The Young Riders

The Young Riders

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.

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Episodes

Born to Hang

1. Born to Hang

The riders try to recapture gold stolen from Stagecoach Sally, a woman spearheading a venture to send escaped slaves to Africa.

Ghosts

2. Ghosts

The ""ghost"" of one of Teaspoon's victims returns for revenge.

Dead Ringer

3. Dead Ringer

Hickok sets out to catch a vicious gunman impersonating him.

Blood Moon

4. Blood Moon

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

5. Pride and Prejudice

Buck finds Tompkins' long-missing wife and child assimilated into the Sioux tribe which took them.

The Littlest Cowboy

6. The Littlest Cowboy

Ike, bitter after being beaten by men who take advantage of his handicap, befriends Arthur, a terminally ill boy.

Blood Money

7. Blood Money

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

8. Requiem for a Hero

Cody meets and learns from his doomed Old West hero Hezekiah Horn.

Bad Company

9. Bad Company

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

10. Star Light, Star Bright

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

11. The Play's the Thing

Cody considers joining a theater troupe, and unknowingly enters a ploat to assassinate a U.S. General.

Judgement Day

12. Judgement Day

Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.

Kansas

13. Kansas

Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).

The Peacemakers

14. The Peacemakers

Hickok falls for Alice, a woman from an ostracized religious group, and settles an old score with a gunfighter named Tyler.

Daisy

15. Daisy

Color Blind

16. Color Blind

Old Scores

17. Old Scores

The Talisman

18. The Talisman

A Noble Chase

19. A Noble Chase

Face of the Enemy

20. Face of the Enemy

The Exchange (1)

21. The Exchange (1)

The Exchange (2)

22. The Exchange (2)

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