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Season guide

Bordertown: Season 2

26 episodes Premiered Jan 5, 1990
Previously on Bordertown

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Bordertown Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (7): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (19): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

Hunter's Moon

Jan 5, 1990

Bat Masterson tracks a gang of outlaws into Canada, and refuses to adhere to Canadian jurisdiction. When Jack and Clive accompany him into Canada, Masterson leaves them, allowing

S2·E2 Core

The Pony Riders

Jan 12, 1990

A branch of the pony express is scheduled to run through Bordertown, promising employment for the town's young men, including Bruno Danzinger, but the route will carry the riders t

S2·E3 Mytharc

Hand to Hand

Jan 19, 1990

A Mountie wagon is ambushed, and the Mounties, including a friend of Clive's, are murdered by a gang of outlaw brothers. One of the brothers is captured and taken to Bordertown.

S2·E4 Core

The Last Shot

Jan 26, 1990

Stricken with guilt, Jack resigns after he accidentally kills a saloon girl during a dispute with a gang of ruffians. With the marshal's position vacant, the gang takes over Borde

S2·E5 Core

The Convoy

Feb 2, 1990

The U.S. Cavalry is turning over a Gatling Gun to the Canadian Mounted Police, but when Clive arrives to escort the wagon into town, he is shot by one of the Mountie impersonators

S2·E6 Core

The Last Fenian Raid

Feb 9, 1990

A retired Canadian colonel arrives in Bordertown with a stongbox containing money obtained by docking his men's pay. His intentions are to set up an estate for the men to work on

S2·E7 Core

Letter of the Law

Feb 16, 1990

When an American is killed over a land dispute, a Canadian is accused of the crime. Jurisdiction is questioned because the Canadian was standing on the Canadian side of the line,

S2·E8 Core

White Feather

Feb 23, 1990

A Blackfoot warrior rescues Marie when her horse bolts after being spooked by a snake. Jack recognizes her horse, and arrests the Indian for stealing it. Marie insists that he be

S2·E9 Core

Four Eyes

Mar 2, 1990

Theodore Roosevelt comes to Bordertown, and promptly becomes involved in a dispute with a couple of ruffians. They later ambush him and Couteau, who he has hired as a guide on a h

S2·E10 Core

Skirmishes

Mar 9, 1990

Two local ranchers become involved in a dispute over water rights between their properties. Meanwhile, a young physician comes to Bordertown and questions Marie's right to practic

S2·E11 Core

Buffalo Woman

Mar 16, 1990

Jack is intrigued by a young woman who is seeking to save the buffalo from extinction brought about by reckless hunting. When she interferes with two men involved in a contest, sh

S2·E12 Core

Ancient Claims

Mar 23, 1990

A tribe of Indians claim that Henry Jordan's ranch is on their land. Clive is trapped in the Jordan's ranch house when they are surrounded by the Indians.

S2·E13 Core

Killer with a Smile

Mar 30, 1990

During a tour of the western states, President Garfield's entourage is scheduled to pass through Bordertown. A would-be assassin ties Marie up inside her store, and is planning to

S2·E14 Core

Straight from the Heart

Apr 6, 1990

Clive's father, Reverend Bennett, arrives from Toronto to visit, but he makes it clear that he is not pleased with his son's career choice. Meanwhile, a local farmer's imported ca

S2·E15 Core

Compadres

Apr 13, 1990

Carrying large sums of money, Zack and Wendell escape into the woods when the stage coach they are on is held up by thieves. With the robbers in pursuit, they make their way back

S2·E16 Core

When Gold Turns Black

Apr 20, 1990

Wendell buys an unsafe mine, and sells half partnership to an unscrupulous businessman, who hires ill, underfed Chinese laborers to work the mine.

S2·E17 Mytharc

Gun Down

Apr 27, 1990

When Jack kills a gunfighter in a showdown on the street, the dead man's relatives hire a young gunfighter to even the score. Meanwhile, Lucy, a young orphan girl arrives on the st

S2·E18 Core

Two Moons

May 4, 1990

Couteau infiltrates a group of radical Indians in an attempt to apprehend their leader.

S2·E19 Mytharc

The Last of the James Gang

May 11, 1990

Two Pinkerton agents arrest Jack, claiming that he is really John McCarty, a member of the James Gang, who murdered a Pinkerton agent ten years earlier. Jack's cell door is myster

S2·E20 Mytharc

Snap Shot

May 18, 1990

When a photographer is murdered, his young assistant is accused of the crime. Willie and Lucy secretly help him in an attempt to prove his innocence. The proof of the killer's id

S2·E21 Core

The Fourth Estate

May 25, 1990

Bordertown is about to have its first mayoral election, but rancher Henry Jordan is initially the only candidate, and he intends to remove Marshal Craddock and replace him with a r

S2·E22 Core

The Heart of Adventure

Jun 1, 1990

Dom is deputized to watch over the town in Jack's and Clive's absence. A famous author, interested in experiencing the west first hand, becomes involved in a bank robbery. Sally

S2·E23 Core

A Brand of Justice

Jun 8, 1990

The Rancher's Association is trying to convince the local rancher to join their organization. When Henry Jordan refuses, he is attacked and some of his horses are stolen. The Ass

S2·E24 Core

Devil's Right Hand

Jun 15, 1990

When Artimus Boone is caught trying to sell a gun belt that once belonged to Lucas Craddock, Jack goes on a quest to confront his father's killer, and must come to terms with the f

S2·E25 Mytharc

Fool's Gold

Jun 22, 1990

An old prospector is shot, but refuses to reveal his assailant. Fed up with Clive's and Jack's rivalry, Marie goes camping. Much of this episode is a dream sequence featuring Mar

S2·E26 Mytharc

All for One

Jun 29, 1990

Clive is offered a promotion to sergeant, but if he accepts the advancement, he will be reassigned to another post. He asks Marie to marry him, setting off a bitter dispute betwee

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