"Kung Fu": TV Series, The Garments of Rage

#49 (Prod #166261) "The Garments of Rage"
Teleplay By:: Theodore Apstein^*2* (also part of #53)
Directed By:: Marc Daniels (also #53, 59, 60 & 62)
First Broadcast: November 1, 1974 (Friday)
Guest Stars: James Shigeta (also #56), James Hong (also pilot & #21, 35, 41, 42, 50 & 54 and bit parts in others); Special Guest Star: James Olson
Regular Cast: David Carradine, Philip Ahn, Keye Luke, Radames Pera

After the events in "The Demon God" (#47 the last episode set in the present), Caine is left battered with his clothes torn, and he is taken in by railroad workers. The railroad is being harassed by a Shaolin master who has also fled China. This former teacher offers Caine clothes that had belonged to his nephew who died in a railroad accident. (At first Caine refuses to wear the clothes which might symbolize that he would help sabotage the railroad, but later Caine accepts the clothes and wears them for the rest of the series).

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"Communication between self and self; between self and others; can take many forms. Dreams are a language we may learn to interpret. Our deeper self talking to ourself. The needs, the sensations, the flights of fancy of others impinging on our own. Take heed not to disregard these communications but rather listen and hear what they have to say." - Master Kan

"I do not seek wealth." - Caine

"Have I not already found a friend." - Caine when told he'd find nothing

"You count too fast. . . ." - to and about Caine

"My father was American. . . ." - Caine, when told he's not full Chinese

"I could not do such a thing. I am sorry any man can." - Caine, when suspected of sabotaging the railroad

"I will work more slowly." - Caine, when his partner can't keep up

"Is it strength to use explosives to harm a small boy?" - Caine

"You do me honor." - Caine

"Fleeing the same enemy as yourself, Master: The Emperor^*1*." - Caine, when asked why he left China

"Forgive me if I have injured you." - Shaolin to man who attacked him

"You are Shaolin. You could not follow such a path. . . . For any reason." - Caine

"You walk very quietly." - to and about Caine

"You cannot be certain." - Caine, when someone predicts the future

"It is not food that he needs now." - Caine, taking small, newly orphaned boy into his arms

"May his spirit be at rest." - Caine, when told of a death

"'It is said, the soul may be reborn.' - Caine
'None may know that for certain.' - a Shaolin master
'No, Master.'" - Caine

"If it be your wish." - Caine, when asked if he wants to know something

"We are taught this is the human condition." - Caine, when asked if we may hate

"It is said, The Way avoids destruction." - Caine

"'Do you always go barefoot?' - Railroad Investigator
'Yes.' - Caine
'Why?'
'I do not like shoes.'" - Caine

"I do not like it." - Caine, asked how he feels about the destruction

"It is not my place." - Caine, asked if he would do anything about it

"They cannot see me. How can they stop me?" - Shaolin Master

"My own path." - Caine, when asked what brought him to this place

"He does not care if I approve or disapprove." - Caine, when asked if he approves of what the saboteur is doing

"Why do you do this?" - Caine

"'Do you believe you can stop me?' - Shaolin Master
'I will have to try.'" - Caine

"You have tried to stop him. You can do no more." - Caine

"'Nothing bothers you, does it?'
'It may seem that way to you.'" - Caine

"You save my life and I throw you in jail. Yet, you are not angry." - to and about Caine

"I could feel the same outrage at the railroad." - Caine, when it is said he must feel outrage about the deaths caused by the sabotage

"I am not a bounty hunter." - Caine, when offered a reward

"For this questionable freedom, I must surrender my friend." - Caine

"You must do what your conscience tells you." - Caine to investigator

"Much. Much." - Caine, when asked what he owes a Shaolin teacher

"Betray me. It is of no consequence." - Shaolin Master to Caine

"'You have been taught that you may not disobey your masters.' - Shaolin Master
'Yet I must.'" - Caine

"How can we question the ways of destiny? All we may question is the ways of man." - Caine

"No man is omnipotent." - Caine

"It is not my place to tell you what to do. You are the master." - Caine

"They, too, look for revenge." - Caine, obviously thinking it's a circle

"Please. I do not need this." - Caine, giving away the money he earned

"'I think it better I go my own way.' - Caine
'Where are you going?'
'I may never know.'" - Caine

"You will not improve anything by going away." - Caine^*2*p3(this may be in broadcast)