Embedded herein, find our 28th episode of this season. We have some fascinating stuff on Billy the Kid. I keep using that word – “fascinating” – but it fits the bill. Or the Billy.

Included is a mini-documentary on the letters Billy the Kid wrote to Territorial Governor Lew Wallace (of “Ben Hur” fame) in a failed effort to secure a promised pardon.

Next Tuesday, the PBS series will feature an hour-long film on the legend and the real history of Billy the Kid. Recently, Gene Grant sat down with the makers of the film, writer/producer/director John Maggio and executive producer of the American Experience series, Mark Samels. It’s a great interview about a fascinating subject…and yes, it’ll be on tonight, but here’s an early look. We hope you tune in!

In our last full show of the year, THE LINE counts down to the year’s biggest story. Once again, freelance journalist Laura Paskus and Rob Nikolewski of Capitol Report New Mexico join the panel.

Also, Gene Grant talks public space with UNM professors Chris Wilson and Miguel Gandert. The pair collaborated on the new book “Plazas of New Mexico”.

The end is near! This week, New Mexico in Focus begins the annual countdown of the year’s biggest stories. The Line panelists will tackle the first five news stories on the secret list. Politicians have made the list for reasons good and not-so-good and headlines from events nearly a year old still pack a punch.

Republican congressional candidate Janice Arnold Jones sits down to discuss her effort to retake New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District for the GOP.

And The Line also takes time to talk about the stories that came close…but didn’t crack the Top 10.