Richard find himself overwhelmed trying to keep the festival running smoothly in the wake of Oliver’s death. Kate ditches rehearsals to audition for a Corny Smacks commercial, and unwittingly runs into Hollywood action star Jack Crew. Jack has been hired to play Hamlet in the festival, but his arrival has been forgotten during the preparations for Oliver’s funeral. Emma begins a relationship with Sloan, a young flower deliveryman who rescues her neglected chameleon. Geoffrey visits the funeral home, and questions his sanity when Oliver begins to speak to him from „the other side”. Richard turns Oliver’s funeral into a stage production in an attempt to be promoted to artistic director. Despite his delivering of a scathing speech at Oliver’s funeral, the board of directors offers the job of artistic director to Geoffrey, on a temporary basis. Anna asks Geoffrey to help carry out Oliver’s final request, a request that may have legal implications.