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The Young Riders Season 1

September. 20,1989

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TV-PG

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The Young Riders

The Young Riders was an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War. The series premiered on ABC on September 20, 1989 and ran for three seasons until the final episode aired on July 23, 1992.

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1989 / TV-PG

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Cast

Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin

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The Young Riders Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 24 - Gathering Clouds (2)

First Aired: May. 14,1990

The men of the Pony Express find themselves taking different sides as the start of the Civil War approaches.

Episode 23 - Gathering Clouds (1)

First Aired: May. 07,1990

The Kid finds himself secretly helping the Army learn the identity of the Hawk.

Episode 22 - Then There Was One

First Aired: April. 05,1990

Teaspoon sets out for Texas with an old comrade in arms to warn three other veterans that someone has been murdering the last men who truly remember the Alamo.

Episode 21 - The Man Behind the Badge

First Aired: March. 22,1990

Sam finds himself on the wrong side of the law in his own town when the man responsible for the murder of Sam's wife takes over Sweetwater.

Episode 20 - Matched Pair

First Aired: March. 08,1990

Hickok helps a friendly rival search for their gunfighting mentor's kidnapped daughter, who actually has escaped with evidence of her dad's corruption.

Episode 19 - Bulldog

First Aired: February. 22,1990

An Eastern college boy arrives with dreams of meeting his Western idol, Hickok, but he is used as an unwitting accomplice in a scheme that endangers all the riders.

Episode 18 - Daddy's Girl

First Aired: February. 15,1990

A new girl in town has Buck in her sights, but he is caught in the cross-fire between her, her tyrannical father and her cruel suitor.

Episode 17 - Decoy

First Aired: February. 08,1990

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.

Episode 16 - Unfinished Business

First Aired: February. 01,1990

After surviving a massacre of wealthy settlers near Sal Lake, Emma's estranged husband arrives in Sweetwater looking for shelter from Emma, and raising the suspicions of Sam and the riders.

Episode 15 - Lady for a Night

First Aired: January. 18,1990

Dressed as a lady for a night, Lou meets a vicious brute who develops an obsession for her, while he masterminds a series of heists in the territory.

Episode 14 - Hard Time

First Aired: January. 11,1990

Kid is sentenced to hard time on a trumped-up charge by a small-town sheriff carrying out the policies of the sadistic man who keeps the town under a cloud of fear.

Episode 13 - Fall from Grace

First Aired: January. 04,1990

Hickok has a falling-out with Teaspoon, and he falls in with a gang of outlaws who are after a store of Army guns and ammunition.

Episode 12 - The Keepsake

First Aired: December. 14,1989

Teaspoon is given claim to a small fortune, but he may lose it to a young woman he thinks is his lost daughter, and to a crooked gambler willing to kill for the cash.