Episode
The Young Riders: The Man Behind the Badge
Overview
Sam finds himself on the wrong side of the law in his own town when the man responsible for the murder of Sam's wife takes over Sweetwater.
Details
- Series
- The Young Riders
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1990-03-22
Episode context
The Man Behind the Badge is Episode 21 in Season 1 of The Young Riders. It aired on 1990-03-22.
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Episode 20: Matched Pair
Hickok helps a friendly rival search for their gunfighting mentor's kidnapped daughter, who actually has escaped with evidence of her dad's corruption.
Episode 22: Then There Was One
Teaspoon sets out for Texas with an old comrade in arms to warn three other veterans that someone has been murdering the last men who truly remember the Alamo.
More episodes from this season
Episode 19: Bulldog
An Eastern college boy arrives with dreams of meeting his Western idol, Hickok, but he is used as an unwitting accomplice in a scheme that endangers all the riders.
Episode 23: Gathering Clouds (1)
The Kid finds himself secretly helping the Army learn the identity of the Hawk.
Episode 18: Daddy's Girl
A new girl in town has Buck in her sights, but he is caught in the cross-fire between her, her tyrannical father and her cruel suitor.
Episode 24: Gathering Clouds (2)
The men of the Pony Express find themselves taking different sides as the start of the Civil War approaches.
Episode 17: Decoy
On a wild ride to deliver a top-secret Government message, Cody helps a mortally wounded mountain man, who asks Cody to care for his pet bear. Meanwhile, back in Sweetwater, the other riders look after an abandoned baby.
Episode 16: Unfinished Business
After surviving a massacre of wealthy settlers near Sal Lake, Emma's estranged husband arrives in Sweetwater looking for shelter from Emma, and raising the suspicions of Sam and the riders.
Episode 15: Lady for a Night
Dressed as a lady for a night, Lou meets a vicious brute who develops an obsession for her, while he masterminds a series of heists in the territory.
Episode 14: Hard Time
Kid is sentenced to hard time on a trumped-up charge by a small-town sheriff carrying out the policies of the sadistic man who keeps the town under a cloud of fear.
Episode 13: Fall from Grace
Hickok has a falling-out with Teaspoon, and he falls in with a gang of outlaws who are after a store of Army guns and ammunition.
Episode 12: The Keepsake
Teaspoon is given claim to a small fortune, but he may lose it to a young woman he thinks is his lost daughter, and to a crooked gambler willing to kill for the cash.