Description: Saddle up for fun and adventure with "The Young Riders"! Set in the early days of the Pony Express, the series tells the fictionalized story of a group of young riders for the express in Sweetwater, Kansas, who just happen to include a couple of dudes who would one day go down in real-life history as two of the west’s most notorious names: "Buffalo Bill" Cody (Stephen Baldwin) and "Wild Bill" Hickock (Josh Brolin). In charge of the bunch is ex-Texas ranger and all-around eccentric teaspoon hunter (Anthony Zerbe). See how they all put the wild in the wild, wild west in this complete first season of "The Young Riders."
Amazon.com: The premise behind this revisionist Western from executive producer Jonas McCord (Earth: Final Conflict, Ask the Dust) was novel enough: veteran character actor Anthony Zerbe ran a Pony Express station, and counted among his diverse group of riders such future legends of the Old West as Wild Bill Hickok (Josh Brolin) and Buffalo Bill Cody (Stephen Baldwin; Christopher Pettiet would join them in the series' third and final season as a youthful Jesse James). Ostensibly, the Riders' job was to deliver the U.S. mail, but somehow, adventure kept intervening, and the Riders rallied valiantly to defend escaped slaves ("Black Ulysses"), give testimony in the case of a stagecoach massacre ("Speak No Evil"), and even deal with their own growing fame ("Ten-Cent Hero," which addresses the pulp mythologizing of Hickok). Of course, there was always time for a little romance as well, especially between Hickok and comely housemother Emma Shannon (Melissa Leo, who departed the show after this season for more modern pastures on Homicide: Life in the Street). A host of notable guest stars supported the uniformly fine cast, including Cynthia Nixon ("Gathering Clouds") and Chris Penn ("Matched Pair"). The lack of any extras is something of a disappointment. --Paul Gaita
The Young Riders - The Complete First Season The Young Riders - The Complete First Season This is about a group of pony express riders and the things they encountered during their times as riders. If you like westerns then this is a good one. My family loves westerns. Also I got this order in a very reasonable amount of time! For a new and complete set I was able to purchase it at what I thought was a great price. I will order from him again.
We so enjoy the captions! We are really enjoying watching these episodes. We were so delighted to find that they had captions. So often recently we have purchased some that were not captioned and it is hard for us to hear them. So far everything about them is good! Thank you!
Oh, so much fun!!! I watched this show when it originally came on and was a tad bit afraid to try watching it again. You know the old saying about you can't go home again. I was very happy to find that that was not the case here. It was wonderful to watch it all again. It has stood up to time very well and I found it entertaining. The lack of bad language and blood was a breath of fresh air. I understand that the bad guy died when he was shot without having to see his insides all over the road. I understand that someone in these situations wouldn't just say, "Oh, drat", but I do so get tired of the expletives all over tv now. My youngest child and myself have had tons of fun watching this. The only problem is now waiting for seasons 2 and 3 to come out. Please hurry with them!!!!!
Eagerly Anticipating... I love the Young Riders. I can't wait for the second and Third season to come out anybody know when? Hopefully Josh Brolin's Career Really hitting a high someone will remember this series and finish the release...
Brings back memories I just want the 2nd and 3rd seasons to come out now! The Young Riders is such a great series that every time I watch it, I just want to see it again and again and again!
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