JULES and Verne looked at each other as Verne asked "What do we do now?" "Just sneak Shakespeare back into our bedroom." said Jules. The two did. After hiding the man in the closet, the two boys went into the hallway where they ran into their father. "Dad." asked Jules, "You're back already." "Of course." said Doc, "There's no rehersal tonight. So we're going to stay in." The two boys looked at each other. Now what were they going to do? Jules turned to his father saying "That's great, Dad. Just great." The boys retired back into their room. "Now what?" asked Verne. "We wait until tonight when mom and dad are asleep and sneek out into the lab." said Jules. "Good idea." said Verne. "Meanwhile," said Jules, "We stash Mr. Shakespeare in the closet and keep him unconscience." They picked up their guest and stuck him there. Then Jules went back to the desk that Shakespeare was writing saying "I've gotta copy all of this for tomorrow." And he got started.

It was difficult to interpret what Shakespeare wrote being the fact that he came from a different era. The young man even felt more of a fool copying his captive's writing word for word, but he persevered. In the meantime, Verne's task was to keep Shakespeare asleep until Doc and Clara turned in. Dinner came and went, and the homework continued afterwords. When it was time for bed, the two boys turned in hoping a couple hours of sleep would do help there alertness when their parents went to bed. That way, Doc and Clara would never notice that their two sons had taken a man out of his own time. Unfortunately, they were so fatigued that when they awoke, it was the next day.

The boys' slumber was disrupted by a rap on the door and a voice saying "It's time to get up boys." It was their mother, Clara. Jules looked at the clock that showed a little after seven. "Oh no." muttered Jules, "We fell asleep. We had Shakespeare here all night." "Now what do we do?" asked Verne. "First we tell Mr. Shakespeare that he passed out last night and tell him to stay in here." said Jules, "Then, we go to school and when we get back, we knock him out and sneak him out into the lab and take him back to his own time." Jules was barely done saying that when Shakespeare came out of the closet. "What happened?" he asked. The two boys turned to him as Jules explained "You passed out." "Did I?" asked Shakespeare. "Yeah." said Jules, "I'd think you'd better stay in and not go out." A knock was heard. It was Clara. "Jules." she asked, "Who are you talking too?" "No one." said Jules, "I'm just talking to myself." Shoving Shakespeare back into the closet, he said "Just stay in here and shut up." While he was in there, Jules grabbed his and his brother's clothes and the two started to get dressed.

Jules turned in his homework just like the rest of the class did. However, Miss Othmer gave Jules a peculiar stare. "Jules." she asked, "Where did you learn to write like this?" "Like how, Miss Othmer?" asked Jules. "Like this." said the teacher as she read aloud, "'O, reason not the need: our basest beggars are in the poorest thing superfluous: allow not nature more than nature needs, man's life's as cheap as beast's: thou art a lady; if only to go warm were gorgeous, why, nature needs not what thou gorgeous wear'st, which scarcely keeps thee warm. But, for true need...'" Jules cut her of by saying "I just think imaginitaly." Miss Othmer shrugged. Then, the bell rang and class was dismissed.

After the class left, Miss Othmer collected all the students' work when Clara came in. "Hi Clara." said Miss Othmer. "Hello." said Clara, "I hope Jules behaved himself today." "That's an understatement." said Miss Othmer showing Clara Jules work, "See what he wrote." "I hope it wasn't dirt..." said Clara before the writing disrupted her. Then she looked back at Jules' teacher saying "I never imagined my son could write like that." "Neither did I." said Miss Othmer. "Well then, don't worry." said Clara, "When I get home tonight, I'll ask him where he got to write like that." After that, Clara left.

