About this season
Like his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroys the temple, Caine and his young son, Peter each believe the other has perished. The two embark on very different paths -- Caine wanders the Earth, while Peter is a cop. When fate brings the two together, they work to overcome their differing philosophies to battle Tan, and then to help the innocent and bring justice to the new Wild West -- 90s urban America.
Episodes (22)
1. Initiation (1)
10.0Aired 27 January 1993 • 44 min
Shaolin priest Kwai Chang Caine reunites with his long-lost son, detective Peter Caine.
2. Initiation (2)
Aired 27 January 1993 • 44 min
Kwai Chang and Peter team up to fight an old enemy of the Caines' who is taking over Chinatown.
3. Shadow Assassin
Aired 3 February 1993 • 44 min
The Caines help the author of a book about a Shaolin cult when his friends start turning up dead.
4. Sunday at the Hotel with George
Aired 10 February 1993 • 44 min
Kwai Chang and Peter encounter a gang of thieves during a wedding reception.
5. Sacred Trust
Aired 17 February 1993 • 44 min
A thug is murdered after threatening a student, and Kwai Chang is charged.
6. Force of Habit
Aired 24 February 1993 • 44 min
Kwai Chang helps a physically abused wife who happens to be married to Peter's new work partner.
7. Pai Gow
Aired 3 March 1993 • 44 min
When losers at high-stakes pai gow are murdered, the Caines go under cover.
8. Challenge
Aired 10 March 1993 • 44 min
Kwai Chang's nemesis, the crime lord Tan, returns to Chinatown.
9. Disciple
Aired 17 March 1993 • 44 min
Kwai Chang's student is involved with an illegal fight ring
10. Rain's Only Friend
Aired 31 March 1993 • 44 min
Peter questions his vocation after he accidentally shoots a bystander.
11. Secret Place
Aired 7 April 1993 • 44 min
A maniac holds a busload of high-schoolers hostage.
12. Dragon's Eye
Aired 14 April 1993 • 44 min
A survivalist kills any encroachers, barring the Caines from a rare medicinal plant.
13. Blind Eye
Aired 5 May 1993 • 44 min
Capt. Blaisdell's blind wife is brutally beaten; later her attacker stalks her again.
14. The Lacquered Box
Aired 12 May 1993 • 44 min
Shaolin teachings clash with police methods when Kwai Chang and Peter disagree over a criminal.
15. Illusion
Aired 19 May 1993 • 44 min
Kwai Chang helps Peter catch a heroin smuggler who is importing the drug from the Far East.
16. Straitjacket
Aired 26 May 1993 • 44 min
Kwai Chang enters a psychiatric hospital to protect a woman targeted for murder.
17. Reunion
Aired 27 October 1993 • 44 min
The Caines protect a woman who is set to testify against the mob.
18. Dragonswing
Aired 3 November 1993 • 44 min
Kwai Chang and Peter recruit mercenaries to drive survivalists from a terrorized town.
19. Shaman
7.5Aired 10 November 1993 • 44 min
An Indian mystic accused of murder enlists Kwai Chang Caine to prove his innocence.
20. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Aired 17 November 1993 • 44 min
Kwai Chang and Peter uncover white slavery in their search for a missing martial arts student.
21. Redemption (1)
Aired 24 November 1993 • 44 min
The last heir to the Chinese throne needs Kwai Chang Caine's protection.
22. Redemption (2)
Aired 1 December 1993 • 44 min
The last heir to the Chinese throne needs Kwai Chang Caine's protection.