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 - Gunfighter
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1989
Hickok projects the demons of his childhood onto a bullying hired gun and decides only a showdown with the gunslinger will exorcise them.
#2 - Pride and Prejudice
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1990
Buck finds Tompkins' long-missing wife and child assimilated into the Sioux tribe which took them.
#9 - Blood Moon
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1990
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.
#10 - The Kid
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1989
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 mistress, Teaspoon Hunter the shaggy station master, Buck, Jimmy, Ike, Cody, and Lou. Later in the episode we also meet the continuing character Sam Cain, the marshal of Sweetwater.
#11 - 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
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#12 - 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.
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#13 - 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.
#15 - 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.
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#18 - '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.
#19 - Home of the Brave
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1989
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 Express. In the meantime, Lou, Hickok and Cody get into a fight with Tompkins and his men because of the shopkeeper's insults against Buck.
#22 - A Good Day to Die
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1989
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.
#24 - Decoy
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/1990
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.
