Kung Fu

Ryan, you're gonna wear a hole through the floor.

She's been listening to the tapes for hours.

First time mama's heard her sister's voice in decades.

She needs time.

Well, since we're just waiting here,

plus-ones? For the wedding?

We're getting down to the wire!

- Totally forgot. - Can't it wait?

Not if you don't want to sit at the singles' table.

Median age: 56.

What's the big deal?

You're bringing Joe, right?

He hasn't even met mama and baba yet.

Yeah, they have.

They haven't met him as... You know?

Your boyfriend?

They'll love him.

Yeah, let's rip the band-aid off.

Ok, Nicky. How about you?

What about me? I don't have a boyfriend.

Yeah, 'cause you've been dragging your feet.

Henry has been barking up your tree

since the day you met,

and apparently, Evan's back on the market.

What?

You should really check your socials more.

No wonder he had time to go on that road trip.

- Are you sure? - He and sabine

unfollowed each other on Instagram.

Guess you've got a choice to make, huh?

No. It...

It's too complicated.

Well, UN-complicate it.

Didn't your little 3-way adventure

give you any clarity?

- Please don't call it a 3-way, Althea. - Ryan!

Ryan, I'm gonna need

a moment with Nicky.

Are you ok?

It's been hard knowing she's gone.

I missed her so much for so long

and I never had a chance to say good-bye.

Mama... Yeah, but

she said good-bye to me.

One of the tapes.

So, thank you.

There are messages in here I can't understand.

Something called biange.

The Mei-xue I knew,

she wasn't scared of anything.

But there is something about this word "biange."

Every time she mentions it,

I can feel the fear in her voice.

So, Nicky, promise me

you'll be careful.

Promise.

*KUNG FU (2021)* Season 01 Episode 10

Episode Title: "Choice" Aired on: June 30, 2021.

You've been staring at that dusty, old thing for days.

You need a break.

If you're trying

to lure me back into bed...

It won't work.

Ha ha ha!

I thought our little adventure in Myanmar

was a smashing success.

We got the axe.

My dad's excavation team

was none the wiser.

Don't you think we deserve a little fun?

Hmm. Well, I might be more amenable

to some leisure time

if we had the rest of the weapons

in your family's vault.

I thought the plan was to get

the meteor hammer first.

The hammer's warrior bloodline

died out generations ago.

Its guardian, however... I may have a small lead.

But that will take time.

Your family's vault is just waiting for us.

You're not afraid, are you?

That sounded like a challenge.

I like a challenge.

Did you see the news about the long case?

Yes. I'm surprised he took the plea.

The kid realized he'd be facing 25 years

if the case went to trial.

No new evidence. Nothing changed.

He just flipped?

He's guilty, Evan.

You know, they're not all uphill battles.

The plea goes before a judge tomorrow.

Take the win.

The power of biange

was harnessed as a force for good,

but in the wrong hands,

it would lead to catastrophe,

utter destruction.

The history books tell of a battle

kublai Khan waged in southern China.

Scholars of the 8 weapons...

- Anything good? - Hmm?

On the tapes. Anything good?

Oh, um, a lot of stuff we already know.

Still got a long way to go.

How about the journals?

Yeah, actually.

When we looked at all of Mei-xue's travels,

I noticed a change in the mid-eighties.

She's in parts of China that

none of our other research connects to

and she definitely shifted her focus.

What kind of shift?

Well, she started her journey

obsessed with the weapons, but then

around this time, something changes.

She starts talking about something different.

A place..

The forge. Does she find it?

I haven't gotten there yet.

You ok?

Yeah. I'm good.

Just gonna get back to it.

The monks imbued the weapons

with biange energy.

Qi is life force. Biange has power,

the power to transform destiny to one's will.

- Henry. - Call it mind control.

Call it brainwashing.

But it's much more powerful than that.

The monks knew that when all 8 weapons were together,

the powers were too great, too dangerous.

So, they anointed guardians,

individuals whose job it was

to keep the weapons separate.

The monks had built a failsafe.

They knew that over time,

the weapons' power would weaken.

A reemergence of that great, unstoppable force

can only occur if all the weapons

were brought back to where they were created,

to where biange energy is the strongest...

To the forge.

That's what the source is...

The place where the weapons are made,

this forge.

She found it.

Did you read ahead?

She ran away, hid herself

from everything and everyone

to keep a dangerous secret.

This has to be it.

Zhilan's been ahead of us,

collecting the weapons,

but we may know something she doesn't.

What?

Mei-xue said biange can only be brought about

if all 8 weapons are brought back to the forge.

We have to find the forge before zhilan does

and protect it.

That's the only way we can stop her...

And stop biange.

I know the decision to speak out

against your abuser was

incredibly difficult.

But before I can move forward as your attorney,

you need to know, as hard as that choice was,

the scary part? That starts now.

Whatever it takes to destroy him.

Chase Matheson will distort the truth.

He'll try to discredit you.

Then there's the nda.

The fact that you took Matheson's money.

He'll use the nda to drag you through the mud.

Call you a gold digger.

I gave that money to my brother's clinic.

It doesn't matter how you spent it.

Althea, once you do this,

your life will change.

When people search your name, the first thing

they'll see is the story of your abuse.

If you're going to do this,

I need to know that you're ready.

Mm. Yeah.

Come here. Come.

Mm. Something smells good.

Try.

- Ohh. Mei-li. - Huh?

It's out of this world! What is it?

The plum sauce my mother used to cook.

It's Mei-xue's favorite.

I thought I would add it to the menu,

like a tribute.

Well,

we haven't changed the menu for years.

Maybe we'll change more than that.

- Hmm? - Now, have you

thought about taking over back here?

I'm a good cook,