Newcomer Tessa insists she can perform the legendary Spirit of the Peacock in front of Professor Knapp, the troupe’s revered ethnic-dance authority long thought lost. Troupe members like Yelena mock her and ask Shaun to remove her, but Tessa refuses to back down. Professor Knapp questions her ability, then unexpectedly grants her a chance, ordering, "Young lady, begin your performance." Tessa goes to change while skeptics predict disaster and colleagues plead leniency. The episode ends with Tessa poised to step onstage under Knapp’s gaze, her success and the troupe’s reputation hanging in the balance.