Season 1 (1972 TV Series) (2024)

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Synopsis[]

He is a man of peace in a violent land. David Carradine stars as Kwai Chang Caine, schooled in the spirit-mind-body ways of the Shaolin priesthood by the blind, avuncular Master Po and the stern yet loving Master Kan. Caine speaks softly, but hits hard. He lives humbly, yet knows great contentment. He is the Old West's most unusual hero. But hero is not a word Caine would use. He would simply say, "I am a man." He has no gun, no horse… and no equal. Many miles stretch before him. And many lives will be touched by him.

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David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine
Radames Pera as Young Caine
Keye Luke as Master Po
Philip Ahn as Master Chen Ming Kan

Episodes[]

No. in series	No. in season	Episode title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Production code^[1]	Short Summary
1	1	King of the Mountain	Jerry Thorpe	Herman Miller	October 14, 1972	166141	Caine finds work with a widowed ranch woman and also finds he has romantic feelings for her. But the arrival of a bounty hunter John Saxon and the likelihood that others will follow cast an ominous shadow on their love.^[2]
2	2	Dark Angel	Jerry Thorpe	Herman Miller	November 11, 1972	166142	Caine shows a recently blinded preacher, Serenity Johnson (John Carradine), how to rely on his other senses. Serenity, in turn, uses his new awareness to persuade Caine's closed-minded grandfather to accept the wandering monk.
3	3	Blood Brother	Jerry Thorpe	Herman Miller	January 18, 1973	166143	Caine refuses to leave Kilgore, Arizona, until he discovers what has happened to his Shaolin friend.
4	4	An Eye for an Eye	Jerry Thorpe	John Furia, Jr.	January 25, 1973	166144	A Southern family seeks vengeance against the Yankee soldier who raped and impregnated their daughter (Lane Bradbury), setting in motion an escalating cycle of violence that Caine may be powerless to stop.^[3]
5	5	The Tide	Walter Doniger	A. Martin Zweiback	February 1, 1973	166147	A man with a price on his head can spark a lot of ambitions. A woman wants to capture Caine so she can offer him to the Chinese government in exchange for her imprisoned father, a dissident author, while a killer hiding behind a badge simply wants to get rich.
6	6	The Soul Is the Warrior	Richard Lang	Ron Bishop	February 8, 1973	166145	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 through a pit of rattlesnakes.
7	7	Nine Lives	Allen Reisner	Herb Meadow	February 15, 1973	166146	After the death of a mining camp's feline mascot, Caine and an Irish gold prospector 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.
8	8	Sun and Cloud Shadow	Robert Butler	Halsted Welles	February 22, 1973	166148	Caine brokers a settlement between a landowner and Chinese miners, but the landowner adds an unacceptable condition to the deal. A karate master intends to capture Caine.
9	9	Chains	Robert Butler	Story by : Paul Edwards and Gene L. Coon Teleplay by : Gene L. Coon	March 8, 1973	166151	Imprisoned in an army outpost, Caine escapes – chained to his hulking, mountain-man cellmate … and pursued by a relentless sergeant determined to recapture them both.
10	10	Alethea	John Badham	William Kelley	March 15, 1973	166150	Jodie Foster guest-stars as a young girl Caine befriends, whose eyewitness testimony leads to the priest being tried for murder … and sentenced to death by hanging.
11	11	The Praying Mantis Kills	Charles S. Dubin	Richard Lewin	March 22, 1973	166149	Murderous thugs come looking for Caine after he identifies them as perpetrators of a bank robbery. A youth's ideas of what it means to be a man are challenged by Caine's quiet heroics.
12	12	Superstition	Charles S. Dubin	Story by : Dave Moessinger Teleplay by : Ed Waters	April 5, 1973	166152	Walls imprison the men unjustly sentenced to work as miners at a brutal labor camp. Yet an even greater barrier holds them captive: fear of the camp's ancient Indian curse. But Caine knows no such fear.
13	13	The Stone	Robert Butler	A. Martin Zweiback	April 12, 1973	166153	A Brazilian skilled in the capoeira fighting style of his homeland accuses Caine of stealing a diamond. Street urchins offer Caine their savings of $4.08 if he'll kill an Armenian saloon piano player who jilted their mother.
14	14	The Third Man	Charles S. Dubin	Robert Lewin	April 26, 1973	166154	Lucky at cards, unlucky in life. A gambler on a hot streak entrusts his winnings to Caine. But the money is soon stolen, the gambler is killed, and Caine seeks answers to the mysteries surrounding both events.
15	15	The Ancient Warrior	Robert Butler	A. Martin Zweiback	May 3, 1973	166155	Ancient Warrior (Chief Dan George), 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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Trivia[]

For the sake of the story's continuity and the logic of the wardrobe changes, it is advisable to watch the episodes according to the production number instead of the broadcast order, especially in the third season.^[4]