Very good episode with the appealing premise of Sam Clemens' time as editor on Virginia City's "Territorial Enterprise". The issue of "Freedom of the Press" & journalism's sacred principle of a reporter's right to protect his or her sources of information may've been influenced by the unfolding Watergate scandal, though this episode would've been written & filmed a good bit in advance of that now long-ago era in U. S. political history. So the story probably wasn't influenced by Watergate, more likely an intriguing coincidence. Ken Howard does well as Clemens, his low-key witticisms & laconic attitude in general quite convincing & smile-inducing. This episode occurs in a time long before the great author achieved national or international fame. The overall plot got a little beyond me after a point, becoming slightly convoluted, but remained very interesting & enjoyable. The gravedigging scene toward the end was eerily evocative & rivetting. This, combined with the cemetery-shootout, visually was a stunning surprise. A really good, long-forgotten, late-in-the-series'-run episode!