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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!

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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
    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 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 11 - Chains
    7.9/10(181 votes)

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  9. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 13 - The Stone
    7.9/10(174 votes)

    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,

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:A. Martin Zweiback

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  10. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 14 - The Third Man
    7.9/10(165 votes)

    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.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  11. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 4 - An Eye For An Eye
    7.8/10(241 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:John Furia

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  12. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 12 - Superstition
    7.8/10(166 votes)

    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.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 5 - The Tide
    7.7/10(216 votes)

    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.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:A. Martin Zweiback

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  14. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 7 - Nine Lives
    7.7/10(193 votes)

    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.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Herb Meadow

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  15. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 9 - The Praying Mantis Kills
    7.7/10(183 votes)

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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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 206 votes. Directed by Robert Butler and written by A. Martin Zweiback, it aired on 5/3/1973. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Dark Angel".