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21 Episodes 1990 - 1991
Episode 1
Sat, Sep 22, 199048 mins
Stagecoach Sally, a woman raising money to send escaped slaves back to Africa, is robbed, and the riders try to help her recover her stolen gold.
Episode 2
Sat, Sep 29, 199048 mins
The Buzzard, a creepy man from Teaspoon's past, shows up with his evil looking dog and creates misery for those who cross him. The young riders aid Rachel by taking on the Browning clan, one who she's accused of killing.
Episode 3
Sat, Oct 6, 199048 mins
Hickok learns he has a doppelganger using his identity and with Teaspoon's help works to expose him. Cody thinks he's cursed so Buck tells him of a ritual that will cure him.
Episode 4
Sat, Oct 13, 199047 mins
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.
Episode 5
Sat, Oct 27, 199047 mins
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.
Episode 6
Sat, Nov 3, 199047 mins
In a strange town on an assignment for Russell, Majors and Waddell, Ike is beaten by some bullies who mock him for his scarlet fever induced muteness and baldness. He is taken in by a kindly resident of the town who is burned alive in an accidental fire which Ike tries to alert the sheriff about. Unable to communicate effectively with the sheriff, Ike attempts to pantomime the emergency and smashes a coal oil lamp in a trashcan which earns him another beating and jailing. The sheriff and his deputy are eager to pin the woman's death on Ike but he is saved when Buck and Jimmy bring a letter from Teaspoon vouching for Ike. Wracked with guilt and bitter with frustration Ike shirks his duties and vents his anger on the other express riders. Rachel is visited by a dear and friend who is traveling with her young son, Arthur, who is ill with a congenital heart defect. The express riders take a shine to the boy, a fan of dime novels about the littlest cowboy and who is awed by the express riders. In the depths of his despair, Ike gives the boy the cold shoulder and lashes out at Buck, galloping off only to come home too drunk to mount the steps to the bunkhouse. Teaspoon addresses I strongly about his recent behavior, making it clear that if Ike doesn't get himself squared away he'll be let go. The little boy comfort's Ike, who makes an effort to get over his wretched moping, catching up on neglected chores and reapplying himself to his duties as an express rider. While Arthur and his mother are out for a ride in a buckboard they are confronted by the boys grandfather. When the buckboard comes home sans mother and son, Ike spies it and gallops off in the direction whence it came. Ike confronts the covered wagon the well intentioned grandfather is riding in and demands their return but is forced to shoot down the grandfather's hands when they draw on him. The grandfather is forced to come to terms with his inability to preserve the boy and consents to travel with Arthur and his mother in Arthur his quest to see the mountains before he passes. The little family as last scene celebrating the grandeur of the desert mountains and canyons, and The express riders in general and Ike in particular receive news of the boys passing by means a book delivered in the express package- of the next sequel in the littlest cowboy series, which Arthur's mother had told him he would get to read.
Episode 7
Sat, Nov 10, 199047 mins
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.
Episode 8
Sat, Nov 17, 199048 mins
Cody's hero (Pernell Roberts), a legendary figure from the Old West, teaches him about responsibility.
Episode 9
Sat, Dec 1, 199048 mins
Guilty over the accidental shooting of a young woman, Hickok seeks death as the sheriff of a lawless town.
Episode 10
Sat, Dec 15, 199047 mins
Hickok's kindness brings good fortune to the riders when a grateful old prospector named Cyrus deeds half of his gold mine to them.
Episode 11
Sat, Dec 29, 199048 mins
Cody is asked to join a group of traveling actors, unknowingly taking part in a plot to assassinate a U.S. general.
Episode 12
Sat, Jan 5, 199148 mins
Cody enlists the help of self-proclaimed preacher, Gideon Poole, but regrets it when he learns the truth about him.
Episode 13
Sat, Jan 12, 199148 mins
Noah is taken into slavery when he tries to free his former teacher Calvin (Roundtree).
Episode 14
Sat, Jan 19, 199148 mins
Hickok falls in love with a woman who belongs to an unwanted religious group, but must first settle an old score with a gunfighter.
Episode 15
Sat, Feb 2, 199148 mins
Rachel's ex, (William Russ), a riverboat gunman, plans to leave their precocious 9 year old in her care.
Episode 16
Sat, Feb 9, 199147 mins
The Kid, (Ty Miller), falls for Sweetwater's new schoolteacher, a young woman with a mysterious past.
Episode 17
Sat, Feb 16, 199148 mins
Ike plots revenge against a conspirator to his family's murder; the riders track a mysterious beast spooking livestock and people.
Episode 18
Sat, Feb 23, 199148 mins
The riders help a priest defend his mission from marauding bandits; Buck protects Lottie from from a mountain man.
Episode 19
Sat, Mar 9, 199148 mins
Hickok and his long-time nemesis, a bounty hunter, lock horns as they bring a bank robber to justice.
Episode 20
Sat, Apr 6, 199148 mins
Teaspoon's old friend, a war hero, endangers the lives of everyone in Sweetwater when he orders an attack on a Sioux delegation.
Episode 21
Sat, May 4, 199193 mins
The riders prepare for a gunfight when Teaspoon's would-be daughter is kidnapped and held ransom for the release of a condemned outlaw.