Neon Rider
Neon Rider is a Canadian drama television series, the show was about the titular character, a man named Michael Terry who quits his job as a therapist to become a mentor for troubled kids which he brings to his ranch, to teach them to lead a better life.
Seasons
1. Dude - Part 1
Air Date: 1989-09-15
An academic psychologist puts his theories on teenage behavior into practice after his book becomes a best seller. Michael Terry, a psychologist who starts up a wilderness ranch in the picturesque Rocky Mountains to help teenagers in trouble with the law.
2. Dude - Part 2
Air Date: 1989-09-22
An academic psychologist puts his theories on teenage behavior into practice after his book becomes a best seller. Michael Terry, a psychologist who starts up a wilderness ranch in the picturesque Rocky Mountains to help teenagers in trouble with the law.
3. Nowhere To Run
Air Date: 1990-09-15
A pregnant runaway, an old girlfriend and a cow-killing cougar complicate Michael's life.
4. Hardcase
Air Date: 1989-10-06
An inner-city teen tries to make a deal with cocaine taken from a crashed plane.
5. Devil's Child
Air Date: 1989-10-13
Michael's old friends son becomes involved in the worship of Satan.
6. One Step
Air Date: 1989-10-20
Jason, a recent addition to Michael's troubled teens group, sneaks into the city and brings his brother Benjie covertly back to the ranch. Meanwhile, Pin, working his usual corner, is robbed at gunpoint by two kids.
7. Clay Pigeon
Air Date: 1989-10-27
A reporter arrives while Michael protects a government witness.
8. All's Fair In Love And War
Air Date: 1989-11-03
A teen prostitute claims rape after Michael rejects her advances.
9. Playing With Fire
Air Date: 1989-11-10
A social-service evaluator disapproves of Michael's methods.
10. The Mighty Quinn
Air Date: 1989-11-17
A young pimp takes up boxing, then is accused of beating one of his former prostitutes.
11. Starting Over
Air Date: 1989-11-24
The son of a local doctor falls for a girl addicted to cocaine.
12. Guardian Angel
Air Date: 1989-12-01
The nephew of a Vietnamese shopkeeper is arrested for battling a gang of extortionists.
13. You Can Run
Air Date: 1989-12-09
Believing himself a soldier, an armed teen lures Michael and Vic into the forest.
14. Confessions
Air Date: 1989-12-15
Witnessing the death and secret burial of a friend traumatizes a girl.
15. Under Pressure
Air Date: 1989-12-22
One of Michael's former charges is arrested for a warehouse robbery.
16. Suspicions
Air Date: 1989-12-29
A hooded burglar steals files from Rachel's home.
17. John Doe
Air Date: 1990-01-05
Michael questions a runaway's claims of amnesia; a vengeful man holds Reid hostage.
18. Model Student
Air Date: 1990-01-12
Michael forces a drug dealer to accept responsibility for his actions.
19. Father and Son
Air Date: 1990-01-19
A racist teen foments hatred against an Asian youth.
20. High Wire
Air Date: 1990-01-26
Michael is caught between his vivacious girlfriend and her rebellious daughter.
21. Blood Feud
Air Date: 1990-02-02
Michael learns a violent stepfather is behind a teen's angry behavior.
22. Over the Line
Air Date: 1990-02-09
Pin offers to drive for a drunken girl, then learns the car is stolen.
23. Hacker
Air Date: 1990-12-01
A paraplegic teen uses his computer skills to break into a horse-betting system.
24. Backwater
Air Date: 1990-02-23
Michael, Pin and Vic uncover an illegal toxic dump and a sick child.
25. Vengeance
Air Date: 1990-03-02
A gang member unwittingly helps a rape victim remember her attacker.
26. Running Man
Air Date: 1990-03-09
Loan sharks seek the son of a missing country singer.
1. A Face in the Crowd
Air Date: 1991-01-01
Michael clashes with an administrator (Barbara Tyson) over his bookkeeping and seeks the trust of a former gang leader.
2. 1117
Air Date: 1991-01-01
A friend's death prompts Pin to join an outreach center. Michael and Eleanor counsel a teen pregnant by date rape.
3. Loyalties
Air Date: 1991-01-01
Michael hears varied stories when trying to exonerate Vic of the attempted murder of a ranch resident.
4. The Twelfth Step
Air Date: 1991-01-01
Michael resumes drinking after a friend's suicide and ranch pressures.
5. Secrets
Air Date: 1991-01-01
Michael discovers his ex-wife's nephew is being abused by his new stepfather.
6. Men of Principle
Air Date: 1991-01-01
To help a girl turning to drugs and alcohol to ward off recurring nightmares, everyone at the ranch recalls their dreams.
7. Providence
Air Date: 1991-01-01
A teen plans violence to combat environmental destruction of the valley.
8. Bread and Water
Air Date: 1991-01-01
Reid learns his daughter is anorexic. Meanwhile, Eleanor might have to leave the ranch.