Jules and Verne got home ahead of their parents in hopes of sleep inducing Shakespeare and get him back to his own time before Doc and Clara came back. Once inside, Jules said to Verne "Go find Shakespeare and sleep induce him. I'll set the time circuits for 1597 England." "Right Jules." said Verne. He went to fetch Shakespeare. Jules went out to the lab and got into the DeLorean. The time circuits were all set for their trip back to 1597 when Verne came back in saying "Jules. I can't find the guy." Jules panicked. Then, he went to the TV monitor and ran the VCR. After fast forwarding it, the boys had realized that their worst nightmare was realized. William Shakespeare had left the house and now was wondering in 1987 Hill Valley. "Let's go out and find him." said Jules and the two boys went outside. Once there, Jules went onto say "Let's split up and find him." After pointing a direction for Verne to look, Jules went in the opposite direction for his search. He barely got started when he heard Verne yell out "Mr. Shakespeare." Jules turned back to him saying "Hush up. Willya? We've don't want anyone to know that we're looking for William Shakespeare. They'll think we're crazy." "Okay." muttered Verne and they continued their search.

The search went on for a half an hour to no avail. Then, when the boys came back to the house, Doc and Clara were there. "They're home." said Jules, "We'll have to tell them what happened." "You mean tell them about us sneaking off with the DeLorean and going back in time to get Shakespeare?" asked Verne. "Do we have a choice now?" asked Jules. Verne nodded. Then, the boys approached them as Jules said "Dad..." "Good." said Doc, "You're both here. Listen, I need your help. I want you to help your mother take out the costumes we need to were for tonight." "Uh, Dad..." said Jules. "Don't interrupt." said Doc, "Then get ready to go. We're going to drop them off at the theatre then, we're going out for dinner." "Dad, Listen." insisted Jules. "Don't argue." said Doc, "Just go inside and help." The two boys turned to follow Clara into the house. Once inside, Jules said to his mother "Mom. There's something that..." "No time for that." said Clara, "Help me get these costumes into the car." "But mom..." insisted Jules. "No buts." said Clara, "Just do it." The boys looked at each other and had to comply.

The first stop was the community theatre. Marty and Jennifer were there already rehearsing their lines. "'O Romeo, Romeo!'" said Jennifer, "'Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name; or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet.'" Marty responded by saying "'Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?'" The two turned from their lines to see Doc, Clara and the boys come in. "Doc." said Marty, "Do you have our costumes ready for tonight?" "Yes, Marty." said Doc, "We do." "Cool." said Marty. Clara gave Marty and Jennifer their costumes. Both went to their respective dressing rooms to change. When they came out Jennifer said "Why they're lovey!" "Thank you." said Clara. "Far out." said Marty coming out after looking in the mirror. "You'd better change out of 'em and get dressed up for dinner." said Doc, "We've got the reservations all set." "Right, Doc." said Marty. Marty and Jennifer went back into their respective dressing rooms to change again. While they were doing that, Jules turned to his father saying "Dad. There's something I have to say." Doc paused for a minute before asking "What?" Jules hesitated for a minute before saying "Break a leg tonight." Doc smiled saying "Thank you." "You're welcome." said Jules. Verne took him aside whispering "Is that gonna help?" "No." said Jules whispering back, "I just can't bring myself to tell him what's happened." Then Marty and Jennifer came out all dressed up and the six of them went out to dinner.

William Shakespeare spent most of the day wondering throught the strange city. People around him were looking at him. Some of them laughing. But the speach, the same as the boys that he was with in the last day-and-a-half was the same and new to him. Then, he ran into a bum of a man with a bottle. The label on the bottle read "Jack Daniels". "Excuse me, sir." said Shakespeare, "Doth thou knowest the way back to England." "What kind of talk is that?" asked the bum. He looked at the clothes that Shakespeare was wearing and said "I knew it. The director of Romeo and Juliet has hired some crazy drunk actors." Shakespeare paused for a moment before asking "Did thou sayeth that someone is doing Romeo and Juliet?" "Of course." said the bum, "They're doing it at the community theatre." "Show me the way." said Shakespeare. And the bum did.

