The BEST episodes of The Young Riders season 2
Every episode of The Young Riders season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Young Riders season 2!
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 - 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.
#2 - Star Light, Star Bright
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1990
At Chrismastime the riders believe they own half a gold mine as repayment for Hickok's kindness to old prospector Cyrus.
#3 - 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.
#4 - The Littlest Cowboy
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1990
Ike, bitter after being beaten by men who take advantage of his handicap, befriends Arthur, a terminally ill boy.
#5 - 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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#6 - 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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#7 - Ghosts
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1990
The ""ghost"" of one of Teaspoon's victims returns for revenge.
#8 - Born to Hang
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1990
The riders try to recapture gold stolen from Stagecoach Sally, a woman spearheading a venture to send escaped slaves to Africa.
#9 - 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
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#10 - Dead Ringer
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1990
Hickok sets out to catch a vicious gunman impersonating him.
#11 - Bad Company
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1990
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.
#12 - Requiem for a Hero
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1990
Cody meets and learns from his doomed Old West hero Hezekiah Horn.
#13 - Blood Money
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1990
The Kid catches Dyson, a would-be horse thief, who apparently hangs himself while in the custody of a corrupt marshal.
#14 - The Play's the Thing
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/29/1990
Cody considers joining a theater troupe, and unknowingly enters a plot to assassinate a U.S. General.
#15 - Judgement Day
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1991
Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.
#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 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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?
#21 - 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.
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#22 - 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.
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