Heath is on his way to the town of Midas to meet Nick concerning a cave-in at the Dutton Mine which is partially owned by the Barkleys. On his way he is surprised by an attack from a man asking to buy his horse. The man shoots Heath but Heath is able to return fire and kill him. Heath finds out that the man was also carrying stolen money from a courier of the Dutton Mining Company. Even with his wounds Heath is able to ride his horse the following miles into Midas. But when he arrives he is met by a venomous woman, Hannah (Anne Baxter), that is upset with the Mining company for the death of the 25 men in the cave-in. She believes Heath is one of the robbers and she wants to keep the money for herself.
Hannah tells no one about Heath except for two people that work for her. A young girl named Nora is given the task of seeing after Heath -it seems that Hannah wants him well so that he'll rob Dutton out of more money- that is until they find out he is really Heath Barkley. Now Hannah plans have changed. And because of her hatred for anyone that owns the mine, she makes a plan to get rid of him.
This episode just did not play well. Beautiful Anne Baxter playing the heavy villain was more unnerving than interesting. When she finally tells Nick where Heath is located it was not one of her best acting adventures. She is one that people admire not one people want to reject. Neither did the script help this episode. Some almost ridiculous dialog, weird actions by characters and a female 'push-fight' made it seem like a comedy of errors than a western TV show. A rare dud for a 'The Big Valley' episode.