48 minSeason 3 • Episode 22
LatestLou and Kid (Yvonne Suhor, Ty Miller) prepare to form a union on the eve of the Civil War. Part 2 of two. Hickok: Josh Brolin. Teaspoon: Anthony Zerbe. Cody: Stephen Baldwin. Rachel: Clare Wren. Jesse: Christopher Pettiet. Noah: Don Franklin. Buck: Gregg Rainwater.
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.
Acting
Stephen Baldwin's surprisingly earnest young Buffalo Bill
Production
Authentic frontier sets that smell like dust and ambition
Writing
Historical figures as messy twentysomething roommates
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Josh Brolin left after season one to pursue film, making his Wild Bill Hickok one of TV's most abrupt disappearances.
The series launched during the brief late-80s Western TV revival alongside Lonesome Dove, but targeted younger demographics with its teen heartthrob casting.
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