I agree again with irishgit, it's an average episode, but Burgess Meredith's acting helps things considerably. However, it's implausibilities abound in this episode. How in the world can a crew of just three people put out an entire newspaper, especially since we never see Robert Sterling and Patricia Crowley's characters do anything. Plus, while we do see the devil whip up an article in a half hour, that's only a small part of an entire newspaper. How did he construct the rest of the newspaper? A little too implausible, even for Twilight Zone standards.

Not a particularly great episode, but Burgess Meredith's performance elevates it considerably. His Devil is so subtle, so endearing, and so much fun, I always enjoy watching this one.

Another outstanding vehicle for Burgess Merideth who portrays the devil in this hour long episode. Newspaper publisher Doug Winter (Robert Sterling) is fighting a battle that he cannot win. His mom and pop small town newspaper, the Courier, can't compete with a syndicated paper which has moved into town. In a setting reminscent of It's A Wonderful Life, Winter finds himself half drunk, standing on a lonely bridge looking down into the water when out of nowhere Mr Smith (Burgess Merideth) appears. Mr Smith offers to run the linotype machine and also act as a reporter to help Winter get out of debt. With nothing to lose, Winter hires Mr Smith. Once Winter's debt has been paid off, Mr Smith offers him a deal. The Courier will be wildly successful if Winter will sign his soul over to him. Hesitant, but afraid of losing Smith, Winter signs the agreement. Mr Smith has made some changes to the linotype machine and it seems that whatever he types into it comes to pass. Once Winter signs away his soul Mr Smith continues to keep his promise and the Courier is outscooping the syndicate paper at every turn, only now there is a new twist added to the mix; every story that Mr Smith writes is a story of tragedy and human suffering. Upon realizing this, Winter wants to get out of the agreement but there is only one way out of his contract and that is by taking his own life. When Winter threatens to go back on the agreement Mr Smith writes a paragraph concerning Doug's girlfriend, Jackie Benson, being involved in an automobile accident later that evening. As the hour of the accident approaches, Winter searches for a way out of his contract with Mr Smith while not endangering the life of his girlfriend. A nail biter right up to the end, this is Burgess Merideth again at his best and Serling's voice over at the end says that the devil is gone, but not for good; that wouldn't be like him - he's gone for bad. And he might be back, with another ticket to - the Twilight Zone. Five stars all the way.