Attempted chronology for KUNG FU

This pertains to the original series that ran from 1972-1975. For those familiar with the entire run of the show, I shall try to put together a chronology. Due to the fact that five third season entries were set in China, an attempt to keep the series from stagnating, these obviously are not set in their correct order. IMDB has put most of the episodes in chronological order using broadcast dates supplied by THE KUNG FU BOOK OF CAINE. Once you view the original pilot, go to that third season and select first "The Thief of Chendo," because it is the only Chinese entry that features Radames Pera's young student Caine, listening to a future adventure narrated by Master Po (Keye Luke). Next, "The Devil's Champion," "Besieged: Death on Cold Mountain," "Besieged: Cannon at the Gates," all pretty much set in the Shaolin temple, with expanded roles for Keye Luke's Master Po (revealed to be 83!) and Philip Ahn's Master Kan (full name revealed to be Chen Ming Kan). The last Chinese adventure is "The Forbidden Kingdom," which stands alone because it is set after the death of Master Po, and chronicles Caine's flight from the Emperor's soldiers, also his relationship with the beautiful Po Li (Adele Yoshioka), who would bear him a son, as revealed in the 1986 movie sequel "Kung Fu." From here, one can begin with "King of the Mountain" and continue his adventures in the American West. After the first 5 episodes, Caine removes his shoes and goes barefoot from then on (they proved most painful for adversaries during fights). The first season episode "The Tide" should be viewed after 6 "Nine Lives," but was broadcast before 5 "The Soul is the Warrior," in which he still wears shoes (since he walks through a pit of rattlesnakes). David Carradine reported that you could tell what season you were watching by the length of his hair, and that 29 "A Dream Within a Dream" was the episode where he loses his hat (the one that saw Kam Yuen replace David Chow as Kung Fu Technical Advisor). 17 "The Assassin" was the first to feature him playing a flute (there were several others to come). 37 "The Cenotaph" was the first 2-part storyline, due to the fact that the flashbacks were too extensive to fit a single hour (the inspiration for the Chinese episodes that interrupted the Western entries). "Blood of the Dragon" was another 2-parter, while the series ended with a 4-part storyline that saw Caine finally meet up with his brother- "Barbary House," "Flight to Orion," "The Brothers Caine," and "Full Circle." The first two episodes were broadcast on Saturday nights at 8, then moved to Thursdays at 9 for "Blood Brother." The series stayed on Thursdays until the third season opener "Cry of the Night Beast," moving to Saturday nights at 9. After 5 Saturdays, it moved to Fridays at 8 for the next 5, beginning with "The Vanishing Image," then began its final run January 11 1975, with "The Garments of Rage," back on Saturdays at 8. The ABC network did a good job in regards to the time slot, at least until the third season.