A blizzard, on Christmas Eve, provides opportunities to a variety of criminals: a mugger disguised as Santa Claus, a repeat rapist, and an attempted prison break. The officers of the 101st Precinct must deal with them all.
Gangsters from Chinatown seek a key and bracelet that are in the possession of a female kung fu teacher, whose mortally ill grandfather was an old adversary of the Ancient.
Caine is poisoned by some assailants with a toxin that affects his chi, his life force. According to the Ancient, Caine will die, unless his spirit and his chi can be reunited. ''''''''
Sing Wah members steal a Shaolin treasure and sell it to a publishing house, which uses it for a promotional treasure hunt. Then Sing Wah decides it wants the treasure back.
After a date with Skalany, Caine is hit by a car, then disappears. Months later, he surfaces as a casino pianist who recognizes no one from the precinct.
Some children, exploring an abandoned house, come across a treasure trove of Chinese artifacts, including a board game which emits a strange force that hits Caine, even though he is miles away.
Caine and Peter discover that a mercenary named Macklin, with whom they have had negative encounters previously, has turned up at a military academy, where some cadets are killing themselves.
When the Dalai Lama visits Chinatown, he is targeted by a strange contract killer with flames in his eyes. Peter and Caine find out that the assassin is an old friend.
In this episode, Peter and Caine travel to ancient China to help the first Shaolin monks fight the warlords. The monks don't have the Shaolin dragon tattoos and Peter and Caine must explain the essence of being Shaolin.
When some high-tech criminals decide to rob a bank, they take more than twenty people hostage. Unfortunately for them, one of the hostages happens to be Caine.
Rivals of the Shaolin, a terrorist group known as the Scorpion Sect, have infiltrated a fashion show which is on tour. While Caine impersonates a fashionista named Gaston, Peter finds himself in a bodyguard role for the show's supermodel, Alana.
Kermit's sister is having a problem in her house caused by dark spiritual energy, a house where a murder has occurred. Who else would she call on for help, but Caine.
Someone is after a diary owned by Caine's father, which contains half of a map which leads to an ancient chalice with powers "too great for mortal man".
Caine runs for City Council to stop a developer from evicting tenants. Meanwhile, Peter takes the lieutenant's test. A passing grade would mean a transfer.
Peter investigates a case where two physicians have died of unknown causes. A third physician says he is also dying and Caine agrees with that diagnosis. The third doctor tell Peter that he knows who has "murdered" him.
When a young Chinese emperor is targeted for murder, Peter and Caine end up protecting him during his return trip to China. They are pursued by a determined agent of the Chinese government.
Peter gets off on the wrong foot with his new captain. Meanwhile, Caine has travelled to Shambhala to battle an evil warrior who has ties to Peter's world.
When a senator is killed at a Captain Blaisdell's reunion of his former commando team, Peter says he saw the captain kill the senator. Caine helps the captain find answers to this puzzle from an event that occurred in Blaisdell's past.
A group of two elderly men and a Chinese boy, recently back from college, decide to fight crime. When they get themselves involved in a major robbery by notorious gang, Peter and Kwai Chang Caine must help them.
Aborigines are angry about a land deal made by a businessman who happens to be the uncle of Peter's girlfriend. Pretty soon, aboriginal assassins appear on the scene.
The Church is trying to exorcise a man who is possessed. However, something goes wrong and the demon possesses other people, instead. Somehow, Caine gets involved and tries to help a troubled man who has been possessed.
Peter is wounded in the line of duty, but he cannot be operated on, because his life signs are fluctuating. Caine finds out that Peter's soul is being held in the Bardo, an in-between realm of memories, including those of Caine abandoning Peter.
An industrialist, who holds a grudge against Caine, sponsors a martial arts tournament. When Caine enters the tournament, Peter follows him, on a special undercover assignment.
Caine and Peter return to Braniff, the site of the temple where Peter grew up. They meet the widow of one of the priests from the temple. She needs their help, because some very familiar townspeople are harrassing both her and her son.
Peter enlists the help of a young girl, who is psychic, to help find a gun that has been used in the murder of a cop. Peter discovers the girl has a psychic protector --another Caine!
Tan's daughter has returned to Chinatown and is stalking young men in order to flush out her father's killer, Kwai Chang Caine. It is up to Peter and Caine to stop her.
As emperor-to-be, Sing Ling prepares to ascend the throne. Caine and Peter continue to battle those who wish to assassinate Sing Ling, including some surprising enemies. During the preparations for the final confrontation, Caine suddenly disappears.
While sitting at the bedside of an injured Peter, Caine reflects upon his early days in Chinatown when he and Peter fought against corrupt cops and would-be crime boss, Clarence Choi.
Caine only has a few hours to find a rare herb that is needed to save the life of a little girl. Unfortunately, the woods where the herb grows, have been taken over by a survivalist who has set booby traps to keep people out.
One of Caine's students, Jake Hudson, has become involved in an illegal fight ring. ''Peter is upset that Jake is using Caine's training to make money, illegally. When The Ancient is kidnapped, Caine is forced to fight.
Peter's new partner on the force, Marty Stramm, is physically abusing his wife, so Peter sends her to Caine for help. Meanwhile, Peter and Marty are ''attempting to track down a felon who has gotten a stash of armor-piercing bullets.
When Caine is charged with the murder of a gang member, who had threatened one of his martial arts students, Peter tries to clear his fathers's name. Also, the murder victim just happens to be the Ancient's nephew.
This is the first of a two-part episode. Kwai Chang Caine returns to Chinatown and encounters a protection racket. He also reunites with Lo Si,the Ancient.