The Young Riders was an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War. The series premiered on ABC on September 20, 1989 and ran for three seasons until the final episode aired on July 23, 1992.
The Young Riders (Season 2)
Born to Hang (Episode 1)
Air date: 1990-09-22
Overview: The riders try to recapture gold stolen from Stagecoach Sally, a woman spearheading a venture to send escaped slaves to Africa.
Ghosts (Episode 2)
Writer: Steven Baum
Air date: 1990-09-29
Overview: The ""ghost"" of one of Teaspoon's victims returns for revenge.
Dead Ringer (Episode 3)
Air date: 1990-10-06
Overview: Hickok sets out to catch a vicious gunman impersonating him.
Blood Moon (Episode 4)
Air date: 1990-10-13
Overview: Fear of a cholera outbreak turns the citizens of Sweetwater into a mob intent on lynching a deaf-mute boy suspected of being the carrier.
Pride and Prejudice (Episode 5)
Air date: 1990-10-27
Overview: Buck finds Tompkins' long-missing wife and child assimilated into the Sioux tribe which took them.
The Littlest Cowboy (Episode 6)
Writer: Steven Baum
Air date: 1990-11-03
Overview: Ike, bitter after being beaten by men who take advantage of his handicap, befriends Arthur, a terminally ill boy.
Blood Money (Episode 7)
Air date: 1990-11-10
Overview: The Kid catches Dyson, a would-be horse thief, who apparently hangs himself while in the custody of a corrupt marshal.
Requiem for a Hero (Episode 8)
Air date: 1990-11-17
Overview: Cody meets and learns from his doomed Old West hero Hezekiah Horn.
Bad Company (Episode 9)
Air date: 1990-12-01
Overview: Hickok leaves to become sheriff of the lawless town of Regrets, haoping to meet death quickly as retribution for accidentally killing a young woman during a gunfight.
Star Light, Star Bright (Episode 10)
Air date: 1990-12-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: At Chrismastime the riders believe they own half a gold mine as repayment for Hickok's kindness to old prospector Cyrus.
The Play's the Thing (Episode 11)
Writer: Charles Grant Craig
Air date: 1990-12-29
Overview: Cody considers joining a theater troupe, and unknowingly enters a ploat to assassinate a U.S. General.
Judgement Day (Episode 12)
Air date: 1991-01-05
Overview: Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.
Kansas (Episode 13)
Writer: Steven Baum
Air date: 1991-01-12
Overview: Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).
The Peacemakers (Episode 14)
Writer: Charles Grant Craig
Air date: 1991-01-19
Overview: Hickok falls for Alice, a woman from an ostracized religious group, and settles an old score with a gunfighter named Tyler.
Daisy (Episode 15)
Writer: Steven Baum
Air date: 1991-02-02
Color Blind (Episode 16)
Air date: 1991-02-09
Old Scores (Episode 17)
Air date: 1991-02-16
The Talisman (Episode 18)
Air date: 1991-02-23
A Noble Chase (Episode 19)
Air date: 1991-03-09
Face of the Enemy (Episode 20)
Air date: 1991-04-06
The Exchange (1) (Episode 21)
Air date: 1991-05-04
The Exchange (2) (Episode 22)
Air date: 1991-05-04
