The Crucible

Adam wird überfallen und ohne Pferd zurückgelassen. Er schlägt sich bis zum Goldschürfer Kane durch. Der aber treibt ein höllisches Spiel mit ihm: Um zu beweisen, dass auch ein zivilisierter Mensch zur Bestie werden kann, behandelt er Adam wie einen Sklaven.

Adam is left to die in the desert after two thieves take $5,000 and his horse from him. Near death, he stumbles into an old prospector named Kane who offers to lend him a mule and supplies in exchange for three day's work at his mine. Kane, however, turns out to be a demented madman. He holds Adam prisoner and tortures him to prove his theory that anyone could be driven to kill, even a man as rational as Adam. This is Pernell Robert's favorite episode along with "The Wooing Of Abigail Jones".