The WORST episodes of The Young Riders
Every episode of The Young Riders ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - Judgement Day
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1991
Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.
#6 - Kansas
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1991
Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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 - A House Divided
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1991
Pony Express's rider move to Rockcreek.
#14 - '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.
#16 - 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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#19 - 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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#25 - Requiem for a Hero
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1990
Cody meets and learns from his doomed Old West hero Hezekiah Horn.