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The Best Episodes of Kung Fu Season 2

Every episode of Kung Fu Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kung Fu Season 2!

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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 2 Episode 1 - The Well
    8.1/10(171 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 2 - The Assassin
    7.8/10(127 votes)

    #2 - The Assassin

    S2:E2

    Hatfields and McCoys, with an Asian spin on things. Two familes with a longtime fued keep two potential lovers apart. One of the families has hired a ninja assassin, and Caine witnesses his actions. Caine is accused of assisting the ninja, and heals a man dying from a poisoned shuriken strike.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writers:Spooner Glass, Daniel B. Ullman

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  3. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 3 - The Chalice
    7.9/10(149 votes)

    #3 - The Chalice

    S2:E3

    Caught between a Gatling Gun and a fort full of murderous killers, Caine must rescue a stolen chalice in order to make restitution for a dead Franciscan priest.

    Director:Jerry Thorpe
    Writer:William Kelley

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  4. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 4 - The Brujo
    7.4/10(142 votes)

    #4 - The Brujo

    S2:E4

    While wandering in Mexico, Caine comes across an old woman and a young boy. The woman is trapped under a cart and asks Caine to take care of the boy. He takes him to a small Mexican village which believes it is under the spell of a warlock.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writers:Kathryn Terry, Michael S. Michaelian

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  5. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 5 - The Squaw Man
    8.0/10(131 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 6 - The Spirit Helper
    7.8/10(148 votes)

    #6 - The Spirit Helper

    S2:E6

    Caine helps a young Indian man who saw his father killed and wants to kill the men who did it and rescue his mother from them.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:John T. Dugan

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  7. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 7 - The Tong
    8.0/10(152 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 8 - The Soldier
    7.6/10(124 votes)

    #8 - The Soldier

    S2:E8

    Caine is accused of taking part in a bandit ambush, and is taken prisoner by the U.S. Calvary. He meets a soldier that is a conscientious objector that helps him clear his name.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 9 - The Salamander
    7.8/10(116 votes)

    #9 - The Salamander

    S2:E9

    Caine comes to a bankrupt mining town and meets a mentally handicapped boy, who is the target of a claim jumper.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Del Reisman

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  10. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 10 - The Hoots
    7.9/10(130 votes)

    #10 - The Hoots

    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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  11. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 11 - The Elixir
    7.7/10(124 votes)

    #11 - The Elixir

    S2:E11

    Caine rescues the hawkers of the cure-all Theodora's Elixir from a hostile crowd, earning the come-hither gratitude of Theodora and the resentment of her jealous male partner.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:A. Martin Zweiback

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  12. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 12 - The Gunman
    8.0/10(131 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 13 - Empty Pages Of A Dead Book
    8.2/10(117 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 14 - A Dream Within A Dream
    7.6/10(136 votes)

    #14 - A Dream Within A Dream

    S2:E14

    Caine, while walking through a dense fog, happens upon a man who is hanging and he himself is then shot. When he awakens, he finds himself in the company of a sculptor played by John Drew Barrymore (Drew's father). Caine is later accused of the murder of the hanging man and Barrymore's character comes to his defense. This is a really good episode and on the DVD David Carradine has an interesting commentary that accompanies this particular episode.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:John T. Dugan

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  15. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 15 - The Way Of Violence Has No Mind
    7.7/10(120 votes)

    #15 - The Way Of Violence Has No Mind

    S2:E15

    Caine confronts a gang of Chinese immigrants that have taken to violence.

    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:David Michael Korn

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  16. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 16 - In Uncertain Bondage
    7.9/10(121 votes)

    #16 - In Uncertain Bondage

    S2:E16

    Caine recalls lessons learned as a youth when he and a Southern belle are trapped in a deep pit, held there by kidnappers.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writers:Abe Polsky, Ed Waters

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  17. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 17 - Night Of The Owls, Day Of The Doves
    8.2/10(120 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 18 - Crossties
    7.7/10(135 votes)

    #18 - Crossties

    S2:E18

    Caine is caught in the middle of a land-rights fight between farmers and railroad agents. He tries to convince the farmers to accept an offer of amnesty, and to keep the agents from using the offer as a fatal trap for the farmers.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:Robert Schlitt

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  19. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 19 - The Passion Of Chen Yi
    8.1/10(109 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 20 - Arrogant Dragon
    8.2/10(114 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 21 - The Nature Of Evil
    8.1/10(119 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 22 - The Cenotaph (1)
    7.1/10(121 votes)

    #22 - The Cenotaph (1)

    S2:E22

    Caine meets Logan McBurney, a Scotsman who has hijacked a gold-transporting stagecoach named Old Ironsides, to haul an enormous box that he claims is his dead Sioux wife's coffin. Along the way to the burial ground, which is on Sioux land, Caine remembers times in the monastery, unaware that several robbers are following closely, hoping to take Old Ironsides for themselves.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:William Kelley

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  23. Kung Fu Season 2 Episode 23 - The Cenotaph (2)
    7.1/10(110 votes)

    #23 - The Cenotaph (2)

    S2:E23

    Caine and Logan arrive at the Sioux burial ground, to bury what Caine believes is Logan's wife in a huge crate, and are confronted by angry Sioux warriors who feel they are trespassing. They must also deal with two robbers as well as the US Calvary. Caine recalls his own love story, that like Logan's wife, ended tragically.

    Director:Richard Lang
    Writer:William Kelley

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Well" is the best rated episode of "Kung Fu" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 171 votes. Directed by Jerry Thorpe and written by Kittridge Barton, it aired on 9/27/1973. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Assassin".