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The Best Episodes of Kung Fu

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The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 15 - The Ancient Warrior
    8.5/10(226 votes)

    #1 - The Ancient Warrior

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:A. Martin Zweiback

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  2. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 2 - Dark Angel
    8.4/10(329 votes)

    #2 - Dark Angel

    S1:E2

    Caine travels to Lordsville looking for his grandfather. On his way he helps a man attacked by indians and the man gives him a map to a goldmine. Caine gives the map to an old preacher who helped him.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:Herman Miller

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  3. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 21 - Full Circle
    8.4/10(100 votes)

    #3 - Full Circle

    S3:E21

    The Caine family's dysfunctional relationships get resolved. Kwai Chang and Danny are questing to find General Cantrell who has custody of Zeke Caine. After typical adversities everyone is reunited and Kwai Chang reveals where his future lies.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writers:Stephen Karpf, Elinor Karpf

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  4. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 18 - Barbary House
    8.3/10(107 votes)

    #4 - Barbary House

    S3:E18

    Caine learns that Danny might be working at a gambling hall that features bare-knuckle boxing, and winds up protecting Danny's son, after Danny angers the hall's owner by hitting him and leaving his job, before Caine's arrival.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writers:Stephen Karpf, Elinor Karpf

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  5. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 13 - Empty Pages Of A Dead Book
    8.2/10(119 votes)

    #5 - Empty Pages Of A Dead Book

    S2:E13

    The son of a deceased Texas Ranger tries to honor his memory by going after criminals his father kept a journal on. He finds more trouble than he expected and Caine must defend him.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Charles A. McDaniel

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  6. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 17 - Night Of The Owls, Day Of The Doves
    8.2/10(123 votes)

    #6 - Night Of The Owls, Day Of The Doves

    S2:E17

    Caine must defend prostitutes that want to start a new life with land bequeathed to them, from cattlemen that want to seize it for themselves.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 19 - The Passion Of Chen Yi
    8.2/10(111 votes)

    #7 - The Passion Of Chen Yi

    S2:E19

    Caine tries to visit an unjustly jailed Shaolin student, but keeps being turned away. He then commits a crime so he can be put in jail with him, hoping to clear up an old misunderstanding and help free the student.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:John T. Dugan

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  8. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 20 - Arrogant Dragon
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #8 - Arrogant Dragon

    S2:E20

    Wu Chang has angered the Tong Sect, and is ordered to commit suicide or be executed by them. Caine tries to help him fake his death and escape from the Tongs.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 9 - The Garments Of Rage
    8.2/10(101 votes)

    #9 - The Garments Of Rage

    S3:E9

    Caine goes to work for a railroad which is being sabotaged, and meets a Shaolin priest he knew before.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Theodore Apstein

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  10. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 13 - The Vanishing Image
    8.2/10(121 votes)

    #10 - The Vanishing Image

    S3:E13

    Caine seeks out a photographer who took a picture of his brother, Danny, in hopes that he will be able to help find him. He also encounters and befriends an Indian that attacks him and the photographer, and later wants to kill the photographer for taking a picture of him, for which he believes has stolen his soul.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Gustave Field

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  11. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 15 - The Forbidden Kingdom
    8.2/10(90 votes)

    #11 - The Forbidden Kingdom

    S3:E15

    This episode shows how Caine fled China, being pursued by a relentless Lieutenant in the Emperor's army, and how he faces possible betrayal by a woman who pledges to help him; but has secretly made an offer to turn him over to the Lieutenanf, in exchange for her brother's release from prison.

    Director:Gordon Hessler
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 20 - The Brothers Caine
    8.2/10(128 votes)

    #12 - The Brothers Caine

    S3:E20

    Caine finds where his brother is hiding, but is unaware that Danny has been told there is a Chinese bounty hunter who wants to kill him.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writers:Stephen Karpf, Elinor Karpf

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  13. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 10 - Alethea
    8.1/10(214 votes)

    #13 - Alethea

    S1:E10

    Caine befriends a young girl, whose mistaken eyewitness testimony leads to the priest being tried for murder... and sentenced to death by hanging.

