Miss Lynch pays Alexander two thousand dollars to force him into a lion-dance performance he insisted he couldn't do. Family members taunt him as cheap while an elder tells Miss Lynch, "After I'm gone, the lion dance troupe is in your hands." Urged on by an old friend, Alexander begins the routine and briefly shows skill, but then falters and collapses mid-performance. Helpers rush in, "Hang in there," they cry, while others scoff, asking where the Lion Dance King has gone. The episode closes with Alexander's condition uncertain and Miss Lynch left to answer for the troupe.