John-Boy prepares to publish his first newspaper. It includes a story about Ben's troubles, which infuriates Olivia. She demands that he delete it, but John-Boy has to publish the story to follow his convictions.
John-Boy's integrity is tested when he seeks to publish the truth about a local judge's driving mishap and his brother Ben's arrest, which in turn tests Olivia's patience with John-Boy's newspaper enterprise; meanwhile Ike and Corabeth's marriage is tested when she experiences a false pregnancy.—JenExxifer