The Young Riders: Season 2
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 The Young Riders 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.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Born to Hang
Sep 22, 1990
The riders try to recapture gold stolen from Stagecoach Sally, a woman spearheading a venture to send escaped slaves to Africa.
Blood Moon
Oct 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.
Pride and Prejudice
Oct 27, 1990
Buck finds Tompkins' long-missing wife and child assimilated into the Sioux tribe which took them.
The Littlest Cowboy
Nov 3, 1990
Ike, bitter after being beaten by men who take advantage of his handicap, befriends Arthur, a terminally ill boy.
Blood Money
Nov 10, 1990
The Kid catches Dyson, a would-be horse thief, who apparently hangs himself while in the custody of a corrupt marshal.
Requiem for a Hero
Nov 17, 1990
Cody meets and learns from his doomed Old West hero Hezekiah Horn.
Bad Company
Dec 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.
Star Light, Star Bright
Dec 15, 1990
At Chrismastime the riders believe they own half a gold mine as repayment for Hickok's kindness to old prospector Cyrus.
The Play's the Thing
Dec 29, 1990
Cody considers joining a theater troupe, and unknowingly enters a ploat to assassinate a U.S. General.
Judgement Day
Jan 5, 1991
Still affected by Hezekiah Horn's death, Cody seeks guidance from a preacher-vigilante.
Kansas
Jan 12, 1991
Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).
The Peacemakers
Jan 19, 1991
Hickok falls for Alice, a woman from an ostracized religious group, and settles an old score with a gunfighter named Tyler.