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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The Young Riders
1989 / TV-PG
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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The Young Riders Season 2 Full Episode Guide
Hickok falls for Alice, a woman from an ostracized religious group, and settles an old score with a gunfighter named Tyler.
Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).
Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.
Cody considers joining a theater troupe, and unknowingly enters a ploat to assassinate a U.S. General.
At Chrismastime the riders believe they own half a gold mine as repayment for Hickok's kindness to old prospector Cyrus.
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.
Cody meets and learns from his doomed Old West hero Hezekiah Horn.
The Kid catches Dyson, a would-be horse thief, who apparently hangs himself while in the custody of a corrupt marshal.
Ike, bitter after being beaten by men who take advantage of his handicap, befriends Arthur, a terminally ill boy.
Buck finds Tompkins' long-missing wife and child assimilated into the Sioux tribe which took them.
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.
Hickok sets out to catch a vicious gunman impersonating him.
The ""ghost"" of one of Teaspoon's victims returns for revenge.
The riders try to recapture gold stolen from Stagecoach Sally, a woman spearheading a venture to send escaped slaves to Africa.
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