    Director:John Badham
    Writer:William Kelley

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  14. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 1 - The Well
    8.1/10(173 votes)

    #14 - The Well

    S2:E1

    After drinking bad water during a drought, Caine recovers at the farm of an ex-slave who has a working well, but one who is so angry he is not willing to share with his thirsty neighbors.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:Kittridge Barton

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  15. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 21 - The Nature Of Evil
    8.1/10(121 votes)

    #15 - The Nature Of Evil

    S2:E21

    Caine and Serenity Johnson, the blind preacher last seen in Dark Angel, look for a killer that is stalking Serenity's town of Nineveh.

    Director:Robert Michael Lewis
    Writer:Gerald Sanford

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  16. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 1 - Blood of the Dragon (1)
    8.1/10(130 votes)

    #16 - Blood of the Dragon (1)

    S3:E1

    Caine goes to meet with his grandfather again, only to find he has been murdered. He searches for the murderer, unaware that a group of assassins from China are after him.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:John T. Dugan

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  17. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 6 - My Brother, My Executioner
    8.1/10(108 votes)

    #17 - My Brother, My Executioner

    S3:E6

    Caine thinks he has found his brother, but he is really an imposter who is being pursued by a young gunfighter.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:John T. Dugan

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  18. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 24 - The Last Raid
    8.1/10(92 votes)

    #18 - The Last Raid

    S3:E24

    Caine is visiting the Brown family when their son and his friend are taken hostage by a Confederate raider who believes the war isn't over ... and that he may kidnap children in the name of honor.

    Director:Alex Beaton
    Writer:John T. Dugan

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  19. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 1 - King of the Mountain
    8.0/10(317 votes)

    #19 - King of the Mountain

    S1:E1

    Caine finds a young boy at a burned out cabin and tries to help him find his uncle. Along the way, bounty hunters find him.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:Herman Miller

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  20. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 5 - The Squaw Man
    8.0/10(134 votes)

    #20 - The Squaw Man

    S2:E5

    Caine helps a farmer who is married to an Indian woman. The townpeople have no respect for the farmer until he kills an outlaw's son and then they treat him as a hero.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Arthur Dales

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  21. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 7 - The Tong
    8.0/10(154 votes)

    #21 - The Tong

    S2:E7

    Caine help a young Chinese orphan boy gain his freedom from a brutal master. The master goes to the Tong for help against Caine.

    Director:Robert Totten
    Writer:Robert Schlitt

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  22. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 12 - The Gunman
    8.0/10(133 votes)

    #22 - The Gunman

    S2:E12

    A gunslinger defends Caine and the widow who owns the ranch where Caine is working. Meanwhile, Caine is still pursued by a detachment of volunteers and an overzealous bounty hunter.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  23. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 2 - Blood of the Dragon (2)
    8.0/10(110 votes)

    #23 - Blood of the Dragon (2)

    S3:E2

    Caine meets a woman that was his grandfather's lover, and is very hostile to his inquiries, while a group of Chinese assassins (believed to be able to summon forth demon fighters) closes in on him.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:John T. Dugan

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  24. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 3 - A Small Beheading
    8.0/10(131 votes)

    #24 - A Small Beheading

    S3:E3

    Caine is offered a chance to return to China, after a sea captain delivers a pardon from the Emperor. The pardon, however, has one condition: Caine must lose a finger.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Eugene Price

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  25. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 5 - The Predators
    8.0/10(103 votes)

    #25 - The Predators

    S3:E5

    Caine is accused of murder and must seek out a witness who is a member of a gang of Indian scalphunters, who doesn't want to help him. He must also deal with an Apache warrior who wants to kill the witness for his crimes against the Apache.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Ancient Warrior" is the best rated episode of "Kung Fu". It scored 8.5/10 based on 226 votes. Directed by Robert Butler and written by A. Martin Zweiback, it aired on 5/3/1973. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dark Angel".