Final update: 11/8/97

Index to this FAQ:
Series Premise
List of Recurring Characters
Episode Guide in Broadcast Order (with partial cast lists, descriptions, villains, flashbacks, aliases, and notable quotes)
Full Series Episode List
First Season Episode Guide
Second Season Episode Guide
Third Season Episode Guide
Fourth Season Episode Guide .
Frequently Asked Questions
Character and Actor Biographies
Character Biographies - Kwai Chang Caine, his friends, enemies and family
Character Biographies - Peter Caine, his friends, girlfriends and family
Actors' Biographies and Credits Lists
Series Detail
Production Crew
Locales
The Caine Family Tree
KF:TLC Timeline
KF:TLC Activities
Fanzines and Fan Clubs by Jeanne DeVore
Internet Resources
Other KF:TLC-related Information
KF:TLC Drinking Game (devised by the members of the original KF:TLC discussion list)
Kung Fu (The Original Series) Episode Guide (with quotes) by Barbara E. Warne, designed by Terry Owen
Articles on Shaolin Philosophy

Series Premise
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

(88 episodes total)

• Executive Producer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Sloan
• Co-Producers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Carradine
• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde (1st series)
• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Martin Borycki (2nd series)
• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Reuben Leder (3rd series)
• . . Bill Taub, Jonathan Hackett and Gavin Mitchell (4th series)
• Supervising Producer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maurice Hurley
• Producer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Susan Murdoch
• Music by: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Danna

Based on a character created by Ed Speilman

Premise:
Voiceover on opening credits for first and second season, read by Richard Anderson

The grandson of Kwai Chang Caine walks out of the past.
"But I want to fight."
"Yes. So did your great-grandfather when he was your age."
He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin temple. An evil force destroyed that temple. Father and son each believed the other had perished. Fifteen years later they were reunited.
Now Caine faced new challenges.
And his son grew up.
"Look, I'm not my father. I don't do kung fu. I'm a cop. That's who I am. That's what I do."
"I am Caine. I will help you."

In the third season opening credits, the line, "Look, I'm not my father ..." is deleted, replaced with "We're a team," along with some new footage.

One fan's perspective on the premise ...

After the destruction of the Shaolin Temple, young Peter Caine was eventually fostered by Captain Paul Blaisdell, and raised as his son. By the time Kwai Chang Caine discovered that his son still lived, Peter had become a police detective. Caine took up residence "somewhere in Chinatown," and with his friend Lo Si, known as "the Ancient," set about helping people in need. Peter and Caine slowly got to know each other again, facing enemies together, Caine often helping in sometimes precipitating Peter's more bizarre cases.

Address for fan mail: KF:TLC, in care of Warner Brothers Television Canada, 565 Orwell Street, Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA L5A 2W4.

Address for suggestions: KF:TLC c/o Warner Brothers TV, 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505, ATTN: Gregg Maday.

This FAQ is by no means exhaustive, and may be freely distributed in its unaltered form, but no fee (other than copying cost and postage) may be charged for it.

Compiled by Deb Walsh, with a lot of assistance from Sarah Adams, Amparo Bertram, Heidi Beirnbaum, Valerie Bristor, Anita Cappello, Lindy Cooksey, Carolyn Cooper, Jeanne DeVore, Carol Frisbie, Sandy Grinn, Carol Huffman, Merle Micklin, Jackie Moleski, Terry Owen, Laura Osgood, Carmen Perez, S. Rendino, Carole Stiles, Kathy Sullivan, Jennifer Swanson, Richard Steigelman, Monica Sztybel, Linda Tennenbaum, Barbara E. Warne, Mary G.T. Weber, the members of the KFTLC-L Internet discussion and KFFIC Internet fiction lists, and the terrific people who've sent me comments, updates and information. Many thanks to all!

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