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The Best Episodes of Kung Fu

Every episode of Kung Fu ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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(206 votes)

    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(318 votes)

    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(101 votes)

    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)

    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 3 Episode 9 - The Garments Of Rage
    8.2/10(109 votes)

    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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  6. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 15 - The Forbidden Kingdom
    8.2/10(95 votes)

    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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  7. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 20 - The Brothers Caine
    8.2/10(111 votes)

    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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  8. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 10 - Alethea
    8.1/10(221 votes)

    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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  9. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 1 - The Well
    8.1/10(164 votes)

    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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  10. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 13 - Empty Pages Of A Dead Book
    8.1/10(127 votes)

    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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  11. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 17 - Night Of The Owls, Day Of The Doves
    8.1/10(131 votes)

    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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  12. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 20 - Arrogant Dragon
    8.1/10(124 votes)

    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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  13. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 1 - Blood of the Dragon (1)
    8.1/10(137 votes)

    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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  14. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 3 - A Small Beheading
    8.1/10(138 votes)

    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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  15. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 6 - My Brother, My Executioner
    8.1/10(115 votes)

    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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  16. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 7 - Cry Of The Night Beast
    8.1/10(116 votes)

    S3:E7

    Caine hears the cry of a child begging to be saved, but there is no child to be found. Only a very young buffalo calf and his mother. Caine protects him from a hunter who is determined to kill him for the hide.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 13 - The Vanishing Image
    8.1/10(111 votes)

    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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  18. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 24 - The Last Raid
    8.1/10(100 votes)

    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(333 votes)

    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 1 Episode 3 - Blood Brother
    8.0/10(254 votes)

    S1:E3

    While passing through the Arizona territory town of Kilgore, Caine learns of a Shaolin friend who lived there, and won't leave till he breaks the community's conspiracy surrounding his disappearance.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:Herman Miller

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  21. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 6 - The Soul Is The Warrior
    8.0/10(210 votes)

    S1:E6

    Caine's quest to meet his half-brother Danny leads him to a ranch where his sibling once worked, and plunges the priest into a confrontation where he proves his mettle by walking trough a pit of rattlesnakes.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Ron Bishop

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  22. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 8 - Sun And Cloud Shadow
    8.0/10(188 votes)

    S1:E8

    Caine brokers a settlement between a landowner and Chinese miners, but the landowner adds an unacceptable condition to the deal. Meanwhile, a karate master intends to capture Caine.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Halsted Welles

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  23. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 5 - The Squaw Man
    8.0/10(140 votes)

    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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  24. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 7 - The Tong
    8.0/10(157 votes)

    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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  25. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 10 - The Hoots
    8.0/10(141 votes)

    S2:E10

    Caine meets a group of Hutterite settlers, who must reconsider their pacifist background when attacked by bigoted cattlemen, and teaches them how to defend themselves without compromising their principles.

    Director:Robert Totten
    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 206 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".