- The next morning, Henslowe is dragged away by the loan sharks.
- His money troubles are getting worse, because theatres have been closed by the plague.
- A bell crier in the square announces that the theatres have reopened. Wow, shortest plague ever.
- The loan sharks let Henslowe go, and he runs to Shakespeare's apartment.
- Will has wonderful news: Romeo and Rosaline, Scene 1.
- He runs to deliver to Burbage, and he finds Rosaline in bed with another man: Mr. Tilney, the Master of Revels.
- Will says that Burbage has just lost the play, and that Rosaline won't be immortalized in it either.
- Dejected, Will leaves and throws the play into a fire.
- In a tavern, Henslowe recruits actors for the new play, which Will tells him is almost finished.
- Will sits at the bar, where he's addressed by Kit Marlowe, another playwright.
- Kit says he has a new play almost finished: The Massacre of Paris.
- Good title, especially when compared to Romeo and Ethel, The Pirate's Daughter.
- Will admits he hasn't written a word of it.
- Kit gives him a couple of story ideas: Will loves the daughter of an enemy, his best friend is killed in a duel, etc. Hmm… that sounds familiar.