8.1/10102 votes#1 - The Kid
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1989
Young men of the Pony Express brave harsh conditions.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1071 votes
#2 - 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: N/A
- 7.4/1053 votes
#3 - 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: N/A
- 7.8/1053 votes
#4 - 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: N/A
- 8.1/1054 votes
#5 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1055 votes
#6 - 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: N/A
- 8.1/1047 votes
#7 - 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: N/A
- 8.0/1053 votes
#8 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1047 votes
#9 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1043 votes
#10 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1039 votes
#11 - 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: N/A
- 7.4/1042 votes
#12 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1046 votes
#13 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1036 votes
#14 - 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: N/A
- 7.9/1039 votes
#15 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1030 votes
#16 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1040 votes
#17 - 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: N/A
Writer: Paul Jackson, Tony Blake
- 8.0/1045 votes
#18 - 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: N/A
- 8.7/1039 votes
#19 - 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: N/A
- 8.1/1031 votes
#20 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1033 votes
#21 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1037 votes
#22 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1039 votes
#23 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1033 votes
#24 - 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: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Young Riders Season 1
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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...
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Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Kid" is the best rated episode of "The Young Riders" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 102 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/20/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Gunfighter".