The Young Riders

  • Premiered: Sep 1989
  • Episodes: 68
  • Followers: 15
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Saturday at 21
  • Romance Western

Seasons:

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Season 1
1x1
The Kid
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 20, 1989
This was the pilot episode. We meet Kid first, he gets into a fist fight to get his horse, Katy. Later he joins the Pony Express where we are introduced to Emma Shannon the station .. show full overview
1x2
Gunfighter
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 21, 1989
Hickok projects the demons of his childhood onto a bullying hired gun and decides only a showdown with the gunslinger will exorcise them.
1x3
Home of the Brave
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 28, 1989
When the Kiowa begin to attack white settlements and civilians, Buck must decide between loyalty to his Kiowa brother and to the obligations and friendships he has found with the Pony .. show full overview
1x4
Speak No Evil
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 05, 1989
While on an Express run, Ike witnesses a terrible stagecoach massacre and finds himself unable to take the life of the gang's leader. The man is apprehended, however, and it is up to the .. show full overview
1x5
Bad Blood
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 12, 1989
Lou returns to the orphanage to retrieve her younger brother and sister, but her estranged father, a gunrunner, gets to them first.
1x6
Black Ulysses
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 26, 1989
The riders stand up for a runaway slave who is pursued by Missouri state militiamen committed to bringing down the fugitive.
1x7
Ten-Cent Hero
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 02, 1989
A dime novelist creates the legendary gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok, and Hickok faces the consequences when a gunfighter arrives for a showdown with the fastest gun in the West.
1x8
False Colors
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 1989
Kid enjoys a reunion with his brother Jed, who seems to have found a niche in the Army, but is really leading a gang that is posing as cavalry to steal gold for the budding Confederacy.
1x9
A Good Day to Die
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 16, 1989
Kid finds a young warrior at the scene of a way-station massacre, and although the warrior denies any wrongdoing, Kid hauls him back through Indian territory to face justice in Sweetwater.
1x10
The End of Innocence
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 30, 1989
Hickok discovers hidden feelings for Emma on a venture to an Army outpost commanded by a captain with a passion for cruelty.
1x11
Blind Love
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 07, 1989
Hickok's heart is lassoed by a mysterious woman, but he is caught in a dangerous tangle when he discovers that she is bound to another man.
1x12
The Keepsake
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 14, 1989
Teaspoon is given claim to a small fortune, but he may lose it to a young woman he thinks is his lost daughter, and to a crooked gambler willing to kill for the cash.
1x13
Fall from Grace
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 04, 1990
Hickok has a falling-out with Teaspoon, and he falls in with a gang of outlaws who are after a store of Army guns and ammunition.
1x14
Hard Time
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 11, 1990
Kid is sentenced to hard time on a trumped-up charge by a small-town sheriff carrying out the policies of the sadistic man who keeps the town under a cloud of fear.
1x15
Lady for a Night
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 18, 1990
Dressed as a lady for a night, Lou meets a vicious brute who develops an obsession for her, while he masterminds a series of heists in the territory.
1x16
Unfinished Business
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 01, 1990
After surviving a massacre of wealthy settlers near Sal Lake, Emma's estranged husband arrives in Sweetwater looking for shelter from Emma, and raising the suspicions of Sam and the riders.
1x17
Decoy
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 08, 1990
On a wild ride to deliver a top-secret Government message, Cody helps a mortally wounded mountain man, who asks Cody to care for his pet bear. Meanwhile, back in Sweetwater, the other riders look after an abandoned baby.
1x18
Daddy's Girl
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 15, 1990
A new girl in town has Buck in her sights, but he is caught in the cross-fire between her, her tyrannical father and her cruel suitor.
1x19
Bulldog
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 22, 1990
An Eastern college boy arrives with dreams of meeting his Western idol, Hickok, but he is used as an unwitting accomplice in a scheme that endangers all the riders.
1x20
Matched Pair
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 08, 1990
Hickok helps a friendly rival search for their gunfighting mentor's kidnapped daughter, who actually has escaped with evidence of her dad's corruption.
1x21
The Man Behind the Badge
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 22, 1990
Sam finds himself on the wrong side of the law in his own town when the man responsible for the murder of Sam's wife takes over Sweetwater.
1x22
Then There Was One
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 05, 1990
Teaspoon sets out for Texas with an old comrade in arms to warn three other veterans that someone has been murdering the last men who truly remember the Alamo.
1x23
Gathering Clouds (1)
Episode overview
Air date
May 07, 1990
The tension between the North and the South reaches crisis proportions, and Kid is recruited to infiltrate a band of Southern guerrillas led by a charismatic Robin Hood called the Hawk.
1x24 Season finale
Gathering Clouds (2)
Episode overview
Air date
May 14, 1990
Kid escapes the noose, but Hawk's raiders are still on the loose, so Hickok works his way into the gang, which hangs any pretense of civility to pursue its violent purpose.

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