotaph (1)

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1974

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Caine is involved in separate adventures in two interweaving story lines: he helps a mad mountain man save his dying wife, and -- in a flashback to China --- battles a warlord to win a concubine's heart.

The Cenotaph (2)

Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Apr 11, 1974

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Caine resolves his adventures with a mad mountain man, and -- in a flashback to China -- a marathon kung fu battle with a warlord to win a concubine's heart.

Season 3

Blood of the Dragon (1)

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 14, 1974

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Chinese assassins seek Caine, who seeks his grandfather's murderer; with Eddie Albert, Edward Albert, Patricia Neal.

Blood of the Dragon (2)

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 14, 1974

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Caine solves his grandfather's murder and faces the assassins; with Eddie Albert, Edward Albert, Patricia Neal.

A Small Beheading

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1974

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Caine must forfeit a finger to gain the Chinese emperor's pardon; guests William Shatner, France Nuyen, Rosemary Forsyth.

This Valley of Terror

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1974

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Caine rescues a clairvoyant woman (Sondra Locke) who has escaped from a mental institution and helps her to confront her inner fears.

The Predators

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 5, 1974

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A charge of attempted murder spurs Caine to invade the lair of vicious killers and kidnap the only man who can clear him.

My Brother, My Executioner

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1974

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Caine believes he's found his half-brother (James Wainwright), who is stalked by an ambitious gunman; guests Carol Lawrence, A Martinez.

Cry of the Night Beast

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1974

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A childhood dream convinces Caine a pregnant woman's (Stefanie Powers) fate is linked to a buffalo calf; guest Don Stroud.

The Devil's Champion

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1974

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Caine confronts an embodiment of evil (Soon-Teck Oh) who arrives at the Shaolin temple to challenge Master Kan to deadly ritual combat.

The Garments of Rage

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1974

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Caine's former Shaolin teacher (James Shigeta) seeks revenge against the railroad that he holds responsible for the death of his nephew.

Besieged (1): Death on Cold Mountain

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1974

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A Chinese warlord threatens to destroy the Shaolin temple unless a young nun is surrendered to his passion.

Besieged (2): Cannon at the Gates

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1974

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A warlord besieges the temple, where his betrothed has sought refuge; with Barbara Seagull (Hershey).

The Demon God

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1974

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The boy Caine lies dying of poison, while the man Caine endures a scorpion's bite and ghostly visions. Directed by David Carradine.

The Vanishing Image

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1974

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Caine protects a dying photographer (Lew Ayres) from a vengeful Indian youth who believes the man's camera stole his spirit.

A Lamb to the Slaughter

Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1975

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Caine must teach a peacemaker (Alejandro Rey) how to kill in order to repay his debt of honor to the man's father.

The Forbidden Kingdom

Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1975

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Caine recalls his desperate attempt to escape a clever pursuer (James Shigeta) and flee China after killing the nephew of the emperor.

One Step to Darkness

Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1975

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Caine must struggle with a demon of fear from his past to help a woman addicted to drugs; guests Bruce Carradine, Wilford Brimley.

Battle Hymn

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1975

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Two vagabond musicians join Caine in an unusual adventure about a search for a boyhood dream that leads to murder.

Barbary House

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1975

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Caine works as a prizefighter for a man (Leslie Nielsen) holding the priest's nephew hostage; with Lois Nettleton.

Flight to Orion

Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1975

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Caine flees with his half-brother's wife (Lois Nettleton) and son (John Blyth Barrymore) through Indian lands; guest Leslie Nielsen.

The Brothers Caine

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1975

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Caine, his nephew and pursuing bounty hunters locate the priest's half-brother (Tim McIntire); guests Leslie Nielsen, Carl Weathers.

Full Circle

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1975

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Caine seeks to reunite Danny Caine's family and save his half-brother from a band of bounty hunters; guests Leslie Nielsen, A Martinez.

The Thief of Chendo

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1975

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Caine teams with a prince of thieves to restore a Chinese grand duke deposed by an evil relative (James Hong) to his rightful throne.

Ambush

Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1975

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The blind preacher Serenity Johnson (John Carradine) feigns illness to enlist Caine's aid in recovering a debt; guest Pat Morita.

The Last Raid

Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1975

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Caine pursues the renegade Confederate soldiers who kidnapped two boys, one black and one white; guests Charles Haid, Hal Williams.

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