The Best Episodes of The Young Riders Season 2
Every episode of The Young Riders Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Young Riders Season 2!
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.
Season 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Young Riders" season 2 is "Born to Hang", rated 7.8/10 from 40 user votes. It was directed by George Mendeluk and written by N/A. "Born to Hang" aired on 9/22/1990 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Ghosts".
7.8/10 40 votes#1 - Born to Hang
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1990
The riders try to recapture gold stolen from Stagecoach Sally, a woman spearheading a venture to send escaped slaves to Africa.
Director: George Mendeluk
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 40 votes
#2 - Ghosts
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1990
The ""ghost"" of one of Teaspoon's victims returns for revenge.
Director: James Keach
Writer: Steven Baum
- 8.4/10 32 votes
#3 - Dead Ringer
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1990
Hickok sets out to catch a vicious gunman impersonating him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10 34 votes
#4 - Blood Moon
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1990
Fear of a cholera outbreak turns the citizens of Sweetwater into a mob intent on lynching a deaf-mute boy suspected of being the carrier.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 38 votes
#5 - Pride and Prejudice
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1990
Buck finds Tompkins' long-missing wife and child assimilated into the Sioux tribe which took them.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/10 32 votes
#6 - The Littlest Cowboy
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1990
Ike, bitter after being beaten by men who take advantage of his handicap, befriends Arthur, a terminally ill boy.
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven Baum
- 8.0/10 32 votes
#7 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 37 votes
#8 - Requiem for a Hero
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1990
Cody meets and learns from his doomed Old West hero Hezekiah Horn.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 40 votes
#9 - Bad Company
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1990
Hickok leaves to become sheriff of the lawless town of Regrets, haoping to meet death quickly as retribution for accidentally killing a young woman during a gunfight.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 29 votes
#10 - Star Light, Star Bright
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1990
At Chrismastime the riders believe they own half a gold mine as repayment for Hickok's kindness to old prospector Cyrus.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10 31 votes
#11 - The Play's the Thing
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/29/1990
Cody considers joining a theater troupe, and unknowingly enters a ploat to assassinate a U.S. General.
Director: George Mendeluk
Writer: Charles Grant Craig
- 7.4/10 32 votes
#12 - Judgement Day
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1991
Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 24 votes
#13 - Kansas
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1991
Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven Baum
- 6.9/10 36 votes
#14 - 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.
Director: James Keach
Writer: Charles Grant Craig
- 7.4/10 34 votes
#15 - Daisy
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1991
No description available
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: Steven Baum
- 7.7/10 24 votes
#16 - Color Blind
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 24 votes
#17 - Old Scores
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1991
No description available
Director: Guy Magar
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 25 votes
#18 - The Talisman
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 28 votes
#19 - A Noble Chase
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/9/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 26 votes
#20 - Face of the Enemy
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/1991
No description available
Director: James Keach
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 30 votes
#21 - The Exchange (1)
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#22 - The Exchange (2)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A