Providence and the past -- The new pioneers -- Fat cans and superbombs -- Betty -- My back pages -- The move -- How the west was one -- The beginning and the end -- He speaks in riddles, metaphors, and cliches -- Coming of age -- Brother eagle, sister sky -- Gone to an hour -- The once and future king -- Do or die -- Not so fast, you lucky dog! -- The glory years -- There she goes -- The hourglass ladies -- There he goes -- I need a hero -- The gay nineties -- The barbarians are at the leveraged gate -- Bang! you're alive? -- Behind the scenes -- 40 years, 10,000 episodes, and growing -- The dirtiest half dozen -- Life after forty -- Life support -- Epilogue.