About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. Born to Hang
Aired 22 September 1990
The riders try to recapture gold stolen from Stagecoach Sally, a woman spearheading a venture to send escaped slaves to Africa.
2. Ghosts
Aired 29 September 1990
The ""ghost"" of one of Teaspoon's victims returns for revenge.
3. Dead Ringer
Aired 6 October 1990
Hickok sets out to catch a vicious gunman impersonating him.
4. Blood Moon
Aired 13 October 1990
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.
5. Pride and Prejudice
Aired 27 October 1990
Buck finds Tompkins' long-missing wife and child assimilated into the Sioux tribe which took them.
6. The Littlest Cowboy
Aired 3 November 1990
Ike, bitter after being beaten by men who take advantage of his handicap, befriends Arthur, a terminally ill boy.
7. Blood Money
Aired 10 November 1990
The Kid catches Dyson, a would-be horse thief, who apparently hangs himself while in the custody of a corrupt marshal.
8. Requiem for a Hero
Aired 17 November 1990
Cody meets and learns from his doomed Old West hero Hezekiah Horn.
9. Bad Company
Aired 1 December 1990
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.
10. Star Light, Star Bright
Aired 15 December 1990 • 60 min
At Chrismastime the riders believe they own half a gold mine as repayment for Hickok's kindness to old prospector Cyrus.
11. The Play's the Thing
Aired 29 December 1990
Cody considers joining a theater troupe, and unknowingly enters a ploat to assassinate a U.S. General.
12. Judgement Day
Aired 5 January 1991
Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.
13. Kansas
Aired 12 January 1991
Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).
14. The Peacemakers
Aired 19 January 1991
Hickok falls for Alice, a woman from an ostracized religious group, and settles an old score with a gunfighter named Tyler.
15. Daisy
Aired 2 February 1991
16. Color Blind
Aired 9 February 1991
17. Old Scores
Aired 16 February 1991
18. The Talisman
Aired 23 February 1991
19. A Noble Chase
Aired 9 March 1991
20. Face of the Enemy
Aired 6 April 1991
21. The Exchange (1)
Aired 4 May 1991
22. The Exchange (2)
Aired 4 May 1991