2x2 - A Gathering of Guns (2)

September 10, 1989

2x3 - Common Good

September 23, 1989

Wyatt Earp follows Ethan back home after the big escape. Without noticing it, a reporter also follows them looking for answers.

2x4 - Dead Run

October 7, 1989

The town needs a new marshal and Ethan is an obvious candidate, however, he does not want to do it; not even, if it costs him his ranch.

2x5 - All the Pretty Little Horses

October 14, 1989

Laid off miners decide to ambush Ethan and Amelia when they are heading to Virginia City to deposit .000.

2x6 - Orphan Train

October 28, 1989

A woman fights an implacable battle against the railroad she blames for the loss of her husband, son, and farm, not considering the cost to her and her surviving daughter.

2x7 - The Burial Ground

November 4, 1989

Ethan confronts the law to rescue a fugitive orphan who was taken away from his sister.

2x8 - A Proper Stranger

November 11, 1989

An old Indian warrior wants to bring peace between an old foe in the warpath and a member of the cavalry.

2x9 - Boomtown

November 18, 1989

Ethan has to find out who is robbing the graves in the local cemetery; while Amelia takes care of the children whom a beautiful girl she does not know is tutoring. The law also wants her.

2x10 - The Return of Johnny Ryan

December 2, 1989

The gold rush hits town and Ethan’s land is no exception. Paradise turns into a materialistic town.

2x11 - The Plague

December 9, 1989

Johnny Ryan fulfills his promise of returning to paradise and taking revenge on the person who humiliated him: Ethan Cord.

2x12 - The Gates of Paradise

January 6, 1990

Paradise is hit by an outbreak of smallpox and Ethan has to deal with George being infected by it.

2x13 - Devil's Escort

January 13, 1990

A symbolic drama centering on two strangers in Paradise: a black-clad equestrian with two grim appointments to keep before the New Year, and a simple youth left in the forest to fend for himself.

2x14 - Dangerous Cargo

January 20, 1990

A killer who is being escorted by Ethan back to Paradise for trial might never make it because other outlaws want him dead.

2x15 - Till Death Do Us Part

February 3, 1990

Ethan is offered a very well paying job but at the same time very dangerous. To deliver the opium that miners use to keep some Chinese workers more or less enslaved.

2x16 - Avenging Angel

February 10, 1990

Joseph's tomboy friend, Frankie, returns to Paradise, now sophisticatedly attired and married to a controlling, offensive judge who has the control to transfer Ethan to Texas on a murder warrant.

2x17 - A Gathering of Guns

February 17, 1990

Years ago, Ethan testified against a person. Now that person is the new town’s preacher who is a paroled murderer, claiming to have seen the light. Everyone in town is giving him a second chance, except for Ethan.

2x18 - Shadow of a Doubt

March 3, 1990

The sons of Ethan’s old pal, Gideon, volunteer them as guns in a range war.

2x19 - The Coward

April 7, 1990

Jerome, an obtuse and gentle man, faces a jury for the strangling of a girl who rejected him.

2x20 - The Chase

April 14, 1990

Ethan protects a young deserter wanted by the Army. He also protects him from an armed mother who accuses him of the death of her son.

2x21 - Dust on the Wind

April 28, 1990

A con woman visits Paradise and sells the town a trolley. She takes the townsfolk on a ride and while they are partying, she loots the place.

2x22 - Dust on the Wind

April 28, 1990

A mass exodus occurs in Paradise when Ethan and Amelia decide to close the mine.