7.4/10263 votes#1 - Star Crossed Lovers
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2016
Episode one sees Will struggle to find inspiration for Romeo while having to deal with an angry actor, a very annoying house-guest and his family’s not terribly helpful script suggestions.
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7.4/10204 votes#2 - The Play's the Thing
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/16/2016
Just when Will’s controversial new play is about to be presented to Queen Elizabeth, it goes missing. As the finger of suspicion points to his best friend Marlowe, can Will come up with a way to recover his stolen masterpiece? Given its politically sensitive content, is he really wise to want it back?
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7.5/10170 votes#3 - The Apparel Proclaims The Man
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/23/2016
Will hopes to move up in the world when he is invited to a high-society party hosted by Lord Southampton, but is unsure what a poorly-educated country boy should wear to one of London's most upmarket events. The playwright's rival Sir Robert Greene offers him some fashion tips, but is it a double bluff, a triple bluff, or something even more fiendish?
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7.6/10171 votes#4 - Love is Not Love
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/30/2016
Will has completed his final sonnet and senses literary immortality just around the corner. But will the fair youth and the dark lady like them as much as he hopes? And is Anne likely to be impressed that her husband’s 154 hot new love poems don’t contain much about her?
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7.7/10175 votes#5 - What Bloody Man is That?
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/6/2016
The plague leads Will and his friends to escape to the family home in Stratford. On the way, they meet three witches who have some surprising predictions to make about Will’s future, leading to a very serious case of house envy.
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7.6/10150 votes#6 - The Quality of Mercy
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/13/2016
When Will's savings go missing, he is forced to make an unusual bargain with his rival. Kate's frustration with the lack of roles for women leads her to make a dramatic intervention.
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The Best Episodes of Upstart Crow Season 1
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Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance...
Genres:ComedyDrama
Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Star Crossed Lovers" is the best rated episode of "Upstart Crow" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 263 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/9/2016. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Play's the Thing".