7.8/1040 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
- 8.2/1040 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
- 8.4/1032 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
- 8.4/1034 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
- 8.3/1038 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
- 8.7/1032 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
- 8.0/1032 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
- 8.3/1038 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
- 8.3/1040 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
- 8.2/1029 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
- 7.0/1031 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
- 7.4/1032 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
- 8.2/1024 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
- 6.9/1036 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
- 7.4/1034 votes
#15 - Daisy
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1991
No description available
Director: Michael Preece
Writer: Steven Baum
- 7.7/1024 votes
#16 - Color Blind
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1024 votes
#17 - Old Scores
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1991
No description available
Director: Guy Magar
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1025 votes
#18 - The Talisman
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1028 votes
#19 - A Noble Chase
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/9/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1026 votes
#20 - Face of the Enemy
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/1991
No description available
Director: James Keach
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1031 votes
#21 - The Exchange (1)
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - The Exchange (2)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1991
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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...
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Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Born to Hang" is the best rated episode of "The Young Riders" season 2. It scored 7.8/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by George Mendeluk and written by N/A, it aired on 9/22/1990. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Ghosts".