"The Chalice" is one of those fourth season episodes that fell into the abyss after the death of star Ward Bond, a period that introduced John McIntire as his replacement but for those very reasons has received little airplay on television in syndication. All regulars are present save Robert Horton (even newcomer Denny Miller puts in a brief appearance), the story revolving around Sicilian immigrants Marcello Canevari (Harold Heifetz) and wife Lisa (Argentina Brunetti), waiting for help to arrive alongside their wagon load of grapes from the vineyard, in need of as much water as they can find so by necessity the couple partake of their own brew. Terry Wilson's Bill Hawks provides that assistance, even asking Carstairs (Lon Chaney) to allow the Canevaris to store their extra water jugs in his wagon, the one with more room. In time Carstairs comes to believe that these travelers will owe him a debt for helping them out, eventually sending his young associate Barker (Richard Jaeckel) over to their wagon to find something worth stealing. He takes a box containing a valuable chalice but doesn't reckon striking Lisa to get it, leaving her for dead and riding off with the goods. Neither thief realizes that their heavy bounty is not gold and jewels but simple glass and stones, their sins catching up with them before final judgment inside a monastery. Oddly, Harold Heifetz never acted again beyond this sole television performance, while Western veteran heavy Lon Chaney vacillates in keeping viewers off balance as to his ultimate goal, whereas Richard Jaeckel is in his element with single minded purpose.