Barry Plumber has the worst case or writer's block he's ever experienced. His inability to put pen to paper is exacerbated by the fact that he shuns inspiration from all of the great writers in history, dismissing them as hacks. One evening, in a fit of resistance, he declares that "Shakespeare sucks!" - which inadvertently conjures the spirit of William Shakespeare, who refuses to leave. It's only after Barry is forced to deal with the unwelcome apparition, that he realized that his inability to create may lie in the need to exorcise the demons from his past.