The Young Riders - Season 2 (1990)

The citizens of Sweetwater are on edge due to a cholera outbreak and look to anyone to place the blame on. They target a defenseless mentally handicapped boy and it's up to the boys to protect him.

When Thompkins' wife and daughter who were taken by Indians years ago are found, they return to him. But also with give is a boy whom his wife says was fathered by the Indian who took them. Upon learning this, he pushes them away. His daughter wants to go back cause she is betrothed to a member of the tribe. And if she doesn't go back he will come after her.

Ike is beaten by some ruffians because of his deafness and becomes bitter about life. He meets young Arthur, who is terminally ill but remains excited about everything and is thrilled to meet his heroes, the riders.

The Kid brings in suspected horse thief Dyson to Sheriff Lambert but the prisoner dies in custody. Lambert, who's extorting the town's citizens, finds himself up against the dead man's family and the other riders when the truth comes out.

Cody's hero (Pernell Roberts), a legendary figure from the Old West, teaches him about responsibility.

Guilty over the accidental shooting of a young woman, Hickok seeks death as the sheriff of a lawless town.

Hickok's kindness brings good fortune to the riders when a grateful old prospector named Cyrus deeds half of his gold mine to them.

Cody is asked to join a group of traveling actors, unknowingly taking part in a plot to assassinate a U.S. general.

Cody enlists the help of self-proclaimed preacher, Gideon Poole, but regrets it when he learns the truth about him.

Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).

Hickok falls in love with a woman who belongs to an unwanted religious group, but must first settle an old score with a gunfighter.

Rachel's ex, (William Russ), a riverboat gunman, plans to leave their precocious 9 year old in her care.

The Kid, (Ty Miller), falls for Sweetwater's new schoolteacher, a young woman with a mysterious past.

Ike plots revenge against a conspirator to his family's murder; the riders track a mysterious beast spooking livestock and people.

The riders help a priest defend his mission from marauding bandits; Buck protects Lottie from from a mountain man.

Hickok and his long-time nemesis, a bounty hunter, lock horns as they bring a bank robber to justice.

Teaspoon's old friend, a war hero, endangers the lives of everyone in Sweetwater when he orders an attack on a Sioux delegation.

The riders prepare for a gunfight when Teaspoon's would-be daughter is kidnapped and held ransom for the release of a condemned outlaw.