 Anthony Lawrence (II) (qv) wrote Season 1s "Dark Star" and Season  2s "The Last Viking" in addition to this episode. Lawrence didnt  write authentic Western scripts so he focused on writing about  relationships and character. One day, producer David Dortort (qv)  told Lawrence he wanted to do a story on each of Bens wives, and  the screenwriter replied, "Let me do it, I can kill off at least two  of them!" Lawrence thought he would get thrown off the set for  saying this, and instead was given the task of becoming the writer  who scripted the stories with Ben and his wives, all three of whom  died.