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The Best Episodes of Kung Fu Season 1

Every episode of Kung Fu Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kung Fu Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Kung Fu Season 1

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. 8.5/10(212 votes)

    #1 - The Ancient Warrior

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    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.

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    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.4/10(306 votes)

    #2 - Dark Angel

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    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.

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    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.0/10(199 votes)

    #3 - Alethea

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    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.

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  4. 7.9/10(294 votes)

    #4 - King Of The Mountain

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    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.

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    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:N/A
  5. 7.9/10(227 votes)

    #5 - Blood Brother

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    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.

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    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.9/10(204 votes)

    #6 - The Soul Is The Warrior

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.9/10(196 votes)

    #7 - Sun And Cloud Shadow

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    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.

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    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:N/A
  9. 7.9/10(150 votes)

    #8 - The Stone

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    S1:E13

    Caine encounters Isaac Montola, a freed slave from Brazil skilled in a fighting style he has never seen. When Caine intervenes in a fight to save Isaac's life, a precious stone is lost, setting off a chain of events involving a widow and her children, and the piano-playing groom-to-be,

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    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.8/10(159 votes)

    #9 - The Praying Mantis Kills

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    S1:E11

    Murderous thugs come looking for Caine after he identifies them as perpetrators of a bank robbery. A youth's ideas about how to be a man are challenged by Caine's quiet heroics.

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  11. 7.8/10(147 votes)

    #10 - The Third Man

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    S1:E14

    A gambler on a hot streak entrusts his winnings to Caine. But the money is stolen, the gambler is killed, and Caine seeks answers to the mysteries surrounding both events.

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    Director:N/A
  12. 7.7/10(216 votes)

    #11 - An Eye For An Eye

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    S1:E4

    A family seeks vengeance-not justice-against the soldier who raped their daughter. Setting in motion a cycle of violence that Caine may be powerless to stop.

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    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.7/10(191 votes)

    #12 - The Tide

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    S1:E5

    A man with a price on his head can spark a lot of ambitions. A woman wants to capture Caine so she can use the $10,000 to free her imprisoned father, and a killer hiding behind a badge simply wants to get rich.

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    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.7/10(173 votes)

    #13 - Nine Lives

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    S1:E7

    After the death of a mining camp's feline mascot, Caine and a miner embark on a trek to find a new cat -- a journey that ultimately has the pair trapped at the bottom of a rapidly filling well.

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    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.7/10(143 votes)

    #14 - Superstition

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    S1:E12

    Walls imprison the men unjustly sentenced to work as miners at a brutal labour camp. Yet an even greater barrier holds them captive; fear of the camp's ancient Indian curse. But Caine knows no such fear.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.6/10(163 votes)

    #15 - Chains

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    S1:E9

    Caine is imprisoned at an army outpost, and escapes... chained to his hulking, mountain-man cellmate, and are persued by a relentless sergent. Who is determined to collect the reward offered for Caine's capture.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Ancient Warrior" is the best rated episode of "Kung Fu" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 212 votes. Directed by Robert Butler and written by N/A, it aired on 5/3/1973. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Dark Angel".