KUNG FU THE LEGEND CONTINUES
season two episode guide by OPH

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Only the Strong Survive - May I Ride with You - Dragon's Daughter - Temple - Ancient Lottery - Dragonswing II
The Bardo - Enter the Tiger - Laurie's Friend - Out of the Woods - The Return of the Shadow Assassin
The Possessed - Tournament - Kundela - Magic Trick - Warlord - The Innocent - Sunday Afternoon in the
Museum with George
- Aspects of the Soul - The Gang of Three - Retribution - Sing Wah


Return of the Shadow Assassin:
  • Production Number 187581
  • Original Air Date: January 26, 1994
  • Beaten by Caine in their first-season battle, the Shadow Assassin returns, bringing with him his Shadow Assassin Master...sort of like asking your big brother to beat up on the bully who bested you on the playground, I guess <G> By killing off enough of Pita's friends and acquaintances, the Shadow Assassins draw an obviously reluctant Kwai Chang Caine back to Fu City. And just where has he been these past 6 months, you wonder? "Walking...learning..." he tells his son. Judging from his hugely-expanded girth, I would guess he was walking from pizza parlor to pizza parlor, learning recipe after recipe! Meanwhile, Pita's new girlfriend, semi-regular Kelly Blaine (later Blake <LOL>) is introduced, and it is clear from the beginning that they are not a match made in Shambhala.

    This may be the worst-edited episode in all of Fu-dom.

    Examples of the most pathetically-disconnected scenes:

    1) We see night exterior stock footage of the brownstone where The Ancient lives. Inside, Caine is talking to Lo Si. Suddenly it is day, and Caine is in the street talking to the Shadow Assassin Master. Then he is back with The Ancient, this time in that odd limbo world where Lo Si trained Caine in "The Shadow Assassin," Finally they are again inside The Ancient's apartment. Huh?

    2) In the cave, Lo Si comes to lead Pita and Kelly out of the "force field" they were trapped in. Pita tells Kelly and Lo Si to stay where they are and goes wandering off for no apparent reason. When he returns, Lo Si is lying unconscious on the floor of the cave and the Shadow Assassin is standing there with an arm around Kelly's throat. Now, where did Pita go, anyway? And how did "Old Ping Merlin" get himself knocked out? Still, one consolation to The Ancient is that from then on, he gets to hold hands with Kelly...oh, the rigors of acting! <LOL>

    Quote to remember: It is not wise to mess with Merlin, heh heh heh heh

    Almost interesting fact: Krista Bridges, who plays Sally (the Dry-Cleaning Chick killed by the junior Shadow Assassin while his master beams with pride) returns for the fourth season as Lorraine Larsen, wife of the drug dealer Kermit targets for death in "Storm Warning."