"The Young Riders" Bull Dog (TV Episode 1990) Poster

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(1990)

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8/10
Tenderfoot
bkoganbing12 December 2020
I'm not sure if James Butler Hickok was the hero of dime novels at this point. but in this story he is and college kid Fisher Stevens has read them and has arranged to meet his hero.

Stevens uncle is a manager for Russel,Majors&Waddell the out fit that has the mail contract and created the Pony Express, With what we would call insider trading the uncle wants to change the route the riders use and have them go therough some sacred Sioux burial ground. TThat it would start a war he doesn't care about because he's doing some land speculation over where the Transcontinental Railroad would be built.

Stevens is the tenderest of tenderfeet and the riders especially Josh Brolin make fun of him. But in the end he shows he has the right stuff and the last scene with Stevens and Brolin is a weeper.

One of the best episodes of the series.
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8/10
I thought Ambrose was a funny endearing character
reb-warrior18 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
I thought Ambrose was a funny endearing character. He was so eager to be in "the Wild West." For him, these were his happiest days.

I love the way Ambrose 'Bulldog' grew on the gang and eventually became a cowboy. He kind of grows on the audience too, I think.

In the end, he saves his hero, Hickok, which results in a sad ending for him. I found Brolin's acting here at the end a little ott.

This episode was 100 percent about the guest character, played by Fisher Stevens who did a good job in the role. A little nerdy, but endearing. There wasn't any significant story for the main characters. You know, as in being centric about one of them, which is more usual with this show. Yes, Ambrose admires Jimmy, but all the mains were featured pretty equally.

Another example of the corruption of people in authority doing wrong for greedy land grabs of indigenous people's lands. It's not just fiction. This sort of thing is well-documented.

Anyway, an enjoyable one that is mainly light all the way through except for the ending which is indeed sad. 8/10.
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