Once again, Paladin (Richard Boone) has a brush with history when he makes the acquaintance of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel (played by Milton Selzer). It seems that Nobel has brought several cases of his new invention, nitroglycerin, to the Carleton Hotel, and the management is understandably nervous over the likely consequences. At the same time, a mercenary chap named Sam Thurber (Parley Baer) has vowed to gain possession of one of those explosive cases. This episode is capped by a morbidly cynical climax, with Paladin taking center stage in a burst of flamboyant fatalism. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi