Season 1

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  7.8/10112 votes

  The Kid

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1989

  Young men of the Pony Express brave harsh conditions.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1077 votes

  Gunfighter

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1989

  The boys attempt to save Wild Bill Hickok from an unnecessary gunfight.

  Director: Max Tash

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.3/1059 votes

  Home of the Brave

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1989

  Buck is the target of hostility when Sweetwater is threatened by a local tribe.

  Director: Dan Lerner

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1058 votes

  Speak No Evil

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1989

  Robbery witness Ike McSwain is pursued by the criminals he is to testify against.

  Director: Jim Johnston

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1059 votes

  Bad Blood

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1989

  The riders help Lou track down her younger brother and sister who were kidnapped by a ruthless gunrunner.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1060 votes

  Black Ulysses

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1989

  Col. Savage and a band of militia hunt down a runaway slave accused of murder.

  Director: Bruce Kessler

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1053 votes

  Ten-Cent Hero

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1989

  A novelist avenges a beating by Hickok with writing a story that incites others to challenge the cowboy.

  Director: Kevin Hooks

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1058 votes

  False Colors

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1989

  The Kid is torn when his long-lost brother turns up just as nearby fugitives are planning to steal a gold shipment.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1051 votes

  A Good Day to Die

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1989

  A Sioux brave who claims to be innocent is denied justice when brought to trial for an Indian massacre.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/1047 votes

  The End of Innocence

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1989

  Hickok and Emma face hostile Indians and a ruthless commanding officer at a remote Army post.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.1/1044 votes

  Blind Love

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1989

  Hickok's heart is lassoed by a mysterious woman, but he is caught in a dangerous tangle when he discovers that she is bound to another man.

  Director: Lee H. Katzin

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.2/1046 votes

  The Keepsake

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1989

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1051 votes

  Fall from Grace

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1990

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.7/1042 votes

  Hard Time

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1990

  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.

  Director: Kevin Hooks

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.7/1044 votes

  Lady for a Night

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1990

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/1035 votes

  Unfinished Business

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/1990

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1045 votes

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Tony Blake, Paul Jackson

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  7.7/1050 votes

  Daddy's Girl

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1990

  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.

  Director: George Mendeluk

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.4/1042 votes

  Bulldog

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1990

  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.

  Director: Joseph L. Scanlan

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1034 votes

  Matched Pair

  Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/8/1990

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/1036 votes

  The Man Behind the Badge

  Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/22/1990

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1040 votes

  Then There Was One

  Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/5/1990

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1042 votes

  Gathering Clouds (1)

  Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1990

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1036 votes

  Gathering Clouds (2)

  Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/1990

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

  Director: Lee H. Katzin

  Writer: Unknown