In a Sequel to the 1973 series, "Kung Fu",
a widowed Shaolin Priest named Kwai Chang Caine, grandson of Kwai
Chang Caine from the original series, raised his son Peter (Chris
Potter) in a Shaolin Temple in Northern California. The temple was
destroyed by a renegade priest named Tan. A monk named Ping Hai,
in an effort to protect them from Tan's vengeance, told father and
son that each of them had been killed in the temple's destruction.
Caine wandered for fifteen years in an effort to deal with his grief,
he searched for the 'essence' that was his son. Peter went to an
orphanage after Ping Hai became too sick to care for the youth.
He was fostered by a police officer and his family. Peter later
became a detective to be one of the 'good guys' and to make his
father proud of him.