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

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

    #2 - 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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  3. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 12 - The Demon God
    7.1/10(110 votes)

    #3 - The Demon God

    S3:E12

    After being stung by a scorpion, Caine remembers a time in China, where a member of the royal family poisoned him in order to discover what was on the journey to death, during which time Caine had visions of the American west.

    Director:David Carradine
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 8 - The Devil's Champion
    7.3/10(105 votes)

    #4 - The Devil's Champion

    S3:E8

    We return to Caine's past in China. Caine witnesses a man defeat six others in the village. The man instructs Caine to deliver a challenge. He demands a fight to the death with Master Kan or he will kill a villager every day until he gets it.

    Director:Robert Michael Lewis
    Writers:Katharyn Powers, Michael Michaelian

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

    #5 - 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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  6. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 11 - Besieged (2): Cannon At The Gates
    7.4/10(103 votes)

    #6 - Besieged (2): Cannon At The Gates

    S3:E11

    Caine and the others try to defend the monastery, while the cannon the Warlord SIng will attack them with is still enroute. In the meantime, he must contend with the fact that a woman who wants to become a Shaolin monk and rejected Sing's hand in marriage, has fallen in love with him.

    Director:David Carradine
    Writers:William Kelley, David Michael Korn

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  7. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 16 - One Step To Darkness
    7.5/10(97 votes)

    #7 - One Step To Darkness

    S3:E16

    Caine tries helping the depressed wife of an Army sergeant, with a drug addiction, and winds up fighting an inner demon of his own creation.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 9 - Chains
    7.6/10(173 votes)

    #8 - Chains

    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.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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

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

    #10 - 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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  11. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 10 - Besieged (1): Death On Cold Mountain
    7.6/10(111 votes)

    #11 - Besieged (1): Death On Cold Mountain

    S3:E10

    A reclusive hermit, Tamo, arrives at the Honan monastery to inform them that the Fukien monastery was attacked and destroyed by a warlord with his cannon, and that he has survivors seeking refuge there. One of the survivors is a woman who wants to become a Shaolin monk. She later reveals the warlord wanted her to be his wife, and she fled. Now the warlord is preparing to attack the monastery and having his cannon brought there.

    Director:David Carradine
    Writer:William Kelley

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  12. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 4 - An Eye For An Eye
    7.7/10(230 votes)

    #12 - An Eye For An Eye

    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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  13. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 5 - The Tide
    7.7/10(205 votes)

    #13 - The Tide

    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(181 votes)

    #14 - Nine Lives

    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 2 Episode 11 - The Elixir
    7.7/10(124 votes)

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

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

    #17 - 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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  18. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 4 - This Valley of Terror
    7.7/10(115 votes)

    #18 - This Valley of Terror

    S3:E4

    Caine helps a young woman who has visions of future events. They always come true and this terrifies her.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 11 - The Praying Mantis Kills
    7.8/10(172 votes)

    #19 - The Praying Mantis Kills

    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.

    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  20. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 12 - Superstition
    7.8/10(154 votes)

    #20 - Superstition

    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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  21. Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 14 - The Third Man
    7.8/10(156 votes)

    #21 - The Third Man

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

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

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

    #24 - 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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  25. Kung Fu Season 3 Episode 22 - The Thief Of Chendo
    7.8/10(84 votes)

    #25 - The Thief Of Chendo

    S3:E22

    Young Caine and Master Po imagine what it will be like when Caine leaves the temple, and in their dreams Caine is sent to deliver a ring to a Grand Duke by Master Po. Upon arriving at the palace, he is informed that the Duke is dead, but an old man from the Duke's palace delivers him a message that he is still alive. He is being imprisoned by his own cousin, who has taken control of the palace. Caine also meets a thief who falls in love with the Duke's daughter, who is to be married off, and they work together to free both the Duke and his daughter.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Cenotaph (1)" is the worst rated episode of "Kung Fu". It scored 7.1/10 based on 121 votes. Directed by Richard Lang and written by William Kelley, it aired on 4/4/1974. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Cenotaph (2)".