The Young Riders - The Kid (Pilot)

The Young Riders - Season 1, Episode 1 (USA only)
Original Airdate: September 20, 1989
Director: Rob Lieberman
Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin, Ty Miller, Melissa Leo, Brett Cullen, Yvonne Suhor, Gregg Rainwater
Runtime: 48 min.

Six young men join the Pony Express, and they are based at a station run by a man called Teaspoon (Brett Cullen) and his wife (Melissa Leo), Emma. One of the men, The Kid (Ty Miller), discovers that another of them is in fact, not a man.

Trivia: Melissa Leo won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in the 2010 film The Fighter.