When dinner was over, the six returned to the theatre so that Doc, Marty, Jennifer and Clara would change into their costumes. The audience was coming in. Among them were Marty's own parents, his brother Dave, sister Linda, and Jennifer's own parents. Friends and relatives of the other actors also came in as well. Then, the play started with someone doing the prologue saying "'Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; whole misadventured piteous overthrows do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, and the continuance of their parents' rage, which, but their children's end, nought could remove, is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; the which if you with patient ears attend, what here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.'" Then, the play started.

At the end of Act I, scene V, intermission came. Jules and Verne went out into the lobby. When they were there, they saw Shakespeare and approached him. "Mr. Shakespeare." asked Jules, "What are you doing here and why did you leave our house?" "I was curious about this hamlet that thou art in." said Shakespeare. "Well Mr. Shakespeare," said Jules, "I hope you understand that nobody wears the kind of clothes that you wear nowadays-I mean-here." "Nowadays?" asked Shakespeare. "Never mind." said Jules, "I'll buy you an extra ticket for you to see the show. But, stay out of sight when you're in there. We don't want you to attract attention." "Methinks that'll be a good idea." said Shakespeare, "It seems to me that I'm already getting enough attention already." Jules and Verne looked around. Indeed, people were looking at Shakespeare. "Okay." said Jules, "Just one more thing. Once you're in a spot where only we could find you, just stay put there until we come to get you." After that, the three went into the auditorium

Using the money he earned on his newspaper route and from his allowance, Jules bought Shakespeare an extra ticket and the three entered the auditorium. Shakespeare was fascinated at the fact on how the players handled their lines. What was more interesting were the two players doing the title roles, especially the balcony scene. The player doing Romeo impressed him the most. Especially in the tomb scene after Romeo had slain Paris. On stage the actor said "'How oft when men are at the point of death...'" There was no hesitation in his voice like the hesitation that young Tannen had pulled on the same line and the same scene.

The play was drawing to a close. After Marty's character, Romeo, poisoned himself, it was Jennifer's turn. Jennifer, playing Juliet, snatched the dagger from Marty saying "'O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die." After that, she stabbed herself and died. Then, it was curtain calls for everyone.

After the actors made their bows, Shakespeare decided to follow them backstage.

Jules and Verne got up to go to the spot where Shakespeare was but he was gone. "Where is he?" asked Verne. "I don't know." said Jules, "I thought I told him to stay put." There they go again. They had to start looking for Shakespeare all over again.

Backstage, Doc said "Marty, this was a success." "It sure was." said Marty. Then, a strange man dressed up in a Renaissance costume and looking like William Shakespeare came in. "Gentlemen." he said, "That was excellant acting." "Why, thank you." said Marty. Turning to Doc, he whispered "Who the hell is this guy?" "I don't know." said Doc, "He looks like some nutcase pretending to be William Shakespeare." The strange man turned to Jennifer saying "Boy, that was an excellant impression thou hast made of a woman." "Boy?" exclamed Jennifer, "I'm a girl." "What?" exclaimed the strange man. He grabbed Jennifer and started looking under her costume. Doc and Marty started after him as Jennifer screamed out "What are you doing?" Shakespeare looked up saying "Thou art a female! Who is directing this play?
" Stephen Clark came forward saying "I am. And leave her alone." The man turned to him saying "Doth the queen know that you're doing this?" "Doing what?" asking Stephen. "Allowing women to acting rolls." Stephen turned to one of the actors saying "Get the police." The actor did. Jennifer's attacker was turning back to his victim when Marty intervened saying "You heard the man. Leave here alone." The man noticed some fencing foils hanging on a rack. The man picked one of them up and turned to Marty saying "If thou wisheth to defend her, then defend thyself. Draw thy rapier." Already, the rest of the cast were surrounding the two as Marty looked at the strange man in horror.

Jules and Verne heard a scream backstage and went there to investigate. Peering through the door, they saw a roomful of actors and actresses watching Marty being confronted by Shakespeare. Jules' unorthodoxed way of doing his homework has suddenly became a big mistake.