The BEST episodes of The Young Riders season 3

Every episode of The Young Riders season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Young Riders season 3!

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.

Last Updated: 9/15/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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The Blood of Others
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7.00
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#1 - 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.

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Between Rock Creek and a Hard Place
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3 votes

#2 - 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.

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The Presence of Mine Enemies
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#3 - 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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Survivors
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#4 - 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.

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Initiation
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#5 - Initiation

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1991

Jimmy captures Jesse's brother Frank James after a bank robbery. Jesse feels that he owes his brother his loyalty and so he breaks him out of jail forcing Teaspoon and Jimmy to track them.

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Shadowmen
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#6 - Shadowmen

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/21/1992

Jimmy tries to track down the men responsible for a young boy's death

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'Til Death Do Us Part (2)
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3 votes

#7 - '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.

Directors: James Keach
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Jesse
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3 votes

#8 - 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.

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Spirits
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5.67
3 votes

#9 - Spirits

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1991

Rachel falls for Mike Stadler, a man with a drinking problem. Rachel falls off the wagon as it is revealed that she once had a drinking problem too.

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A Tiger's Tale
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#10 - A Tiger's Tale

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/28/1991

Jesse sends Lou and love letter, but Lou thinks the letter was from Kid. Meanwhile, Cody and Noah have many adventures trying to get a tiger all the way to St. Joseph Missouri

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'Til Death Do Us Part (1)
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#11 - '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.

Directors: James Keach
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The Debt
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2 votes

#12 - 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

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Lessons Learned
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#13 - 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

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The Sacrifice
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#14 - 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

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The Road Not Taken
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#15 - 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.

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Dark Brother
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#16 - 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.

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Spies
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#17 - Spies

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/25/1992

The Kid's kindness to a woman results in him and the other riders becoming part of an elaborate scheme to track down a shipment of gold

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Song of Isiah
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2 votes

#18 - Song of Isiah

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/1992

Jimmy gets caught up with vigilante abolitionists when he goes to visit his sister.

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Good Night, Sweet Charlotte
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5.50
4 votes

#19 - Good Night, Sweet Charlotte

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/1992

An old friend of Lou's arrives in town stirring up secrets of a man who attacked her. She pulls away from Kid when she needs him the most

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Just Like Old Times
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5.50
2 votes

#20 - Just Like Old Times

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1991

Kid's childhood sweetheart comes to town. Lou is a bit jealous, but she can see that her arrival is bringing back bad memories.

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A House Divided
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2 votes

#21 - A House Divided

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1991

Pony Express's rider move to Rockcreek.

Directors: James Keach
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Mask of Fear
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5.00
3 votes

#22 - Mask of Fear

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/28/1992

A man returns to Rock Creek after serving time for murder. When Jesse's boss is killed, Jesse is quick to assume the new arrival is guilty.

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