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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 life as a husband and father for his family in

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Upstart Crow Season 1 Episode 2 - The Play's the Thing
    7.4/10(243 votes)

    S1:E2

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Upstart Crow Season 1 Episode 1 - Star Crossed Lovers
    7.5/10(316 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Upstart Crow Season 1 Episode 3 - The Apparel Proclaims The Man
    7.6/10(206 votes)

    S1:E3

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Upstart Crow Season 1 Episode 4 - Love is Not Love
    7.6/10(209 votes)

    S1:E4

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Upstart Crow Season 1 Episode 6 - The Quality of Mercy
    7.6/10(182 votes)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Upstart Crow Season 3 Episode 3 - If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?
    7.6/10(171 votes)

    S3:E3

    London is full of anti-immigrant rioting. Will looks forward to an age when such sentiments are long-gone, but in the meantime he and the players plan to do their bit to help those worse off than themselves with a fund-raising charity gala night. “Inflated Pig's Bladder Day” is a triumph.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Upstart Crow Season 3 Episode 4 - Sigh No More
    7.6/10(139 votes)

    S3:E4

    When Kate stands in for Sue at the masked ball she accidentally sets off a chain of events that leaves Sue humiliated by the other local teenagers and Will needs to come up with a ruse to turn the tables on the bullies. Meanwhile in all the confusion Hamnet has gone missing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Upstart Crow Season 1 Episode 5 - What Bloody Man is That?
    7.7/10(214 votes)

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Upstart Crow Season 2 Episode 1 - The Green Eyed Monster
    7.7/10(172 votes)

    S2:E1

    When a dashing African Prince comes to town, Will decides to befriend him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Upstart Crow Season 2 Episode 3 - I Did Adore a Twinkling Star
    7.7/10(165 votes)

    S2:E3

    Will has to write a romance set in an exotic foreign location Kate has fallen for Marlowe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Upstart Crow Season 2 Episode 4 - Food of Love
    7.7/10(155 votes)

    S2:E4

    Will Shakespeare has invented an amazing new dramatic form: the greatest hits musical.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Upstart Crow Season 3 Episode 1 - Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!
    7.7/10(176 votes)

    S3:E1

    Will needs inspiration for his new play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meanwhile how can he get hold of some love potion, and where is Bottom going to put that stuffed donkey head?

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Upstart Crow Season 3 Episode 5 - The Most Unkindest Cut of All
    7.7/10(134 votes)

    S3:E5

    Will's troupe plot against each other, but his defusing of the situation helps give him a better idea for his new play about Julius Caesar.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Upstart Crow Season 2 Episode 2 - I Know Thee Not, Old Man
    7.8/10(170 votes)

    S2:E2

    When his old teacher invites himself to stay, Will must confront some awful memories.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Upstart Crow Season 2 Episode 5 - Beware My Sting!
    7.8/10(146 votes)

    S2:E5

    The women in Will's life are not impressed with his play about a strong woman humiliated.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Upstart Crow Season 3 Episode 2 - Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death
    7.8/10(159 votes)

    S3:E2

    Will Shakespeare has been working on his masterpiece. His friends tell him it's his greatest comedy yet, but Will insists that Hamlet isn't actually meant to be funny.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Upstart Crow Season 3 Episode 6 - Go On and I Will Follow
    8.1/10(165 votes)

    S3:E6

    As Will wrestles with temptation a bigger threat to his family lurks in the wings.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Upstart Crow Season 2 Episode 6 - Sweet Sorrow
    8.2/10(159 votes)

    S2:E6

    Will's finished Romeo and Juliet but now there's competition over who will play Juliet.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Play's the Thing" is the worst rated episode of "Upstart Crow". It scored 7.4/10 based on 243 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/16/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Star Crossed Lovers".