The Young Riders (1989)
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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Episode 1 - Born to Hang
Release Date: 1990-09-22The riders try to recapture gold stolen from Stagecoach Sally, a woman spearheading a venture to send escaped slaves to Africa.
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Episode 2 - Ghosts
Release Date: 1990-09-29The ""ghost"" of one of Teaspoon's victims returns for revenge.
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Episode 3 - Dead Ringer
Release Date: 1990-10-06Hickok sets out to catch a vicious gunman impersonating him.
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Episode 4 - Blood Moon
Release Date: 1990-10-13Fear of a cholera outbreak turns the citizens of Sweetwater into a mob intent on lynching a deaf-mute boy suspected of being the carrier.
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Episode 5 - Pride and Prejudice
Release Date: 1990-10-27Buck finds Tompkins' long-missing wife and child assimilated into the Sioux tribe which took them.
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Episode 6 - The Littlest Cowboy
Release Date: 1990-11-03Ike, bitter after being beaten by men who take advantage of his handicap, befriends Arthur, a terminally ill boy.
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Episode 7 - Blood Money
Release Date: 1990-11-10The Kid catches Dyson, a would-be horse thief, who apparently hangs himself while in the custody of a corrupt marshal.
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Episode 8 - Requiem for a Hero
Release Date: 1990-11-17Cody meets and learns from his doomed Old West hero Hezekiah Horn.
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Episode 9 - Bad Company
Release Date: 1990-12-01Hickok 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.
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Episode 10 - Star Light, Star Bright
Release Date: 1990-12-15At Chrismastime the riders believe they own half a gold mine as repayment for Hickok's kindness to old prospector Cyrus.
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Episode 11 - The Play's the Thing
Release Date: 1990-12-29Cody considers joining a theater troupe, and unknowingly enters a ploat to assassinate a U.S. General.
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Episode 12 - Judgement Day
Release Date: 1991-01-05Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.
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Episode 13 - Kansas
Release Date: 1991-01-12Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).
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Episode 14 - The Peacemakers
Release Date: 1991-01-19Hickok falls for Alice, a woman from an ostracized religious group, and settles an old score with a gunfighter named Tyler.
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Episode 15 - Daisy
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Episode 16 - Color Blind
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Episode 17 - Old Scores
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Episode 18 - The Talisman
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Episode 19 - A Noble Chase
Release Date: 1991-03-09 -
Episode 20 - Face of the Enemy
Release Date: 1991-04-06 -
Episode 21 - The Exchange (1)
Release Date: 1991-05-04 -
Episode 22 - The Exchange (2)
Release Date: 1991-05-04