The BEST episodes of The Young Riders
Every episode of The Young Riders ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Young Riders!
Set just before the American Civil War, this series presented a highly fictionalized account of the heyday of the Pony Express. Its focus was a group of young Express riders based at the waystation in Sweetwater, Kansas. Running the station was ex-Texas Ranger and all-around eccentric Teaspoon Hunter. The role of cook, housekeeper and mother hen was filled first by Emma and later by Rachel. The riders included the future "Buffalo Bill" Cody and James Butler ("Wild Bill") Hickok, as well as Ike, a mute, Buck, a half-White/half-Kiowa scout and the Kid, a quiet Southerner. Their final member was Lou, a young woman who lived and worked with the riders disguised as a boy. In second season, their group was joined by Noah Dixon.
#1 - A Noble Chase
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/9/1991
Jimmy Hickok and Jake Colter are after the same thing... or rather the same person. Lon Chase is a wanted man and the trick is to keep him in your custody.
#2 - The Presence of Mine Enemies
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/1991
Ike meets and falls hard in love with Emily Metcalfe (Kelly Williams). Emily's father is murdered by a card cheat, Neville. Emily seeks to avenge her father's murder. Ike goes after Emily to save her and takes the bullet meant for her himself. As the riders bid a tearful farewell to their friend, Buck seeks ultimate vengeance against Neville.
#3 - Between Rock Creek and a Hard Place
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1991
Noah meets Quinn and his sister Casey, the only other black people in the town. At the same time he fights with an army recruiter. When the recruiter turns up dead, Noah is suspected.
#4 - The Blood of Others
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1991
Lou, Hickok, and Kid are to deliver a long-sought outlaw to his hanging, but en route discover the man's more honorable than ornery.
#5 - Jesse
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1991
The riders befriend a young man named Jesse, who seeks vengeance against a gang of outlaws that kills his guardian.
#6 - A House Divided
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1991
Pony Express's rider move to Rockcreek.
#7 - The Exchange (2)
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1991
Teaspoon, the riders, and their new acquaintances continue to race against the clock to find Amanda, although the loyalties of some become unclear. Then the stakes are raised when the kidnappers gain another hostage.
#8 - The Exchange (1)
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/1991
A murderous bank robber is sentenced to hang, but delivering him to justice gets complicated when his equally ruthless brother takes a hostage: Amanda O'Connel, the woman who is like a daughter to Teaspoon
#9 - Face of the Enemy
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/1991
The army is having problems with the 'Indians' and Buck runs afowl of both Army and Indians alike. Can the riders sort out the mess before Sweetwater ends up in the middle of the conflict. Rachel befriends a young Army soldier who wants to write to his wife when he hears of the birth of his son.
#10 - Survivors
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/1991
Buck is still suffering over Ike's death when he runs into a pregnant woman whose husband has been killed by thieves. At the same time Cody falls for a widow with a young son. Unfortunately she has troubles of her own.
#11 - The Talisman
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/1991
A band of outlaws terrorizes a small town looking for its supply of silver. Father Riley sends one of the young men to Teaspoon to call in an old favor. While Teaspoon and the other boys are gone, Buck is left to help out as a deputy. A mysterious man is stalking a lone woman outside of town. Who could be doing such a thing?
#12 - Old Scores
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1991
Ike recognizes one of the men responsible for his families death. But it turns out the man has a family of his own. Second story: The riders try to find a mysterious beast.
#13 - Color Blind
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1991
A new school teacher arrives in town on the heels of the breakup between Kid and Lou. Ever a man in search of a fair maiden in distress, Kid takes a liking to the school teacher and Lou takes it hard. While Jimmy tries to cheer Lou up while they are on an assignment together a figure from his past takes his pain out on Lou in hopes of luring Jimmy into a trap. Back in Sweet-water, Kid is falling... into trouble. Standing up for his new love has resulted in her old Beau challenging Kid to a duel. Teaspoon tries to stop the madness, but things do not work out for the best
#14 - Daisy
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1991
Kid asks Lou to marry him (AGAIN!) When she refuses they break up. Meanwhile... a friend of Rachel's arrives with his daughter.
#15 - The Peacemakers
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1991
Hickok falls for Alice, a woman from an ostracized religious group, and settles an old score with a gunfighter named Tyler.
#16 - Kansas
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1991
Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).
#17 - Judgement Day
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1991
Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.
#18 - Shadowmen
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/21/1992
Jimmy tries to track down the men responsible for a young boy's death
#19 - 'Til Death Do Us Part (2)
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/23/1992
Jesse must decide between his brother and his friends in the pony express. Noah tries to join the army but is turned down. When a disaster occurs with Frank's raiders, one of the riders is killed.
#20 - 'Til Death Do Us Part (1)
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/23/1992
Lou and Kid prepare for their wedding. Meanwhile the army comes to town to recruit scouts. Teaspoon is especially upset when Cody agrees to join the army.
#21 - The Debt
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/16/1992
A new rider is hired to replace Lou when she gets married. When the new rider dissappears on his first ride Lou and Jimmy ride out to check on him. No one in the town is willing to talk about what happened
#22 - Lessons Learned
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/9/1992
One of Teaspoon's ex-wives, Polly, moves to town... and she's got love on the menu when she buys the saloon. There's gunslinger in town. His conviction was overturned and now he's after the men who put him in jail. Too bad for Polly, she ends up in the gunslinger's sights because of her connection to Teaspoon
#23 - The Sacrifice
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/25/1992
Kid and Lou are interrupted in their getaway weekend when they must guard a prisoner in an unwelcoming town. Jimmy and Teaspoon meet an escaped slave who had been lynched, they argue about their sides in the coming war
#24 - The Road Not Taken
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/11/1992
The riders find out that Cody has published a story about them.... and they aren't exactly thrilled. Meanwhile Jimmy goes after a killer with Jesse hot on his trail.
#25 - Dark Brother
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/4/1992
A young woman who was once promised to Buck comes to town with her fiance for the purpose of a visit, but while she is there, she is taken over by an evil spirit. Buck turns to mysterious old Indian, who insists he can drive the spirit from her, but because her fiance refuses to allow his help, Buck must kidnap her and take her away town.