"Kung Fu": TV Series, The Passion of Chen Yi

#34 (Prod #166219) "The Passion of Chen Yi"
Teleplay By:: John T. Dugan (also #20, 40, 45-46, 57)
Directed By:: John Llewellyn Moxey (also #21, 28 & 32)
First Broadcast: ABC, February 28, 1974
Guest Stars: Bethel Leslie, Robert Middleton, Mariana Hill, Soon-Taik Oh (also #8 & 48)
Regular Cast: David Carradine, Philip Ahn, Keye Luke, Radames Pera

Caine tracks down a man who had been another student at the Shaolin temple. But by the time he finds him in the Fort Mesa Territorial Prison, Chen Yi has been sentenced to hang. So Caine pretends to try to rob a bank so he can be thrown into the same prison.

"We were together in the Shaolin temple. I admired his art." - Caine, when asked if he and Chen Yi were friends

"An insult is not a gift." - Caine

"I cannot refuse an honorable challenge." - Caine

"I would rather we were brothers than combatants." - Caine

"The life of Chen Yi is of great concern to me." - Caine

"It is difficult to believe." - Caine

"They are very beautiful." - Caine, when told carvings are very valuable

"I do not want to disturb you. . . I want your money. . . I wish to rob your bank. . . . Not all your money only what is customary in such cases." - Caine, trying to be thrown into prison but doing so with his usual politeness

"I am happy to wait." - Caine

"That is true." - Caine, when accused of trying to rob the bank

"I sought to rob, not to kill." - Caine, when asked how he expected to rob a bank without a gun

"'We shared the peace and wisdom of the temple. We were brothers.' - Caine
'We were as far apart as two could be. We were fire and ice.'" - to and about Caine

"You were taught the ways of Tao. I do not believe you would kill." - Caine

"I prefer to die without seeing your trusting face staring at me." - Chen Yi to Caine

"I left." - Caine, when told he was thought to be in prison

"I have not come for money. . . I seek knowledge." - Caine

"I am a friend of Chen Yi." - Caine, although he had earlier refused to claim that they were friends

"I do not wish him to die tomorrow." - Caine on Chen Yi

"Who can tell the future?" - Caine

"I had to." - Caine, when asked why he went where they'd look for him

"I cannot tell if she loves you or not but I believe she has deceived you. And I believe, perhaps, you love her too much." - Caine

"The Yin and the Yang are opposite forces yet they exist together in the harmony of a perfect orb." - Master Kan

"I cannot see you throw your life away uselessly. It offends my honor and the honor of the Shaolin Temple. I must challenge you to ritual combat." - Caine

"You would not kill anyone." - Caine to Chen Yi

". . . we must face the truth...however great the cost." - Caine

In this episode Caine actually gambles - betting the pendant he was given in #29 in order to get to Chen Yi (he proves he can, indeed, find the pea in the old shell game).

While in prison, Caine does wear shoes for the first time since episode #13.