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The Young Riders

1989 – 1992Show3 seasons · 68 episodesTV-PGEnded

DramaWestern
75
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7
75
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.7

Summary

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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The Young Riders episodes

3 seasons · 68 episodes

  1. S1 E1 The Kid, 8.0
  2. S1 E2 Gunfighter, 8.1
  3. S1 E3 Home of the Brave, 7.4
  4. S1 E4 Speak No Evil, 7.8
  5. S1 E5 Bad Blood, 8.1
  6. S1 E6 Black Ulysses, 7.8
  7. S1 E7 Ten-Cent Hero, 8.1
  8. S1 E8 False Colors, 8.1
  9. S1 E9 A Good Day to Die, 7.9
  10. S1 E10 End of Innocence, 7.7
  11. S1 E11 Blind Love, 7.4
  12. S1 E12 The Keepsake, 7.5
  13. S1 E13 Fall from Grace, 8.4
  14. S1 E14 Hard Time, 8.0
  15. S1 E15 Lady for a Night, 8.0
  16. S1 E16 Unfinished Business, 7.9
  17. S1 E17 Decoy, 7.8
  18. S1 E18 Daddy's Girl, 7.9
  19. S1 E19 Bull Dog, 8.8
  20. S1 E20 Matched Pair, 8.1
  21. S1 E21 Man Behind the Badge, 7.9
  22. S1 E22 Then There Was One, 8.2
  23. S1 E23 Gathering Clouds: Part 1, 8.0
  24. S1 E24 Gathering Clouds: Part 2, 8.1
  1. S2 E1 Born to Hang, 8.0
  2. S2 E2 Ghosts, 8.2
  3. S2 E3 Dead Ringer, 8.6
  4. S2 E4 Blood Moon, 8.3
  5. S2 E5 Pride and Prejudice, 8.5
  6. S2 E6 The Littlest Cowboy, 8.6
  7. S2 E7 Blood Money, 8.2
  8. S2 E8 Requiem for a Hero, 8.5
  9. S2 E9 Bad Company, 8.5
  10. S2 E10 Star Light, Star Bright, 8.2
  11. S2 E11 The Play's the Thing, 7.1
  12. S2 E12 Judgment Day, 7.5
  13. S2 E13 Kansas, 8.4
  14. S2 E14 The Peacemakers, 7.1
  15. S2 E15 Daisy, 7.6
  16. S2 E16 Color Blind, 7.9
  17. S2 E17 Old Scores, 8.4
  18. S2 E18 The Talisman, 8.3
  19. S2 E19 The Noble Chase, 8.2
  20. S2 E20 Face of the Enemy, 8.0
  21. S2 E21 The Exchange, 8.1
  1. S3 E1 A House Divided, 8.1
  2. S3 E2 Jesse, 8.2
  3. S3 E3 The Blood of Others, 9.1
  4. S3 E4 Between Rock Creek and a Hard Place, 8.6
  5. S3 E5 The Presence of Mine Enemies, 9.2
  6. S3 E6 Survivors, 8.4
  7. S3 E7 The Initiation, 8.4
  8. S3 E8 Just Like Old Times, 8.0
  9. S3 E9 Spirits, 8.3
  10. S3 E10 A Tiger's Tale, 8.2
  11. S3 E11 Good Night Sweet Charlotte, 8.6
  12. S3 E12 Song of Isaiah, 7.9
  13. S3 E13 Spies, 8.6
  14. S3 E14 Shadowmen, 8.9
  15. S3 E15 Mask of Fear, 8.7
  16. S3 E16 Dark Brother, 7.9
  17. S3 E17 The Road Not Taken, 8.6
  18. S3 E18 The Sacrifice, 8.6
  19. S3 E19 Lessons Learned, 9.1
  20. S3 E20 The Debt, 8.7
  21. S3 E21 'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 1, 8.8
  22. S3 E22 'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 2, 9.1

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