9. Twist in the Wind
Air Date: 1991-01-01
Michael and Pin race to protect a policeman's snitch who has disappeared from the ranch.
10. Black Moon Rising
Air Date: 1991-01-01
A terminally ill young woman meets a ranch resident who rekindles her zest for life. Meanwhile, Vic falls for a nurse.
11. Before I Sleep
Air Date: 1991-01-01
The tables are turned when Michael is badly injured in a car wreck and desperately tries to break through to a schizophrenic teen.
12. Phoenix
Air Date: 1991-01-01
In a drug-related accident, a teen is severely burned and his father is killed.
13. Nowhere Fast
Air Date: 1991-01-01
Pin must take drastic and unpleasant measures to help a girl with a severe heroin addiction. Michael is faced with the same dilemma when he tries to help a former ranch kid whose repeated attempts at making it in society are dismal failures.
14. Parents' Day
Air Date: 1991-01-01
Siblings are divided on dealing with Parents' Day. Meanwhile, Pin and Walt search the streets for runaways.
1. A Perfect 10
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Michael's question about the type of environment that breeds violence is answered when Shaye is sent to the ranch for viciously attacking a number of zoo animals. Also, Pin helps a girl whose natural beauty has also brought her abuse and pain.
2. Saint Walt
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Michael is brutally attacked by two kids at the ranch. Elsewhere, Pin tries to help Walt, whose HIV-positive diagnosis drives him to excessive drinking.
3. Straight Home
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Jesse deals with several challenges on his first day home from the ranch program, including avoiding his alcoholic mother and drunken friends, all of whom are part of a troubled past he's trying to forget.
4. The Color Line
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Police suspect a young white supremacist at the ranch may have murdered a black youth.
5. Night of the Living Ed
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Michael and Eleanor acknowledge their mutual attraction. Meanwhile, a stalker attracted to Eleanor spooks the ranch residents.
6. Labour Day
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Michael counsels a young father-to-be. Also, Reid copes with Rachel's burnout.
7. Point Blank
Air Date: 1993-01-01
An untrustworthy resident claims there's a gun on the ranch. Meanwhile, Rachel tries to help a woman escape a violent husband.
8. Daniel
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Police suspect a victim of sexual abuse in the disappearance of two girls, one of whom may die before she is found.
9. On The Line
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Michael and a fashionable child psychologist are booked for a talk show where sparks are supposed to fly, since each is passionate about his own approach to behavioral treatment. But when Eleanor must fill in for Michael, there's contention instead.
10. The Good, the Bad, and Eleanor
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Michael brings a girl fleeing her former gang to the ranch. Meanwhile, Eleanor dreams of the Old West.
11. Brothers
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Two brothers escape from an abusive rural home and head for the city.
1. Extreme Prejudice
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Eleanor unsuccessfully tries to block out memories of being raped.
2. Live and Let Go
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Walt's fears about his HIV status leads Amanda to assume that he's rejecting her because she's in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, Michael helps a boy consumed with guilt about the death of his brother.
3. Safe at Home
Air Date: 1993-01-01
The ranch hands take to the field for a celebrity fund-raising softball game. Meanwhile, Pin receives unsettling news that he might be the father of a troubled young boy.
4. Walking Tall
Air Date: 1993-01-01
Trouble is the order of the day when one ranch graduate dies, another is kidnapped and someone threatens to slit Kevin's throat. Elsewhere, Michael puts himself in harm's way to find out who's peddling uncut heroin and making porno films with underage starlets.
5. The Best Man
Air Date: 1993-01-01
The ranch prepares for a wedding, and Michael's dreams resemble a 1940s movie.
1. Moving On ... (1)
Air Date: 1994-01-01
Walt nurses Rose through drug withdrawal. Also, Michael gets a tempting offer.
2. Moving On ... (2)
Air Date: 1994-01-01
Walt gets pneumonia. Meanwhile, Michael must sell the ranch.
3. Saint Vincent
Air Date: 1994-01-01
An apparent miracle worker attracts devotion from a deeply troubled girl.
4. The Secret Life of Garret Tuggle
Air Date: 1994-01-01
A young projectionist has movie-inspired fantasies about a ranch girl.
5. Little Con
Air Date: 1994-01-01
A pregnant con artist promises her child to several couples.
6. Cowboys and Indians
Air Date: 1994-01-01
Vic feels mystically connected to an Indian youth. Meanwhile, Danny has a crush on Justine.
7. Fathers
Air Date: 1994-01-01
The ranch's Christmas fund disappears. Meanwhile, Eleanor helps a man find his daughter.
8. Where the Buffalo Roam
Air Date: 1994-01-01
A search-and-rescue mission goes awry, leaving Michael, Eleanor, Vic, Walt and Nicole stranded in a cabin when a severe storm hits.
9. What's Up, Doc?
Air Date: 1994-01-01
Michael gets stage fright when a reporter comes to the ranch, but the kids are more than happy to share their stories.
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Rating
7.0/10
Release Date
1989-09-15
Episodes
65 (5 seasons)
Status
Ended
